I kind of figured from the moment he got portrayed as a staunch pacifist, that he would end up shooting someone. People trying to be provocative are so depressingly predictable sometimes...
(Not saying Inio's a bad writer, just that I feel like I've seen this whole story before, several times, retread with different details, and that any real thought-provoking bits kind of fell off after the first time or two, and now it's just kind of inevitable and sad.)