Episode 1 - Rough Sketch

Rough Sketch is the first episode of Another. It aired on the 9th of January, 2012.

Opening Song:Kyoumu Densen

Ending Song:Anamnesis

Synopsis
In the circumstances of the work of his father, Kouichi Sakakibara moves with his grandparents to Yomiyama to live with his aunt. Due to Pneumothorax, he spends his first month their hospitalized, thus missing his first day of school. Some of the students visit him, but they act strange asking him lots of personal questions. In the hospital's elevator, Kouichi meets Mei Misaki, and she introduces herself, walking away soon after. When he got better he goes to school, and everyone seems to be friendly with him.During P.E class,he sat on the bench because of his lung condition,and met Takabayashi Ikuo,a boy who has heart condition.He told Kouichi that he is lucky to felt what it feels to run,since he never experienced it.Kouichi told him that he'll able to ru

n someday,leaving the boy smiling.However,Takabayashi ended up getting sick and go to the nurse office.Then Yukari met him,saying she cannot take P.E lesson because she sprained her ankle. When he asks Yukari where "Misaki" was, without saying her first name "Mei" she got a shocked reaction and she pretended to not know who he was talking about. During his conversation with Mei on the roof, she tells him not to get too close to her, saying that their class was closer to death much more than all the other classes. On his way home he sees Mei looking up at the sky while it was raining, but said nothing.