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| I think Misaki should become the teacher for class 3, or a tool or something, so they can pick out the dead kid right away and end him, thus ending the calamity~. (Sorry if this idea has been brought up I haven't been keeping on the forums on here) Srsly tho, despite the complaints I actually enjoyed it. I just hope I can say the same for the live action that's gonna be out in August. |
| To conclude, the only one thing not understandable in the series is... why in the world the girl with glasses runs after seeing Mei and Kouichi talking... -___- Anyway I give it a 10 (9+1 for the good end). |
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| Freaking amazing. 9/10. otakublood said: lol so trueI think Misaki should become the teacher for class 3, or a tool or something, so they can pick out the dead kid right away and end him, thus ending the calamity~. |
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Neph said: v3catsxanime said: Neph said: Worst anime ever. PAWorks demonstrates their talent @ making bad shows. The main guy who forgot his memory of 18 months ago ? LOL ? Pointless deaths, pointless dialogs... The firsts episodes where "hey lol she has the same name as the one who died so maybe she's a ghost", ridiculous. Then came the "i have questions but nobodys has answers episodes" and then, it became a killing spree... No explanation about the curse... In fact, this anime is just "there is a curse, people die, and after killing one random person, it stops" which is far less great than any fanfic I can find on the internet. -The reason the "main guy" (aka KOUICHI SAKAKIBARA) doesn't remember what happened 18 months ago is because his memory had been modified, due to the dead person being his aunt. (Is this a spoiler? No. Because you're suppose to discuss the anime AFTER you watch the episode, right??) -The deaths aren't pointless. It's because of the extra person in the class. - "hey lol she has the same name as the one who died so maybe she's a ghost" Mei is picked to be the "nonexistent" student for the year, in order to prevent the deaths. Sakakibara may have assumed that she is a ghost, since the other students ignore her. And besides, the Misaki from all those years ago's FIRST NAME is Misaki. Mei Misaki's LAST NAME is Misaki. -And of course there's an explanation for the curse. After the first Misaki died, they pretended that he was still alive. In the graduation photo, he appeared in it, and that was how class 3 became closer to death. And every year after that, there is an extra student in the class, BECAUSE of the class being closer to death, and that is what causes the students to die. Really, it's not that difficult to understand. - And Misaki has witnessed the murder so why hasn't her memory been erased? - The deaths have a reason : "because the author wants it" but no purpose, they bring nothing to the story like a killer instead of a curse would have... - The story with the name is explained later, but at first they wanted to make us think Misaki is a ghost - Once they killed the "another" the curse could have stopped, it feels too random here. Moreover, they should just disband the class and everything would be resolved -If you witness some tragic scene can you easily forget it? And as of that moment the curse is stopped so memory alteration is not considered anymore -The last 2 episodes deaths are not clearly considered as part of the curse but it was caused by the class mental state coz they heard the solution in order to stop the curse in the tape that Sakakibara found in the old room of Class 3-3 wherein they want to kill in order to save oneself. -At first yeah, coz she was the "Non-existent" of that year. -They did special conditions in the class 3-3 like renaming, transferring of classroom and so on so forth but still can't be stopped.(Shown in Episode 4-5 i think) Arghh. I truly suggest that you should rewatch the whole series!! Read carefully and Think carefully in order to answer all of your questions. Have a common sense will ya? |
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SV-Mirage said: To conclude, the only one thing not understandable in the series is... why in the world the girl with glasses runs after seeing Mei and Kouichi talking... -___- Anyway I give it a 10 (9+1 for the good end). SV-Mirage said: To conclude, the only one thing not understandable in the series is... why in the world the girl with glasses runs after seeing Mei and Kouichi talking... -___- Anyway I give it a 10 (9+1 for the good end). I guess it's because of shock wherein Kouichi as part of Class 3-3 talking to the "Non-existent" of that year which is Misaki Mei so she thinks that it would cause tragedy to the whole class and she couldn't accept it |
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| This is one of those shows where the finale makes it or breaks it, and I'm glad it didn't break it. Pretty great last episode. All you haters happy now that you know why Mei didn't say so? Yeah? Bet you feel like asshats now. And you should. I'm just disappointed Kouichi and Mei didn't make out at the end. |
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| A decent end, I suppose. Thank god Akazawa died, she was a total bitch. The whole eye thing with Mei seemed kind of lame though. Some cheap deus ex machina tool to determine who the dead one is. Final Destination the anime was hilariously lulz. 8/10 |
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| now i know why that maid went crazy...good end but they didn't stop thee calamity... |
