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Characters from the novel and the anime series [[Another]].
Characters from the novel and the anime series ''[[Another]]''.


== Main characters ==
== Main characters ==
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Abe}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Abe}}


Originally from Tokyo, 14-year old Kouichi is forced to transfer to his mother's hometown of Yomiyama, at least for the duration of his father's trip to India. While confined because of a collapsed lung in the local hospital, he experiences a chance encounter with a strange girl, an event that foreshadows that things aren't ''quite'' right in the town, specifically in the school he eventually enrolls in.
Originally from Tokyo, 14-year old Kouichi is forced to transfer to his mother's hometown of Yomiyama, at least for the duration of his father's trip to India. While confined because of a collapsed lung in the local hospital, he experiences a chance encounter with a strange girl, an event that foreshadows that things aren't ''quite'' right in the town, specifically in the school he eventually enrols in.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Bad Dreams]]: He has a couple.
* [[Bad Dreams]]: He has a couple.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not even think about hurting or blaming Mei Misaki, even if it's for the curse. If you do, he will do all he can to protect her. Even if you come at him with a knife.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not even think about hurting or blaming Mei Misaki, even if it's for the curse. If you do, he will do all he can to protect her. Even if you come at him with a knife.
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]: To Mei's Blue.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]: To Mei's Blue.
* {{spoiler|[[Secret Keeper]]:To Reiko and Miss Mikami being the same person. Made obvious early on in the manga and original novel, but only revealed in the last episode of the anime.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Secret Keeper]]:To Reiko and Miss Mikami being the same person. Made obvious early on in the manga and original novel, but only revealed in the last episode of the anime.}}
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: In Episode 11, he protects Mei Misaki from {{spoiler|his entire [[Ax Crazy]] class}}, alone.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: In Episode 11, he protects Mei Misaki from {{spoiler|his entire [[Ax Crazy]] class}}, alone.
** And took a direct knee hit to the crotch before disarming the perpetrator.
** And took a direct knee hit to the crotch before disarming the perpetrator.
* [[Unlucky Everydude]]
* [[Unlucky Everydude]]
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: If it means protecting Mei from being killed then he'll do it.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: If it means protecting Mei from being killed then he'll do it.
* [[You Leave Him Alone|You Leave Her Alone]]: Kouichi says something similar to this to Izumi in Episode 10, when she tried to place the blame on Misaki Mei. He does it again in Episode 11.
* [[You Leave Him Alone|You Leave Her Alone]]: Kouichi says something similar to this to Izumi in Episode 10, when she tried to place the blame on Misaki Mei. He does it again in Episode 11.


=== Mei Misaki ===
=== Mei Misaki ===
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{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Natsumi Takamori}}
{{quote|'''Voiced by:''' Natsumi Takamori}}


