Quote Originally Posted by mcfranklin View Post
All very true, but if i remember it correctly he preformed a jutsu just before he got "killed". Given this fact plus the undercooled reaction when his head flew off, i don't think he's dead.
Well, the technique he was using was the Water Shark Bomb Jutsu which we've seen before, and it's just a water attack, and on top of that, the subs give the impression that he was interrupted mid-sentence.