Talk:Reiko Mikami/@comment-50.0.136.92-20130817232913/@comment-6052796-20140114132435

First of all Kouichi was in Tokyo on the day of Reiko's murder. He came down to attend the funeral where he first met Izumi before the calamity altered their memeory. Second of all, while the assailant is unknown in the anime, the manga strongly implies that it may have been Izumi's brother/cousin that committed the murder and that afterwards he killed himself. The manga's conception of Kazuma Akazawa shares a slight resemblance to Kouichi. Second the reason why Reiko keeps her work and private life seperate, is because she is Kouichi's relative and doesn't want the other kids thinking she is playing favorites. None of the students knew Reiko and Mikami were the same person until at least episode 8. As hinted by Mochizuki (Who is known to have a crush on Mikami) sitting in the passenger's side with Reiko and Izumi's remark "I guess you can't judge a book by it's cover." As well as Kouichi punching one of the students for knocking her out in 11. Much like most ghosts however Reiko wasn't aware of her death. Her memories were altered just like the living and when she was outed as the extra she was obviously scared and confused. Also if I remember correctly it was Mei willing to kill Reiko to spare Kouichi of the pain and memories of murdering her.