Chapter 2: THE TRIAL OF THE CENTURY (or not but that's ok too) thoughts and musings
Man, Monokuma, we dont need a brief explanation of the class trial. We just did this like two days ago. Although, considering some of the people still alive in the group (*cough* Akane *cough*) maybe they already forgot so I guess good call.
Nagito jumps into explaining how the Twilight Murder Syndrome is the motive this time around, and how some of the people here are characters in the game. SOME OF US ARE CHARACTERS IN A GAME? Nekomaru blurts out. Well, technically, all of you are, but some of you are characters in a game in a game. GAME-CEPTION DUN DUN.
We then spend five minutes going through everyones role in the game. This riveting series of match the character with their obvious personality is only complicated by the fact I took a two day break since when I last played it and at first theyre just like who is girl A without any sort of reminder. JERK MOVE, GAME.
Fuyuhikos defense as to why dead girl cant be his little sister is if she was the type to die easily, Id have fuckin killed her myself a long time ago YEAH IDIOTS. If she was my little sister, why didnt I kill her already? Huh? EVER THINK OF THAT SMARTY PANTS?
Nagito covers himself in cooking grease and goes on another crazy aside about how it would be better if Fuyuhiko wasnt the killer because then the mystery would be more complex and HOPE would be more HOPEFUL. Or something. But, yeah, that is precisely why he isnt the killer, because they game couldnt make it that obvious since the motive was pointed at him.
Oooookay, youre starting to act weird again. Says Kazuichi about Nagito. Yeah, uh, he never stopped.
Also, this motive is pretty lame in comparison to the last game. Last game had a bunch of interesting could affect everyone motives. For example, Mondo was responsible for his brothers death in case two and he wanted that kept secret, but everyone was at risk of having their secrets exposed. Here it is just one guy that really has a motive. That writing isnt nearly as compelling, because now it seems like Monokuma is specifically targeting just one guy instead of letting chaos reign supreme. This is a motive that doesn't motivate at least half the cast at all for any reason.
Akane proposes that Girl E is related to Gundham because her last name is Sato and Gundhams last name is plain, too. Great, Akane doesnt even know how last names work. This is why she will never be a murderer. Too dumb to pull something like that off.
I-isthattrue? Girl E, sheshe killed the first victim Fuyuhiko, also apparently a big dumb dumb. I know he played the game since we found the note and saw him carrying the folder and in the game Girl E basically says I killed her because she was bullying you. So either Fuyuhiko is lying about not knowing or illiterate.
Chiaki justifies her map making abilities by yammering on about old school games and how you had to make your own maps. Nekomaru saves us from another eight lines of dialogue about the good ol days by telling her to shut her yap and focus on the case. More Suprak cool points for Nekomaru.
We them go about unraveling the mystery of how Fuyuhikos sister died becauseIm not sure. I get that this is the motive, but what the hell does it matter what the murder weapon was? Im not here to solve your cold cases, Monokuma.
Im not sure I fully understand the scheme here. Girl E broke the window, locked the door, returned the key, but then ran to the next room and broke the vase so the other four girls would hear it? What would she do if they were running late or werent downstairs yet? Keep breaking vases until one of them alerted someone to come running?
Also, I am trying to remember high school. I am almost 100% positive the sum total of vases in all the room I ever had a class in was zero. Because kids are idiots and would break them, regardless if it was to cover up a murder or not.
If this keeps up, Im gonna feel like I need to shit phew Nekomara made a poop reference. I was beginning to worry that something was wrong with him since he hadnt talked about pooping for roughly ten minutes.
Fuyuhikos sister was beat to death using a swimsuit full of gravel. Ah yes, the ol swimsuit full of gravel to the head murder. wait, how the hell was I supposed to know that? I had to present the swimsuit when Ibuki mentioned gravel, something I just sort of randomly guessed at because that is a pretty dumb choice for a murder weapon. Girl E was McGuyver, apparently.
Also this case sort of undermines the whole Monokuma driving people to murder thing the series has going for it. Mahiru was actually an accessory to murder before this whole thing began, so, uh, yeah. And Fuyuhiko probably killed girl E so there's that. Setting up a huge murder game seems kinda pointless when some of these characters were doing it for funsies beforehand.
She probablymade her unconscious by accidentA-and from there, she couldnt go backI-I somewhat understand that feeling. Uhreminder to myself to not get on Mikans bad side. Yeah I understand how sometimes things get a bit too far and then you just have to bludgeon someone to death with a swimsuit and then you kill a second person because they walked in on you and then you kill a third because they heard you make a noise and pretty soon youve killed an entire swim team thats happened to you guys, right?
I try to show the case was related to the game first by showing the threatening note that says play the game and then remember what you did to my sister, then by showing the picture of Fuyuhikos sister next to a bloodied bat. Neither works. Apparently what I was supposed to show was the metal bat itself. Ah, yes, the old Phoenix Wright problem where multiple clues should work but only one does.
Umwhy is Peko trying to dissuade us from believing Fuyuhiko is the murderer? Unlessmaybe she isnt the murderer? Doesnt make sense for the murderer to go hey guys cool down not him, maybe we should be looking in different directionLIKE ME.
OH SNAP. Peko says it was Hiyoko instead, something we have a lot of evidence for. TOO MUCH EVIDENCE. Thus, it cant be Hiyoko. Silly Peko!
Hiyoko scolds Nagito for collecting her footprint by calling him a pedo. Waitarent you guys the same age? I dont think it counts as pedophilia when you guys are in the same class in school I heard you started dating Amy. THATS DISGUSTING. Isnt she born in like May? What the hell is wrong with you, you pedophile!
Hiyoko quickly changes her mind and says she did go to the beach house, but it was part of her innocent daily walk and nothing else. If you went there durin your mornin walk, that doesnt have anything to do with the case at all Akane. Someone take away her ability to vote on these cases please she doesnt deserve it.
We disprove Hiyoko only went to the beach house during a morning walk with a letter than literally says Hey Mahiru this is Hiyoko lets meet up at the beach house at 2:30. Gotcha, jerk. Why the hell did she even write this letter in the first place? Couldnt she just have told Mahiru in person? Whats the point of this letter other than to provide evidence in this case?
Oh wait, Hiyoko doesnt remember it because it was forged. Duh, that makes way more sense.
Hiyoko cautions all of us that this has to be a trap. The real culprit? The one with the maskmaybe? OH SHIT, ZORRO? What the hell is Zorro doing here, killing people with impunity?
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Moops? "I thought you were making up diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion."