Why do mentors always die?

Seijiro Hiko didn't.

Hero's journey

>>156546320
It's in their contract. They should have read the fine print.

Roshi and Genkai are still alive at the end.

That being said, it's an easy setup for a revenge plot.

>>156546320
more or less for the plot of the story to keep it moving and of the "hero's journey" trope, it also can use to give the MC more character growth both emotionally & spiritually to be ready to fight the big bad of the story or arc.

>>156546320
So that the hero doesn't have a mentor to rely on anymore

>>156546504
Well they thought he did

>>156547855
Genkai should have died and her not being dead retroactively ruined what could have been a really meaningful arc

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Good mentors never die, they just become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.

>>156549311
this

>>156546504
he fucking should have, what a cop out

>>156547855
>>156549082
To be fair they did die
they just got better