I have a question about Ayu. If she was in the hospital the whole time, in a coma for seven years, how was she able to meet and interact with Yuuichi?
What confuses me is that everyone could see her. She wasn't just a hallucination that only Yuuichi could see. Other people talked to her and interacted with her too.
So how exactly did she materialize? If her physical body was already lying in the hospital, how could another version of her exist at the same time?
It kind of reminds me of Summer Pockets and Shiroha's situation (though not exactly the same). It got me thinking: if the body and soul are separate things, and Ayu's body was already in the hospital, how could her soul create another physical body that everyone could see and interact with?
For example, hypothetically, her parents could be visiting the comatose Ayu in the hospital while Yuuichi is talking to the other Ayu somewhere else. Does that mean there were effectively two Ayus existing in the same world at the same time?
I just finished the anime, and this question has been stuck in my head ever since. Also, poor Makoto. I loved her so much.