Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-30168130-20170319171713/@comment-27089028-20170410162627

Lorenzo.r.1st wrote: hahaha dude, no lie. Don't get me wrong I love Fairy Tail but it has established its tone thoroughly as a light hearted adventure so I actually don't like Fairy Tail characters dying senselessly in a war.

But Naruto, Naruto doesn't have to be dark, edgy, gritty or any of that crap that people think makes a story more 'grown up' but the Shinobi World was established to be hell so I can see why some people complain that the 4th Shinobi World War wasn't as bloody but at the same time Naruto's theme and tone is all about positivity, achieving the impossible and is light hearted in it's own right so I don't share that complaint. A complaint I do have is instead of killing a character who has a promising future they could have killed a character like Sai who despite being underdeveloped walked the line between the traditional sense of being a Shinobi and being a human struggling to reclaim his emotions giving an air of tragedy in the wake of his death.

This would give his character concept in the eyes of the audience a much needed redemption and elevate him from just being a stand-in cardboard cut out to fill in the space before Sasuke Uchiha gets back and fills it.