Vivant (2023)

In the end of VIVANT, Yusuke Nogi reveals that he did not betray the special unit, and the men who were shot are shown to have survived in Japan. Then the truth reaches Nokoru and Beki, and the confrontation at the heart of the story erupts, with Beki drawing his sword and the family conflict coming to its breaking point.

The ending then turns on the hidden truth behind Nogi's actions and Beki's long-held feelings. According to the finale reports, Nogi had not betrayed the VIVANT unit at all, and the bullets that struck the members had missed vital areas, allowing them to live and return to Japan. When Nokoru learns this, he becomes furious, and Beki, who has carried the weight of his past for years, draws his sword as the final conflict opens in full.

Chronologically, the final stretch begins after the operation involving the terrorist organization Tent has reached its decisive point. The story reveals that what looked like betrayal was not betrayal, and that Nogi's loyalty to his team remained intact. This matters because the ending reorders the viewer's understanding of the entire conflict: the apparent deaths were not deaths, and the mission's most painful moment was built on concealment rather than simple loss.

At the center of the ending is the father-son confrontation. Beki is revealed as Nogi's father, and the final episode frames them as a pair who have endured a severe fate across forty years. When the truth becomes clear, Beki does not simply stand aside; he draws his sword, signaling that the conflict between past obligation, family bond, and the struggle around Tent has reached its final stage.

For the main characters at the end: Nogi survives and is shown to have remained loyal to his side. The special unit members who were shot survive in Japan because the bullets avoided vital areas. Nokoru is left enraged after learning the truth. Beki remains alive at the moment described in the finale reports and enters the final confrontation by drawing his sword.

Yes. Several characters die in VIVANT (2023), and the deaths are shown or directly described in the story. The clearest death list from the available sources is as follows:

• Al-Zair (アル＝ザイール): He dies in episode 1 by detonating himself in a suicide bombing after police arrive and after confronting Nogi; the immediate cause is the explosion he triggers to avoid capture and to attack those around him.
• Adiel Kuraishi (アディエル＝クラシー): He is killed in episode 1 when he is caught up in Al-Zair's explosion and dies as collateral damage from the blast.
• Yamamoto Takumi (山本巧): He dies in episode 4 after Nogi and Kurosu force him into a staged suicide; the sources describe it as a killing disguised as hanging suicide because he was a TENT monitor and had betrayed Japan.
• Minji (ミンジ): She dies in episode 5 when Kurosu shoots her after she is located at a hotel and resists arrest or capture.
• Enzo Paulo (エンゾ・パウロ): He is killed in episode 6 after it is discovered that he embezzled money from the organization; the sources say he was "cleansed" or eliminated for theft.
• Guilliam (ギリアム): He also dies in episode 6, likewise for embezzling organization funds; the sources say he is executed or purged by Beki once the fraud is uncovered.
• Akemi Nogi (乃木明美): She dies after being held on suspicion of espionage and tortured for about a month; the sources say she eventually dies in captivity, apparently from the abuse and exhaustion.
• Nogon Beki (ノゴーン・ベキ): He dies in episode 10 when Nogi shoots him; the sources connect this to Beki's revenge-driven actions and the final confrontation with Nogi.

A few important notes: - Some sources also mention Batraka and Piyo as deaths tied to the final conflict, but the provided results conflict on whether they are separate deaths in the main-season summary versus later reporting, so I have not treated them as fully confirmed from the strongest overlapping sources here. - One source also lists Liu Mingxuan (劉銘軒) as having died on a mission, but the available results do not provide enough detail to verify the circumstances from multiple sources.

If you want, I can also give you a chronological episode-by-episode death timeline for the whole season.