Yukari Sakuragi

"Don't ever mention that name in Class 3 again!"

- Yukari reaction when Kouichi mention about Mei.

Yukari Sakuragi was one of the class officers, the other being Kazami, of Yomiyama North Middle School's 9th Grade Class 3 in 1998.

Personality
Sakuragi is shown to have a shy personality. She is also quiet and kind. When Kouichi first asks her about Mei, she  momentarily becomes horrified before claiming not to know anything about her, and warning Kouichi to never mention Mei's name. She is best friends with Izumi Akazawa, although it is shown more in the manga.



Appearance
Her appearance between the manga and anime is markedly different.

In the anime, she has curly brown hair partially tied back with a small ribbon, and her eyes are brown.

In the manga, she has straight black hair and black eyes. Her glasses are also different: while they have round lenses in the anime, in the manga they are elliptical. In both versions she wears the typical female school uniform.

Story
In Episode 1, she went to visit Kouichi when he was sick in the hospital.

In Episode 3, when it was raining, Yukari and Kouichi have a brief bonding moment while standing under her umbrella. Sadly, it's this same umbrella that brings about her demise at the end of the same episode, she slips and falls down the stairs, accidentally impaling herself with the tip of the umbrella at the bottom. One week later, a memento of flowers was left at the place where she fell. Yukari and her mother (who had died moments before in a car accident) are the "Deaths of May''". ''

Later, in Episode 9, Yukari appears in Kouichi's guilt driven dream standing with her freshly bloodstained umbrella and her face covered with blood. She stands at the place where she died blaming Kouichi for her death.

Izumi Akazawa
Yukari and Izumi were shown to be good friends, and in the manga a picture of the two of them is shown on Izumi's desk. In a later chapter, Izumi was seen in her room, crying for Yukari to save her as she does not want to die.

Tomohiko Kazami
It is hinted in Episode 12 that Kazami may have had feelings for Yukari - while Kazami pursues Kouichi, trying to kill him, he yells that it was his fault Yukari was killed. However, this is all that's hinted about it, since nothing other than a relationship between classmates was shown between the two of them while Yukari was still alive.

Kouichi Sakakibara
She seemed fond of Kouichi. One of the questions she asked him was what kind of girl does he like. Yukari offers to walk home with him in the rain since she has an umbrella and they share a bonding moment. The only time she ever raised her voice in anger to Kouichi was when she scolded him for mentioning Mei's name. This was one of the first clues to Kouichi that Class 3 was not as it seems.

Mei Misaki
She doesn't seem to mention any like or dislike for her. However she does her best to play along with the other students, pretending she didn't exist. However it shows that the pressure was getting to her as she freaks out on Kouichi for mentioning Misaki's name. It wasn't until prior to her death, that Yukari had a reaction to Misaki. Upon finding out her mother died, Yukari was rushing to the nearest staircase. When she seen Kouichi with Mei, she reacted in sheer terror and ran for the staircase that was further away from them. This in turn caused her horrible death.

Galley
Main article: Yukari Sakuragi/Image Gallery

Trivia

 * She is ranked A+ in Another character ranking.
 * Her home address is 6-20 Tobiicho Yomiyama City.Another 89.jpg
 * Her first name,Yukari, means "affinity".
 * Her last name, Sakuragi, means "cherry tree".
 * Because she died in Episode 3, she didn't appear in the opening of Episode 4. Despite this, she still appears in the ED of each episode.
 * In the novel, her death is one of the most detailed deaths.
 * Yukari died on May 26th.
 * In the manga, Yukari's death is in Chapter 4.