Takako Sugiura

Takako Sugiura is a character from the horror anime/manga series Another, who serves as a supporting protagonist/anti-villain of "Another: The Call For Blood".

Personality
As with the rest of the Countermeasures Group, Takako is usually quite somber, as the situation she and the rest of Class 3-3 find themselves in puts a lot of stress on her. However, she doesn't let the fear of the Calamity get the better of her, and dutifully helps the Countermeasures Group protect the rest of the class. This makes her seem cold to most of her peers.

Unfortunately, the cold demeanor that Takako puts up is a fragile facade, which begins to crumble over the course of A:TCFB. Eventually, the stress of the Calamity, as well as the deaths of several classmates, causes Takako to snap, and she attempts to kill Mei Misaki due to her mistakenly believing her to be the 'extra'. However, she regains her trust in Misaki after she proves her innocence, despite some setbacks.

At the end of the story, Takako demonstrates that she has completely let go of her cold attitude, as she kisses Adam on the cheek as thanks for saving her life during the night at the inn.

Takako has demonstrated that she is also quite intelligent, as she was the only member of Class 3-3 who managed to piece together that Adam was the 'serial killer' active in Yomiyama. However, even she was caught off guard by Adam's admission of his true purpose in Yomiyama.

Equipment

 * Knife - During the night at the inn in A:TCFB, Takako obtained a knife, and tried to use it to murder Mei Misaki, but she lost the weapon to Adam, who swiftly disarmed her.

Abilities

 * Perception - Takako has demonstrated a high level of perception, especially for a girl as young as her. She showed this when she figured out that Adam was the 'serial killer' active in Yomiyama, due to the deaths happening not long after Adam would leave class.

Crimes

 * Attempted Murder

Weaknesses
Takako's most glaring weakness is her fragile mental state. Almost immediately from the start of A:TCFB, Takako is placed under a large amount of stress, due to the threat of the Calamity looming over Class 3-3, and over the course of the story, her mental state only breaks down with each tragedy the class experiences. Eventually, her mental state gets the better of her, and she snaps during the night at the inn, resulting in her attempting to murder Mei Misaki.

Accomplishments & Feats

 * Determined that Adam was the 'serial killer' active in Yomiyama.
 * Survived the Calamity of 1998.