Pipeman
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While I'm not saying we should definitely try to rescue her (I'm kind of undecided on what to do which is probably why I didn't post as much as normally), I do feel obligated to point out that she was talking to a rather paranoid and murderous Combat Monster that could snap her like a twig (and is currently doing exactly that).Orm Embar said:Sweet christ, what is it with SB and playing the hero for strangers? There is no need for a clever plan to lich Tetsu out. Just sit there and let him do his thing. The girl is associating with the Yakuza and only voiced saw fit to complain when he walked in with blood on his hands. She "understands the need for sacrifices," and is hardly as pure as the driven snow. Tetsu's worst enemy is himself; let him self destruct and sink into depression, then mop up. As his mental state slips, there'll be other opportunities.
She may have gotten into this relationship with far less knowledge about the situation, some ridiculous thoughts about changing him and his ways, or through some other set of circumstances that would make her appear a lot more sympathetic (Maybe family pressure? People with stable backgrounds rarely have much Magical Girl Potential) and was looking for a way to get out of it without being murdered since day one. (Maybe the entire 'not letting him have sex with her' thing was even some scheme to make him be the one to end the relationship.)
That said, all of this is of course only speculation, but while I'd agree the fact that she had to know she'd be going out with a yak makes her somewhat more unsympathetic, it in my opinion definitely doesn't put her into "she deserves this" territory.
At worst she gets a "I'd like to help you, but I really need to be sure I can take him and, to be fair, you did know he was a criminal" but as I said, I'm still undecided.
Long story short: If we're going to let her die, we should at least be doing so regretfully.