Talk:Episode 12 - Stand by Oneself/@comment-99.252.130.138-20141006035202/@comment-397235-20141007015000

Morir es vivir...morir es vivir...

Anyway.

I dislike Mei in most adaptions (except, oddly enough, the movie) because she will not stand up for herself. I have a lot of sympathy for victims. I have none whatsoever for someone who refuses to stop being one.

Likewise, I really dislike Chibiki. He does sod all until he decides to play the Morally-Superior card on Izumi after she kills Tomohiko (seriously, asshole where were you?). Likewise, he doesn't do anything to protect Mei when Izumi plays the blame game on her at Dinner, and later on he pretty heavily implies Naoya killed Tomohiko, rather than his death being a result of him trying to kill Kouichi and Izumi taking exception to that. And, of course, there's the fact no one seems bothered by the elderly, bachelor school teacher who seems to spend a lot of time alone with impressionable teenage girls (not just Mei...Aya and Yumi hang out with him too; Reiko says she and most of her class found him "creepy"); this sets off red flags in my mind immediately.

As for Sanae: yes, cute gamer girls are few and far between, and she's absolutely hilarious in the manga. Poor girl. I really liked her...

I like Mei in the movie, mainly because she kicks Takeru's ass when he tries to kill Kouichi (meaning she does something other than sit around and wait to be protected).

I like Tomohiko in the manga (because he's funny) and the movie (because he has no idea what's going on but uses his brain and keeps things from going to hell far worse than they already have).

I liked Izumi in the anime...we've had this discussion before.

And I like Reiko in the anime.