Talk:Takako Sugiura/@comment-25874225-20150122163051/@comment-397235-20150124222212

I just don't see that. She's never actively hostile toward Mei. I think she and Izumi at least get how the Extra works; it's not literally Mei who killed those people but they died because she's there. The only people who out and out blame Calamity caused deaths on anyone are Yumi and Tomohiko.

I challenge you to find, at any point before she almost gets killed, a scene of Takako doing anything horrible to Mei. I honestly don't think Mei even crosses her mind. Every scene prior to the Inn involving her, she's trying to take care of her friends; that's how she interpreter her responsibility. She even sticks up for Kouichi when Izumi sideways suggests it's all his fault. It's Izumi, always Izumi, and only Izumi who is cruel to Mei. The only even remotely questionable things she does to Mei are ignoring her (which, if we're killing people for that, means everyone's fucked) and agreeing with Izumi that it's all Mei's fault (which, again, is something everyone else does as well, and as we've discussed, is justifiable given what they know).

It does strike me as odd people will go after her for trying to kill Mei, but have no problem with Katsumi and his actions. Matsunaga picked up a rock and bashed another student's head in (or strangled her in the movie), not to end the Curse but because he was pissed off. It's only after the fact he realized he wasn't necessarily a murderer since he killed someone already dead. I think he's honestly the least justifiable; Takako picked the wrong person but she was trying to end the Curse. Matsunaga was just homicidal and angry.