Quiet and more than a little mysterious, Mei is the strange girl that Kouichi meets one late night at the hospital. This encounter, as well as the strange circumstances surrounding her while at school, prompts Kouichi to try to get to know her. In the process, this gets him involved in uncovering the truth behind class 3-3's dark secret.
Quiet and more than a little mysterious, Mei is the strange girl that Kouichi meets one late night at the hospital. This encounter, as well as the strange circumstances surrounding her while at school, prompts Kouichi to try to get to know her. In the process, this gets him involved in uncovering the truth behind class 3-3's dark secret.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: Seems to be the only reason why she's become so close to Kouichi.
* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: Seems to be the only reason why she's become so close to Kouichi.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: To Kouichi's Red.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: To Kouichi's Red.
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* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Sugiura doesn't remember Misaki having an eyepatch in elementary school and comes to believe that Misaki is the extra student with this trope to account for her left eye.
* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Sugiura doesn't remember Misaki having an eyepatch in elementary school and comes to believe that Misaki is the extra student with this trope to account for her left eye.
* [[Dandere]]: When she's around Kouichi she shows a new side of her that even he seems to find cute.
* [[Dandere]]: When she's around Kouichi she shows a new side of her that even he seems to find cute.
* [[Death Glare]]: She flashes Izumi a brief one when Izumu blames her for the Calamity.
* [[Emotionless Girl]]
* [[Emotionless Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Eye Scream]]: In the manga she's stabbed in her fake eye by Akazawa.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Eye Scream]]: In the manga she's stabbed in her fake eye by Akazawa.}}
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]
* {{spoiler|[[Family Relationship Switcheroo]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Family Relationship Switcheroo]]}}
* [[The Gadfly]]: She has a habit of messing with people be it deliberate or unintentional. She scared Kouichi by making thing he was talking to a doll replica of her and made Teshigawara panic when she implied he could be the dead student.
* {{spoiler|[[I See Dead People]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[I See Dead People]]}}
* [[Incest Subtext]]: At least in the anime with {{spoiler|her cousin/twin sister Misaki}}. [[Intertwined Fingers]], feeding each other...
* [[Incest Subtext]]: At least in the anime with {{spoiler|her cousin/twin sister Misaki}}. [[Intertwined Fingers]], feeding each other...
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* [[The Stoic]]: Nothing much fazes her.
* [[The Stoic]]: Nothing much fazes her.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Subverted; she seems to be sinister at first but she's actually quite nice.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Subverted; she seems to be sinister at first but she's actually quite nice.
* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]: YMMV on the girl friend part, but when she finds out {{spoiler|| finds out Reiko is the Extra, her first course of action is to grab a Pickaxe twice her height and kill her before Kouichi finds out. Subverted since Kouichi does the deed himself.}}
* [[When She Smiles]]: She seems to smile a lot when she gets closer to Kouichi.
* [[When She Smiles]]: She seems to smile a lot when she gets closer to Kouichi.


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=== Yousuke Sakakibara ===
=== Yousuke Sakakibara ===
Kouichi's father, a professor currently abroad in India due to research-related work. Kouichi's transfer to Yomiyama was prompted partly because this fact. He periodically keeps in touch with his son via calls to Kouichi's cellphone.
Kouichi's father, a professor currently abroad in India due to research-related work. Kouichi's transfer to Yomiyama was prompted partly because this fact. He periodically keeps in touch with his son via calls to Kouichi's cellphone.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hey son! You'll never believe how ''hot'' India is right now!"
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Hey son! You'll never believe how ''hot'' India is right now!"
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Not really, but as mentioned he was overseas when the events of the story occur.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Not really, but as mentioned he was overseas when the events of the story occur.
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{{quote|'''Voiced By''': Naoko Sakakibara}}
{{quote|'''Voiced By''': Naoko Sakakibara}}
Kouichi's aunt, Reiko is an alumnus of the school that Kouchi transfers into, and was even part of class 3-3 at one point. As such she has first-hand experience about what exactly is going on, but is hesitant to reveal any details about it.
Kouichi's aunt, Reiko is an alumnus of the school that Kouchi transfers into, and was even part of class 3-3 at one point. As such she has first-hand experience about what exactly is going on, but is hesitant to reveal any details about it.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[Bottle Fairy]]
* [[Bottle Fairy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: She is the dead person in Class 3, rather than any of the students.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: She is the dead person in Class 3, rather than any of the students.}}
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: A mild example in episode 8.
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: A mild example in episode 8.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* [[Mama Bear]] {{spoiler| As Miss Mikami, she shields Mei from one of many students Takako sent after when she thought Mei was the Extra. This comes back to bite her when it turns out Reiko is the extra.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Name's the Same]]: Her full name is similar to a certain [[Ghost Sweeper Mikami]]... In a bit of irony, ''this'' Reiko is very much dead.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Name's the Same]]: Her full name is similar to a certain [[Ghost Sweeper Mikami]]... In a bit of irony, ''this'' Reiko is very much dead.}}
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Both the novel and the manga mention that Reiko wants to be like this to Kouichi. Not so in the anime, however.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Both the novel and the manga mention that Reiko wants to be like this to Kouichi. Not so in the anime, however.


