Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140722012358/@comment-397235-20140723005831

I'd make the nightmares progressively worse, sort of like the layers of Hell.

The first person Kouichi meets is Yukari, who is probably the one which troubles him the most, along with Sanae. One of the few things I liked about the film is Kouichi and Yukari sitting together. I'd make them friends, fairly close (Yukari flits with Kouichi rather blatantly in the anime). She asks Kouichi, with tears in her eyes, why he didn't listen to her and leave things be.

Ikuo wants to know if Kouichi's curiosity was worth his life.

Kubodera asks him what was so hard about following the rules like a good boy?

Junta complains that, if he had to die, why couldn't he at least have learned what it was for?

Sanae acts more or less as Kouichi's guide (think Virgil). At first, Kouichi's confused Sanae doesn't seem any different, unlike the others. The last person she shows Kouichi is Mei. She's sitting with Misaki (who Kouichi recognizes from the picture but doesn't actually realize who she is). Mei asks him if he still wants to know who the dead one is, then takes off her eye patch. Kouichi sees a hellish version of himself reflected in her glass eye. Horrified, he tries to run, but Sanae stops him.

Kouichi: "Why did you show me this?"

Sanae: "What's the matter? I mean, it's the obvious answer, isn't it?"

Kouichi: "Why are you doing this? I thought we were friends!"

Sanae smiles, and her skin starts to slough off her skull.: "Kouichi...didn't you know? Dead people don't have friends."

I'd have Kouichi try to talk to Takeru about Sanae and smooth things over, but it just makes Takeru jealous when he realizes how he's forever missed out on his sister's life.

Who else have we not touched on?

Aya Ayano is more minor (like Junta, her significant act is dying). She thinks Kouichi's accent is attractive, but quickly realizes he's not interested and goes back to flirting with Naoya. Naoya tries to talk her into staying in town, but she sadly tells him she can't. Her flashback episode explains her older sister was one of Kazuma's victims, and her family is unwilling to lose both their daughters to the calamity. This is why Aya is so high strung; she's trying to put the best face on a horrible situation, and can't quite pull it off, and the stress of staying friends with both Yumi and Izumi is wearing on her. This episode ends with her death.

Sayuri Kakinuma works in the school library. Kouichi meets her first while looking for the previous year's yearbook, which he assumes correctly will feature Mei...or it would, if Izumi hadn't already vandalized it. Kouichi is confused at first because he sees Sayuri acknowledge Mei, and he knows she's in their homeroom. Sayuri explains, since her job at the library is separate from her student career, she doesn't have to ignore Mei, before adding Kouichi ought to understand how that works (a reference to Reiko Kouichi gets immediately but the audience isn't necessarily aware of). Sayuri suggests Kouichi talk to Chibiki, since he's also in charge of the school's records; she won't make the inquiries herself because her boss scares her. Sayuri is killed at the inn, in the same way Aki died in the anime.

Yukito Tsuji is her boyfriend, though both being minor characters this isn't often important. As a stealth pun, I think it'd be fun to have him discussing a Japanese copy of Another with Sayuri. Yukito is also killed at the inn.

Manabu Maejima is an enthusiastic photographer, and takes pictures periodically as the year goes on. He and Daisuke Wakui both apologize to Kouichi and Mei for what they've had to do, and offer to retake several pictures so both of them will be included. Kouichi finds this amusing, but declines, telling them there's no point in pretending the class actually wants them around. Manabu, who's a generally nice guy, tries talking to Takako at the inn, but this only gets him stabbed by Keiko for his trouble. Takako reassures Izumi later on it's not her blood she's covered in (which leads to her commenting, in puzzlement when Keiko stabs her later on "Hm...this is mine. How about that?" before collapsing.)

Daisuke has his asthma attack at the inn, and Chibiki tries to take him to town, but a snow storm makes the going difficult. Daisuke tells him not to worry about it and go back, knowing it will probably mean his death.