It certainly does; just not in the same language-game.
Take that point: “Kanon is dead.”
In reality, what happened was: the persona/role of Kanon was discarded. However, that’s a use of the word “dead” that’s been used before in the English language. It’s like saying, “That part of me died.” “The old me died.”
How is that different from “Kanon died” if ‘Kanon’ refers to a part of them? Which it does, canonically; the role played as the lover of Jessica, that servant of the household, etc.
It’s a valid use of dead. Just in a different sense. A different language-game.