User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 333: Man and Man, Dragon and Dragon, Man and Dragon, Review./@comment-5580383-20130605185931/@comment-5840892-20130606032648

Supppose you have 5. (2 girls 3 guys, one of the guys was a villain that was redeemed and becomes a central hero.) And you have the following relationships between them:


 * Guy 1-Girl 2:Childhood sweethearts, but in the end decided it wouldn't work out and became great friends.
 * Guy 1-Girl 1:Tsundere relationship/pairing (Nisekoi is the perfect example of a description, yet it is beyond a doubt that they have mutal romantic feelings.)
 * Guy 2-Guy 3: Brohters in all but blood; like Luffy and Ace. (guy 3 was the redeemed villain.)
 * Girl 2-Guy 3: Hinted at being a pair.
 * Guy 1 and Guy 2:Best friends, in a manner you could describe Natsu and Grey being like.
 * Girl 1/Girl 2-Guy 2: Friends only, nothing even hinted about anything else.

And in a short span; Guy 1 (the central main, male character the series is about, but not seen through his eyes) and Guy 3 die. (Guy 3 dies to protect the others and fully redeems himself first, then in about 30-some chapters the main charatcter a.k.a. Guy 1 dies to protect the others as well, taking the final/main Antaganist with him.) The series ends not long after that.

How much would people hate that type of thing? Even if perfectly and beautifully done, and as the only way to wrap up the entire plot?

(Yeah I gave it that much though.) And that fairy Tail bit was hypothetical, there are 3 people in Fairy Tail I never want to see die in any circumstances (if done well enough however I would not hold it against Mashima): Erza, Natsu, and Wendy. I never want them to die. In all honesty Lucy can die, and if she is going to; I would be sad, but it wouldn't effect my opinion of the series at all. But, that's just because I'm not a Lucy fan.