Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-72.35.107.82-20141028053746/@comment-397235-20141031111846

I've often wondered about that. I don't think they could've done much to prevent Yumi's death; one of the people who was with her should've tried to grab her or something, but that's all I can think of.

For Takako...yeah, if Mei had hit her instead of constantly moving they might've slowed things down long enough for Izumi to arrive. Granted, the reason I don't think she does so is she feels bad for the other girl. She's scared, obviously, especially when she stabs Kouichi, but when she tries to get Mei the first time, misses, stabs the wall, and starts laughing about it, Mei's looking at her with sympathy, like "You poor girl." Unlike Izumi, Takako never does anything especially vile to Mei before this point; I think Mei understands she's not herself.

Doesn't really do anyone any good, though.