Another (Another (Manga))

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Adaptational Jerkass: In the film, he abandons his apparent Best Friend, Yu Yamada after the latter is hit by a car.

In the manga, the relationship between Reiko and her eldest sister, Ritsuko, is more pronounced and also closer than in the anime. In the first chapter of Another 0, she is seen standing at her memento and talking to her. Hot Teacher: She works as the assistant homeroom teacher of class 3-3 and is pretty enough for one of her students to have a crush on her. Bookworm: He reads horror stories in his spare time, such as works by H. P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. Adaptational Villainy: The anime turns her villainous by making her try to kill Mei when Takako claims that Mei is the extra. a b c d e f g h i j k "Sentai Filmworks Reveals tsuritama, 'Another' Anime Dub Casts". Anime News Network. June 18, 2013 . Retrieved August 10, 2015.Ogura briefly appears only in Chapter 12 of manga and talks with Mei much to Kouichi's surprise. Ogura didn't attend the trip and her role in anime in which she tried to kill Mei isn't present. Ogura survives the curse in the manga. Hands-Off Parenting: She doesn't know or care about anything Mei does at school. Nor does she interfere in her life except for certain unspecified things. She does make Mei carry a cell phone at least. In the manga, the two meet at Kouichi's house, but don't talk much. Mei realized she was the dead person at the inn, but unlike in the anime hadn't seen her death. She was still able to persuade Kouichi to kill his aunt. More than thirty years ago, Misaki and Mei's mother, Mitsuyo Fujioka, was born with a twin sister named Yukiyo . They both became married and Mitsuyo became pregnant with twins. These twins were Misaki and Mei. Yukiyo also became pregnant, but she lost her baby, leaving her devastated. At that time, the Fujioka family was experiencing financial problems. Because of this and the fact that Yukiyo was still trying to cope with the loss, Misaki and Mei were separated at their birth, Mei was given to Yukiyo. Even though Kirika didn't allow Mei to see her sister and mother, Misaki and Mei were meeting each other secretly. After this, Misaki needed a kidney transplant. In the manga, Mei said that she wanted to donate one of her kidneys to Misaki, but she could not do so because the rules said that children below 15 years of age were not allowed to. In the end, the donor was their mother, Mitsuyo. The transplant was a success. This information is never revealed in the anime, since in the adaptation, Misaki had leukemia and died instead of needing a kidney transplant.

Inhuman Eye Concealers: She wears an eyepatch to cover her green doll eye because it "sees things that should remain unseen" like the "color of death" that allows her to know who is going to die and who is the dead person in her class.Names to Run Away from Really Fast: In-universe, just hearing her name freaks people out. Partly because of the "charm", partly because she shares the same name as the original dead student. New Transfer Student: He recently transferred to the Yomiyama North Middle School because his father is working in India and sent him to his grandparents' home. Un-person: His classmates decide to pretend that he doesn't exist just like they do with Mei once people begin to die. It doesn't stop the curse.

And they aren't don't yet, oh no. Not only were most of the deaths earlier on in the series blown way out of proportion, P.A. Works felt the need to try and make episode eleven able to rival the entirety of a series like Higurashi in terms of deaths and overblown character reactions. So here we have a bunch of teenagers scared for their life each and every day, wondering if they'll be the next A bespectacled boy who is a class officer, has high grades, and childhood friends with Teshigawara. In the novel, he is a supporting protagonist but is Demoted to Extra in the anime. Nightmare Fetishist: She finds things that any other person would normally find weird and ugly "cute".

The ominous rumors revolve around a former student of the class 3-3. However, no one will share the full details of the grim event with Kouichi. Engrossed in the curse that plagues his class, Kouichi sets out to discover its connection to his new friend. As a series of tragedies arise around them, it is now up to Kouichi, Mei, and their classmates to unravel the eerie mystery—but doing so will come at a hefty price. Exact Words: She said she wouldn't kill Kouichi, but it doesn't stop her from beating and cutting him. That's how to stop the calamity. How you interpret this is up to you. Just make sure to carefully consider your actions. Think it through, and discuss it with your friends...so you'll have no regrets." Teacher/Student Romance: He has a crush on the assistant teacher of his class. In addition, she also teaches the art club he's part of. Broken Bird: Before the death of her sister Misaki, she was a cute and happy girl, even dressing in bright colors. It's implied her gloomy and isolated behaviour in the series is because of her grief over her loss.

Male Gaze: Minor, but many shots with her and Kouichi show in his POV staring at her legs and skirt area. Another (上)" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016 . Retrieved August 18, 2023.Mei and her twin sister were best friends. They met in secret and were often found together. They talked to each other a lot, told each other secrets, bathed together, dressed the same way, etc. Mei was very attached to Misaki, even if Yukiyo didn't allow Mei to see her. Mei was afraid of losing Misaki when she saw the color of death on her one night, and was overprotective of her until she died. After Misaki's death, Mei was angry, upset and devastated as she lost her best friend and twin sister.