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->''"I will avenge my brother!"''

->''"You don't have to hide it. I think it's beautiful, Misaki."''

->''"Death is not kind. It's dark, black as far as you can see, and you're all alone."''

* CreepyLonerGirl: When Kouichi meets her, Mei is a quiet and slightly creepy dark-haired girl the entire class refuses to acknowledge for some reason. She usually skips class to draw sketches and due to her dollmaker mother's work, she lives in a creepy doll store. It gets downplayed later with the reveal that the class avoids Mei in hopes it will prevent Class 3-3's Calamity and her gloomy demeanor is caused by the recent death of her cousin[[spoiler:/twin sister]].

* EyepatchOfPower: Covers her Doll's eye. She lost her real left eye to cancer when she was four.

* ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler:Thanks to her Doll's eye that she usually keeps covered, she can see dead people.]]

* PowerLimiter: Wears an eyepatch because her Doll's eye can see "things that should remain unseen", even if Mei doesn't want it to.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Madoka Yonezawa (Japanese), Creator/JessicaBoone (English)

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Since the beginning, she has had the feeling that she has met Kouichi somewhere before, but she can't remember where or when. [[spoiler:Turns out she did meet him a few years prior to the story. The forgetfulness is justified since Kouichi was only in Yomiyama for the funeral of his aunt, a time erased from everyone's memories due to the events of the curse.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As much of a jerk as she can be toward Mei, Izumi takes her duties toward Class 3 very seriously, and is determined to stop the curse.
* MeetCute: With [[spoiler:Kouichi]] as Episode 10 reveals.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the manga.]]

->''"Many sad events have transpired, but do not lose heart, and do not give up. We'll get through together."''

->''"It's not fair for her to force her own ideas on the rest of us! You must have so many things you wanna know, Kouichi."''

* GenderFlip: In the live-action movie, Misaki was apparently a girl, since an Annabelle doll was used as a stand-in for her.

->''"Man, it's hot in India!"''

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KengoKawanishi (Japanese), Houston Hayes (English)

* HairDecorations: Her blue ribbons.

* HairDecorations: Wears a small bow to tie part of her hair back.

* HairDecorations: In the anime, she wears a pair of light blue hair clips at all times.

* HairDecorations: A pink hairbow; she wears a large red Alice band with a ribbon on it one piece of promo art.

-->'''Voiced By''': Naoko Sakakibara (Reiko), Misayo Miyamaki (Ms. Mikami) (Japanese); Creator/MollySearcy (English)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiromiIgarashi (Japanese), Creator/FeleciaAngelle (English )

-->'''Voiced By''': Naoko Sakakibara (Reiko), Misayo Miyamaki (Ms. Mikami) (Japanese); Molly Searcy (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitomiHarada (Japanese), Creator/TiffanyGrant (EN)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiromiIgarashi (Japanese), Felecia Angelle (English )

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazutomiYamamoto (Japanese), Clint Bickham (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Madoka Yonezawa (Japanese), Creator/JessicaBoone (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Shou Takano (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisatoFukuen (Japanese), Creator/EmilyNeves (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese), Houston Hayes (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IoriNomizu (Japanese), Creator/TiffanyGrant (EN)

-->''Voiced by:'' Mana Hirata (Japanese), Margaret [=McDonald=] (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Kozo Mito (Japanese), Creator/DavidMatranga (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroakiHirata (Japanese), Creator/DavidWald (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SeikoYoshida (Japanese), Creator/CarliMosier (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Shinya Takahashi (Japanese), Creator/IllichGuardiola (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Mahiro Inoue (Japanese), Maggie Flecknoe (English)

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In the original novel, Kouichi was a target of bullying at his previous school in Tokyo due to sharing the same last name as a middle school murderer.

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* AscendedExtra: She's ''very'' important [[WholeEpisodeFlashback in the OAV.]]
* DeathByOriginStory

* ElegantGothicLolita: She and Mei wear Sweet Lolita-like dresses in the OAV.

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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice - HumanPincushion: [[spoiler:In the anime, when several shards of broken glass impale her, fatally injuring her.]]

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* IDontWantToDie: She says this after [[spoiler:Kouichi saves her from falling glass.]]

