I think Sumire might be the funniest version of the dead wife trope
She's been dead the whole time. She's alive enough to relive her death day for centuries. They never were actually together. It's a human sacrifice x cannibal ship. Hakubo was never human and she wasn't sacrificed to him. He's been trying to maintain the status quo and it makes him miserable. Sumire is happy to watch her world burn and for him to reach the pits of despair. She's the most important person in his life. He wants her to stop existing. He gets his wish in the worst way possible.
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Because it is his fault. At least in part.
It had been implied from the start of the Grim Reaper arc that this sacrifice was a No.6 and No.7 idea. Both were in on it.
Hanako knows Nene is a Kannagi, and that Hakubo's history is heavily associated with Kannagi sacrifices, but when they talk about urabon and the rampant amount of supernaturals roaming the school in chapter 61, Hanako is eager to make No.6 take care of it.
Which he wouldn't have, if he had thought there was even the slightest of chances Hakubo would go after Nene.
When Nene asks for his help he also refuses. This should be a "students is in danger because a mystery is out of control, I gotta do my job and save them!" situation, like when Aoi got lost in the Misaki stairs.
But he is reluntant to give information.
He loves to be by Nene's side, he is clingy, but he refused to join her on the elevator before Akane 'threatened him' and openly discouraged her from saving Aoi.
Hanako is usually our main exposition for School Mysteries at this point in the manga, but he keeps lying in No.6 boundary too.
He uses a lot of '...' in his explanation about Hakubo, lacking his usual confidence, and going out of his way to make No.6 feel more 'peaceful' than it was established at the mysteries meeting.
It's also revealed later, that he had been aware of Aoi's death plan, and the consequences of it (the severance). There was no mystery about Hakubo's plans, that was just another lie to play oblivious. The reason he said "No.6 can take care of urabon!" is because he always knew No.6 could start a severance.
No.6 also acts weird.
When he sees intruders he comments on Akane but his biggest focus is clearly Hanako.
He usually has a neutral expression but he looks confused to see Hanako here. We also get a big panel of Hanako looking directly at whatever Hakubo uses to deliver him images of intruders, as if to imply he knows more than he lets on.
No.6 seems surprised to see him, but he doesn't go "what is a school wonder doing here?" nor does he assume Hanako is here to get her back, despite Nene and Akane having tried to rescue Aoi before.
He expects Hanako to meet him at some point.
The confirmation comes in the severance.
He tells us Aoi's death is his way to grant Nene's wish. Acting sad but not surprised about the idea of saying goodbye.
This is not a reaction of someone who went "What a turn of events! So this is what is happening! I can take advantage of that."
This is the calm reaction of someone who expected something like this to unfold. Later, he is explicit in his intentions again, explaining to Nene why he kept it secret.
Only Nene thought this was a plan to rescue Aoi. Hanako never had the intention to do so.
This was mostly his own wish for her to live, disguised as a wish for Nene.
So I was not surprised when he tried to keep her dead on Aoi's rescue arc.
Hanako may not have pushed her down that hole, but he wanted her dead from the start.
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