Let's Play Dangan Ronpa!

GIRakaCHEEZER · Aug 7, 2015

Let’s start looking for clues! (finally)

Chapter 3 Part 16:

So we're finally at the point where the game will let us look for evidence that we can use in the trial. First things first, we'll take a look at the corpses themself.

He isn't moving anymore... Ishimaru...

According to the Monobear File, Ishimaru's fatal wound was a blow to the head.

Where his corpse was first discovered, the physics prep room... maybe the Justice Hammer no. 4 that was in there is the fatal weapon...

Even so, a vinyl sheet is laid out underneath Ishimaru's corpse...

Perhaps, when it came time to move Ishimaru's corpse, that's what the culprit used...

So that when they moved it, they wouldn't leave any traces of blood...

You recorded the Vinyl Sheet in your ID card. You can check it from the Dispute Bullets menu.

Yamada's huge body, which has gone cold... is lying down on the floor...

Nevertheless... he really has a large build.

How in the world did the culprit move Yamada... with him being this big?

Naegi is really just extremely jealous of how massive Yamada is here. All those gains.

I mean, from the 1st floor infirmary where we first discovered his corpse, all the way to this art warehouse on the 3rd floor is...

To move this huge body from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor... moreover, doing so without being noticed by us is...

How in the world did they...

Naegi Makoto:

............

...it's no good, I can't think of anything.

For now, I'll think about this matter later, and I'll go ahead and finish the examination of Yamada's corpse...

Certainly, Yamada's fatal wound was also a blow to the head.

And of course, he was done in with the Justice Hammer no. 3 that was dropped in the infirmary, right, but...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh, wait...?

This corpse... something's strange about it...

What is it, this out of place feeling...?

Something's... different...

In comparison to the corpse I saw in the infirmary, something's different about Yamada's corpse here...

...right, it's the glasses!

The glasses on the corpse in the infirmary were surely dirtied with blood, and yet...

...the glasses have become clean.

Does that mean someone... wiped Yamada's glasses clean?

But, who... and why...?

You recorded "Yamada's Glasses" in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

There's a few other things we can check in this room as well, such as...

On the wall hangs hammers of various sizes. But... a number of them are missing...

Missing......?

Perhaps, the Justice Hammers were made from these hammers...

It's really no mystery where those hammers came from.

At any rate, all of the hammers here look like they're quite used...

Fragments of stone and powder are sticking to them here and there.

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Somehow... only this hammer is wet, and it isn't dirty, but...

Does that mean someone washed this hammer with some water?

You recorded the Washed Hammer in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

It's the type of cart without a handle...

I've seen them in art rooms before. It was used to move sculptures or something...

It wasn't easy to use, but if you bent your hips and lowered your posture, the thing itself seemed to move without problem.

Huh...? But, this cart...

When we found Ishimaru's corpse in the physics prep room, isn't it that cart that was there?

It's really really tiny in this picture due to the bad angle, but that small flat blue-ish thing on the right is supposed to be the cart. One of the consequences of the game using flat images for most of the objects, I guess.

Moreover, this cart's tires...

Blood is stuck to it.

A cart that was moved from the physics prep room to the art warehouse... and with bloodstains on its tires...

Does this have any meaning...?

You recorded the Cart in the Art Warehouse to your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Those are all the objects of interest in this room. But we still have people to talk to here, maybe we'll even get some testimonies!

Asahina Aoi:

Umm, Naegi. To be honest, there's something I'm a little curious about.

It's related to this art warehouse, but...

Naegi Makoto:

...is something up with this art warehouse?

Asahina Aoi:

After Yamada and Ishimaru's corpses disappeared, everyone split up and searched for them, right?

I was scared, so I was together with Sakura, but...

At that time, right in the beginning we came to investigate this art room.

But, at that time the art warehouse was locked, and we couldn't get inside...

Naegi Makoto:

...it was locked?

Naegi must have trouble remembering that we also saw that the door was locked then.

Asahina Aoi:

We came here right after the search had started so, no one else should've beaten us here, but...

If so, then who locked it, right? And furthermore, it's also unlocked right now...

Naegi Makoto:

That's certainly... curious...

The lock was locked right after the search for the corpses started, but it's unlocked right now...

It seems like there's some secret there, but...

To know that as well, it might be best if we tried leaving this room...

We'll be looking at that door a little later. But for now, let's talk to Oogami.

Oogami Sakura:

In this incident, many things happened. Or should I say... too many things happened.

...this means recalling it but, it might be good to try looking back on the incident.

Shall I help you out with that...?

-Yes
-No

Sure, why not. I could use a refresher.

>Yes

Naegi Makoto:

...right, then let's try looking back on it together.

Oogami Sakura:

This morning, Kirigiri, Asahina, you, and myself, just us 4, were gathered in the cafeteria.

No matter how long we waited the others wouldn't come so, we decided to start a search for them.

The time that search started at was around 8 a.m...

Naegi Makoto:

There, from right after we split up, Kirigiri went missing...

Oogami Sakura:

After that, Asahina discovered Celes in the 3rd floor rec room, and gathered you and I in a panic.

Naegi Makoto:

According to Celes' story, she had been passed out for about 1 hour from when she was attacked by the questionable person.

In other words, she was attacked around 1 hour before she was discovered by us...

...which would be after 7 a.m.

Oogami Sakura:

Some time during that period, from the photo Celes took, we knew that that questionable person was cosplaying.

It was... the Justice Robo...

Furthermore, we even ascertained that Yamada was in fact taken away by this Justice Robo.

Oogami Sakura:

After joining with Fukawa and Togami after starting the search for the questionable person...

In the 2nd floor library room, we discovered the injured Yamada.

We took the wounded Yamada to the 1st floor infirmary, and then once again, we resumed the search for the questionable person.

And then, right after we left the infirmary...

Celes:

…!?

Togami Byakuya:

…what’s wrong?

Celes:

A shadow… a shadow moved up on that staircase!

Naegi Makoto:

Based on what Celes witnessed, we went to the 2nd floor, and from there we split up and searched.

And then, right after that...

Oogami Sakura:

Celes let out a yell. This time she found the questionable person on the 3rd floor.

Hearing her yell, we also immediately went towards the 3rd floor.

Asahina Aoi:

Celes, what happened!?

Togami Byakuya:

For you, that was an awfully exaggerated yell…

Celes:

I found him… that cosplaying questionable person…

Once I yelled out, he ran away.

Facing me with my back turned to the stairwell, he turned down the hallway on the left.

Oogami Sakura:

And then, right after that... next was...

???:

Gyaaaaaaa!!

Naegi Makoto:

...huh!?

Asahina Aoi:

W-what…!?

Celes:

I heard it coming from the floor below. Which means, that scream right now was…!

Naegi Makoto:

Yamada’s… from the infirmary…?

This is bad! Let’s hurry and go back!!

Naegi Makoto:

There, we split up into 2 groups.

Celes, Asahina, and myself returned to the first floor infirmary...

And you, Togami, and Fukawa pursued the questionable person on the 3rd floor, right.

And then, when I returned to the infirmary...

Naegi Makoto:

I discovered Yamada's corpse.

There I heard... the corpse discovery announcement being broadcast.

Naegi Makoto:

To report that, leaving Celes and Asahina behind, I once again returned to the 3rd floor.

Oogami Sakura:

But, at the time... at the 3rd floor's physics prep room, we had just discovered Ishimaru's corpse.

The discovery of Yamada's and Ishimaru's corpses were almost at the same time...

Because for me as well, right after we discovered Ishimaru's corpse, I heard the broadcast of that announcement.

This here is new information. But I guess you could've figured that out on your own, since we had seen that Togami and Oogami and Fukawa had just discovered Ishimaru.

Naegi Makoto:

There, I told you and Togami that Yamada was killed, right?

With that, Togami, you, and myself went to head back to the infirmary together.

Leaving Fukawa behind, who had fainted...

But, right after we got out of the physics room...

From Celes, who came late, we heard a surprising story.

Celes:

Yamada's corpse has disappeared!

Naegi Makoto:

After returning to the infirmary in a hurry, Yamada's corpse was no longer there...

Oogami Sakura:

Right after that, we remembered that we left Fukawa, who had fainted, behind, so we once again returned to the physics prep room, but...

Togami Byakuya:

By no means... is this...?

Oogami Sakura:

Did we... see a dream or something?

Naegi Makoto:

This time, Ishimaru's corpse had also disappeared...

Panicked, we set about searching for those 2's corpses that had disappeared.

And then, a short time later...

Oogami Sakura:

We heard that Celes discovered the corpses, so we headed towards the art warehouse...

Naegi Makoto:

There, we "rediscovered" the 2 corpses that had disappeared...

...it was a flow of events like that.

Oogami Sakura:

After trying to look back on it like this, really, too many things happened...

If you want to look back on the incident again then tell me. I'll help you out always...

Oh god she isn't kidding. I tried talking to her again, and she'll go over the ENTIRE thing if you ask her to. It was bad enough once, I think I'm just going to move on now.

Naegi Makoto:

...Togami. As I thought, I wonder if the culprit is Hagakure?

Togami Byakuya:

...it's probably unthinkable that it's anyone else.

For when the series of events of the murders and the vanishing of the corpses occurred, all of us here have an alibi.

And then, we even have the words Yamada left us in his death...

Naegi Makoto:

It was... Ya-su-hi-ro, right?

Togami Byakuya:

...so when it comes to it, it's unthinkable that the culprit would be anyone other than Hagakure.

Naegi Makoto:

But, even if we take Hagakure to be the culprit...

Why would he hide his face with that strange costume, I wonder?

Togami Byakuya:

Whichever costume is was, wasn't it that he thought if he hid his form he wouldn't be exposed?

...because he's a decadent idiot.

He’s certainly an idiot, but...

Naegi literally just calls Hagakure an idiot here. That's not very nice.

...is it alright to settle it with that kind of reason?

I feel like... there's probably a big clue there, though...

Togami Byakuya:

Is that is? Is that the only thing you're curious about?

Naegi Makoto:

No, there's also other things... I'm curious about...

...like why the culprit hid the corpses.

Togami Byakuya:

If the corpses weren't discovered then we wouldn't even be able to investigate... thinking that, he hid them.

Naegi Makoto:

But, they were unexpectedly easy to find, right?

Togami Byakuya:

For that too... there's no other justification than the culprit's stupidity, right...

Naegi Makoto:

Are you really... okay with that, I wonder...?

Togami Byakuya:

............

Naegi Makoto:

And, the one other thing I'm curious about is...

Why did the culprit kill as many as 2 people.

Togami Byakuya:

...what?

Naegi Makoto:

Because, with these campus lifestyle rules, if you commit a murder and get away with it, then you can graduate, right?

If that's so, then I think that for the culprit, having others not perceive your crime would be the number one thing you're thinking about.

And to commit 2 murders is... with just that the number of clues would increase, and yet...

I think Togami was just not really thinking about the case up to this point, given his reaction.

Togami Byakuya:

Wait. Then perhaps...

Is that so... it's like that...

Naegi Makoto:

W-what's the matter...?

Togami Byakuya:

............

Don't speak to me so familiarly...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh, what's this all of the sudden?

Togami Byakuya:

But, I'll say thanks.

Thanks to you, this seems like it will be fun.

Leaving me with just that, Togami left the art warehouse...

Naegi Makoto:

He was talking like... he knew something, but...

If that's so then it would have been nice if he told me, yet...

But Togami just isn't a very nice guy. At least he's having fun with this, though.

We're done with (almost) everything in this room, so we'll get out of here and explore some other places. But when we go to leave, this happens:

There's 1 exit in this room...

Asahina was saying that the door was locked...

Certainly it looks like this door locks but, it looks like only the warehouse's side of it is lockable.

No matter how you look at it, it seems it can't be locked from the art room's side...

Naegi Makoto:

Hmm...

A lock that can only be opened from the art warehouse's side... it's a bit on my mind...

Asahina and Oogami confirmed that the door was locked in the search after the corpses had disappeared.

And Naegi did too, despite his refusal to acknowledge it.

And furthermore, the construction of this door's lock being that you can only lock it from the art warehouse's side...

In other words... it's like this...

When Asahina came here to investigate, someone was in the warehouse here and had locked the door, but...

After that, that person unlocked the door, making it so that you could enter here.

Moreover, according to what Asahina was saying, it's likely impossible that anyone else beat her to here, so...

If we assume that, then that someone is...

You recorded the Art Room Warehouse's Door in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Naegi Makoto:

Umm... so the clues of this crime scene are like this...

Then, I need to also investigate the other areas...

The other places I should investigate... from what I can think of, they're...

First, the infirmary where Yamada's corpse was found, and then the physics prep room where Ishimaru was found... right.

So now we get to go to the other areas. First, we'll visit the physics prep room, since we're already on the 3rd floor.

There's not actually all that much to look at here. Also, I would be checking the hammers, but Naegi seems rather uninterested in them, and they aren't used as Dispute Bullets for some reason.

Wheel-like tracks stretch out from the pool of blood in the center of the room...

Speaking of that, the tires of that dolly that was in the art warehouse...

Right... those tires had blood stains stuck to them.

Perhaps, the bloodstains on those tires are...

From this bloodstain...?

Naegi Makoto:

Assuming that's the case, then using that dolly, Ishimaru's corpse might have been moved from this physics prep room to the art warehouse...

Both of them are rooms on the 3rd floor, so it would have been possible to have used the dolly for the transport.

You recorded the Blood Stain in the Physics Prep Room in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

But, even if Ishimaru's corpse was moved with the dolly...

Then, for the transport of Yamada's corpse, how did they do it?

Yamada's corpse was in the 1st floor's infirmary.

Even using the dolly, it would be impossible to move him from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor...

Naegi Makoto:

It's a mystery...

Maybe whoever moved him was just really strong. Or a robot.

Huh, this kind of vinyl sheet...

I've seen it somewhere. Moreover, quite recently...

Monobear Medal Get!

So yeah that's probably the vinyl sheet that Ishimaru was on, but we don't get to use it as a Dispute Bullet. Anyways Genocider is hanging out in here, so let's see what she's up to.

Genocider Syo:

Even while the culprit was diligently moving the corpse, I was having a sleepy-sleep here!

It's too bad, for me to miss such an "ultimate rare scene"!

If she hadn't missed it, this case would be even easier to solve.

Looks like we're done in the physics prep room, so next we'll go to where Yamada's corpse was discovered: the 1st floor's infirmary.

Not too many things in here either, but we'll take what we can get for now.

It's a refrigerator... are there any drinks inside, I wonder?

Thanks to being under pressure I also feel thirsty, so why don't I try taking a little look inside...

Naegi Makoto:

............

Only a large amount of blood for blood transfusions is stored here.

I'm not a vampire so, this won't heal my thirst...

Monobear Medal Get!

I guess Naegi's thirsty, but not THAT thirsty.

Naegi Makoto:

Celes, what kind of investigating are you doing?

Celes:

I wouldn't go as far as to call it "investigating".

"Isn't Hagakure hiding somewhere?" I thought, so I'm just searching high and low for him.

The ultimate game of hide and seek. So far, Hagakure's winning, it seems.

But with you saying that, what manner of investigation are you doing?

Naegi Makoto:

Hmm, I'm searching various places, but...

What's got my curiosity in particular is the method by which Yamada's corpse was moved...

Celes:

The method by which Yamada's corpse was moved... huh...

Naegi Makoto:

When Yamada's corpse disappeared, you were staying put here in the infirmary, right?

Celes:

Asahina seemed like she was feeling unwell, so I chaperoned her and waited here.

But, she seemed to be feeling too unwell, so I took her to the toilet.

Was she going to toss her donuts or something? Did she throw up??

Naegi Makoto:

And there... when you came back, the corpse was gone...?

Celes:

But, we took our eyes off of it for just 1 minute, approximately.

Certainly, that's also the same as what Asahina was saying. Which means...

Naegi Makoto:

During that 1 minute, the culprit carried out Yamada's corpse...?

Celes:

That's how it would be, yes.

To carry out Yamada's huge body in only a minute is...

More and more, I can only think it'd be impossible.

I'm not sure how much Yamada weighs, but I'm sure if you were determined enough, you could get him out of there pretty quickly.

