Another (light novel)
Shikijo said: With these noted, my concerns lie with the curse's activation. Kouichi's first interaction with Misaki did not lead to it because it had started already. How exactly did it begin then? It started when Reiko started going to school as Ms Mikami. Since no one knew that a teacher came back as an 'extra', no countermeasure was put into effect and thus, the natural balance that got thrown off by the dead being resurrected was never fixed. As a result, people started dying, starting with Mei's twin sister in late April. Misaki remembers Mikami's death by an unknown assailant, but how is this possible? Wasn't she supposed to forget as well? In addition, why was the assailant so similar in appearance to Kouchi? It wasn't him right? I think the fact that she had uncovered the real identity of the extra by then made her remember some details again. Remember that the extra erases pretty much all traces of its existence, so when its identity is uncovered, I think the veil is lifted for that particular person. As for the assailant, I doubt we'll ever truly know who he was. It couldn't have been Kiuoichi, as he wasn't in Yomiyama when Reiko got murdered. He came there for her funeral, and only returned later to attend school there. Right before Kouichi goes in for the final blow, he states "Goodbye, Reiko. Goodbye, mother." Were these two separate "goodbyes" to two different people? If so, this made things even more confusing as one could mistakenly interpret Reiko for being Kouichi's mother. From what I read, it goes somewhat like this: Kouichi never had the chance to say good-bye to his mother when she died. Though Reiko was his aunt, he probably started seeing her more as his mother, given that they looked pretty much identical. So, in a way, he had to kill both his aunt and his surrogate mother. |
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kmparas said: I just watched Another a second time and I picked up on some things. At the end Kuichi, says Goodbye Mother... Why even bother inserting the information that his Mother and Aunt look similar? The extra was his Mother. no, reiko is not his mother... |
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| Thanks for the answers AO968. As for Reiko being Kuichi's mother, thats just ridiculous . Its not like the producers would have wanted the audience to figure that out, if it were, then the epilogue would have said as much. |
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Bosskardo said: Did anyone get why they were talking about the calamity being stopped forever? Is that even possible anymore? Remember a few years back, that guy recorded on the tape that he killed his classmate on that rainy afternoon, who was coincidentally the 'extra' in that year. Sadly, I'm sure that the whole cycle would repeat itself sometime, which I place my bets on a possible (?) second season :) |
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Swift2147 said: My biggest questions: 1. Why was the doll shop owner all creepy and "has no other customers"? 2. Why did the people in the mansion lose their shit? 3. If there was originally supposed to be 1 death per month, why did so many people die close together? 4. Why did kouichi keep asking his family questions when he knew that they would be put in danger? 5. Is Kouichi's father just completely unaware of what's going on with his son during the entire anime?? Btw, I think Reiko was the mother. That's why they included the detail of them looking so similar. Its just like the situation with the Mizaki sisters 1. Don't know why she was creepy but she mentioned that Kouichi was the only costumer in shop as Misaki was a resident. 2. When you are about to die, and you know you can save yourself by killing someone else, I think most people would go for it. 3. Idk 4. He mainly asked Reiko/Mikami, who was already in danger as she was the assistant Homeroom teacher. 5. I think yes, he was in India (mah country) all the time and Kouichi never told him much. |
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Umrana said: Did everyone knew that Reiko was the homeroom teacher? I don't think so animesannin said: Swift2147 said: My biggest questions: 1. Why was the doll shop owner all creepy and "has no other customers"? 2. Why did the people in the mansion lose their shit? 3. If there was originally supposed to be 1 death per month, why did so many people die close together? 4. Why did kouichi keep asking his family questions when he knew that they would be put in danger? 5. Is Kouichi's father just completely unaware of what's going on with his son during the entire anime?? Btw, I think Reiko was the mother. That's why they included the detail of them looking so similar. Its just like the situation with the Mizaki sisters 1. Don't know why she was creepy but she mentioned that Kouichi was the only costumer in shop as Misaki was a resident. 2. When you are about to die, and you know you can save yourself by killing someone else, I think most people would go for it. 3. Idk 4. He mainly asked Reiko/Mikami, who was already in danger as she was the assistant Homeroom teacher. 5. I think yes, he was in India (mah country) all the time and Kouichi never told him much. 3. They mentioned that it was at least 1 person each month |
