Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-6052796-20140928191616/@comment-6052796-20140929040826

Episode 6 when they were walking away from Mei's place and stopping by the playground, all while discussing the Morals surrounding the Non-Existent charm, she takes the time to play on one of the bars. When she does she does a bit of a front flip swing around it. It's hard to spot because of the dark, but I was able to catch it when I watched it. When I looked at the Novel, it confirmed for me, that that's what she did. Kouichi looked like he was gonna do it too, but instead just pushed himself up.

Tbh, I never read or watched Battle Royale, all I know about it, is that apparently Hunger Games ripped the plot off directly from that Novel/Movie. However there is a hint in Another that seem to sway in my theory. For starters almost every Homeroom class' non-meeting moment, at least before Kubodera offs himself, they seem to be taking an english/literacy class. As shown when they were discussing Haikus and when Kubodera discusses personifcation. So far the only other anime/anime themed medium I have seen that involved private school style Japanese schools was a Visual Novel I played called "Don't Take It Personally Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story." The homeroom teacher in that Visual Novel was also an English/Literacy teacher and of all the literature subjects being taught, Battle Royale was mentioned. It's a clear case of Write What You Know. Both Authors, Yukito Ayatsuji and Christine Love may have been taught about Battle Royale in school and probably incorperated it in their respective mediums.