User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Chapter 472: Laxus vs. Wahl, Review/@comment-1153699-20160208202815/@comment-1153699-20160209094339

@Wrath, well, it's that, and the fact that Kishimoto milked the living hell out of that last arc. Masashi killed like, my top 3~5 characters from that series (if not more). Having your favorite character(s) die in one series, and knowing you'll only see them again in flashbacks at best isn't a thing I appreciated back then when I dropped Naruto. I still don't.

I don't really remember all the details since that was years ago, but I'm pretty sure Neji didn't have the chance to show how much he improved in Part II. I was also bummed that Jiraiya didn't live to see Naruto mastering Sage Mode and defeating Pain. Not gonna lie, his death hit me hardest (in my defense, I was only about 10~11 when it happened). Part I was fine but Part II just started to get really dark. Yeah, I guess those types of Mangas aren't really for me, then. This way of thinking isn't uncommon at all from what I've seen, though.

In The Witcher 3 for example (dunno if you played it or not), there's a reason most people refer to the "Ciri's death" ending as the "Bad/Worst Ending". People legit got mad during their first play through because of it and I can see where they're coming from tbh.