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^ I like the way you think. Maybe if you and I work together(and everyone else too), we could come up with an airtight explanation to prove this theory. I would like to address every point you have made so far because I see that our theories entangle quite nicely.

1. It is true that he does not die of head trauma, but of internal hemorrhaging. Then there needs to be an explanation of amnesia, right? Well, I would like to visit an aspect of my theory mentioned above(A Wikia Contributor IP: 108.248.64.43). When I was writing the theory, I had the idea in mind that he could have moved onto other lives, seeing as he felt that he had a fulfilled life already. But, when he is pulled back, he is already several lives ahead, so he forgets what he did in the past life. I feel that that could be an answer to the amnesia idea.

2. I like the point you make here. What if, Angel Beats takes place during one of those chance cycle meetups? I think that the show takes place during one of the meetups, and I like what you say because the show does say to be based around Shinto Buddhism.

3. This point that you have just stated goes along exactly with what was said in the explanation preceding the timeline portion of my reasoning. I claim that the shadows don't eat the soul, but rather force them to move onto the next life like you said. I also claim that the person is brought back after some sort of trigger, but that will be covered later.

4. I think it is interesting that you mention the prologue idea. Looking at it this way, we could just say that the cycle is just going to repeat itself, showing the infinite loop of reincarnation. My idea here, though (if I was just putting my two cents in here) is that, in my theory, I say that Otonashi came into purgatory and fell in love with a reincarnation of Shiina, and that was what caused him to turn his second-life self into an NPC. But, what if he met a version of Tachibana in purgatory, fell in love, then turns himself into an NPC after she leaves, but he couldn't. He couldn't leave because he had a fulfilled life, so there was nothing to fix, exactly like it was in the show.

5. This point is sort of a continuation to the point above as well as a comment on your point. What if, the purgatory was built as some sort of mental picture of Kanade's normal life: school. But, she couldn't go to it because it didn't finish until after she was in living her next life. So, she didn't come in until she finished her second life, which would also help prove the idea that reincarnation was a cycle that could be traversed either forward, or backward. With this, we could say that Tachibana goes back to purgatory because of the unfulfilled first life. There, her presence draws the second-life Otonashi back to purgatory, they meet up, but she leaves, while he can't due to a fulfilled life. There he is upset and has nothing to do. So, he starts tampering and messing with the world. He really misses the second-life Tachibana so he makes the world based on what she told him about her second life predeath. So, he makes the world and the Angel OS. But, he eventually ran out of stuff to do and he still felt crushed, so he turned himself into an NPC with the shadow program that he made to do so. And we have already covered what the shadow program does. But, because he missed her so much, he set a condition. He set it so that he would come back after death to purgatory so long as Tachibana is present. And, going off of the cycle idea, he would be brought in the same life as her(so first life, second life, etc.).

The rest of the points I do not feel need addressed because I feel that I can continue without them. I hope that you can understand.


 * I do want to explain something really quickly, or one of the points won't make sense. In one of the points, I talk about the base soul. I also talk about tracking it and bringing it back. What I mean is that the base soul, or the first life, can be tracked throughout all of the incarnations and that can be used to bring the person into purgatory. When they bring the base soul back, it takes on the appearence of the first-life's body in the state after it was buried or before cremation.

So, if we were to rework the possible answer as to why the theory is true, I would say this (and feel free to pitch in your feedback to this revised timeline):

1. The Otonashi we know(first life Otonashi) dies, and he moves on to his second life(he is now second-life Otonashi).

2. From the anime, we know that he donated his heart. So, this heart was given to the first-life Kanade, but she later dies of unknown circumstances. She, however, wanted to thank the person that gave her more time, more life. And, with that will, the purgatory we know was created.

3. Second-life Tachibana dies and goes to purgatory because of her will to have a fulfilled first life before second-life Otonashi, but, because she can't fulfill her first life without Otonashi, she can't leave.

4. Second-life Otonashi dies and ends up going to purgatory because of the will of Kanade's first life now being in purgatory.

5.There he meets second-life Kanade and they fall in love.

6. Second-life Kanade ends up leaving sooner than he because her first life was fulfilled, leaving Otonashi alone.

7. With all of the spare time, he revamps the world of purgatory to what the second-life Tachibana wanted, but couldn't take being without her, so he turns himself into an NPC, which sends him off to his next life. Before he went, he set it up so that he would bring his base soul * and the base soul of Kanade back to purgatory upon death.

8. Third-life Kanade dies and ends up in purgatory like second-life Otonashi's program was set to do. There she helps other people through purgatory and realizes that her first life was never truly fulfilled, but she wanted to help others because she didn't like the feeling.

9. People like Yurri and all of the rest of the SSS and GDM Members show up at Purgatory and think that Kanade is bad even though she just wants to help others.

10. Third-life Otonashi's dies and according to his program, the base soul is brought back to purgatory.

11. The anime starts

Because he was brought back by a program in purgatory, his second life shell that is now an NPC is left behind. And, because he has lived 3 lives, he forgets what his first life was like and it explains why he has amnesia and the program that brought him there explains why he feels like he shouldn't have been there because he had a fulfilled life. And it also explains why the people wouldn't know the name of the creator.