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Let me explain exactly why I think he's not dead:
- He's the most popular character, as he's (was) the main character for 15 years during the original manga's run;
- He was close to death a couple of times and he survived them all, I'm pretty sure that he's going to survive this as well;
- Some fan favorites like Itachi and Jiraiya had really memorable and epic deaths and I'm pretty sure they CANNOT and will NOT outshine the eventual death of the titular character;
- Naruto and Sasuke have been constantly developing during Part II, while Sakura only got some kind of a development during the War Arc, which was pretty much at the end of the original manga, so I think that Sakura still have things to do featwise - and what's better than saving the most important character from death?
- Kawaki mentions in the timeskip that he "sent the Seventh Hokage somewhere", so unless Isshiki somehow managed to brand him with another Karma and Momoshiki was wrong when he said that Isshiki was completely destroyed, and that was actually Isshiki talking via Kawaki's body, and that's highly unlikely, then Naruto has absolutely zero chance of dying anytime soon.
- Naruto could be in a coma or something, or lose his ability to be a ninja, but that's unlikely as well, because he'd have to step down as Hokage and there's no one around who can take the mantle right now. Konohamaru is nowhere near as strong as it's required, Sarada is too young and not strong enough yet and I don't think that Kishi will make Sasuke a Hokage, even if it's temporary.
So all cool, I think that things will settle for the next couple of months, so after the action in the last half a year, I think that we're in for some calm chapters. Everyone knows Momoshiki's weakness and how to prevent Boruto from being possessed, only Code remains of the loyal Kara members and I don't think he has any serious role to play in the upcoming chapters, and with Isshiki dead, Amado and possibly KK becoming allies of Konoha, the threat of "Kara" is no more, so my prediction is there is no more major stuff to happen before the timeskip.
Let me explain exactly why I think he's not dead:
- He's the most popular character, as he's (was) the main character for 15 years during the original manga's run;
- He was close to death a couple of times and he survived them all, I'm pretty sure that he's going to survive this as well;
- Some fan favorites like Itachi and Jiraiya had really memorable and epic deaths and I'm pretty sure they CANNOT and will NOT outshine the eventual death of the titular character;
- Naruto and Sasuke have been constantly developing during Part II, while Sakura only got some kind of a development during the War Arc, which was pretty much at the end of the original manga, so I think that Sakura still have things to do featwise - and what's better than saving the most important character from death?
- Kawaki mentions in the timeskip that he "sent the Seventh Hokage somewhere", so unless Isshiki somehow managed to brand him with another Karma and Momoshiki was wrong when he said that Isshiki was completely destroyed, and that was actually Isshiki talking via Kawaki's body, and that's highly unlikely, then Naruto has absolutely zero chance of dying anytime soon.
- Naruto could be in a coma or something, or lose his ability to be a ninja, but that's unlikely as well, because he'd have to step down as Hokage and there's no one around who can take the mantle right now. Konohamaru is nowhere near as strong as it's required, Sarada is too young and not strong enough yet and I don't think that Kishi will make Sasuke a Hokage, even if it's temporary.
So all cool, I think that things will settle for the next couple of months, so after the action in the last half a year, I think that we're in for some calm chapters. Everyone knows Momoshiki's weakness and how to prevent Boruto from being possessed, only Code remains of the loyal Kara members and I don't think he has any serious role to play in the upcoming chapters, and with Isshiki dead, Amado and possibly KK becoming allies of Konoha, the threat of "Kara" is no more, so my prediction is there is no more major stuff to happen before the timeskip.