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Other half of the relevant portion of the article:

"This chapter was adopted as the final episode of the first season of the TV anime. Of course, it was not decided at the beginning of the project that the anime would continue until the third season. Depending on the viewer ratings, there was a possibility that it would have been a grand finale with only the first season.

This episode could have been called the "final episode of a fantastic anime." It was chosen as such a milestone episode, and that is one of the reasons why I picked it.

In the first chapter of the series, Sakura was wishfully thinking that she would be able to live a normal life as a high school student without being able to see ghosts, but in this chapter, she returns the "invisibility candy" to the spirit world and chooses to "live a life with visible spirits." She chose to continue her relationship with Rinne. I think this was the turning point in the story, and for various reasons, it is the chapter that has left the greatest impression on me.

Kyokai no RINNE 2nd editor - Masayoshi Yokoyama (横山真義)
Takahashi: This is one of my favorite storylines because it gave us a glimpse of Sakura's true feelings, which are not easily seen."