=== Yukiyo Misaki ===
=== Yukiyo Misaki ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}


=== Misaki Fujioka ===
=== Misaki Fujioka ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}


=== Amane ===
=== Amane ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: She seems to develop a lapse in memory repeating the same greeting to Kouichi, when he enters the doll shop twice. This hints that she may have some form of dementia.


== Class 3-A ==
== Class 3-A ==


=== Naoya Teshigawara ===
=== Naoya Teshigawara ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Bishonen]]: In the manga. The anime gives him a more masculine design.
* [[Bishonen]]: In the manga. The anime gives him a more masculine design.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: To Akazawa.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: To Akazawa.
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* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Reacts this way {{spoiler|after he thinks he's killed Kazami.}}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Reacts this way {{spoiler|after he thinks he's killed Kazami.}}
* [[Nice Guy]]: He's a little hotheaded at times, but his heart's in the right place.
* [[Nice Guy]]: He's a little hotheaded at times, but his heart's in the right place.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]:
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]:
** In Episode 9, he broke the tape that was supposed to help them stop the curse. Subverted since they were able to fix it later and hear it in full.
** In Episode 9, he broke the tape that was supposed to help them stop the curse. Subverted since they were able to fix it later and hear it in full.
** Happens again when he {{spoiler|thought that Kazami was the extra and pushed him off the balcony, believing he killed him and causing Kazami to snap.}}
** Happens again when he {{spoiler|thought that Kazami was the extra and pushed him off the balcony, believing he killed him and causing Kazami to snap.}}
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=== Tomohiko Kazami ===
=== Tomohiko Kazami ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: In the anime; he's introduced early on, then doesn't show up again until Episode 10 due to being [[Demoted to Extra]].
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: In the anime; he's introduced early on, then doesn't show up again until Episode 10 due to being [[Demoted to Extra]].
* [[Class Representative]]
* [[Class Representative]]
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=== Yuuya Mochizuki ===
=== Yuuya Mochizuki ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Teshigawara in the anime.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Teshigawara in the anime.
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=== Izumi Akazawa ===
=== Izumi Akazawa ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Ascended Extra]]: She's a very minor character in the original novel.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: She's a very minor character in the original novel.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: She doesn't seem to like Mei, but tends to shoot death glares at Mei when she's around Kouichi.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: She doesn't seem to like Mei, but tends to shoot death glares at Mei when she's around Kouichi.
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* {{spoiler|[[Spared by the Adaptation]]}}: In the manga.
* {{spoiler|[[Spared by the Adaptation]]}}: In the manga.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Tsundere]]:
* [[Tsundere]]:
** You guessed it, Kouichi.
** You guessed it, Kouichi.
** She also seems to be this way towards Naoya Teshigawara.
** She also seems to be this way towards Naoya Teshigawara.
* [[Violently Protective Girlfriend]]: While it's hinted that she'd like to be that with Kouichi, when she was on the hunt for Mei, she smacked Kazami's head in when he was trying to kill Kouichi.
* [[Yandere]]: In the manga, she tells Kouichi "I will never let you go." and has shown hints at trying to get Kouichi's attention.
* [[Yandere]]: In the manga, she tells Kouichi "I will never let you go." and has shown hints at trying to get Kouichi's attention.


=== Yukari Sakuragi ===
=== Yukari Sakuragi ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Ai Nonaka]]
* [[Ai Nonaka]]
* [[Class Representative]]
* [[Class Representative]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Mauve Shirt]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Mauve Shirt]]}}
* [[Meganekko]]
* [[Meganekko]]
* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Nice Girl]]
* [[Oblivious to Love]] Kazami has a crush on her, but she's too busy with her crush on Kouichi to notice. {{spoiler| Her death is what set Kazami off.}}
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: Sakuragi is often a nice girl so when she loudly scolds Kouichi for mentioning Mei Misaki, it's one of the first clues that something isn't quite right with Class 3-3.
* [[Umbrella of Togetherness]]
* [[Umbrella of Togetherness]]
** {{spoiler|[[Parasol of Pain]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[Parasol of Pain]]}}