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* ParentalSubstitute: Both the novel and the manga mention that Reiko wants to be like this to Kouichi. Not so in the anime, however.

* BigGood: The closest thing to one is series, as he has the most information about the calamity [[spoiler: and proves to be a major help in the class trip.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiromiIgarashi (Japanese), (Felecia Angelle )English

* TookALevelInJerkass: Strange though it may seem for someone most closely the series' antagonist, but Izumi at least has standards in every depiction of her...except the film. When Tomohiko plays the tape explaining how to end the Calamity for her and Takako at the Inn, Takako finally stands up to Izumi (who has bullied her for most of the film) and refuses to kill anyone. Izumi's response is to [[spoiler:stab her in the throat. Not because she might be the Extra; just because ''her best friend'' wouldn't help her instigate a witch hunt against their classmates.]]

[[folder:Mr. Shouzou Kubodera]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiromiIgarashi (Japanese)

Mei's grandaunt, who works at the Misaki doll shop as a receptionist.

* TookALevelInJerkass: In episode 6, he took the entire art club with him for the sole purpose of keeping them away from Mei and Koucihi [[spoiler:who was earlier the second UnPerson]]. Since said club members acknowledged Mei, it was obvious they weren't part of class 3-3.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Her live-action movie incarnation does not have the original's pale skin.

* ConvenientMiscarriage: [[spoiler:She had a stillbirth twelve years previously. Because of this and the Fujioka family's financial problems, Mei was adopted by Yukiyo's family.]]
* ParentalNeglect: She doesn't know or care about anything Mei does. Nor does she interfere in her life except for certain things. This is because [[spoiler:she's been mentally and emotionally unstable after the stillbirth/adoption deals.]]

Mei's deceased cousin. [[spoiler:In reality, her twin sister.]]

* PolarOppositeTwins: [[spoiler:With Mei. She is more outgoing and cheerful than her sister. And even used Mei's condition to playfully scare a boy that approached her.]]

** In the film, he also abandons his apparent best friend, Yu Yamada after the latter is hit by a car.

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: [[spoiler:Since the beginning, she has had the feeling that she has met Kouichi somewhere before, but she can't remember where or when. Turns out she did meet him a few years prior to the story. The forgetfulness is justified since Kouichi was only in Yomiyama for the funeral of his aunt, a time erased from everyone's memories due to the events of the curse.]]
* GirlishPigtails

* {{Tsundere}}: For Kouichi and Teshigawara. You can really spot it by her twintails, ZettaiRyouiki and facial expression alone.

* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade S.

The other ClassRepresentative, a sweet and gentle girl [[spoiler:who becomes the first on-screen victim of the curse.]]

The librarian of Yomiyama Middle School

A pretty nurse who befriends Kouichi. Her brother Takeru is apparently a member of Class 3-3..

A friend (but not a classmate) of Matsunaga, who works in the café owned by her husband. She's also the half sister of [[spoiler:Yuuta Mochizuki]].

A girl who was a part of Matsunaga and Reiko's Class 3-3 in 1983. [[spoiler:And was its first victim in that year.]]

* NiceGuy

* PetTheDog: After [[spoiler:Mr. Kubodera commits suicide]]m she approaches Kouichi because she's concerned about his well being. [[spoiler:Although she warns him that some of their other classmates will blame him for the chain of events, she personally doesn't believe he was a factor in it.]]

-->'''Voiced By''': Naoko Sakakibara (Japanese), Molly Searcy (English)

* ApologeticAttacker: He apologizes to [[spoiler: Yumi]] before kneeing her in the stomach to protect Mei.

** One of the students set him off by hitting Miss Mikami, [[spoiler: as it's his Aunt Reiko as well as his teacher that was hit.]]

* DeathByChildbirth: His mother died when he was born, [[spoiler: though it looks like she was actually a casualty of the curse placed on the class her younger sister was currently in.]]

