Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140801024539/@comment-397235-20140802052110

I dunno. Kouichi's still One Who Doesn't Exist. I think, if anything, his comment to Mei is basically "I don't particularly like you because you're a sell-out, but we have this shared life experience so I'll let you go." Of course, on the flip-flip-side, I could use him as a meta of all the people within this fandom who feel even looking at Mei sideways is justification of dying horribly.

I mean, the alternate way to write this character is he's not actually the Nonexistent student, he's someone trying to protect that student. It doesn't work for me, though, because Stalker with a Crush is such a cliche nowadays.

I think it's much more unique to have someone genuinely enjoy what he's doing.

I also had another student (not like that) the second year who becomes convinced he's the extra (okay, kinda like that) and rather than killing himself, starts attacking the others in the hopes if he's the last one standing, he'll be allowed to stay after the year is up. The real extra ends up killing him instead.