User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 16: April 2013/@comment-4938779-20130505174801/@comment-4829046-20130510021518

It was originally a gag manga so of course he would still be alive. XD Keep in mind that there is a very good reason why Darkness is separate from the original series. I think Darkness should get the "seinen" tag, and I can show you a seinen manga that is EXACTLY like Darkness in terms of main character always getting into ero situations.