- they’re the mom
- they said something meaningful before they left
- they’re like pure sunshine and it’s a seinen
- they’re like pure sunshine and it’s a shonen
- any genre of anime, as long as they’re pure and perfect…they’re dead. guarantee.
- their head got lopped off
- they’re the father-figure mentor
- they’re taking care of some poor abused orphan they found
Things that let you know that that character is not dead
- they were stabbed in the chest (who needs vital organs to live)
- they disappeared off camera and are assumed dead
- long lost sibling
- they’re a villain
- they haven’t had their redemption arc yet
voguethehousedown
