Current Events > Why is killing the enemy such an issue in American comics?

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As long as the original main protagonist's story is wrapped up, time jumps (for new main protagonists), spin offs, and reboots/alternate dimensions all still have the original story ending. Although if the same story gets rebooted dozens of times that becomes a problem too.

1. The original comic started in 1985 and is still ongoing. The most current run is Saint Seiya: Next Dimension which while Kurumada claims is almost done somehow it's been going on since 2006 at a Hunter x Hunter pace.
2. While that was going on other artists have gone into the mix creating The Lost Canvas. Lost Canvas Gaiden, Episode G, Episode G Assassin, Saintia Sh, and Mei Iden.
3. Then there's a comic from French artists called "Time Odyssey"
4. There's also a light novel series Gigantomachia
5. Now let's take a look at the Anime (Galaxian Wars through Hades: Elysium). The main series anime contains a massive filler arc called Asgard. They would later use this filler arc as the basis for the spin off series Soul of Gold. There's also Saint Seiya Omega which is basically the Dragonball GT of this franchise, and a God awful Netflix original anime. The lost canvas got an anime as well and generally most people consider it the best one
6. But it's not done there! We gotta talk about movies! Then there's several movies based on the original series. The heaven overture movie which was supposed to be a continuation of Hades: Elysium but..... Ehh don't feel like opening that can of worms right now. Then there's the 3D legend of sanctuary movie, and even the live action movie!

If you're only sticking to anime it might not seem like this is a thing but in manga it totally is.

Let's look at Saint Seiya for a moment.
1. The original comic started in 1985 and is still ongoing. The most current run is Saint Seiya: Next Dimension which while Kurumada claims is almost done somehow it's been going on since 2006 at a Hunter x Hunter pace.
2. While that was going on other artists have gone into the mix creating The Lost Canvas. Lost Canvas Gaiden, Episode G, Episode G Assassin, Saintia Sh, and Mei Iden.
3. Then there's a comic from French artists called "Time Odyssey"
4. There's also a light novel series Gigantomachia
5. Now let's take a look at the Anime (Galaxian Wars through Hades: Elysium). The main series anime contains a massive filler arc called Asgard. They would later use this filler arc as the basis for the spin off series Soul of Gold. There's also Saint Seiya Omega which is basically the Dragonball GT of this franchise, and a God awful Netflix original anime. The lost canvas got an anime as well and generally most people consider it the best one
6. But it's not done there! We gotta talk about movies! Then there's several movies based on the original series. The heaven overture movie which was supposed to be a continuation of Hades: Elysium but..... Ehh don't feel like opening that can of worms right now. Then there's the 3D legend of sanctuary movie, and even the live action movie!
This has resulted in a canonical clusterfuck of continuity. While everyone kinda just says only Kurumada drawn shit is canon, he's got the benefit of still being alive to make comics. Superman lore would be kind of boring if we said only Jerry Siegel comics are canon.

I'm aware there's quite a few series that are long-running (although you seem to be jumping across multiple mediums in that post). I'm just saying that time jumps into new protagonists, spin-offs, and alternate dimension/reboots all end the original run and I prefer that than following the same character for decades. Of course, by that measure, repeated alternate dimension/reboots of the same character gets too much as well.

Guys like Joker are worth way more alive. Atleast in the comics. He actually died in the 1989 film.

The Joker died in his second appearance in the comics.

I think a better question would be, is this guy better for business dead, or alive? Guys like Joker are worth way more alive.

I'm just saying it's not like manga is one guy from Start to finish 100% of the time. It can and does mirror Western comics which are done up by multiple authors at the same time with different ideas, some comics get animated, some don't, some animation is original and has no comic, and auxiliary non comic/animation material exists.

The stuff being complained about here in the West is predominantly just "Big 2" comics. That's not the case for most comics. Only the most popular ones.

Japan actually have their own multiverses as well, but only in those cross-over fighting games like JUMP Ultimate Stars. Loved that game on the DS.

Japan actually have their own multiverses as well, but only in those cross-over fighting games like JUMP Ultimate Stars. Loved that game on the DS.

The writers of Batman are the biggest offenders of this trope. They think Bruce killing the Joker to save thousands of lives would make him as insane as the Joker (even though Bruce is already pretty nutty). I dont think Batman would ever get to a place as bad as Joker, so I have qualms with that argument on many fronts.

Never underestimate Marvel/DC's ability to tell awful stories based around what-ifs like this:
https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Bruce_Wayne_(Earth_-22)

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So villains can be kept alive forever and writers don't have to come up with new ones.

Japanese anime/manga heroes dont have this issue at all, and their worlds are better off for it

Vegeta was a villain. Frieza is a villain. Buu was a villain.

Come on, man. This ain't it.

There's a moving target, if ever there was one.

Also, given how it was coined it, what it turned into, and why, it's evolved into a dog whistle for... bad people with bad political opinions... in case you're not aware. With how you used it, maybe you are.