I know this is a discussion of the first 10 characters dying but how do you guys feel about the later ones getting killed off?
How do we know if the reason Leon no longer shows up in the story is because he's dead (I personally hate the character so I don't really mind).
What about Hayate? Given how he tends to be the "weakest" of the main 4 ninjas (he never won a tournament, got captured twice by the bad guys and never even shows up in the NG games), I honestly think he can be a character they can kill off.
And what about Helena? She's easily the most important character who isn't a ninja, what if they made a plot twist of her being killed by Christie?