Best Death *spoilers galore*

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Best Death *spoilers galore*

Postby Ishbalan » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:26 pm

I would love to see a list of the greatest deaths in anime.
Greatest could mean anything to you: most dramatic, least expected, coolest, most painful, most emotional, most satisfying, etc.

Needless to say, this thread would be full of spoilers, so what I suggest would be to put the name of the anime right above the spoiler so as to warn people whether they want to see or not:

Anime name:
[spoiler]*This person died in this way. It was awesome.*[/spoiler]

Here are some of mine:

Death Note:
[spoiler]I thought both L's death and Light's death were beautifully depicted. L looking up at Light's grin and slowly closing his eyes. The sunlight reflecting off Light's body on the stairwell as well along with the peaceful expression on his face as he slowly closes his eyes just as L had. It calms my soul.[/spoiler]

Fullmetal Alchemist:
[spoiler]Ed dies twice in one episode. Sucks to be him.[/spoiler]

Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection OVA
[spoiler]Kenshin died of AIDS. LOL
But seriously... it was a very touchy-feely moment. Kenshin limps toward home, weak from the disease. Kaoru senses him and meets him halfway. Kenshin died in Kaoru's arms... and THE SCAR FINALLY HEALED! :cry: :cry: [/spoiler]

Code Geass:
[spoiler]Lelouch shoots Euphemia without hesitation. Suzaku pays witness and rushes to save her. He carries her bloody body to command. Euphemia is pale; there is beautiful music playing in the background. Suzaku tells Euphemia that the Japan Project was a success. Euphemia dies happily while the people she was trying to help curse her existence. Spectacular.[/spoiler]

GANTZ
[spoiler]This just sickened me. The group walks into the room and finds their comrades' torsos embracing eachother, with the other halves on the other side of the room. Oh my God! What happened to them? Then we find out. Kishimoto jumps in front of an acid attack that is meant for Satou. The acid lands on her back and slowly rips through her suit, spine and flesh, all the way through the front of her body. Mind you, this is one of the three main characters: people who's story has been built up and had character development. These people have things to live for. I almost threw up when she died. Not to mention that Satou, the person she died protecting and another main character at that, died at the end of the chapter, too. In fact, everyone died. There is only one person left at the end of the third chapter. What the hell? Still it deserves "Most Gruesome Death" in my book.[/spoiler]

Let's hear some of yours.
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Postby Pas » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:39 pm

Chrno Crusade:

[spoiler]Pretty much half the main characters die. Seriously, I was devastated when Rosette died. Not to mention the fact that Aion continues to live on after that. They pretty much just died for nothing.[/spoiler]

Black Cat:

[spoiler]When Saya was killed in episode 6, it was a pretty big blow, considering I watched the anime after reading the manga, so I didn't see it coming, thinking that because she was one of the main characters her death wouldn't have come so early on.[/spoiler]

Fate/Stay Night:

[spoiler]Saber dieing at the very end was pretty sad, considering how she could have lived with Shiro.[/spoiler]

Last Exile:

[spoiler]Well quite a few of the characters die, but Alex's death was probably the most memorable. I always hate it when they *could* have lived but due to some stupid mistake die. And he was such a kickass character too.[/spoiler]

Air:

[spoiler]Misuzu's death was really sad (moreso in the movie than in the series for me) not really too much to say about it, considering it was expected, but hoped for that they would find a way to prevent it.[/spoiler]
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Postby Purge » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:57 pm

Akira for its bridge crushing people flying blubber busting fun
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Postby Ishbalan » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:32 pm

I forgot one important one.

End of Evangelion:
[spoiler]It was awesome when everyone turned into goo and merged into a single entity, but what I really loved was Misato's death. She kisses Shinji while masking the pain of her fatal gunshot wound, and she collapses after sending him off. Then the enemy bombs the place, and if you slow it down right at the explosion, you can see parts of Misato's body shooting off towards different sides of the screen.[/spoiler]
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Postby Pas » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:39 pm

Ahh that also reminds me...

