And it's boring way to go out now. So easy to kill the character off than it is to give them life and see what ways they can actually redeem other than self-sacrifice or something. It worked with Nagato, but if every villain did it...well you said so yourself a few times: "Tired of the magic reset button."
Again, this makes me concerned with Sasuke's plot and how it's going to end. Chances are highly likely that he is just going to walk away like people have suggested and not be expected to pay up for his crimes. Death and banishment have become such a lenient punishment in this manga that it feels like no villain is punished for their crimes.
I don't know about boring, but it's incredibly cheap.
The core problem is not about killing or giving life. The problem is removing the character in ways that allow Naruto to avoid having to defend his choice. As far as the manga goes, that, above all else is what I want. Naruto never has to decide what next nor deal with any the consequences for letting them live.
Kishimoto obviously thinks letting him live is the more moral thing to do, but rather than taking it's most damning problem head on, he pretends it doesn't exist. Is there anyone who think that the best or more persuasive way to deal with a legitimate counter arguments is to pretend they don't exist? That's basically what he's doing,
it's total bull to take that stance and then cheat his way past the obvious problems with ass pulls and Deus Ex Machina.
Again, this makes me concerned with Sasuke's plot and how it's going to end. Chances are highly likely that he is just going to walk away like people have suggested and not be expected to pay up for his crimes. Death and banishment have become such a lenient punishment in this manga that it feels like no villain is punished for their crimes.
Death is cheap in this series, but yeah, you should expect that. It's not an accident that Sasuke's steered away from doing things that the main cast can't overlook. Although, with the Karin getting over an attempted murder in 15 seconds, there probably isn't an atrocity the this cast can't ignore.