>>281219958
She has those small moments of melancholy, the rest of the time she's putting up a front. She knows the end is coming, but she doesn't know when or how.
>>281219982
She did, her old self was effectively killed by the lock and then revived by Uta's O MY RUBBER SONG.
The real questions you should be asking is why is Meroron's punishment being delayed for so long, and why does it activate when it does?
>>281219986
Yeah, exactly that. They're not going to have the balls to kill her so sending her to the shadow realm to be rescued by Uta is the next best cop-out.