=== Ikuo Takabayashi ===
=== Ikuo Takabayashi ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|His ''death'' is one, as it's revealed to be why the innkeeper (who is his grandmother) went insane and tried to kill the students.}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|His ''death'' is one, as it's revealed to be why the innkeeper (who is his grandmother) went insane and tried to kill the students.}}
* [[Hollywood Heart Attack]]: Subverted and played straight. Subverted in that even for the most part, Takabayashi's heart problems are played realistically. For example, when he talks to Kouichi, bonding over similar problems at Gym Class, he starts feeling ill and excuses himself to the nurse's office. Even sounding weaker as he's leaving. {{Spoiler|Played horrifically straight in that when he does finally die of a heart attack, it's less like a realistic heart attack and more like Death itself had shoved its hands in his chest and slowly squeezed his heart to death. Causing him to strain in pain and scream before he died out.}}
* [[Ill Boy]]
* [[Ill Boy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
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=== Takako Sugiura ===
=== Takako Sugiura ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Despite not appearing in the manga, she is existent in the novel, just as a completely minor character {{spoiler|whose only role is getting killed}}. In the anime she's not exactly a prominent character either, but at least she gets some [[Ax Crazy|action]].
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Despite not appearing in the manga, she is existent in the novel, just as a completely minor character {{spoiler|whose only role is getting killed}}. In the anime she's not exactly a prominent character either, but at least she gets some [[Ax Crazy|action]].
* {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy]]}}
* [[Exact Words]]: {{Spoiler|When she snaps, her only target seems to be Mei. She vowed not to kill Kouichi, as Izumi is fond of him. Yet read that again. She said she wouldn't "Kill" him. That rule doesn't stop her from kicking him in the balls, stepping on him and giving him non-fatal wounds, to subdue him so he can't stop her from killing Mei.}}
* [[If It's You, It's Okay]]: {Spoiler| While she seems to be Yandere levels of obsessed with keeping Izumi safe, she doesn't seem to follow the usual Yandere tropes. In other words, the only other person she'd allow Izumi near, would be Kouichi. Mainly because she's aware that Izumi seems fond of him.}}
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[The Stoic]]
** [[Stoic Spectacles]]
** [[Stoic Spectacles]]
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=== Junta Nakao ===
=== Junta Nakao ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Mauve Shirt]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Mauve Shirt]]}}
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=== Yumi Ogura ===
=== Yumi Ogura ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy]]: Her brother's death affected her pretty badly. She even gets a [[Slasher Smile]] when hunting Mei in Episode 11.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy]]: Her brother's death affected her pretty badly. She even gets a [[Slasher Smile]] when hunting Mei in Episode 11.}}
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: She doesn't appear in the manga, and her dead [[Hikikomori]] brother is Azakawa's in there.
* [[Canon Immigrant]]: She doesn't appear in the manga, and her dead [[Hikikomori]] brother is Azakawa's in there.
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=== Mr. Kubodera ===
=== Mr. Kubodera ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}


=== Tatsuji Chibiki ===
=== Tatsuji Chibiki ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Badass Teacher]]: The few times he does act he's easily able to disarm and knock down his opponents.
* [[Badass Teacher]]: The few times he does act he's easily able to disarm and knock down his opponents.
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The popular honors student whose death resulted in the class 3-3 curse.
The popular honors student whose death resulted in the class 3-3 curse.


{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Ace]]: Charming, intelligent, sporty and popular.
* [[The Ace]]: Charming, intelligent, sporty and popular.
* [[Gender Reveal]]: He's described as a girl early on in the anime and manga.
* [[Gender Reveal]]: He's described as a girl early on in the anime and manga.
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=== Sanae Mizuno ===
=== Sanae Mizuno ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]
* [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]
* [[Florence Nightingale Effect]]: The beginning of the show seems to tease a bit of it, between Kouichi and Sanae.
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}


=== Katsumi Matsunaga ===
=== Katsumi Matsunaga ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Accidental Murder]]: Of the dead student in his youth.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Accidental Murder]]: Of the dead student in his youth.}}
* [[The Alcoholic]]
* [[The Alcoholic]]
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* [[Madness Mantra]]: Usually relating to how he saved his class and about the object he hid.
* [[Madness Mantra]]: Usually relating to how he saved his class and about the object he hid.


