User blog comment:Kite460/Kite's death/@comment-119.93.76.178-20130626000432

First, it is never a reason for a character not to die easily just because they're strong. They let someone like Kite, one of the strongest character in the series, to get killed by Pitou, so they could build up Pitou's character repuatation as a very strong/terrifying Chimera ant. Look at Uvogin, isn't he too strong to die very early in the series? That's because they would like to show how powerful Kurapika's NEN is due to his resolve(grudge to the phantom troupe). Now, second, I don't want to spoil you, but you've said you knew some chimera ants held his power. Read the manga, they would just show it sooner anyway, but I can assure you, Kite is dead, the Queen ate him.