The Second Countermeasure

This flow traces how Koichi Sakakibara and Mei Misaki attempt to suppress the 1998 Class 3 disasters by doubling the students treated as absent.

increasingBearing stren­gth in each eventdecreasing

Uneasy Classroom Silence

A Hostile Peace The New Arrangement Koichi Sakakibara and Mei Misaki are treated as though they do not exist. Teachers and classmates refuse to acknowledge them, creating an artificial silence around the two students. Freedom and Fear The arrangement gives them unexpected freedom, but the calm is built over dread. Every ordinary school day becomes a test of whether the disasters have truly been contained.

Roofside Companionship

Solitude Shared Lunch Above School Koichi Sakakibara and Mei Misaki eat together on the roof, exchanging small personal details about cooking, art, family, and their uncertain futures. A Private World Their conversations turn enforced isolation into intimacy. The strategy separates them from the class, but it also gives them a space where their connection can develop without supervision.

Art Club Return

The Absent Artist A Room Full of Evidence Mei Misaki visits the art club room with Koichi Sakakibara. Her unfinished portrait of Kirika Misaki, with its divided face, reveals an artistic attempt to confront painful family tensions. The Club’s Unease Yuya Mochizuki must remove the younger students when Mei appears. The scene shows how the strategy distorts ordinary relationships and turns even a clubroom into contested territory.

Chibiki’s Archive

The Observer’s Evidence The Librarian’s Testimony Tatsuji Chibiki explains the history of the phenomenon, including the first casualty, the recurring deaths, and the way memories and records become altered. A Theory Without Logic His archive cannot explain how the impossible occurs. It can only establish patterns: the phenomenon behaves like a supernatural natural event, and the “Not There” Strategy sometimes reduces its reach.

The Failed Experiment

The Second Absence Fails Kubodera’s Collapse After Mr. Kubodera kills himself in front of the class, the attempt to treat both Koichi Sakakibara and Mei Misaki as absent is abandoned. The Disaster Continues The death of Mr. Kubodera and his mother proves that increasing the number of absent students has not stopped the calamities. The class loses its fragile confidence in procedural protection.

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