| Great ending. When I look at those hints, yeah, it was hinted that she was the extra. But..who the heck pays attention to what a geezer's saying. And also, the assistant homeroom teacher thing makes sense now. Guess I'll take random geezers serious too from now on. The whole show was interesting and well done. The only downside was the character development, but I cared more for the actual plot so I don't really mind that. Still, I felt nothing for the characters so their deaths weren't touching or something. That glasses guy's death was the same as the death of that guy who opened that door to the kitchen. Heck, if they didn't show him in the ending, I'd never remember him. Still, the show ended well, and the extra person wasn't really random, neither Misaki nor Sakakibara. I'll probably rewatch the BDs. 7/10 from me. @ShinLore They stopped it for that generation, just like that guy did for his. After the credits, they left a message for the next generations, as the calamity will continue one day. |
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| Who the Hell is that old woman who started killing every1??? can some1 clarify my doubt |
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| Wow I didn't think the extra was Ms. Mikami. After Akazawa died, I thought the calamity was over. Dissapointed. We didn't get to see Akazawa get pierced by glass. >.> 9/10. |
ryoangus said: Who the Hell is that old woman who started killing every1??? can some1 clarify my doubt Perhaps you should pay attention to the episode. They clearly said who she was. |
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| You can make a killing if you have Misaki's eyes. Demand 1,000,000 yen from every household in the class so that no one dies. The dead person itself wasn't much of a surprise. Everyone who paid attention to the little details would find it to be pretty expected. |
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DraconisMarch said: All you haters happy now that you know why Mei didn't say so? Yeah? Bet you feel like asshats now. And you should. No not really. I see why she didn't tell him, but that's still not a good enough reason. It was WAY too late by the time she realized "oh hey I can stop all these deaths from happening with mah magical eye. Well hell I'll just go do that now." Regardless of whether it was a family member or not, there was the potential for EVERYONE in Class 3 to die JUST BECAUSE someone who was already dead just so happened to be related to Koichi. One life =/= Entire class's lives. Especially when that one is ALREADY DEAD. |
Wasabi said: ryoangus said: Who the Hell is that old woman who started killing every1??? can some1 clarify my doubt Perhaps you should pay attention to the episode. They clearly said who she was. Did i miss something?? Wari wari, but can u explain onegaimasu |
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| ^She was the manager's wife I believe. The wife of that dude that got killed and lit ablaze in the dining room. |
Beedlebud said: If you don't think her reason was good, you're probably retarded. Do you think you could do it that easily? Without hesitation? (If you say yes, you must be.)DraconisMarch said: No not really. I see why she didn't tell him, but that's still not a good enough reason. It was WAY too late by the time she realized "oh hey I can stop all these deaths from happening with mah magical eye. Well hell I'll just go do that now." Regardless of whether it was a family member or not, there was the potential for EVERYONE in Class 3 to die JUST BECAUSE someone who was already dead just so happened to be related to Koichi. One life =/= Entire class's lives. Especially when that one is ALREADY DEAD.All you haters happy now that you know why Mei didn't say so? Yeah? Bet you feel like asshats now. And you should. Wasabi said: Yeah. I seriously want to know what was up with that too.The whole eye thing with Mei seemed kind of lame though. Some cheap deus ex machina tool to determine who the dead one is. |
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| Am I the only one who is sad for reiko? She had no idea that she was the dead one! poor reiko , she got killed two times so sad! Any way it would be good if Teshygawara was the extra one to see sakikibara and misaki can kill him or not? But this anime was so better than the shitty recent animes so I will give it a 10/10, this reminds me of dead note somehow |
| Misaki had to know that Sasakibara would come to her if she told him where she was..what the heck. Even if she didn't know who the dead person was because she wore an eye patch, you mean to tell me there wasn't one instance where she could have lifted it up and took a peek around the classroom? not buying that It's weird how calm Misaki is regardless of how even tempered she is (almost got her killed), Sasakibara too. I would have liked to know more about that. Reiko san looked too different as Mikami sensei too I wish I didn't watch Mirai Nikki and watch Another 2x that's how satisfied I am |
| I wish they developed Reiko a bit more and explored her and Sakakibara's relationship in more depth. It was hard to elicit any emotional reaction from me in that scene where he was about to kill her, since she still seemed like a pretty unfamiliar character. And why was Reiko's murderer just a random character? I don't know; that part felt kind of disjointed to me. Most of the details in Another were pretty connected to something of significance, but this was just... random. Other than that, I really liked this episode for the most part. Yes, some of the deaths were laughable (the guy who crawled out from under the chandelier only to get pummeled by a giant wooden pole...), but I actually liked that some of the deaths were bizarre like that. Yes, some of the scenes were over-the-top (the lightning scene with Akazawa), but that's what made this anime all the more exciting for me. I love how all the little details came together... everything makes sense now. Another made great use of foreshadowing in subtle but logical details, hence why I think the mystery was so well done. |
