Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-4008620-20190902190023/@comment-9782468-20190905123513

Halcyonite wrote: Tbh more people should have died in the war. More notable characters died/were thought to have died in the Pain arc than the full-blown 4th Shinobi war. I think it would have been better if Tsunade died, it would give Naruto a good reason to despise Madara, and I feel would be a little more heart-wrenching than Neji. Also, Guy should have died when using 8 Gates, it was such a cop out to have Naruto revive him. And tbh, what was the point of saving him? To have him live out the rest of his days with little to no screentime in the next series? It makes sense for more notable people to die in the Pain arc since most of our main cast is from Konoha which was decimated.

Less likely that any notable characters would die out of the what, 80k people in the alliance? Especially since the notable characters are all usally way above average with the exception of like Iruka.

Although that's from a statistical standpoint. I agree that since it's a war, it would feel more like a war if more people we knew died.

I also agree about Guy, that he should have died. Although, considering he could only use 8 Gates then die, it would be a shame for him to deal his most powerful hits of his life, only for them to have no effect in the long run and he dies on that note. But if I were the writer, he'd be dead.