Thread:Swedigimon/@comment-397235-20140730225744

Because I thought we'd taken up enough of poor Junta's talk page with this conversation.

So, to answer your question, I'd always envisioned this in the present day, though starting the curse in the 70's still works...sort of (it couldn't have been Ristuko in the original class if it took place in the 21st century).

You know, you never commented on me killing Junta too. It's nothing personal; his death just leads to character development elsewhere. On the plus side, Takako makes it (which never happens), Tomohiko makes it (which he has a 50% chance of doing), Izumi makes it (which odds are far worse, at 25%), and sweet little Yumi survies (also at 50%). So not a total bloodbath like in the anime. I figured it was better to have the characters actually grow and develop rather than derail any development they might've gotten (Izumi's almost a decent person, then she goes apeshit again at dinner) or pull random plot points out of thin air (such as Takako's "long suffering" mental illness which was not present until right before she became violent). 