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we are reaching levels of tsundere that shouldn't even be possible
Since I've managed to cool down from the last episode, I have to say this. Drdt excels in wonderfully written characters and their relationships, but less so when it comes to the murder mystery aspect. I found Teruko's line of reasoning incredibly weak, far fetched, and full of baseless conjecture with zero actual hard evidence. (How do you know he was trying to kill Eden? And the whole slingshot thing? Plausible at best, but where's your proof?) I'm not a fan of how his ED, literally described as his body falling apart, was only brought up once by Rose in a veeery understated way when it could potentially disprove the whole theory.
On a second watch with a less emotional approach, I can confidently say that's not just me being salty my blorbo is going to die. Still, I have trust in the dev to make his character arc satisfying with the post trial and bonus episode.
By the way, I wonder if just like with David, the author didn't expect Ace to have so many fans?
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You say you don’t like the killer reveal, why? I actually think dev made some great choices and I’d love to talk to you about your perspective.
i don't want to get too deep into it because, like i mentioned in my previous post, i don't want my criticism to come off as negativity towards the series or discourage anyone involved in the production of the show because it's honestly not a huge deal. like, it in no way ruins the show or makes it less enjoyable for me. and i don't think the choice of who the culprit is is a bad one at all, i'm mostly unsatisfied with the way the chapter handles it.
[spoilers beneath the cut, obvi lol. and please remember this is just my opinion. me having and expressing my opinion is not hate towards the series. i'm nervous enough as it is posting just this and not a bigger essay on all my thoughts because i really don't want to have this be misconstrued, nor do i want any criticism i have to give, regardless of how innocent and respectful my intentions, to make drdtdev or anyone who works on the series feel bad.]
Literally my exact thoughts!! Def said it best
Like you can make a tragic character, but ace is given ZERO dignity throughout the series. It's not a satisfying end because there is never a moment of some emotional buildup to this payoff.
Especially with how drdt seems to show interest in the emotions of its characters no matter how cruel they can be, while ace is narratively (and literally) slapped across the face and not given a chance by either the other characters or the story itself
At least for now, who knows what they'll give him in the next episodes
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idk if this guy can ever find peace :')
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I am gonna say straight up that I didn't like this conclusion for ace but oh well that's just Danganronpa lol
But I seriously think this shouldn't have been NEARLY 4 HOURS OF A TRIAL 😭😭😭
Ace fans, have hope, the episode is 50 minutes long so Teruko can reveal Eden as the culprit.
Just remembering that her expression doesn't mean anything, Shuichi didn't have a sad expression at the end of Kaede's closing argument.
Clues that point to Eden being the culprit:
The tape
The method being strangely similar to a clock
She was messing with Teruko's clothes, and then Charles found a ball of clothes during the investigation
In the same scene, she got nervous when talking about her conversation with Arei to Teruko
She told Teruko to wait right before they discovered the body
She was missing in episode 7 and only appeared at the end (when the body was discovered)
She doesn’t have an alibi for the time of the murder
If I forgot anything, feel free to let me know!
Spoilers for Chapter 2 Episode 14 and discussion of the Eden Culprit theory below!
I completely understand why people don't like the Culprit!Eden theory, but I've seen a lot of people say that one of their main reasons is that Teruko would go back to square one of her arc, and that would be annoying, which I don't think is 100% accurate.
What I mean is, you can't convince me Eden would be the culprit and then not be like:
"T-teruko...Please...Don't give up because of me, okay? I know I really messed up, but I don't want my mistake to stop you from being happy. You can't go back, no matter how hard you try...But you can impact the future. So please, Teruko, keep moving forward. I know you can do it! You're so strong, stronger than me, stronger than anyone I've ever known! I'm not asking you to do it for me, but for your own sake. Even if I couldn't believe it before, there's hope. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise, okay?"
Cue MonoTV complaining about how boring this conversation is and whisking Eden away (Can you tell I was imagining what the end of the trial would look like for each culprit today?).
All this is to say that if Eden's the culprit, that doesn't completely 100% guarantee Teruko will regress to beginning of chapter 2 Teruko. It'll definitely make her have some sort of set-back, sure, but I doubt Eden would leave this trial a murderer and not have a super sweet, touching moment with Teruko about not losing hope and stuff.
Also--Teruko's whole thing is bad luck, and if she trusted one person, Eden, and really wanted Ace to be the one to murder Arei and not her...My guess is that her luck wouldn't be able to resist fucking her over again. Or maybe it'll go easy on her, just this once. You never know.
The reason for all this is because I heard someone say that everyone wanting it to be Ace so fucking badly in-universe but it just. Isn't. Was a fun idea, so I kinda took that and had a deep inner monologue about it I wanted to post. I'm not really expecting this to convince anyone or anything, but I still wanted to point it out.
wait a second. late night thoughts but hear me out
Although Arei was killed in the morning, her body wasn’t warm. This is because her body had been splashed with water and cooled off by the fans.
But Ace doesn’t know how sweat works. Therefore, he would have no reason to splash Arei with water, because he wouldn’t know that it would cool her down.
You could make the argument that the water got onto Arei by accident when the jugs broke, but then only half her body would be wet, and her hair in the BDA looks like it was wet then dried.
(Ace Markey believers rejoice… more evidence that he is not the culprit!)
Something I’ve been looking at recently is the mechanism behind old clocks.
I found it interesting that these old clocks would rely on a weight to be wound up and then dropped to continue working. These old clocks therefore include two notable mechanisms
- a heavy weight is moved up and then dropped down
- a mechanism is used to pull the weight, by spinning rope around a mechanical part.
If you compare this to Arei murder, I think you get an interesting parallel.
In Terukos own words, a “spinny thing” was used to hoist Arei up, and then suddenly stopped to cause her to drop. So to say, Arei is hoisted up, and dropped down, just like in a grandfather clock.
Maybe it isn’t so far fetched that Eden could discern Nico murder method, if it’s something she’s already worked with before?
Considering the Dev said chapter 2 will be quite long, and it been abouuutttt 1 and a half hours of new content so far, I’d so we’ve got time for a NEW culprit and for Ace to be innocent! : D
Luckily, we can ignore the following as him just being silly;
As much as I don't really like Ace, I can't help but feel sorry for poor guy. He's been almost murdered and almost no-one mentions it. If it wasn't important to the trial no-one would even bring it up. Every time he talks about it everyone dismisses it and tells him to shut up. No-one ever wondered if he's okay, how his neck's doing etc. And now he's being accused of fucking murder simply because he was at the previous scene of the crime in which he was the victim. Yes, he's a jerk, but he still deserves at least a bit of compassion for getting nearly killed and mildly injured.
As an aside, WHY in the Lord’s good name did Nico try to murder Ace via drop hanging??? It is quite frankly such a stupid idea. Strangle him!! Cut his throat!! Anything but these insane antics with ceiling fans and brooms!!!
Nico, Ace I love you both yet you are both somehow so so god damn stupid it hurts
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YIPPPEEEEEE Hu’s the culprit :D
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