Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-108.215.65.171-20170622153226/@comment-30834068-20170622165220

Mei saw the aura of death on Izumi Akazawa at the end when Izumi was pierced by the glass shards at the end of episode 12, because Izumi was about to die. Interesting that Mei hadn't seen (or let on that she saw) the aura earlier, such as minutes earlier when Izumi was confronting Mei, or an hour earlier when Takako strangled to death and Izumi came up and saw the aftermath. That includes not seeing or letting on that she saw it on Takako while Takako was trying to kill her. (Oh yes.  Mei can't see it while her left eye is covered with her eyepatch...)

Kouichi did remember the past several months of knowing Izumi, and continued to remember that past her death. Kouichi did not remember the trip to Yomiyama two years ago because he had been attending his aunt Reiko's funeral. Since Reiko was the extra this year many memories were altered to conceal that Reiko had died. That Izumi hardly remembered anything of meeting Kouichi earlier, until near her own death, has to be ascribed to the author's choice and convenience. It otherwise doesn't make much sense.