* IllBoy: Damn collapsed lung, keeping him in the hospital! [[spoiler: And making him miss his first day at his new school, which means missing the tips about the "other student"!]] The first episode suggests that it's hereditary and he got it from his father.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler: Due to missing the first month of school, Kouichi is left in the dark about what the Calamity is and what the conditions are to cause it. His classmates and Aunt, at best only gives him vague warnings on how he should behave at school. It's not until he's been UnPerson'd by his class that Mei finally fills him in on what's actually happening.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Kouichi had been in the hospital at the start of the year, so he didn't know anything about "The Calamity" or the measures the class set up to protect themselves. Since he'd already meet Mai once before, he thought nothing of approaching her and starting a conversation, inadvertently violating the conditions of the charm and bringing doom to everyone.]] [[spoiler: [[{{Subverted}} At least... that's what we're lead to believe at first]]. It later turns out that the Calamity had already started back in April with the death of Mai's cousin/sister, so the charm wouldn't have worked anyway.]]

* OrdinaryMiddleSchoolStudent: He's a completely normal student who ends up in the cursed class 3-3 and gets caught in the devasting effects of the Calamity.

* TookALevelInBadass: In Episode 11, he protects Mei Misaki from [[spoiler: his entire AxCrazy class]], alone. And took a direct knee hit to the crotch before disarming the perpetrator.

* CanNotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: She figured out who the "Extra" was sometime before the class trip, but didn't want to say anything because it would make Kouichi sad]].

* FreakinessShame: The second time she shows Kouichi what is under her eyepatch he remarks that her Doll's eye is oddly beautiful, and that she should go without the eyepatch more often. Her cousin Misaki thought the same.
* TheGadfly: Mei's a NiceGirl, but she has her moments. During Kouichi's first meeting with her, she inadvertently makes him think she was a talking doll. When Teshigawara accuses her of being the extra student, she decides to mess with him and say that he could be the extra. When they look for [[spoiler: the tape]] and talk about TheSevenMysteries, she jokingly confirms one.

* MagicalEye: [[spoiler:Her Doll's eye can see the "color of death" on dead people or people that is about to die.]]

* MistakenForMurderer: [[spoiler:When Takako dies trying to kill Mei, Mei takes the knife out of her hands, just as Izumi walks in. Izumi seeing the knife in Mei's hand and Takako's corpse instantly believes that not only is Mei the extra, but also thinks she stabbed and hung Takako.]]

* RedRightHand: Takako Sugiura doesn't remember Mei having an eyepatch in elementary school and comes to believe that [[spoiler:Mei is the extra student who was resurrected incomplete]]. [[spoiler: In reality the girl Takako met was ''Mei's sister Misaki'', who has two functioning eyes.]]

* CatchPhrase: "Hey son! You'll never believe how ''hot'' India is right now!"
* DisappearedDad: Not really, but as mentioned he was overseas when the events of the story occur.

Kouichi's aunt and the assistant homeroom teacher of class 3-3. 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.

* BadassTeacher: [[spoiler: She was willing to protect Mei from an angry mob, when they thought she was the extra. It comes back to bite her when Mei finds out that Reiko is the real extra and planned on killing her so Kouichi wouldn't have to. Though Kouichi ended up doing the deed anyway.]]

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: A flashback to her younger years shows that she used to have quite shorter hair [[spoiler: as a survivor of Class 3-3.]]

* ParentalNeglect: She doesn't know or care about anything Mei does. Nor does she interfere in her life except for certain things. This is because [[spoiler: she's been mentally and emotionally unstable after the stillbirth/adoption deals.]]

Mei's deceased cousin. [[spoiler: In reality, her twin sister.]]

* CanonImmigrant: He didn't exist in the manga. In the manga, [[spoiler: Izumi]] has an older brother instead, but his name is [[spoiler: Kazuma Akazawa]] ''and'' [[spoiler: he commits suicide.]] He's present in the original novel, though; in fact, while she's actually a member of Class 3-3, Yumi is mentioned only indirectly as his little sister.
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: Yumi, who seems to have been close to him despite him being a {{hikikomori}}, loses it ''badly'' after his death.]]
* {{Hikikomori}}: A standard example. He's only seen in his room, playing games at his computer. [[spoiler: And this causes his death, since an excavator rams into the Ogura house and crushes him to death.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Reacts this way [[spoiler: after he thinks he's killed Kazami.]]

** 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.]]
** He also manages to [[spoiler: nearly kill Yuuya]] in the film. Bizarrely, Tomohiko takes a break from [[spoiler: trying to help Takako not bleed to death]] to call him out for this when Naoya is not especially okay with [[spoiler: Izumi trying to kill her.]]

