… sadly she did. she sacrificed her life to create a weapon from her cursed technique for maki so that they could defeat their father. but creating one bullet enough puts a heavy strain on her body. so you can imagine the effects that lead to her death when she tried creating the weapon :(
in some way, they did merge though. because now , maki feels more completed. no matter what happens from now on, mai’s memories will be with maki. maki and mai’s weapon creation may be indicating that they’re one together and they will defeat their terrible father together.
MAIIII PLEASE TELL ME THEY MERGEEE PLEASEEEE DONT TELL ME SHE'S DIEDDD, MAIIIIIII BEAUTIFUL CHILDDDD PLEASEEEE