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Another is a horror anime by P.A. Works, based on a novel by Yukito Ayatsuji. A middle school transfer student joins a class. Afterwards, random students begin dying gruesome and senseless deaths.

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Another is a horror anime by P.A. Works, based on a novel by Yukito Ayatsuji. A middle school transfer student joins a class. Afterwards, random students begin dying gruesome and senseless deaths.

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Doesn't letting the non-existent students do exams acknowledge their existence?

This contains spoilers for Another, which is somewhat new (the anime is from 2012). Another is an anime series about a cursed classroom. The students (and teachers) have designed a countermeasure to avoid the curse from triggering each year, which…
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What hints were shown during the series to who was the extra person in the classroom?

In Another, the extra person was the assistant teacher, Reiko Mikami, who is Kouichi's aunt. I think some hints were dropped during the series that pointed to that person, like Kouichi's grandpa complaining about going to too many funerals, and…
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What is happening at the end of the Another manga?

I've just finished the Another manga and I don't really understand the final 2 pages. What are the clanging noises, and who is the mysterious figure in the hallway?
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Do family member's escape the Calamity if the student dies?

When the Calamity begin, relatives to a student in class 3-3 are also at risk of dying due to the Calamity. I am wondering, if a student died as a result of the Calamity would their relatives be spared?
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Is Reiko Sakakibara's aunt really her relative?

Given that the Extra was Sakakibara's Aunt Reiko Mikami, who was also the assistant homeroom teacher, and that everyone's memories and official records are altered. Is Reiko really related to Sakakibara or was that a lie fabricated to…
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Is Keiko Numata's backstory the same in the anime as it is in the the novel?

In the novel, it says that Keiko Numata became an insane crone murderer due to Ikuo's death. However, she commits suicide by biting off her tongue in the novel, while in the anime she is stopped by Chibiki and she is seen to have stab wounds in her…
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Can the calamity cause more than one extras to be brought back?

Could a student and a teacher that died in previous years be brought back at the same time because of the calamity of Class 3-3?
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Why is class 3-3 still open?

I was wondering why would the school keep a cursed class open for more than 20 years when people are dying. I think they Misaki mentioned in the anime that the school tried to change the class name to "3-C" or something similar, but was there a…
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How did the students discover that the calamity comes from the existence of an extra person?

In the Another anime, they show how the students discovered how to end the calamity. But as far as I remember, (or may be I missed it) they don't mention how they came to the conclusion that the calamity comes from the existence of an extra person…
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Did the girl who died 26 years ago exist in the same way as the extras?

The calamity is caused when someone who has died is added to class 3, everyone's memories and records regarding the extra are altered by some unseen force and the extra has a physical body allowing the rest of the class to interact with…
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What led to Takako's injuries?

When Akazawa hears Takako scream, she rushes to their room to find the sheets cut up and bloody, yet she shows up later on bloodied but fine (apart from being almost insane). Who or what caused these injuries?
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Why does the hospital in Another have no fourth floor?

In the hospital where Sakakibara was having his checkups and where Sanae worked, the elevator had no 4th floor. Now, I know in Japanese culture the numbers 4 (四 shi) and 7 (七 shichi) have "shi" in them which is "death" (死 shi) and the Japanese are…
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How does Teshigawara create the recording

After the summer field trip, Teshigawara and Mochizuki re-record Matsunaga's message about how to stop the Calamity after it's started - with an emphasis on the actions being discussed, so that no one regrets the decision, and also to prevent the…
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Why didn't Misaki tell the extra person at the start?

Basically Misaki says that she can see the extra person with her left eye and after all these deaths she just realizes that Mrs. Mikami is the dead one. Why didn't she bother to kill her on the spot so that no one else would die. Why did Misaki…
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Why not leave Yomiyama?

In the anime Another, the town of Yomiyama is cursed with a calamity that causes the deaths of members of Class 3-3 and their family members living in the town. This is obviously a big problem. So why don't the members of 3-3 and their families…
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