Quote Originally Posted by shinta|hikari View Post
I disagree. I think the epiphany he gained from this episode should harden his resolve in the student council work. He'll be preventing cases of Ayumi and his own depression from happening, after all. He was pretty half-assed about it before, but now that he has experienced it personally, he should be more dedicated to the work.
I tried to make a point of it in my previous post, but this is a dude who never (or at least during the most recent years) put any effort into anything in his life, I'd bet, because he could pull it off by cheating and actually enjoyed and was proud of doing it that way. The fact you say he was half-assed about helping with the student council only reinforces that notion. By his own confession we also now know he thinks he didn't actually do anything concrete for Ayumi either, which probably is close to true. This is then a man who now will dedicate himself, alone if needed, selflessly to a greater cause he knows very little about? I find that hard to believe. Which is why I said Tomori needs to hold his hand from now on, or he'll be back to not caring and then worse.

I don't see how he could have the mental fortitude to keep going on his own, apart from the beginning phase. If he had, I imagine he would have done what many do and on the surface just kept going as always after Ayumi's death. You know, drown himself in (school-)work so that he would have no time for sadness and depression. We already saw he breaks instantly and then only slides ever deeper until someone stops him forcefully enough. That's the kind of guy he is. The dead can't help him.