Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-945885-20140723175903/@comment-24874466-20140728211703

KirinNOTKarin98 wrote: Sasuke is my favorite character, and so I don't want him to die, or at least not in this battle against Kaguya. But despite the fact that he is my favorite character, if he dies in the Kaguya battle, then I think this would be a big misstep for the sake of the story. Sasuke's goal to become Hokage and revamp the shinobi system is a very interesting plot point, and it's definitely something that should be expanded upon after the War. If Kishi kills Sasuke just for the sake of him not having to expand on Sasuke's goal after the War, I think that will be the supreme example of lazy writing. An author should never kill off a character for the sake of not expanding on a certain plot point- especially if that plot point is very important in the development of a story, which Sasuke's goal absolutely is.

If Kishi kills Sasuke for the sake of not expanding on Sasuke's Hokage goal, will that infuriate anyone else? I actually agree. While I'm not attached to Sasuke, he needs to be in the story.