Talk:Class 3-3/@comment-75.83.115.244-20131203064308/@comment-99.49.196.213-20140105103030

I think that the author wanted the reasons for the curse to be ambiguous. My theory is that the students of class 3 in 72 started the curse by adding a student who shouldn't have been there, that student being Misaki Yomiyama. From that point on a dead person was resurrected in the class every year. I thought it was strange that some years the calamity didn't occur, but others it did. It lead me to believe that the calamity is created from a dead one's feelings. Some dead ones may have been angry that they died which caused the calamity for that year, others may have been less angry with their death and so a calamity did not occur. I believe that whether or not a calamity occurs depends on how the dead one was treated in life and death. When someone is outcasted, the angry dead ones are likely calmed to see that someone else is also being ignored and fogotten so the calamity does not occur; but remember, Chibiki says that ignoring a student only works 50% of the time. Also remember that if someone is ignored before the calamity begins, then it doesn't matter if people acknowledged them beforehand, as long as you ignore them before the calamity begins you should be fine. In short, the curse began because classmates sort of brought Misaki back to life by pretending he was there, people die if a calamity begins and a calamity begins depending on the dead one who is resurrected that year, choosing an outcast often eases the dead one's pain and suffering which prevents the calamity, and lastly the effectiveness of outcasting a classmate depends on the dead one, but if the classmate is outcasted before the calamity begins it usually works. Anyway, like I said I think the author wanted all the reasons to be ambiguous but this is my theory on how it all works. I'm sure there are plenty of other theories on it but we will never truly know how the curse works. Now if you'll pardon the pun, I'd like to end this outrageously long comment by saying: All we know is that the curse occurs for some reason or Another.