Magic-- no. [ magic is no excuse!! ] Then why didn't anyone else come back as their title? I might not be one hundred percent familiar with ghost rules, but I'm fairly certain it'd be more related to drowning. Or that she would be haunting Akechi.

[ implying he's alive. also he squints at her mime for way too long ]

...oh. The well? Obviously. That's where everything goes bad for everyone.