Talk:Machiko/@comment-206.186.133.194-20171206190808

Can't say I agree with her actions, but a few things I want to note:

1) She still cheated on her husband, who most certainly loved her, and was prepared to lie to him about who the father of their child really was for life. I don't agree with the whole "it was just one time" thing. That's an excuse you hear all the time and someone with that attitude will definitely cheat again - male or female. She just didn't live long enough for it to happen again.

2) If she really loved her husband, why crush him in their last moment together? Why would you want your, or your partner's, last memories to be how you turned their whole life into a game - a farce?

3) I know it was speculated their child really was Takashi's, but that's just it: speculation. We never will really know. Chiyuki could just as easily be wrong as well.

4) I really don't understand what the powers of the Arbitors are. Supposedly they "download" the deceased's memories but do they really? If that were true you'd think they would know immediately about Machiko and Takashi's actions from the beginning, that there would be no questioning what happened. If they only receive recent memories then that's fine, but with the next pair after these two the Arbitors were able to see memories from years prior to their deaths, dating back to childhood even.

Long story short, I think the writers tried to create some debate on these characters, but it leaves me feeling like some plot holes were left in the process - specifically regarding what Arbitors can and can't do or see.