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** Related to the previous point: the SSS fights Angel because its members want to stay in the world they're in. Seen in this light, making them find peace and thus disappear would actually be a rather nasty trick, akin to outright killing them for real. Nobody knows exactly what happens when people vanish; they might simply disappear completely, or even wind up in some sort of hell and be tortured forever! Still, Otonashi's actions are presented as something noble.

*** They are not "tricked into" disappearing, it was made clear in their internal monologue before their end, that they all only disappear when they are OK with disappearing. When they consciously decide that they would rather close their past life right now and continue to the unknown than to keep fooling around in this weird place. It is never like "Ooops, it seems hitting a homerun was my key to moving on, and you tricked me into doing it, you traitor! Help, guys, I'm dissolving!"

* Even though I think Yui's story and resolution is presented in a wonderfully emotional fashion, I find it rather odd that someone is supposed to get over their regrets just by playing pretend. She did ''not'' get married, not in the previous life nor in the next one. Hinata simply ''told'' her he would have done so, and he may not even have been truthful. She also didn't seem very picky about whom she wanted to marry--she asked Otonashi first after all.

** It wasn't a matter of loving someone, it was a matter of being loved. She felt useless because in her real life she could do pretty much nothing with herself, and was convinced that no-one beyond her own mother could have feelings for her. Cue Hinata and his [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] in which he declares that he would have loved her anyway, giving her a feeling of self-worth and a reason to pass on.