Best Anime Death (spoilers)

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Ballin954

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So hendrixthecat has come up with some interesting threaRAB, and I'd like to add this one to the mix.

Best Deaths
A few epic death scenes that I love:

Code Geass
Lelouch
"Those who kill should be prepared to be killed." Lelouch is no hypocrite. He takes over the world, only to free it by ordering his own death.
Bravo.
Trigun
Legato
You hate him, but don't want Vash to compromise his ideals by killing him. When Vash is forced to finally do it, you don't feel sad for the victim, but for the murderer.
Eerily beautiful.
Cowboy Bebop
Spike
"Bang."
Nuf said.
Blood+
Diva
Diva dies, but Saya doesn't. This is because Diva's blood was weakened from her pregnancy.
I loved this twist.
School Days
Makoto
Nice boat.
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
Lust
Mustang gives her a small taste of Hell before sending her there. A hot woman killed in a borage of hot flames.
It's very fitting.
Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal
Tomoe
A quite predictable death, I thought, but the impact is nevertheless enormous. It also justifies Kenshin's staunch pacifism for the entire regular anime. It's not just a simple matter of "the good guy doesn't kill people cause he's the good guy." It's something much more profound than that, and you can really feel it after witnessing Tomoe's death.

Honorable "almost" mention:

Canaan
Alphard... almost!
Alphard's "almost death" was epic. I say "almost" because they ruined it by having her live. And they did so to give us some lame open ending cause they want to continue the series. Lame!
Had Alphard died, this definitely would have been near the top of any list.
 
Most tragic...

Kamina, from Gurren Lagann. I didn't even like his character that much, but it's just done so well. First of all, you have the hope spot where he gets back up and kicks ass. But while kicking ass, his voice is straining through the whole thing, and when it's over, there's no melodramatic death speech to suck the emotion out, just two worRAB: "Later, buddy...". And instead of sweeping it under the rug, the next couple of episodes actually deal with how his death affected the cast.

Most satisfying...

Goda, from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex The 2nd GIG. Seriously, how can you get more awesome than Motoko smashing through the window and unloading so much ammunition into him that his head explodes? You can't.
 
Excel Saga

Sure it's funny, until somebody dies, then it's hilarious

Of course the fact that Excel
dies in the first scene
means it gets hilarious very quickly

Rikdo
"You must not kill the original auther" [sic]

Pedro
Nooooooooooooo!

"man" in the metal mask
suddenly being bitten in two by the anaconda

Hyatt
dying at the office during/after passing out the drink to everyone is probably my favorite.

Hyatt
dying repeatedly while being interviewed by Illpalazo the first time

Hyatt
dying and then reanimating on the doctors table

Hyatt
... or rather the birRAB killed killed by hyatt's toxic blood trail

and of course Hyatt
drowning the world in her ever expanding pool of blood

yeah, any death with Hyatt is good
 
Here's some of the greatest Anime Deaths that were fantastic that impressed me,

Dragonball/Z/GT

Monster Carrot/Bora/Krillin/Giran/Chaoztu/Master Roshi/Bardock & his crew/King Vegeta/Raditz/Goku/Yamcha/Tien/Piccolo/Nappa/Appule/Zarbon/Nail/Dende/Vegeta/Guru/Frieza/Future Gohan/King Cold/Dr.Gero/Future Trunks/Cell/The Supreme Kais/Spopovitch/Babidi & Dabura/Kid Majin Buu/Fat Majin Buu/Dr.Myuu/Baby/Eis Shenron/Nova Shenron/Syn(Omega)Shenron - All of their deaths were pretty great/sad/intense, but poor Krillin couldn't get a break, Appule/Zarbon/Fat Buu/Nova Shenron's deaths made me pretty teary sad which they would've had more screentime, & Nappa/Spopovitch/Babidi/Eis Shenron's deaths were well-deserved as much as I despise them.

