Talk:Takako Sugiura/@comment-25874225-20150122163051/@comment-397235-20150125140416

Aya Ayano was Izumi's friend too. Do you think she hated Mei as well?

The thing with the scene in the girl's room, it's all about their faces. I don't know why Takako brought Misaki up, but if you look at what she says it doesn't seem to have had anything to do with the Extra. She says she knew Mei before she lost her eye which doesn't necessarily mean anything. It's only when Izumi points out Mei lost her eye when she was four Takako's mind starts going in that direction, and even then, if you look at her face, she looks vaguely horrified, like she's thinking "Wait, that can't be right. I knew her."

I don't think she said anything to Izumi about Mei being the Extra at that point because I don't think she drew that conclusion until after she almost died. Izumi's reaction to the entire thing is basically "She doesn't mean it. She's insane." It's not until Mei apparently killed her and was about to desecrate her body that Izumi herself threatens to kill Mei. Sure she doesn't like her, but up until now it's just on a personal level; it's not because she thinks Mei actually is the Extra.

As for the dinner scene, I don't really see it as the entire class ganging up on her, since for one thing there's only one voice against her. If you want to fault them for anything, it's for nobody speaking out against it besides Kouichi and Naoya. That said, at no point do even the teachers step in to stop things, suggesting on some level even they think Izumi's right.

And again, since all the class knows is Mei broke her promise and now people have started dying, it seems a fairly logical jump to hold her accountable for that. It's sort of like if a sentry falls asleep on duty, cept in the military you do that you get shot.

It's not aided by the fact Mei herself won't even disagree with them; it kind of gives credence to their argument that she's apparently agreeing with them. She never denies it's her fault; she says it doesn't matter, which, while being correct, is evasive and cowardly.It makes her sound like she's trying to shirk her culpability.