Beedlebud said: Oh so the old crone got angry and started killing the students^She was the manager's wife I believe. The wife of that dude that got killed and lit ablaze in the dining room. but i thought she killed the manager and burnt the place... oh well!!! |
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DraconisMarch said: Beedlebud said: If you don't think her reason was good, you're probably retarded. Do you think you could do it that easily? Without hesitation? (If you say yes, you must be.) DraconisMarch said: No not really. I see why she didn't tell him, but that's still not a good enough reason. It was WAY too late by the time she realized "oh hey I can stop all these deaths from happening with mah magical eye. Well hell I'll just go do that now." Regardless of whether it was a family member or not, there was the potential for EVERYONE in Class 3 to die JUST BECAUSE someone who was already dead just so happened to be related to Koichi. One life =/= Entire class's lives. Especially when that one is ALREADY DEAD.All you haters happy now that you know why Mei didn't say so? Yeah? Bet you feel like asshats now. And you should. Wow how rude. I said nothing to indicate a rude comment like you responded with, so I don't know what your big deal is. And it seems you didn't read my first words, and pretty much my whole post. So are you trying to say that it's perfectly A-OKAY for ALL of your classmates to die, just because you're too scared to tell your friend that your relative is the dead person (when you're the ONLY person who can tell?) ? OF COURSE that's hard to tell, but MANY people died because of her reluctance to take care of the matter. That's inexcusable to me. As I said before one life =/= Entire class's lives. |
SV-Mirage said: To conclude, the only one thing not understandable in the series is... why in the world the girl with glasses runs after seeing Mei and Kouichi talking... -___- Remember the context of that scene -- Yukari had just been notified that her mother had died. She stepped outside the classroom and saw Kouichi talking to the nonexistent student, and it struck her immediately: her mother's death was the phenomenon's doing. The phenomenon, which she (and everyone else but Mei) thought the class was safe from, had reared its terrifying head. So she panicked -- wouldn't you? |
Beedlebud said: Yeah, but could you kill her? Without being 100% certain? With the possibility of blood on your hands? The blood of someone close to you? And even if she is the extra, how would you feel afterwards?And it seems you didn't read my first words, and pretty much my whole post. So are you trying to say that it's perfectly A-OKAY for ALL of your classmates to die, just because you're too scared to tell your friend that your relative is the dead person (when you're the ONLY person who can tell?) ? OF COURSE that's hard to tell, but MANY people died because of her reluctance to take care of the matter. That's inexcusable to me. As I said before one life =/= Entire class's lives. If you say it'd be easy for you, I'll fucking laugh my ass off. |
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| This series was an 8/10 overall. The middle part was very solid, but some of the characters probably could have been more developed, and the ending itself could have been more of an actual conclusion. Where do Sakaki and Mei go from there? I dunno lol |
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| The last few episodes felt like an excuse to turn what could have been a decent mystery into slew of unreasonable deaths and erratic behavior. Sure, it's justified by the curse, but it was still unsatisfying and convenient. The revelation was interesting, but with the premise of the show, no characters other than Misaki and Sakakibara held any sliver of importance, and in turn nothing that happened to them had any sort of impact. I thought they did a great job covering up the extra one though, or perhaps I wasn't paying too much attention to the seemingly minor details. Overall it was a decent show with its ups and downs. |
DraconisMarch said: Beedlebud said: Yeah, but could you kill her? Without being 100% certain? With the possibility of blood on your hands? The blood of someone close to you? And even if she is the extra, how would you feel afterwards?And it seems you didn't read my first words, and pretty much my whole post. So are you trying to say that it's perfectly A-OKAY for ALL of your classmates to die, just because you're too scared to tell your friend that your relative is the dead person (when you're the ONLY person who can tell?) ? OF COURSE that's hard to tell, but MANY people died because of her reluctance to take care of the matter. That's inexcusable to me. As I said before one life =/= Entire class's lives. If you say it'd be easy for you, I'll fucking laugh my ass off. Mei SAW her die. If I SAW HER DIE than yeah. If I didn't then no it wouldn't be easy...but she said herself that she had the ability to tell whether people were dead or not. So she already has that advantage already. And also, at that point, a LOT of their classmates had died pretty brutal deaths. I'm pretty sure I'd be a bit desensitized to death at that point. I have to admit I had a hard time believing Koichi and Mei afterward as well. I myself would find it hard to get over all that had happened including if I had to kill one of my relatives, but those two again seemed just plain fine with it. They were a little too happy to me (especially Koichi.) |