Digimon/Zero Two/Tamers/Frontier/Data Squad

Devimon/Wizardmon/Myotismon/Sukamon & Chuumon/Piximon/Whamon/Metal Seadramon/Leomon/Puppetmon/Machinedramon/Piedmon/Black Wargreymon/Oikawa/Arukenimon & Mummymon/Ice Devimon/Ice Wizardmon/Cherubimon/Saber Leomon/Kurata - Both Wizardmon/Chuumon/Leomon/Black Wargreymon/Arukenimon & Mummymon's deaths made me cry so much of their great sacrifices & both Myotismon/Kurata's deaths were well-satisfying for what they did!!!!!

Cowboy Bebop

Spike/Vicious - Both of their deaths were sad/intense/touching especially Spike's "Bang" at the end.

Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle:The Kinnikuman Legacy

Buffaloman/Blackhole/The Mountain/Sosumi/Planetman/Ninja Ned/Shivano/Prince Lou Ow(Lord Muscle)/Kinnikuman Zebra/Kinnikuman Super Phoneix/Dial-Bolic/Minch/Mr.Pee/Hanzo/Comrade Turbinski/Barrierfreeman & Jijoman/Eskara(Mars) - All of their deaths were pretty epic/intense/sad which poor Ninja Ned couldn't get a break from his great battles which I hated his first gruesome death, Sosumi's brave sacrifice to save King Muscle's near-death experience was sad/touching, & both Dial-Bolic/Minch's deaths made me sad which I'm glad the Pumpinator & Bone Cold got a trashing for it.Both Hanzo, Comrade, Barrierfreeman & Jijoman, & Eskara(Mars)'s deaths were very sad after their battles to save Meat's bodyparts.

Trigun

Nicholas D. Wolfwood/Legato Bluesummers/The Gung-Ho Guns - All of their deaths were so epic/sad which both Nicholas/Legato's deaths were the most best greatest deaths ever especially with Legato making Vash kill for the first time which was such an evil death for him.

Groove Adventure Rave/Rave Master

Ron Glace/Ltiangle/Racas/King Raregroove/Gale Glory/Ogre/Reina/Lilith/Pumpkin Doryu/Blanche/Koala/Hardner/Shiba/Shakuma/Uta/Asura/Megido/Jiero/Lucia Raregroove - Both Gale Glory/King Raregroove/Reina/Koala/Shiba/Megido/Jiero's deaths made me so sad since they were my favorite cool characters ever & both Shakuma/Blanche/Lucia Raregroove's deaths were awesome/satisfying which they SO deserved it!!!!!

S-cry-ed

Ayase/Unkei/The 3 Takunatsu sisters/Biff/Shireece/Commander Martin Jigmar/Kyoji Mujo/Straight Cougar - Both Ayase/Unkei/Biff/Shireece/Straight Cougar's deaths were so touching/sad especially Shireece's brave sacrifice since they were fantastic characters & the 3 Takunatsu sisters/Kyoji's deaths were well-deserved as much as I hated them.

Eureka 7

Charles & Ray/William & Martha/Norb & Sakuya - Their deaths were so great/sad which made me cry so much since they were such fantastic characters while it lasted.

Blood+

Irene/Riku/Carl/Moses/Carmen/James/Solomon/Diva/Amshell - Both Irene/Riku/Moses/Solomon/Diva's deaths were so great/touching/sad & both James/Amshell's deaths were so awesome as much as I didn't like them from the start!!!!!

Death Note

Ray/Naomi/Jealous/Higuchi/L & Watari/Rem/Aiber & Wedy/Namikawa/Soichiro/Demegawa/Matt/Mello/Kiyomi/Mikami/Light Yagami/Misa - All of their deaths were intense/sad/epic which both Naomi/L & Watari/Rem/Wedy/Namikawa/Soichiro/Matt/Mello/Mikami/Misa's deaths made me very sad since they were such awesome characters that I loved& both Higuchi/Demegawa/Kiyomi/Light's deaths made me satisfied, but I pity both Light & Kiyomi though before when they died.

