Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-1996340-20140630080929/@comment-98.214.152.176-20140709043326

I'm pretty sure he's dead. Yes, I was thinking(wishing) the same thing while watching the anime, about how he could have been granted imortality or something, however he wouldn't have done that. And the greater proof to me, is that him dying at the end of his magnum opus plan, makes the ending of the anime much more fulfilling and better. With how well the anime was thought out, I doubt the author would make a weak ending like that. They did leave it open to us to decide what we think, however.