You recorded Celes' testimony in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Only one more thing to check in this room, and that's...

It looks like a normal garbage can, but...

Huh...? Something's dropped inside of it.

Naegi's just rooting through the garbage, like he normally does.

For a handkerchief it's small, so this is a glasses cloth...

It looks like it has some character on it, though...

That aside, this is...! It's thick with blood...!

Celes:

...did you find something?

Naegi Makoto:

Yeah, in the garbage can there was a glasses cloth, but...

Celes:

A glasses cloth...?

Naegi Makoto:

And moreover, it was even stained with blood.

Certainly, with this glasses wipe, someone wiped up some blood, but...

Who would have wiped up blood with a glasses cloth, and why?

Celes:

I really don't have the slightest idea...

I certainly don't have the slightest idea either... but... I'm curious about something...

You record the Character goods Glasses Cloth in your ID Card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

We're done in here now, and I'm not really sure where we're supposed to go next, but I know it's not here. Knowing that, Naegi goes to leave, but someone's waiting outside for him...

Togami Byakuya:

Naegi, so you were here. I've been looking for you...

Naegi Makoto:

You've been looking for me...?

Togami Byakuya:

Thinking that I'd give you thanks for before...

I'm reluctant to say it, but thanks to you this game has become interesting.

Togami's not very good at this whole saying "thank you" thing.

Naegi Makoto:

U-ummm...

Togami Byakuya:

Try going to Hagakure's room.

And, I'll also give this to you.

"Meet in the cafeteria!"

Naegi Makoto:

This is the memo Hagakure wrote and used to gather all of us, right...?

Togami Byakuya:

You have a good memory...

Naegi Makoto:

It was considerably well written, so... it left an impression on me.

It touched his soul.

Togami Byakuya:

But, with this it's clear.

...this is a ruse.

Naegi Makoto:

Which is...?

Togami Byakuya:

Hehe... it's gotten more and more interesting...

Naegi Makoto:

Um... what do you mean...?

Togami Byakuya:

I've already repaid you. I don't have any obligation to tell you more than this.

See you around...

You recorded the Message Written by Hagakure Himself in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Umm... he was saying to try going to Hagakure's room, but...

Is something... there...?

I guess we'll find out next time, since we've hit the image limit for this part. Next time, we'll see what's in that room.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Aug 14, 2015

Let’s see what’s in that room!

Chapter 3 Part 17:

So we just finished talking to Togami outside of the infirmary, and he told us that we should check out Hagakure's room. It's not a far walk to the dormitories from here, so we get there pretty quickly.

It's unlocked...!?

It looks like... I can go inside...

Togami also said that I should try going here... sorry but, I'm going to take a look inside.

So this is Hagakure's room, huh... there's some strange items gathered here in a row, but...

Where did he get them from...

Moreover, as usual, he still isn't showing himself...

Even if I search his room just on my own, he can't complain... right...?

And now we get to snoop around his room. There's not much to actually look at in his room, unfortunately, but first, maybe Naegi needs a bathroom break.

I quietly tried checking the inside of the bathroom...

Naegi Makoto:

............

It looks like nothing's here... however, it's filthy...

How can a bathroom get this dirty?

I guess this bathroom isn't up to Naegi's standards. Anyways, the only other thing of interest here is those boxes in the middle of the room, so let's take a look at those.

These cardboard boxes... it looks like something's inside them.

This is... some kind of blue print? Moreover...

Plaster and plastic... parts made from cardboard paper...?

Naegi Makoto:

Perhaps, is this for the Justice Robo?

For this to be in Hagakure's room is...!

No wait... but...

These blueprints...

Somehow... they're curious...

Naegi Makoto:

Hmmm......

You recorded the Justice Robo Blueprints in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

That's all that we can look at in here, so time to leave. Where we're going next, I'm not sure, but it doesn't really matter because...

Asahina Aoi:

Ah, Naegi! It's terrible, just terrible!!

Naegi Makoto:

...what's wrong?

Asahina Aoi:

We found Kirigiri!!

Naegi Makoto:

Huh!? Kirigiri!?

I-is she safe? Where is she?

Asahina Aoi:

...or rather, what's terrible isn't just that...

Even the Justice Robo is here!!

Naegi Makoto:

...Justice Robo!?

Asahina Aoi:

...the costume that Hagakure was wearing!!

...anyways come to the 2nd floor's pool! As soon as possible, please!!

No way, to find Hagakure and Kirigiri all at once with this timing is...

Naegi Makoto:

Anyways let's go! To the 2nd floor's pool!

I'm not sure why Naegi felt he had to vocalize this, since no one is around to hear him.

I ran to the 2nd floor's pool.

Looks like everyone's by the pool locker. And Kirigiri's there too! Let's see what's going on over there.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

Oh man Kirigiri have I missed you and your moments of silence, which are ever so easy to translate.

Naegi Makoto:

Kirigiri! And also!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Huff, have I had a terrible time, yeah.

Naegi Makoto:

............

You're Hagakure... right...?

We found the Justice Robo! And Kirigiri is there too, but first let's see how everyone else is doing.

Celes:

There's no doubt about it... that's the questionable person who attacked me...!

So this is *the* Justice Robo, it seems.

Togami Byakuya:

That humorous costume is amazing... for the details, you should ask Kirigiri or someone.

Togami is hinting to us here how to progress the story, but we have other people to talk to first.

Asahina Aoi:

See, the Justice Robo is here, right? Kirigiri was the one who found him.

Naegi Makoto:

Umm, you're Hagakure... right?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

A ha ha! No matter how you look at it, it's me, yeah?

Naegi Makoto:

No... I can't see it...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Oh? What, this appearance!?

...wha! While I was sleeping I was remodeled...? By an evil secret society...!!

Naegi Makoto:

............

For all we know, these kids being stuck here is also the work of an evil secret society.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I found Hagakure...

He was fit snugly inside the poolside locker over there.

He looked like he was sound asleep, so I kicked him hard and woke him up...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

To kick someone hard is mean!

Thank you for that educational message, Justice Robo. I think we’ve all learned something today.

I wish you would've waked me more gently, yeah. Like patting me with a "tap-tap", maybe!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...that's gross.

Note: Hagakure used the word "さする" here, which means “to tap”, but can also mean "to stroke", which can give some different connotations here.

Naegi Makoto:

At any rate... Kirigiri, what were you doing up until now?

You were suddenly gone, and stayed like that...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I had a little... something to investigate...

Naegi Makoto:

Something to investigate...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It's nothing...

Naegi Makoto:

But it's not nothing...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It's-noth-ing.

I guess we'll just have to take her word for it, for now.

More than that...

More than that... Kirigiri, don't you get it?

That you yourself was suspected of being the mastermind's mole...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

First, why don't we get Hagakure to explain to us the circumstances. The circumstances of him wearing that outfit, that is...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No... that's... even I don't really know.

Before I knew it I was sleeping, I woke up, and now I'm here...

Togami Byakuya:

...whatever, but do something about that outfit. Even just talking with you is painful.

Talking to cosplayers is below Togami, obviously.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That's...

...I don't know why, but it won't come off! Won't someone help me out here?

Celes:

I wish you wouldn't make things that you can't take off by yourself.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I didn't make this, I'm saying!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...somehow, it looks like he can't take it off due to the clasp on his back.

It looks like a clasp that's fairly tight...

There's nothing you can do about it, so we'll help you out.

With everyone there working together, we were able to get off Hagakure's costume...

Dismantling him from the parts, a few minutes later he was finally...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Aahh, I'm finally free, yeah!

Asahina Aoi:

Rather, it's surprising how well this was made to fit Hagakure's figure, right?

Celes:

On the contrary, I'd say that it'd be impossible for anyone other than Hagakure to wear this cosplay...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

What, what...? Wait a second...!

Celes:

Even if you play dumb, it's useless. The blueprints were even in your room.

In other words, it's clear that you made this costume.

Togami Byakuya:

If it's those blueprints, then I've also seen them...

Naegi Makoto:

I also... saw them, though...

Asahina Aoi:

Then, as we thought... the one who was wearing that costume and attack everyone one by one was...

Hagakure!!

Celes:

Shall we tie him up, then?

Asahina Aoi:

Right... so that there aren't more victims...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

T-tie me up, you say...!

Naegi Makoto:

W-wait... everyone... isn't that a bit overkill...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Having said he's a suspect, we should give him somewhat of a chance.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Or rather, in the first place...

People being attacked... and blueprints... what are you talking about? I don't really get it...

Hagakure seems to be a bit out of the loop here, which fits his character, oddly enough.

Asahina Aoi:

Your excuses are no good...

It's already decided. You're the culprit.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

What? What's this about the culprit? I don't know! Certainly my appearance was the work of someone, yeah!!

Asahina Aoi:

Because, this costume can't be put on by anyone but Hagakure.

And if that's the case, then it's unthinkable that the questionable person's true form is anyone but you!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

You don't know whether or not you can't put it on without trying it out, yeah!

Asahina Aoi:

Alright! If you'll go as far as to say that then shall I try it out!?

Finished speaking or not, Asahina excitedly began to put on the Justice Robo parts...

Asahina Aoi:

Aaah, look! It's too big!!

Or rather, this is...

The field of view is too terrible! I can't see under my feet at all! And I was walking around quite a bit wearing this...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That's why... it's not... me...

Asahina Aoi:

Moreover, this is...

My waist won't bend at all!? Isn't this design clearly a miss!?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Calling the design a miss is mean!

Celes:

...oh?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No, right now I was just being enthusiastic, there's no way I designed that...

Hagakure doesn't really strike me as the "designing-type", to be honest, so I'd be surprised if he designed anything like this.

Asahina Aoi:

Either way, with this you get it, right?

As I thought, the only one who can wear this costume is Hagakure!!

While saying that, Asahina sullenly removed the costume.

Asahina Aoi:

...well? You can't make any more excuses...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No... right now it was a girl who tried it on, so... i-if a boy wore it, then...

Togami Byakuya:

Naegi, give it a try.

I'm not sure why they make Naegi try it on here, since he's the shortest and smallest of the boys.

Naegi Makoto:

U-understood...

I reluctantly tried to put on the parts that had fallen there, but...

Naegi Makoto:

It's no good. It doesn't match the length of my arms. I can't put it on...

Asahina Aoi:

See, as I thought, it's impossible!!

Celes:

That's how it is. Because it appears that it was made to fit Hagakure's body...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

There's another costume... that's like this... wouldn't the guy wearing that costume... be your guys' culprit...

Celes:

If you're going to claim that, then I'd like it if you properly showed some evidence.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Evidence...?

Celes:

If you're going to say there's another costume, then you need to find that and present it.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

W-what's that...!

Hagakure is having trouble with the concept of clearing his name, it seems.

Asahina Aoi:

Either way, the only one without an alibi for when the series of incidents occurred is Hagakure...

So, obviously the culprit is Hagakure!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

O-or rather... really, what is this...? I don't even have a clue about what's...

Won't someone... explain it to me a bit...?

You recorded the Justice Robo Costume in your ID Card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

We get a break from the main progression here (Hagakure progresses the storyline next), so let's talk to Celes again.

Celes:

Indeed, Hagakure and Kirigiri appearing together was surprising...

Even so, where was Kirigiri up until now, right?

Naegi Makoto:

T-that's... I don't know, but...

Celes:

As I thought... she might be one of the master mind's people. Otherwise, it wouldn't adequately explain her suspicious behavior...

Naegi Makoto:

B-but...

Celes:

Surprisingly, you'll stick up for her, right?

Naegi Makoto:

Because... Kirigiri has helped me out a lot up until now...

Celes:

...that would be the mastermind's aim. Doing that, she'll make you believe her.

Naegi Makoto:

............

You certainly can't argue with that logic. Kirigiri has been acting very suspicious recently. And Naegi's last love interest tried to *frame him for murder*, so this might not end well for him...

Togami Byakuya:

...hmph, it's more and more conclusive. That this is a trap...

But he won't tell us "what" is a trap, not yet at least.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

............

It looks like... she's pondering something.

Even if I called out to her, I get the feeling that she wouldn't reply...

Asahina Aoi:

Even if you make excuses, it's pointless... it's decided, that Hagakure's the culprit...!

Asahina is really really set on it being Hagakure. It's almost suspicious, really.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

U-umm... if you don't properly explain it to me... I won't get it at all...

Um, going from the flow here, it looks like someone's been killed, but...

Hey, Naegi... who's been... killed...?

Naegi Makoto:

T-that's...

Ishimaru and Yamada were...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Huh!? Both of them!?

Asahina Aoi:

Even though you killed them yourself...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It's not me!!

...no, wait. If the ones killed are those 2 then...!

...right! I know who the culprit is, yeah!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...then for the time being, could I get you to tell us?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ishimaru and Yamada were competing for Alter Ego, right!?

In other words! The culprit is Alter Ego, a.k.a. Fujisaki, yeah!!

Hagakure is really not making it any easier for himself here. He could at least pick someone who's still alive to blame it on.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I see... that's too bad...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

T-too bad...!?

Asahina Aoi:

It's useless to try to deceive us so... admit it, you did it, right?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

B-but I'm saying... you're really wrong, so...!

Ah, right! That memo, yeah!!

Naegi Makoto:

That memo...?

We're out of time for this part. Next time, we'll hear more about "that memo".

GIRakaCHEEZER · Aug 19, 2015

Let’s hear more about “that memo”!

Chapter 3 Part 18:

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Last night, a strange memo was caught in my room's door...

There, this was written.

I found a hole that seems like a way out. You can see the outside. We might be able to get out of here.

It would be bad if we got caught by Monobear so, everyone should secretly meet in the rec room at 1 in the middle of the night... it said.

But, just when I went to the rec room, as was specified in the memo... somehow... I fell asleep...

Surely by the culprit's hands, I was made to smell some medicine or something, yeah...!

The old "does this rag smell funny?" trick. A classic.

Asahina Aoi:

...there's no way that happened.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

No, it's not an impossible story. In the infirmary, there was also some medicine that looked like it could stand in for sleep medication...

Asahina Aoi:

Huh... really...?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

As I thought... I was set up...

The secret passage... being able to see the outside... with those words... somebody tricked me, yeah...!

Asahina Aoi:

Even if that's so, you were caught perfectly, like a fish...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Being locked up just here for so long, even if you know it's a lie you'd want to check it out, right?

Oh jeez! I was tricked! They used my feelings of wanting to go outside against me, yeah!!

Asahina Aoi:

Somehow... it smells like a lie...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It's not a lie!!

Asahina Aoi:

Then... show us that memo...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Aah, I'll show you it, yeah! Certainly, in my pocket it's...

............

It's gone... it seems...

Things are just not going well for Hagakure today, are they?

Asahina Aoi:

Right right...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

B-believe me, please! I beg you! Really, I wouldn't murder anyone!!

Celes:

I said it before but, if you want us to believe you, then would you be able to present us with that memo?

We don't care what you're trying to claim, but you want us to believe you, then show us a reason.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Uuu... what is this...!

You recorded Hagakure's Testimony in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Togami Byakuya:

...well then, the investigation should resume soon. We don't have much time until the school trial...

Asahina Aoi:

We don't have to do an investigation or anything... it's already obvious who it is...

Why... did you kill Yamada and Ishimaru...? Answer me... Hagakure...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No... that's...

Asahina Aoi:

As Monobear was saying... was it for money...?

Right... you seem like you'd have money troubles, Hagakure...

At the rates he charges for fortune-telling, I'd have a hard time believing that's the case.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Hey... those are false accusations! Someone, help me!!

Asahina Aoi:

You should just be thankful we didn't tie you up!!

Togami Byakuya:

...if you have the time to cry, then wouldn't it be best if you made haste for that thing you should search for?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...ah! That's right! I need to hurry and look for the memo and costume!!

Time to run, yeah! In a dash!!

Asahina Aoi:

I also... need to return to guarding the crime scene...

I asked Fukawa... or rather, Genocider to sub in for me, but...

If she got in a fight with Sakura, it'd be a disaster, so...

See ya...

Like this, everyone had broken up, but...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Naegi, do you have a minute?

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I want your help with the investigation.

Because it looks like I've gotten a late start. I need to hurry and get up to speed...

Naegi Makoto:

............

I don't mind helping you out, but... if it's that, then could you promise me something?

