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Dan.Faulkner wrote: No one is going to get killed, only Madara, our he is going to be Talked no Jutsu. Kishi logic.

News flash. That is called a "plot". Series with action only, where words mean nothing, are boring and stupid.

Edit: To add more to that, Kishi is trying to make a point with his villains. They're people. This is no Freiza and Cell we're dealing with, people. They're not evil to the core. These villains were good people to start out with, had tragic things that happened to them, and, as a result of bad choices, became bad people. That's how it works in real life (minus the ninjaness) and that's how real people are. If people bothered to pay any attention to the plot, they'd notice that Naruto is about bringing people together and showing that there is hope in a dark, dark world. That there is redemption for one's misdeeds.

Missing that is missing a huge part of the series. Not everything is solved with massive explosions and ass kicking. Sometimes the most powerful weapon in the world is the words that come out of your mouth.

An American author that I really respect once wrote about his own series, that shocking character deaths are only worth something if they advance the plot. Killing people just to have good guys die along with the villains is probably the worst thing you can do to a story. Everything has to work towards the plot's central message. If it doesn't, you're only hurting things in the end.

Guy doesn't have to die. Neji died. Its one death, but it served the plot's purpose. Changed the entire course of the war and solidified Naruto's mindset. What would Guy's death do except prove that Naruto can't keep his word? It doesn't help the plot at all. He may still die, we don't know, but don't get mad because a series has a message, a plot, an idea its trying to convey. So many manga out there have lost that in their pursuit of becoming more "action filled" and "dynamic" that they have become stupid beyond comprehension: Bleach being one that stands out to me as of late.