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>I personally fought for killing Hikari off at the beginning of the film. I know that's controversial. I understand it upsets Hikari fans. Realistically, however, her character arc was finished. I noticed, particularly watching the episodes in the latest series, that she really has nowhere else to go. She is stagnant. Perhaps she could serve more of a purpose in death than life.
>Hikari and Satoshi are very close. Not romantically, but spiritually. So I thought that this kind of tragedy, the death of Hikari, would dramatically alter the character. It would have him think about the future.
>That's why I killed Hikari. It would wound Satoshi's heart. In that wound, however, is also an opening, an opportunity for someone to become much closer to him.
