| Manabu Maejima | |
|---|---|
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| Kanji | 前島 学 |
| Romaji | Maejima Manabu |
| Personal Information | |
| Born | 1983 |
| Age | 15 |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 161 cm/5' 3½" |
| Eye Color | Grey |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Occupation | High School Student |
| Family | Unknown |
| Vital Information | |
| Affiliation | Kendo Club Member |
| Status | Alive (Anime) Deceased (Manga, Novel) |
| First appearance | |
| Manga | Chapter 8 |
| Anime | "Rough Sketch" |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Keisuke Koumoto |
| English | Unknown |
Manabu Maejima (前島 学, Maejima Manabu) is a student of 9th Grade Class 3 in 1998 in Yomiyama North Middle School. He's also a member of the Kendo club.
Appearance[]
Manabu is a slightly tanned boy of well below average height, being the shortest boy in Class 3-3. He has black hair that is divided in the middle with several drooping locks and grey eyes.
He is only ever seen wearing the standard male uniform, with the gakuran slightly unbuttoned.
In the novel, Kōichi Sakakibara specifically describes him as being a "baby-faced warrior."
Plot[]
Manabu was one of the students who went on the class trip to the shrine, hoping to break the curse. He was present when Izumi Akazawa demanded Mei Misaki apologize to the class, but like most of his peers did not weigh in on the situation.
In "Makeup"m when Kōichi walked towards the dining hall, Manabu grabbed his leg, begged for help, and told him of the fire in the dining room. Covered in blood with a massive wound on his back, Manabu had encountered Keiko Numata and just barely managed to escape the crazed innkeeper. Kōichi helped him get to safety but was worried when the dining room exploded, afraid he might have left Manabu to die. Later in the episode, Kōichi speculates that Takako Sugiura had stabbed him. However, she comes up at that instant and denies it, saying it was "Probably that old crone."
In "Stand By Oneself", Manabu is one of the few students who gets out of the lodge, briefly shown in the backseat of Tatsuji Chibiki's car, and in the Yomiyama Hospital recovering from his stab wound and being visited by Yukito Tsuji, Yūya Mochizuki, Noboru Saruta, Kōichi, Matsuko Arita, and Daisuke Wakui.
Trivia[]
- He sits in class in the first rows of seats, second column of desks from the window. On his left hand is seated Izumi Akazawa, to his right is seated Yukari Sakuragi and behind him is seated Junta Nakao.
- Manabu is ranked A in Another characters ranking.
- His home address is 9-12 Seitencho Yomiyama City.
- In the original novel and manga Manabu dies, being one of the "Deaths of August;" he was murdered by Keiko Numata in the novel, and died in the fire at the Inn in the manga. He is one of the few characters from the novel whose status improves, as he survived the anime.
- Mananu is the only known kendo club member in Yomiyama North Middle School.
- His height is 161 cm/5' 3½", making him the shortest male student in Class 3-3.
- His first name, Manabu, means "to learn."
- When Takako appears in the inn's main hall, she's covered in blood, a lot of which doesn't appear to be hers. As Manabu and Kensaku Numata were the only other persons who'd been attacked at that point, it's possible it's his blood she's covered in, suggesting the two were both attacked by Keiko at the same time. However, Manabu had already been stabbed before Takako screamed, so it's very unlikely they were at the same place at the same time, and Takako specifically denies stabbing him. It's quite possible that he had crossed paths with Keiko as she left the dining room after setting it on fire.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Manabu Maejima/Image Gallery