Otaku_kise said: Can anyone tell me what's the thing About that bird that always said why,why Rei? Nd good morning Rei? I didn't get that😐🙁 In the last episode it's stated they got the bird shortly after the death of Reiko, so one of the words the bird picked up was their grievances "Why, Rei, Why?" would be something they'd say as they try to process the death of a love one. |
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| So yeah, I liked it and enjoyed it. Another was a good series for me but I had some doubts, namely: 1. If Mei Misaki can see the colour of death and knew about the Another, why didn't she tell anyone. Why did she wait for so many death to occur? 2. This may sound stupid (or ingenious;) but why didn't the school simply shut down the 9-3 classroom. They could easily have prevented so many deaths. Even sitting down the school isn't a big deal to prevent deaths. 3. Also, it seems wierd that so many deaths are occurring in the same classroom and there is no investigation on part of the school authorities or especially the police. Didn't parents ever think why their kids in 9-3 keep dying all the time. Well, these are all the doubts I can remember now. But seriously the anime was tight otherwise, and had enough plot twists to keep my hooked. |
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Jam9293 said: mangareader123 said: So yeah, I liked it and enjoyed it. Another was a good series for me but I had some doubts, namely: 1. If Mei Misaki can see the colour of death and knew about the Another, why didn't she tell anyone. Why did she wait for so many death to occur? 2. This may sound stupid (or ingenious;) but why didn't the school simply shut down the 9-3 classroom. They could easily have prevented so many deaths. Even sitting down the school isn't a big deal to prevent deaths. 3. Also, it seems wierd that so many deaths are occurring in the same classroom and there is no investigation on part of the school authorities or especially the police. Didn't parents ever think why their kids in 9-3 keep dying all the time. Well, these are all the doubts I can remember now. But seriously the anime was tight otherwise, and had enough plot twists to keep my hooked. 1. Mei didn't tell anyone who the extra was because she 1-didnt know for a little while who it was and 2-only found out that the information on who the extra was is important after listening to the tape. She thought revealing the extra was unnecessary and wouldn't be important information. When she found out it was important and could end the phenomenon, she didn't want to tell Kouichi because she knew it would be painful for him to hear, but soon after that decided to tell him. THEN, when she finally decided to, she was interrupted in the middle of her sentence. 2. They addressed this idea-when they moved classrooms and changed the name of the class to 9-C, the calamity still happened. This curse is on the third class, no matter what they call it or where it's held. 3. Since they all seemed to be accidents they didn't have a reason to look into stuff individually but tbh the police are kinda stupid for not looking at the connection everyone had to class 3. On the school front, the class 3 curse is known to all the teachers and staff so they don't look into it because they already know what's happening--only students not in 9-3 are left out of the loop. I thought they should just close the school after constantly having at least 12 students die each year but idk that's just me. Thanks, the way you put it makes sense. Mei should still have spoken about the Another, but considering how everyone ignores her it is understandable that she kept quiet. Shutting the school after the current 9-C batch graduates makes sense. We have to overlook this and the stupidity of the police. Other than that I have no complaints! Btw as the time passes I remember the series more fondly than before. |
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Him_anshu said: The extra one was kouichi's mother !!!! Remember Misaki said at the end that she remember Reiko get stabed by a stranger but according to how the curse work she should not remember that. Kouichi realized this said at the end "Goodbye reiko,Goodbye mother" Sorry for my english I guess everyone including kouchi forgot that they attended reiko's funeral. This can only happen if she were to appear again as a ghost, so as the effect of the curse he forgot about the funeral so I'm pretty sure it was reiko and not his mother |
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