Talk:Takako Sugiura/@comment-216.137.224.215-20141204083749/@comment-397235-20141204122859

Well...okay.

I think you hit the major points for both, and I agree with you in both cases.

What Takako did to Mei is unquestionably horrible. I don't think anyone disagrees there, and nobody says Mei had that coming. The fact Takako didn't kill Mei isn't what makes her sympathetic in my eyes, since she didn't stop herself; had she had the opportunity, she would have.

The two things that have always made me feel bad for her are the fact nobody really cared enough to set her straight, so honestly she doesn't know any better, and two, she didn't kill Kouichi when it would've made her life easier. While she says part of it is because Izumi likes him (or likes him), the first thing she says is "You're not the Dead one." Had she not thought she knew Mei, she wouldn't have attacked her either, for the same reason. It's not personal for her.

With Tomohiko, Kouichi flat out told him what was going on, and he made it abundantly clear he didn't care. Further, he murdered two of his classmates for no discernible reason, other than to see if they happened to be the Extra, and had no remorse whatsoever when he learned he was wrong. Then, he attacked Kouichi, who he's managed to convince himself is the Extra, but who he also blames for his own inability to talk to Yukari, and holds responsible for her death. It's very personal for Tomohiko.