According to a walkthrough site that got ahold of the game early, the episode doesn't have any trial segment, or cross-examinations. Everything is done via investigation, Joint Reasoning, and, at times, direct answers/presenting (think of court proceedings when not in testimonies.)

could you possibly link the site you got it from?

Like Holmes and Iris! It's pretty sad that Holmes didn't get to investigate his BFF's murder, but incidentally a murder happened right under his nose. I'm also curious if we'll see Iris' reaction to her relative's(?) death.

Of course, this is assuming the victim is someone they both know, but from case 2 intro it seems like there are different holmeses and watsonss in this game. Or were the ones in case 2 intro supposed to represent characters in novel that Iris wrote?

mainly if we'll learn what Jezail's motive is. Why did she kill Watson? Why did she not tell her motives? I think the motive is not personal since murderers when exposed usually break down (emotionally) and goes on a motive rant, like Dahlia or Kristoph.

The episode was fairly different from the original Holmes story, but in the end it was Roylott both times, huh? Very cheeky, Takumi.

HE WAS CLUTCHING A CRESCENT MOON EARRING

THE MURDERER IS ATHENA RIGHT

In the case 1 thread, I said my hunch was that Jezail would be the last victim... I kinda think/hope the murder weapon will be Karma.

also...

KARMA?! SERIOUSLY?!!?

The irony is so strong. I can imagine Barok at some point mentioning how much karma's a b*tch, and Ryu objects, saying it's actually a guy.

Why. In the words of another great attorney that lost his best friend: "DAAAMNIIIT! IT'S NOT FAAAAIR!" I knew he'd die beforehand, but damnit, I'm still crushed. And the way it all went down is just so frustrating. In general I don't like those accidental killings based on misunderstandings that could have easily been avoided, and to kill off such an important character that way feels... disappointing. At least it wasn't "tripped over a cat", but hey. Also I'm getting tired of the Susato tosses.

I did like how they pulled off a case without a single testimony. I also liked the overall atmosphere and the characters. I expected Sherlock to be a bit eccentric and silly, but I didn't expect... that. Love the presentation of the deduction parts, it reminds me of Ghost trick which is always a good thing in my book, and Sherlock and Ryu make a great, flashy dynamic duo (I mean, he even unlocked the handcuffs just so Ryu could swirl and point around). Niko looks like Nahyuta with Klavier's hair colour and hairswirl and Athena's plot-point-crescent-moon-earring. We never got to meet her cat :( Ryu is becoming the Maya of this game with his second arrest and having to be stopped from ringing the alarm and eating cheese from a mouse trap.

Haha, well, this is certainly an interesting case. My major problem when solving it was that it was a bit short and…well, yeah, it's not fair at all. A little bit of an anticlimax.

The Susato tosses are a little overused here, but I think they decease in number throughout the game.

The presentation thing is one of the best parts of the game, it's very well done and Joint Reasonings are probably used the best here. Sherlock himself is also the best. I love seeing him randomly hang on the wall with a tiara on his head out of nowhere. I also like the part where he explains a snake did it…and Susato immediately deconstructs every part of that ridiculous premise. And also the red herring of Niko being the revolutionary for no reason. And speaking of…

I will also absolutely say that I believe Niko to be Armie's ancestor. Both blonde little girls with Russian heritage. It could work, really.

It feels even more pointless now that it's revealed Asougi never actually died. It feels like a waste of time after all that, which is a disappointment because I actually liked the risk it took with regards to that.

It was really short! I think it works for this case in particular though, they still managed to squeeze in quite a bit of content to it. Anticlimax, yes. I think Susato made a good point about that by the end of it.
Asougi had a bit of an almost rebellious stroke to him and seemed very idealistic, I thought that would somehow land him in trouble.


Oh my god, yes. Also with recent adaptions of Sherlock stories painting him as this supercool supermind I loved how they turned that around here.


Oh, that's true. They do look quite similar. Maybe she did make it to America then after all (now I don't know whether they will return to that point later in the game, but I'll say that for the time being)

Niko is obvs the ancestor of Phoenix! I mean, how else are we supposed to explain his Russian tendencies

But as Holmesie deducted in this case, Ryuu himself is a Russian revolutionary!