@ultimateclima:
So people would stop bitching that Kisame and Gai didn't have their final battle even if it's at the expense of a decent character going down the drain.
Thousand-Lion san called it. This was really rushed. Didn't expect for Kisame to go out like that though. I think I wouldn't have minded it too (that's something a ninja would do after all) if Kisame's need to protect intel wasn't forced in one chapter.
just seems stupid
kisame living did nothing, he didn't capture any tailed beast, he didn't relay information back to any akatsuki member, he didn't kill anyone.
hell only thing him not dying back then accomplished was to give naruto a sprained ankle
oh and we learned naruto can now sense a persons "DARKNESS", so then we can expect some insanely retarded OMG darkness talk when we meet sasuke.