After, could you tell me the reason why you disappeared...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I refuse.

Straight to the point, this girl. I guess there isn't much time for messing around right now though, not with the school trial being imminent.

To have an immediate reply with the current flow of events is...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Anyways, I would like it if you helped me. You don't mind, right?

Naegi Makoto:

...r-right.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

You're a big help. Then, let's go...

And then we leave the pool area, arriving in the 2nd floor school area hallway.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Hey, Naegi. First, I'd like to try seeing the corpses.

"I want to see the corpses"... I wouldn't think those were the words of a girl in the same generation as me...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Corpses don't lie. They tell the facts more than the living...

...right?

Naegi Makoto:

Even if I say that's right...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...anyways, let's hurry. If we don't, the school trial will start.

Naegi Makoto:

Y-yeah... I got it...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Well now, take me to where the corpses are...

Where the corpses are... that's the art room warehouse...

Then... for now, I guess I'll hurry there...

So looks like we're going to give the corpses another once over. It's also the only thing we're allowed to do, since Naegi refuses to go anywhere else but the art room warehouse at this point in the game.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Yamada... Ishimaru...

I had a hunch that for just a moment, Kirigiri's face was stiffened.

But, that also was just in a moment...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...shall we begin?

Upon lowering herself to Ishimaru's side, without any hesitation she was touching the corpse with her hands...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It's just as the Monobear File said... both of them were killed with similar weapons...

That work was too natural... it's too bland, even...

I no longer... have even a feeling of discomfort...

I guess Naegi's starting to get used to solving murders. But now that we're here again, let's see what Asahina has to say about our investigating here.

Asahina Aoi:

Isn't Kirigiri afraid of... examining them like that...?

I'd talk to Oogami here again, but she'll just ask us if we want to re-cap the incident again, and I really don't want to go through all that. So let's just talk to Kirigiri some more.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Naegi, I found something immediately...

Naegi Makoto:

You found something...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Did you know that Ishimaru was wearing a wrist watch on his left arm?

Naegi Makoto:

He was...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Have you been neglecting to observe people, I wonder? Or do you hate people?

Naegi Makoto:

No, I wouldn't say that, but...

...so, what's up with that wrist watch?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Take a look...

It's broken. The watch's hand isn't moving, right?

I wonder if perhaps, it was broken when he was in a dispute with "someone"...

Moreover, it's stopped with the hand pointing at just after 6...

Naegi Makoto:

In other words, this watch was... broken after 6...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

However, it's likely that Ishimaru's wrist watch wasn't broken at that point of time last night...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Hey, you guys! How long you gonna make us wait!!

While checking his wristwatch, Ishimaru shouted in a seemingly irritated voice.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Soon it’ll be 10pm! That’s when good kids go to sleep!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It not being broken at that point in time last night means that this watch wasn't broken at 6 o'clock in the evening last night...

Naegi Makoto:

...which would make it at 6 o'clock this morning.

You recorded the Broken Wrist Watch in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That isn't the only thing that I was curious about. Look at Ishimaru's left hand...

It looks like he's holding something...

Naegi Makoto:

You're right! You can see something white... what is this...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Naegi, try taking it.

Naegi Makoto:

...me!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The corpse has begun going into rigor mortis... this kind of physical labor is a man's job, right?

Naegi's has to help out somehow. He shouldn't just stand here and watch as Kirigiri does all the work.

Naegi Makoto:

R-right...

I reluctantly... took Ishimaru's chilled hand.

From that cold that was like ice, it seemed like my heart was going to stop, involuntarily...

And then, from inside his stiffly gripped hand, I finally took out "that".

Naegi Makoto:

A scrap of... paper...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That's all that was... in his hand?

Naegi Makoto:

Yeah, just this...

Just this scrap... doesn't seem like it'll be a clue, does it?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I wonder about that...?

While saying that, this time Kirigiri turned around to Yamada's corpse.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Next, let's try examining Yamada's corpse. There might be some other clues remaining here.

You recorded the "Scrap of Paper that Ishimaru was Holding" in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

We get control here again, but there's nothing else to do in this room besides talk to Kirigiri some more.

Naegi Makoto:

...well? Does it seem like you'll figure out something?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Yeah... it looks like the results were more than I thought.

Look at this...

Naegi Makoto:

A balled up... piece of paper?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Yamada was keeping this in secret...

Naegi Makoto:

Keeping it in secret...?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Because it was in his underwear? It's only thinkable that he was hiding it, right?

Naegi Makoto:

In his underwear... no way, did you use your hands!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It's only underwear. It's not like I put my hands in his socks...

I don't get... that standard...

Socks are disgusting. This is a fact.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

More than that, let's hurry with checking that paper. Naegi, try unrolling it...

Thinking that it was inside Yamada's underwear... somehow... how do I say it...

If this is futile, then I might not be able to forgive Yamada...!

Naegi Makoto:

...a written memo!?

"I found a hole that seems like a way out. You can see the outside. We might be able to get out of here..."

"It would be bad if we got caught by Monobear so, everyone should secretly meet in the physics prep room at 6 o'clock, early in the morning"

Kirigiri Kyouko:

What's written there... I feel like I've heard it somewhere before...

Naegi Makoto:

Right! It's the same as what Hagakure was saying!

Then, what Hagakure was saying was true!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

But, they're not entirely the same...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Last night, a strange memo was caught in my room's door...

There, this was written.

I found a hole that seems like a way out. You can see the outside. We might be able to get out of here.

It would be bad if we got caught by Monobear so, everyone should secretly meet in the rec room at 1 o'clock, in the middle of the night... it said.

Naegi Makoto:

The times are... different...

According to Hagakure's story, he was summoned for "1 o'clock, in the middle of the night", but...

But in this memo Yamada received, the memo summons him for "6 o'clock, early in the morning".

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Wait. Just because Yamada was holding on to this, it doesn't necessarily mean it was his.

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

What if someone else shoved it down his pants?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That memo... isn't a part of the right edge torn off? There should be some important meaning there.

There's important meaning in... the torn off part of this memo?

Naegi Makoto:

Umm, Kirigiri... won't you tell me me just a bit more in detail what you mean?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Try really thinking about it...

In the first place, why was he gripping that scrap of paper so carefully, I wonder?

Naegi Makoto:

I... don't know, but...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Then what if when he gripped it, it wasn't a scrap but something more important?

How would he have done it, if that important item became a scrap of paper... the answer is hidden in there.

You record the "Memo Yamada was Carrying" in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

And, I'll take the opportunity to say this...

For the 2 that were killed, this time they were properly carrying their own electronic student ID cards.

In other words, the trick to this murder isn't related to the electronic student ID cards.

Well, it doesn't seem like there's room for it to be related in the first place, but...

Naegi Makoto:

Then, it's okay if I don't think about the electronic student ID cards this time, right?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I wasn't expressly saying that it's okay to not think about them.

I'm just saying that it's not related to the trick to this murder...

Perhaps the time may come when it's necessary...

The time when the electronic student ID cards become necessary...? I don't get... what she means...

...but, maybe I'll keep what she's saying in mind, for the time being...

You recorded the Electronic Student ID Cards in your ID card. You can check it from the dispute bullets menu.

DING, DONG... DANG, DONG

Monobear:

Fun, fun! Let's begin the school trial!!

The school trial... that's a momentary sparkle like you'd see in fireworks... a collision of life and death being born, a glint of the soul...

...that's why!!

Well then, you guys, please gather in the usual location!

"You", go "in" the red doors on the first floor school area!

Upupu, then I'll see you later~!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...it's too bad, but it looks like the investigation ends here.

After, you'll have to think on your own... and then, you'll have no choice but to come to a conclusion on your own...

Naegi Makoto:

Yeah... that's how it is...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Well then, shall we go...?

Naegi Makoto:

Y-yeah......

Looks like we're done investigating. Next time, we'll head to the trial room.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Aug 24, 2015

Let’s head to the trial room!

Chapter 3 Part 19:

So now it's time to head through the red doors again.

On the other side of the red doors, everyone who had heard Monobear's order was gathered...

And then, right after we had all gathered in that spot...

Monobear:

Hi! x2

Naegi Makoto:

He's multiplied!?

Monobear:

It's not that I've multiplied... what seems like multiplication is, that is, becomes an illusion...

Using an after image phenomenon by repeatedly moving at high speeds, I am feigning as if I've made another one of myself!

Hehehe... which Monobear is the real one... can you guys tell, I wonder?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Can we just ride the elevator now, I wonder?

Monobear:

You can't! x2

Togami Byakuya:

I don't feel like playing along with you...!

Seems like no one's in the mood for fun and games right now.

Monobear:

Right, I get it...

Then, if everyone's gathered, feel free to board the elevator.

Because I'll be going a step ahead of you guys~!

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, shall we go...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

W-wait a sec...! I haven't... prepared my heart for this yet...!

Asahina Aoi:

Hagakure... you can't run anymore so... you'll pay for your crimes...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That's why... I'm saying I'm not the culprit, and yet...!

Celes:

Speaking of that, did you find the other costume? And moreover, how about that memo?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No... that's... I didn't find them, but...

Hagakure doesn't seem to have much going for him going into this trial. You think he'd be able to find something.

Celes:

That's too bad... with this, it seems the culprit is decided upon.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Uh... uhhh...!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That's not something to talk about here. The discussion should be after we go to the trial room...

Togami Byakuya:

Right, first let's get going to the trial room. The discussion can go from there...

Naegi Makoto:

Yeah... that's right...

Right...

We have to...

We have... to do it...

We can't let the culprit who killed Yamada and Ishimaru get away...

For us who are left...

And, also for the 2 that have died...

The culprit who killed Yamada and Ishimaru... the culprit who killed 2 of our friends...

That culprit is...

...among us!!

We're almost there! But first let's see what everyone's thinking right now, before we head on down.

Oogami Sakura:

With that attitude, Monobear is... joking around... to the end...

Asahina Aoi:

Let's go now! To make Hagakure... pay for his crimes!

Togami Byakuya:

Didn't you hear? The discussion will be after we go to the trial room...

Celes:

With this, it seems the culprit is decided upon.

This time's trial will be over in the blink of an eye.

I hope not, or else this will be a really boring trial. And this game doesn't really work that way.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

We'll talk after... we go to the trial room...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Uugh...! It's not me, yeah... believe me...

Genocider Syo:

C'mon, let's get going right away, Mako-chin!

She always uses weird/cutesy nicknames for Naegi. It's a little weird.

That's everyone here, so we'll get on the elevator now.

I let out a big breath from inside my lungs...

...and turned towards the elevator and walked.

And then, just when everyone had boarded the elevator...

The elevator's doors automatically closed...

And then, it started to move.

Looking at the elevator, you can see the crowd's really starting to thin now.

With the sound of the "woom, woom"... we dropped deeper and deeper...

We couldn't go back anymore...

Unless we settled it all, we wouldn't be able to come back anymore...

After a while, the elevator's descent finally stopped...

And then the doors opened...

The doors of cruel fate...

Monobear:

Mmhmm... seeing everyone gathered here like this is...

Somehow, the number of people has surprisingly gone down! Is this finally the feeling of the climax of the campus lifestyle, I wonder!

Asahina Aoi:

Isn't it all your fault...!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Why are you... making us do these cruel things, yeah...!

He's not making you guys murder each other, he's just *encouraging* it.

Monobear:

Ah-huh? Am I disliked!? Even though I'm this cute!?

Togami Byakuya:

How long do you feel like messing around for. Let's start right away...

Monobear:

...of course, we will most certainly start!

I don't intend to prolong the production with something like "And the tense school trial will be next, after this commercial break"!

...then, we'll begin! Please sit at the seat with your own name written on it!

And then, once again the curtain opened...

The trial for our lives… cheating each other for our lives… treachery for our lives…

Solving the mysteries for our lives… excuses for our lives… trusting for our lives…

The school trial… for our lives…

This part's a bit short, but that's because the trial itself starts next, and I'll be making video parts for that again.

So next time, we'll begin the 3rd class trial.

Polaris · Aug 25, 2015

Maybe it's just something weird on my end, but a lot of the screen shots seem to be in the wrong order this update. Lots of them have quotes underneath belonging to different people.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Aug 25, 2015

Polaris said:
Maybe it's just something weird on my end, but a lot of the screen shots seem to be in the wrong order this update. Lots of them have quotes underneath belonging to different people.

Can you get a screenshot of it? Cuz everything looks fine on my end, but I might be skimming it due to having read this 3 times already during editing.

Polaris · Aug 25, 2015

No, don't worry, it was definitely something weird on my end. Looking at it on my laptop, things make sense - previously there were funky things like a picture of Kirigiri above the Monobear x2 text. Very, very strange, but it's resolved now so everything's fine!

GIRakaCHEEZER · Sep 2, 2015

Let's start the 3rd trial!

Chapter 3 Part 20:

-Look at your Electronic Student ID Card
-Skill Set
-End Preparations

So we're almost ready to start the trial, but like before, we have to decide what skills we want to equip before we go into this thing. And we actually have some new skills to equip, so let's see what those are!

Skill Set:
Right Brain Release
By concentrating your mind, during Fever Time, the concentration power gauge's depletion will be slower, and the duration will be longer. This will be in effect in Non-stop Discussions, Insightful Anagrams, and Machine gun Talk Battle.
(necessary SP: 5)

Calm, Cool, and Collected
The aiming sights will shake less. This will be in effect in Non-stop Discussions and Insightful Anagrams.
(necessary SP: 2)

Lengthy Consideration:
Every phase's time limit will increase a little. This will be in effect during the school trial.
(necessary SP: 3)

We have lots of SP from all the free-time events we've been having, so we're equipping all of these. Right Brain Release and Calm, Cool, and Collected seem useful, but Lengthy Consideration not so much, since we don't really need all the time we get anyways.

Now, let's start the trial!

The trials are
fully voice acted, so for them I’m
going to be making video counterparts of the LP. They'll have a bit
less commentary on certain things, but they’re still fun to watch.

So if you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link:
link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it though, or else there will be no translations.

Classroom trial
In Session!

Monobear:

First, let’s start with a simple explanation of the school trial! The outcome of the school trial will be determined by your guys’ vote.

If you can identify the correct bad guy, only the bad guy will be punished. But… if you pick the wrong person to be the bad guy…

Everyone other than the bad guy will be punished, and only the bad guy who deceived everyone will be cleared and graduate!

Well now... then, we'll start with...

Asahina Aoi:

The culprit is already decided!

Monobear:

Ororo...?

Celes:

Not having an alibi for when the sequence of murders and the vanishing of the corpses took place, and most of all, appearing in that cosplay, Hagakure Yasuhiro...

Asahina Aoi:

No matter how you think about it... you're the culprit...!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

B-but I'm saying you're wrong! I was... just put to sleep for the whole time...!

Genocider Syo:

Shut it! You murderer!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I don't wanna hear that from you!!

She's really in no position to judge here.

Celes:

Hagakure, it's too bad, but... there's also this evidence.

The blueprints for that cosplay costume. And then...

These numerous parts that were likely used in the making of that costume...

All of these were found from your room. This is all irrefutable evidence.

Of the fact that you constructed that costume, put that on, and then repeatedly carried out the crimes, one by one...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

B-but you see... I... I...

Don't know don't know don't know don't know don't know don't know don't know don't knooowwww!!

Is Hagakure really the culprit? Or...

First, I need to clear that up...!

Discussion Start!

The Justice Robo Costume
The Message Written by Hagakure Himself
The Justice Robo Blueprints

Celes:

It was found in "your room"...
(Hagakure's room...?)

These "blueprints" and parts indicate...
(That's some definitive evidence.)

That you are the culprit...
(Upupupupu...)

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I-I-I don't know!
(What is he saying, at this late hour...)

This is a ruse! It's a conspiracy!
(Do you have evidence?)

Asahina Aoi:

Hagakure... why did you kill them...?
(It's just as Asahina says...)

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Just wait a second, please!!

The irrefutable evidence that Hagakure's the culprit... is that really true?

If you recall, the blueprints for the Justice Robo had some rather sketchy handwriting, which doesn't match the notes that Hagakure wrote to gather everyone up earlier. So that means the "blueprints" are the weakpoint here.

