Talk:Yukari Sakuragi/@comment-6052796-20150105160542/@comment-397235-20150106001538

Well, think about it like this: she's upset because her mom just died, she knows she's in danger, and in her mind at least, breaking the rules literally makes things immediately dangerous.

That said, the immediate consequence of Yukari not dying is Kouichi is never readmitted to the hospital, which means he doesn't run into Sanae and mention Mei, so when she dies it's not immediately obvious it was Kouichi's involving her in the Curse.

Instead, Aya Ayano is the first victim, as Kouichi isn't there to save her from the falling glass. Yumi would've probably taken this pretty hard, but having not also lost her brother the same day, probably would've been okay. Also, Aya would've died alone, so neither Kouichi nor Takako saw it, and therefore neither are emotionally scared, as they were by Yukari's death.

As the post is not vacant, Izumi cannot become female class rep, meaning she probably can't hammer her "Extra Nonexistent Student" legislation through, as Yukari and Tomohiko would potentially be obstacles for this.

Likewise, since his friend Yukari isn't dead, Ikuo might not have felt pressured to explain things to Kouichi, meaning that if he died (and he probably would have) it wouldn't have been quite as dramatic.

So, assuming Kouichi becomes Nonexistent then is allowed back into the class with Mei, what would Yukari's role in this have been?

On some level, she probably blames him for her mother's death, but at the same time Yukari always comes across as a sweet girl, so I think she'd eventually come to forgive him for it. Besides, she doesn't ever really hang out with anyone besides Naoya and his friends, so she wouldn't likely adopt Izumi's attitudes; she'd probably be around to keep Yumi from being pulled in as well.

I don't know if Yukari would've gone looking for Matsunaga with the others; she may see it as her mission because of what happened to her mother. However, this does mean there are now three girls vying for Kouichi's attention (albeit one of whom who doesn't realize she's doing it), which brings Another fairly close to "harem-anime" territory, which is something I immensely dislike. There is, however, promo artwork of her in a bathing suit...

I really can't quite say how Yukari would've reacted to learning how to end the Curse. I suppose it would depend on where she did so. If she hears it from the boys, then she'd probably be for doing what has to be done at first, but she might eventually calm down. I do think she'd mention it to her fellow class rep, though. I'll get to that in a minute.

If Yukari either didn't go to the beach with the others or never hears the tape (or perhaps even if she did), I suspect she'd divide her time between taking care of her two emotionally distraught classmates, Yumi (who is about due to lose her brother) and Takako (who would've still watched Junta die). Having someone not Izumi around might've made all the difference for either girl. After all, Yukari was interested in keeping an eye on Kouichi before she'd even met him, and she was likewise obviously concerned for Ikuo.

Now, let's say Tomohiko learns how to end the Curse from Yukari, and then almost immediately thereafter is almost killed by Naoya. He's already a little unbalanced, but most of his justification for trying to kill Kouichi is because it's his fault Yukari died. I can see him going knife-crazy just as easily trying to protect her. And of course, he'd still go after Kouichi, who he'd see a a rival for her affection.

Depending on how much time Mei has spent with Yukari, I don't see her going after Mei (assuming Takako played the tape for everyone). Yukari's responses are usually fear, not anger, so at worst she probably just would've tried to stay away from Mei. I can see her being put in danger by Mei trying to help her, though; I can't conceive of circumstances under which Yukari would attack another student, though. She has the wrong disposition for it.

Were I writing this, I would kill her one of two ways:

First, she's killed fleeing Mei, and Mei's attempts to save her only make things worse. Unlike what happened with Takako, I don't think Mei would abandon someone who had in no way wronged her to death, but considering Yukari's general response to trouble, I can see that getting her killed.

The other involves Tomohiko inadvertently killing her while trying to kill Kouichi. It's a bit of a cliche, but I'd make it all the more brutal by having him more or less come to his senses, and then have Kouichi kill him anyway. After all, he was furious Tomohiko killed Aki, someone he barely knew; what do you think he'd have done had he killed someone he actually liked?