Visual Novelist: Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc #7 - Death by Baseball Gun.

Sorry about this long drought between this and the previous post, but still...

(This is it, the first "Class Trial"!) And where I'll probably have to have some assistance with a recording device to report on what happens next...

Warning: This is an LP of a game that contains blood, intense violence, strong language, and suggestive (read "sexual") themes. If any of those things offend you, don't click on the link below.

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(Okay, setting up for the trial... We only have two skills. Robot Jock and Melodious Voice...)

'Robot Jock: Increases your Truth Bullet rate of fire. Effective during the Nonstop Debate and the Bullet Time Battle Final Strike. Costs 3 SP.'

'Melodious Voice: Increases damage to the opponent when a statement is destroyed. Effective during the Bullet Time Battle. Costs 3 SP.'
(There's also words scrolling along the bottom of the screen...)

'What's this "class trial" that Monokuma mentioned? Can Makoto sweep away the cloud of suspicion surrounding him, even with a dead body laying in his bathroom? And what about the blackened who's actually responsible for Sayaka's death?'
(Our ammunition for this trial is, in order... Monokuma File #1, Evidence of a Struggle, Replica Sword, Replica Sword Sheath, Switching Rooms, Toolkit, Makoto's Room's Cleanliness, Sayaka's Wrist, Dying Message, Bathroom Doorframe, Bathroom Doorknob, Dorm Nameplates, Kitchen Knife set, Aoi's Account, Trash Duty, Incinerator, Burnt Shirt Piece, and Shattered Cystal Ball. For a total of eighteen Truth Bullets.) Well, we'd better break a leg...

'Class Trial! TRIAL ALL RISE!!'

Monokuma Let's begin with a basic explanation of the class trial! So, your votes will determine the results. If you can figure out "whodunnit" then only they will receive punishment. But if you pick the wrong one...then I'll punish everyone *besides* the blackened, and the one that deceived everyone else will graduate!
Makoto Naegi: And the killer really is one of us, right?
Monokuma Of course!
(Duh!)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Okay then...everyone close your eyes, and whoever did it, raise you hand!
Mondo Owada: Don't be a goddamn idiot. Why the hell would they raise their hand?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Before we move on and start the trial, can I ask a question real quick? What's going on with...those pictures?
Monokuma: I'd feel awful if they got left out just because they died. Friendship penetrates even death's barrier!
Hifumi Yamada: Friendship...penetrates?
(Get your mind out of the gutter, you gross otaku!)

Celeste: Okay, but what about that other empty seat? There were only fifteen of us to begin with, so why are there sixteen seats?
Monokuma: Oh, no reason. It's just that our little courtroom here can technically fit up to sixteen people.
([sarcasm] Right... [/sarcasm])

Monokuma: Okay, that about does it for the preamble. Get ready to get started! First up is the case summary. Now, let the class trial...begin!
Makoto Naegi: It's about to begin--the debate to decide who we think the killer is... Anything I found, anything I noticed... I have to be ready to speak up about everything. Because this isn't just about me. Everyone's lives are on the line!
Indeed, Naegi-kun...

Narrator: Your first Nonstop Debate is about to begin. Would you like to hear more?

-Not at all!-
-Absolutely!-
(Like Makoto said, lives are on the line here...) (So we'd better not fuck up!)

Narrator: As things progress during each class trial, you will engage in a number of Nonstop Debates. During these discussions, characters will speak one after another, without pause. It's up to you to unearth any lies or contradictions buried within their statements. What this means is that you'll have to use your Truth bullets to refute what they say. Any relevant Truth Bullets you've found during your investigation will be loaded into the Truth Cylinder. Use the left stick to aim, then fire with the [triangle] button.'
Nice to know that...

Narrator: You can also tap whichever line you want to shoot. Pay close attention to each character's statements, and use Truth Bullets to blast the right one. Note that if you run out of time, you will automatically fail, so please be careful! If you press the START button during these arguments, you can review the controls. Well then...good luck, and have fun!
Naegi-kun and the others lives are on the line, time to find the truth sublime. Spin the roulette, here we go. It's time to start the show...

'Make your argument!'

Loaded Truth Bullet(s): Evidence of a Struggle.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: I assert that the one who was murdered was Sayaka Maizono!
Yasuhiro Hagakure: ...Yeah, we know that part already.
Byakuya Togami: And the murder took place in Makoto's room.
Aoi Asahina: In the bathroom...
Chihiro Fujisaki: So it seems most likely that... The killer must have taken her by surprise while she was in the bathroom. She didn't even have a chance to resist...
Target lock on! And... Fire!

'COUNTER'

'BREAK!!'

Makoto Naegi: Just a second, Chihiro. Try to remember how my room looked... With the way things had been damaged, I think we can definitely assume there was a struggle.
Chihiro Fujisaki: A struggle? Between who...and who?
(The victim and the killer! Duh!)

Makoto Naegi: Between Sayaka and the killer, of course.
Chihiro Fujisaki: So you're saying...Sayaka wasn't caught by surprise in the bathroom...?
Celeste: She must have been attacked in the main room first, then she ran to the bathroom to try and hide. The killer followed her in, and that's where they finished the job...
Byakuya Togami: That much should have been obvious after taking one look at the scene. It shouldn't even need explaining.
Chihiro Fujisaki: S-Sorry...
Yasuhiro Hagakure: ...Okay, so what's next?
Sakura Ogami: Next is the subject of the murder weapon.
Hifumi Yamada: Wow...this is starting to sound like a real trial!
Makoto Naegi: We need to determine what was used to kill Sayaka!

'Make your argument!'

Loaded Truth Bullet(s): Kitchen Knife Set.