"The Message Written by Hagakure Himself" > "blueprints"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

Those blueprints, were they really written by Hagakure, I wonder?

Celes:

Whatever do you... mean?

Naegi Makoto:

Because, look at this...

When Alter Ego went missing, this was the memo that Hagakure used to gather everyone, but...

Isn't the handwriting clearly different?

In comparison to these blueprints...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Certainly, you wouldn't think they were both by the same person...

Celes:

...surely he was just using different penmanship for different things.

Oogami Sakura:

No, that doesn't seem like a degree of difference from just changing your penmanship...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I-in the first place... I can't pull off that skillful imitation of using different penmanships...!

I also remember him saying that he was taught that bad penmanship brings bad luck, so the crayon-looking scribbles probably aren't his.

Asahina Aoi:

Then, Naegi... you're saying Hagakure isn't the culprit?

Togami Byakuya:

It isn't just Naegi. I also had the same idea...

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Asahina Aoi:

If so, then who was that Justice Robo's true form!?

Are you saying that it's like Hagakure said, that someone else was wearing some other costume that resembled it!?

Togami Byakuya:

The true form of that questionable person...

Hey, Naegi. Answer that...

...that's where I give up.

Really, Naegi, you have to try harder than that.

Asahina Aoi:

Naegi, answer me... who was that Justice Robo's true form?

That questionable person... the person for who it would have been possible to have been inside the Justice Robo is...

-Hagakure Yasuhiro
-An evil secret society
-Asahina Aoi

Well we know it's not Asahina, since when she tried it on it just didn't fit her, and "An evil secret society" just sounds silly, so by process of elimination, we're left with...

>Hagakure Yasuhiro

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

It's unthinkable that... it'd be anyone but Hagakure.

That costume could only be worn by him, and in the end, we didn't find any other costumes, which means...

Togami Byakuya:

There's no doubt about it. The true form of that questionable person is Hagakure.

Asahina Aoi:

What you're saying is strange! You just said that Hagakure isn't the culprit!

Togami Byakuya:

It's not strange... we're just saying that he's the questionable person's true form, but not the culprit.

Oogami Sakura:

Saying that, surely you don't mean...

Togami Byakuya:

...right. The culprit of this time's incident is unrelated to that questionable person.

Cosplaying alone does not make one a murderer, I guess.

Asahina Aoi:

Huh...!?

Genocider Syo:

Yo, that's some great reasoning!!

Celes:

...do you have evidence? Evidence that the questionable person isn't the culprit...

Togami Byakuya:

Of course. However, before that...

There's something we need to clear up first. So to start, let's talk about that.

Asahina Aoi:

Hey! Don't be so arrogant...!

Togami Byakuya:

There is something called an order to things.

Oogami Sakura:

And... what is it...? The thing that needs to be cleared up first...

Togami Byakuya:

About the method used for moving Ishimaru's corpse.

When his corpse was moved, somehow, it seems a certain thing was used, but...

How about it, Naegi? Are you able to answer it, I wonder?

The thing that was used when moving Ishimaru's corpse... certainly, that's...

Well he was lying on a Vinyl Sheet, so we'll start with that.

>Blue Vinyl Sheet

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

And, there was one more...!

The thing that was used when moving Ishimaru's corpse... certainly, that's...

But apparently that alone isn't good enough, but the only other clue that we have that really makes sense for "moving" something is...

>The Art Warehouse's Dolly

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

The dolly and the vinyl sheet... right?

Togami Byakuya:

...tsk!

Why... is he clicking his tongue?

I almost thought this was the wrong answer the first time, given Togami's reaction.

Naegi Makoto:

U-um... if I just explain it...

Naegi Makoto:

When Ishimaru's corpse, which had disappeared from the physics prep room, was rediscovered in the art warehouse...

His corpse was wrapped up in a vinyl sheet, right?

That vinyl sheet is the same as the ones that were in the physics prep room.

Didn't the culprit use that vinyl sheet there when it came time to carry Ishimaru's corpse out of the physics prep room, I wonder?

So that they wouldn't leave behind blood stains while moving the corpse...

Oogami Sakura:

I vaguely understand the matter of the vinyl sheet but, what about the dolly?

Naegi Makoto:

You see, that's...

Naegi Makoto:

In the beginning, when Ishimaru's corpse was found in the physics prep room, the dolly was certainly there, and yet...

After the corpse had disappeared, the dolly was gone with it.

After that, when Ishimaru's corpse was discovered again in the art warehouse...

There, the dolly was there together with the corpse.

Celes:

In other words, you want to say that the corpse was moved using the dolly, right?

But, isn't that a misunderstanding?

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Celes:

In the beginning when you found Ishimaru's corpse in the physics prep room, was there really a dolly in there?

In the first place, that dolly is for moving the art room's sculptures and such, right?

That being in the physics prep room itself, is unnatural.

Really, didn't you just arbitrarily take a wrong guess that what was first in the art warehouse was moved?

The dolly was first in the art warehouse, before this whole incident happened. In fact, its description originally said it was probably used for moving sculptures, so what Celes is saying here has some reason to it.

Togami Byakuya:

She's said it, Naegi... well now, what will you do?

It looks like Naegi's in a tight spot here, but we're out of time for today. Next time, we'll see what Naegi will do about this hole in his logic.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Sep 8, 2015

Let's see what Naegi will do about the hole in his logic!

Chapter 3 Part 21:

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link:
link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Celes:

Please don't worry about it, Naegi. Since no one is expecting anything from you.

You being a wrong-guessing character is common knowledge.

I've never been called... a wrong-guessing character before but, in order to relinquish that stigma...

I doubt many people have been called that before, actually.

I need to have them hear the evidence that the dolly was moved from the physics prep room to the art warehouse...!

New elements have been added to Machine gun Talk Battle. Will you hear the explanation?

-I don't want to hear it
-Please tell me

I'm a bit surprised, to have a Machine gun Battle Talk this early in the trial. Looks like we're getting some new gameplay mechanics for it as well.

>Please tell me

Let us explain "Reloading" to you.

From this Machine gun Talk Battle onward, one operation will be added.

On the lower part of the screen, underneath the tempo marker, the number of bullets will be displayed.

Up until now, in order to destroy your opponents statements, there were no restrictions in particular, but...

From now own, you won't be able to destroy them just by locking-on and pressing the Triangle button.

To destroy a single statement, you will need a single bullet.

If you run out of bullets, no matter how many times you lock on, you won't be able to destroy statements.

You can replenish the bullets by Reloading with the Square button.

Just like how you lock on, please press the Square button to match the tempo marker.

Please think about how the Square button is added to the Circle button and the Triangle button operations you've had up until now.

In addition, in Fever Time, the number of bullets will all be restored and they won't decrease.

Incidentally... if you're on the "Kind" level of action difficulty, you won't need to Reload.

Forgetting the explanation up until now would be fine.

That’s all, so please, confirm this for yourself.

So now we have to reload, which sort of messes up my strategy of just going back and forth between locking on and shooting (just pressing the circle and triangle buttons over and over). Maybe a square-circle-triangle pattern will work.

Machine gun Talk Battle Start!

The Machine gun Talk Battle doesn't really translate well to screenshots, but you can watch it in the video here:
link

Finish Her!

Celes:

When Ishimaru's corpse was discovered in the physics prep room, was the dolly really there, I wonder?

>The Bloodstain in the Physics Prep Room

Naegi Makoto:

With this it’s proven!

She doesn't look very happy about being wrong here. Is it suspicious? Or does she just not like losing in general, as the super high school level gambler?

Naegi Makoto:

If it's evidence that that dolly was moved, then there's sufficient evidence.

When I found the dolly in the art warehouse, there were bloodstains stuck to those tires...

Those are the same tire marks as the ones left in the pool of blood in the physics prep room.

Certainly, when it came time for the culprit to carry out the corpse from the physics prep room, they got blood on the dolly's tires by accident...

And then, with it still like that... it was moved to the art warehouse.

...this is the evidence. The evidence that the dolly was used in the transportation of Ishimaru's corpse...!

Celes:

...tsk!

Am I disliked... by Celes, even...?

Seems like everyone's just ticked off by Naegi these days.

Togami Byakuya:

...well, whatever. After all, it's supplementary. Shall we return to the main issue now...

Asahina Aoi:

Right, the story of how the Justice Robo isn't the culprit! If the culprit isn't Justice Robo...

Then, which Robo is it!?

Really, it's kind of odd for someone named the "Justice" Robo to go around committing crimes in the first place.

Oogami Sakura:

Asahina, I think robots are unrelated to this...

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, I'll tell you. The evidence that the questionable person is not the incident's culprit, that is.

That is, if we try looking back on the flow of events of the transportation of Ishimaru's corpse, you should come to see it immediately.

The evidence that the questionable person isn't related to the incident... if we look back on the transportation of Ishimaru's corpse, we'll come to see it...

...what does he mean by that?

Discussion Start!

-The Justice Robo Costume
-The Dolly in the Art Warehouse
-The Justice Robo Blueprints

Togami Byakuya:

The culprit killed Ishimaru in the "physics prep room"...

And moved that corpse, right?

Asahina Aoi:

Wrapping up the corpse in a "vinyl sheet"...

They "put that on the dolly" and moved it, right?

Togami Byakuya:

That dolly "didn't have a handle", I think...

Asahina Aoi:

But, even if it didn't have handle or anything...

If you "were in a posture where you bent your back"...

The dolly would be pushed without a problem!

Genocider Syo:

Doing that, ahead of where they were pushing it was...

"The art warehouse", right!

Togami Byakuya:

With this, you should have gotten it...

The part that says that the questionable person isn't this incident's culprit.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

No... I didn't get it at all, yeah...

Ishimaru's corpse being moved with the dolly... there's no doubt about this, probably.

But... was it possible for the questionable person to push the dolly, I wonder?

Of course, it wasn't possible for the "questionable person" to push it, since they were wearing the Justice Robo suit. And if you remember, the Justice Robo costume isn't exactly the easiest thing to move around in, so the answer ends up being...

The Justice Robo Costume > "were in a posture where you bent your back"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

Naegi Makoto:

Certainly, if you bend your back and lower your posture, you might have been able to push the dolly, even without a handle...

But, while wearing that costume, would you have been able to assume that posture, I wonder?

Asahina Aoi:

W-what do you mean?

Naegi Makoto:

Try to recall. When we were all checking out that costume...

Asahina Aoi:

The field of view is too terrible! I can't see under my feet at all! And I was walking around quite a bit wearing this...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That's why... it's not... me...

Asahina Aoi:

Moreover, this is...

My waist won't bend at all!? Isn't this design clearly a miss!?

Naegi Makoto:

When wearing that costume, on top of not being able to see underfoot, the waist won't bend at all...

Wasn't it like that, Asahina?

Asahina Aoi:

Now that you mention it... it was, yeah...

Oogami Sakura:

If you couldn't bend your waist, moving a dolly without a handle seems difficult...

Celes:

If so, then if you rolled the dolly by kicking it with your feet...

I can only imagine that kicking the dolly down the hallway would be loud and not very discrete.

Naegi Makoto:

You wouldn't be able to see underfoot at all, right? In those circumstances, could you roll the dolly by kicking it?

Genocider Syo:

You can't see your feet, so it'd be impossible! I don't really get it, though!

Togami Byakuya:

And moreover, while still wearing that difficult to move costume...

Having been able to perform the simple work of wrapping up the corpse with the vinyl sheet may be a problem...

Genocider Syo:

If they just took of that costume when they moved the corpse, wouldn't it be alright then?

No, it isn't possible that they took off the costume just for moving the corpse. The reason for that is...

-You can't take it off by yourself
-He can't take it off due to incompetence
-Once it's put on you can't take it off

We know that the answer isn't "once it's put on you can't take it off", since Hagakure isn't still wearing the costume right now. But it's debatable whether he's incompetent or not, given how well of a job he's done in defending himself in this trial.

That being said, however, the answer is...

>You can't take it off by yourself

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

It's unthinkable that he took the costume off just for moving the corpse. Because...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...I don't know why, but it won't come off! Won't someone help me out here?

Celes:

I wish you wouldn't make things that you can't take off by yourself.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I didn't make this, I'm saying!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...somehow, it looks like he can't take it off due to the clasp on his back.

It looks like a clasp that's fairly tight...

There's nothing you can do about it, so we'll help you out.

Oogami Sakura:

Right... that costume couldn't be put on and taken off by yourself...

Asahina Aoi:

...was he really not able to take it off by himself? Isn't it just Hagakure lying?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I-I wasn't lying or anything!

Naegi Makoto:

If he could have taken it off himself, he wouldn't have appeared before everyone while still looking like that.

That's... as if you're saying he's asking you to doubt him...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Right... right, yeah!

Asahina Aoi:

Then, it's true...? That the Justice Robo wasn't able to move the dolly...

Oogami Sakura:

In other words, the culprit that moved the corpse with the dolly is not Hagakure, who was wearing the Justice Robo.

Celes:

No, please wait a second. Are you forgetting? Of the picture that I photographed...

Celes:

Everyone's seen this, right? Of where Yamada is being kidnapped by the questionable person...

If that questionable person isn't the culprit, then what on earth was that?

Maybe it's a friendly hug. Or a poor attempt at the heimlich maneuver.

Moreover, didn't Yamada, who was killed, testify to it...

Togami Byakuya:

How did you get that wound...?

Yamada Hifumi:

That guy... got me...

Naegi Makoto:

That guy...?

Yamada Hifumi:

The Justice Robo... I just named him a moment ago...

I find it odd that Yamada had "just named" the mystery robot. It's a bit less odd though once you realize the characters on the robot's shoulders literally say "Justice" when combined.

Celes:

As long as this fact exists, I expect the conclusion won't waver.

The culprit is that questionable person... in other words, it is without a doubt Hagakure.

Asahina Aoi:

Right! As I thought, that's right!

Yes! Let's just forget all the evidence that proved that it couldn't have been the Justice Robo. That seems like a good idea.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

W-wait... a s-sec...!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It's still too early to draw conclusions.

Besides, we can decide at any time...

Before that, wouldn't it be best to at least try discussing other possibilities?

More than sticking to 1 point of view, there are also cases where looking at it from many points of view will bring us closer to the truth.

Oogami Sakura:

But, what should we do specifically?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Let's try looking back on the series' incidents, from the beginning. From there, we might come to see some new facts...

Genocider Syo:

Bu-haw! What a pain!!

Oogami Sakura:

But, our lives are on the line. We can't help but to give it some care...

Asahina Aoi:

Moreover, we're also unable to get Kirigiri's explanation on why she wasn't here when the incident occurred!

That's all the time we have for now. Next time, we'll look over the entire incident yet again.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Sep 16, 2015

Let's recap the incident!

Chapter 3 Part 22:

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link:
link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Oogami Sakura:

Well then, shall we look back on the incident from the beginning once more?

First, we'll start from this morning...

Oh boy, here we go again...

This morning, those gathered in the cafeteria were just Naegi, Asahina, Kirigiri, and myself.

No matter how long we waited no one else was coming so, we decided to start a search for those guys.

That was around 8 o'clock....

Asahina Aoi:

There, right after we split up, Kirigiri went missing...

Oogami Sakura:

After that, Asahina found Celes in the 3rd floor's rec room, and gathered Naegi and myself in a panic.

Celes:

From being attacked by the mysterious person, it seems that I had blacked out for around an hour.

In other words, when I was attacked was around 1 hour before you guys would discover me... past 7 o'clock.

Oogami Sakura:

Some time during that period, from the photo Celes took, we came to know that the questionable person was wearing a strange cosplay.

It was... the Justice Robo...

Furthermore, the fact that Yamada was taken away by that Justice Robo was also established.

Oogami Sakura:

Having began the search for the questionable person, we met up with Fukawa and Togami, and then after that, we discovered Yamada, who was injured, in the 2nd floor's library room.

We took the wounded Yamada to the first floor's infirmary, and then once again we resumed the search for the questionable person.

And then, right after we left the infirmary...

There are quite a few flashbacks in this part, since we're recapping the *whole* incident, no parts left out.

Celes:

...!?

Togami Byakuya:

...what's wrong?

Celes:

A shadow... a shadow moved up on that staircase!

Naegi Makoto:

After hearing Celes' eyewitness testimony, we split up and went to search the second floor.

