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Perfect 10 | 35 | 39.77% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 30 | 34.09% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 18 | 20.45% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 3 | 3.41% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 1 | 1.14% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 1.14% | |
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2012-02-07, 04:42 | Link #81 | ||
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I've never had such encounters, but a few I know have. People always say there's no such thing as ghosts but, really, how do you prove a negative? Quote:
And that's why I don't think it'll go that way here. Whatever he may or may not be, Sakakibara seems too nice a kid to suddenly go on a crime/troll spree. In fact, he was drawn to Misaki because he thought she was being bullied and probably felt it to be mean and unfair, especially because she's cute and he likes her though he doesn't want to confess it yet. But, for all we know, there may be another Sakakibara... |
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2012-02-07, 04:43 | Link #82 | |
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2012-02-07, 04:49 | Link #83 | ||
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But yeah,I'll put it to the side until I start seeing evidence,if ever I see evidence Quote:
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2012-02-07, 05:12 | Link #85 |
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So their way of trying to avoid death is to try to pretend the extra person doesn't exist which was Mei to them and now with Sakakibara's actions forced their hand so he gets the same treatment. Thats a pretty logical concept when you think about. Right now Sakakibara is the trigger as he keeps asking too much. Me personally i would have taken a hint the first time someone got killed. He keeps digging into it causing people to die right now. Weird how they can never tell who the extra student is. Also before this episode i was kind of certain Mei was a ghost.
Great episode by the way, this anime continues to get better.
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2012-02-07, 05:13 | Link #86 | |
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There's the curse but someone is using that to make some of his murders look like they're part of the curse. We still have got a girl getting attacked,a house being burned down,a knife, and a body being droped in the water all unacounted for in the prologe,those definatly make me think there's human involvment in there someplace.
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2012-02-07, 05:18 | Link #87 | |
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After all, it's only a matter of time before SakakiMi get around to investigating that long-dormant case. EDIT: * The fact that people can't seem to remember could suggest the extent to which their memories have been altered by the curse. In this regard, it seems to be on the same power level as the ju-on. Last edited by TinyRedLeaf; 2012-02-07 at 05:39. |
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2012-02-07, 06:05 | Link #89 |
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Mei said that the whole "Misaki Mei doesn't exist" thing started on May 1st. Her cousin Fujioka Misaki was dead by the 26th of April, though. Doesn't this mean that the curse was triggered even before they started the countermeasure?
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2012-02-07, 06:06 | Link #90 | |
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I think I misunderstood Enzo's post.
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2012-02-07, 06:08 | Link #92 | |
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This may have been compounded by the fact that her surname is Misaki, which relates to the original student who died 26 years ago. She might be from the same family or have relatives who connect to the original dead Misaki. Or maybe her name just sounds like the dead one's, which made the class uncomfortable. There is still no evidence her 'Misaki' is written like the dead student's 'Misaki', after all. |
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2012-02-07, 06:19 | Link #93 |
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Relieved that Mei was normal, but it is saddening to lead a life where you are ignored and you cant totally blame others for ignoring you as it is for them in a way also.
But it seems to me that after the revelation that Mei is totally normal ( and human ), she seems to act more like a normal person would, I can hardly recall her giving a little smile before this, or I was just forgetful. |
2012-02-07, 06:38 | Link #94 |
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The whole "let's pretend a person doesn't exist" doesn't look like a great method. It's too easy to be screwed up, see this year. Perhaps it would be safer to just have a student move into a different town/school each year. While it may sound not much practical, if it'd save dozens of lives it may certainly become convenient, doesn't it?
