Episode 12 - Stand by Oneself

Stand by Oneself is the twelfth episode of Another. It aired on March 27th, 2012. Also, it it the last episode of the series.

Summary
After the explosion, everyone is desperated to escape from the building. In this chaos, Yukito, San, Sayuri, Matsuko and Kenzou are running terrified. Then the chandelier falls over them, but didn't kill anyone. Kenzou wasn't affected by it's fall and when he starts to run again he was hit and crushed by a pillar and dies. The others escaped with Chibiki's help. Naoya is pushed out of a window by Mochizuki as Keiko continued to chase them. Mochizuki tries to jump out as well but he's grabbed by Keiko, who tries to pull him back in. Naoya jumps up and t[[File:Kazami_kill_Matsui.JPG|left|thumb|...

My favorite character was became murderer T_T]]ugs back, sending all 3 crashing to the ground. Keiko then jumps on Naoya and is about to stab him when Chibiki comes and kills her. He then leads them to his car where he tends to Naoya's wound. Kazami believed that Kouichi is the dead one and goes insane, killing Anzu and Aki from behind. When he tries to kill Kouichi saying that because of him Yukari is dead, Izumi knocked him out with an iron rod. She says he doesn't deserve to live as he killed two classmates, and when she's about to kill him saying that now he can follow Yukari in death, Izumi is stopped by Chibiki. However, Tomohiko dies later because of his injuries and Naoya seemed very affected by his death as he screamed "Damn it!" and cried loud. Kouichi returns in the building searching for Mei who was still inside. He found Mei and Izumi face-to-face. Izumi tries to kill Mei and Kouichi protects her. When Izumi finally gets a hold of Mei and Kouichi, she attempts to kill them both, but at that moment, lightning strikes. The lightning shatters the hall's giant window, and large glass shards are sent flying towards them. Izumi ends up being skewered against the wall by the glass shards. Kouichi is shocked and removes her from the wall. While lying on the floor bleeding, Izumi tells Kouichi that they had actually met before, one and a half years ago. She was upset over the loss of her brother and kicked a can from the top of the riverbank, which hit Kouichi who was down below. She rushed down to apologize but tripped and fell and had to be helped up by Kouichi. She asks whether Kouichi remembers this and he replies that he doesn't. She then smirks and tells him that he should at least pretend to remember and dies. Mei then disappears. Kouichi called her and asked her where she is. She told him and also said that he doesn't want to come there. Kouichi realised Mei is triying to kill the dead one and goes there only to find out that, his aunt, Reiko as Mikami-Sensei is the dead one. At first, he didn't believed it, but Mei comes with strong reasons, claiming that she saw when Reiko was drowing resulting in her death and finally, he admits that and offers himself to kill her. They are later saw at Reiko's grave claiming that they're the only ones to remember Reiko. Kouichi and Mei are then walk together, talking about what happened and that only they can see Reiko in the photo taken in the class trip. The anime ends with Naoya and Mochizuki putting a tape they recorded about how to stop the calamity into the locker where they found Matsunaga's original one.