Originally posted by: revel911
I know Chouji living was a surprise to all of us, by why does someone dying make it a good/ bad anime? Personally, I think Chouji has formed into a pretty decent character and I can't wait to see his future.... no people like Ino...... she deserves to die, more worthless than Sakura (pre-Tsuande)
When you know some of the charecters might diem in the mission, it creates tension and makes you 'worry' about them. When everybody stays alive even after being completly beaten, the next fights aren't as intersting, since you know they'll all make it out alive.

The thing that really bothered me was the the fact the Chouji declared that he'll certainly die once he takes the red pill, and that 'death' was the only excuse he had for being so cool, and now that he's alive, it pretty much wasted that whole dramtic effect of the fight. Other than that, there was also the part with Lee, the 'long rehab period' tsunade talked about turned into less than a day, and he was able to run in those few hours from the village to Kimimaru, (consider that the surgery started only after the genins left), basically, lots of crap.