Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-25958024-20150115204740/@comment-397235-20150117235405

Izumi's absolutely horrified by what Takako almost did to Mei. She knows her friend's not right in the head; she never even considered she was telling the truth. It's not until she finds Mei having apparently just murdered her friend she's willing to reconsider things. Her reaction is pretty much "Oh God, she was right..." Up until then, she wouldn't have attacked Mei.

As for the others...it's kind of hit or miss. I don't think they'd have been able to reason with Yumi, for instance. That said, Yumi took a swing at Mei because Mei saw her and froze; Kouichi had to physically drag her out of the way. Had Mei not stopped, Yumi wouldn't have tried to slash her.

It's very easy to let fear paralyze you, but the fact at no point Mei ever even attempts to do anything for herself is what I find so frustrating about her character. She just doesn't seem to care.