Jyumonji, Ao

@shackson

You obviously do not understand the point of Manato's death. No, his death was never meant to be an emotional moment for the reader. Heck, we don't even know his character. The death was to show the reality of the world of Grimgar, how relentless it is and how people would die so easily with a single mistake. The point of his death was for the development of the rest of the characters, to act as the trigger for how they will eventually develop (differently) into more complex personalities as a result of their leader's death. It was never meant for the reader, it was for the characters. Please try to think more carefully about what you read before making such an ignorant comment.

It's pitiful to see an author fail in such a way as to bow down to the bandwagon of killing off characters to get an emotional rise out of readers. You are an embarrassment to light novel writers everywhere. You can't write shounen so you have to go the cop out route and kill off a character to get sympathy from people. You disgust me. You don't deserve to sell a single novel ever again.