If u mean the brother then yes, if you are referring to tooya he ... lives, It is a sad manga but if there were no deaths we would see it as a simple manga with no heavy drama/ sense of loss. Though this author doesn't seem to hesitate killing characters (the one with the least deaths that I read was Alice 19th {very good by the way}).
Yes i cried alot too and then in the Anime they show scenes when they about to die how they met (also all miaka, tamahome...) and with that sad music☹.. And in the ova After the 40/50 the son of the King died also the other Guys chiciri and Tasuki died maybe 70/80 years before...in that time when tama and miaka were away... I was so shocked...The Time there is really fast over..☹
I watched the anime of this way way back then..if I remember it right the guy died?
I'm having second thought if i'll read this manga..is it worth to read?