Sakura Ogami: So what was used to kill her?
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: There was some kind of sharp object thrust into her stomach... Without a doubt, that is the murder weapon!
Mondo Owada: So the killer use some random knife they had on em...
Target lock on! And... Fire!

'COUNTER'

'BREAK!!'

Makoto Naegi: No. I do think it was a knife--but not just any knife. I'm almost positive it was a kitchen knife.
Mondo Owada: Huh? A kitchen knife...?
Makoto Naegi: After the murder, we discovered that one of the knives from the kitchen was missing.
Sakura Ogami: Which means that knife must be the murder weapon.
Mondo Owada: Ohh...yeah, I guess that makes sense. You could sorta see the weapon stickin' out of her stomach... And if you look real close, I could totally see that being a ktchen knife.
(What!? Do you need glasses or something?!)

 Leon Kuwata: Okay, so the murder weapon was a kitchen knife. But where does that get us? I mean, we all know Makoto killed her, right?
Toko Fukawa: That's r-right... Makoto's room was the s-scene of the crime. What more proof do you n-need?
Makoto Naegi: H-Hold on a second! I'm--!
Kyoko Kirigiri: Let's draw our conclusions *after* we've presented our arguments. Otherwise, what's the point of the trial?
Leon Kuwata: Well we can talk all we want, it's not gonna change *that* conclusion.
Kyoko Kirigiri: I don't think that's true at all. I'm sure if we keep at it, something new will reveal itself.
Yasuhiro Hagakure: You really believe that...?
Yes, yes we do.

Kyoko Kirigiri: ...
Makoto Naegi: She's right. There's gotta be a breakthrough somewhere just waiting for us to find it. Because I know damn well I'm not the killer!
Same here.

Narrator: There's a bit more to learn about Nonstop Debates. Would you like to hear more?

-Not at all!-
-Absolutely!-

Narrator: You can concentrate by holding down the R button. While you're concentrating, time will slow down so you can pay closer attention to what everyone's saying. On top of that, it'll steady your aim, making it easier to target potential weak spots. Concentrating like this consumes the Focus Gauge, and if this gauge empties, you can't concentrate. But the Focus Gauge will recover over time. So let your brain take a rest. No need to rush! Well then...good luck, and have fun!


'Make your argument!'

Loaded Truth Bullet(s): Aoi's Account.

Leon Kuwata: So I guess there's no question that the kitchen knife was the murder weapon. But where does that get us?
Toko Fukawa: M-Makoto must have taken if f-from the kitchen, right? He did it in s~secret, when nobody was in the d~dinning hall...
Target lock on! And... Fire!

'COUNTER'

'BREAK!!'

Makoto Naegi: Okay, wait, hold on. I didn't take the knife from the kitchen.
Toko Fukawa: Next you're g-gonna say you're not the k-killer, right? Go ahead and say it all y-you want...!
Makoto Naegi: Well, what if I have a witness? What do you think, Hina?
Aoi Asahina: ...Huh?
Makoto Naegi: Remember what you were telling me earlier?

[flashback]
Aoi Asahina: Well, I went to go get some tea from the kitchen last night, and all the knives were still there. But when I finished my tea and went back into the kitchen to wash my glass...one of the knives was gone.
Makoto Naegi: So you're saying the knife disappeared while you were drinking your tea in the dining hall?
Aoi Asahina: Yeah...
[/flashback]

Makoto Naegi: Just to be perfectly clear, the knife disappeared while you were in the dining hall, correct?
Aoi Asahina: Y-Yeah, that's right...
(Hagakure's hair looks like a Sea Urchin. Your argument is invalid.) Not really, but I guess I'm to assume that was a joke.

Makoto Naegi: And at any point while you were there, did you ever see me come into the dining hall?
Aoi Asahina: Umm...no, I don't think so...
Well, there you go!

Byakuya Togami: You don't "think" so?
Aoi Asahina: ...No, he definitely wasn't there!
Makoto Naegi: The knife disappeared while Hina was in the dining hall. But I wasn't there the entire time. In other words, there's no way I could have taken the knife!
Toko Fukawa: Okay, th-then what about this...?
*facepalm* Oh, what now...!?

Toko Fukawa: What if the i-idiot swimmer girl and M-Makoto are in on it together, a-and lying to protect each other?
Aoi Asahina: Idiot swimmer girl!?
(Well, you do seem to be the simple-minded sort...)

Aoi Asahina: Oh, and more importantly, why would I get involved in something like that!?
Byakuya Togami: Speaking of which, I'd like to as the bear...if there *is* an accomplice, do they also become "blackened"?
Monokuma: So you ask, and so I shall answer!
(The short answer is "no".)

Monokuma: Each murder is allowed to have an accomplice, but only the one who dies the killing will get to graduate.
Kyoko Kirigiri: So in other words, two people can work together, but one of them has no chance of profiting from it...
Mondo Owada: Then there's no way anyone would work together, right...?
Chihiro Fujisaki: But...what if they *did* work together, and they just didn't know about the rule?
Monokuma: Uggh, good grief! Enough already! No, okay!? There are no accomplices in this case! ...Oops! Did I say that out loud...?
[sarcasm] Great, dumb bear, nice job with the spoiler there! [/sarcasm]

Makoto Naegi: Anyway, I didn't go to the dining hall, and I didn't take the knife. So I'm not the killer!
Chihiro Fujisaki: Okay, so then...who *did* take the knife?
Celeste: Hina seems the obvious candidate. After all, she just said she was in the dining hall...
Aoi Asahina: N-No way! I swear it wasn't me!
Hifumi Yamada: Sure, but can you or anyone else prove that?
Sakura Ogami: I can.
Aoi Asahina: That's right! Sakura was with me the entire time I was drinking my tea...
Leon Kuwata: Uhh...I hate to have to ask, but just to be sure, Sakura's...
(A WOMAN! Jeez! It's not like there's no such thing as feminine men!)

