Manabu Maejima Husbando

Manabu Maejima is a member of 9th Grade Class 3 in 1998 and a student at Yomiyama North Middle School. Manabu was one of the students who went on the class trip to the shrine, hoping to break the curse. He was present when Izumi demanded Mei apologize to the class, but like most of his peers did not weigh in on the situation. In "Makeup," when Kouichi walked towards the dining hall, Manabu grabbed his leg, begged for help, and told Kouichi of the fire in the dining room. Covered in blood, Manabu had encountered Keiko and just barely managed to escape her crazed onslaught. Kouichi helped him get to safety but was worried when the dining room exploded, afraid he might have left Manabu to die. Later in the episode, Kouichi speculates that Takako had stabbed him. However, Takako comes up at that instant, saying "It wasn't me. Probably that old crone." In "Stand By Oneself," however, he is one of the few students who gets out of the lodge, briefly shown in the rear of Chibiki's car, and survived and in the Yomiyama Hospital recovering from his stab wounds.