* PluckyComicRelief: As much as one can be in a horror story, and even then it wears off as the body count rises.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Kazami [[spoiler: and later Mochizuki.]]

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: While most of the class went batshit insane in episode 11, this guy takes it UpToEleven in episode 12.]]

* CowardlyLion: Is a nervous guy in the film, but his courageous, kind side helps him save Takako from death and ultimately survives the movie. He's cowardly in the anime and novel, however, without a trace of the heroism: Naoya has to bully him into coming on the class trip ''despite being a Countermeasures officer'' alongside Izumi and Takako (who both go without coercion) and in the anime he [[spoiler: murders two girls by stabbing them in the back.]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: 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.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: In the anime, he starts killing off other students in a desperate attempt to find the extra.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Teshigawara [[spoiler: until his death]].
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler: He acts completely stoic when killing the other students to determine who the extra is. However upon meeting Kouichi during his massacre he flies off the handle. It turns out the reason why, is he holds Kouichi responsible for Yukari's death.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: He was the one responsible for letting the countermeasures group listen to Matsunaga's confession, unintentionally leading to the whole class becoming an angry mob against Mei. Further, no one ever calls him for it, either in the show or within the fandom.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: With [[spoiler: Teshigawara near the end.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: In episode 6, he took the entire art club with him for the sole purpose of keeping them away from Mei and Koucihi [[spoiler: who was earlier the second UnPerson]]. Since said club members acknowledged Mei, it was obvious they weren't part of class 3-3.
** In the film, he also abandons his apparent best friend, Yu Yamada after the later is hit by a car.

* BerserkButton: Not following the rules is enough to earn Izumi's unending ire, although this is justified since the rules are her job and not following them gets people killed. Hurt someone she cares about ([[spoiler: like Takako or Kouichi]]), and she will very coldly [[spoiler: beat you to death.]]

* PetTheDog: After [[spoiler: Mr. Kubodera commits suicide]] she approaches Kouichi because she's considered about his well being. [[spoiler: Although she warns him that some of their other classmates will blame him for the chain of events, she personally doesn't believe he was a factor in it.]]

* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:In the manga and anime she eventually snaps and tries to kill Mei.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Strange though it may seem for someone most closely the series' antagonist, but Izumi at least has standards in every depiction of her...except the film. When Tomohiko plays the tape explaining how to end the Calamity for her and Takako at the Inn, Takako finally stands up to Izumi (who has bullied her for most of the film) and refuses to kill anyone. Izumi's response is to [[spoiler: stab her in the throat. Not because she might be the Extra; just because ''her best friend'' wouldn't help her instigate a witch hunt against their classmates.]]

The other ClassRepresentative, a sweet and gentle girl [[spoiler: who becomes the first on-screen victim of the curse.]]

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: His death is revealed to be why the innkeeper (who is his grandmother) went insane and tried to kill the students.]]
* IllBoy: Has a weak heart. [[spoiler: And it kills him]]

* AscendedExtra: She is existent in both the novel and the manga, 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 interacts with Izumi and gets some [[AxCrazy action]]. She also fills a Nice Girl role in the film.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Strangling 'self to death due to some cables is ''not'' a nice way to go.]] Her death is notable for being the only one in the ''series'' to get a gore discretion shot.

