C'mon. Everyone knows Kuze had to die in the end. From the time he made his first appearance in 2nd GIG you knew that, yup, he would have to die in order to make the storyline end neatly. I give Kuze's death a 10.0 because it was poignant. I'm a huge sucker for poignancy.

A hugely beautiful episode. Everything about this episode, and the last three episodes in particular, was amazing. A fitting end to GitS:SAC 2nd GIG. I'm still in awe.