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(#8) Biscuit Griffon — Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Biscuit Griffon has an important role in Iron Blooded Orphans. He's best friends with Orga Itsuka, the leader of a private security company called Tekkan, and often acts as a voice of reason when Orga is making tough decisions. On top of that, his main motivation for working with the organization is to support his younger siblings and send them to school.
When he dies under a pile of wreckage, the loss takes a serious toll on the other characters. Without his sounding board, Orga is forced to make difficult choices on his own, and Biscuit's sisters are left to fend for themselves.
Although Biscuit is fat, his personality defies the disconcerting stereotypes seen in many popular anime. There are still some problems with his characterization (why is he named Biscuit, anyway?), but it's exciting to see an overweight character who uses his brain more than his stomach.
When he dies, fans lose one of the medium's best depictions of an underrepresented demographic.
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(#1) Shiro Fujimoto
- Blue Exorcist, Blue Exorcist
Before his death, Shiro Fujimoto (Rin Okumura's adoptive father) was a top-notch exorcist who could go toe-to-toe with almost any demon, except for the actual Devil, Rin's biological father. This dude not only refused to kill Rin and his brother Yukio, he also raised the sons of the Devil himself, defying orders to do what he thought was right.
Isn't Fujimoto a great guy? Unfortunately, viewers only get to see him in action for a few short episodes before he dies. His death itself is epic: he's possessed by the Devil, his adopted son's true father who is attempting to drag Rin back to Gehenna, the anime's version of Hell. Fujimoto ends the possession by stabbing himself to death, a ridiculously heroic act that befits this awesome character.
His death was too soon, not because he should have survived his fight with the Devil (his sacrifice was actually really cool), but because it was so unfair that he'd had so little screen time beforehand.
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(#9) Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli
- Battle Tendency
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure primarily follows the Joestar family as they battle supernatural foes with their peculiar superpowers. Caesar Zeppeli may not be a part of the Joestar clan, but that didn't make his untimely death any less devastating for fans.
Zeppeli is compelled to defeat the Pillar Men, the ancient super-beings responsible for his grandfather's death. In Part 2 of the series, he teams up with Joseph Joestar to bring an end to the god-like race.
Unfortunately, Zeppeli loses his cool and decides to fight two Pillar Men by himself. At fist, it looks like he may have the upper hand, but then one of the Pillar Men sneak attacks him, crushing him with falling rocks.
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(#11) Kaworu Nagisa
- Neon Genesis Evangelion, The End of Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, Evangelion 1.11: You Are (Not) Alone, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Kaworu Nagisa is one of the first characters to seriously connect with Shinji Ikari, Neon Genesis Evangelion's lonely protagonist. After teaming up for a vicious battle, the two spend the night together, and Shinji starts to feel like he can actually open up to other people. Then Kaworu is killed off in the following episode.
As it turns out, Kaworu is the 17th Angel, which puts him at odds with the NERV organization, including Shinji. When the two finally square off, Kaworu claims meeting Shinji made his life worth living, and asks the hero to kill him. For whatever reason, Shinji agrees.
Shinji's feeling of isolation is the main issue in the series, so it's a shame the one character who came close to resolving this problem is killed off less than an hour after his introduction. If Kaworu had survived, the show's ending would have been much more satisfying (and also way easier to understand).
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(#6) Shuusei Kagari
- Psycho-Pass
The Sibyl System decided Shuusei Kagari was a latent criminal at age five, so by the time he's 21, he has no other option than to become an Enforcer. He helps the police track down (and often kill) active criminals, and many Enforcer assignments are glorified suicide missions.
Since Kagari never felt any inclination to commit crimes, he's deeply skeptical of the Sibyl System, and irritated by the constrained life it forces him to lead. He never had a chance to choose his own career path, get married, or have children. While Kagari usually suppresses his unhappiness with jokes and sarcasm, he's clearly miserable on the inside.
When Kagari gets shot in the middle of a mission, it feels like his character arc is cut short. He dies hoping his sacrifice will mean something, but once he's gone, nothing really changes. He isn't allowed to escape his horrid reality, and his absence sucks much of the humor out of the show.
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(#3) Kaori Miyazono — Your Lie In April
Kaori Miyazono suffers from a terminal illness, so when she dies, it's not really a surprise. Even so, her demise comes far too early, as she never gets the chance to admit her true feelings for Kousei Arima, or to find out whether he feels the same way.
This could have been the most satisfying moment in the story. Instead, the eventual reveal only adds to the tragedy, as it comes after Kaori has passed away.
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In television, the death of a character can be heart-wrenching. It’s the same in Anime, a classic anime. Once you’ve created a bunch of classic characters, if they end up dead, the audience will not be able to forget it or even accept it, for a long time. However, some of the classic anime characters just appeared soon to be destroyed, it is really difficult to accept.
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