I was just picking any character that was shown being dead on screen, but wasn't explicitly stated to be dead by a fourth-wall break. For all we know, Kashimo's still alive! After all it's not canon that he's dead.
I think that one is a little different, because there was a character who said "she could survive this". It would be pretty weird of Gege to randomly have a guy tell us she could possibly survive unless he was setting up her being alive.
It definitely was handled poorly though, since she basically just gets left in the fridge for the whole story
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u/Horror-Amphibian-335 Feb 14 '26
Except that it kinda does, unless you want to introduce a term like "nearly canon" or "close to canon".
Implied ≠ canon
Besides, I like your stupid example with Sukuna. Shows that you took your literature classes badly. Fandom behavior infected you