If they do kill him, it's going to be a little more dramatic than that. He has to willingly give up his life to protect Matsu or the world or something. That's the only way I see them killing him.

Anyhow, can someone jog my memory. How does the black guy embody intoxication? How does #3 embody sacrifice? #5 embody despair? #9 greed? And how does nihilism embody death? Isn't that more a philosophy of right and wrong can't be known/don't exist. And #1 seems more laid-back than lonely.

We can at least, now, guess what powers #1 has. He's going to make his opponent feel so sad & lonely that they just won't put up a fight, then he wins, the end. That's why he is the strongest (maybe #2).