If you were Kishi, who would you kill off?

[darkmanure]

Hinata and Sakura to shut the shippers up.

 

[Beatrix]

Kakashi
Oonoki
Iruka
Sakura

... Kakashi?

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[Donald J Trump]

I came here expecting people to say Sakura... I was not wrong.

Ou yh and SAKURA

 

[veggetta13]

I stay with Tenten, she´s got a huge potential

 

[PredictionGuru]

So you would all kill off Kiba, but that would require you to kill Akamaru too, and I don't think anyone has the heart to do that.. especially Kishi who can't kill off an 80 year old man (Onoki).

Why the heck care about a drawn dog?
I'd kill it off too.

*so hardcore*

 

[Sarutobi Sensei]

I'll kill these, some for outrageous reasons.

-Yamato (Just because)

-Shibi (Kishi seems to like killing Aburames off like Torune and Muta)

-Akamaru (impact on Kiba's character & giving him new fans; I've lost my dog before, I'd totally relate to him)

-Hiashi (Losing Neji, Akamaru and her father, Hinata would have a strong character growth like Shikamaru)

-Shizune (to keep Tsunade alive and force Tsunade's retirement, she wouldn't work well w/out Shizune around)

-Killer Bee (After the war, Sasuke hunts down the Bijuus (just my hunch), gets his revenge for the whooping Bee gave him in the past; that'd surely shake Naruto up too)

-Onoki (Kitsuchi takes over as Tsuchikage)

-Might Guy (To reveal the 8th Gate)

-Jugo (Dies protecting Sasuke like Neji did with Naruto)

-Orochimaru, Obito, & Madara (Villains usually dies in the end, right? ..right?)

 

[fayeon]

I will kill of karin ,
I think kishi kind of wanted to get rid of her but there must be a bad character that makes other characters look good and shine .

For now all i see she kept alive to show she is still a fangirl and a villain .

Plus if she died right now it doesnt make a different for the plot .

 

[KillebIsBeast]

Naruto, by Sasuke's hand.

No way. The show is about naruto. There is no way the series could end that way.

 

[Itachi75]

sakura, she deserves to die

 

[Atalaya]

I like Sakura

Kill her parents
UNDERSTAND THE PAIN :snick:
Seriously, Sakura needs deeper backstory, and more development (personality and maturity)
We haven't had any of that after Gaara Rescue arc.

I would kill Sakura because Kishi just seem to not care about her.
...But at least make her death meaningful because she's one of the three mains xD..

And Karin

 

[Trollasaur]

Tsunade, Ay, Onoki, Kakashi, Hinata, Guy, Bee

 

[DarkWolf Nashoba]

I would have killed Hinata off when pain destroyed her, it would fit the story so much better. Right now she is just a waste of panel time so pairing fans can get their fix. Also that would make it seem like the K11 aren't indestructible.

Neji should have died in part 1 against Kidomaru. After that Kishi neglected him for all of part 2 then killed him off in a way less meaningful way... definitely one of the worst deaths in anime. When he "die" in part 1 I was so sad. But when he died here I was just like "Oh yeah, I forgot he was part of this show"

And since i think both of the hyugas should die, Hinatas little sister can lead the clan.

Gai - It would be cool if he went 8 gates, and it's so strong that after a certain time your body disintegrates. So he does all of his badass stuff then at the end he's starting do disintegrate he looks at lee and gives him the cool guy pose as he slowly fades away. That would be badass.

Onoki and 1 or 2 other kage should have died too.

Regarding the portion in blue:
Despite Hinata being my favorite female character in the series, I'd have to agree with having had her death occur then. But even so, the Rinne Tensei that Nagato utilized would have resurrected her in addition to the many other shinobi that died, so her death would have been fairly (yet not completely) moot. Nonetheless, even if she were revived afterwards, her death would've granted her character greater significance and served as an epic plot-point.
It would've been best dealt if written like Gaara's death due to protecting his village and then being revived by Chiyo afterward.
It's too late to have her killed off now that Neji's died for her. Otherwise, his death would be in vain and there would no longer by a Hyūga representative among the K11.

Regarding the portion in green:
I also agree that this character should have died earlier on in the series than the war arc. Part One during the Sasuke Retrieval arc would have indeed been a meaningful and opportune time for him to die.
One of the motivating factors that led Kishimoto to keep Neji and Chouji alive after the Sasuke Retrieval Arc was probably for the development of Shikamaru's character. The conversation he had with Temari and his father in the hospital while awaiting news regarding his teammates' conditions would not have gone the way it had if either Neji or Chouji had died. Not to mention, Shikamaru might have thrown in the towel altogether and quite being a ninja, seeing as he was distraught over failing the mission and almost getting his teammates killed.

