Talk:Izumi Akazawa/@comment-25409301-20140911182738/@comment-397235-20140913044741

So she's Harvey Dent now? Okay. :)

Let's look at this from Izumi's perspective.

People are dying because Mei fucked up. What are her feelings when put up against that? I don't think most of us, in that situation, would be especially sympathetic toward Mei at that point.

"Oh, yeah, two of my best friends, this guy's sister, this girl's brother and her best friend's entire family, our teacher, and the nice asthmatic kid are all dead because you broke the rules, but I can't hold you responsible because that'd be mean." That's...not a really plausible response.

And it seems unrealistic to hold Izumi accountable for the things she doesn't know.

We know it's not Mei's fault, and Mei knows...she just never once tries to explain things. I've said this before, but I'll say it again because Lilliana's never heard this argument: she could've at least tried to tell them what happened at dinner.

The last time we had this discussion and when I suggested this, Shane pointed out Kouichi did try this with Tomohiko later on, and he basically replied with "That's bullshit." Of course, I see this as Tomohiko having already decided to kill Kouichi and having murdered two other people before hand, so he's past the point of no return.

However, none of this has happened at dinner. If Mei had tried to come clean about her sister, there could've have been an entirely different outcome:

The thing that causes Takako to decide Mei is the Extra is her own faulty memories of Misaki.

Now, if Mei brings up her sister again, Izumi may or may not believe her. It is going to look like an excuse, especially since the only other person who corroborates the story is Mei's only friend, Kouichi. That does look suspicious...

Except Takako also knew Misaki. All it would've taken would've been for her to say "Hang on...I think I knew her too." Izumi can probably believe Kouichi would lie for Mei...but Takako? There's no justifiable reason for her to cover for Mei; they never actually speak the entire series (which I didn't really like: if you're going to kill someone you should at least explain why; Mei's probably going to ask herself for years where the hell that came from). BAM. Crisis averted.

All it would've taken is for Mei to stand up for herself for once.