User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 249: Magic is Alive, Review./@comment-3556212-20110904004337/@comment-3061966-20110905014631

Mira dying wouldn't make any sense, to be honest. There's no reason for it to happen. But Makarov is heading down the path of the Third Hokage. Also major deaths doesn't mean they all need to be people from the guild.