Sakura Ogami: Me.
Leon Kuwata: ...Right.
Yasuhiro Hagakure: But then...couldn't either one of them have grabbed the knife?
Aoi Asahina: Actually, no. Because...um...well...
Mondo Owada: Just spit it out already!
Sakura Ogami: I stayed in Hina's room last night.
Aoi Asahina: I got so scared thanks to those creepy videos. I wasn't really thinking, I just asked her to stay over. Which means we have airtight alibis!
Toko Fukawa: You s-stayed over...? Doesn't that v-violate one of the school r-regulations?
Nope.

Chihiro Fujisaki: We're not allowed to sleep anywhere by the dorms, but it doesn't say we have to stay in our assigned room...
Bingo!

Chihiro Fujisaki: So...I don't think that's a problem.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: It IS a problem! A boy and a girl spending the night together!? It's...it's...unwholesome!
(Yeah!) Dude... (Sakura's a girl!)

Sakura Ogami: But...I'm a girl.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Wh--!? You are!? Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!
And thanks for apologising...

Celeste: But if it wasn't either of you, then what other possibility is there?
Sakura Ogami: Actually, there *is* one other possibility. Right, Hina?
Aoi Asahina: Oh yeah, that's true! One other person did come to the dining hall while we were there.
Byakuya Togami: Why didn't you say so in the first place...?
Aoi Asahina: Well, because...they're not here anymore.
This individual has already changed their address to the afterlife...

Makoto Naegi: Someone who's not here? Are you talking about...?
Aoi Asahina: Sayaka. She's the one who came to the dining hall. And then later...she wound up dead...
Makoto Naegi: S-Sayaka...?
Woah! What a twist!

Makoto Naegi: Okay, so the person who took the knife from the kitchen was...

-Sayaka-
-Hina-
-Monokuma-
(The second one is wrong...) (The third one is heaven-a wrong!) So, obviously, that leaves...

'GOT IT!'

Makoto Naegi: Then...Sayaka is the one who took the knife...?
Sakura Ogami: That's the only possibility. And thinking back on it, she was acting kind of unusual... When she came into the dining hall, she didn't even look at us. She just went straight to the kitchen. As she left, she said she just wanted a drink of water. But most likely...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Then the person who took the knife was the victim herself!
(Exactly!)

Makoto Naegi: I'm sure...I'm sure she just took it for self-defense...
(Oh, if only that were true...) What do you mean? (You'll find out soon enough.)

Byakuya Togami: So you're saying the knife she took...was then taken from her, and she was killed with it? In that case, you may not have taken the knife, but you still could have killed her.
Oh... shit...

Makoto Naegi: What!?
Toko Fukawa: S-See!? He did do it, a-after all!
Makoto Naegi: No, you're wrong!
Indeed!

Hifumi Yamada: So that's how you would twist the argument and send us all off in the wrong direction...!?
No, Alphmega! Quite the opposite, we're trying to direct you guys in the right direction. But... You've been lead astray again...

Hifumi Yamada: Hm-hmm... You possess a most terrifying talent...
(Oh, humans have a most facepalm-worthy talent... Jumping to stupid and asinine conclusions.)

Makoto Naegi: Damn...! If I don't do something, they're gonna blame *me* for the murder! Don't they understand? If they convict me, everyone's gonna die!
(That does seem to be the case here...) No! We can't let Daemon Spearmeister win! We have to find and show them the truth, or else we're toast.

Kyoko Kirigiri: Hold on. It's still too early to decide conclusively that Makoto is the killer, wouldn't you say? Because, you see, if the room did belong tot he killer, then they did something most bewildering.
Hurray! Kirigiri-san to the rescue! (Oh, right, the room being unusually clean.) And we know Naegi-kun's no where near being a "neat freak" so to speak...

Kyoko Kirigiri: And until we unravel that little mystery, you simply can't declare that he's the killer.
Mondo Owada: Bewildering? What the hell are you talking about!?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Something was missing from the scene of the crime that by all rights should have been there. You know what I'm talking about, don't you?
Narrator: Your first Hangman's Gambit is about to begin. Would you like to hear more?
(Is this the "epiphany anagram"?)

-Not at all!-
-Absolutely!-

Narrator: As things advance further in a class trial, the Hangman's Gambit will eventually take place. The point of this is to reveal an important phrase related to the incident in question.
(Yes, this is the "epiphany anagram" as it was called in the fan translations...)

Narrator: You'll have to deduce the phrase from the letters flying around and the letters already known. Complete the phrase by shooting down the flying letters in the right order. Use the left stick to aim, then press the X button to shoot the desired letters.
(Ha! Now THAT'S more intuitive! The X button even looks like a set of cross-hairs on it's side!)

Narrator: You can also tap the screen to shoot the letters. If you shoot down the wrong letters, you'll suffer damage to your influence Gauge.
And that would be bad, like drugs and Marcus...

Narrator: If this gauge reaches zero, or if you run out of time, you fail. Well then...good luck, and have fun!
Makoto Naegi: Something that should have been at the scene but wasn't... That must be the crucial point. If we can just figure out what that something is...

'Hangman's Gambit!'
We've got to concentrate here... I'm sure the answer will come to me...

[Insert Hangman's Gambit here. Answer: HAIR]

'COMPLETE!!'

