Stark: "I'm just a normal warrior though."
Also Stark: cluelessly able to run and stand after being brutalized, maimed and torn apart by demonic blades several times over.
I mean - if Marika wanted to give up on life, and simultaneously Takae wanted to live, then this exchange is only natural and I had no problem if it was permanent. Bringing Marika back just complicated things way too much. I'd prefer it if it were a real case of reincarnation and not possession...