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If I needed any more confirmation that the game was giving me a "this is solveable" message, this would be it.

Will says he knew the whodunnit and the whydunnit by the end of episode 4, just not the how. Well, of course, the how is the most complicated part. Even I have been able to roughly speculate about the who and the why.

I think it's interesting though that this game may be solveable equally well by any of the 3. Who, why, how.

Some people might gravitate towards the how, especially those who could replay the chapters and take notes and find every little thing.

Personally, as you guys know, I gravitated towards the "why". By analyzing the game's themes, I made the claim that the mastermind and/or culprit probably relates to the following themes:

- The theme of how things in life, like roses/short-lived relationships, can be beautiful and be appreciated even if they don't last
- The theme of how life is only worth it because of the struggle, it's not worth it if you just get everything that makes you happy, without things that make you sad
- The theme of the cycle of abuse, how society treats "lower" people (be it class, or age/family) worse, and how they continue to perpetuate that cycle
- The (core, core, very important, "literally all of episode 4 is about this, and the entire game") theme of how people can take control of their happiness by creating their own truth about the world

I'm probably forgetting one or more.

I'm not going to solve this game beyond what I already have, I can't look into the how dunnit, and I just don't have any other ideas about possible culprits.

But I'll say that my guess is that the whydunnit is a combination of some of those themes.

As a reminder, I said Shannon fit all this because a) she has a relationship with George that she appreciates even if it will break, b) she has struggled as a servant her whole life, and most importantly, c) she has a motive to strike back against people who treated her badly and/or will perpetuate the cycle herself, and d) she has proven she will do what it takes to create a better life for herself, as she "imagined" Beatrice granting her impossible love, plus she'd travel to an island and smash a spirit mirror for it. Plus she's just generally into the myth of Beatrice and talks about seeing the world in color, she's very passionate about it, and passionate = murderous I guess =P

Now, I'm a little bit less sure about this. Because if the twist is just going to be that Shannon and Kanon are the same person, is that to set up them being the mastermind? Or is it a totally seperate thing? If Shannon and Kanon are actually dying every episode, the twist with them will help explain some of the murders and the disappearing body stuff. But if they do actually die, then are they really the mastermind? lol

I mean, that's been the biggest question, because in every chapter, everyone dies. But one of them must be the mastermind, I guess. It's easy to say "as a servant who had a bad life, they wanted to die and take everyone with them", but, meh.

Anyway, I'll give one more quick rundown on potential masterminds, but I don't really know who else it could be.