User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 603 - What The Hell/@comment-5657895-20141029143458/@comment-5657895-20141029150115

Yeah, but the fact is Kubo chose to save two rather tired out characters at the expense of some much more likeable/interesting ones.

Granted, I'm hoping they were hit as well and killed, since Lilloto actually yells out at him, which is begging for a death.