Talk:Kouichi Sakakibara/@comment-61.6.56.2-20130723030248/@comment-397235-20140812031631

Mei told him it was a bad idea to talk to her. Yukari told him not to even mention her. Izumi fraked up not making things clearer, yes, mostly because she was too busy yelling at Yukari, Yuuya, and Naoya (the latter for butting in and making things worse; the former for not going far enough).

Like I've said before, the main reason their plan seems to have fallen apart is because Izumi never bothered to set up a chain of command. She could've delegated to Yukari or Tomohiko, who both know Kouichi, or Takako, who sits behind him in class in case she was out of school, but she never did. She had to do everything herself (and look how well that turned out).

Of course, after Yukari's death it should've been obvious the Countermeasures hadn't worked (and if that wasn't enough, then Sanae, Ikuo, and Kubodera should've maybe been a clue), at which point it ought to have been obvious ignoring Mei didn't make a difference.

If Mei had at any point explained about her sister having been killed at the start of term, it'd have absolved her of any guilt (since Misaki died before Kouichi had even gotten to Yomiyama; therefore, her talking to him couldn't have broken the Countermeasures). For that matter, it wouldn't have broken Countermeasures if she had told Kouichi to bug off, which is why Izumi blames her for the Calamity.

Granted, it is Izumi's fault for not explaining things, but then again, look what happened to Ikuo when he did what no one else would: he keeled over and died right there. So even if Izumi or someone else had tried to tell Kouichi what was up, there's no guarantee it would've worked, or that they'd have even survived the experience.

Likewise, think how many people would've survived if Mei had beaten Takako to the punch when it came to revealing who the extra was (hint: everyone except perhaps Makoto Ouiji who died in the last episode). That's the one which has always confused me, especially since, on the same day they learn how to end the Curse, two more people are claimed by it. What would Mei have done if it had killed Kouichi? What if it had killed her? Then where would they be?

And in the live action film, they do tell him to stop, and he doesn't.