Makoto Naegi: That's right! There wasn't a single hair on the floor!
Chihiro Fujisaki: So...the culprit removed some evidence?
Makoto Naegi: Yes And if I were the culprit... Why would I need to get rid of all the hair in my own room? It wouldn't be unusual at all to find my hair at the crime scene, if the crime scene is in my room.
Celeste: The reason all the hair was gone...was to remove any trace that Sayaka had ever been there. That makes sense, does it not?
But... But... (But that wouldn't make any sense, the presence of Maizono-san's corpse is proof enough that she was there, and yet nothing was done to hide it.)

Kyoko Kirigiri: No. If that were the case, they would have had to do something about the body itself, not just her hair.
(My point exactly!)

Hifumi Yamada: Ah-ha-ha! Yes, very true, very true!
Leon Kuwata: Okay, then why wasn't there any hair on the ground?
Kyoko Kirigiri: The killer got rid of it all, of course. To remove any trace that *they* had ever been there.

Mondo Owada: What, then that means...!
Kyoko Kirigiri: Precisely. It's simply beyond reason to believe that the room's owner and the killer are one and the same.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Then...Makoto isn't the culprit?
Bingo! Wait, what...?

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: But are you sure we can decide something so important based solely on the absence of some hair!?
Kyoko Kirigiri: No. There are other reasons that prove why Makoto couldn't have done it.
Sakura Ogami: I would like to hear these reasons...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Do you remember anything remarkable about the bathroom at the scene? Sayaka was attacked in the main room first, then fled into the bathroom, right?
Mondo Owada: Yeah, then they ran after her, got into the bathroom, and stabbed her...
Kyoko Kirigiri: And how did the killer get into the bathroom? Did they have any trouble with it?
Celeste: What do you mean...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: It's fairly certain that the killer had some trouble getting into the bathroom... There was clear evidence left behind. Do you remember, Makoto?
Makoto Naegi: The killer struggled getting into the bathroom. And the evidence that proves it is...
Naegi-kun, that would be the state of the doorknob...

'GOT IT!'

Makoto Naegi: Evidence that the killer had trouble getting into the bathroom... You're talking about the doorknob, right?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Huh? The doorknob? What doorknob?
Makoto Naegi: The doorknob for my bathroom... It was completely broken. See how the top part was unscrewed, and the doorknob's about ready to fall off?
Chihiro Fujisaki: Oh yeah, true... But what does it mean?
(Believe me when I say this, but it's more understantable than the "meaning" behind a double rainbow.)

Kyoko Kirigiri: In trying to bypass the lock, they ended up nearly removing the entire doorknob. This is another most bewildering act for the room's owner. It proves Makoto is beyond suspicion.
What's going on where!? We're going... "Beyond the impossible!"

Leon Kuwata: So what, you're saying he wouldn't break the door in his own room? But if the only choice you have is to break it, you break it! There's nothing "bewildering" about it!
Kyoko Kirigiri: You still don't see? Okay, then... Let's take another look at how the incident unfolded. Hopefully that will help you understand...
Makoto Naegi: Kyoko said it was a "bewildering act"... I almost didn't notice it at first, but...is that the key point here?
Narrator: There's a bit more to learn about Nonstop Debates. Would you like to hear more?

-Not at all!-
-Absolutely!-

Narrator: From here on out, the number of weak spots will start going up. But no matter how many weak spots, there's essentially only one lie or contradiction in that debate. What I'm trying to say is, not all weak spots you see are necessarily false. Use a Truth Bullet on the wrong one, and not only will you fail to refute what they said...but you'll also lower your trust with everyone, and your Influence Gauge will take damage.
(So, despite what the subtitle says, you shouldn't go on a "trigger happy havoc" with this game!) (Okay! Even this context, even as a joke, that doesn't make any sense what-so-ever!)

Narrator: Now this is important, because if your Influence Gauge reaches zero, you fail.
Not to mention Naegi-kun, everyone else and myself dying and Daemon Spearmeister effectively winning...

Narrator: You'll have to rely on your own logic to determine which weak spots are actually lies or contradictions. Well then...good luck, and have fun!

'Make your argument!'

Truth Bullet(s) loaded: Doorframe.


Kyoko Kirigiri: The incident took place in Makoto's rom. Sayaka was first attacked in the main room.
(That's wrong, but not the wrong we're looking for...)

Kyoko Kirigiri: She then fled into the bathroom.
Mondo Owada: Then the killer ran after her... And they got into the bathroom.
Leon Kuwata: At that point, the killer had to try and bust down the door...
(Revealing, but still not what we're looking for...)

Leon Kuwata: ...because Sayaka had locked it.
There it is! Target lock on and... Fire!

'COUNTER'

'BREAK!!'

Makoto Naegi: The reason my bathroom didn't open wasn't because it was locked. After all, the girls' rooms are the only ones with locking bathrooms, right?
Sakura Ogami: Yes... Now that you mention it, that is true.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Then...why didn't your bathroom door open...?
Makoto Naegi: Because it was stuck.
(Well, Naegi-kun's twisted luck has proven to be helpfull... Hurray...?)

Leon Kuwata: Huh? What are you talking about?
Makoto Naegi: My bathroom door doesn't fit in the frame quite right. Monokuma over there can testify to that.
Monokuma: Yup! True as true can be!
Wha...!? Why're you HELPING them!?

Monokuma: But ya know...you're supposed to be the Ultimate Lucky Student, right? But to have such a cruddy door... Puhuhu...! That's not lucky at all!
Kyoko Kirigiri: So the reason the door didn't open was just because it was stuck... But the killer didn't know that, and assumed it was locked. So they tore apart the doorknob to get in.
Celeste: Okay, but why would the killer even think the door was locked in the first place?
Ah, that's where the switched nameplates come in!

Celeste: Everyone should have known you can't lock any of the boys' bathrooms.
Kyoko Kirigiri: The killer could easily make that mistake, thanks to one important detail about the scene of the crime...
Makoto Naegi: One important detail...? Something the killer doesn't know... For some reason, they were convinced the door was locked. Which means, the important detail the killer didn't know was...

