"Another" by Yukito Ayatsuki was a short manga series that consisted of only four volumes. Before starting this series, I'd watched the anime and completely loved the creepy vibe I got from it and everything that happened, so after watching it I thought: "why not give the manga a try?" And yes, I gave it a try and ended up loving it way more than the anime. Why? Well, keep reading and you'll see. . .

Plot: The story around this series, evolves around Kouichi Sakakibara, or aka, Sakakibara-kun, a transfer student from Tokyo that arrives at a new school on the third class on the third year, where people act a little strange. At first, he doesn't get what's the weird fuzz around him, or why the other students ignore this girl from his class called Misaki Mei. But as the story goes on, we see how Sakakibara-kun starts wondering and investigating what's wrong with his class and if Misaki Mei does exist or if she's just a figment of his imagination. The funny thing is that with Misaki's help, he manages to discover the truth behind everyone's weird conduct: the class is cursed, and things might start getting a little ugly soon.

And yes, by "a little ugly", I mean really ugly. Around the internet, I saw someone say that this series was the Japanese final destination and well, they were kind of right! One of the dead lives among them after the accident that happened 26 years ago, and thanks to him/her, death is following the class around one way or another.

What I really loved about this story was that besides the fact that it was creepy and people died now and then, the characters managed to get together and try to stop the curse that was finishing them off one by one. Also, the way everything was paced and connected was so well done by the author that not even once I got bored or felt lost as I made my way through the chapters and connected with the characters as they looked for a way to stop this beep curse!

Characters: All the characters from this series were very well done, enjoyable and hate-able. My favorites were our two main characters: Sakakibara-kun and Misaki Mei, since I liked how they both met and how they stayed together from beginning to end, trying to stop the curse and decipher which one of them was the dead one. But besides them, we also got to meet other characters that played important parts on the story. Some of these were: Tomohiko Kazami (one of the class officers, and Teshiwara's best friend), Izumi Akazawa (head of countermeasures from class 3-3), Naoya Teshiwara (you could say that this one is one of the few friends Sakakibara-kun made, also from class 3-3), Tatsuyi Chibiki (librarian and former homeroom teacher of the 3-3 class from 26 years ago), Sanae Mizuno (Sakakibara-kun's friend and nurse from the hospital he was in after having problems with his lungs), Reiko (Kouichi's aunt), Mikami Sensei and more! More? Yes, there are more, but, if you read the series, you'll meet them all, but these shall be your top-priorities. . .heh.

In the end, I really enjoyed this series even though it was short! It was a perfect mixture between creepy-stuff, mystery, suspense, horror, and even a little bit of humor! So yeah, if you guys are looking for a short and creepy read or for something that reminds you somehow of final destination, you should definitely check Sakakibara-kun's story and see if they manage to find out who the dead one between them is!