Talk:Yuuya Mochizuki/@comment-5534769-20141009084700/@comment-397235-20141010032423

Manabu was stabbed repeatedly in the back. The defensive wounds I was referring to on Takako are on her hand, which suggests she grabbed the knife, meaning she saw it coming, but Keiko was close enough that was her only option. The blood on the door suggests she tried to shut it and hide (which is what she does, unsuccessfully, in the novel); Keiko busted in, they fought some more, Takako got whacked over the head at some point (the blood on her face is hers: it's behind her glasses rather than over them), and somehow or other she ended up with Keiko's blade (which explains why it's got blood on it; it has to be hers and Manabu's because she's specifically stated she's only after Mei, so there's no reason to suspect she's attacked anyone else).

I've always assumed she heard Keiko knocking on the door and thought she was Izumi. Imagine her surprise when, in true horror movie fashion, she opens the door and instead of her best friend, she finds a deranged and bloody old lady standing less than three feet away with a knife. I'd scream. How about you?