Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-82.173.92.77-20140912122859/@comment-397235-20140913201900

She didn't call Naoya an idiot for talking to Kouichi after he was being ignored; she called him one for mentioning the Calamity in the first place. Essentially she yelled at him (and Yuuya and Yukari) for doing something she was supposed to be doing. So far as I know, she never learned Naoya tried to kill Tomohiko in the anime.

Takako is Izumi's right hand girl. When she broadcasts the tape, the rest of the class assumes she's acting under Izumi's instructions. All Izumi would've needed to say was "Hang on, let's think about this for a minute." At least some of them (like Yumi) would've listened to her.

And she never tries to reason with Takako either. She just sits and watches her and Kouichi beat each other up. There wasn't anything Izumi could've done by the time she did find Takako but there were a lot of places she could've helped her before. Such as maybe suggesting her mentally unstable friend should probably not be going on the trip in the first place, or trying to calm her down when she attacks Mei. Izumi does neither.

And when they all go to Junta's funeral, Kouichi and Mei attempt to go check on her. Izumi glares at them, though, and they balk. That might've made a difference right there; it might've made her reconsider attacking Mei if she remembered Mei showing her some kindness. All they would've had to do was tell her she wasn't alone or ask if she was okay. Thanks to Izumi's possessiveness, that never happens. Oops.

And that's what I mean about it being mildly amusing. Yes, it's kind of funny what she does to Naoya and Takako both (Naoya is very upset and Takako is just irritated); at the same time, it involves mocking and using someone who's dying, and that's really not that funny at all in hindsight.