| “ | "I will avenge my brother!" | ” |
—Yumi Ogura | ||
| Yumi Ogura | |
|---|---|
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| Kanji | 小椋 由美 |
| Romaji | Ogura Yumi |
| Personal Information | |
| Born | 1983 |
| Age | 15 |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 5'0 (152 cm) |
| Eye Color | Light Brown |
| Hair Color | Brown |
| Occupation | Student |
| Family | Atsushi Ogura (Older Brother; deceased) |
| Vital Information | |
| Affiliation | Drama Club Member Countermeasures Helper |
| Status | Alive (Novel, Manga and Live Action Film Spiral Diary) Deceased (Anime) |
| Cause of Death | Neck broken after falling from a window, body bent at unnatural angle (Anime continuity) |
| First appearance | |
| Manga | Chapter Twelve |
| Anime | "Rough Sketch" |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Iori Nomizu (Another) |
| English | Tiffany Grant (Another) |
Yumi Ogura (小椋 由美, Ogura Yumi) was one of the students of 9 Grade Class 3 in 1998. She and Takako Sugiura assisted Izumi Akazawa in her duties as the head of countermeasures, acting as her right and left hands. She was in the Drama club with Aya Ayano and Izumi.
Appearance[]
Yumi was a slightly tanned girl of below average height. She had shoulder-length brown hair with a pink hair clip and light golden-brown eyes.
She was usually seen wearing the Yomiyama North girl's school uniform. She was one of the few main characters not seen outside of school, so her casual clothing is never shown.
Personality[]
Yumi seemed be shy, as she didn't talk much and was very quiet. She was concerned about Class 3-3's countermeasures, working with Izumi and Takako. Yumi was a calm, gentle, quiet, and innocent girl, contrasting with Izumi's harsh personality and Takako's cold demeanor. She often blushed.
Yumi in her room.
Yumi was good friends with Aya Ayano, as well as Junta Nakao and Takako, who she often spent breaks with. She was also very close to her reclusive brother, Atsushi.
Her brother and Aya's deaths devastated Yumi and caused her to lose her sanity. She developed a strong hate towards Mei Misaki, blaming her for their deaths and wanting to avenge them. She followed Takako over the edge and attempted to kill Mei in Episode 11, which only led to her own death.
In the manga, Yumi isn't hostile towards Mei after the class stops ignoring her and Kōichi. She and another girl later talk with Mei, much to Kōichi's shock. It could be that they were on more friendly terms.
In the novel Yumi is a quiet, calm girl with an open mind. She is on good terms with Mei and Takako and has a somewhat neutral relationship with Izumi.
In the film, Yumi is shy and very quiet. She rarely speaks and isn't seen much. It is unknown if she is on friendly terms with Takako and Izumi. She also panicked when the inn is set on fire, attempting to run but falling onto the floor. This causes another student to fall down from the second floor to his death. She still ignores Kōichi and Mei even when the rest of class stops ignoring them.
Plot[]
Yumi was present for Kōichi's first day of class ("Rough Sketch"). She stood off to the side, talking to Junta Nakao and Takako, rather than welcome her new classmate like her friend Aya. Yumi was also present for Mr. Kubodera's suicide, but wasn't among the group to leave right away; she's seen on her knees on the floor in shock on the situation before pulling herself together and exiting the classroom.
Yumi staring at her teacher's corpse in shock.
In "Body Paint", Yumi and Aya met Kōichi and Naoya Teshigawara in front of the old school building, looking for Tatsuji Chibiki for some acting advice. Later, when Aya and Yumi part ways, Yumi continued home and found the front of her house had been crushed by an excavator. Her brother, Atsushi, was found dead in his room. At roughly the same time, the Ayano's car was hit by a falling rock and went over the side of the mountain, killing Aya and her parents. Both losses devastated Yumi.
Yumi learns her brother is dead.
In "Glass Eye", she went on the class trip and sat with Izumi and the other girls at dinner. She was present when Izumi blamed the calamity on Mei, but like Takako, did not actually take part in the shouting match which followed.
In "Makeup", Yumi heard the tape played by her countermeasures partner, Takako. She was shocked and enraged at the news. Taking a knife from her room, she set out to kill Mei, declaring that she would avenge her brother. Driven by revenge, the normally quiet Yumi led the hunt for Mei and Kōichi, forcing Kōichi to hit her, knocking her back into Kyōko Kaneki and making both girls fall, something Kōichi apologized for as he ran away.
Furious, Yumi and the others continued pursuing the two into one of the inn's rooms. Yumi ordered her fellow students to step aside before kicking the door in and following Mei and Kōichi onto a slippery window ledge. While attempting to kill Mei with the knife, Yumi leaned too far as she swung her knife and lost her balance, falling to the ground and breaking her neck. She died instantly on impact, her body bent at an unnatural angle.
Trivia[]
- Her first name, Yumi, means "beauty."
- Her home address is 2-8 Akatsukicho Yomiyama City.
- Yumi is ranked A+ in Another characters ranking.
- In the original novel, Yumi survived the curse, though Izumi fell to her death from the inn (though not while trying to kill Mei at the time). This change was probably made as Izumi assumed a much larger role in the anime, and was therefore given a more fittingly dramatic death.
- There is a girl in the film in Class 3-3 who bears a resemblance to Yumi; she could be possibly Yumi despite her role being much minor in the film as she doesn't speak a lot and has some similar role like in the manga.
- Yumi appeared in the film, but her role was extremely minor and her name is never said, which led to many people believing that she didn't appear in the film.
- She has appeared in the manga but not directly. She and an unnamed girl are seen talking with Mei.
- Yumi only appears in Chapter Twelve of the manga. When the class stops ignoring Mei and Kōichi. She along with a blond girl talk with Mei.
- Yumi personality is changed in every adaption.
- In the film, Yumi survived the events of Inn but she accidentally caused the death of another student. When fleeing, she fell down and another student comes towards her direction and doesn't notice her. When Yumi gets up, they run into each other and the student falls off the second floor to his death. The student seems to be a reference to how Yumi died in the anime.
The supposed Yumi of the manga.
- She doesn't appear directly in the manga, though a girl who bears a slight resemblance to her can be seen talking to Mei with Takako after the class stops ignoring her. This character is unnamed but she is Yumi due to she had a minor role in Novel she's given a much smaller role in Manga she briefly appears in Chapter Twelve the developers forgot to mention her name in the manga.
- Yumi, while being present in the novel, is never referred to by name; in keeping with normal Japanese custom, she is only ever referred to as "Ogura" and has no dialogue, and is usually found near Izumi and Takako. Interestingly, her given name is only ever stated in the anime, despite her brother's full name being known beforehand. The scene of Yumi sliding out of her chair following Mr. Kubodera's suicide is present in the novel but was the act of an unnamed female student.
Gallery[]
- Main article: Yumi Ogura/Image Gallery