AL FIN SANGREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Todos re locos... Igual, no me explico lo de la vieja ... Qué onda? Están todos poseídos (???)

SIIIIIIIII HECATOMBEEEEEEEEE

Me pareció copado cómo hicieron la conexión entre la revelación del capítulo anterior con la razón por la que la están cazando a Mei.

@Caeli: Tal cual, no sé qué onda con la vieja. O le saltó la térmica, mató al marido y prendió fuego todo, o alguien le mató al marido y le agarró la chiripiorca por eso. O sea que, efectivamente, le faltan cartas en el mazo.
Por ahí lo explican en el próximo, viste como es esta serie.

@hormiga: Jaja, me dio la impresión que ibas a entrar a explicar lo de esa escena

Che, no lo tacharon al de pelo azul que supuestamente mató el boludazo. Ese es el que no se quién dijo que lo vio con la cara llena de barro?

sigue vivo. Lo mencionaron en el capitulo, ya que la altura no era tan grande como para matarse, y cayo bien.

Por como venia la cosa toda la clase tenia boletos para el Mas Alla si no lo hubieran detenido. Estaba en lo correcto y al mismo tiempo no acerca del Otro. Quien hubiera pensado que eran la misma persona, pobre Koichi. La "muerte" de Reiko fue la unica muerte de toda la serie que puedo decir me dolio. Los encargados del hotel eran los abuelos del pibe que murio de un ataque cardiaco.

Lo que paso en estos ultimos capitulos mas lo del profesor que mato a la madre antes de suicidarse nos muestra que el fenomeno puede ser mas sutil, desestabilizando las mentes de las personas susceptibles, ademas del stress mismo de lo que ocurre.

Me gusto el detalle del final. La grabacion es distinta. Te das cuenta que el gran problema de esta clase de 1998 fue la falta de comunicacion. Nadie queria hablar con nadie por temor, y eso permitio que el fenomeno creciera hasta ese nivel.
La proxima clase va a estar mucho mejor preparada.

el asesino de Reiko. Estoy sospechando que tal vez fue el tipo que grabo el casette, no estoy del todo seguro.

The two neighbouring areas Yūmigaoka and Asamidai are mentioned, explaining that the names seem to refer to the beauty of the places in different times of the day. Asami (朝見 Yūmi (夕見 and Yomi (夜見 being morning-view, evening-view and night-view respectively.
Kōichi drinks coffee from the very beginning (but remarks that Reiko drinks it black)
Reiko tells one of the 7 ghost stories of Yomi North:
“Well then I tell you this one, which was by the way the first I heard back then.“
And so Reiko began to narrate that one ghost story sorrounding the animal stable behind the gym.
One morning all the bunnies and guinea pigs had vanished from their stable. The door had been destroyed and inside were huge ammounts of blood. The police was called for investigation and it became a huge fuss, but not one of the animals was everr found and they never found out who did it. The stables were torn down after that, but apparently there were reports of seeing the blood-smeared bunnies and guinea pigs (maybe their ghosts?) on that site.
“But that story has a strange addition to it.“, continued Reiko with a serious face.
“When the police tested the blood samples they had found at the scene, it turned out not to be bunny or guinea pig blood at all. It was human blood. It was bloodtype AB negative*...“

*AB negative (or all negative bloodtypes) are thought to be very rare in Japan and it therefore hints toward a strange and peculiar person.
Ritsuko explains more about the class rules:

rule #1: If you go out onto the roof and you hear the crows cry out, you have to reenter with your left foot first.
rule #2: After entering the 3rd grade of middle school, you may never fall down on the hill road outside of the back gate.
rule #3: You must always follow the decisions of your class.

Akazawa Izumi is not part of the welcoming committee visiting Kōichi in the hospital. She is absent during those days and was thus unable to perform her duties as head of countermeassures.
Kōichi's reason for wanting to protect Mei against ostracism and bullying is explained further when the two talk about him being bullied after the 1997 case in Kōbe where 14 year old Sakakibara Seito was arrested as a child murderer.
Kōichi spends more time with Teshigawara Naoya and Kazami Tomohiko.
Teshigawara and Kazami show him around the school, including the old school building.
Akazawa Izumi does not become a part of the group of friends (in the anime she takes the role of Kazami, while he is completely removed from the gang). She is practically absent from every scene in which she features in the anime.
Along the way Kōichi visits Mochizuki Yuuya and Kazami at home.
Inose Tomoka (Anime version: Mochizuki Tomoka) is further explained to be Mochizuki's half sister by a different mother and therefore far enough removed not to be targeted as a victim.
The group never gets to meet Matsunaga Katsumi, they are merely being told about the hint towards the hidden cassette tape by Inose Tomoka who works at the café Inoya which he frequents.
The group does not take a trip outside of town. The only person leaving town for a few days is Misaki Mei who goes on a trip with her parents on her fathers boat.
Nakao Junta does not die in an accident at sea because of a cerebral concussion. He is stabbed to death by Takabayashi Ikuo's maternal grandmother Numata Mineko on her rampage at the lodge.
Ayano Aya and her parents have no actual role in the original plot and do not die at all.
Takabayashi Ikuo does not attempt to tell Kōichi about Misaki Mei and dies from a heart attack at home. Kōichi learns about this when Mochizuki is informed about it via phone by Akazawa.
Chibiki Tatsuji's lecture about the workings of the phenomenon and the ensuing calamity is much more elaborate. He tells Kōichi and Mei about the phenomena of previous years, the gradual progress of forgetting and also about the growing countermeassures
The tape they found in the old 3-3 classroom got damaged when they were to eager in removing the adhesive tape. They also don't use any school property to play it back but have to repair it first. Mei is not present during their search either.
Reiko seems a lot more distraught about her sister's death
Steadily we are told about several of the 7 school ghost stories:

#1 bloody animal stables
#2 bloody hand rising from the basins
#3 secret library

Several death are explained in further detail to make them more of an accident that happened due to a heightened chance of death occuring:

Sakuragi Yukari: Her death is happening unobserved, we are merely told through Koichi's perspective that she apparently opened her umbrella while storming down the stairs and then slipped and fell on it.

Mizuno Sanae: She does not die from being crushed, but suffers a severe head trauma when the elevator hits ground. She is unresponsive afterwards and dies while the hospital staff tries to reanimate her. Also, the policemen say that the elevator was apparently in bad shape and was already rumored to be a death trap. Out of so far unresolved circumstances the emergency breaks activated but broke down immediatly.

Takabayashi Ikuo: He dies of a heart attack while at his home, unobserved by anybody.

Mr. Kubodera: His and his mother's background are elaborated upon. He has to care for his mother after the stroke made her practically unable to care for herself as well as making her grow more and more senile over the years. He silently started resenting his mother with whom he shared a very small appartment. The description when commiting suicide is also more focused on his speech, hinting at him already having crossed the border into insanity.

Koichi talks to the detective researching the cases sorrounding the calamity. The detective admits that he has heard about that infamous curse and has a personal interest, but because there is no perpetrator there is nothing he can do about it.
The detective mentions that he has a 12 year old daughter about to advance to Yomi North and that this is the reason why he has a personal interest in the curse. He tries to belief that the curse will be lifted until his daughter gets into the 3-3 by any chance.
After hearing about it from Teshigawara at the lodge Kōichi rushes out to look whether Kazami is dead. Kazami has only a minor injury that makes him unable to walk on his own.
The main proof that Kōichi's contact with Mei brought disaster upon the class, used by Akazawa at the lodge when she is accusing Mei is, that Sugiura Takako saw how Sakuragi reacted when she saw Kōichi talking to Mei on the corridor which made her run in the opposite direction.
Sugiura Takako does not go insane and also does not spearhead any witch-hunt against Misaki Mei at the lodge. She is simply stabbed by Numata Mineko when she surprises her and Akazawa in their room.
Akazawa Izumi is stabbed by Numata Mineko and then falls from the balcony where Kōichi finds her dead.
Ogura Yumi has no role in the original plot apart from her brother dying. She does not die at the lodge.
Ouji Makoto does not die at the lodge.
When Kōichi finds Maejima Manabu in the lodge after he has been stabbed by Numata Mineko, he immediatly tries to carry him outside to safety. Maejima still dies of bloodloss immediatly after.
Yonemura Shigeki goes along on the schooltrip where he is stabbed by Numata Mineko and dies of bloodloss. His body is only later found by the police.
Numata Kensaku is killed in the kitchen which is then set on fire by Numata Mineko. The fire causes a gas-tank to explode, spreading the fire through the lodge and causing the students to escape in panic.
Kōichi is chased by Numata Mineko and then saved by Chibiki who returned to the lodge.
All students immediatly head outside as the fire in the lodge starts. There are no random deaths except those killed by Numata Mineko
There is no lightningstorm that hits the lodge.
There is no past meeting between Akazawa and Kôichi
After Kôichi leaves the lodge to save Maejima and is in turn rescued by Chibiki he gets the call from Mei telling him that she is save but that he should stay where he is or he'll regret it.
Mei did not witness Mikami Reiko getting killed. This is only revealed later in the Outroduction chapter.
The last scene is set in Kôichi's hospital room.
It is not made clear what actions the 3-3 of 1998 will take after the events of the novel.
Kôichi and Mei are talking about going to Tôkyô together.

A mi me parecio que el asesino de Reiko fue el hermano/primo de Akazawa.

Tambien es curioso el momento en que Mei ve la foto para ver si Mikami es la muerta o no, que no muestran la foto, pero eso es por buscar un hueco.

Che, a mi sólo me dio la impresión que cortaron parte del capítulo cerca del minuto 7, después de que se cae donde están Kouichi, Mei y la pelirroja? Un momento está Mei tirada en el piso y al instante está ya parada y caminando (encima como si nada, con la loca atrás queriendo matarla).

No me gusta la comparación con Destino Final. Primero porque no me gusta esa saga (y Another me gustó mucho), pero principalmente porque las muertes no son tan ridículas (en DF parecen la máquina atrapa-ratones de Tom y Jerry) y porque la causa misma de todo el bardo camina entre ellos (y hasta se puede evitar).

Note: not all members of Class 3-3 went to the fatal school trip.

FINAL STATISTICS - SCHOOL YEAR 1998
Dead: 24 (including Mikami Reiko)
Class Dead: 13
Class Survivors: 17
Adult Survivors: 2
Total Survivors: 19