Another Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Kiyohara Hiro was serialized between May 2010 and January 2012 issues of Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace magazine. The manga had finished in 2011, while the Volume 4 is out in January 2012.The fan translation group for this manga is Kawaii Corner.

Differences between manga and anime
1. The styles are very different. While in the manga the characters design is soft, clean, the anime the chief animation director, based the character design used in the anime on Noizi Ito's original concept. Also, the anime doesn't respect the style and also the appearance of the characters in manga.

2. In the manga, it is clearly hinted that Ritsuko, Kouichi's mother, died because of the class curse. Some evidences are that Reiko was in the 9th grade class 3 and Misaki Yomiyama appeared in front of Ritsuko shortly before her death. In the anime, the cause of her death is unknown.

3. Also, in the manga it is revealed that Ritsuko died shortly after she give birth to Kouichi. In the anime, this thing it is also unknown.

4. In the manga Naoya often hangs around Kazami, not Yuuya. Also, many of the actions given to Izumi in the anime were his in the manga and also ( such as shaking Kouichi's hand at the hospital). Also, in the manga Kazami doesn't die and doesn't turn out to be insane.

5. Izumi is a minor character in the manga. She tried to kill Mei, stabbing her left eye. A moment later, a cupboard fell on her, and she was rescued by Tatsuji Chibiki afterward. Even if she doesn't die, she cuts her hair shortly.

6. Katsumi Matsunaga never met the group, but only Tomoka. Kouchi, Yuuya, Naoya and Mei found out where is the tape from his conversation with Tomoka. They never went to the beach.

7. In the manga, Manabu, Takako, Shigeki, Junta died at the hand of Keiko Numata. Also, Yumi Ogura doesn't die.

8. In the manga, the relationship between Reiko and her eldest sister, Ritsuko, is more pronounced and also close than in the anime. In the first chapter of Another 0 she is seen standing at her memento and talking to her.

9. Also, In the manga Naoya's feelings for Izumi are more pronounced than in the anime. For example, when Izumi cuted her hair shorter Naoya made her a compliment and then blushed.

10. Ikuo Takabayashi never appeared in the manga, he is only mentioned. Also, Aya Ayano and Makoto Ouji are anime-only characters. They never appeared in the manga.

11. Izumi never met Kouichi a year and half ago.

12. In the manga Mei's past is more detailed. Mei said that when she was a child caught her "mother" crying, asking "why?". Also, wanted to donate one of her kidney to Misaki, but she can't because the rules said that children below 15 years of age are not allowed to, so the donor was Mitsuyo. This information is never revealed in the anime.

13. Also, Mei doesn't has a vacantion house near the beach.

14. Reiko's past revealed in Another 0 it itsn't revealed in the anime.

15. Takeru Mizuno went in the class trip in the manga.

16. In the manga, it wasn't Daisuke who suddenly fell sick during dinner, but Kouichi (Daisuke never appears in the manga). When Izumi and Mei were arguing, Izumi blamed Mei and Kouichi for all that had happened. When Kouichi tried to protect Mei, he suddenly collapsed. Mizuno helped Sakakibara.

List of Deaths in the manga
1) Misaki Fujioka (April – dies after a kidney transplant because of the class curse)

2) Yukari Sakuragi (May – fall down stairs at school, impaled by umbrella tip)

3) Mieko Sakuragi (May – car accident on a rainy day)

4) Sanae Mizuno(June – death in an old, rarely maintained hospital elevator)

5) Ikuo Takabayashi (June – heart attack)

6) Kubodera-Sensei (July – suicide with a meat knife in classroom)

7) Kubodera’s Mother (July – murdered by son)

8) Atsushi Ogura (July – crushed by a runaway tractor that crashed into his house)

9) Kensaku Numata(August –Proprietor of Sakitani Kinenkan, Takabayashi’s grandfather – killed by Keiko Numata)

10) Keiko Numata (August –Proprietress of Sakitani Kinenkan, Takabayashi’s grandmother – suicide by biting off tongue)

11) Manabu Maejima(August – killed by Keiko Numata with knife)

12) Shigeki Yonemura (August – killed by Keiko Numata with knife)

13) Takako Sugiura(August – killed by Keiko Numata with knife)

14) Junta Nakao(August – killed by Keiko Numata with knife)

Manga-only Characters
Yousuke Sakakibara - He regurarly calls Kouichi, but his face never appears in the anime.

Mieko Sakuragi - Yukari's mother. Her photo appears next to Yukari's at their funerals. In the anime, she is only mentioned but never shown.

Kazuma Akazawa - Izumi's older brother. He was mentally unstable and committed suicide in the manga. He never appeared in the anime, he is just mentioned. It is revealed that he died when Izumi met Kouichi a year and half ago.

Mitsuyo Fujioka - Mei's and Misaki's mother. She never appeared in the anime, she is mentioned by Mei in episode 10 and by Misaki in the OVA.

Ryoko Akiyama - Reiko's best friend from the time when she was in 9th Grade Class 3 in 1983. She dies in an accident because of the curse. She never appears in the anime.

Tachibana - A 16 years old girl who was in 9 th grade class 3 in 1997. Also, the art club senpai, Tachibana gives Mei details about their non-existent student.

Sakuma- He was the non-existent student of the 9th grade class 3 in 1997. However, he committed suicide when the new year started because of the rejection.