Another

Another is not just another Anime series since it is actually based on a novel of the same title by Japanese writer, Yukito Ayatsuji. It tells the story of Koichi Sakakibara who has recently transferred to a new school where he befriends a mysterious and lonely girl called Mei Misaki who wears a patch on where her left eye should be. It turns out that the class where both study, the 3-3, has for long been victim of a "calamity" that began when in 1972 a student of that class, Misaki, died horribly. This fact impressed his classmates who were not only shocked by that awful event but also by the loss itself since Misaki was truly loved by them. In a way, to keep his lost friend in their lives they began acting as though Misaki were still alive. This strange bahevior was somehow accepted and imitated by everyone else even teachers and authorities, but this was not without consequence. Soon untimely and awful events led to the unexplained deaths of other students and those who were connected to them.  The "calamity" was some sort of curse, or maladity, that had come upon the students of that school, specifically, whoever was in class 3-3 and remained there. It is also implied that one person in the school is dead and should not be walking among the living and that it is his or her presence what brings the calamity. As the story is told in 1998, the students of 3-3 believe that the "dead one" is precisely Mei Misaki.
The story is pretty good and the graphics convey the right atmosphere for this type of story that for some reason reminds me of Elfen Lied though really there isn't any connection, or at least none that is evedent to me. The music is superb though if you do not appreciate ther gothic culture it will not tell you much. There are a lot of loose ends in this story many of which have been resolved by the final chapter but not all, perhaps suggesting there will be a sequel, or who knows?, a prequel.
From one to ten this one is an eight.