User blog comment:DancePowderer/The Transfer of Death's Portrayal/@comment-3103150-20101013121854

aces death, robins screem for live and so on are added in story to make story more dramatic and encourage luffy and others. those moments are always sad but in the other hand they are needed so the reader can expect from SH team that they will do something awesome

ps: i just love when those moments, because those are moments after wich luffy gets rly mad and serious.