I too immediately thought at the connection between Kouichi's aunt and his mother's death. At the moment the ages can't be checked thus unconfirmed, but to me it seems likely that Kouichi's mom felt in the curse through her sister, whom was attending class 3-3 in 1983. There's also something about illnesses going on in this anime. Kouichi = collapsed lung , Misaki Mei = artificial eye, Misaki sensei = rumors of life-threatening illness. I was almost going to trace a line and say that somehow illnesses may prevent to be hit from the curse, but then in this episode a cardiopathic died by heart attack. In any case, still looking forward to find the link about these illnesses because there has to be one (if that wasn't the case, we wouldn't have got a sick main character to begin with). About the recent deaths, for how I see things Misaki Mei is always related in a way or another: - First, her cousin. Perhaps that was the death which started the curse? Her cousin died in april when she was already a member of class 3-3. So perhaps that's the reason she was chosen as "person who doesn't exist" starting from May 1st? - Sakuragi sees Mei, freaks out and changes direction (in a sense "acknowledging" her existence instead of ignoring her). She then takes the opposite direction, falls and die. I have this suspicion that if she just ignored her and went ahead to the stairs she was originally heading to, she wouldn't have fallen. - Mizuno dies just when she was discussing about Misaki Mei at the phone. She's a class 3-3 relative so she's not immune. - The classmate dies by heart attack when he just pronounce "Misaki Mei". With this, I'm not saying that Misaki is the bad one (on the contrary she's very cute and likable) but perhaps this year, be it an incident or a coincidence, everything seems to revolve around her. Yet Kouichi who always interacts with her seem to be immune so far. The only time his life has been at risk is when the glass felt in episode 3, and he was talking about Akasawa Izumi at that time. So who's the dead one? I sure hope he's not the protagonist (it would be very cliché), nor I believe it's Mei. Since I don't believe he's one of the minor characters either, it has to be one of these (taken from the official site): Spoiler for characters pic - saving space:
Scrap the two on the left and the two main characters, only 8 remain, a number probably going to decrease with the next episodes. At this point of time excluding Misaki Mei and the protagonist, the most suspicious individual would seem Izumi, although her seemingly strong personality might be a red herring as well.
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My problem with it is more significant I think. However the fuck did they figure out that the extra person was dead? Was it just a guess? If so then I don't believe that crap. Sounds to me like the students fear the rumors so much that they assume that the supernatural is playing a part. I am still on the no supernatural camp. Rather, I hope there is no supernatural involved. It'd make things far more interesting. Some of the accidents could be accidents and some could be murders. A "rational" explanation can still be formed as of yet. I am very surprised that the discussion hasn't touched into whether or not the one who is dead can be considered evil considering we had epic discussions about QB . So, let me start. What the fuck would you do to someone who doesn't realize that they are dead and have every other characteristic of a living human but is responsible for the calamities? Would you just kill [sic] them if you knew their identity? Should they even be considered at fault considering they know no more than any other student in the class as was implied by the explanation? I wonder if the manipulation of memories and records happens automatically or if the dead who came back does it prior to turning into a student. Because that would be significant in my considering them a perpetrator or not.
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2012-02-07, 08:14 | Link #96 |
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What puzzles me (I don't think I've seen the issue addressed here, but sorry if I've missed it), is that the school's staff has to be aware of everything that's happening in class 3. They had to know that there was an effective counter-measure in place, though it could still be easily rendered useless. And yet what did they come up with? Placing the transfer student in that very class, with a number of students that should precisely not be messed with, and which obviously triggered the curse again because it could only confuse the class's students.
That would either make someone in the staff highly suspicious (which is already the case, mind you -- I haven't precisely picked up what was wrong with Ms. Mikami at the beginning, could it be remorse as she was the one to push forward the decision of placing Kouichi in that class?), or suggest that there's got to be some manipulation (from the other?) at work. I do have to say that I liked episode 5 a lot. The first episode I'd actually regard as "good" from Another. The past four were mostly nothing but frustration on my end, but the current set-up is finally getting my mind speculating.
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2012-02-07, 08:17 | Link #97 | |
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2012-02-07, 08:20 | Link #98 |
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The curse didn't claim her when she was in the class. The curse claimed her when her sister, Kouichi's aunt, was in the class. Think about it - Kouichi is 15 years old, mom died after he was born. Aunt was in class 9-3 15 years ago. Coincidence?
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2012-02-07, 08:22 | Link #100 |
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I started ruling out people as being dead, so lets continue
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