And then, right after that...

Celes:

Next I saw the questionable person on the 3rd floor. I let out a yell right away, to let everyone know.

Asahina Aoi:

Celes, what happened!?

Togami Byakuya:

For you, that was an awfully exaggerated yell...

Celes:

I found him... that cosplaying questionable person...

Once I yelled out, he ran away.

Facing me with my back turned to the stairwell, he turned down the hallway on the left.

Naegi Makoto:

Right after that, next was...

???:

Gyaaaaaaa!!

Naegi Makoto:

...huh!?

Asahina Aoi:

W-what...!?

Celes:

I heard it coming from the floor below. Which means, that scream right now was...!

Naegi Makoto:

Yamada's... from the infirmary...?

This is bad! Let's hurry and go back!!

Naegi Makoto:

There, we were split up into 2 groups.

Celes, Asahina, and I returned to the first floor infirmary...

And Oogami, Togami, and Fukawa pursued the questionable person on the 3rd floor.

Naegi Makoto:

And then, after I returned to the infirmary, I discovered Yamada's corpse there...

And there, I heard the broadcast of the Corpse Discovery Announcement.

To relay that information, leaving Celes and Asahina behind, I once again returned to the 3rd floor.

Oogami Sakura:

But, at that time... we had just discovered Ishimaru's corpse in the 3rd floor's physics prep room.

Yamada and Ishimaru's corpses were discovered at roughly the same time, I expect...

Because right after we discovered Ishimaru's corpse, I also heard the broadcast of that announcement.

Naegi Makoto:

There, I told Oogami and Togami about Yamada being killed.

And then, us 3 went towards the infirmary together.

But, right after we left the physics room...

From Celes, who came late, we heard a surprising story.

Celes:

Yamada's corpse has disappeared!

Naegi Makoto:

In the infirmary that we returned to in a rush, Yamada's corpse was no longer there...

Oogami Sakura:

Immediately after, remembering that we had left Fukawa behind, since she had fainted, we once again returned to the physics prep room, but...

Togami Byakuya:

By no means... is this...?

Oogami Sakura:

Are we... in a dream or something?

Oogami Sakura:

This time, Ishimaru's corpse had also disappeared...

We immediately set about a search for those 2's vanished corpses.

And then, a short time later...

Togami Byakuya:

After we heard from Celes that the corpses were discovered, we headed towards the art warehouse...

There, we once again discovered the 2 corpses that had disappeared...

Naegi Makoto:

This is the flow of the series of incidents.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

I see, it looks like a fairly complex incident.

It's certainly not as straight forward as the past 2, where we've just found the corpse after the murder happened. There was a lot of running around this time.

Even if you look at these as a series of successive events, it seems like you'll make no progress...

Naegi Makoto:

If so, then... what should we do?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Rather than trying to think of it as a series of events, try thinking of each one individually.

And then, from there... you will find out this incident's inconsistencies.

Let's begin at once. First, from the incident of Ishimaru...

The inconsistencies hidden in the incident of Ishimaru...

To get closer to the truth of this incident, we need to find them, no matter what it takes...

Discussion Start!

The Broken Wristwatch
Monobear File 3
The Message Written by Hagakure Himself

Kirigiri Kyouko:

In the first place, was Ishimaru...

...killed before Yamada, I wonder?

Or was it after?
(Is this related to something?)

Asahina Aoi:

The "order those 2 were killed in" is obvious!
(Why is that...?)

Ishimaru's was after!

Oogami Sakura:

Why do you think that?
(The order of the hammers?)

Asahina Aoi:

"The order of the Justice Hammers".
(Now that you mention it...)

Togami Byakuya:

Certainly, Yamada was killed with Hammer no. 3...

And Ishimaru was killed with Hammer no. 4.

Asahina Aoi:

See! Clearly Ishimaru's was after!

The numbers cast on the Justice Hammers, which were the lethal weapons...

Something's... at the back of my mind...

So this one's a bit of a tricky one, since we have to pick up one of the weak points here to use as our bullet. Although it'd be easy to think the order of the murders is the same as the order of the hammers, we know that may not be the case, so...

"The order of the Justice Hammers" > "order those 2 were killed in"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

No, I wouldn't expect that the order of the Justice Hammers is limited to the order they were killed in!

Or rather, isn't it thinkable that that itself would be the culprit's diversionary tactic?

Togami Byakuya:

Saying that the order of the Justice Hammers is the culprit's diversionary tactic...

Would mean that the order they were actually killed in was Ishimaru first, and then Yamada?

If so, then how about you show us some evidence of that.

The evidence that proves that Ishimaru was killed before Yamada...

I feel like... there's something, but...

Insightful Anagram Start!

_ist ___

So we have another Insightful Anagram here, but I didn't have too much trouble with this one. This minigame doesn't translate well to screenshots, but you can watch it in the video here:
link

The word we're looking for this time is...

Wrist Watch

Naegi Makoto:

There, I’ve got it!

Naegi Makoto:

Right! Ishimaru's wristwatch!

See, it's broken with the hand pointing past 6 o'clock, right?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Likely, it was broken when he was attacked by the culprit. Because yesterday night, when we saw him...

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Hey, you guys! How long you gonna make us wait!!

While checking his wristwatch, Ishimaru shouted in a seemingly irritated voice.

Ishimaru Kiyotaka:

Soon it'll be 10pm! That's when good kids go to sleep!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Furthermore, if it wasn't broken at that point in time yesterday night, then without a doubt he was attacked after 6 o'clock this morning.

Naegi Makoto:

In other words, Ishimaru was killed at that time.

Oogami Sakura:

However, if it was past 6 o'clock this morning, it was far before Yamada was killed...

Naegi Makoto:

And moreover, it was even before 7 o'clock this morning, when Celes was attacked in the beginning...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Right, the murder of Ishimaru occured earlier than any of the incidents.

Clearly, the murderer must be a morning person. No other reason they'd be up at the ungodly hour of 6 a.m.

Naegi Makoto:

That was something we had misunderstood...

Thanks to those Justice Hammers, we had mistaken the order the incidents occurred in.

Togami Byakuya:

The culprit went out of their way to cast numbers on the lethal weapons... and even made them steadily grow bigger...

To make us mistake that the incidents were performed in the order of the numbers on the hammers, is what you're saying.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Furthermore, if we take the time of Ishimaru's murder to be just past 6 o'clock, then everyone's alibis don't apply to the time of his murder.

Because, that would mean that his incident occurred before we came together in the cafeteria...

Oogami Sakura:

Certainly, in regards to Ishimaru's murder, that may be so...

However, when Yamada was killed, we all should have had an alibi.

Asahina Aoi:

Right... certainly, when Yamada was killed...

We get to see this flashback yet *again*. The game must think we have the memory of a goldfish, or something.

???:

Gyaaaaaaa!!

Naegi Makoto:

...huh!?

Asahina Aoi:

W-what...!?

Celes:

I heard it coming from the floor below. Which means, that scream right now was...!

Naegi Makoto:

Yamada's... from the infirmary...?

This is bad! Let's hurry and go back!!

Asahina Aoi:

When we heard Yamada's scream from the infirmary, everyone was together, other than Hagakure and Kirigiri...

Asahina Aoi:

After that, right when everyone rushed to the infirmary, Yamada's corpse was discovered...

Genocider Syo:

It's true! We do have an alibi!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I got it! They recorded the scream on a tape cassette, and then broadcast it with a delayed time, yeah!!

It must've been a loud tape cassette player then, since it was heard all the way from the 3rd floor.

Asahina Aoi:

Where... would the tape cassette or something be?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I don't know.

Asahina Aoi:

...don't make vague statements!

Oogami Sakura:

Anyhow, when we heard Yamada's scream, we all had a clear alibi...

In other words, it would have been impossible to commit Yamada's murder for all of us at that spot.

Celes:

What's impossible isn't just limited to the killing of Yamada. The disappearing of the corpses after that would also be impossible for us as well.

When Yamada's corpse disappeared from the infirmary...

Asahina and I were at the toilet together, and everyone else was in the physics prep room, right?

Moreover, it was also that way for when Ishimaru's corpse disappeared from the physics prep room...

At that time, with the matter of the disappearance of Yamada's corpse, we were all gathered in the infirmary.

Genocider Syo:

But only I was in the physics prep room the whole time, out like a light!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Then, if it was Genocider, couldn't she have carried out Ishimaru's corpse!?

Togami Byakuya:

Even if it was possible for her to move Ishimaru's corpse, it's impossible for her to have moved Yamada's corpse, which was in the infirmary.

Because even when Yamada's corpse went missing, she was still collapsed in the physics prep room.

To be honest, it's beginning to sound like it was impossible for anyone to do all of these things at once, with things going on both on the first floor and the third floor.

Genocider Syo:

Rather, I didn't do either!!

Celes:

In other words, both Yamada's murder and the disappearance of those two's corpses after that were impossible for us.

On the contrary, the ones who would've been able to do those things are those that were missing, just Hagakure and Kirigiri...

If it was Hagakure or Kirigiri, they must be really good runners, since they would have had to run up and down those stairs so many times.

Naegi Makoto:

Kirigiri...? What should we do?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

At this rate, even if we discuss "who did it", it seems the conversation will just go around in circles...

If so, then how about we try thinking about "how" instead of "who"?

Particularly, it seems we need to discuss about the moving of Yamada's corpse...

We're out of time for today. Next time, we'll try talking more about the "how" instead of the "who".

GIRakaCHEEZER · Sep 22, 2015

Let’s talk more about the “how” instead of the “who”!

Chapter 3 Part 23:

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link:
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Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Naegi Makoto:

That's right... no matter how much I investigated, I just didn't understand the method by which his corpse was moved...

Furthermore, according to Celes' testimony...

Celes:

But, we took our eyes off of it for just 1 minute, approximately.

Naegi Makoto:

Then, during that 1 minute, the culprit carried out Yamada's corpse...?

Celes:

That's how it would be, yes.

Naegi Makoto:

It seems that his corpse disappeared in just the 1 minute that Celes and Asahina took their eyes off of it...

But, to move that huge body from the 1st floor infirmary to the 3rd floor art warehouse in such a short time is...

Whoever did it would have had to have been a body builder or something, to move that fast with his corpse.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...no matter how you think about it, it's impossible, yeah.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

And if I told you that there was a method that made that impossibility possible, then...?

Asahina Aoi:

Huh!? What kind of method?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

It'd be fine if the corpse moved "by itself".

Naegi Makoto:

Huh...?

Asahina Aoi:

Y-you're saying the corpse moved of its own accord!?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Agaaaiiiinnn.... a g-g-g-g-ghost!!

For a fortune teller, Hagakure sure is afraid of ghosts and spirits. You think he'd be more interested in them, rather than frightened.

Togami Byakuya:

This doesn't mean that she wants to talk about the occult. What that woman over there is saying is...

The possibility that Yamada, who we were made to believe was dead, was actually alive.

Asahina Aoi:

H-he was alive...!?

Oogami Sakura:

That's to say that he wasn't carried from the infirmary, but that he moved with his own 2 feet?

Asahina Aoi:

Then, Yamada's corpse that we found in the infirmary, what was that?

Togami Byakuya:

He was playing dead... is what it would mean.

Playing dead with a lot of blood, somehow.

Celes:

Such a thing would be... impossible...

The possibility that... Yamada was still alive...?

Does such a possibility really exist...?

Discussion Start!

-The Broken Wristwatch
-The Bloodstain in the Physics Prep Room
-Celes' Testimony

Oogami Sakura:

Yamada, when we first found him in the infirmary...

Are you saying there was the "possibility that he was alive"?
(I didn't see it so really...)

Celes:

No, I wouldn't expect that.

At that time Yamada was dead, without a doubt.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

How are you able to assert that?

Celes:

You also heard the Corpse Discovery Announcement, right?...

That was "because Yamada's corpse was discovered"...

You would expect that the announcement would be broadcasted.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Is that really so, I wonder...?

It might have been an announcement in regards to "someone else's corpse"...
(Someone else's... you say?)

But, the Corpse Discovery Announcement at that time was certainly only broadcast once...

This is a bit of an odd non-stop discussion, since Kirigiri sort of spells it out at the end here for us. We even end up using her statement as the dispute bullet.

"someone else's corpse" > "because Yamada's corpse was discovered"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

The Corpse Discovery Announcement at that time, was it broadcasted thanks to us finding Yamada's corpse, I wonder?

Celes:

Of course. Because right after we discovered Yamada's corpse, we heard that announcement, no?

Naegi Makoto:

But, that was the same for when they discovered Ishimaru's corpse...

Togami Byakuya:

It's just as he said. Right after we discovered Ishimaru's corpse, we heard that announcement.

Naegi Makoto:

In other words... were we not mistaken, I wonder...?

Mistaking Ishimaru's Corpse Discovery Announcement for Yamada's Corpse Discovery Announcement...

Togami Byakuya:

In the first place, if we discovered 2 corpses, then you would expect the announcement to also be broadcast twice.

Celes:

Maybe Monobear was lazy... and just put them all in one...

Togami Byakuya:

...in relation to that point, what do you say?

I guess if we're accusing Monobear of being lazy, it's only fair to ask him about it, given that he's right here.

Monobear:

This is a very sensitive question so, I can't say in great detail, but...

In the first place, the Corpse Discovery Announcement is...

It's only broadcast when more than 3 people have first discovered that corpse!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That wasn't an answer, yeah. Even though we were asking you if you were lazy, or what...!

Monobear just doesn't want to admit it.

Togami Byakuya:

No, that right now was plenty.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Huh...?

Togami Byakuya:

That it's broadcast "only when the corpse is first discovered"... which means...

No matter how many times you discover the same corpse, the Corpse Discovery Announcement won't be broadcast.

If we assume that, then why did the Corpse Discovery Announcement broadcast at that time....?

Genocider Syo:

Huh? At that time!?

Naegi Makoto:

During this time's series of incidents, we heard a second Corpse Discovery Announcement...

The second Corpse Discovery Announcement...

The first was the scene where we discovered the corpses at the same time, in the infirmary and the physics prep room...

And then the second was...

-When we rediscovered the 2's corpses
-Right after Yamada was revived
-When we discovered Fukawa, who was collapsed

Answers 1 and 2 are similar here, but if you recall, Yamada was shortly revived *after* we heard the announcement. I found this odd since I thought it should have played after he was briefly revived, since he wasn't really dead until that moment. But I guess he was injured enough at that point that he was considered as good as gone.

>When we rediscovered the 2's corpses

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

We heard the 2nd Corpse Discovery Announcement when we rediscovered the 2's corpses in the art warehouse.

Ding Dong Dang Doooong...!

Monobear:

A corpse has been discovered!

After a fixed amount of time to do as you please, the “school trial” will open!

Naegi Makoto:

At the I didn't pay attention to the announcement but... this conflicts with Monobear's words, right?

Togami Byakuya:

If it broadcasts "only when the corpse is first discovered", then you wouldn't expect it to broadcast when we rediscovered the corpses.

Naegi Makoto:

Then, as I thought... right...

When we "rediscovered" those 2's corpses, one of the corpses was...

Actually a corpse that had been "discovered for the first time".

Oogami Sakura:

In other words, when you discovered Yamada in the infirmary in the beginning, he still hadn't died...

When we really discovered his corpse was at the time in the art warehouse, is what that means.

Naegi Makoto:

But, it's not just that...

As for evidence that makes it thinkable that Yamada was still alive in the infirmary, other evidence also exists...

Genocider Syo:

That evidence... as for me, I know...

Because he was good at playing dead! That's obvious!

If he was able to get that much blood everywhere, then he did a pretty good job. But where did that blood come from...

Celes:

I wouldn't call something like that evidence.

As I thought, for evidence that he was still alive... it's unthinkable that any exists.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If so, then let's try looking back on the circumstances of Yamada's corpse once again.

If we do that, it should be clear. Whether or not he was alive...

Celes:

I think it's a waste of time, but...

There's certainly evidence that Yamada was still alive. That, I'll show to everyone...!

Discussion Start!

Yamada's Glasses
The Dolly in the Art Warehouse
The Art Warehouse's Door

Asahina Aoi:

Where we first found Yamada's corpse was...

In the infirmary, right.