-The crime took place in Sayaka's room-
-The crime took place in my room-
It's obvious, at least to us, that the crime took place in our room...

Makoto Naegi: The killer must not have realized that it was my room.
Hifumi Yamada: What!? Are you saying the culprit didn't even know where he was? That's...inconceivable!
*sigh* Dude, an idea can't be pregnant... Ever! (You know that's not what he meant!) I know, that was a joke.

Kyoko Kirigiri: And yet, he's absolutely right.
Hifumi Yamada: SAYWHAAA!?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Well, to be more specific... What the killer didn't know was that Makoto and Sayaka had switched rooms. Which is what led to the misunderstanding about the bathroom. If Sayaka had been in her own room, then...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Then there would have been a lock on the door, and they would've had to break through...!
Sakura Ogami: So they had no idea how unnecessary their actions were...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Ultimately, we can't know if it came open by force or simply by accident, but... The killer must have been considerably confused, with no idea how they actually got the door opened.
Byakuya Togami: Regardless, it was a pointless act. Wasting time trying to break down a door that wasn't locked is...
Stupid and retarded! ...I still don't like you using that word...

Makoto Naegi: ...definitely something I wouldn't do, since I would've known exactly why it wasn't opening. Right?
Exactly!

Byakuya Togami: That is...a definite possibility.
Chihiro Fujisaki: So the killer would have to be someone who didn't know they'd switched rooms...?
Toko Fukawa: Then Makoto *c-couldn't* have done it...!
Which is what we've been telling you the whole time!

Makoto Naegi: That's what I've been trying to tell you...
What Naegi-kun said! ...Or rather, "thought".

Mondo Owada: Okay, then who *did* do it!?
(Leon Kuwata.) What!? (You've got to be kidding me.) (*glares at Niyagi* Does it LOOK like I'm kidding...)

Hifumi Yamada: I'm sorry, but I give up! Quit without saving!
(*sigh* This is not a game...) (Speak for yourself!)

Chihiro Fujisaki: But...what happens if we can't decide on who we think did it...?
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Well then, why don't we just vote right now? Majority rules!
No! Not right now! We have no suspects aside from the ruled out Naegi-kun!

Leon Kuwata: Majority rules? Do you really think that's a good idea...?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Yeah! Our necks are on the line here! Someone seriously needs to do something. For serious...!
Celeste: Does no one have any other thoughts or questions? It does not matter how trivial they may seem...
Aoi Asahina: Oh! As a matter of fact, I do have a question!
Celeste: Oh...you...
Aoi Asahina: You don't gotta sound so disappointed!
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: It's fine, it's fine, just ask your question!
Aoi Asahina: Oh yeah! Okay, so, umm... Well, I was just wondering, how'd the culprit get into Makoto's room in the first place?
Sakura Ogami: Hmm... Yes, how *did* the killer get inside?
(Ambition.) (Huh?) (You'll see...)

Leon Kuwata: Maybe Sayaka just dropped the key somewhere and the culprit picked it up. That's possible, right?
Nope.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: I don't think so. That seems way too convenient.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Then...maybe someone picked the lock?
(Wrong! Monokuma said all the locks here are pick-proof!)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Negative! If you remember, Monokuma made it quite clear that the locks are all unpickable.
Hifumi Yamada: Fine, how about this? The killer got in the easy way.
Social Engineering! (Close, but no fucking cigar...)

Hifumi Yamada: They could've knocked and said they wanted to talk or something, and Miss Maizono just...let 'em in!
Makoto Naegi: No, that can't be it, either.
(Sorry dude, but it's true.)

Hifumi Yamada: O-ho! Trying to argue against me? Sounds like someone doesn't know his place!
(Indeed.) Who's side are you on!? (The one that helps us live, of course!)

Hifumi Yamada: Hello!? Why, exactly, can't that be it!?
Makoto Naegi: The reason there's no way Sayaka invited her killer into the room... I already have the answer!
The switching rooms event!

Makoto Naegi: Because Sayaka was already scared, remember? That's why she asked me to switch rooms in the first place.
(Still wrong though. She was just faking it!) Wh-Why are you saying such horrible things!? (Because that's the truth we need if we want to live! Well, except for you, you're already dead.) (*clears throat* In a way, he's "living" vicariously through Makoto. So, in Shimohi's mind, if Naegi-kun dies, he dies...again.)

[flashback]
Makoto Naegi: The same goes for you, Sayaka. No matter who it is, don't open your door for anyone.
Sayaka Maizono: Even if I'm sure it's you, I absolutely won't open it. Otherwise, what's the point of even switching?
[/flashback]
(One word: Scapegoat.)

Makoto Naegi: Knowing what she'd been through, I just can't believe she would have opened the door for anyone.
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...What if her being scared was a lie?
(Bingo! "Maizono-san being afraid"? That was the biggest cake ever!)

Makoto Naegi: Huh...? Wh-What the hell is that supposed to mean!? Why would she lie about something like that!?
(*sigh* If only you could hear me...)

Kyoko Kirigiri: I know you don't want to consider it, but look at this and tell me...can you still deny the possibility?
Makoto Naegi: "There's something I want to talk to you about, just us two. In five minutes, come see me in my room."
I'll finish that... "Check the nameplates to make sure you don't get the wrong room, okay?" Signed, "Sayaka"...

Makoto Naegi: "Check the nameplates to make sure you don't get the wrong room, okay?"
(And THAT'S why I wanted you, or rather Naegi-kun, to look at the note pad. I guess Kirigiri-san got to it first.)

