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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Basically aside from feeling like two different episodes stitched together, I felt like the big reason that Lazer was killed off was both for shock value and because Takahashi realized that if Lazer didn't die right there, the whole plot would've been over because he was the only character who was actually being proactive.

And well, the shock value part kinda falls flat nowadays when the episode in question is one of those things that became so infamous with the fandom that it's almost impossible to not get spoiled as to what happens.

I can agree with this. It's very much Madoka Magica episode 3 vibes - I was like "oh holy crap" when it actually happened because it was cutesy Christmas songs until then and had no idea what they'd try. But now that everybody hypes it up, it kind of loses that impact, meaning you see it as what it is.