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Everyone in the anime 'passes on' after coming to peace with the life they
used to have, except for Otonashi. Unless I'm really confused, Angel seemed to
imply that the reason Otonashi couldn't pass on is because when Otanashi was
alive, he was an organ donor who gave away his heart.

This explanation doesn't make sense to me. Does that mean that _all_ organ
donors are stuck in limbo like Otonashi?

Why couldn't Otonashi find peace/pass on to the next life?


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Why couldn't Otonashi of Angel Beats pass on?


Otonashi did pass on, although he was the last to pass on. He is assumed to
have reincarnated at the end of episode 13, the final episode of _Angel Beats_
, and it is heavily implied he meets the reincarnated version of Angel.

The reason why he couldn't pass on just yet was not fully explained, but we
can try to form a conclusion from it, so it is not entirely speculative.
First, he lost all of his memories and so he has to regain it to truly
understand what he regretted. He did not end up in the afterlife normally like
the other students had, so it's highly possible that he did not have a regret
in the first place. It could be that he was in that afterlife in order to have
Angel move on with her life, as she regrets not being able to give thanks to
the person who gave her heart. Kanade, the Angel, was there before him and
that normally wouldn't make sense since he died before her.

Another explanation is that he simply regrets not being able to achieve his
dream of becoming a doctor or more specifically, to help people. He wanted to
help people after his sister's death and because he died before he was able to
reach his goal, it's understandable that he regrets not being able to see for
himself that he saved a life. Once he sees that Kanade was able to live her
life, that she was content with the life he gave her, he was able to move on
shortly after.

I don't think all organ donors would necessarily have regrets. If they lived a
full life, they would not be stuck in this afterlife school in the first
place. Remember that you will only be in this afterlife if you have regrets.
Otherwise, you would presumably just be reincarnated. Just because you donated
your heart doesn't mean you get to be stuck in that limbo.

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Sources:

  * [How is it possible that Kanade has Otonashi's heart?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/5153)
  * [Wikia: Yuzuru Otonashi - _Another Epilogue_](http://angelbeats.wikia.com/wiki/Yuzuru_Otonashi#Another_Epilogue)


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Otonashi actually was not supposed to be in that world, but due to him losing
his memory, he stumbled into that world accidentally as stated in the anime.
But even after regaining his memory, he did not disappear. That's because
although he did not have any regret in his previous life, he gained something
that was necessary to be accomplished in this world - which was helping
everybody to pass on. So in the anime, it doesn't show the exact moment of
Otonashi passing on, but after the ending song, it shows reincarnated Kanade
(Angel) with short hair humming to "My Song" and reincarnated Otonashi with
his hat on walking pass her. Moments after he passed by Kanade, Kanade started
to walk away, and Otonashi then turned around and extended his hand toward her
back as if he was trying to tap her shoulder.

In _Another Epilogue_ , it actually shows Otonashi not passing on. It's only
like 2 ~ 3 minutes long and it shows a boy in the Battlefront world who
finally figured out that something was wrong in the middle of a test. He
caused a riot and the student council president walked into the classroom, and
you can see that the student council president was Otonashi. Otonashi then
told the boy what he should do (sort of, he kinda gave hints) and told him to
come to the student council room if he had any questions. After Otonashi left
the classroom, the NPCs murmured about how cool he was and if he had a
girlfriend. Then one NPC said that there was a rumor that Otonashi was
actually waiting for someone and you can kind of make a relation to the
situation of the creator of Angel Player and Otonashi, who both found love in
the Battlefront world although they were not supposed to.


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According to [_Angel Beats!_ Interview with Maeda Jun, Second
Season??](https://worldomonation.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/angel-beats-
interview-with-maeda-jun-second-season/), the writer confirmed that he was
able to move on, reincarnated, and meeting Kanade's reincarnation. He will
live a happy life.

> Maeda was asked what happened to Otonashi after the last scene that moved
> many.
>
> His response:
>

>> It was no use being there by himself, so I believe he also left the world
after that. Besides, he was rewarded. It wasn’t a bad life. It wouldn’t be
like Otonashi for him to stay. He’s a forward-thinker…looking towards his next
life.

>>

>> In the 3 days [between EP12 and EP13] there were probably a lot of drama
too, but in the end, all other members left for their next life after a
satisfactory persuasion from Otonashi.

>
> **So, for the TL;DR people:**
>

>> Otonashi left the world soon after. In the 3 days he also convinced other
SSS members to leave the world as well.


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In the ending scene of the final episode of _Angel Beats_ , Otonashi is seen
but reincarnated. This does specify that he did pass on. Otonashi was the
final person to pass on and stayed for a little while before finally
disappearing. In _Another Epilogue_ , it states that he was waiting for
someone, but that 'someone' already passed. More information on this includes
that he was able to 'meet back up' with the SSS, but in a heaven or
reincarnated.

Another thing is that he didn't specifically fulfill his regrets, but
disappeared anyway. Some people can make up ideas for what really happened. We
all know, based on the ending scene in episode 13, that he _did_ pass on, but
for reasons we don't fully understand.

The main reason why he may have disappeared is that he finally realized that
he did all he could, and he did save Angel's life, gaining a 'thank you' from
her at the end when she passes. He may have stayed behind long enough to
realize he needed to leave.

Another way we know he passed on is that in the ending scenes when everyone is
disappearing from the picture, in the end, we can see Otonashi disappearing
too. Signalling he did pass on to either become reincarnated with everyone
else or to go to heaven. The final ending isn't as sad as we all think for
_Angel beats_ , considering everyone passes to the afterlife, potentially
meets up again, and they all live happy lives.


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You are confused on this matter. Kanade says that he would be able to stay at
the afterlife school because he came there without regrets. His organ donation
has nothing to do with this.

As far as we know, the afterlife school is designed to give people the chance
to come over their regrets and when they reach a state of peace and happiness,
they move on. Otonashi came without regrets and that's why the school can't
help him make peace. That is why there will be nothing like Hinata's baseball
match or Iwasama's "My Song" debut that makes him disappear. The only way for
him to move on at this point is to find this state of peace and happiness on
his own - but he has the choice not to seek it and stay helping people
instead.

Eventually, he will regret that he has not moved on together with Kanade and
later makes peace with this or he becomes the programmer or he just is
president for some time and then decides to move on for some reason. The
scenes where the characters meet in another reality may be the next life, or
maybe they are just their own imagination. If they are real, then at some
point Otonashi moves on and meets Kanade again.


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As I would like to say, Otonashi did pass on, there is an evidence when he was
about to go after the boy that can control people with his eyes. That means
that he can pass on but there was just no scene of him passing on.


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There is a theory that Otonashi is actually the creator, so _Another Epilogue_
could actually be a prologue and the ending was that shortly after Kanade
leaves, Otonashi leaves as well as his final regret was not meeting her again.
Shortly after he was reincarnated and hears reincarnated Kanade humming the
song she created and Otonashi realists and taps her on the shoulder. The end.


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