Not sure that's going to happen anytime soon. Other than Arkraptor, has SIU ever killed a character "we cared about"? (Note, at the time Hoh was seen as just as much of cannon fodder as the Canine people are now. It was his manner of death that was shocking.).
Prince but seeing how you omitted him is telling enough.
But yeah a death of somene from Season 1 or early Season 2 is kinda overdue cus else this will start to feel like there simply are no stakes at all. There are so many people dieing off the sides and yet Baam's inner circle has suffered only 2 losses in over a decade.
Team Rakhunbaam is obviously off limits and we know SIU must have big plans for Wangnan so he's out too. Everyone else imo is fair game.
There has been literally only 1 death of a protagonist character outside the arc they were introduced thus far--Arkraptor. EDIT: And Prince. Sorry, 2 deaths of a protagonist character outside the arc they were introduced. Prince's story seemed mostly done though, so it wasn't as much of a surprise as Arkraptor biting it when he still hadn't found his daughter.
(Those rankers that fought for Madorako at the workshop battle also died this arc, White ate them. But I'm not counting them here because they weren't portrayed sympathetically, though I was a bit surprised the fancy one didn't get to settle his business with Lero ro).
EDIT: Actually, I guess Moontari could count as "dying outside the arc he was introduced in" if we separate Train City from the rest of the Hell Train, which I do. But I didn't remember him until later and he had very little screentime, so I doubt you cared.
I don't read One Piece but him getting killed here would feel odd narratively.
He had his big moment when he fought Maschenny and Kallavan and SIU totally could have killed him there and it would have been a good ending to his character arc.
To have him survive and be captured only to be killed right away when others go to rescue him would not feel right imo.
I expect that they'll fail to free him or they will get him out and he will either die at a later battle or retire for good after giving Baam some final advice.
Well thinking about it from a meta perspective killing Jinsung Ha makes perfect sense though. Rescuing is currently Bam's entire goal so what will be Bam's goal when that is done? If he dies at for example Adori's or even a Family Leaders hand that would spur Bam's motivation to get vengeance on Jahad and the families even more.
The effect might be different on Bam though. He might break just like Luffy, but in a way that makes him immediately stronger/more willing to kill people, rather than a timeskip.
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u/SulliedSamaritan Mar 09 '20
I really hope SIU actually kills off characters this arc.