Kyoko Kirigiri: I found a notepad during my search, and I shaded in the top sheet with a pencil. And these are the words that appeared.
Aoi Asahina: Oh man, I've totally seen people do that on detective shows! When you write, it can leave an imprint. Sketch over the next sheet of paper, and you can see the words!
And that's one reason why you should always put some plastic under the checks you write!

Aoi Asahina: When I saw that, I was like, "Holy crap! I better make sure I rip the paper out before I use it from now on!"
Kyoko Kirigiri: It's a pretty old-fashioned technique, but even the classics can be surprisingly useful sometimes. Oh, and I should also mention...I found the notepad on the desk in Makoto's room.
Makoto Naegi: Huh?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Which means, only someone who had been in Makoto's room before the incident could have written it.
Byakuya Togami: Then either it was Makoto, who lived there, or Sayaka, who switched rooms for a single night...
Kyoko Kirigiri: So, Makoto...did you write this?
Of course, we know the answer is "no."

Makoto Naegi: N-No, I didn't. But--
Kyoko Kirigiri: Of course you didn't. Because the note also bears a perfectly legible signature--Sayaka's signature.
Makoto Naegi: Then...that note... Sayaka wrote it...?
(Now you're starting to see the truth...)

Makoto Naegi: B-But why? Why would she write that?
Kyoko Kirigiri: The note was likely her way of getting in touch with a certain someone. She must have slid it under their door to let hem know she wanted to meet with them in secret.
Hifumi Yamada: If you got an invitation like that from the Ultimate Pop Sensation, what young man could resist?
I thought you claimed earlier that you're the type of young man who could resist. 2D versus 3D anyone?

Hifumi Yamada: Of course, I'm only into 2D so it wouldn't have any effect on me!
That's what I thought.

Celeste: ...But can we be sure anyone even got this note? And honestly, even if they did, I do not think the are at all involved in what happened.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Huh? What makes you say that?
Celeste: Hmhm... Would you like to hear what I have to say? Very well, then. Pay attention!

'Make your argument!'

Loaded Truth Bullet(s): Dorm Nameplate.

Celeste: Sayaka and Makoto switched rooms, correct?
(Yes, but that's not relevant right now.)

Celeste: But in the note, the place they were asked to come to... It specifically says "my" room.
(Yet another fake weak point, ignore it...)

Chihiro Fujisaki: I see... So if someone read that note...then they would have gone to Sayaka's room!
Celeste: Exactly. The room that Makoto was staying in.
There! Target lock on and... Fire!

'COUNTER'

'BREAK!!'

Makoto Naegi: The nameplates on my and Sayaka's rooms got switched.
Celeste: They got...switched?
Kyoko Kirigiri: That's right. The nameplates got switched, just like the rooms themselves. As a result, the nameplate on Sayaka's room actually had Makoto's name. And the nameplate on Makoto's room had Sayaka's.
Byakuya Togami: So what you're saying is, the room Sayaka was staying in, was actually marked as her room.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Then...if someone *did* do what the note said,t hey would end up at Makoto's room, where Sayaka was...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Plus, their rooms are right next to each other. So switching the nameplates would be no problem. And the one who switched the names was... Well of course it wasn't you, right Makoto?
Makoto Naegi: R-Right...
Indeed...

Leon Kuwata: Okay...then who did it?
(Maizono-san.)

Makoto Naegi: There's only one person who could have switched the nameplates.

-The killer-
-Me-
-Sayaka-
We already established that the killer had no knowledge of the room switch at the time... (The second is fractually wrong.) ...So that leaves... Sayaka Maizono...

Makoto Naegi: Me and Sayaka were the only ones who ever knew about us switching rooms. So the only other person besides me who would even know to switch the nameplates...was Sayaka.
Kyoko Kirigiri: You can all infer as much from her note...
Makoto Naegi: "There's something I want to talk to you about, just us two. In five minutes, come see me in my room. Check the nameplates to make sure you don't get the wrong room, okay?"
Kyoko Kirigiri: She specifically tells the reader to check the nameplate. She would only have written that if she knew the nameplates had been switched.
Chihiro Fujisaki: But...why would she switch them in the first place?
(Oh boy... The ultimate truth behind this is going to break Naegi-kun's fragile mind...)

Kyoko Kirigiri: She wanted someone to come to the room she was in, and *also* hide the fact that it was Makoto's room.
Makoto Naegi: What...?
Aoi Asahina: Inviting someone to "your" room, but not telling them you'd switched rooms... Why would anyone do that?
Kyoko Kirigiri: To understand that...we first need to understand what happened after she invited the person into the room. That's where the answer lies...
(Like I said, this is going to break Naegi-kun's mind...) Okay, It's been made pretty clear no one else can hear us. So why did she pull of this ruse? (*sigh* Okay, you asked for it... She invited that someone hoping to KILL THEM, but ended up getting killed by the guest instead.) (WH-WHAAAAAAAAAT!?) (Looks like I've already broken the Pansy's mind...) (No, I m-mean, that's way too u-unbelievable! You sh-should quit making up g-garbage!)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: What happened then was...probably... Whoever she invited over... came in, and...attacked her! We figured it out! We know who did it! Whoever she invited over is the culprit!
(And you're right... For the wrong reason.)

Mondo Owada: But we don't know who it is, ya goddamn idiot...
(What Owada-kun said.)

Celeste: Sayaka fought with her killer there in the room, yes? Perhaps the answer to our previous quesion lies in that initial struggle.
Kyoko Kirigiri: Yes, I think you're right.
Aoi Asahina: Then...we just have to figure out what happened during the fight, right!?
Sakura Ogami: That reminds me... There was a replica sword at the murder scene. Was that perhaps used during the fight?
Mondo Owada: Oh yeah, what's the deal with that sword?
Ack... I-I think that might have been my fault... I'm so sorry...