Kurimu-chan said: You know, I never realized that the teacher was Reiko herself. ..... ._____. EDIT: So, wait, they NEVER told us that the teacher was Reiko? This. Also, there's an OVA? :DDD |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
| I enjoyed the series. I was impressed with some of the direction in the anime, especially in the earlier episodes when Misaki was always conveniently covered by an object/person or just off-frame, making us wonder if she was real or not. After finding out that Ms. Mikami = Reiko, there was something that came to mind which didn't seem to make sense to me, among other things: Back when the class started ignoring Sakakibara to try to stop the curse, one of the first people he found ignoring him was Ms. Mikami when she walked past him. However later that episode (ep6) at home, Reiko was talking to him when he found out his mom might have died because of the curse. (This was the scene where the grampa says "Poor Ritsuko...and poor Reiko".) I don't remember where it was stated that the rule to ignore the "dead" person(s) didn't apply out of school. Also Sakakibara's reaction when Ms. Mikami got her head bashed in by a broomstick was way milder than when he found out that Ms Mikami/Reiko was the "dead one" and had to be killed anyway, IMO. |
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FlashFumo said: This series was an 8/10 overall. The middle part was very solid, but some of the characters probably could have been more developed, and the ending itself could have been more of an actual conclusion. Where do Sakaki and Mei go from there? I dunno lol I agree...I found the ending a bit anticlimatic. The middle episodes of the anime were very good and the last two episodes just couldn't compare in quality. However, I did love the entire mob mentality concept (psychology student here, so I enjoyed this quite a bit). Never liked Akazawa so I was happy that she was finally written off...overall, the best anime of this season but probably not my favorite (this season). |
| Too bad Akazawa died, shes was my fav char. they didnt follow the manga's ending lol I still enjoyed it anyway 9/10 |
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| Ahh... I get it now, the reason he was there a year and a half before was for Reiko's funeral and that's when he met Akazawa. He didn't remember it because it would've involved Reiko's death but Akazawa could remember it because her memory of him didn't involve Reiko. Gotta say it had a good twist, kept me guessing till the end. |
| In the End, was it worth it? |
| I didn't expect the extra to be the assistant homeroom teacher/sister. That show was one of the most intriguing new ones out in recent seasons, but now I'm wondering whats the OVA going to be like? It is episode 0 after all. Did anyone have a favourite character that wasn't Sakakibara or Misaki that survived the curse? Or was I the only one? |
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| Really enjoyed this. Was short, but very good. Wonder if there will be another season. Would be interesting. The ending was great, didn't see it coming e.e 10/10 c: |
| i cant rate this show yet, i have mixed feelings about this ending. it makes sense, but i feel like ive been cheated somehow. plus the whole class went batshit crazy in a matter of seconds last episode. |
leiferouis said: One of the big questions I have about this... they didn't even throw a name for the murderer, and it doesn't help that he looked like Sakakibara... I figured the murderer of the freaking ANOTHER would play a prominent role. -.-"Who killed Mikami (Originally)? He looked like Sakakibara. Or is that not even relevant to story? Seems a weird choice to have her murdered rather than died from accident if the murderer was irrelevant. |
leiferouis said: Who killed Mikami (Originally)? He looked like Sakakibara. Or is that not even relevant to story? Seems a weird choice to have her murdered rather than died from accident if the murderer was irrelevant. It was Convenientman. Carrying out backstory bullshit since 1875. |
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| Can anyone tell me who was the old woman in the hostel they stayed at..and why would SHE go rampage? |
| GODDAMN GREAT ENDING!!! Really hoped for Akazawa to be the dead on, but I never would've thought that Reiko was the "extra," and that she was also Mikami-sensei on top of that!!! SO many amazing mindfucks made this series so damn epic. I still felt really bad, though, that it had to be Reiko, that "Sayonara, okaasan" at the final blow really wrenched my heart. T-T The grandpa really did drop the biggest hint during the series, but I still wouldn't have guessed. :/ "Poor Ristuko... poor REIKO..." And Misaki and Kouichi at the end together made me fell all tingly, was really HOPING for holding hands or even a kiss. I LOVE seeing those two together. |
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| I thought that some student was the dead one :( And Sakakibara really is a brave dude. What a surprise. Well, I enjoyed this episode and loved this anime. 9/10 Misaki s2 |
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| I give the series a 8/10 it was a solid 9 and possible 10, but after they turned it into a common slasher in the last ep and what IMO was a bad person to be the other (I mean you can say it's a novel twist to have it not be a student, but I say it's BS to say over and over that a student is gonna be the other then turn around and be all "oops it doesn't HAVE to be") but still, I really did enjoy it, but would like to know how the curse causes murders rather than final destination style freak accidents. |
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