Episode 1 - Rough Sketch

Rough Sketch is the first episode of Another. It aired on January 9th, 2012.

Summary
In the circumstances of the work of his father, Kouichi Sakakibara moves to Yomiyama to live with his grandparents and his aunt. Due to Pneumothorax, he spends his first month there hospitalized, thus missing his first day of school. Some of the students visit him, but they act strange asking him several personal questions. In the hospital's elevator, Kouichi meets Mei Misaki, and she introduces herself, walking away soon after. When he got better he goes to school, and everyone seems to be friendly with him. During P.E class, he sat on the bench because of his lung condition, and met Ikuo Takabayashi, a boy who has a poor heart condition. He told Kouichi that he is lucky to have felt what it feels like to run, since he had never experienced it. Kouichi told him that he'll be able to run someday, causing the boy to smile. However, Ikuo Takabayashi ended up getting sick, and was sent to the nurse's office. Then Yukari met him, saying that she cannot take P.E lesson's because she sprained her ankle. When he asks Yukari where "Misaki" was, without saying her first name "Mei", she showed a shocked reaction and she pretended to not know who he was talking about. Later he sees Mei on the roof, and goes to her place. He then talked to Misaki, during his conversation with Mei, she tells him not to get too close to her, saying that their class was far closer to death, than all of the other classes. On his way home he sees Mei looking up at the sky while it was raining, but said nothing.