Talk:Mayu Arita/@comment-95.91.209.4-20170305164650/@comment-76.167.204.75-20180217235651

I think she was only selfless when it came to Harada. Her situation was unique, so that’s why Ginti had to test her again. I think the scenario he gave her was a clever way to set up the next episode. Mayu is given a choice to save Harada or sacrifice someone else. My interpretation is that she chose to sacrifice the other person and was sent to the void because of it. Ginti is doing his job because she made the wrong decision, but he saw something in her that moved him anyway, even though she failed the test.

The next episode, Decim gives Chiyuki the same choice. He puts her in an extreme situation to get to know her better so he can figure out where to send her. But Chiyuki chose correctly and did not sacrifice anybody, so he sent her to reincarnation. Knowing what happened to Mayu the episode before had me on tinterhooks when Decim told Chiyuki to sacrifice someone else. I was like, ‘no, it’s just a test! Don’t do it!’

I don’t think Ginti was the bad guy, he enacted the test and Mayu failed. That’s how I interpreted it. They are both sympathetic characters to me.