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Originally Posted by Gohan78
I also find it difficult to swallow that she would leave the person she loves (Saki) to help a friend (Mamoru).
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Not everyone chooses to be with the person they love the most romantically at the expense of all else. The friends in that group are/were extremely close to each other. Just think of Saki's reaction in this episode to realising that from now on, only one of her friends is left. The others in the group are really their only friends other than their parents. Otherwise, they're on their own in the world.
Maria loves her friends. Her letter made it clear that she thinks that the others in the group would not leave each other to die, and they would do everything they could to save each other. Just as she knows that if Saki was in danger, she and Satoru and Shun would do anything to save her, and that if Maria was in danger, she knows that Saki wouldn't leave her to die, the same goes for Mamoru.
Maria also knows that Saki is strong enough to survive without her and recover, and will be an asset to the village - thus, she won't be murdered by the adults. Whereas she said that Mamoru is not strong and will not survive for long if she lets him out of her sight, and thinks that she herself will eventually be a target if she stays in the village.
Really, Maria's decision makes a lot of sense, even though leaving Saki was painful for her. Saki will be all right on her own and can still live in the village, but Mamoru will die without her, and Maria herself might soon become marked for death even if she abandoned him and returned home.
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Originally Posted by Gohan78
2. Why did Saki and Satoru continue to search for Maria and Mamoru when they already agreed with Yakomaru to tell that they died in a ravine? I thought that Saki wanted to respect Maria's will expressed in her letter. Seeing the two kids gliding aimlessly on the snow for two days was boring.
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There is no guarantee that the village would be convinced by the lie. Also, the main difficulty with Maria and Mamoru's escape is that they are likely to come across Queerats wherever they go. Maybe Squealer/Yakomaru wouldn't tell on them and might pretend they were dead, but his tribe is not the only one out there. (
Yet, that is.) Once word gets to the village that the two are alive, they will certainly be killed. Saki probably does not think that the odds are good for the two never being discovered, regardless of whether Yakomaru lies for them.
So, for Saki and Satoru, the best chance of keeping Maria (and maybe even Mamoru) alive is still to bring them back within the period that Tomiko set. They would certainly not give up on finding them until all hope was lost.