User blog comment:Warmachine375/Will there be character deaths in RWBY?/@comment-24198837-20150524230544

People will die. As you've said, they already have. The important question is whether or not main protagonists are going to die. Some of the baddies may very well get axed off later, Adam being the prime example (Could very well be be killed by Blake). Plus, they've stated that team RWBY is directly responsible for the deaths of quite a few White Fang mooks.

Depending on the route they go with sacrifice - if they keep it in the current negative light they've shown it in, or have Ruby come around to viewing it as necessary in certian circumstances, could determine if Ruby sacrifices herself in the Series Finale.

Yang sacrificing herself for Ruby would be tear-jerking, as would Weiss for Blake, Blake for Weiss, Blake for a outwardly racist human or Weiss for a faunus. Or Ruby for anyone, because being the hero is in her nature.

They just need to build that up before they do it, and when they do, the series should be coming to a close anyway.