Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140801024539/@comment-397235-20140804233421

See, I think part of our interpretations of Izumi is I don't quite hate her like you. :) I think on some level if we could see more of what's going on in her head, we'd understand her a bit better. This is why I write novels and not TV.

It occurs to me it could be very funny if she had met Kouichi when he was in Yomiyama for Reiko's funeral, and the two hit it off...as much as one can under the circumstances. So when Misaki mentions her boyfriend to Mei, she really is talking about Kouichi, but in a joking fashion since they'd only met the one time.