=== Tomoka Inose
=== Tomoka Inose ===
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
===


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Characters from the novel and the anime series Another.

Main characters

Kouichi Sakakibara

Voiced by: Atsushi Abe

Originally from Tokyo, 14-year old Kouichi is forced to transfer to his mother's hometown of Yomiyama, at least for the duration of his father's trip to India. While confined because of a collapsed lung in the local hospital, he experiences a chance encounter with a strange girl, an event that foreshadows that things aren't quite right in the town, specifically in the school he eventually enrols in.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Bad Dreams: He has a couple.
  • Berserk Button: Do not even think about hurting or blaming Mei Misaki, even if it's for the curse. If you do, he will do all he can to protect her. Even if you come at him with a knife.
  • Bishonen: More so in the anime.
  • Blood-Splattered Innocents: In Episodes 7 and 11. Poor Kouichi.
  • Break the Cutie: Whenever he watches someone die, which is often since most of the deaths happen in front of him. Episode 3 was the worst so far.
  • Brutal Honesty: Even though Izumi is dying in front of him and asks if he remembers their first meeting, instead of lying and letting her die happy, Kouichi just says 'no'. Izumi even lampshades this trope before she dies.
  • Determinator: He takes a lot of damage in Episodes 11 and 12, but it doesn't stop him from trying to find and protect Mei.
  • Famous-Named Foreigner: The novel explains this more.
  • The Hero
  • I Will Protect Her: Strongly hinted to be this in Episode 10 towards Mei. Confirmed in Episode 11.
  • Missing Mom: His mother died after she gave birth to him.
  • Nice Guy
  • Ordinary High School Student: Or is he?
  • Red Oni: To Mei's Blue.
  • Secret Keeper:To Reiko and Miss Mikami being the same person. Made obvious early on in the manga and original novel, but only revealed in the last episode of the anime.
  • Took a Level in Badass: In Episode 11, he protects Mei Misaki from his entire Ax Crazy class, alone.
    • And took a direct knee hit to the crotch before disarming the perpetrator.
  • Unlucky Everydude
  • Would Hit a Girl: If it means protecting Mei from being killed then he'll do it.
  • You Leave Her Alone: Kouichi says something similar to this to Izumi in Episode 10, when she tried to place the blame on Misaki Mei. He does it again in Episode 11.

Mei Misaki

Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori

Quiet and more than a little mysterious, Mei is the strange girl that Kouichi meets one late night at the hospital. This encounter, as well as the strange circumstances surrounding her while at school, prompts Kouichi to try to get to know her. In the process, this gets him involved in uncovering the truth behind class 3-3's dark secret.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Relatives

Yousuke Sakakibara

Kouichi's father, a professor currently abroad in India due to research-related work. Kouichi's transfer to Yomiyama was prompted partly because this fact. He periodically keeps in touch with his son via calls to Kouichi's cellphone.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Catch Phrase: "Hey son! You'll never believe how hot India is right now!"
  • Disappeared Dad: Not really, but as mentioned he was overseas when the events of the story occur.
  • The Unseen
  • Foreshadowing: His talks with Kouichi over the course of the series indirectly provides hints related to the events surrounding class 3-3's situation, particularly concerning the supposed irregularities related to the "Phenomenon".

Reiko Mikami

Voiced By: Naoko Sakakibara

Kouichi's aunt, Reiko is an alumnus of the school that Kouchi transfers into, and was even part of class 3-3 at one point. As such she has first-hand experience about what exactly is going on, but is hesitant to reveal any details about it.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Yukiyo Misaki

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Misaki Fujioka

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Amane

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Laser-Guided Amnesia: She seems to develop a lapse in memory repeating the same greeting to Kouichi, when he enters the doll shop twice. This hints that she may have some form of dementia.

