Class 3-3

Class 3-3 (9th Grade, Class 3), is one of the classrooms at Yomiyama North Middle School. It is one of the primary setting of Another.

History
26 years ago, there was a student named Misaki Yomiyama. He was a charming student, good looking and excelled in both academics and sport. All the teachers and students admired him. In his 9th grade, he was placed in class 3. Shortly after entering 9th grade, he died in an accident (there are many theories about this, some saying he died from plane crash and some saying because of fire). Unable to accept his death, his classmates decided to continue acting as if he is alive (talking with his

desk, going home with him). Even at graduation, the principal arranged to have his seat included. After graduation, they took a picture of the class and found Misaki, who wasn't supposed to appear, included, with a pale face, but smiling like everyone else. After that incident, the class has been cursed and placed closer to death.

The "calamity" of Class 3-3
It started in 1973, a year after when they found out about having an extra student and were one desk short. At first they just thought it was an error and ignored it. But six students and ten of their family members died that year. Since then they found out that there is a 'dead one' in the class. The 'dead one' is the person who died a year or a few years before, but somehow they have been resurrected and placed in that class (The dead person can be a student or a teacher). All the memories of the people around the 'dead person' are altered, so the other students think that he/she is still alive. The dead person also doesn't realize that they're already dead. Because of that, at least one student or their family members die each month. The person will be sent back to death at graduation, and no one will remember him/her. This happened because of the countermeasures in Class 3-3 in 1972. The students before have tried many ways to prevent this, including changing the classroom and the class name from class 3-3 to 3-C. However it didn't work. Until 10 years ago, they found out that in order to prevent the calamity they have 'to treat a person as he/she doesn't exist to make up for the presence of the dead person'.

In 1998, the class chose to treat Mei Misaki as if she didn't exist, but the new transfered student, Kouichi Sakakibara doesn't know about the class curse and acknowledges her. Because of this, two students and three family members died. After that, the class treats both Mei and Kouichi as they never existed. However it is only 50 percent chance of sucess. It is also hinted that Mei was selected to be the non-existent a little before Kouichi started in class. But the non-existent has to be chosen before the calamity even starts, which means they started too late. It was unknown to the class someone(Misaki Fujioka) already died in April.

The real way to stop the calamity permanently, or at least until the next school year, is to 'send the dead back to death.' As soon as the person dies they will disappear, and no one will remember them. The ones personally involved with the 'dead persons' death will remember them for awhile, but forget all about it later.

1972

 * Misaki Yomiyama (deceased)
 * Ritsuko Sakakibara (deceased in 1983)

1983

 * Reiko Mikami (deceased in 1996)
 * Katsumi Matsunaga
 * Hoshikawa Yuki
 * Hamaguchi Jun
 * Akiyama (manga)

1996

 * Kazuma Akazawa (deceased)

1998

 * Kouichi Sakakibara
 * Mei Misaki
 * Izumi Akazawa (deceased)
 * Tomohiko Kazami (deceased)
 * Yukari Sakuragi (deceased)
 * Naoya Teshigawara
 * Yuuya Mochizuki
 * Ikuo Takabayashi (deceased)
 * Takako Sugiura (deceased)
 * Takeru Mizuno (formerly)
 * Manabu Maeshima
 * Junta Nakao (deceased)
 * Noboru Saruta
 * Daisuke Wakui
 * Kenzou Kawahori (deceased)
 * Shigeki Yonemura (formerly)
 * Aya Ayano (deceased)
 * Yumi Ogura (deceased)
 * Makoto Ouji (deceased)
 * Sachiko Nakajima (formerly)
 * Sayuri Kakinuma
 * Anzu Kanaki (deceased)
 * Haruka Etou (formerly)
 * Aki Matsui (deceased)
 * Yukito Tsujii
 * San Watanabe
 * Megumi Tatara (formerly)
 * Matsuko Arita
 * Kazue Satou (formerly)
 * Naomi Fujimaki (formerly)

Staff

 * Tatsuji Chibiki (Homeroom teacher in 1972)
 * Kubodera-Sensei (Homeroom teacher in 1998)
 * Mikami-Sensei (Vice-homeroom teacher in 1998, later homeroom teacher)

1983

 * Hoshikawa
 * Ritsuko Sakakibara
 * Hamaguchi
 * Akiyama (manga)

1996

 * Reiko Mikami
 * Kazuma Akazawa

1998

 * Misaki Fujioka
 * Yukari Sakuragi
 * Yukari Sakuragi's Mother
 * Sanae Mizuno
 * Ikuo Takabayashi
 * Kubodera-Sensei
 * Kubodera-Sensei's Mother
 * Junta Nakao
 * Aya Ayano
 * Aya Ayano's Parents
 * Atsushi Ogura
 * Kensaku Numata
 * Yumi Ogura
 * Makoto Ouji
 * Takako Sugiura
 * Anzu Kanaki
 * Kenzou Kawahori
 * Keiko Numata
 * Aki Matsui
 * Tomohiko Kazami
 * Izumi Akazawa