Talk:Mikami-Sensei/@comment-24.74.164.22-20130315115539/@comment-397235-20140518011707

No, just class 3-3 in 1998. Reiko doesn't belong, and so even though the curse has brought her back, it does so in a fairly obvious way (Mei points this out to Kouichi, commenting that this year, there was a shortage of desks in the teacher's lounge rather than in class). However, no one notices she's extra, partially because of the curse and partially because she's one of the most normal people in the class and obviously a fixture of the school; having died the previous year, her colleagues haven't forgotten what it's like to have her around, and therefore it isn't unnatural for them to interact with her.

I almost wonder if Kouichi and the rest of the staff accidentally brought her back the same way the original Misaki was returned. She was obviously a well-loved teacher (a lot of the students prefer her to poor, crazy Kubodera even before he gutted himself in class), and her parents and Kouichi clearly missed her a lot (Kouichi's last words to her are almost a tearjerker). It's not that much of a stretch for one to believe the curse brought her back by "popular demand" so the people who loved her could have one more year with her.