Talk:Noboru Saruta/@comment-397235-20140704004331/@comment-397235-20141125123113

I've always figured there was more to that story than what Takako told Izumi. She remembers Misaki as Misaki and not Fuijioka and that's significant; in Japan you're only ever one a first name basis with people you're very close to (Izumi, for instance, first-names Takako, her best friend, and Kouichi, who she's got a crush on). I think Takako and Misaki were friends at school, but she doesn't want to tell Izumi about that because of how much Izumi dislikes Mei.

On the other hand, all she told Izumi at first was "I knew someone who looked just like Mei but had two eyes." It's only when Izumi points out Mei lost her eye before Takako could've met her that those wheels start turning, and even then, she looks horrified. If you notice, she's never mean to Mei before she loses it; you could see that as her remembering Misaki and saying "We used to be friends so I'm not going to go out of my way to be cruel to you."