Last time I checked Goku was the main character of dragon ball and he died how many times? Same thing with Light Yagami in death note, he died. Of course Obito is gonna fail the plot demands it, but that doesn't mean Naruto will succeed if you know what I mean. He may defeat Obito, but there might still be hate in the ninja world, or maybe he'll die with Obito on the battle field and that's the end of the show. Or maybe he loses something extremely important in the battle? I doubt he's gonna get a happy ending, happy endings are overrated.
Goku died numerous times alright. In a manga where the plot point is : "you can easily bring anyone back to life".
That's hardly what I'd call "daring writing".
Light was supposed to be a villain protagonist. He was considered to be the bad guy, in the end, he lost, but it was a victory for the side of good. Naruto clearly isn't a bad guy.
It's a shonen, there's 99.9999999% chance the Hero will accomplish his dream, bring back peace, etc...
As for not enough good characters dying, I kinda agree though. If he doesn't want to kill a lot of characters, it's okay in my book, I don't mind. But when he baits a character's death, and then Deus Ex Machina the life back to that character, it always feels ridiculous. (Neji vs Kidomaru, Gaara vs Deidara, Sasuke vs Deidara, Konoha vs Pain, etc...)
But what can I say? I'm a sucker for happy endings, I hope this manga gets one.