* ExactWords: She said she wouldn't [[spoiler: kill Kouichi,]] but it doesn't stop her from beating and cutting him.
* FirstNameBasis: With [[spoiler: Misaki, Mei's twin.]] This is important later. She also calls Izumi by her first name.
* ForeShadowing: In Episode 11, she and Izumi are talking. Takako mentions that in her old elementary school, she met a girl [[spoiler: who was identical to Mei Misaki, save for having two functional eyes.]] [[spoiler: The girl is Mei Misaki's twin sister/cousin, Misaki Fujioka, who becomes an AscendedExtra in the OVA.]]
* HairDecorations: In the anime, she wears a pair of light blue hair clips at all times.
* NotSoStoic:
** At the end of episode 8, Takako screams and goes into a TroubledFetalPosition when [[spoiler: Junta dies ''and'' his corpse is accidentally chopped up by a motorboat engine.]] Understandable: [[spoiler: this happened when he went into the sea to retrieve Takako's beach ball and, not knowing what ''actually'' killed him, [[ItsAllMyFault she surely blamed herself]].]]
** In episode 9, she is seen near catatonic after [[spoiler: Junta's funeral]] and Izumi is seen trying to comfort her.
** Episode 11 confirms that she's been emotionally unstable since the beach trip, [[spoiler: explaining her AxeCrazy behavior in trying to kill Mei.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Takako is reasonably soft-spoken throughout most of the series, and she's genuinely compassionate toward her friends. [[spoiler: After surviving a murder attempt at the hands of the innkeeper]] her tone becomes completely flat and lifeless, and in the end she's screaming and ''laughing.'' This is to drive home the fact she's not herself...[[spoiler: not that anyone else especially noticed or seemed to care, and she's easily one of the most hated characters in the series because of it.]]
* PetTheDog:

** She also seemed to have a soft spot for Junta, at least enough to check on his health before the class trip; she's in fact the only person in the entire group who actually ''cared'' he was sick. [[spoiler: She also takes his death very, ''very'' badly.]]
** She makes it a point to not let Izumi blame herself for [[spoiler: failing to protect Yukari]] and suggests that blaming ''anyone'' won't solve things, and the class needs to pull itself together. Izumi takes the first part to hear, and ignores everything else she says.
** She never directly does anything horrible to Mei [[spoiler: until everything goes to hell.]] Even when announcing to the class [[spoiler: Mei is the Extra]], she never directly accuses her of causing the Calamity on purpose; interpreting the fact she's suffering PTSD and clearly unwell (and receiving no help for it) means her broadcast is basically "Hey, we need to kill [[spoiler: Mei]] because she's the Extra and if we don't, everyone will die." At the very least, it's not personal for her, the same way it is for [[spoiler: Izumi and Tomohiko.]]

* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Episode 11, holy shit....]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: She survives in the film, thanks to Tomohiko.]]

** AlternativeCharacterInterpretation is that by that point [[spoiler: Izumi is her only surviving friend, and she can't bear the thought of her dying. To boot, she expressly spares Kouichi at least in part because she knows Izumi has feelings for him, not something she'd likely do if she saw him as a rival for her affections.]]

* CynicismCatalyst: To his friend [[spoiler: Takako]], since [[spoiler: his death is what ultimately sends her over the edge.]]
* DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler: Subverted. He fell off the stairs at home but seemingly was more or less fine. In reality he suffered an aneurysm, which burst when he was swimming and killed him.]]
* MauveShirt: [[spoiler: He's not the most important class mate, but is still more or less easy to recognize among them. And then came Episode 8...]]

* VomitDiscretionShot: Was throwing up a lot in episode 8. [[spoiler: It later turned out it was the result of an aneurysm.]]

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Atsushi and Aya's deaths affected so badly, she ends up cracking worse than others. She even gets a SlasherSmile when hunting Mei in Episode 11.]]
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Normally, Yumi seems to be shy and quiet. But [[spoiler: her ultimate breakdown turns out to be among the worst as a whole.]]

* HairDecorations: A pink hairbow; she ears a large red Alice band with a ribbon on it one piece of promo art.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:In Episode 11 she cracks, goes AxCrazy and tries to kill Mei, believing her to be the extra student who caused her big brother's death.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:He was the one that started the "Misaki's not dead." act after the student died, which triggered the Calamity]].

* GenderBlenderName: Misaki is rather feminine name, but boys have this name, too. This is the main reason people mistake him for a girl.

* GenderFlip: In the live-action movie, Misaki was apparently a girl, since an Annabell doll was used as a stand-in for her.
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:When Misaki died, the rest of Class 3-3 subconsciously wished he was still there. Now, in order to stop the Calamity, Class 3-3 had to pretend the dead person of the year didn't exist]].

[[folder:Tomoka Inose [[spoiler: aka Tomoka Mochizuki]]]]

A friend (but not a classmate) of Matsunaga, who works in the café owned by her husband. She's also the half sister of [[spoiler: Yuuta Mochizuki]].

