Chapter 3 Deadly Life Thoughts and...OH NO OH NO NO NO NO I THOUGHT TOO MUCH
We get a body discovery announcement, immediately followed by a second body discovery announcement. What the hell, Monkuma? Are these things pre-recorded? Couldnt you just say two bodies have been discovered? You have the power to make a super virus that does literally whatever you want but you cant change your body discovery announcement by a single word?
Could it betwo victims? OH GEE WHAT GAVE THAT AWAY? Alright Chiaki, I'm taking away your "token smart person card" for now.
We want to get the body down and Monomi tells us how to operate the baton at the top of the stage. You sure know a lot about how everything here works, Monomi. Or, should I say, MURDER-omi?
Second corpse is Ibuki. Which, of course it was. Still sad. Good nom-nom-noming to you in the afterlife, you horrendous musician, you.
Akane and Nagito are cured now becausereasons. Apparently Monokuma magically cured them because he can do that too. I know this series pretty much requires you to suspend your disbelief, but this is just lazy writing that doesnt make any sense. Like diseases that can come and go because Monokuma says and does whatever the plot needs them to are just kind dumb tbqh.
Monomi says shes going to go fix Nekomaru while we all investigate. I half expect her to return with an obviously dead Nekomaru that shes propping up Weekend At Bernies style.
We need to finish thisonce and for all. Hey hate to burst your bubble guys but theres still like three more chapters left so, uh, you might not be quite there yet.
Investigation time! Monokuma file says Hiyokos cause of death was her throat being slit and also that her death was instant. That isnt how throat slitting works but ok.
Chiaki loudly questions why they killed two people instead of one because that would leave more clues and it doesnt make sense. Jeez, Chiaki, spoilers.
Shes got a point though. Im trying to figure out if there is some Danganronpa 1 type thing going on where one of the corpses killed one person and then a second person killed them. Like maybe Hiyoko killed Ibuki but then got murdered herself? Is there any way she immobilized herself? Nah, that doesnt make sense. Hm hm hm.
Apparently the thing holding the door shut was a drumstick. Damn that must be one sturdy ass drumstick if four people smashing against the door at one time didnt break it at first (or cause it to fall out).
Wait, but does that mean that the killer was inside the room when we broke in? We were specifically told there wasnt a second entrance when we were trying to find our way in. But then who did it? There was no one else in the room when we got in there. Hm hm hm. I feel very confused so far, which is a good thing, I suppose.
There is a flashback showing the whole scene of us trying to break in. Yeah, game, I remember that part. It was literally five minutes ago. You dont need to flashback to something that recent. Like five more lines and we would flashback to the flashback and be caught in a recursive loop.
The doors here apparently dont even have a lock. Probably not the best choice of door for a bar or business or any sort of structure you keep things in, really. No wonder the Titty Typhoon went under.
Fuyuhiko thinks maybe someone was hiding inside when we broke down the door. That thought had crossed my mind but that eliminates like half of the potential suspects right off the bat. And I feel like that's too dumb because we could peak behind the bar and be like "Kazuichi?!? What are you doing back there?" and the case would be solved.
Chiaki notices some green globby substance on the sides of the door. She tests what it is by eating some. Turns out to be workshop chemicals. Hey, Mikan, can you get over here and pump this morons stomach before she eats any more clues.
The sticky glob is added to the clue list but not the broken drumsticks. Thatsinteresting.
Mikan asks why I wasnt in the lobby then has a mild panic attack. Th-theres no way Id doubt you. Causeweve been togethersince this morning. Oh, weve BEEN TOGETHER all right. Hey everyone, get over here and listen how together Ive been with Mikan!
Oh wait Mikans testimony of us being together got added to my truth bullets. Maybe someone is going to accuse Hajime of being a lame virgin because I dont see what else this evidence has to do with anything.
Hm. The last thing in her testimony is that she met up with Fuyuhiko in front of the hospital. I wonder if that is going to mean something. *scribbles down negative points for Fuyuhiko*
Someone smashed Kazuichis machine. It was either the killer or the island has been invaded by a hostile group of Luddites.
There is a mystery smudge on the floor that is clearly half cleaned up blood. Why did the killer try to clean this up? Chiaki wonders. I dunno, man, Im still trying to figure out the locked door thing. We can work on the killers OCD later.
There is some sort of thick piece of paper stuck to the baton lighting. AHA! That clearly meansnothing to me at the moment. Seriously, Im at a bit of a loss here what some of these clues are. This is the first chapter in the game where I have had no clue whats going on for a lot of these clues, which is pretty cool.
The building's temperature was set to 86 degrees for some reason. This is the second A/C related clue in three cases. I think one of the writers mightve been an A/C repair person in their previous line of work.
Hiyokos body is all weird. First off, Nagito notices a weird bulge in her kimono and tries to make me fish around in there to see what It is. Akane eventually agrees to do it and finds a key to a hotel room. For some reason this is added to the truth bullets even though she probably would have her hotel key with her anyway. It was buried so deep in her kimono it was hard to retrieve, making me question how the hell Nagito saw it from across the room in the first place.
Her kimono also looks like it mightve been put on backwards? And the killer mightve put duct tape around her neck to stop it from bleeding so much. So was Hiyoko nude at some point? Or at least kimono-less? Why was naked Hiyoko wandering around the music venue. Maybe she did kill Ibuki and took off her kimono because it was so hot in there and she didnt want to look all sweaty. Butthen who killed her?
Theres a candle at the front of the stage and Hajime tells me like three times how they couldve just used stage lighting because he's a lighting snob. Jeez, Hajime, learn a bit about AMBIANCE okay? Candle light is much spookier than concert venue light. Every killer knows this, man.
Oh wait, theres a big ol bloodstain on the side of the stepladder. AHA. This is actually useful. Because that means it likely came from Hiyoko. Which meansIbuki killed Hiyoko? BUT THEN WHO KILLED IBUKI? I dont think the killer wouldve gotten Hiyokos blood on their hands, and then lazily touched the stepladder just for the purpose of knocking it over and leaving evidence behind.
Okay, so Ibuki kills Hiyoko. Is there any way for Hiyoko to kill Ibuki? Like Ibuki was super suggestive so maybe Ibuki is killing Hiyoko, Hiyoko tells Ibuki to kill herself, and then Ibuki does so? Does that make sense? No, because Ibuki was dead when we got there and Hiyoko wasnt. But wait, what the hell, Im like 95% sure Ibuki killed Hiyoko based on the ladder bloodstain. KILLER HOW DID YOU DO THIS?
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