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Yukito Ayatsuji seems to be a fan of KnK, as Mei's Mystic Doll Eye of Death Perception bears a number of resemblances to Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Mei and Shiki both suffered near-death experiences and returned with the ability to see beyond what normal people can see. The doll eye is not just a placeholder for an otherwise-empty socket, it is actually "mystical"  and so grants her the ability to see the color of death in addition to being able to see normally through it. It's not clear if that ability is tied in a physical sense to the doll eye (nor does it matter at this point), for example, if she removed her doll eye and replaced it with another fake eye, does the ability to see the color of death remain within her and work through it or not. In the case of KnK, it's explicitly stated that Shiki's eyes are physically altered from her journey to death's door to give her the ability to see threads of origin, it is not something innate within her.
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Shiki is just Shiki and, besides, her "vision" works differently in that she doesn't see "death" so much as she sees...
I would prefer that Mei's ability isn't so out-and-out mystical, as almost everything that has happened in
Another isn't completely outside the realm of possibility, unlike in
Kara no Kyoukai, which is at heart, just another shounen action-drama.
(For example, it's perfectly acceptable for tough women to leap over tall buildings in a single bound in shows like
Kara no Kyoukai, but not so plausible for something like that to happen in a story like
Another's.)
It's not hard for audiences, particularly Asian viewers, to accept the possibility of paranormal vision. We hear about people with such abilities all the time, and are aware that it's not a nice trait to have (the dead aren't, you know, a pleasant sight). It's hard, on the other hand, to figure out how a fake eye could actually trigger visual signals to the brain...