Board Thread:Manga Discussion/@comment-33204772-20190109170729/@comment-1512833-20191101030145

Boysmith2003 wrote: KarsMarsBars wrote: Wouldn’t it function differently for him? I mean he’s the ultimate Lifeform. He could be braindead but his body could still very much be alive. Do you comprehend the meaning of "braindeath"?

He's mentally vegetative, and eventually, his body will shut down entirely. He's dead. Except it is stated explicitly that Kars can't die. He wishes to die, but cannot. Thus, he stops all concious thought. That makes him *like* braindead, but not actually braindead in a medical sense.