So what are Sinbad’s chances of survival in Magi? I’m gonna say medium to low. Mind you I love Sinbad. He’s my favorite character in the series. Most people who follow me know that. I just feel like he’s had a doom clock over his head since at least the end of the Magnostadt arc.
There always seems to be that one person in a manga that starts out with wonderful intentions, becomes sort of warped by them, and then sacrifices themselves in the end to help the main protagonist win. Sinbad gives me that vibe.
So now that we’re in the final arc and David has reared his head as the bad guy that needs to be defeated, it seems like Sin’s doom clock might be close to the end of its countdown.
I figure that Ohtaka wouldn’t have spent so much time building his character in the main story line and a spin off series if she wasn’t planning on killing him in the end. You know, build him up and watch him fall. The more information she gives us about him, the more invested in his character we become, and the more tragic his end will be. It’s a device that’s been used before in other stories and it wouldn’t surprise me if Ohtaka used it here.
I think I’ve always been somewhat pessimistic of his making it out of this whole thing alive. I’ve written posts about this before, but the last two chapters kinda reignited my fear of his final, spiritual death.