[Mesnick]

Quote:

Originally Posted by DreadBringer

It'd still be a redemption if one actually changes their evil ways to turn good, regardless if they end up dying or not, rather than them staying evil until their end of the screentime.

Well, in the case of Lage9, we are (for now) talking about changing actions, not motives. That is, when an undercover police officer commits a crime, he causes evil, but he does not have evil intentions. Therefore, in the case of Lage9, redemption will be precisely stopping the kidnappings and helping people, because it is to people that he causes undeserved harm. If he dies while continuing to play double agent, then this will not be redemption. If the issue is my use of the term ?heroic death,? then this has nothing to do with atonement. That is, Shita?s death was heroic, because she deliberately sacrificed herself to save her brother. But this is clearly not redemption.