Regarding the portion in bold:
I'm going to let my character bias show a bit.
No... just no.
We haven't had a whole lot of characterization for Hanabi just yet, but based on what I've noticed so far...
Hanabi is a little s***.

Regarding the portion in red:
Yes, that would indeed be a great way for Gai to go out, despite the cheesiness of it all... Oh screw it, Gai is a cheesy character. We wouldn't expect anything less from him.

Regarding the portion in orange:
I, too, believe that at least some of the kages should have perished. Tsunade would've been given a befitting death if she had been alive just long enough to save Gaara and Mei; the older Kages can die off and give the next generation their time to shine/surpass them.
Kishimoto can still redeem this overly preemptive revival of the Kages by having them "killed off for real" against the Juubi.


Additional (protagonistic) characters that I'd place next in line for the guillotine:
+ Any member of team Taka aside from Sasuke (They're quite expendable minor characters that are just well-known enough to make the war seem more real, yet no one will cry over them.)
+ Sai (Any time Sai opens his mouth = Team Kakashi Drama; observe his every interaction with Naruto and Sakura and you'll notice that drama is all his character amounts to. Frankly, I'm not fond of it and I'm certain that there are others who share the same sentiment.)

 

[NarutoSamaKama]

Lee or Gai by the 8th gate
Kiba
Sakura

 

[Joshutsu]

If doesn't matter, i'm not. Anyway i would kill noone, i am alright with who is alive right now even if i don't like them i don't want them dead out of spite. That's the dumbest reason to want a character dead tbh.

 

[DarkWolf Nashoba]

If doesn't matter, i'm not. Anyway i would kill noone, i am alright with who is alive right now even if i don't like them i don't want them dead out of spite. That's the dumbest reason to want a character dead tbh.

It's not about picking characters to have killed based on disdain/spite, as you suggest; this discussion is about (or rather, should be about) having characters killed off based on what's best for the plot.
No one necessarily needs to perish at this point, but if you were looking to choose a character to kill in order to increase tension/heighten dramatic effect, then who would it be?

 

[Joshutsu]

It's not about picking characters to have killed based on disdain/spite, as you suggest; this discussion is about (or rather, should be about) having characters killed off based on what's best for the plot.
No one necessarily needs to perish at this point, but if you were looking to choose a character to kill in order to increase tension/heighten dramatic effect, then who would it be?

I'm aware of the intention of the OP, I'm just saying how many comments actually are sensible and can give a valid explanation about how it would be best for the plot that isn't false or just for spite.

I would have liked kakashi to die I guess to heighten some drama between team 7 as they are having a little group development at the moment. It would have made things a little more interesting. Maybe he will, who knows :O

 

[Mr Hiru]

Kill Naruto.Then the Juubi revive him aknowledging the Sage inside him.

At least Kurama (a BIG part of Juubi's chakra) told that he prefers Naruto over Madara

 

[DarkWolf Nashoba]

I'm aware of the intention of the OP, I'm just saying how many comments actually are sensible and can give a valid explanation about how it would be best for the plot that isn't false or just for spite.

I would have liked kakashi to die I guess to heighten some drama between team 7 as they are having a little group development at the moment. It would have made things a little more interesting. Maybe he will, who knows :O

Aha, so you were indirectly bashing those ruled by emotion rather than logic? I approve of this.
Kakashi's death would certainly make the manga readers serious-the-hell-up.

Kill Naruto.Then the Juubi revive him aknowledging the Sage inside him.

At least Kurama (a BIG part of Juubi's chakra) told that he prefers over Madara

At first when I read this post, I reacted as such:

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Then I began to seriously contemplate how to go about actually making it work:

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I'm not creative enough to even imagine how to pull that off...
Not to discredit the thought of doing so or anything...
It would be very "Jesus-like" of Naruto, if you know what I mean.

 

[Mr Hiru]

At first when I read this post, I reacted as such:

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Then I began to seriously contemplate how to go about actually making it work:

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I'm not creative enough to even imagine how to pull that off...
Not to discredit the thought of doing so or anything...
It would be very "Jesus-like" of Naruto, if you know what I mean.

I know, but actually almost all the variables are set to make this work.

Now, that people could "hate" this is another story.

 

[osba]

madara.. im sure he wont be able to take the ten tails and controll it like he thinks he could.. DAT EGO >.>