I'd be okay with it if it were any other characters. I seriously love Konan, and was SO DEPRESSED OMG that she was basically a hood ornament of child anxt for the whole arc and then promptly rode into the sunset. LAME AND ANTICLIMATIC MUCH.

But, y'know, I'm not so mad at the massive deus ex machina part. SHIZUNE IS BACK BABY, WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE HER DEATH WAS LAMESAUCE.