Fair point, if Nami, the most popular and beloved female character, dies, her fans will RIOT.
Luffy, in the other hand, will probably have a shorter life as him abusing all those Gears can lead to premature death. But I don't see him dying, as Oda most likely has a happy ending in mind.
Yeah exactly. Nami fans cam be extremely toxic/aggressive (cough ANE) and I've seen them lash out hard at others a lot elsewhere.
Plus tons of them will be shippers, the most toxic part of any fanbase by far as proven constantly unfortunately, so Oda has to be very careful with her too.
I don't think Luffy will get a premature death either, I've seen this come up with Naruto too. Oda will just retcon it as he loves doing now or find a true asspull/plot convenience to keep him alive.
I love the idea of him eating the mother flame as a powerup Natsu Dragneel style and that could make him somewhat immortal at least maybe?
Bonneys fruit might be able to counter the lifespan drain and aging somehow. A lot of people think Law will use the Immortality surgery on him which I'm not a fan of but I could see it happen.
I suspect Luffy has achieved true godhood either yet and that might make him potentially immortal too, but I just want him to live a long, normal old life.
Maybe he might lose the Nika fruit and survive by some miracle/plot nonsense or he gets resurrected somehow like Gaara did when the Shukaku was taken out of him.
As much as I love the fruit, if losing the fruit would make Luffy prolong, preserve his life if possible, I'd rather he lost the fruit. He can just be a hakiman brawler like his beloved grandpa he's so similar to, his father somewhat apparently and obviously Shanksu sama ofc lol.
I really don't want to see Luffy die young or any SH and thus Vivi, Carrot, Yamato, Law, Kidd, Loki etc die, that would truly ruin OP for me irredeemably. I'm still salty and sore over Ace many, many years later lmao.