Can we, like...stop predicting the death of every protagonist for a little while?? Nothing Oda has done outside of Marineford (including the ongoing version 2.0) should seriously imply that Usopp, Jinbe, Sanji, Chopper, or anyone currently sailing with Luffy is going to kick the bucket before reaching Laugh Tale. Even if he’s mentioned in the past that it could happen, his plans often go awry in spectacular fashion. If Ace is instructive of anything, it’s that even the characters he DOES kill won’t stay dead, so I’m not gonna believe this until I see it