I thought Chouji could live, but that Neji was definietly a goner. I mean, he had these fucking big holes in his chest and stomach!! I really liked him as a character, but the holes and the "light falls on his body and a feather comes down" thing really got to me.

But you know, these "death" scenes were just wonderfully done in the anime. Chouji got all thin (which wasn't done in the manga, I think) and suddenly stops moving... and Neji smiling with that "My soul's been saved" thing... they were very moving.

Kiba wouldn't die. It was damned obvious. He just stabbed himself, but went swimming afterwards, and Kanakuro arrived before he had time to even lose conciousness because of blood-loss. I was more worried about Akamaru.