(SPOILERS FROM WHOLE CAKE)
Okay, I know what I'm going to ask is stupid, but just want to get it out from my mind.
Do you guys think Pedro is really dead from the explosion?
Because, in anime or One Piece itself, death by explosion is usually aren't effective. There are a lot of instances that someone deemed 'died' by explosion, but later came back. For example, Pell and Igaram. Especially Pell, his death was really believable, it happened right in front of a lot of people, -that everyone was really surprised, more like, confused, when he came back alive.
That's the first reason of my suspicion. Secondly, Perospero survived. Well, he has his ability, but that crossed out the explosion 'effect' of COMPLETE annihilation to its surrounding ground. In short, gives me hope, that maybe Pedro survived too.
Thirdly, well this is not really a valid reason, but might as well,-the mourning time for Pedro was really short, it was given only a little bit of screen time. I don't know about other people, but I feel Oda is really considerate in killing his own characters, he doesn't kill important characters very often, when someone died, the impact and reaction is usually pretty big. Just like Ace and Whitebeard.
And I'm fully aware that in this wiki Pedro is already labeled as dead, but you know, this wiki only covers what they found from the anime and manga, not Oda's brain.
I don't mind if Pedro really is dead, but let me know what you guys think.