But there's the other half of the Special Rule, too, where the dead character comes back as Death's Agent. Have you ever had someone who died and thought, "God, if I could have just ONE MORE DAY with them"? The Latchkeys exist in a magical place, and I wanted them to have that.

There's a scene in Gurren Lagann where a character who you maybe thought had plot armor, and then died, comes back for a sort of "one last hurrah". And he comments on how his "little brother" is suddenly all grown up. No sugar coating it: I ugly cry right there. God, just one more day. Right?