User blog comment:AYET/An ante up over the DEATH game/@comment-79.182.69.250-20121228210153

You see - Kinemon's so called "Death" is IMO *counter* productive to the hardcore approach Oda now presuambly harbours - I mean, it's almost comic.

Wouldn't it make more sense to have him die in a more serious manner - maybe later on, in the Wano country. One Piece is, much like Dragon Ball (aside from the author's whims) is based on PHILOSOPHY AND PRINCIPLES.

Why did Kinemon die in the first place? He wanted to save his son. That's the purpose of his introduction to Punk Hazard.

Doesn't it look retarded to have him die by basically comitting suicide? (Well, Ace's death is similar, but still - Kinemon actually WANTED to live and find his son) - therefore establishing him being alive.

I believe that by the same token - the henchmen will be revived as well. As for shinokuni - so what? It's just a prototype gas developed by some quirky scientist, and like all investmentors, the brokers carry certain risks. The shinokuni is more like a plot device than anything I believe.

Also, Monet staying alive would be laughable at this point, and I really want her to die (I voted 10) - BUT. We know nothing of her past and relationship to Dofla yet. Killing might rob Oda of his attachment to emotional female stories for the readers to emphatize with or whatever. I really don't know yet. And what about that chicken-cheek dude?

If anyone should've just fucking died it's CC but nooooo. So you know what, I really have trouble accepting that *ANYONE* is gonna die yet, although I wish nothing more than to kill some characters off. But with Monet's back story introduced to the picture, maybe even that isn't possible.