User blog comment:AYET/An ante up over the DEATH game/@comment-1595565-20121228051504

I am so glad I'm not the only one who noticed this! I think Oda has finally realized that he can't keep everyone alive and keep it realistic. I sort of see what he did with Brownbeard as getting his feet wet with killing characters; where he wasn't dead, but easily looked it and everyone thought he was. And then he unleashed Shinokuni, killing dozens of nameless henchmen, and now we have Kinemon and Monet. I think we're going to see more people actually die and not just appear dead but not be.