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Just wondering, are there any tropes for cliché methods of death or even just the act of using the same method always used? Great example in anime is "hit by a truck". This happens all the time. Whether an author wants to create an unexpected death to add drama to the story or kill off the main character to have an afterlife or other-world setting, the most popular method by far for a sudden, unpredictable death seems to be the person walking into the road and getting hit by a truck. It's even gotten to the point that some people talk of "Truck-kun" and call him one of the most successful serial killers in fiction.