But, while Celes and I went to the toilet...

The "corpse disappeared".
(In other words, it moved...)
(The corpse would disappear... huh.)

Togami Byakuya:

And then, where we next discovered that corpse was...

In the art warehouse.

Celes:

His corpse before it was moved, and his corpse after it was moved...

Other than the "posture having changed"...
(It probably changed when it was moved.)
(The position of his hands changed...)

There "weren't any differences" in particular.
(We're overlooking something...)
(I also think that...)

Oogami Sakura:

Was he really... still alive...?

Celes:

Impossible... it's nonsensical...

The evidence that makes it thinkable that Yamada was alive...

If I can attack the inconsistency in the discussion just now, then certainly they'll come to see it.

This one's pretty simple, it's one of the first things that really stuck out to me when we were gathering evidence. That being...

Yamada's Glasses > "weren't any differences"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

Between Yamada in the infirmary and Yamada in the art warehouse, there was a clear difference.

...Yamada's glasses.

And then, that should become evidence. That Yamada was playing dead in the infirmary.

Celes:

...can I get you to tell us in more detail?

Naegi Makoto:

In the beginning, when we found Yamada's corpse in the infirmary, his glasses were dirty with blood, but...

When we rediscovered the corpses in the art warehouse...

Yamada's glasses had become clean.

Naegi Makoto:

Moreover, I also found something from the infirmary's trash can that I think was used to wipe the glasses blood.

The thing I found from the infirmary's trash can is that piece of evidence...

In the infirmary, there was a piece of trash that only someone like Yamada would be caught dead with. It was painfully obvious whose it was from the moment I saw it.

>Character goods Glasses Cloth

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

What I found in the infirmary's trash can was a Character goods Glasses Cloth.

If I get you to look at the blood stain stuck on here, you'll understand, right?

That the blood on Yamada's glasses was wiped with this glasses cloth.

We're out of time for now. Next time, we'll talk more about the glasses cloth.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Sep 30, 2015

Let's talk more about the glasses cloth!

Chapter 3 Part 24:

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Naegi Makoto:

Moreover, the character on this glasses wipe is the same as the one on that digital camera, right?

The digital camera that Yamada brought in here...

Asahina Aoi:

It was Princess Buuko from Heretic Angel ☆ Mochi Mochi Princess... right?

I'm not sure how she was able to recall that from memory, but... maybe she's a closet fan?

Naegi Makoto:

I would think that no one other than Yamada would be carrying this glasses wipe, but...

Oogami Sakura:

Among us, those wearing glasses are...

Togami Byakuya:

I wouldn't use that cheap thing.

Genocider Syo:

For wiping my glasses, a tissue is plenty!!

Naegi Makoto:

...if we assume that, then there's no doubt about it. This glasses wipe was Yamada's.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Hmm hmm... in other words, what's that mean, yeah?

Naegi Makoto:

In other words, it means the blood on Yamada's glasses was wiped with his glasses cloth...

Celes:

While that may be so, that doesn't necessarily mean he himself wiped the blood on the glasses.

Naegi Makoto:

But, it's unthinkable that anyone but the person wearing those glasses themself would have anything to gain from cleaning them, right?

If someone there was a clean freak though, they might have felt compelled to wipe the blood off of his glasses, even after he was dead. But they probably would've attempted to clean up the rest of the blood too.

Oogami Sakura:

That's... also true...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

...so that means, as I thought, Yamada did it by himself!?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If we assume that, then that would mean Yamada was still alive when we found him in the infirmary...

Playing dead there, after wiping off the blood that was stuck to his glasses with the glasses wipe...

Didn't he leave the infirmary with his own 2 legs, I wonder?

Well? If that's the case then it's possible, right? Even the moving of his corpse that we thought was impossible...

Asahina Aoi:

But, if he was just playing dead when he was in the infirmary...

Asahina Aoi:

Then, what's with that blood? Is it paint or something?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

In the infirmary's refrigerator, there was some blood for blood transfusions kept there. He probably used that.

Genocider Syo:

Surely, when it was time to play dead, didn't he throw around too much blood!!

With that, afterwards he had to wipe he glasses! Hifumin, he's sure a blockhead!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

In addition, if we assume that Yamada was alive, then that would also explain the disappearance of Ishimaru's corpse.

Who moved his corpse... that should be made clear now.

The person who moved Ishimaru's corpse... that would be...

-Oogami Sakura
-Ishimaru Kiyotaka
-Yamada Hifumi

Yamada might have moved his "own corpse", but I don't think there's any evidence that Ishimaru was capable of doing the same. And Oogami has an alibi for that time period, so that just leaves...

>Yamada Hifumi

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

It's Yamada... right...?

Togami Byakuya:

While we were gathered in the infirmary, he carried Ishimaru's corpse out of the physics prep room, huh...

Naegi Makoto:

If that's so, then that looks like it'll also explain the matter of the art room warehouse being locked...

Genocider Syo:

The lock to the art warehouse...?

Asahina Aoi:

After those 2's corpses disappeared, everyone went to search for their corpses, right?

At that time, Sakura and I went to investigate the art room right from the start, but...

When we did, the art warehouse was locked.

Naegi Makoto:

Moreover, the lock for the door of the art warehouse was made so that it can only be locked from the warehouse's side.

In other words, when Asahina and co. went to the art warehouse, there was probably someone inside of there.

Togami Byakuya:

That would make it... Yamada, right after he moved Ishimaru's corpse, huh...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

By playing dead, he tricked everyone, and taking advantage of that, he moved Ishimaru's corpse to the art warehouse...

In other words, Yamada wasn't a mere victim, but was taking part in the incident as a perpetrator.

Oogami Sakura:

B-but... for Yamada, a victim, to have taken part in the incident, that's...!

Asahina Aoi:

I-I... don't believe it...

What a twist. I think Yamada having had a role in this incident was pretty obvious from the beginning though.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

If you can't believe it, then how about I show you 1 more piece of evidence?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

T-there's more...!?

Only if you call within the next 10 minutes do you get this special limited time offer for an additional piece of evidence, absolutely free! Order now!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Yeah, as for evidence that points to Yamada having taken part in the incident, the biggest piece remains...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Naegi, you know it, right? He stole it from the victim, Ishimaru... that thing.

The thing that Yamada stole from Ishimaru...? Perhaps, that's...!

There was only one thing we found on Yamada's corpse when we investigated him, so that's probably what she's referring to here.

>The Memo Yamada was carrying

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

Kirigiri, what you're saying is the concealed memo that Yamada was carrying, right?

Asahina Aoi:

He was carrying it... concealed...?

Naegi Makoto:

Yamada, who was dead, was carrying it concealed in his underwear...

Asahina Aoi:

In his...!?

Genocider Syo:

...underwear!?

Oogami Sakura:

Hmm... his underwear, huh...

Naegi Makoto:

It was in his underwear, so... won't you look at the memo's contents?

Naegi, I'm not sure everyone here wants to touch and look at something that was in Yamada's underwear, let alone a corpse's underwear.

"I found a hole that seems like a way out. You can see the outside. We might be able to get out of here..."

"It would be bad if we got caught by Monobear so, everyone should secretly meet in the physics prep room at 6 o'clock, early in the morning"

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Ah, this is the memo that I was talking about, yeah!! I was called out with this memo...

...or, wait? It's subtly different. Certainly, the memo I received said...

"It would be bad if we got caught by Monobear so, everyone should secretly meet in the rec room at 1 in the middle of the night."

Naegi Makoto:

That's right. This memo is an entirely different thing from what Hagakure received.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

An entirely... different...?

Naegi Makoto:

In other words, just like Hagakure was, there was one more person that was called out by the culprit.

The one other person called out by the culprit... likely, that person is...

-Naegi Makoto
-Yamada's Underwear
-Ishimaru Kiyotaka

I really, really wanted to pick Yamada's Underwear here. But unfortunately, it's not the right answer (but it's the right answer in my heart).

>Ishimaru Kiyotaka

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

Right, it's Ishimaru...!

The one who was called out by the culprit with this memo was Ishimaru, who was killed!

Genocider Syo:

Hey hey! Objection, objection!!

I don't really get it but, wasn't Hifumin carrying that memo!?

If so, then the one who was called out by that memo wouldn't be Kiyotan, but Hifumin!

Asahina Aoi:

Ummm... by "Kiyotan" you mean Ishimaru... and by "Hifumin" you mean Yamada... right?

Yeah I hope Genocider isn't confusing people too much with her nicknames, but I feel they're self-explanatory enough now for me to not have to point them out all the time.

Genocider Syo:

Isn't it obvious! Don't explain them one-by-one!!

As I thought... Genocider is scary... but...

...I won't flinch from this sort of thing!

Discussion Start!

The Character Goods Glasses Wipe
The Broken Wristwatch
The Blue Vinyl Sheet
Yamada's Glasses
The Washed Hammer

Genocider Syo:

That memo was being carried by Hifumin, yeah?

Then, the one who was called out by that memo...

Naturally, it would be "Hifumin"!!
(That way of thinking is logical, but...)

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Recall that "memo's contents" well...
(Are ya saying that to me?)

What time was the meeting time in the memo, I wonder?

Oogami Sakura:

It was 6 o'clock, early in the morning...

Genocider Syo:

What time he was called out at is...

That's "unrelated to Kiyotan"!!
(Please don't yell...)

The time that was called out in the memo... I feel like there may be some clue in there...

We have a pretty good clue that the time in the memo is actually related to Ishimaru, and that clue is...

"The Broken Wristwatch" > "unrelated to Kiyotan"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

No, I expect it is related!

Genocider Syo:

Aah!? What are you gonna say, you brat!!

Naegi Makoto:

The time this memo calls out to is 6 o'clock, early in the morning... that's the same as the time when Ishimaru was killed.

It's just as this wristwatch points to...

And it's not just that. The meeting place of this memo...

It says to meet in the physics prep room, right?

Oogami Sakura:

I see, where Ishimaru was killed was also the physics prep room...

Naegi Makoto:

In other words, Ishimaru was killed at the time and location specified by this memo.

Couldn't this be called plenty of evidence? That Ishimaru was the one called out by this memo!

Genocider Syo:

I see, then if it's like that...

I have no objections! Gyahahahahahahaha!!

She sure was quick to give in. I guess that’s all she had to argue.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Then, Ishimaru was... just like me, he was tricked by that memo...

Grr... this is an inhumanly peerless, coldblooded culprit that doesn't even have blood or tears, yeah! To trick people with words like "you can see the outside" is...!

Asahina Aoi:

But, why was Yamada carrying the memo given to Ishimaru?

Genocider Syo:

And moreover, in his underwear!!

Isn't that just the usual place to carry important documents?

Naegi Makoto:

That's because... surely, Yamada had snatched it from Ishimaru when he was dead...

Asahina Aoi:

Huh? He snatched it...?

Togami Byakuya:

What's the evidence for that? Say it.

And we'll have to say it next time, since we're out of time again. Next time, we'll show everyone the evidence that Yamada stole the memo from Ishimaru.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Oct 9, 2015

Let's show everyone the evidence!

Chapter 3 Part 25:

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link:
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The evidence that Yamada stole that memo from Ishimaru, who was dead, is...

So this one isn't too hard, since it's directly related to the memo itself. The missing piece of the memo, that is.

>Scrap of Paper that Ishimaru was Holding

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

In Ishimaru's hand when he was dead, there was a small piece of paper he was holding onto...

If I'm not mistaken, the torn end of this piece of paper is...

It's just as I thought...! It matches the memo Yamada was carrying in secret.

Asahina Aoi:

Then, the small piece of paper Ishimaru was holding and the memo Yamada was carrying in secret...

Naegi Makoto:

Right... it was originally the same piece of paper.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Yamada was holding the memo that we expect was given to Ishimaru, and just a scrap of that memo was left in Ishimaru's hand...

There's only 1 possibility that can explain this situation...

Oogami Sakura:

Ishimaru died while still grasping the memo. Yamada went to snatch that memo from Ishimaru's hand...

When he did, only the scrap of torn paper was left in Ishimaru's hand...

...is that it?

Togami Byakuya:

If we assume that, then that means Yamada would have known that the memo was a piece of important evidence...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Right... that's then the evidence. That Yamada was taking part in the incident...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I-I see...!

If we gather just these materials then there's no doubt about it, yeah. Yamada played an intense part in this time's incident.

Or rather...

The culprit is Yamada, yeah!! In fact, he's actually alive right now, yeah!

This was actually my first guess shortly after the incident occurred, when we were gathering the evidence. Specifically, the "clean glasses" made me think he was responsible for the murders, since he would have had to have been still alive to clean them.

Naegi Makoto:

...no, that's not the case.

Naegi Makoto:

When we discovered Yamada in the art room warehouse, I certainly expect that he was dead.

The second Corpse Discovery Announcement being broadcast at that time tells us that...

Asahina Aoi:

Then... who was Yamada killed by...!?

Oogami Sakura:

The true culprit... is who it would be...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The scene of the murder is the art warehouse, where the corpses were discovered. Surely, he was killed right after he had moved Ishimaru's corpse...

Oogami Sakura:

Well then, he was killed some time between when Ishimaru's corpse disappeared to when we rediscovered the 2's corpses...

Togami Byakuya:

In that interval, we had split up, and went to search for the corpses that had disappeared.

In other words, it's a time slot where we all have no alibi...

Asahina Aoi:

But, Sakura and I were together!

Genocider Syo:

Isn't she appealing nonchalantly!! This stupid seal!!

Asahina Aoi:

Who's a stupid seal!!

I guess she's a seal because she's a swimmer?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Rather, that maybe be so for when he was killed, but there's something I'm more curious about, yeah!

Celes:

Something you're more... curious about?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

"What kind of weapon was Yamada killed with, I wonder?" is what I'm saying.

Oogami Sakura:

The weapon...?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

Because, according to the Monobear File...

It seems that Ishimaru and Yamada had their heads smashed in a similar manner with similar weapons...

But, both Hammer no. 3 and Hammer no. 4 were still dropped in the infirmary and the physics prep room, yeah?

So Yamada being killed in the art warehouse means...

The culprit took a Hammer from one of the rooms, and then after killing Yamada, who was in the art warehouse...

Again, they returned the hammer to that room?

But, isn't that too risky?

Togami Byakuya:

...this guy's surprised me. That there's some brains, even in your skull...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It's jam-packed with them, yeah!!

Maybe that's why his hair is so crazy. Because of all the brains packed in there.

Oogami Sakura:

However, it's just as Hagakure says. It's certainly curious...

According to the Monobear File, the 2 of them were killed with similar weapons, and yet...

Hammers no. 3 and 4 were still left in their respective rooms, which means...

Celes:

Well then, how did the culprit bring one of those hammers?

I don't have the slightest idea...

Asahina Aoi:

Then, how about Hammers no. 1 or 2!? The ones used for attacking Celes and whoever!

Naegi Makoto:

Those were still left behind in their respective rooms, and in the first place, they seem like they don't have the power to be able to kill someone...

I feel like, if you were determined enough, you could kill someone with those hammers. Sure, it might take a few swings, but...

Asahina Aoi:

Um... if that's the case, then...

Togami Byakuya:

...isn't there also the possibility that it's a weapon other than those?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

It's impossible that it's a weapon other than those! Because, those 2 were killed with similar weapons!

Oogami Sakura:

If so, then what was the weapon that killed Yamada?

The real weapon that killed Yamada...

Unless we determine that, the full picture of the crime won't become clear...

...therefore, somehow we need to determine that!

Discussion Start!

The Broken Wristwatch
The Blue Vinyl Sheet
The Washed Hammer

Oogami Sakura:

The "weapon that killed Yamada"...

Was it Justice Hammer no. 3?

Or was it Justice Hammer no. 4?

Celes:

Either way...

In what way did the culprit...

Bring one of those weapons?

Moreover, without "being witnessed" by anyone...

Genocider Syo:

It’s the “Justice Hammer no. 5” that's come to light just now!!

The details are on the web!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

For now, what's been made clear is...

...is just that "one of the hammers is the weapon"!

Uugh... it's just that, huh...

The weapon that Yamada was killed by... if we assume that it's similar to the weapon that killed Ishimaru...

Assuming it's neither of the smaller hammers, there's only one other weapon that could have been used to kill Yamada in the art warehouse. And that weapon is...

