Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20140722012358/@comment-397235-20140723020453

I'd have that scene, but once Kouichi collapses due to his lung problems and everyone starts freaking out, have him stand back up and ask him how bad they'd have felt if he'd really died because none of them had the guts to tell the truth. Aya later jokingly tells him she wasn't sure which pissed off Izumi more, the fact Kouichi did what he did, or the fact she couldn't tell he was acting.

I'd do one better. When Izumi demands Mei apologize at the inn, Tomohiko tells her if anyone should be apologizing, it's her, for fucking up everything from the beginning. Everyone turns on her rather than Mei, which isolates her even more. I liked the way the manga handled her character in that regard. Izumi's running countermeasures but she's really all alone and has no one she can really count on to back her up.

In the scene where Izumi announces they're going to ignore Kouichi, Ikuo goes off on her for being ridiculous, and then yells at Tomohiko and Takako for not telling her enough is enough. The whole point of having countermeasures deputies is specifically to keep someone like Izumi from taking such drastic measures, but Tomohiko didn't even believe in the curse until Yukari died, and Takako doesn't have the will to stand up to Izumi in public. When Tomohiko resigns and Takeru and Junta take his place, Izumi doesn't have anyone in a position to effectively tell her no.