[there's a rueful note to Akira's response]

I guess you're right. Technically.

[Death comes for everyone, he supposes. the natural cycle of life]

But it's something that should be natural. Not something people turn to when they want to give up.

. . . how did you change that?

[that's another huge assumption, and more of Akira applying his own experiences to Minato's situation without realizing that they could be completely different]