The Washed Hammer > "one of the hammers is the weapon"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

As I thought, the weapon wasn't a Justice Hammer, but some other weapon.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

But, another weapon would be...

Naegi Makoto:

The hammers in the art warehouse. Didn't the culprit use one of those as a weapon, I wonder?

Moreover, all of the hammers left in the art warehouse had fragments of rock and powder stuck to them, but...

Of those, just one was washed clean, for some reason.

Asahina Aoi:

It was washed...?

Naegi Makoto:

Surely, that hammer was washed because it's the true weapon that killed Yamada.

To rinse off the bloodstain that was on the weapon, didn't the culprit go out of their way to wash the hammer, I wonder?

Those hammers look like they're made of wood, so I'd be surprised if a bloodstain washed off that easily. But maybe the culprit washed it off soon enough before it had a chance to really set in?

Naegi Makoto:

Furthermore, there were hammers of varying sizes hanging on the art warehouse's wall, but...

A number of those were missing.

Weren't the Justice Hammers themselves also originally made from the hammers here, I wonder?

Oogami Sakura:

If so, then it would also meet the requirement of being a similar weapon.

Togami Byakuya:

Well then, right after Yamada moved Ishimaru's corpse to the art warehouse, with the hammer that was in that place, he was killed, huh...

Asahina Aoi:

And the one who did that is the true culprit... who, as an accomplice to Yamada... betrayed him in the end...

Celes:

No, please wait a second. It's strange to think there would be an accomplice.

Because, with the rule for graduation in this campus lifestyle, there would be no gain for an accomplice.

In other words, there's no possibility of there being an accomplice... I expect that we also came to this conclusion before, no?

There's no possibility of an accomplice... certain, you'd expect that...

You'd... expect that, but...

Discussion Start!

The Broken Wristwatch
The Blue Vinyl Sheet
The Washed Hammer

Celes:

With the rules here...

When there's an accomplice, the one who can survive is...

Just the person who performed the murder...
(Now that you mention it...)

Assuming that, then “there's no possibility" of an accomplice.
(The possibility is zero?)

Oogami Sakura:

Certainly... that seems right...
(I see...)

Kirigiri Kyouko:

But, that's the case if there's 1 incident, right?
(As I thought, there's 2 bad guys?)

This time "2 incidents" occurred, right?
(Jeez, isn't anyone fine?)

There's no possibility of there being an accomplice...? Or is it possible?

This is another one of those odd discussions where Kirigiri just gives us the answer and we end up using it as our dispute bullet. I'm not sure why they set these ones up to be so easy, but...

"2 incidents" > "no possibility" of an accomplice

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

But, this time 2 incidents occurred... if so, then wouldn't it also be logical for there to be collusion?

Oogami Sakura:

...what do you mean?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The existence of an accomplice is unthinkable in the case where 1 incident has occurred.

It's only natural. If only 1 person is saved per incident, then the price of being an accomplice doesn't balance out...

Naegi Makoto:

...balance out?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The reward that matches that job... in other words, the reward that corresponds with the danger of just being an accomplice...

If you aren't saved even by assisting with the murder, there's no meaning in being an accomplice...

But conversely, if that price did balance out, then it wouldn't be impossible to collude with someone...

Togami Byakuya:

With 2 culprits committing 2 murders, it'd be fine if they were accomplices in each other's murders... is what you're saying.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The true culprit proposed that plan to Yamada. To get him to be an accomplice in their own crime...

Perhaps the one who killed Ishimaru in the beginning was Yamada...

Before, on top of having him commit a murder and making him unable to run away, they made him help with their own plan...

That's all the time we have for now, so next time, we'll talk more about how things "balance out".

GIRakaCHEEZER · Oct 15, 2015

Let's talk more about how things "balance out"!

Chapter 3 Part 26:

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link:
link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Naegi Makoto:

In other words, this time's incident isn't a series of murders by one culprit...

But 2 incidents committed by 2 culprits.

That being seen as a chain of murders, all of it was due to the culprit's diversionary tactics...

The questionable person who hid their face... the weapons that resembled each other... and the disappearance of the corpses... by making up these common features, the culprit...

They tried to feign that the series of crimes was performed by the same perpetrator!

Togami Byakuya:

The culprit proposed that plan to an accomplice, and then, they were successful in getting an accomplice...

And in the end, by killing that accomplice, they also got rid of their number 1 cause for concern, huh.

Which means, even betraying Yamada was done according to their plan from the beginning...

Asahina Aoi:

W-what's with... that plan! No matter how you look at it, it's too cruel!!

Togami Byakuya:

Is that so? Isn't it a rather well balanced plan. The selection of their accomplice being an exception, however...

I'm surprised they were able to get Yamada to go along with the whole thing in the first place, since he really doesn't seem like the murdering type.

2 incidents that were feigned as a series of murders... that was the biggest feature of this time's incident...

Surely, Kirigiri noticed that fact from the beginning...

Because, she said that we shouldn't think of this time's incident as a series of incidents, but we should think of each as separate incidents...

Kirigiri is... amazing, but...

No matter how you look at it... she's too amazing...

...so much that it's somewhat unnatural.

Oogami Sakura:

I understand that the existence of an accomplice is feasible but... well then, who is the true culprit that manipulated Yamada?

Genocider Syo:

That's the problem!!

The true culprit... the culprit who set forth the series of incidents by manipulating Yamada, and then lastly killed Yamada..

The discussions up until now... the flow of the events... if I try thinking on all those things...

It seems possible for only that person...

Pick the character!

So once again, it's time to pick out the culprit. I haven't mentioned this before, but you *can* pick out one of the deceased classmates here, since their pictures are present. But so far we haven't had a need to do so (and I suspect we never will).

This time, the culprit is the one who's been leading us on this wild goose chase for a Killer Robot. That person being...

Celes

Naegi Makoto:

This is my answer!

Celes...

Celes:

Oh my... am I suspicious?

Ehehe, oh no. Don't joke around like that...

Togami Byakuya:

A joke... how about that, I wonder?

Celes:

............

...well then, Yamada and I teamed up, is what you're saying.

That's... for Yamada and I to have teamed up is...

There's no way that'd happen, you shithead!! Who would team up with that loser!!

She gets a bit irritable once we start to suspect her, and her tone and words are a "little less formal", to say the least. But this explains the Machinegun Talk Battle we had with her near the beginning of this trial.

...ehe, pardon me.

Togami Byakuya:

I'm just saying this but, there's also evidence.

Celes:

...evidence?

Togami Byakuya:

Right. Regarding this time's series of incidents, a "certain shared action" that only you guys took...

That becomes the evidence. That you guys had teamed up!

The shared action that only Yamada and Celes took... perhaps, that's...

-Yelling out with a loud voice
-Hiding a scrap of paper in their underwear...
-Witnessing the questionable person

As far as I'm aware, Celes isn't hiding any papers in her underwear, at least none that are relevant to this case. Both Celes and Yamada yelled out, but I'm not sure they were the only ones. More importantly, what they both claimed to be doing during the incident was...

>Witnessing the questionable person

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

The shared action that only Yamada and Celes took... that's the witnessing of the questionable person, right?

That questionable person... the ones who witnessed the Justice Robo were only Celes and Yamada.

Togami Byakuya:

Don't just butt in...

Yeah that wasn't actually a question directed at Naegi. He must have just gotten so caught up in the moment that he answered it anyways, though.

Naegi Makoto:

S-sorry...

Togami Byakuya:

Just as Naegi said, the only ones who witnessed that questionable person were Yamada and Celes...

If that Yamada is one of the culprits, then it's natural that the other one, Cele's testimony, will also be seen as suspicious.

Asahina Aoi:

That means... it's all lies?

Togami Byakuya:

After we took Yamada, who was injured in the library room, to the infirmary, all of us began a search for the questionable person, right?

Try recalling Cele's words... immediately following that.

Celes:

A shadow... a shadow moved up on that staircase!

Togami Byakuya:

Precisely because of that testimony, we moved up to the 2nd floor.

And there, to lead us to the 3rd floor's physics room...

Oogami Sakura:

Celes screamed on the 3rd floor...

Togami Byakuya:

At that time, what did Celes say to us after we heard her scream and gathered on the 3rd floor?

Asahina Aoi:

Celes, what happened!?

Togami Byakuya:

For you, that was an awfully exaggerated yell...

Celes:

I found him... that cosplaying questionable person...

Once I yelled out, he ran away.

Facing me with my back turned to the stairwell, he turned down the hallway on the left.

Togami Byakuya:

Doing that, after she sent us towards the physics room...

...it was the other companion's turn.

???:

Gyaaaaaaa!!

Naegi Makoto:

...huh!?

Asahina Aoi:

W-what...!?

Celes:

I heard it coming from the floor below. Which means, that scream right now was...!

Naegi Makoto:

Yamada's... from the infirmary...?

This is bad! Let's hurry and go back!!

Asahina Aoi:

That... split us up into 2 groups... so that the corpses would be discovered at the same time...!?

Togami Byakuya:

Actually, the one who proposed that we split into 2 groups was also Celes.

Celes:

...if that's the case, then how about we split into 2 groups.

Togami Byakuya:

I'll go back to capturing the culprit. That seems like it'll be more interesting.

Celes:

Well then, Naegi and Asahina and myself will head back to the infirmary...

Fukawa, Togami, and Oogami, please capture the questionable person.

Togami Byakuya:

Well? Upon supposing that Celes and Yamada had teamed up, all of the coincidences connect to intentional necessities...

Celes:

............

Togami Byakuya:

Speaking of adding things, before that, your magnificent yell...

???:

Do'hyaaaaaaaaaa!!

Togami Byakuya:

Didn't that also have a role as being a "signal to Yamada"?

"I myself have finally reached the 3rd floor, as planned. Scream out" ...a signal with that sort of meaning.

Wasn't it for that reason that you screamed so loud that it echoed through the whole school?

This is turning out to be a very elaborate plan, and I'm surprised they pulled it off as well as they did. It seems like there's a lot of places where things could have gone wrong.

Celes:

............

Naegi Makoto:

Moreover... you were suspicious at that time as well...

When we discovered Yamada, who was playing dead in the infirmary...

Celes:

I certainly... wasn't expecting this...

That Yamada would...

...be killed...!

Naegi Makoto:

At that time, the one who first said he was "killed" was Celes, right...?

By saying that, weren't you trying to put us under the impression that Yamada had died?

Celes:

............

Asahina Aoi:

T-that's... I don't believe it... that it was all... an act put on by Celes...!

Naegi Makoto:

...Asahina, you were together with Celes when Yamada's corpse disappeared, right?

Asahina Aoi:

Yeah... I wasn't feeling good, so Celes took me to the toilet...

...huh! Then, that too was...!?

Naegi Makoto:

That might not have been because she was worried about Asahina, but to give Yamada time to get away from the infirmary...

Togami Byakuya:

For each and every one, one by one they're small things but, as they've piled up just now, it becomes a large suspicion...

...don't you think so, Celes?

Celes:

Well, what indeed...?

Togami Byakuya:

It's useless to play dumb...

You've made a decisive mistake.

Celes:

...a mistake?

Togami Byakuya:

When I first heard that, I didn't think about it very seriously, but...

Now, I can clearly say it. That that was the fatal mistake you made.

At this rate, it literally will be a fatal mistake, since she'll get executed if everyone votes for her.

Celes:

What indeed... are you saying?

Togami Byakuya:

After we heard about Yamada's corpse disappearing, right after we returned to the infirmary...

Celes:

It's as if... they're enjoying this...

Seeing us being scared, and confused... it's like they're enjoying it...

At this rate... we'll all be killed.

Like them... we'll be killed...

Oogami Sakura:

If it's those words then I also heard them, but... what about that are you saying is strange?

Togami Byakuya:

Listen, the ones who discovered Ishimaru's corpse in the physics prep room were myself, Oogami and Fukawa.

After that, hearing about the matter of Yamada's murder from Naegi, who came late, Oogami and I left the physics prep room behind together with Naegi...

And then, right as we went into the hallway, we met up with Celes, and then the 4 of us made our way towards the infirmary.

During that time, we didn't talk at all about Ishimaru's death.

If you think about that, Cele's statement there is extremely unnatural. No, it's too unnatural.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

But I don't quite get... what's unnatural... about that statement...

Togami Byakuya:

Hey, Celes. Everyone's in a bind here. Say the same statement one more, for everyone.

If you're not the culprit, then you should be able to do it, right?

Celes:

............

That's all the time we have for now. Next time, we'll get Celes to give her testimony.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Oct 22, 2015

Let's have the suspect give us their testimony!

Chapter 3 Part 27:

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link:
link

Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

What Togami is saying, the unnatural point in Celes' statement...

That's... what is he pointing out...?

Discussion Start!

The Electronic Student ID Cards
Monobear File 3
Celes' testimony

Celes:

My statement was like this...

It's as if... they're enjoying this...

Seeing "us" being scared, and confused...

It's like they're enjoying it...

At this rate... we'll "all" be killed.

Like "them"... we'll be killed...

...that's all.

Togami Byakuya:

With this, you get it, right?

The "unnatural part" of Celes' statement...

At the time she made that statement... Celes didn't know yet.

If we assume that, then the unnatural part of Celes' statement is...

This one's a bit tricky, but if you were closely following the events leading up to that statement, you should be able to figure out which part of Celes statement was fishy. It's not something I noticed before Togami brought it up, but I wonder if any players actually managed to spot this inconsistency before the trial happened. It seems like one that you could catch if you were keen enough.

"unnatural part" > "them"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

Naegi Makoto:

Right... a statement like "we'll be killed like them", you wouldn't expect that to come from Celes at that time.

Because, at that time, we still hadn't told Celes about Ishimaru, right?

Celes:

............

Togami Byakuya:

Moreover, we met up with Celes after we went out into the hallway.

In other words, there's wasn't even a chance for her to see the corpse in the physics prep room...

Naegi Makoto:

So despite that, how did Celes know?

That there wasn't just one killed, but "them"... and moreover that it was a "boy"...

Note: The term Celes uses for them (彼ら, "karera") typically refers to a group of males, since it's the plural of "him". However, I've seen it used in this game as a general "them" before, even when the group included girls.

Because, at that time Kirigiri was also missing. There was the possibility that she was killed, right?

Celes:

............

Ehehehe...

Everyone has a rich imagination, don't they?

Togami Byakuya:

Imagination... you say...?

Celes:

Not long ago, you were saying it, right? That my testimony of having witnessed the questionable person was all lies...

If so, then what becomes of this picture?

Celes:

The questionable person kidnapping Yamada, how does everyone plan to explain this picture?

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

That's also... fabricated...?

With Celes wearing that costume... and then... using a timer on the digital camera to photograph it or something...

Celes:

Are you forgetting? That costume can only be put on by you, Hagakure, right?

And there's no way Celes could fit all her hair in there.

Besides... this digital camera doesn't come with a timer feature or anything.

In other words, Yamada having been kidnapped by the questionable person is an unwavering fact.

If you'll say that my testimony is all lies, then can you explain what this picture is?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

In the first place, in that picture... is the questionable person really kidnapping Yamada, I wonder?

Celes:

...what do you mean?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

That it's not the questionable person kidnapping Yamada but... isn't there some other possibility, I wonder?

Celes:

There's no way there's... some other possibility...

Some other... possibility...?

If we assume this isn't a picture that was taken when the questionable person was kidnapping Yamada, then...

If we assume so, then the possibility aside from that is...

-Yamada is kidnapping the questionable person
-Yamada and the questionable person are drunk
-Yamada and the questionable person are dancing

I really like all the answers here, but unfortunately, we have to pick the most logical choice, that choice being...

>Yamada is kidnapping the questionable person

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

That's not a picture of the questionable person kidnapping Yamada...

But maybe it's a picture of Yamada kidnapping the questionable person?

Celes:

Guh...!!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

...I expect that that's plausible.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

The one being kidnapped in that picture wasn't Yamada but was the questionable person...

We might have just been mistaken about that. That Yamada was the one being kidnapped...

Looks more like the Robot is giving him a hug, or a pat on the shoulders. What a nice robot.

I wonder if that suspicious costume wasn't also a thing made to mislead us.

