Talk:Tomohiko Kazami/@comment-163.6.7.201-20140521192215/@comment-397235-20140521225557

They changed a lot in the anime. The only out and out villainous character in the entire thing was Keiko. The anime also made Tomohiko, Izumi, Yumi, and Takako bad guys. I guess they figured they needed more drama. Still, we also got a lot more development for some of these characters (I mean, Izumi doesn't even show up until something like 300 pages into the novel, I don't think Takako got any dialogue in the manga, and at least this way Tomohiko actually had a meaningful death). Still, as with all adaptations, there's some good and some bad changes they made.

Still, this is nothing compared to the film, which is drastically changed (Izumi goes nuts and starts killing people at the inn, for instance).