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Kōichi enquires to the nurse of the hospital, Sanae Mizuno, about a girl who died on the night of his discharge. Whilst wondering around in thought, Kōichi stumbles upon a mysterious doll museum. There, he meets Mei, who decides to show him what is under her eyepatch. « read less

A week following Yukari's death, Kōichi has lunch with Sanae to ask her thoughts on Mei and the story of 26 years ago. Afterwards, he encounters another classmate named Ayano who he manages to save when they are nearly crushed by a falling sheet of glass. Koichi once again goes to the doll museum to see Mei, but she refuses to tell Koichi the rest of the story. As Sanae contacts Kōichi the next day over whether Mei actually exists or not, she is killed when the elevator she is riding falls down the shaft and crushes her. « read less

Through a flashback, it is shown how Mei was chosen as the student to be ignored. Mei and Kōichi's discussion continue until the arrival of Mei's mother, who is also the one who makes the dolls for the museum. They seem to have a very distant relationship which surprises Kōichi. Later, while Kōichi is on the phone with his father, the latter asks him how it feels to be back in Yomiyama after being gone for a year and a half, to which Kōichi responds he's never been there before. His father appears to think it over then claims it was a mistake and the call is cut off. Some time afterwards, Mei and Kōichi go to the library and discuss the calamity with Chibiki, who reveals he's kept records of the events over the past 26 years and shares his findings with them. « read less

Kōichi, Reiko, and a few students from Class 3-3 go to a nearby beach resort to meet with Katsumi Matsunaga. Although tense at first, they are all relieved when they successfully leave Yomiyama without any incident, convinced that the curse is ineffective outside the town. As Katsumi is busy, they go to the beach and spend an afternoon playing around in the sand and sea, even organizing a picnic. Katsumi joins them later on and chats with Reiko and then with the rest of the kids, but he still doesn't remember what clue he's left or where, though he does mention that it isn't a note. The weather acts up and a gust of wind blows the beach ball far into the water. One of the students volunteers to bring it back but drowns in the process. Shortly after, he is run over by a motor boat prompting everyone to realize that the curse is not limited to Yomiyama. Katsumi, clearly traumatized and in some sort of trance, then says that he "protected them" and that he's left "it" (presumably the clue) in the classroom. « read less

As the class goes on its trip, Kōichi and the others listen to the repaired tape, in which Katsumi explains he accidentally killed someone in a fistfight. When he couldn't find the body the next day, he discovered no one else knew of the dead one, leading him to the conclusion he had killed the "extra student", believing that is what can stop the calamity. During dinner that night, as Izumi starts blaming Mei for the deaths, a boy suffers an asthma attack. Chibiki offers to drive him to to the hospital. Later that night, Mei invites Kōichi to her room to show him the haunted Class 3-3 photo of 1972, before revealing her cousin, Misaki Fujioka, was actually her twin sister, as she herself was taken in by her aunt when her pregnancy failed. This brings up the prospect that Fujioka's death in April was the first that occured, meaning the extra student was already in the class before Kōichi arrived. Mei then explains how her doll's eye lets her see the "colour of death", which is her proof that Kōichi is not the "extra student". Before she can reveal who the extra is, Naoya bursts in, saying he may have just killed someone innocent. « read less

As more students die trying to escape from the hotel, Chibiki arrives to save Naoya and Yuya from the killer. Meanwhile Koichi comes across Tomohiko, who had been randomly killing students in order to find the extra one and starts attacking Koichi but is stopped by Izumi. Koichi returns to the house where he finds Izumi attempting to kill Mei, only for her to be hit by shattered glass caused by a lightning strike. As she passes away, she mentions Koichi about how they had met a year and a half ago. As Koichi finds Mei later on, he learns that the extra one is Ms. Mikami, aka Reiko, who was murdered a year and a half ago. Realising the memories he had forgotten, Koichi reluctantly kills Reiko himself, ending the calamity. After Koichi and Mei reflect on the memories they may soon forget, they and the other students record a new message for those who may face the calamity in the future. « read less