Because you looked at the person wearing that costume, anyone would be convinced that they were suspicious...

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

D-doing that, while I was asleep, they made me out to be the suspect!

Celes:

Ehe... ehehehehe...

Ehehe... that's...

...isn't there no way that'd happen.

Yamada was kidnapping the questionable person? Such a thing would be impossible...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Impossible... is that really so? I can't see it that way, but...

Celes:

If so, then how about I tell you. The evidence that can declare it impossible...

It's impossible that Yamada kidnapped the questionable person. The evidence that can declare that...

Does such a thing... really exist?

Discussion Start!

The Justice Robo Costume
The Electronic Student ID Cards
The Washed Hammer
The Message Written by Hagakure Himself
The Justice Robo Blueprints

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

They made me wear that costume, after I fainted...
(Is it finally the end, I wonder?)

And then I was “carried by Yamada”!
(Like this, you guys...)

Doing that, they made me out to be the suspect!
(Trust your friends...)

Celes:

That's why that's impossible...
(Kill your friends...)

In this picture, the questionable person is standing up straight.
(Doubt your friends...)

If the person inside "had fainted", then...
(Over and over and over again...)

There's no way they would have been able to assume "a position like that".
(We'll finally come to the truth!)

Genocider Syo:

Then, as I thought, the culprit is that fortune-telling idiot!
(To the truth called the "punishment"!)

Genocider sure is quick to jump back to Hagakure whenever there's a doubt it's Celes. I'd expect that of Celes herself, but we've already objectively proven that it couldn't have been the robot.

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

W-why is it like that, yeah!?
(Upupupupu...)

No... it's not like that... there's an inconsistency in Celes' claim right now.

If this was a normal costume, Celes would be right about it being impossible for Hagakure to be standing while passed out. But this isn't exactly the most mobile of suits, so...

The Justice Robo Costume > "a position like that"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

No, even if the person inside had fainted, I expect they would have been able to be in a position where they're standing up straight.

Thanks to that peculiarity in that Justice Robo costume...

Asahina Aoi:

My waist won't bend at all!? Isn't this design clearly a miss!?

Note: When I first read this part, I misread it. It actually says "waist", not "arms" (which is what I had originally). Before, it didn't make enough of a difference in the context of the story for me to catch it, but here it became quite important. I've already gone back and edited the affected parts, though.

Asahina Aoi:

Right! In that costume, thanks to the design being a miss, the waist wouldn't bend at all!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

In the first place, was it really a design miss, I wonder...?

Maybe from the beginning, it was a design calculated and made for the purpose of fabricating this picture?

Celes:

...ghgg!

Naegi Makoto:

By making Hagakure, who had fainted, wear a costume with those characteristics, Celes and Yamada...

...fabricated that picture.

To make us believe in the questionable person's existence!

Celes:

...gghggg!!

Togami Byakuya:

Somehow... it seems we've reached a checkmate...

Celes:

Check... mate......?

............

Ehe... ehehehehe...

Heh... he... hehe... hehehe...

Aren't you messing around, you moron!! Aah!? What's a checkmate!

Asahina Aoi:

C-Celes...?

Celes:

At any rate, it seems you want to make me out to be the culprit, but that's a big mistake!!

Are you forgetting? What Yamada left behind when he died, those words!!

Asahina Aoi:

...hey, Yamada. Who got you!? Who attacked you?

Who is... the culprit?

Yamada Hifumi:

The... cul... prit......?

The culprit's name... I... know it... I... remember...

Ya... Yasu...

hi......... ro......

Celes:

When Yamada was asked the culprit's name, he clearly answered, right?

That the culprit was "Yasuhiro"...

In other words, it's Hagakure Yasuhirooooooooo!!

Hagakure Yasuhiro:

I-I-I'm not named "Yasuhiro" or anything! A-actually my name is "Tarosuke" and...

Hagakure is really really terrible at defending himself. God forbid he ever represents himself in an actual trial.

Oogami Sakura:

If you tell incomprehensible lies like that, it will complicate the discussion...

Kirigiri Kyouko:

However, was Yamada really specifying that it was Hagakure when he said "Yasuhiro", I wonder?

Celes:

You bitch, what are you saying! I'll roast you!!

Naegi Makoto:

Kirigiri... what do you mean?

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Try to recall... Yamada's way of referring to everyone...

In what way did he call out to us, I wonder?

-Full Name
-By adding a -chi
-First Name

Note: Adding -chi to the end of names is how Hagakure calls most of his fellow students. It's kind of an affectionate suffix, I think? Sort of like saying "Naegi, buddy".

Yamada would always use people's full names and add the suffix "-dono", which is an odd honourific. It's respectful, but not commonly used in speech.

>Full Name

Naegi Makoto:

It's this!

Right... by full name! Yamada called everyone by their full name!

Kirigiri Kyouko:

For example, he'd say "Naegi Makoto"...

Therefore, if Yamada was to name Hagakure, then I'd expect that he'd call him "Hagakure Yasuhiro".

Celes:

I-it was just... by chance... that only then... he called him by his first name...

Genocider Syo:

By chance...?

Togami Byakuya:

...be quiet.

That's all the time we have for now. Next time, we'll talk more about Yamada's dying words.

GIRakaCHEEZER · Oct 30, 2015

Let's talk more about the victim's dying words!

Chapter 3 Part 28:

If you want to watch the video version of this part, here’s the link:
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Be sure to turn on video annotations if you do watch it, or else there will be no translations.

Kirigiri Kyouko:

For that time to be just a single coincidence... it's quite a convenient interpretation, isn't it?

It's impossible. I expect that Yamada tried to say the culprit's name by full name, just as he always would.

But, in the middle of doing so he ran out of strength...

Naegi Makoto:

Then, who Yamada tried to indicate was... for example, someone with the last name "Yasuhiro"...?

Oogami Sakura:

But, as for someone with that kind of name... there's no one that fits...

Naegi Makoto:

No... wait a second... there's just one person it'd be possible for...

The person who hasn't revealed her real name up until now... Celes...

Celes:

What... did you say...?

False accusations... if you've gone that far then it'll make me laugh...

Hey! Please don't say such irresponsible things? As for me having a lame last name like "Yasuhiro", there's...

No way I'd have a name like that!!

Aah!? I'd chop it off!!

Naegi Makoto:

Then tell us... what is your real name, Celes...?

Celes:

Alright! Dig out the holes in your ears as much as you can, and listen well!!

My real name is Celestia Ludenberg! Can you not make me say the same thing over and over again!

To be fair, her name is kind of a european-wannabe name. So it's not a very convincing name.

Celes... you won't acknowledge it to the bitter end... so...

Somehow... I have to make her accept it...!

Discussion Start!

The Justice Robo Costume
The Electronic Student ID Cards
The Washed Hammer
The Message Written by Hagakure Himself
The Justice Robo Blueprints

Kirigiri Kyouko:

Who Yamada tried to indicate was...

Someone with a "last name of Yasuhiro".
(Not Hagakure!)
(That person is... the culprit!)
(There's no other person with that assumed name.)

Asahina Aoi:

If we assume there's someone among us with a last name of Yasuhiro...

Oogami Sakura:

Then it'd be Celes, who hasn't revealed her real name.
(It's... Celes?)

Celes:

I'll say it over and over, so...

My name is...

Celestia Ludenberg!!

Note: As you can see in the screenshot, her name (which she is saying) is displayed upside-down here. It happened every time I played this scene, so I can only assume it's intentional, or some sort of bug.

Togami Byakuya:

How long do you plan on insisting it...
(Byakuya is dreamy even when he's angry!)

Celes:

Insisting it or whatever... that is the truth...
(The truth, you say...?)

On top of there being "no way to check" that...
(Is there no decisive evidence!?)
(As for some method...)
(Just one move short...)

That's the truth! You idiot!

Isn't there some way... to make her admit it...?

I don't know if you guys pay attention to the timer on the screenshots for these parts, but for this discussion, the time is actually pretty low, meaning we only get a handful of tries to get the right answer for this one, and that you almost have to get it on the first run of the conversation to get a perfect score.

What's wrong this time is Celes' assertion that we can't actually check what her name is. We can, and we can do it with...

The Electronic Student ID Cards > "no way to check"

Naegi Makoto:

That's wrong!

Right... the Electronic Student ID Cards!!

Celes:

Aah...!?

Naegi Makoto:

Certainly, on our Electronic Student ID Cards, when it starts up the owners name should be displayed, right?

In the beginning, Monobear was also saying so...

Monobear:

The Electronic Student ID Card is a necessity that is vital to campus life, so you had better not lose it!!

Also, when it first starts up your name will be displayed, so properly confirm that it is correct.

It also has uses other than being a simple ID card…

Although this is a case where we're definitely using it solely for "ID" (identification).

Naegi Makoto:

In other words, if we check the Electronic Student ID Card, it should be made clear.

Celes' real name, that is!

Celes:

I-it'd be an infringement of my privacy...! I won't show it...!

Naegi Makoto:

............

...Celes.

I wonder... won't you tell us the truth soon?

The truth...

Celes:

............

I... even if I've been checkmated, I'm of the disposition that I won't give up.

Because...

Because because... becausebecausebecausebecausebecausebecause!

Until it's completely settled, we don't know what's what!

Naegi Makoto:

Then... we'll completely settle it...

Once more, we'll look back on the incident from the beginning... and there, we'll make all of your crimes clear...

And with that we'll put an end to this!!

Climax Inference
Start!!

Complete the inference!

So it's time to play the Climax inference game again. One thing I actually learned this time around is that, for the blank panels we're supposed to fill in, you can get a "hint" if you press the circle button. I haven't been using this feature up until this point, so this makes the game considerably easier. Also, I'll be including those hints from now on.

In this time's incident, the one who was tempted by the culprit and made into the incident's accomplice was...?

This one's pretty easy. Yamada was the accomplice, so we'll put a picture of him here.

The time that person was called out to the rec room was...?

This is referring to the first person they called out. Hagakure was called out first, at 1am, so we'll put a picture of the clock pointing to 1am here.

Who was the person that was called out by the culprits in the beginning, I wonder...?

That's Hagakure, so we'll put him in the next slot.

Making that person who was put to sleep wear the Justice Robo costume, the culprits fabricated the false evidence.

Using that tool...

We have a picture of the culprit using the digital camera, so this is most likely the answer. After all, it was the camera that was used in making the fake photo of the questionable person kidnapping Yamada.

What time was Ishimaru called out to the physics prep room, I wonder?

Ishimaru was called out second, and he was called out a bit later than Hagakure, at 6am. So we'll put a picture of Ishimaru's watch pointing to 6am here.

The weapon that Ishimaru was attacked with... which Justice hammer was that...?

That was Justice Hammer no. 4, so we'll put that there.

In the library room, using that thing, Yamada made up the crimes of the mysterious person...

Although this hint doesn't explicitly say it's a Justice Hammer, that's what we're looking for here. Specifically, he used Justice Hammer no. 2.

When Yamada played as a corpse in the infirmary, which Justice hammer was there...?

And this is the last Justice Hammer we have available to use in this puzzle, Justice Hammer no. 3. A lot of hammers in this incident.

Yamada put Ishimaru's corpse on that and moved it...

This was the dolly, which had no handlebar, making it impossible for the cosplaying person to use.

The weapon that the culprit killed Yamada with... that's...

And this was the final hammer of the case, the washed hammer. The only hammer we have that isn't a Justice Hammer.

That's it for the blanks, so let's see how we did.

Naegi Makoto:

This is the whole story of the incident!

Naegi Makoto:

When the culprit went to commit this time's crime, first, they joined forces with a certain person. That person being...

Yamada. By making Yamada their accomplice, they made the series of incidents possible.

First, at 1 o'clock last night, they called a certain person out to the rec room.

Hagakure was the one they called out.

In order to frame Hagakure as the suspect, the culprits called him out, and then put him to sleep with some medicine...

And then, after they made Hagakure, who was put to sleep, wear the Justice Robo costume...

Yamada acted as if he was caught by the Justice Robo...

And the culprit photographed that with the digital camera.

To make the evidence that makes Hagakure out to be the questionable person... in other words, to make him the suspect...

After that, while he was still asleep, the culprits locked Hagakure up in the pool's locker.

And then, at 6 a.m. ... at last, the culprits carried out the murder.

They called Ishimaru out to the physics prep room.

And there, Ishimaru was killed by Yamada. This was the first murder...

At this time, the weapon used was the Justice Hammer no. 4, which was dropped in the physics prep room.

Despite it being the first murder, Hammer no. 4 was used, to make us mistake the order the crimes occurred in.

Next what the culprit and Yamada did was fabricating the 2 attacks.

There they posed as victims. To turn the suspicion towards the Justice Robo...

The first facade was... the attack in the rec room.

There, by showing us the Justice Hammer no. 1 and the picture of the Justice Robo...

They tried to lead us to believe in that attack.

And then the second facade... the time of the attack in the library room.

By showing off an injured Yamada and the Justice Hammer no. 2, they fabricated the incident.

By doing this and making up the second attack, the culprits planted a certain preconception in us.

That the mysterious questionable person was attacking people one by one, while increasing the size of the Hammers.

They really went the extra mile to hide their tracks this time. It's a bit amazing how well they pulled it off, given how complicated this ruse was.

Having bought into that, we immediately began a search for that questionable person...

At that time, Yamada was the only one left behind in the infirmary.

That was just as Yamada had planned. Doing that, Yamada, having successfully been left alone...

Using the blood transfusion packs in the fridge and the Justice Hammer no. 3...

Personally, he acted as a corpse. He pretended that he himself had been killed.

And then, after we came back from hearing Yamada's scream, we discovered that.

Moreover, at that time, Ishimaru's corpse was discovered in the physics prep room.

And then, because of the Corpse Discovery Announcement being broadcast there, we had the misunderstanding that Yamada had died.

Like this, after having tricked us, using the moment when the infirmary became unmanned...

Yamada snuck away from the infirmary.

After that, once we knew about Yamada's corpse having disappeared, we gathered in the infirmary in a hurry.

Using this gap, Yamada creeped into the physics room next, and...

Wrapping up Ishimaru's corpse with the vinyl sheet and using the dolly, he transported it to the art warehouse.

This is the truth of the incident of the disappearing corpses...

But, Yamada didn't know. The end of the true culprit's plan of crimes, who was pulling all the strings...

The true end... that was the killing of Yamada, who was the accomplice.

With the Hammer that was in the art warehouse, which would be the scene of the crime.

This is the entirety of this time's incident. And, the offending character who executed this plan is...

Naegi Makoto:

Celes! It's your loss!!

Celes:

Loss...!?

A Loss... that's...!

How long has it been since... I've heard those words...

They're... heavy words, aren't they......

Naegi Makoto:

You'll admit it, right? That you are the culprit...

Celes:

Ehe... heh... it's no good... saying "you" like that... speaking like a professor...

Note: The "you" used here (キミ, "kimi") is a bit of a harsher "you", and sort of implies some hostility i.e. "you jerk".

Celestia Ludenberg.... no, or...

Yasuhiro Taeko... is fine.

Naegi Makoto:

Yasuhiro Taeko...?

Togami Byakuya:

She's finally admitted it, huh...

Celes:

Still struggling when condemned to a loss, wouldn't that be not knowing when to give up.

Despite us knowing her real name now, the game continues to denote her as "Celes".

Togami Byakuya:

Is that so......

And now the points get totaled up from all the phases of this trial. We did pretty good this time around.

My score in the video parts is different (slightly higher) because those were recorded on a seperate run from the screenshots. I'll be going forward with that score instead (got a few more Monobear Medals there).

Celes:

Monobear, with that, would you please start it?

No......

Would you please end it... is what I should say?

Monobear:

Hmhm...

It's the long-awaited voting time! Right!? Okay, then let's start it!

Well then, you guys, please vote with the switch at your hands!

Well now... who will be the bad guy chosen by the vote?

That answer... will it be right or wrong!? Well, what will it be!?

And that's it for the trial! The voice acting ends here, so we won't have any more video parts until the next trial (if I decide to make them at all...).

Next time, we'll start the after-trial.

mckgamer · Dec 3, 2015

Now there is a fully official translated version on the Vita! Along with a sequel and a spin-off. (Two if you count the mobile version)