Episode 8 - Hair Stand

Hair Stand is the 8th episode of Another series.

Shoji Kubodera disappears in the opening from this episode, because he died in the previous one, and is replaced by Mikami.

Summary
Kouichi, and Reiko are talking about the calamity from 15 years ago. Kouichi continues asking Reiko about what happened, though she still claims that she doesn't remember a thing, so they decide to go talk to Matsunaga, who, along with Reiko, was in class 3 in the past, and who was said to have stopped the calamity mid-year, 15 years ago.

Kouichi, and Reiko are seen preparing for the class trip. Suddenly, Teshigawara, and Mochizuki, walk up. Kouichi asks Teshigawara about his huge backpack, and he just says he's stocking up on supplies, then smiles.

A little while later, Akazawa pulls up with Nakao and Takako in the car. Nakao becomes car sick and Akazawa, Kouichi, Teshigawara, Reiko, and Mochizuki begin to joke around. Before leaving, Akazawa states that Reiko's car probably couldn't handle more than four people, and Kouichi agrees. Reiko gets mad at the two. Akazawa then tells Teshigawara to ride in her car. As he climbs in, he expects Akazawa to join him, but she instead shuts the door behind him and gets into Reiko's car.

In the car, everyone talks a little bit about the calamity, and Kouichi asks Akazawa about the "head of countermeasures'" job. Akazawa states that, its not a popular job, but she nominated herself because she felt the others didn't really believe in the calamity and that its her duty to stop it. Afterwards, the entire group remains quiet until they get outside of Yomiyama. Reiko's attitude, once outside Yomiyama, changes drastically. She begins cussing traffic, and having a fun time. This creeps out Mochizuki. Akazawa, talks about "don't judge a book by its cover", and Kouichi states that she is easy to read. Akazawa then scoots over next to Kouichi a little seductively, and asks what he can read about her. He then tells her that she's strong, and independent. She then gets mad, saying that he is supposed to say "Thats not what I meant". He then repeats that, but in an annoying voice. She says "Well, you didn't have to say that in that voice.." And he simply replies, "I have to pay you back sometimes, you know." The two then laugh.

Upon arriving at their destination, Reiko goes inside to ask about Matsunaga, and returns saying that he isn't home, and that she left her number. Afterwards, Tehsigawara proposes the idea to go to the beach. The whole group goes, and Teshigawara, and Kouichi play pranks on everybody, and vice versa.

Kouichi then spots Mei, over by the sea, building a mountain of sand. He walks over to her and they begin to talk about Misaki's family. She states, that her dad is rarely in Japan, and that even though they're a family, they're not connected. Kouichi then tells her that sometimes its a good thing to be connected.

Feeling hungry, the gang then decide to eat. Teshigawara, reveals that he packed a whole "kitchen", with a grill, silverware, cups, napkins, etc., but he forgot food. Teshigawara, then decides to have a "contest"; Collect ingredients for lunch. They split into two teams:

Non-existant: Kouichi, Misaki, & Mochizuki

Counter-measures: Teshigawara, Akazawa, & Takako After the group was done searching the only things they could eat, were kelp, which Teshigawara found, and a squid, which Misaki "found". After eating, Matsunaga walks over to them, and Kouichi asks about how he stopped the calamity 15 years ago. He says that he can't remember, but does know he left a hint somewhere. It is then revealed, that someone had died on a mountain. Akazawa asks if that was before or after they visited the shrine 15 years ago. Matsunaga then says he can't remember. A wind suddenly blows and the beach ball the group had flies into the ocean. Nakao jumps into the ocean to get it. He goes too far out and drowns before a speeding motorboat's propeller chops him up. Kouichi, who had swam out to help the drowning Nakao, is horrified. Matsunaga, who also did the same, goes into a state of shock, and reveals that the "clue" is in the classroom.