Talk:Kouichi Sakakibara/@comment-91.47.8.184-20150205114915/@comment-397235-20150206034952

And yet, the scene is from Izumi's PoV (the only PoV shift in the series that doesn't pertain to Kouichi or Mei, which is, I believe deliberate): Izumi's eyes shift from Takako's face when she recognizes her, to Takako's gut, which is roughly eye level for Mei at this point, to the bloody weapon in Mei's hand, to Mei's cold expression and the blood on her face. I think it's a fairly logical jump to make this is what Izumi thinks is about to happen; if you look at Izumi's face she goes straight from teary-eyed shock to full-on horror. She's legitimately appalled by this.

However, she's speaking with genuine disbelief when she says "Misaki...you really are..." Even though she can't stand Mei, she can't quite believe Mei would do something like this, even though the evidence is apparently staring her in the face.