Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140829052131/@comment-397235-20140908034025

If you think about it, the only person Mei was ever really close to before Kouichi was her twin sister; it's entirely possible she simply has no concept of personal space.

The whole jump-scare for Nolan is kind of a subversion because more often than not, they're meant to be funny, but this one isn't. It occurs when they go to find Matsunaga's (one of the few people I've not renamed yet) tape. Nolan's upset because Violet is leaving and he can't convince her to stay. He and Kirk would be having a normal conversation which Holly joins out of the blue. Nolan responds by blowing up at her. It's both a sign of the tension as a whole and an indication he's not anywhere near as flippant as he lets on.

Since his teacher doesn't essentially tell him he killed his best friend (one of the many reasons I dislike Chibiki) because he doesn't attack Thomas at the Inn, I needed a point for Nolan's maturity to assert itself. He's not romantically interested in Violet but he does care about her, and he's worried (correctly) something terrible will happen if the Fields try to leave town. I liked Aya Ayano, and while I'm not going to spare her Western counterpart, I figured I could at least give her a meaningful death.