In the film, their relationship is considerably worse, as Kirika constantly discouraged Mei from socializing with her classmates, telling her she didn't need friends, and she shouldn't explain about her eye as people would judge her for it. During the climax at the Inn in the movie, Mei calls Kirika to finally tell her off and tell her she'd found someone else that cares about her.

Oracular Urchin: She knows about pretty much everything that's going on, yet she only gives Kouichi very vague hints and warnings that don't really help him to understand the situation of class 3-3. Last-Name Basis: In the novel, he calls Mei by her first name in his narration, but "Misaki-san" when speaking to her. Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Her Witch Hunt against Mei just gets more people killed while ignoring more major problems and results in her own death. Am I the only one who sees a problem here? There was no actual deducting or piecing together of the puzzle. All Mei had to do was convince Kouichi that his aunt was the Another (which went over far too easily by the way), and it was over. I'm not saying that all the deaths could've been avoided, but I'll be damned if Mei isn't partially to blame for sitting around doing all of nothing for the previous eleven episodes. This is in no way a mystery. The beginning of the series could be considered an infinitely better mystery than the latter half, as you really have no idea who or what Mei is and what role she actually plays in the story until half way through the fifth episode.

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Head of the countermeasures against the curse, Izumi has a lot of responsibility on her shoulders. Distant, icy, but ultimately concerned for the fate of her classmates, Izumi introduces the countermeasures to protect the class from death. Becomes close to Kouichi, convinced they met somewhere before. Another: Episode S/0" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on June 16, 2016 . Retrieved July 20, 2013. Human Pincushion: In the anime, a lightning strike causes several shards of broken glass to impale her, fatally injuring her. Quiet and more than a little mysterious, Mei is the strange girl that Kouichi meets one late night at the hospital. This encounter, as well as the strange circumstances surrounding her while at school, prompts Kouichi to try to get to know her. In the process, this gets him involved in uncovering the truth behind class 3-3's dark secret.

Originally from Tokyo, 14-year old Kouichi is forced to transfer to his mother's hometown of Yomiyama, at least for the duration of his father's trip to India. While confined because of a collapsed lung in the local hospital, he experiences a chance encounter with a strange girl, an event that foreshadows that things aren't quite right in the town, specifically in the school he eventually enrolls in. All of the Other Reindeer: Her role as ignored student makes her an enforced version of this, but even after her Unperson status is revoked, she’s treated with significant suspicion and disdain by most of the class as the perceived cause of the Calamity. The climatic witch hunt is ultimately the culmination of the class’ inability to trust or befriend a girl they’ve already decided to blame for their pain. The styles are very different. While in the manga the characters design is soft and clean, in the anime the chief animation director based the character design used in the anime on Noizi Ito's original concept.Mistaken for Murderer: When Takako dies trying to kill Mei, Mei takes the knife out of her hands, just as Izumi walks in. Izumi, upon seeing the knife in Mei's hand and Takako's corpse, instantly believes that not only is Mei the extra, but also thinks she stabbed and hung Takako. a b "Staff & Cast" (in Japanese). P.A. Works. Archived from the original on February 6, 2013 . Retrieved November 21, 2011. Power Limiter: She wears an eyepatch because her Doll's eye can see "things that should remain unseen," even if Mei doesn't want it to. Another (下)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016 . Retrieved August 18, 2023. Katsumi Matsunaga never met the group, but only Tomoka Inose. Kouichi, Mochizuki, and Teshigawara found out where is the tape from his conversation with Tomoka. Mei is not present at this meeting and does not help search for the tape when Kouichi tells her about it. They never went to the beach.