History Headscratchers / AngelBeats

* I always assumed it's because of something Angel did.

During the third episode, why did, when the teachers stop the concert, they actively try to [[spoiler:throw Iwasawa's guitar away? I don't claim to be an expert on how NPC's work, but it seems that they would more realistically just confiscate it, instead of just "Hurp Durp, we'll throw it out." The whole reason that confiscation rules exist is so teachers don't just destroy and throw away items that students may have worked hard to get, or may be sentimentally valuable to them.]]

* Most of these people may not have even known what the weapons looked like before dying, so long as one person could make the machine there is no reason someone else couldn't work it.

The Guild: why exactly are there so many ''children'' with weapons-making prowess in the afterlife in this day and age? Adults would be improbable enough, but teenagers? And this is only from Japan, remember; nowhere else, where the situation is that much less stable. Even allowing for the fact that these ''are'' people who have led explicitly unhappy (and probably often rough) lives, it seems rather unlikely.

* Different monitors, and different camera angles catch either one or both? (hasn't checked the scene)

A minor thing, but in the second computer room, the monitor behind his head displays two hearts on either side of his head sometimes, and a single heart directly behind his head other times.

** The light novel describes the terrain as slowly fading out into thick mist and fog outside the bounds of the school, which probably acts as a type of EnclosedSpace.

So apparently, your memories [[YouFailAnatomyForever are]] [[spoiler: stored in your heart?]]

So apparently, your memories [[YouFailBiologyForever are]] [[spoiler: stored in your heart?]]

What happens if someone dies in an enclosed space, with not enough room for another body? Or if their body is split, what if the parts can't come back together? If someone is stuck in an enclosed room or a deathtrap, wouldn't they not be able to go anywhere?

** Actually, I gathered she died in hospital. The trip was shown since it was important to Otonashi, being the last time he could be with his sister.

* From what I understand, the SSS have taken over the school's principal's office for use as their headquarters/meeting room. I'm just curious as to why the faculty never try to do anything about this. I know NPCs generally brush everything off, but they have shown some exasperation with their antics and will makes moves if propped enough, like during the concert in episode 3. Or are they just tired of getting launched out of the building by that giant hammer trap?
** I don't recall which episode it was exactly, but it was revealed in an episode that, pretty much, no matter what the SSS did, it would be considered "normal" by all the other NPCs. That's why in the sixth episode they're able to get away with eating chips in class, playing a board game, shirtless pushups, going to the bathroom every minute (literally) and sleeping in class (over three student's tables, while they're taking notes no less!)

Otonashi's DeadLittleSister is heavily implied to have died while he had her out of the hospital without permission. How did he not get in serious trouble for that?

* Otonashi's DeadLittleSister is heavily implied to have died while he had her out of the hospital without permission. How did he not get in serious trouble for that?

Why hasn't anyone tried to move beyond the high school premises? What's beyond those hills? Is it prohibited to move away? There's no mention of it anywhere in the series.

Why hasn't anyone tried to move beyond the high school premises? Is it prohibited in a way? There's no mention of it anywhere in the series.

The world of Angel Beats resembles the real world quite a bit, to the point that there's is even a sky filled with stars. Now, what would happen if people would look at that sky with a telescope? Would they see the planets normally, or discern galaxies? If so, that world must be rather vast in and of itself. Actually, the same question applies to all series with an alternate or virtual reality, such as the one in ''TheMatrix''.

The world of Angel Beats resembles the real world quite a bit, to the point that there's is even a sky filled with stars. Now, what would happen if people would look at that sky with a telescope? Would they see the planets normally, or discern galaxies? If so, that world must be rather vast in and of itself. Actually, the same kind of questions applies to all series with an alternate or virtual reality, such as the one in ''TheMatrix''.

The world of Angel Beats resembles the real world quite a bit, to the point that there's is even a sky filled with stars. Now, what would happen if people would look at that sky with a telescope? Would they see the planets normally, or discern galacies? If so, that world must be rather vast in and of itself. Actually, the same kind of questions applies to all series with an alternate or virtual reality, such as the one in ''TheMatrix''.

** I don't recall which episode it was exactly, but it was revealed in an episode that, pretty much, no matter what the SSS did, it would be considered "normal" by all the other NPCs. That's why in the sixth episode they're able to get away with eating chips in class, playing a board game, shirtless pushups, going to the bathroom every minute (literally) and sleeping in class (over three student's tables, while they're taking notes no less!)

* From what I understand, the SSS have taken over the school's principal's office for use as their headquarters/meeting room. I'm just curious as to why the faculty never try to do anything about this. I know NPCs generally brush everything off, but they have shown some exasperation with their antics and will makes moves if propped enough, like during the concert in episode 3. Or are they just tired of getting launched out of the building by that giant hammer trap?