Class 3-A

Naoya Teshigawara

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Tomohiko Kazami

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Chekhov's Gunman: In the anime; he's introduced early on, then doesn't show up again until Episode 10 due to being Demoted to Extra.
  • Class Representative
  • Death by Adaptation
  • Demoted to Extra: In the anime. Despite being one of Kouchi's friends and a member of the mystery-solving gang in the manga, he's pretty much sent off-screen right after the beginning of the anime.
  • Heterosexual Life Partners: With Teshigawara.
  • Killed Off for Real: First thought to be after Teshigawara pushes him off a balcony (a cliff in the manga). Actually happens in the finale of the anime.
  • Megane
  • Not Quite Dead: After falling from a two story balcony and being assumed dead he's able to get up and start walking around again with little problem. In the manga at least he suffers a head wound and has to be carried by Teshigawara.
  • Sanity Slippage: In the anime, he starts killing off other students in a desperate attempt to find the extra.
  • Ship Tease: Episode 12 hints that he might have had affections for Yukari Sakuragi.

Yuuya Mochizuki

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Dude Looks Like a Lady
  • Heterosexual Life Partners: With Teshigawara in the anime.
  • Hot for Teacher: Apparently has a crush on Ms. Mikami.
  • Nice Guy
  • Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: He was the one responsible for letting the countermeasures group listen to Matsunaga's confession, unintentionally leading to the whole school becoming an angry mob against Mei.
  • Nightmare Fetishist: A mild version. He likes Edvard Munch's "The Scream" because he feels uneasy when he looks at it.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: When both Mei and Kouichi were non-existence students, they decided to visit the Art Club, since the students were not from Class 3-3 and would talk to them. However Yuuya, the only class 3-3 member other than Mei shows up, he makes it his business to keep the club away from her even though he coulda just left.

Izumi Akazawa

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Yukari Sakuragi

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Ikuo Takabayashi

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  • Chekhov's Gun: His death is one, as it's revealed to be why the innkeeper (who is his grandmother) went insane and tried to kill the students.
  • Hollywood Heart Attack: Subverted and played straight. Subverted in that even for the most part, Takabayashi's heart problems are played realistically. For example, when he talks to Kouichi, bonding over similar problems at Gym Class, he starts feeling ill and excuses himself to the nurse's office. Even sounding weaker as he's leaving. Played horrifically straight in that when he does finally die of a heart attack, it's less like a realistic heart attack and more like Death itself had shoved its hands in his chest and slowly squeezed his heart to death. Causing him to strain in pain and scream before he died out.
  • Ill Boy
  • Killed Off for Real
  • Mauve Shirt

Takako Sugiura

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  • Ascended Extra: Despite not appearing in the manga, she is existent in the novel, just as a completely minor character whose only role is getting killed. In the anime she's not exactly a prominent character either, but at least she gets some action.
  • Ax Crazy
  • Exact Words: When she snaps, her only target seems to be Mei. She vowed not to kill Kouichi, as Izumi is fond of him. Yet read that again. She said she wouldn't "Kill" him. That rule doesn't stop her from kicking him in the balls, stepping on him and giving him non-fatal wounds, to subdue him so he can't stop her from killing Mei.
  • If It's You, It's Okay: {Spoiler| While she seems to be Yandere levels of obsessed with keeping Izumi safe, she doesn't seem to follow the usual Yandere tropes. In other words, the only other person she'd allow Izumi near, would be Kouichi. Mainly because she's aware that Izumi seems fond of him.}}
  • The Stoic
  • Killed Off for Real
  • Sanity Slippage
  • Well-Intentioned Extremist: You have to give it to her, she decided not to kill Kouichi when given a chance, because she thought he wasn't the dead one.
  • Yandere: Episode 11 shows us she's got an... interesting view of her relationship with Izumi.

Junta Nakao

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Yumi Ogura

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Others

Mr. Kubodera

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Tatsuji Chibiki

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Misaki Yomiyama

The popular honors student whose death resulted in the class 3-3 curse.

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Sanae Mizuno

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Katsumi Matsunaga

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Tomoka Inose

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