The Last Dance: Difference between revisions

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{{quote|''"A [[Suicide Mission]]? Hm. Yes, a suicide mission will do nicely."''|'''Thane Krios''', ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}}

{{quote|''"A [[Suicide Mission]]? Hm. Yes, a suicide mission will do nicely."''|'''Thane Krios'''|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}}

[[Your Days Are Numbered|Facing death]] [[Death Is Dramatic|is a big,]] ''[[Death Is Dramatic|big]]'' [[Death Is Dramatic|moment.]] As Rimmer in ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' once stated, "All most of us get is 'Mind that bus, what bus, [[Look Both Ways|splat!]]'" Those who have some lead time, have some time to tidy our affairs, get our house in order, say our final goodbyes.

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** Last but certainly not least, {{spoiler|Pirate King Roger. He was terminally ill before he even ''started'' his voyage through the Grand Line! He ''turned himself in'' knowing his time was near anyway, just so he can go out with a bang instead of a whimper.}}

* ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'': The [[Leitmotif]] of the Juppon Gatana [[Story Arc]] is''Wars of the Last Wolves''.

* ''[[~~Zero~~ no ~~Tsukaima~~]]'': Saito decides to be the rear guard when {{spoiler|during the Tristian retreat one of the Queen's advisors asks Louise to do it. Saito uses a sleeping potion on Louise and goes himself}} Delflinger even says "All men have to die sometime, might as well go in style"

* ''[[The Familiar of Zero]]'': Saito decides to be the rear guard when {{spoiler|during the Tristian retreat one of the Queen's advisors asks Louise to do it. Saito uses a sleeping potion on Louise and goes himself}} Delflinger even says "All men have to die sometime, might as well go in style"

* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', knowing full and well that he was on his final leg, {{spoiler|Wrath, aka Fuhrer King Bradley, still charges into battle with Scar. Despite being on death's door, Bradley was still on the verge of actually winning the fight, and only lost due to intervention from Ran Fan.}} Perhaps most telling about the character was his simple comment that he had never felt as alive as he did in that battle.

* ''[[The End of Evangelion]]'', with the song "Komm, Susser Tod": "So with sadness in my heart, I feel the best thing I could do, is end it all and leave forever..."