Katsumi Matsunaga

Katsumi Matsunaga is a Yomiyama North Middle School student from the 3-3 class of 1983 along with Reiko Mikami and Akiyama Ryoko. During 1983, he managed to successfully stop the calamity in class 3-3 ; the only recorded case of the phenomenon stopping halfway through the year.

Appearance
He has brown hair and brown eyes and a negligent appearance. He is seen wearing an outfit which consist of a pale blue T-shirt, a dark blue shirt, a pair of pale pants and dark blue shoes.

Personality
Katsumi seemed a ironic and superficial person. When comes about the 9th Grade Class 3 curse he turnes out to be agitated and stressed.

History
In 1983, Mr. Koga, the homeroom teachers of class 3-3, organised a trip for 2 days and 3 nights at Yomiyama Shrine. Then restoring the Abandon Yomiyama Shrine to its original shrine and praying to remove the curse. After praying at the shrine, Mr. Koga declared everything would be okay and the class is free of the curse. After leaving, the sky turned overcast, and it began to rain, everyone left the shrine and Matsunaga is walking behind Hamaguchi and witnessed at his death. After this, he had a fight with a classmate in the forest. They began to argument so badly that Matsunaga gives him a punch and accidentally kills him as he falls and his head is crushed by a shaped branch. Katsumi, terrified, ran away until he is question by the police who arrived in the scene. Next day, he returned but the body dissapeared. When he asked his classmates about him ( his name can't be heard because the tape was



altered by the calamity ), no one remembered about him. Katsumi realised that he killed the extra one. Afraid he would forget his findings, he recorded his theories and confession on a tape for the following years' students to find' and hides it in classroom. But in time, even Katsumi forgets what happen in the class trip. After graduation, he moved to Tokyo to pursue his studies. He became a banker but dropped out after a few years, and returned to Yomiyama to help with the family business. He actually works and lives in a hotel.

Plot
He made his debut in episode 7 in Tomoka's flashback. In Episode 8, after he learns that Reiko looked for him at the beach hotel, he went out to look for them. On the shore, Matsunaga had a chat with Reiko and the others. At the end of the episode, they witness Junta Nakao's death. Because of it he rembembered where he hide the tape. At the beginning of episode 10 Kouichi, Naoya, Yuuya and Mei listened the tape and they found out that the most important thing he did to stop the calamity is to kill the extra one, as claimed by Katsumi.

Trivia

 * In the original novel, Matsunaga is never seen and only has contact with Tomoka Mochizuki.
 * He is a smoker and drinker.
 * Also, Tomoka claimed that he is a faithful client at Inoya Cafe.
 * His first name, Katsumi, mean "overcome, serpent".