User blog comment:Zori9/Strawhats Crew Member's Family:/@comment-4161592-20120315174757/@comment-4904935-20120318201246

@Vam: I would take our dearest Ace being alive theory in a heart beat:(( but Ace’s death has served bigger purpose for Luffy to realize that he needs to trained really hard and get ready to fight much stronger enemies in the NW! Now, I can't think of any reason why Oda would bring either of them back to Luffy's life.