lmaooo imagine getting bullied by your whole life and then the only hope you got for people was destroyed quickly. i guess he won't be trusting anyone for a while and be a loner.
All right, now I'm actually getting Re:Zero vibes. (Return by death isn't what makes Re:Zero Re:Zero, it's the inbuilt multi-route mystery of each arc.)
His girlfriend is dead though ..she legit got choked to death..he was framed for her murder..or what. Are we gonna come back and find out she was actually pretending so they could get rid of him...
My theory is Ageha is somehow a reincarnation of his childhood friend without the past memories?
That's why author keeps comparing them? From choking before, to the rope now?