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>>Actually we haven't seen her die yet.
>>Wev'e only seen her body die, but her mind was floating around the'net
>>even after her body was blown to pieces AND we HAVEN'T seen her
>>dissolving into random bits of information.
>
>That is correct. However, the statement she leaves indicates that she
>won't be able to hold herself together for long. No need to show her
>dissolving explicitly when such an event can be left to the
>imagination.

Okay, but We Don't Know For Sure that she is really dead.

>Sure, they could bring her back, but that would ruin the impact of her
>death. Of course, this all my unsolicited opinion.

Noriko got better, but what happened to her still had impact.

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And the winner is... THE HYPNOTOAD! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!