Talk:Bayonetta/@comment-32870717-20170816081141/@comment-32870717-20170817115956

She can be considered dead if she has not a single thing that longer connects her soul back to the human world. Jeanne was an exceptional case, and Bayonetta's death's conditions in her fight against Dante clearly deviate from that. Again, stating the importance of a witch having her clock intact (lines from a cutscene in Bayonetta 2):

"You'll need this... The heart of an Umbra Witch. The magic that keep you kind alive in this world for eternities. Should keep her body in this realm stable, but you'll need to reunite this with her soul if you're gonna try and bring her back."

Since Bayonetta has no longer a body and watch to save her from Inferno, she can be considered dead. You can write that she is dying, but her ultimate fate is pretty obvious.