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** As of 485, we ''finally'' have an even semi-important protagonist die outside of a flashback.
*** '''Chapter 511'''. Enuf Said.

->"Whew! Okay, kids, let's settle down and review the important information --[[BigBad Lyle is a big doofus]]. [[TheHero Poor George]] was really shot, but can't die because, hey, let's face it, he's the hero."

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*** '''Chapter 511'''. Enuf Said.

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* In ''MassEffect2'', Commander Shepard is killed in the opening of the game, but is rebuilt by Cerberus. Enforced in the finale; although Shepard can suffer PlotlineDeath at the end it's considered a NonStandardGameOver rather than a proper, canon ending. You can't use such a save for ExtendedGameplay and the developers say you won't be able to start up a Mass Effect 3 game from one either.

*** And now in chapter 502, [[spoiler:Byakuya Kuchiki himself has likely kicked the bucket as well, potentially hinting that the series will continue to avert this trope in the future]].

* ''{{Naruto}}'' has this trope mostly present in Part I, as Sasuke, Choji and Neji survived their DisneyDeath scenes, but this is balanced somewhat by the fact that most of the major villains also make it out, bar the FiveBadBand, {{Mooks}} and, crucially, the one exception of BigGood Sarutobi who dies fighting a surviving BigBad. Then it's played with in Part II, where several noteworthy good characters die and several more appear to do so. Gaara gets [[ResetButton brought back]] at the [[HeroicSacrifice cost of another's life]], the heroic sacrificer Chiyo staying dead. Several appear to be KilledOffForReal only to not be in the Pain arc, while Jiraiya and [[HeelFaceTurn redeemed Akatsuki member Konan]] really do die trying to take down respective [[BigBad Big Bads]].
* The only "good" character who dies in ''YuYuHakusho'' without being brought back to life or revealed to have been FakingTheDead is reluctant ally Murota, who is eaten by the Gourmet, while most of the heroes' opponents die after being defeated. Genkai dies at the end of the series, but only in the manga, and of apparently natural causes.

* All Mechies in ''StationeryVoyagers'' are implied to be nigh-immortal. Unless you destroy their [[SoulJar S-chips]], which is hard to do. "Putting them down" and "[[BladeRunner retiring]]" them when they [[FaceHeelTurn go bad]] means [[SealedEvilInACan putting their S-chips in a freezer]] so they can't be inserted into a Mechie body. Therefore, Pextel getting trashed battling Cybomec in the MechanicalLifeforms equivalent of {{Gorn}} is but a DisneyDeath. Stella-Marie and Technitel, Philidrio, Caloride, and Ribando-Cybomec are likewise only mentally vulnerable. DeathIsCheap, as villain Mechies can come back too.

* Happens ''at least'' 4 times in ''SamuraiChamploo''. One of these even feature a long and TearJerker death sequence (the one following the "death" of Mugen), but he resuscitates (without explanation of course) soon after.

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** Laura with the Crimson Owl powers is a CameBackStrong ContractualImmortality that works a little like [[TheBible Sampson's Nazarite status]]. So it's especially stupid for villains to keep trying to kill her. [[VillainBall But they can't resist]].

* In Brent Weeks' ''NightAngelTrilogy'', Azoth/Kylar dies at the very end only to be brought back by the black Ka'kari. This becomes a major plot point, however, when it's revealed that every time he comes back, someone he loves dies.

* ''OnePiece'' mainly teases viewers with the potential deaths of secondary characters, (for example the Franky Family and Galley-La shipwrights in Enies Lobby) rather than the Straw Hats, but Zoro managed to take all of Luffy's injuries and fatigue from his fight with Gecko Moria and survive against all odds. Hardly anyone has died in the present timeline; the most important were Ace and Whitebeard for whom the arc in which that happened was mostly ADeathInTheLimelight, and that took nearly ''600 chapters'' to happen. Oddly for this trope though, this applies to the majority of the ''[[JokerImmunity villains]]'' as well.
** One Piece is an interesting example of this trope because most of the characters who really should be dead but aren't might as well be dead for story purposes since they don't show up in the main story again. So Oda replaced death with being [[PutOnABus Put On A]] LongBusTrip.