RahXephon:

[spoiler]They all die. Har har har. But in all seriousness, the death that affected me the most was Hiroko Asahina's death. I was seriously pissed off at how she died, it just got me so annoyed at Ayato Kamina for being such a turd.[/spoiler]
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Postby NS » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:51 pm

well I might as well do it since it'll happen sooner or later anyway :O

Cowboy bebop:
[spoiler]Spike dies at the end. Would have been unexpected to me if I hadn't actually heard about it before seeing the anime XD[/spoiler]
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Postby Unlimited Rice » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:29 am

Pas1990 wrote:RahXephon:
[spoiler]They all die. Har har har. But in all seriousness, the death that affected me the most was Hiroko Asahina's death. I was seriously pissed off at how she died, it just got me so annoyed at Ayato Kamina for being such a turd.[/spoiler]
I was so gonna post that. I remember starting a thread topic on it back when the "Anime Series Discussion" forum was called like the "Anime Episodes Discussion"(something like that) forum.
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Postby Ishbalan » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:57 am

Hers's some more:

Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpucho: To
[spoiler]There was a girl who rotted to death. It was gross.[/spoiler]

Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid
[spoiler]Gauron died about five times in FMP. Everyone thought that after his mech self-destructed and the remains sunk into the ocean, he would finally die. BUT NO> He is still alive. He's cripped and depends on a machine, but indeed living he is. He finally dies at the hands of Sousuke when Gauron tells him that Kaname has been killed. Gauron dies laughing, and the bomb under his bed nearly takes Sousuke with him. Now just stay dead, you bastard.[/spoiler]
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Postby Pas » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:03 am

Ishbalan wrote:Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid
[spoiler]Gauron died about five times in FMP. Everyone thought that after his mech self-destructed and the remains sunk into the ocean, he would finally die. BUT NO> He is still alive. He's cripped and depends on a machine, but indeed living he is. He finally dies at the hands of Sousuke when Gauron tells him that Kaname has been killed. Gauron dies laughing, and the bomb under his bed nearly takes Sousuke with him. Now just stay dead, you bastard.[/spoiler]


Lmao agreed :up:

Man I'd laugh if they made a new season and he's still alive missing an arm and a leg XD
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Postby Flame-X » Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:06 pm

Gungrave:

[spoiler]Harry and Brandon shoot each other at the same time as best friends. Very epic in my opinion giving the series one of the best closures.[/spoiler]
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:18 pm

Ah, i've been waiting for a thread like this to pop up. Got a video idea and i want to see how many cons have the balls to actually screen it.

Naruto:
[spoiler]Garra's death was pretty fun - too bad they didn't keep him dead, but w/e

Also, Asuma is (essentially) impaled by 3-bladed scythe - dies in a most epic fashion.

IIRC - Orochimaru Falls to Sauskue while he's weakened as well - wish they actually showed in in the manga... maybe they have... I haven't actually kept up to date on that much.[/spoiler]
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Postby prYzm » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:01 am

princess mononoke

[spoiler]spirit of the forest gets its head blown off, they say 'it will die if it doesnt get its head back before sunrise' so they manage to get its head back just before sunrise, then it dies anyways ur like 'eh?!?!?'[/spoiler]
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Postby Scott Green » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:23 am

Topic wrote:Best Death

Somehow this is sick, but anyways

Gungrave
[spoiler]Brandon Heat. Before he is shot by his childhood friend Harry he wanted to shot him to defend the "family", but he couldn't cause he still was loyal to Harry as well, since he was his childhood friend. He got shot by Harry into his eye and fell out of the elevator.[/spoiler]

Fullmetal Alchemist
[spoiler]Maes Hughs. Omg I was definetly shocked by his death it was so unexpected.

Nina. Well this is probably the saddest death I have seen until now. Her own father using her as guinea pig to create a talking chimera[/spoiler]

Samurai 7
[spoiler]Kyuzo gets accidently shot by Katsushiro, when he was trying to protect Kambei.
And there I wanted to see the fight between Kyuzo and Kambei *sigh*[/spoiler]

Ghst in the Shell: SaC 1st GIG
[spoiler]Not actually a death, cause it was just another corpse of Motoko, but still.
In Episode 25, right before she and batou wanted to enter the plane, she got shot by sniper. It is solved in the next episode that she didn't die. But at the time she got shot you thought she is dead.[/spoiler]
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Postby Malificus » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:24 am

Pas1990 wrote:Chrno Crusade:

[spoiler]Pretty much half the main characters die. Seriously, I was devastated when Rosette died. Not to mention the fact that Aion continues to live on after that. They pretty much just died for nothing.[/spoiler]
Read the manga, trust me.

also
Kino no Tabi:
[spoiler]Lily's death is so~ bittersweet D':

I actually cry[/spoiler]

and

The Demon Ororon:

[spoiler]Ororon's death[/spoiler]
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Postby Pas » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:04 am

Malificus wrote:
Pas1990 wrote:Chrno Crusade:

[spoiler]Pretty much half the main characters die. Seriously, I was devastated when Rosette died. Not to mention the fact that Aion continues to live on after that. They pretty much just died for nothing.[/spoiler]
Read the manga, trust me.


Yeah I read on how it ended. Totally different.

Also, I'd like to just say now...

Elfen Lied:

[spoiler]Heh. Everyone.[/spoiler]
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