Talk:Yuuya Mochizuki/@comment-67.191.16.143-20141025055000/@comment-397235-20141025153743

Well, Yukito was scared, but at the same time, the most compelling argument Reiko can make is "You shouldn't be killing your classmates." The only people who know Mei isn't the Extra are herself and Kouichi; if they could've convinced Izumi she could've called Takako off. I don't think anyone else, not even Mikami, could've accomplished that.

If you notice when she plays the tape, she tells everyone she's speaking on behalf of the "Head of Countermeasures" which suggests either A, she's simply name-dropping Izumi because the class is more likely to listen to her, or B, she realizes Izumi's simply not capable of doing what she thinks has to be done, so she decides she's going to herself; one of those cliched "You've been taking care of me all this time so I'll take care of you" coupled with Izumi being all Takako has left at this point. She's probably the loneliest character in the series in the end; even Mei has more friends than her by now.

I don't know about either of their relationships with Reiko. I think the only time she and Takako talk is when they go to the beach; so far as I know, in the anime, she and Tomohiko never directly speak. I suspect they both respect her as their teacher (presumably more than anyone respected Kubodera or Chibiki) but I doubt Takako would've been persuaded by anything Reiko had to say; granted, we don't know how she'd have reacted to reason because at no point does anyone ever try. Tomohiko I strongly suspect would've have just shrugged and killed her, because Kouichi did try to talk him down, and Tomohiko didn't care.