Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-25409301-20140911182738/@comment-397235-20140912025755

Izumi's not quite keeping up with Takako being insane. The only way she can justify Kouichi's wound is if Mei did it...I mean, she's holding the knife! That doesn't look suspicious at all, does it?

She doesn't like Mei. That in and of itself isn't a crime. Naoya doesn't like her either. Yuuya really doesn't like her. In fact, he's just as cruel to her as Izumi is, and unlike her has no excuse to do so. In fact, I've often suspected the only reason he stood up for her at the Inn is because his friends were doing it. After all, he had no compunctions going behind their backs and playing Matsunaga's tape for Izumi about an hour later.

As for Tomohiko, if his life flashed before his eyes, why did he use this as an opportunity to start killing?

If you look at my argument, he killed Aki and Kyouko because they were happy and he's not. He attacked Kouichi because it was easier to blame Yukari's death and his own inability to act on his feelings on his classmate than admit he fucked up. He doesn't every seek Naoya out because he can't quite get it through his head Naoya really wanted to kill him; it must've been because he's so close to the Extra. That Kouichi guy, man, he messes everything up.

It's abundantly clear killing Aki didn't break the Curse. Most people would use something like this as an opportunity to take inventory and rethink their actions. Not Tomohiko. He just shrugs and attacks the guy he really hates.

If anything, he's far worse than anyone else. Takako did everything she could to not kill Kouichi. It wasn't until after she died and he'd intervened twice before Izumi was willing to go further than that. Yukito hit Reiko and was horrified by what he'd done. Tomohiko's the only one who doesn't think he's done anything wrong.

Izumi got corrupted by her power, I'll buy, especially since for all her influence she can't actually protect her class, which is what she really wants.

Tomohiko doesn't have that same influence. He just flips shit and starts killing people. He's not corrupted by anything...that latent homicidal fury and self-centeredness (Aki and Kyouko's deaths don't especially trouble him but how dare Kouichi unintentionally kill the girl he has a crush on!) were always there. The Calamity just gave them an outlet. It probably would've exposed itself anyway.