Line #27 YMMV/Another


1	* AlasPoorScrappy: As divisive as she is, a lot of [[spoiler:Izumi's]] haters found her death to be quite sad.
2	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is the Calamity really trying to locate and kill the Extra or is it purposefully avoiding harming the Extra and using their presence as an excuse to kill the living?
3	* AssPull: The anime's revealing that [[spoiler:Mikami is, actually, Kouichi's aunt Reiko can come off as this, since the foreshadowing isn't as obvious as it is in the light novel. In the novel, Kouichi briefly explains that while he and Reiko are nephew and aunt, she insists that he treat her like any other teacher, and treats him like any other student. It's also mentioned that Mr. Kubodera's remark about Ms. Mikami's personal difficulties with treating Sakakibara as the second non-existent student are likely a reference to her being his aunt]].
4	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
5	** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e0Tgyw_A9I Anamnesis]]" by Annabel, the ending theme.
6	** The music for the show itself was composed by Kow Otani, who composed for such well known classics as ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' and ''VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus''. He also did the music for the Heisei-era ''Gamera'' films, as well as ''Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack;'' you can hear parts of "Determined to Protect the Future" from that film in some of the more desperate scenes involving the Calamity, and bits of "The Sacred Beast's Ambush" appear in Episode 11.
7	** The opening theme, Kyoumu Densen.
8	* BaseBreakingCharacter: Izumi's treatment of Mei, particularly publicly shaming her and demanding an apology for her failure as the non-existent student (when in fact [[spoiler:the killing actually started before Mei volunteered for the role]]) has made her fairly divisive with fans - mostly regarding whether it was justified or not. How sympathetic Takako and Tomohiko were in the last episodes also falls into this category.
9	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The random dream sequence with Kouichi in the middle of Episode 6. [[spoiler:The apparently kindly innkeeper Keiko going AxCrazy for no real reason beyond an off-hand mention of grief over her grandson's death a good month ago.]]
10	* BrokenBase: Regarding the ending, and generally split into three groups; those who think it was just as good, if not scarier, than the rest of the series, those who think the quality isn't as good but is enjoyable nevertheless, and those who think it was terrible and relied too much on gore rather than mystery.
11	** Izumi's death is either seen as heartbreaking and tragic or satisfying and deserving. Kouichi's BrutalHonesty definitely doesn't help.
12	* FanNickname: ''Franchise/FinalDestination'': ''The Anime''.
13	* HarsherInHindsight:
14	** In Episode 3, we have Kouichi, Teshigawara, Kazami, Izumi, Yukari, and Takako all discussing their futures. [[spoiler:With the very nature of this show, only Kouichi and Teshigawara are still alive at the end. Also we start to see the hinting of the romantic feelings that drive Kazami and Izumi mad.]]
15	** Izumi teasing Nakao about being carsick becomes a lot less funny [[spoiler:when his anuerysm bursts and he dies]].
16	* HilariousInHindsight: Minor in-universe one. In Episode 8, Class 3-3 splits in to teams to catch food to eat. An octopus sticks to Mei causing her to panic. She claimed it was trying to eat her. They end up eating it on the BBQ.
17	* MemeticMutation:
18	** Pies. [[labelnote:Explanation (Spoilers)]] After someone photoshopped Nurse Mizuno smashing her head into a pie instead of the elevator's floor, photoshopping images and creating [=GIFs=] to include pies in some way has become very popular. "Slice of pie" has even become a [[NeverSayDie euphemism for death]] on 4Chan.[[/labelnote]]
19	** Also, [[ParasolOfPain the deadliness of umbrellas]].
20	** People comparing the anime to ''Franchise/FinalDestination''.
21	* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Tomohiko alone among the kids murders two of his classmates on the off chance one might be the Extra, and was about to kill Kouichi, only to be stopped by Izumi. When it becomes evident neither of his first victims was the Extra (and further, that he has a very flawed understanding of how the Calamity actually works), Tomohiko expresses no remorse and attempts to continue his rampage. To put that in perspective, Yukito only attacked someone other than Mei by accident and was completely horrified by it, Takako specifically said she wasn't willing to kill Kouichi because she knew he wasn't the Extra, and Izumi was only willing to go that far when she concludes Kouichi was at best complacent in Mei's sadistic murder of Takako. Even taking sanity slippage into account, Tomohiko is the only character who has the demonstrated capacity to be a remorseless, cold blooded murderer.]]
22	* {{Narm}}:
23	** For some, [[spoiler:Sakuragi]]'s death goes from horrifying to BlackComedy when you see [[spoiler:her hand in the air and her foot leaning on the last step, both twitching in an almost comical manner]]. That was a bit ''too'' much.