* CoolBigSis: To her half-sibling [[spoiler: Yuuta]] and the 3-3 kids she interacts with.
* TheConfidant: To Matsunaga, as he confessed his role [[spoiler: in stopping the Calamity]] to her.
* DemotedToExtra: In the novel, she's the one who relays Matsunaga's info on [[spoiler: stopping the Calamity]] to the kids. This doesn't happen in the anime, since Matsunaga makes on-screen appearances there.

* TooDumbToLive: According to [[spoiler:Matsunaga]], he was dimmer than usual. [[spoiler: He was the only one with an umbrella and got struck down by lighting for that.]]

* DeathByFallingOver: [[spoiler: Once Hamaguchi died, the whole class started running around in a panic. As a terrified Yuki was trying to get to safety, she slipped and fell off the mountain's cliff.]]

A girl who was a part of Matsunaga and Reiko's Class 3-3 in 1983. [[spoiler: And was its first victim in that year.]]

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With [[spoiler: Reiko Mikami]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: She joked around about the curse... And was its first victim in 1983.]] And later [[spoiler: her best friend Reiko became the "extra one".]]
* NightmareFetishist: She liked to tease her best friend [[spoiler: Reiko]] about Class 3-3's curse.

[[folder: Main Characters]]

!Kouichi Sakakibara

* TheHero

* NewTransferStudent

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!Mei Misaki

** NotSoStoic: A comical example when she gets attacked by a small octopus in episode 8.

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[[folder: Relatives]]
!Yousuke Sakakibara

* {{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".
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!Reiko Mikami

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:She is the dead person in Class 3, rather than any of the students.]]

* HardDrinkingPartyGirl

!Yukiyo Misaki

* AdultsAreUseless - ParentalNeglect: She doesn't know or care about anything Mei does. Nor does she interfere in her life except for certain things. This is because [[spoiler: she's been mentally and emotionally unstable after the stillbirth/adoption deals.]]

!Misaki Fujioka

!Amane

!!Atsushi Ogura

[[folder:Class 3-3]]

!Naoya Teshigawara

!Tomohiko Kazami

A bespectabled boy who is a class officer, has high grades, and childhood friends with Teshigawara. In the novel, he is a supporting protagonist but is DemotedToExtra in the anime.

!Yuuya Mochizuki

!Izumi Akazawa

!Yukari Sakuragi

* NiceGirl

* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: She and Kouichi.

!Ikuo Takabayashi

!Takako Sugiura

Izumi's best friend, a serious and no-nosense girl who helps her with the countermeasures.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Takako is reasonably soft spoken throughout most of the series, and she's genuinely compassionate toward her friends. [[spoiler: After surviving a murder attempt at the hands of the innkeeper]] her tone becomes completely flat and lifeless, and in the end she's screaming and ''laughing.'' This is to drive home the fact she's not herself...[[spoiler: not that anyone else especially noticed or seemed to care, and she's easily one of the most hated characters in the series because of it.]]

* TheStoic - PerpetualFrowner: Most of the time, but ''much'' less towards the end.

!Junta Nakao

* VomitDiscretionShot: Was throwing up alot in episode 8. [[spoiler: It later turned out it was the result of an aneurysm.]]

!Yumi Ogura

!Makoto Ouji

!Aya Ayano

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!Mr. Shouzou Kubodera

!Tatsuji Chibiki

* PutOnABus: Conveniently Put On A Car during [[spoiler:the summer trip's massacre.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He was the one that started the "Misaki's not dead." act, which triggered the Calamity.

!Misaki Yomiyama

* TheAce: Charming, intelligent, sporty and popular.

* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death was what triggered the Calamity.
* PosthumousCharacter

!Sanae Mizuno

!Katsumi Matsunaga

!Tomoka Inose [[spoiler: aka Tomoka Mochizuki]]

!Jun Hamaguchi

!Yuki Hoshikawa

!Ryoko Akiyama

* CruelToBeKind:

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Kubodera when he [[spoiler:tries to talk her out of killing Mei]], accusing him of being a coward for running away from his class.

* ClassRepresentative

* FirstNameBasis: With [[spoiler: Misaki, Mei's twin.]] This is important later.

* TheAtoner

* NiceGuy

* JapaneseSiblingTerminology: Yumi refers to Atsushi as ''aniki'', a rather informal and slang-like way to refer to one's older brother.