Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-6052796-20140921133351/@comment-397235-20141125012033

Well, we have Takako's approach, which is to pick the wrong person and then get a lot of people killed going after them, or Tomohiko's way, which is to just kill everyone who isn't him.

Granted, I don't know if they'd have found the tape in the first place had Mei not been involved, and if that were the case, then a lot of people's insanity may have been delayed if not avoided entirely.

If you think about it, a lot of people died directly as a result of trying to end the Calamity.

Although she doesn't do much, Yumi is still one of Izumi's deputies. Her best friend and older brother are killed by the Calamity, she snaps, and dies herself.

Tomohiko's solution to the Curse is to kill indiscriminately, so Izumi responds by beating him to death. Still, in his own horrifying and selfish way, he was trying to end the Calamity, even if that just meant he was the only survivor.

For Junta it's pretty blatant. His death is a double whammy, since it sent Takako over the edge and ultimately killed her as well.

Izumi, of course, came to the conclusion Mei was the Extra and in the process of trying to kill her, ended up dying herself.

So, if nobody made active efforts to stop the Calamity, maybe not as many people would've died. Like I've said, Death is kind of a greedy bastard, and doesn't like the idea of losing its steady supply of fresh victims.