ShaggyJebus wrote...
If good guys died, the audience would be turned off. That's usually why it doesn't happen often.
Popularity is very important. Ever seen a villain who's turned into a good guy? Of course, we all have, and most of the time, when that happens, it's because the character was shown to be very popular. To increase readership (or viewership), it's written so that the character will make more appearances, and changing the person into a good guy is the easiest way to do that. Hell, most fans want it to happen. I've heard a lot of Bleach fans say that they want Grimmjow to help Ichigo, basically making him into a good guy, because they like the character so much.
I have to say, Tite Kubo did something really cool and had all the shinigami in Soul Society be bad guys that eventually would become good guys without it seeming strange, due to everybody being tricked by the "real" bad guy. It was a nice touch and shows that Kubo isn't a hackneyed author. But just because he's good, it doesn't mean that he can go against the wishes of his publisher. Shonen Jump wouldn't let him kill off a main character, unless it was maybe Kira or another lieutenant that has already had a good bit of action, because the fans of that character might stop reading. And seeing a weak character die isn't appealing. It feels like just a throwaway attempt at making readers think that the series is "cool" because someone died. So, it's a double-edged sword - either kill off a popular character and lose readers or kill off an unpopular character and seem like panderer who's just trying to make the series seem "edgy."
well they kill people all the time. i mean at least it seems that way. i mean just useless ones anyway. but i mean if someone stop reading because someone died they don't seem like a great fan. i mean it gives the readers something to be intreested in. like whats gonna happen. or depeding how they show it. who did it. why. I did like the soul society turning good thing kinda cause it was different. but it wasn't to hard to see coming.But i really don't think killing someone would turn someone off. Unless it was ichigo cause he is the main character.