* DCComics subverts this trope with ''Blackest Night'', where most of the characters they've '''ever''' killed off -- including the Earth-2 Superman -- come back... as murderous zombies. Plus, they're not really back in body and soul, just a twisted echo of the person they were.

* In Brent Weeks' Night Angel Trilogy, Azoth/Kylar dies at the very end only to be brought back by the black Ka'kari. This becomes a major plot point, however, when it's revealed that every time he comes back, someone he loves dies.

* ''{{Bleach}}'' is one of the worst offenders. The villains drop like flies, but not a single hero has died yet, no matter how severe their injuries. Many of them are defeated and severely wounded and often given what appear to be death scenes, but are brought back later. A good example is the Soul Society Arc, where ''no one with a name'' really dies (The only person to even have the appearance of being killed was Aizen, who is subsequently revealed to have been FakingTheDead), despite fights to the death happening all over the place, and there being 46 deaths caused by Aizen's OffstageVillainy.

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'''s Captain Jack Harkness. No matter what happens to him, shooting, stabbing, falling from heights, buried alive, explosions, having his life force sucked out...a stray javelin, he keeps coming back because he's a fixed point in time and space.

* Happens ''at least'' 4 times in ''SamuraiChamploo''. One of these even feature a long and TearJerker death sequence (the one following the "death" of Mugen), but he resuscitate (without explanation of course) soon after.

* ''OnePiece'' mainly teases viewers with the potential deaths of secondary characters, (for example the Franky Family and Galley-La shipwrights in Enies Lobby) rather than the Straw Hats, but Zoro managed to take all of Luffy's injuries and fatigue from his fight with Gecko Moria and survive against all odds. Hardly anyone has died in the present timeline; the most important were Ace and Whitebeard for whom the arc in which that happened was mostly ADeathInTheLimelight,, and that took nearly ''600 chapters'' to happen. Oddly for this trope though, this applies to the majority of the ''[[JokerImmunity villains]]'' as well.

->"[[{{Batman}} The Bat's]] stubborn refusal to expire...is '''driving us insane!'''"

* In ''{{Solatorobo}}'' Red is sacrificed to awaken a HumongousMecha that will [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the world]], then a couple minutes later he gets back up, [[IGotBetter no explanation]].
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** [[spoiler: As of 485, we ''finally'' have an even semi-important protagonist die outside of a flashback.]]

** Considering Bleach's track record with this sort of thing, it may be too early to tell, but [[spoiler: chapter 483 seems to have brought us the first on-screen death of an even semi-important named protagonist.]]

** Considering Bleach's track record with this sort of thing, but [[spoiler: 483 seems to have brought us the first on-screen death of an even semi-important named protagonist.]]

* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}''' Captain Jack Harkness. No matter what happens to him, shooting, stabbing, falling from heights, buried alive, explosions, having his life force sucked out...a stray javelin, he keeps coming back because he's a fixed point in time and space.

* ''{{Torchwood}}'': Captain Jack Harkness. No matter what happens to him, shooting, stabbing, falling from heights, buried alive, explosions, having his life force sucked out...a stray javelin, he keeps coming back because he's a fixed point in time and space.

-->--'''The Narrator''', ''GeorgeOfTheJungle''

->Whew! Okay, kids, let's settle down and review the important information --[[BigBad Lyle is a big doofus]]. [[TheHero Poor George]] was really shot, but can't die because, hey, let's face it, he's the hero.
-->--The Narrator, ''GeorgeOfTheJungle''

->[[{{Batman}} The Bat's]] stubborn refusal to expire...is '''driving us insane!'''
-->--Two-Face, ''[[Film/{{Batman}} Batman Forever]]''