Overview: Mina Kim inadvertently saved Ninja Girl Mai from the grips of the afterlife. But, just as Mina and Mai are about to return to the world of the living, the Stick Bandit prevents Mai from leaving. Mai is technically dead, after all (hence the halo). The Stick Bandit's job as the grim reaper is to preserve the balance between the living world and the afterlife. He sends Mina back through the door of life, while sending Mai toward to door of death… Before she meets her end, Mai uses her final words to call out to…Ayane. Mina wakes up in the living world and finds Mai's body next to her. Apparently, while both were on the verge of death, their unconscious bodies had collided in the rushing river (perhaps that physical contact in the real world is what allowed Mina to touch Mai in the spiritual world).