User blog comment:Kaizokuking/Sabo/@comment-1595565-20100927001934/@comment-2031609-20100927033400

Agree with both of you. Yes many characters have been added simply to be killed off, but I also agree that Sabo is a different case. Thinking about it every previous past story character was seen being killed and had their dead body seen (for the most part.) Also in every other case there was never a case where there was a possibility that they could be alive, where as in Sabo's case, Oda put in a seemingly useless line in Dragon's departure from Goa. We all know which one. "Get him a doctor" (I'm paraphrasing since I can not recall the exact line.) I do not recall there ever being a time when somebody actually retrieved Sabo's body, or even looked for it for that matter. I think that is why I have to side with the Sabo may be alive side on this one. There was no physical proof of his death, all we have to go on was what Dogura said. Plus when you really look at it, what's the real harm of having Sabo live? What's past is past. He still grew up thinking Sabo is dead, and if it turns out he wasn't it really wouldn't change anything, since Luffy is pretty much "grown up" already. Nothing in his upbringing will change, and he will still be the same old Luffy.