Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-25958024-20150115204740/@comment-397235-20150117183758

But let's look at how Mei reacts to confrontation:

Izumi: This is all your fault.

Mei: I'm sorry.

Takako: Misaki's the Dead One. Let's kill her.

Mei *Runs away.*

A normal person would deny these things. Mei never does. How guilty does that make her look? Every single time she doesn't open her mouth in her own defense, it's like she's agreeing with them.

Using Reiko as an example doesn't really work, either. Reiko is the Extra and doesn't want to die. If Mei is the Extra, do you think she's going to stand around and let people kill her? No, she's going to panic because people are onto her and flee. The class doesn't quite understand the Extra doesn't have any more idea they're dead than anyone else.

Mei could've chosen to argue with Izumi at dinner, but instead she chose to just give up. That opportunity missed, she could've mentioned she wasn't the Extra (and further, she knows who is) when she, Kouichi, and Izumi are discussing Takako's insanity; Izumi makes it clear she's not buying at this point what Takako had to say anyway. Izumi already knows how to end the Curse; either of them could've told her they'd handle the Extra if she dealt with her friends. Instead, Izumi shows up just in time to see Mei apparently kill Takako to cover her tracks, and reassesses her position visa-viz Mei.

It's interesting to note Mei's apathy is why Izumi attacked her in the manga, the difference being in the manga Mei actually fought back.