User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 384: Attack of the Stars, Review./@comment-3424593-20140516074407/@comment-1359322-20140517020250

If it's simply a matter of killing off character then yes, but if it's about writing off characters beautifully, it'd be a different situation. The issue is how many characters are capable of big stunts or important roles, you expect Jet or Droy to fulfil that, clearly impossible, Jura he might be a good choice but then again it'll be a bad decision. So in the end, only characters that has important role can fulfil those requirement, Ultear was one, now it's Aquarius that's all there is. Plus the Ultear one became some sort of character development for Gray which is like killing 2 birds with one stone.