User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Beacon Ozpin/@comment-24116665-20131210183047/@comment-98.109.162.219-20131211000951

But there have been many times when limbs were removed off a character instead of them dying in order to advance the story, like in Star Wars with Anakin Skywalker, Lieuntent Dan from Forrest Gump, and Shanks from One Piece