User blog comment:Dryst97/Fire is Superior than magma/@comment-1826677-20100228185102

To Luffymaster787: It is not entirely clear which question Dryst97 actually is asking: "How it was possible that Ace died?" or "Why did Ace die?". Its possible he is asking both. There has been given, above, two possible explanations to the how. While the why is one that should be asked from Oda himself. But it can be speculated at and like you I'm likely to agree on the assumption that Ace's death makes 'dramatic' sense and therefore Oda killed him.