But we’re talking about someone who believed firmly he was going to die anyway. He was willing to risk everything for that selfless dedication because for the most part, he didn’t have anything to lose out of it, but he could gain confidence that Rin and Riki wouldn’t let themselves drown in despair once the Little Busters won’t be by their side anymore.
Yes, his actions were as wrong as they get and he truly was a bastard during those moment. His impatience and self-confidence in his plan led him to use something as sensible as a suicide to make Kengo lose the match and send his own sister in a school full of depressed persons, when he should have been the first to know what kind of effect it’d have on her, and broke her as a result.
But even if the way he went about maturing Rin and Riki in Rin2 was wrong, I feel like it can’t be blamed on him. If something had happened to the dream world too early, Rin and Riki would’ve been sent back to the real world without the necessary strength to take in reality. And he’s been looping again and again, so I can understand why he got impatient and forced his plan, it doesn’t particularly sounds healthy for the mind.
And depression when trying earnestly to protect the persons you care the most about feels like something natural to me at this point. The fact that he kept trying to prevent the gas leak so that the bus wouldn’t explode (before Riki and Rin ran away, at least) also tells me he didn’t give up and lose faith.
[size=7]Well, that’s my take on it at least, but what do I know, I’m writing this at nearly midnight and have never been good at debates.[/size]