Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-25409301-20140911182738/@comment-397235-20140914000908

Nobody's tried to kill them at the Inn by that point. That's what set them both off; near death experiences are not exactly wonderful things.

The characters I picked to make this offer are characters those two don't feel any particular animosity toward. Takako attacked Kouichi because he was in the way; Tomohiko would've killed Mei had he run into her, but it would've been a crime of convenience, not anger.

Tomohiko's smart enough to word things in a way Izumi would find palatable. If they managed to sell him, he'd have at least tried to find a way to convince Izumi, meaning he wouldn't have lost it himself, so that's three deaths averted right there.

"Akazawa-san...I think there's something you need to hear."

Takako's upset her friends are dying and she doesn't know why, and on top of that, she's got Izumi telling her everything's Mei's fault. If she'd ever been presented an alternative point of view, she might've been better off.

They could've played it like: "Junta died for this. It's very important we take this seriously. We've got to tell Izumi, but she won't listen to us. She'll listen to you, though. You want to help Izumi? You want to make sure Junta didn't die for nothing? Convince her to work with us. It's the best way we can get through this."