Makoto Naegi: Sayaka suggested I should hold on to it. I thought it might come in handy if I had to defend myself...
And also, because I just like swords a lot.

Makoto Naegi: It seems pretty likely that the killer used it to break Sayaka's right wrist.
Yeah...

Leon Kuwata: How the hell could you possibly know that's what broke her wrist!?
Makoto Naegi: The reason I know Sayaka's wrist was broken with the fake sword is because...
...of the flakes of gold leaf we found on Sayaka's wrist!

Makoto Naegi: All you have to do is take a good look at her broken wrist, and it should become pretty clear. Right there where her wrist is all swollen, there's something glittery there, see?
Chihiro Fujisaki: Is...is that gold?
Yes, because gold is actually a very soft metal... (Also heavy, but that's beside the point.) So soft that it has to be mixed with other metals to even be able to hold it's shape. Hence why a "24 karat gold" ring is an obvious fake... (Which is why tools and armor made of gold in Minecraft are very shitty.)

Makoto Naegi: It sure is. Specifically, the gold coating from the replica sword. You barely have to touch that stuff and it'll stick right to you. And there's some on her wrist because...
...that sword is what broke her wrist.

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: I got it! Because she got hit with the sword, right there on her wrist!
Hifumi Yamada: I see, I see... And so the truth draws ever closer...
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Alright! Then it's about time to solve this mystery!
Makoto Naegi: What happened in my room... And what led to Sayaka's death... That's what we need to make clear.
Narrator: There's a bit more to learn about Nonstop Debates. Whould you like to hear more?

-Not at all!-
-Absolutely!-

Narrator: Are you getting used to these Nonstop Debates?
Well... Kind of... Akurei, why's this voice acting like a narrator in a video game?

Narrator: Starting with the next debate, I'll start loading multiple Truth Bullets into your Truth Cylinder. But just like with the weak spots, only one of those bullets can actually refute the proper statement.
Oh dear...

Narrator: In other words, from here on out...you'll have to combine the right Truth Bullets with the right weak spots to refute each statement. If you come up with the wrong combination, you'll take damage to your Influence Gauge. You can press the L button to rotate the cylinder and choose which bullet to fire. Press and release the L button to cycle through each bullet. Or you can hold down the L button then use the left stick to select a specific bullet. By the way, if the Logic Difficulty is set to Kind, fewer bullets will be loaded into the cylinder. For our purposes this time, the Logic Difficulty will be set to Mean.
(Yeah... The logic difficulty was set to Mean from the very beginning...)

Narrator: Well then...good luck, and have fun!
More like "break a leg"...

'Make your argument!'

Truth Bullet(s) loaded: Kitchen Knife Set, Replica Sword, Replica Sword Sheath.
(Dude, it's the Sheath you're going to need...)

Yasuhiro Hagakure: When the fighting broke out...the culprit grabbed the sword. And that's when the fist blow was dealt! A sword-based sneak attack!
Target lock on and... Fire the sword sheath!

'COUNTER'

'BREAK!!'

Makoto Naegi: Actually, no. I don't think the fight started with the sword.
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Huh? Why not?
Makoto Naegi: Because the sword's sheath had been scratched. See? There's a gash in it, like someone cut into it with something sharp.
Chihiro Fujisaki: Something sharp... You mean, like the kitchen knife? That was the only sharp thing found at the scene...
Mondo Owada: Stop junpin' ahead! Slow down and explain it so I can get what the hell's goin' on!
Makoto Negi: If the sword was used first, there wouldn't be any explanation for the scratch on the sheath. If you were going to attack with the sword, you'd take it out of the sheath first, right?
(Well, that's what conventional wisdom says...)

Mondo Owada: That's true. With the sheath on, it'd be heavy and bulky and useless as shit.
Hifumi Yamada: Okay, so how *did* the sheath get damaged?
Kyoko Kirigiri: If they got attacked with the kitchen knife, maybe they grabbed the sword as a defensive impulse. In that situation, there wouldn't be any time to actually unsheathe the sword.
Sakura Ogami: So you're saying the sword was initially used to defend against an attack from the knife...
(And... Bingo was his name-o!) So that's why you said earlier that Ishimaru-kun was "Right for the wrong reasons"? (Exactly.)

Hifumi Yamada: Which means whoever had the kitchen knife...was the one who attacked first!
(And Maizono-san had the kitchen knife...)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: I think I get it! So here's how it all played out... The culprit came in, found the kitchen knife hidden there somewhere... Then they took the knife and attacked Sayaka before she knew what was happening!
(*facepalm* You've got it all wrong...)

Kiyotaka Ishimaru: So she grabbed the sword to defend herself, but then the culprit took that from her, too...! Then, after they broke her wrist with the sword...they took the knife and...finished it...
(Still wrong...) I noticed how several people here used the pronoun "they" even though it'd been qutie established that there's only one culprit. *sigh* The English language really needs more gender-neutral pronouns...

Kyoko Kirigiri: Sorry, but I don't think Sayaka used the sword to defend herself.
Leon Kuwata: Wh--!? How the hell can you not think that!?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Because she never held the sword at all. There's a certain part of her body that mades this clear.
Makoto Naegi: The part of her body that shows she never used the sword...

-Her palms-
-Her broken wrist-
-Her stomach-
(Dude! There's nothing on her palms!) Oh right, the palms...

Makoto Naegi: You're talking about her palms, right? The palms of her hands were perfectly clean, so I don't think she ever picked up the sword...
Aoi Asahina: How can you know that just by looking at her palms...?
That would be the lack of gold leaf flakes...

