Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-8284722-20141222195100/@comment-8284722-20141225045658

@Hisana Actually you can literally compare any medium to any medium. For example, I always saw Naruto and Sasuke's relationship as a parallel to Obi-Wan and Anakin's (Naruto/Obi-Wan saw Sasuke/Anakin as a brother, but then Sasuke/Anakin went purely evil and did all this bad crap - but fortunately, Naruto got Luke's will and was able to redeem him in life unlike Obi-Wan). And if Avatar didn't have similar themes to other manga/anime (Naruto included), why is it always considered an anime? Plus, LGBT themes have been explored in those mediums; you'll see what I'm talking about once AOT's second season rolls in (ugh, that one still has me raising my eyebrows - I have nothing against gay people, but still, it was pretty out-of-the-blue).

As for the deaths, you can read explanations for each character above (with the exception of Orochimaru who gets a script footnote). If you have any specific disagreements, feel free to comment about them.