24	** In episode 10, it's revealed that the calamity was stopped by [[spoiler:killing the extra student]]. Teshigawara says, great, now we just need to figure out ''who'' the extra is! Then--he's interrupted by Kouichi and a [[ScareChord needlessly loud background track]].
25	%%** While the fan-translation of the manga has iffy grammar in general, chapter 16 gives us this narmy little doozy.
26	** The... almost the entirety of Episode 11. It's packed to the brim with ShoutOut to other horror movies of the splatterhouse variety. The deaths are so ridiculous and the logic nonexistent that the audience can't help but laugh.
27	** The winner would be Yumi Ogura's death. She was among the kids who went insane and chased Mei to kill her. Tried to follow her out of a window from the 2nd or 3rd floor, tried to slash her with a knife, but slipped, fell down and cracked her neck, but her body ends bent in a totally impossible angle, that leaves you wondering if the animators were just trying to avoid an accidental {{panty shot}}. Check it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYTmNfYYk9E here]].
28	*** Then again, the whole point of the curse is that when death itself is coming for you, not even the laws of physics, probability or logic will save you.
29	** In Episode 12, the chandelier falls on a group of students trying to escape. One of them is unharmed and gets out. He runs for the door... and is immediately crushed by a random falling pillar.
30	** What's the deal with [[MadeOfExplodium all the explosions]] in Episode 12? [[EpilepticTrees Were the homeowners smuggling live anti-tank munitions?]]
31	*** If they cook with gas, plenty of explosions are to be expected in the case of a fire. (This is the explanation given in the novel).
32	** Holy God, the end of Kouichi's "dead one" CatapultNightmare. The melting seems more like something from a comedy anime.
33	** In the live-action adaptation, when Sakakibara introduces himself to the class, everyone stares at him coldly... except for one of the boys, who has a goofy smile on his face.
34	** In the original novel and anime, the class of 1972 simply pretended that Misaki was still alive and coming to class after he died, leaving his seat empty but acting like he was still sitting in it. In the live-action adaptation, they instead put an Annabelle doll in [[GenderFlip her]] seat, which is a bit hard to take seriously.
35	** A lot of the deaths in the live action adaptation, especially the decapitation, are [[SpecialEffectFailure so poorly done]] (even more so than in the anime) they become laughable. [[https://youtu.be/GzuaxZEgmOg This video]] has a montage of them starting around 10:32.
36	* ParanoiaFuel: Some of the deaths seem designed to show that no matter how careful you are, there is no possible way to anticipate and defend against every one of the infinite ways you may die every single day.
37	* TheScrappy:
38	** When compared to his extremely minor role, background character Kenzou Kawahori has a large amount of hatred. He does two things in the entire series: First, he calls Kouichi an asshole for not wanting to [[spoiler:participate in a witch hunt against Mei]]. Second, [[spoiler:as the Sakitani Kinenkan is burning down, Yukito, Sayuri, and San get trapped under a chandelier. He runs away without helping them]]. Nobody complained at all when [[spoiler:a pillar crushed him, and the other three survived]].
39	** Yu Yamada is apparently this to his own classmates in the film. He's a relatively minor character whose only on screen appearances are very loudly blaming Kouichi for Yukari's death (while ''she's still bleeding out on the floor'') and loudly taunting the Calamity [[DoNotTauntCthulhu before being run over by a car.]] His own best friend, Yuuya, bikes off and leaves him without even checking to make sure he was really dead first. The only person who seems even remotely upset is Takako, and she gets upset ''whenever'' [[NiceGuy someone dies.]]
40	* SignatureScene: Sakuragi's [[spoiler:neck being impaled by an umbrella]] is one of the most well-known scenes among fans of the series.
41	* SpecialEffectFailure: In the film, [[spoiler:Chibiki and Reiko]] are pulled to their deaths by what looks like a tendril of obviously computer-generated blobs.
42	* ValuesDissonance: In-universe, Reiko tells Kouichi that unlike the city school that he went to prior to suffering from a collapsed lung, in Yomenaido, the group is considered more important than the individual, which explains why they're willing to treat one student as though s/he doesn't exist to protect the rest of the class. While this is understandable considering the existence of the curse, it's a bit surprising that Reiko's speaking as though ''this is news to Kouichi'', considering Japanese values tend to stress duty to the group.
43	* TheWoobie:
44	** Mei. She's shunned by her classmates, which she volunteered for so that someone else wouldn't get saddled with the responsibility, and when the killings do end up happening, Izumi publicly shames her and forces her to apologize for failing in her role, [[spoiler:which wasn't actually her fault]]. Her family couldn't support her and her twin sister, so she got sent off to live with a relative who treats her coldly and thinks of her as little more than a replacement for her daughter. Said twin sister [[spoiler:dies at the start of April, just as the two were connecting]]. During the climax, [[spoiler:most of her surviving classmates are trying to kill her]]. The poor girl has it rough, to say the least.

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