Another (Another (Manga))

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that the characters Junta Nakao, Takako Sugiura, Manabu Maejima, Shigeki Yonemura and Atsushi Ogura's deaths differs per adaption? The novel was ranked as the number-three novel by Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2010 and 2010 Honkaku Mystery Best 10, annual mystery fiction guide books published in Japan! Adaptational Jerkass: In the film, he abandons his apparent Best Friend, Yu Yamada after the latter is hit by a car.

Mauve Shirt: He's not the most important classmate, but is still more or less easy to recognize among them. And then came Episode 8...Beautiful All Along: She's rather plain-looking normally. During work, she takes off her glasses, takes down her hair and gets a makeup. Foreshadowing: His talks with Kouichi over the course of the series indirectly provide hints related to the events surrounding class 3-3's situation, particularly concerning the supposed irregularities related to the "Phenomenon". Cannot Spit It Out: Implied to have a crush on Kouichi and she does a pretty rough job at actually conveying her feelings. Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the original novel and manga, Nakao is Killed Offscreen in the fire at the Sakitani Kinenkan. In the anime, he dies in the Beach Episode where he suffers an aneurysm, which bursts when he's swimming and kills him.

Loner-Turned-Friend: Mei is forced into complete isolation at school because everyone at her class ignores her presence as a countermeasure against the Calamity. Kouichi befriends her despite it being against the rules of the class.Dead All Along: She is the dead person in class 3-3, rather than any of the students. Turns out she died in the Calamity one year and a half prior to the series. Pet the Dog: After Mr. Kubodera commits suicide, she approaches Kouichi because she's concerned about his well being. Although she warns him that some of their other classmates will blame him for the chain of events, she personally doesn't believe he was a factor in it. The Champion: If someone tries to hurt or blame Mei Misaki, even if it's for the curse, Kouichi will do all he can to protect her. Even if they come at him with a knife. Adaptational Heroism: In the live action movie, he refuses to participate in Izumi's witch-hunt and ultimately saves another student's life in the process. Ax-Crazy: In the last episode of the anime, he starts killing off other students in a desperate attempt to find the extra.

Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He was the one responsible for letting the countermeasures group listen to Matsunaga's confession, unintentionally leading to the whole class becoming an angry mob against Mei. Further, no one ever calls him for it, either in the show or within the fandom. Death by Adaptation: He is killed in the 2012 live-action film after becoming entangled in electrical cables and electrocuted. Stoic Spectacles: In the manga, she wears glasses during work and her behavior at work is more professional and serious than her outgoing personality outside of work. She dies in Episode 1 from the 9th gradC class 3-3 curse, being "the death of April", the first one who died because of the curse. Mei was delivering a present at the Yomiyama Hospital's morgue, a doll, Mei referred to her as "her other half" during her first meeting with Kouichi Sakakibara and later as her twin sister. Action Survivor: The curse targets basically everyone in the class, Kouichi included, yet when things went haywire, he was ultimately able to pull through when, tragically, few others could.

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Another (下)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012 . Retrieved March 9, 2012. Two First Names: Her surname Misaki is a common given name in Japan, as seen with the dead student Misaki and her cousin /sister Misaki. This is pointed out to be the likeliest reason why Mei was given to her aunt's family; if Misaki was the one adopted, her name would have become " Misaki Misaki".

One and a half year before the calamity began, Mei witnessed an unknown assailant killing a young woman from across the river, which she still remembers prior to the story.Determinator: He takes a lot of damage in Episodes 11 and 12, but it doesn't stop him from trying to find and protect Mei. Plot-Triggering Death: His death was what triggered the Calamity, when everyone pretended he still existed and ended up attracting the dead to their class. Another (下)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016 . Retrieved August 18, 2023. Another is a 2012 Japanese adult animated horror television series produced by P.A. Works and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima that aired twelve episodes from 10 January to 27 March 2012. [1] Based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Yukito Ayatsuji, the series is set in 1998 and focuses on a boy named Kōichi Sakakibara who, upon transferring into Yomiyama Middle School and meeting the curious Mei Misaki, finds himself in a mystery revolving around students and people related to his class facing gruesome and senseless deaths. Another was directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and produced by P.A. Works, with character designs by Yuriko Ishii, the chief animation director of the series, based on Noizi Ito's original concepts for the novel. [2] [3] [4]