LogFAQs > #924121245

Unfortunately, glancing at the character chart, I just don't have anything new. My mastermind picks have not changed from the beginning, because the characters have mostly continued to fill the same narrative role as I predicted from the start.

Kinzo - nope 'cause dead most of the time

Krauss - hell no, absolutely nothing about krauss as a character is suitable for a mastermind

Natsuhi - sweet and innocent, clearly not mastermind

Jessica - no way. would make no sense.

Eva - I mean, still, no. She actually could be a mastermind since she's been given more complexity, so it wouldn't just be "cruel-seeming character turns out to actually be cruel", but it's just not her role in the story, I don't think.

Hideyoshi - I have no reason to believe he's the mastermind except that he's been relatively on the sidelines and hasn't shown any reason he can't be. Process of elimination keeps him in. I do feel he's been a bit underused, which can indicate he has a big part to play in the climax, so he's still a possibility.

George - I mean, he's a smug condescending jerk. And evil. But. I mean, I guess it's probably not him?

Rudolf - Nahhhhhh. I mean, maybe. Did we ever find out why in episode 1 he thought he was going to die? There's still more to explore here, his relationship with Battler needs to be fleshed out and clarified. And that'd be really weird to do from a PoV of him being the mastermind, but, eh, it's possible.

Kyrie - Again, not ruled out, because she's mysterious and stuff, but idk, she's kind of explained what her deal is by talking about her hatred of Asumu and her "do anything for love" ideas. I'm aware that sort of fits in with the themes I mentioned, she was a "lowly secretary" or w/e so her rank was lower and she had trouble due to it, but, eh.

Battler - I have no clue where to even begin, but it kinda feels like a no at this point... It'd just be too weird. I could type thoughts about this but my mind gets foggy even trying to start.

Genji - Eh. Just not narratively satisfiyng, sorry, he's been a non-factor and we don't know enough about his motives and stuff for it to have been particularly solveable.

Rosa - hell no.

Maria - nope.

Gohda and Kumasawa - same as Genji but even more. Just not enough for them. Kumasawa maaaaybe, since she's shown her principles a bit more, but eh. Maybe if there's some twist and she's, like, the older version of some other character...? But I don't really think so.