Some personal thoughts/predictions on grim reapers and earning forgiveness

As we all know reapers were previously human who committed suicide and are now being punished by god. They are forced to work as grim reapers and witness death every day until they are forgiven and can move onto heaven.

But...does this even happen? I mean, thats what all the reapers say is their ultimate goal but who's to say that the kuroverse god (who is already punishing people who probably just needed some therapy) is actually going to let them leave?

Undertaker was the perfect reaper (as far as our knowledge of his time as a reaper goes). He was a neutral force. He worked tirelessly and was good at his job. He had been working for what seems to be a very long time and yet he wasn't freed from his duties in any of that time.

I have mentioned this before in past tweets but I feel like it is very possible that one of the reasons Undertaker left is because he figured out that there is no actual end to being a reaper and he was never actually going to be forgiven so he abandoned the dispatch completely

I would also like to remind everyone of the recurring "death is permanent" motif in kuro which I feel like could possibly apply to the reapers as their suicides are sins that can never washed away in the eyes of the kuroverse god

If someone as talented, hardworking, and serious of a reaper as Undertaker can't be rewarded with forgiveness, who can? Undertaker does not seem to be a new reaper in any sense (some theories actually believe he may actually be from somewhere in the 1200s)

He didn't even go by his human name during his time at the dispatch because he was so serious and laser focused on his job. If Undertaker wasn't worthy of forgiveness then it seems like none of the other reapers even stood a chance.

Before I completely jump off the deep end, I want to discuss some other implications that come with Undertaker and his certain brand of craziness or the conditions a reaper must meet before they gain forgiveness

Undertaker has an obsession with death and blurring the line between life and death. This could have started before his reaper days or possibly developed over time as he was forced to see so much death on a daily basis which leads me to my next point—

What do reapers actually have to learn in order to be freed from their positions? It would be reasonable to say that their ultimate lesson is probably to regret their suicide and regret that they weren't appreciative of their lives (à la John Kramer)

This could be why Undertaker was never freed. Maybe his obsession with death led him astray from this goal and ended up missing the point of his punishemnet and didn't regret his death at all (Similar to Sascha who seems to enjoy being a reaper and doesn't see it as punishment)

I would like to counter my own counter argument by saying that Othello did mention that Undertaker's obsession with reviving the dead wasn't really in character for him (at least to his knowledge of Undertaker from 70 years ago)

Either way, the whole "punishment thing" is a little bit suspicious to me but this could also be me reading into things way to much so who knows