User blog comment:Allison309/new world/@comment-4329230-20120901145632/@comment-4493594-20120901151637

Whhhhaaaat? D: No! I've been fangirling over this man for most of my OP fangirl career. Oda can't do this to me!

On a more serious note, Shanks dying seems unlikely to me at this point. I don't see any meaning in it, even if it were for the fight against Akainu or Teach.