Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-6052796-20140913190950/@comment-6052796-20140916081249

Hey the Romero analogy wasnt' quite fair. Barbara saved a woman when she helped her barricade the breaking through the doors, before her brother ate her. Francine was a better shot than Stephen and the only other person that could fly a helicopter and Sarah was the only sane one besides the neutral faction of the underground bunker and was even able to get the hot blooded Steele to back down, with nothing more than strong words and a submachine gun.

I haven't seen Thin Red Line, but I have seen They Live and other Carpenter works. The Thing for example being one of the few gore fest in the world to actually have a valid Whodunit style to it and it being one of the few times in the world you have an actual competent cast, but they still end up getting killed. Not to mention the fact that after careful thinking, observing and testing they were able to find ways of getting the killer, in this case a shapeshifting alien that eats and imitates people; out in th eipen.

But back to the original points. With Mei and Kouichi, they are what I like to call the pursued living. Meaning they cheated death in their own ways, but because they were so close but no cigar to it, death suspected them first, but eventually got the hint near the end. Pretty much proving Mei's speech about death wrong. Since it coulda just killed Kouichi after Reiko was sent back, but didn't.

While Yumi wasn't a bad person, it was pretty insane and suicidal to try to take a swipe at them while standing on a thin slippery ledge. So I wouldn't say death, but her own tragic madness killed her.

Aya I think Death took pity on her, to be honest. Ever notice how she was not really seen or mentioned aside from background and Yumi's first appearence. Meaning had she stayed in town Death wouldn't have gotten her.

Unlike the beach example, though I would think that, the reason death didn't get them in episode 8 was because it knew they weren't gonna be out of town for long.

As for Tomohiko I wouldn't say his death wasn't Dramatic, however I do say he was dead before Izumi hit him. Mainly because his insanity could also be topped with a severe head damage. He coulda developed an embolism from the stress after being hit in the head. Popping seconds before he got hit again.

I talk about Death as a sentient being alot in regards to this series.