Talk:Takako Sugiura/@comment-173.52.206.236-20150408015528/@comment-397235-20150410002241

She lunged at Mei and got caught; struggling to free herself just made matters worse and that's what killed her.

In any case, I'm willing to believe the Calamity had no vested interest in keeping her alive; if anything, I think it went out of its way to deliberately push her over the edge so she'd go after Mei, since Mei is the one person capable of ending the Calamity. When Takako proved unequal to the task, it killed her so it could snare Izumi.

It occurs to me the Calamity reminds me about of the One Ring.