Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-6052796-20150205162433/@comment-397235-20150206010645

I dunno. I don't think, if she saw Kouichi kill Reiko, she'd forget (at least at first) that Reiko was there, since she saw the act itself (and that's apparently how it works). So she'd still have a reason to be angry with Mei for manipulating Kouichi into killing his aunt but I think things may have cooled down for her a bit that they can finally explain things to her, especially since Kouichi is having a lung issue.

I'd switch it around, though, and have Mei beg Izumi to help her help Kouichi. There are two reasons for this:

First off, it actually gives Mei a chance to do something for someone other than herself. One thing I liked about the movie was that she saved Kouichi twice: she knocked out Takeru and she dragged him out of the Inn.

Two, Izumi has to make a choice: she can kill Mei and avenge her friends but in so doing she risks herself and Kouichi being buried alive. Basically, she's gotta choose between revenge and saving her one remaining friend's life.

I'd let Mei actually stand up to her for once, but end with the wham line: "If you want to kill me, go ahead, but please help me save him first." What causes Izumi to stop attacking Mei in the manga is Mei's lack of animosity toward her. So if Izumi sees Mei actually be the bigger person for once, it'd guilt trip her into letting things go.

Of course, you could set this up fairly easily by removing her confrontation with Mei until after they kill Reiko. Izumi kills Tomohiko and then we don't see her again for a while. So now, the Calamity is over and we think everything's good, except Izumi shows up with death in her eyes and attacks Mei a final time.

I kind of want to write this now.