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Originally Posted by james0246
Well...besides the fact that you can compare apples and oranges...I understand the point you are trying to make and completely disagree. A hero is simply a person who accomplishes something (generally considered "good" or "just" within the conventions of that society) despite the odds. Consequently, almost anyone at any time can be a hero, and living or dying matters very little to the defintion of being a hero (even in Naruto, living or dying matters very little when trying to define a hero). For instance, Minato was a hero for 'defeating' the Kyuubi (and before that he was a hero for almost single-handedly defeating the Iwa nation), and Naruto is a hero for defeating Pain/Nagato.
I have never once said that Naruto must live. Rather, I could see Naruto going the way of Beowulf - dying at a very old age after defeating one last foe (or to use a DB refference, Goku disappearing after defeating Shenlong (or whatever that stupid dragon was from GT)). Rather, I disagree with the notions that either Naruto must die sometime soon, or that Naruto must die to "save" Sasuke, and other such ideas.
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But that would defeat the purpose of naming the manga "Naruto." I mean, the whole motive is to show Naruto's growth and his dream to become a hokage. If he were to die as a hokage in the end, then it would make sense - but that wouldn't really be the case. Because, Naruto wished to be a Hokage, but has never mentioned carrying out the duties of a Hokage. I can speculate some kind of future arc after where Naruto will become Hokage, just to see how Konoha's ninjas are doing.