Oh right, this was a thing.
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THIS THREAD CONTAINS OPEN SPOILERS RELATED TO THE CASE 5 KILLER AND THEORIES. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED, HIT THE BACK BUTTON RIGHT NOW. I DO NOT WANT TO GET YELLED AT BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE BAD .
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Alright? Not going to yell? Alright.
So for a long time before the game was released, I was wondering who the killer of case 5 was going to be. It all started when someone brought up their thoughts. Of course, this turned out to be wrong, but it was certainly an interesting one.
Also understand how since my understanding of the cases are limited because they're in Japanese and Bolt only highlighted key points so we get the basic gist, my theory may be completely shot down by the time a full translation (fan or otherwise) comes out. So don't yell at me.
Anyway, I had thought that Sherlock Holmes himself was the killer. Why?
1. When the Case 2 Joint Reasoning demonstration video was released, someone on Skype told me how it was strange that Sherlock Holmes, the greatest detective mind of the 19th century, had to be corrected by Ryuunosuke Naruhodou, an average joe who wasn't even an attorney at that point in the story.
I thought it was strange, too. Perhaps this "Sherlock Holmes" was an impersonator?
Time passed, and then the game was released.
2. Case 2: We were introduced to Sherlock Holmes himself. My suspicions rose up again as his deductions appeared to be rather unusual.
He looked at Ryuunosuke and asked if he was a Russian revolutionary. Specifically the one in the newspaper that comes back as a jurist in case 5. Ryuu says that he and the guy in the newspaper looked nothing alike, then Sherlock responds saying:
"Maybe you revolutionized your face?"
...Yeah. Real convincing.
I had also noticed an Impersonator theme in the ripped soundtrack that someone posted on YouTube. Hmmmm...
3. Case 4: I had missed case 3 entirely at this point, and caught Case 4 in the middle of the investigation. But I still managed to catch it when Sherlock acts strange again. Ryuu and Susato run into Sherlock again, and he seems to have forgotten their names.
"Mr. Mikotoba and Miss Naruhodou, wasn't it?"
Then again, this could just be a joke, but at least I've never heard of someone using this kind of joke before.
4. Case 5: So I heard that Sherlock got shot, and he landed himself in the hospital. My theory had taken a hit here, but I was still hoping that it was correct. Then waltzes in Egg Benedict, also known as Robert Cragley.
...Robert.
This almost guaranteed my theory to be correct, and I was getting an adrenaline rush.
Plus the way he moves dramatically. It's almost like Sherlock.
His face and hair colour even match Sherlock's to a degree.
...But then my theory crumbles to dust as Sherlock enters the room.
...And then the trial ends with Robert being the killer.
... ;~;
So that was my theory on who the killer was. Did you guys have any other ideas? I would like to hear them!
~UltrawaveStudios~