Blue Dragon/Tenkai no Shichi Ryuu

Dragnov/Homeron/Gilliam/Lord Nene/General Logi's captain & his 3 soldiers/Schneider/Blue Dragon,Phoneix,Minotaur,Hippopotamus,Sabretooth Tiger,Odin,& Chimera/Zola/Allure/Michael/Vermillian/Griz/Daner/Conrad/Furioso/Fagino/Rudolph - All of their deaths were amazing/epic/sad which Dragnov/Homeron/General Logi's captain & his 3 soldiers/Schneider/the heroes & villains' shadows/Zola/Vermillian/Griz/Daner/Conrad/Furioso's deaths made me very sad especially General Logi's captain/Schneider/Furioso's epic brave sacrifices as well since they were the best awesome characters ever & yet Zola's darkside still shocked/scared me though.Rudolph's death was well-satisfying for his horrible acts on others.

Code Geass:Lelouch of the Rebellion/R2

Prince Clovis/Mao/Princess Euphemia/Dalton/Black King/Urabe/The High Eunuchs:Zhao,Xia,Cheng,Xiang,Cai,Tong,& Huang/Shirley/David(Dalton's son)/Bartley/V.V./Luciano/Rolo/Emperor Charles & Empress Marianne/Monica/Dorothea/Bismarck/Lelouch - Both Princess Euphemia/Urabe/Shirley/Rolo/Lelouch's deaths were the most saddest moments in history to make us viewers cry, poor Prince Clovis/Dorothea would of had more screentime before getting killed by Lelouch/Suzaku, & both Mao/Black King/The High Eunuchs/Luciano/Emperor Charles & Empress Marianne's deaths were the most satisfying of their cruel terrible acts.

Gurren-Lagann

Thymilph/Kamina/Adiane/Cytomander/Guame/Makken/Jorgun & Balinbow/Kittan/The Anti-Spiral Leader/Nia - Both Kamina/Makken/Jorgun & Balinbow/Kittan/Nia's deaths made me cry so much since they were my favorite awesome characters ever, both Thymilph/Cytomander/Guame/The Anti-Spiral Leader's deaths were epic which those amazing villains will be missed which Guame's spinning slow-motion death was so funny, hehehe, & Adiane's death was so awesome as much as I hated her so much.

Monster

Director Heinemann/F. Rosenbach/Dr.Boyer/Mauler/Mr. & Mrs. Fortner/Richard Braun/The Red Hindenbergh(Blue Sophie) - I'm SO glad Dr.Tenma's horrible jerkoff doctors & director/ugly old hag died for bashing on poor Dr.Tenma/Richard Braun.Mauler/Mr. & Mrs. Fortner/Richard's deaths were so sad which they'll be missed.
 
Thank you for the shout out Sam and great topic idea!

Ok, here are my thoughts:

Code Geass
Lelouch
You love him and hate him. Whether you liked how he did things or not, you can't argue that his Death was perfect. Linked perfectly with all of his planning and it was just great.
Full Metal Alchemist
Pride
Mustang is just such a badass! He draws the syrabol for alchemy in blood on the back of his hand before burning the manic Pride to cinders with some great one liners.
Death Note
L and Light
Both their deaths had to occur. They were sad deaths but both helped make he series so fantastic. L's death was so sudden and sad. Light's death was necessary but also sad. The fight between them was a great one, it was a shame when it ended.
Dragonball Z
Goku
When Cell tries to destroy the planet by using the "Geodude Fighting Style" aka pointlessly self-destructing in the middle of battle. Gohan not able to finish Cell of and Goku stepping in to end it all. Instead of being rude to Gohan, he just smiles and keeps smiling until he has translocated and dies in the explosion.

There are many other characters in these animes, whose deaths also moved me but I dont want to spoil to much.
 
THIS. Gah, that one had me pissed.....

Anyway...

|Most Tragic|

Grave of the Fireflies
Setsuko--"She never woke up." Only time I've ever shed a tear at an anime, and I was damn glad that it was this moment. Thankfully, even in death, the two siblings were reunited--that's enough solace for me.

|Most Epic|

Death Note
Light Yagami--Burn in hell, you son of a *****. Thanks for the satisfaction of going utterly psychotic and becoming a pathetic shadow of what you once were before hand, though.



In which cases, I count five.

1. Full Metal Alchemist
2. Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood
3. Full Metal Panic
4. Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu
5. Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid
 
There are others I could name that haven't been listed, but one particular fight in one of my preferred series is obligatory for me to mention first.

Fate/Stay Night (ending spoilers, look out!):
Gilgamesh's downfall. After several episodes of this prideful, seemingly omnipotent titan dominating everyone in sight, Saber finally enRAB it with one mighty stroke using all of her strength and mana. The aftermath is nice too. For all of Gilgamesh's arrogance and his possessive attitude, he accepts his defeat with dignity and even handles Saber tenderly in a dramatic shift from his earlier behavior. In the end, he finally respected someone besides himself.

OWNED.



Also...Saber's decision to let herself die instead of using the Holy Grail to relive her life and undo her tenure as king was an unexpected, bittersweet, awesome way to end the series. She doesn't get a happily-ever-after with Shiro in the present, though her confession to Shiro is a beautiful scene. But it's thanks to that relationship that she was ultimately able to accept her life and identity, whereas at the start she was cold and distant and was seeking the Holy Grail to escape from it. Her death was the endpoint of character development that went above and beyond the normal call of duty.
 
Because it's never going to get mentioned otherwise, but it was a favorite character of mine, from 07-Ghost:
Mikage.

Seriously, I couldn't believe that the main character's best friend would a) be killed off and b) be killed off pretty early on in the series. It's made worse by the fact that Teito is completely anti-social and Mikage was the first person to befriend him. As Teito says, Mikage was his light; his upbeat, outgoing personality was a great balance for Teito's sullen disposition. And the strength of their frienRABhip comes through in the fact that Mikage chooses to be reincarnated as a baby dragon so he could stay by Teito's side, even if he had no memories of his former life.

His death was so beautifully done in the anime, though the manga-version was pretty heart-wrenching as well. Mikage quickly became my 07-Ghost favorite, so I was heart-broken when he was killed off. But he's pink and fluffy in the afterlife and continues to play an important role in his best friend's life, so it's very touching.
 
Taekmkm, care to clarify your comment? One can easily misinterpret it as an insult for those who like FMA Anime1.

My personal thought is that, and this comment is solely based on characters who existed in both versions (and died differently in both versions), the Anime1 deaths were better than the Manga/Bro ones:
With exception to Manga/BroLust's fiery death, although Anime1Lust's dramatic death was good in its own right.
 
Two from Gundam Wing:

Walker, an OZ Aries pilot, decides to buy time for Zechs to escape with the newly rediscovered Tallgesse. After figuring out the best way to take on Heavyarms is to wait until it runs out of ammo, the Aries just surround Trowa.

However, Qatare and the Maganac Corps show up and begin blastsing everything. And to my total surprise, Walker decides to charge Sandrock with guns ablazing! Quatre decides to take his heat sotels, and like a set of huge calipers, begins to crush Walker's Aires.

All the while his Aries falls apart, Walker calmly states "Well, I always wanted to see how much this machine can take." That one line alone makes Walker one of the more memorable grunt deaths ever.

General Septhem, after giving a televised speech denouncing the Gundams, is approached by Lady Une. She simply states "We won't be needing you any more." Before Septhem knows it, a trap door had thrown him out of the airplane.

And not merely statisfied with that, Une takes out a pistol, and shoots the falling Septhem in the head!

This death was so awesome, it was featured in an issue of Anime Insider and was used in the Toonami promo.
 
Code Geass-

Lelouch's death- I really did like R2, and I know a lot of people didn't but to me it was never that bad, and the ending to it was just amazingly well done. Lelouch turned himself into hatred that everyone could point fingers at to blame for all of the trouble that's been happening, and to end hatred he destroyed it, by planning his death. Seeing Lelouch from the start of R1 and going all the way to R2, it really was one rough ride for him, and yet he was still brave enough to give up his life for the world. Those last two minutes with the flasrabroadack between him and Suzaku, and that background music playing was really great. As twisted as it sounRAB, unless the writers of Code Geass really needed Lelouch back, I hope he stays dead as his ending was the best it could of ever been.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood:

Lust's Death- You know it's interesting to see her go after her development in the first non canon anime, but still her death manga/canon wise was great. Gotta love how she put Hawkeye who was accepting death into a corner and Roy coming out of nowhere and burning Lust to death until she finally couldn't take it anymore. It was a pretty powerful scene in my opinion.
 
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