Talk:Mei Misaki/@comment-25958024-20150115204740/@comment-6052796-20150116112224

I get that, it's understandable. One of the reasons I like obessing over this anime, is that I seem to learn something new from it. I'm the kinda guy that watches things over and over again so I can see any detail that was missed. And one of the things I like about anime is that they used their artistic visual sides to cover things up. You look at an anime any anime, where someone's hair is spiked up, or their skin is an unnatural color compared to human skin, like Green or pale white and you think nothing of it, because you think "Anime, there doesn't really have to be a reason." But in the case of Another, they rely on that as a diversion to cover up certain things. You see Mei and you think, "Pale Skinned, defenseless anime girl, how cliche." And I'd have thunk it too, but then after watching it like say 10 maybe 11 times, I notice a few things. For starters her skin being pale compared to say more normal looking characters like Kouichi or Nayoa. Tie characteristic with her backstory, losing her eye in a surgery that almost killed her, because of a malignant tumor. A surgery like that can cause a major blood loss or other side effects that could cause that paleness. Then later on she talks about her eating habits. She only eats ready made meals and the occasional meal Kirika cooks. This gives me the impression that she's also malnourished, possibly due to complications that could be long term after the surgery. I myself was a poor eater as a kid and I know from experience how pale skin can get from lack of certain nutrients. This in turn leads me to believe that she is literally not in good shape phyiscally. Even if she wanted to defend herself she couldn't. There were only a few times, she showed bursts of strength in the anime. The first time, was when she was playing on the playground, she did a flip on one of the bars. The second time, was during the climax of the show when she carried that Axe. This leads me to believe she might have been saving her strength biding her time until she had to go and get the Extra. But hey, that's just how I see it, I could be wrong.