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It is overtly stated in the second half of the anime that the Heroe cannot
die, since their fairies protect them.

Togo attempted suicide in every way possible to her, even by carbon monoxide
asphyxiation and poisioning, and the fairies protected her every time.

Even when battling the Vectors, the worst they get is a bashing against the
fairies' shield and powering down.

In the prequel novel there seems to be a character by the name of [Minowa
Gin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABki_Y%C5%ABna_wa_Y%C5%ABsha_de_Aru)
that died.

What were the circumstances of her death?


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If heroes cannot die because of the fairies' protection, how did Minowa Gin die?


In Gin's era, the Hero System wasn't fully developed yet. The girls didn't
have fairies to protect them, so they could and often did get hurt. They also
didn't have the sealing ritual or Mankai at first either, so in the early
battles they had no way to kill a vertex; the best possible outcome was to
drive it off without any of them sustaining any serious injuries, but they
weren't always that lucky. Gin died protecting the other two girls after they
had both been injured in a battle, but for the full story (which is both
heroic and sad) you really should read the light novel - it's a good book, and
answers several questions that were left open by the anime. All of the
chapters have been fan-translated into English and posted online.


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