Thread:Godzillafan93/@comment-6052796-20141228020835

Much of the Mei/Kouichi/Izumi relationship is a lot similar to Edward Scissorhands. You got the loner character with a condition they consider both a blessing and a curse. (The eye and the hands respectfully.)  The rival who sees said loner as a monster. (In Edward's case, Kim's Boyfriend sees him as a freak and a meanace because his hands could cut people and in Izumi's case she sees Mei as responsible and later the direct cause of the deaths of her fellow class mates.)  And the interest that seems more interested in the loner with the condition, instead of the normal person that's interested. Last but not least it ends in a confrontation which ends in a building in near collapse and the rival dying from impalement when close to killing the loner. 