Given up
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Even after Tenma was implied to have given up, the dramatic tension went on, since there was still a small possibility left that the manga might at least go for an open ending... until all alternate ships were sunk (or at least severely damaged) in the finale when Akane took Yorihisa to "our" world.
Source: Ship Sinking - Ultimately, the Director turns out to be little more than a dying, remorseful old man who's given up on the project, and shortly after this is revealed Chayne swipes the position of Big Bad for herself to open the portal to Heaven without him.
Source: Literature / From Heaven's Door
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