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* So the class thought Sakakibara was the extra, but does it have anything to do with his surname? in the first episode, one of them refuses to say it and Mei sings it as if taunting him. Just a curiosity.

** It was already set in motion. Kazami thought that he was The Extra student based on the logic of having a sick kid of all people, being the last to transfer into the class. As the desks on opening ceremony were perfect as well as the calamity seemingly starting in May. He didn't count on [[spoiler: The faculty being a desk short or Mei Misaki having a dead relative in April.]]

**** I believe it's because the class, per the English subtitles, is "closer to death." The presence of a dead person in the class brings the clas closer to death, therefore death happens to them. The line between life and death is blurred or something, so that things that wouldn't necessarily result in death or occur, do occur and and/or result in death. Like the probability of dying is now increased.

**** This is from the troper that asked the question: So judging by what is going on and I am just guessing here. The Trauma from her surgery in combination with the Doll's "Natural" ability to draw life to fill it's empty void are what cause her to see death? Not drawing any conclusions here because I would save that for WMG, but wouldn't that also mean that everyone she's around she's sucking the life out of?

** It was already set in motion. Kazami thought that he was The Extra student based on the logic of having a sick kid of all people, being the last to transfer into the class. As the desks on opening ceremony were perfect. He didn't count on [[spoiler: The faculty being a desk short.]]

*** The novel explains this further, making it clear Mei is as blind in her left eye as anyone with an empty socket. But when that eye is uncovered she can see 'The Color of Death' regardless. Just that, nothing else. As to why, she isn't sure, but theorizes it's equal parts her life-threatening cancer surgery, and also that dolls are empty and draw in life to fill their void. So her eye, being a doll's eye, does the same.

** There's no logical reason why she should be able to see out of that eye at all, much less have a special form of vision. However, "magic" (such as it is) in this story seems to operate as something of a "living metaphor." The curse is a result of class 3-3 "inviting death into their midst." Presumably there's a similar explanation for the eye. The problems with Misaki's original eye almost killed her, presumably her vision comes from the connection to death this fake eye represents.

* Here's a question. Why is it that Mei's Doll Eye can see death on the people she looks at? I mean there was nothing mechanical about it, nor where their hints of witchcraft on it.

* Why hasn't this particular class section simply been ''discontinued?'' They know there's a curse, they know that students die a whole hell of a lot in this class, and the curse only attacks students in 3-3 and the people they associate with. So ''why'' hasn't the school simply discontinued Class 3-3?

* Why hasn't this particular class section simply been ''discontinued?'' They know there's a curse, they know that students die a whole hell of a lot in this class, and the curse only attacks students in 3-3 and the people they associate with. So ''why'' hasn't the school simply discontinued Class 3-3 and assign the students to other class sections?

** Given [[spoiler:Teshigawara's]] reaction, [[spoiler:it's a safe bet that he died, probably due to blood loss.]]

** [[spoiler:Episode 9 revealed that Nakao had suffered an accident as he was leaving before the trip. His death was caused by an aneurysm gained from that accident bursting, killing him before the boat hit him. Therefore the death could be counted as still being in Yomiyama because that's where the (eventual) fatal event occurred, and therefore was still part of the curse.]]

* Does [[spoiler: Kazami]] die in the anime? Because [[spoiler: Chibiki stopped Akazawa]] from harming him further, but he seemed pretty messed up by then.

* Why does the curse affect relatives if the Extra Person has to be someone in the classroom?

* When they are on the beach, [[spoiler:one of the kids gets run over by a boat. However it's revealed that he died prior to getting hit by the boat because of a brain tumor, which was presumably caused by the curse. This is supposed to explain why he died outside of the town's proximity. So what was the point in him being hit by a boat? Was that just an unlucky incident that happened regardless of the curse?]]

** She and her husband owned the house that the students were staying in; Chibiki mentions that she and her husband were Ikuo's grandparents (the kid that died of a heart attack) and that his death had left them emotionally depressed, which is probably what lead to the insanity part.

* Where did that insane old lady come from and why was she insane?

* So how was Reiko [[spoiler: able to just come back to life and be an walking dead person? Or how did she get "chosen"?]]

* So the class thought Sakakibara was the extra, but does it have anything to do with his surname? in the first episode, one of them refuses to say it and Mei sings it as if taunting him. Just a curiosity.

* In the beginning, Sakuragi and Kazami visit Kouichi in the hospital and ask him whether he's ever been to Yomiyama before. Obviously, they asked this to see whether he could be the Extra Person of that year. But Kouichi says something that makes them think that he isn't the Extra Person... what would they have done, if his answer would have somehow made him seem like the Extra Person? At that point, they didn't know that [[spoiler:the curse could be stopped for the year if they managed to kill the Extra Person]]. [[FridgeHorror What would they have done]]?

* The student that will get ignored for the school year is actually asked by the teacher if they agree to it. If the student doesn't agree, then they'll be responsible for any death happening during the year. But if they refuse, why can't they just pick a different student to be the one that gets ignored?