Makoto Naegi: Like I said before, the gold coating on that sword comes right off. All you have to do is touch it. In fact, if you look you'll notice that a lot of the gold has already come off the handle. It's safe to assume that's because whoever used the sword got some of it on their hands. There's really no way she could have picked it up and come away completely clean.
Absolutely!

Toko Fukawa: Maybe she w-washed her hands after she e-escaped into the bathroom...
Makoto Naegi: Sorry, but I don't think so.
Ah, right, how there's no water...going to...the showers during nighttime... (Didn't say anything about the sink or the toilet.)

Toko Fukawa: Why d-do you say that? Is it b-because you think I'm u-ugly...?
What!? No! Your physical appearance has nothing to do with it! (By now, I'm wondering... Is she accusing everyone else of thinking she's ugly because she HERSELF is convinced she's ugly?)

Makoto Naegi: N-No, that's not it at all! There's no way Sayaka washed the gold coating off her hands, because...

-The water was off-
-Water can't remove it-
-She's afraid of water-
(The second one contradicts how easily it comes off the sword, and the third one is just way too stupid...) Unless she was rabid. Anyway, only one of those options is correct. The fact that the water was off!

Makoto Naegi: According to the Monokuma File, Sayaka's time of death was around 1:30 a.m. In other words, at "nighttime." And the water in the bathrooms shuts off at nightime, right?
Toko Fukawa: Oh...I didn't know that. Actually...I haven't taken a shower here yet...
(EW!!! Gross! Actually, maybe THAT'S why people around here would be calling you "ugly"! Not because of your appearance, but because you smell like Hifumi!)

Hifumi Yamada: Oh my...
(Speak of the devil.) Actually it's sounds like even he's grossed out by this...

Toko Fukawa: Y-You're no different! You s-smell like a big f-fat ugly donkey!
Dude, you complain about people calling YOU ugly; but then you turn around and do similar things to Alphmega...!?

Hifumi Yamada: Hmm? I'm not sure whether to take that as an insult or a compliment!
(I think that was intended to be an insult...) (But take it as a compliment anyway to mess with her!)

Leon Kuwata: An insult, obviously...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: ...So anyway, if Sayaka never touched the sword, then that means... The killer is the only one who used the sword. But hold on. If that's right, then the one who damaged the sheath with the kitchen knife was...
Makoto Naegi: The one who damaged the steath...would had to have been the one *without* the sword.

-The killer-
-Sayaka-
In other words... Maizono-san...

Makoto Naegi: Sayaka...? She had the kitchen knife...?
(*slow clap* Good, good, you've finally figured it out...) (Oh please, it's not like you didn't have any kind of assistance.) Wait, what?

Chihiro Fujisaki: But...we aleady said that the attack started with...
Byakuya Togami: The person with the knife attacked first, and the sword was used as an impromptu defense.
Hifumi Yamada: Then the one who atacked first was...!
(As I've been saying the whole time, Sayaka Maizono!)

Makoto Naegi: ...S-Sayaka!?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Now do you understand? She wasn't a blameless victim in this.
Byakuya Togami: No, far from it. It's almost as if...she had been planning to commit a murder of her own.
(No, that's exactly what happened.)

Makoto Naegi: What...?
(I think I can see the cracks forming in his mind already...)

Byakuya Togami: She took the knife from the kitchen, then invited the culprit to the room she was staying in. And if it's true that she had the kitchen knife and attacked without provocation...
Sakura Ogami: Indeed...these are all the actions of an assailant.
Celeste: Which brings up another point... Makoto, Sayaka was the one who suggested you two switch rooms, correct?
(Which was, of course, so she could set you up as the scapegoat. Naegi-kun...) Again, I must ask, who's side are you on...?

Celeste: Maybe the reason she wanted to switch rooms...was so that she could pin the cirme on you. That is a possibility, is it not?
("Possibility", no. "The truth", yes.)

Makoto Naegi: Sayaka wanted to--on me!?
(Yes! You're figuring it out!) Akurei, seriously! Who's side are you on!? Because right now, it sounds like you're trying to get Naegi-kun to cross the Despair Event Horizon!

Kyoko Kirigiri: ...
(Aw come on! If his inner light can survive this, then we'll now his hope cannot be conqured!)

Celeste: That would also explain why she would switch the nameplates. She wanted to get whoever she had targeted to come to Makoto's room, where she was staying... And by committing the murder there, instead of her room, that would implicate Makoto. But for that to work, the target had to be lured out while still keeping the room swap a secret.
(...Tia's right, you know.)

Celeste: If the target knew she had switched rooms, they would have become suspicious right away.
Monodo Owada: So all that's why she switched the names...?
Hifumi Yamada: But doesn't that plan seem a little risky? For one thing, even if her plan worked, Mr. Naegi would just tell everyone they'd switched rooms.
First of all, if someone's set up to look like a murderer; even if said innocent party WERE to try to tell the others the truth, they won't believe that individual. Assuming that the accused party's lying. [sarcasm] How do I know, that...? [/sarcasm] Oh, right, because THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU GUYS DID! [sarcasm] Thanks a lot! [/sarcasm]

Byakuya Togami: I don't know... I'm not sure our softhearted Makoto is capable of that kind of cutthroat behavior. I'm sure Sayaka realized the same thing, which is why out of all of us, she asked him to switch rooms.
Which is how I can still win this... What do you mean...?! (Don't you see, Daemon's expecting Naegi-kun to cross the despair even horizon and allow himself to be falsely accused as a way to become an hero.) So... THAT'S why you haven't been saying anything about the turnabouts we brought up...

Makoto Naegi: ...
See what I mean.

Toko Fukawa: P-Plus...she *was* the Ultimate Pop Sensation... A t-totally forgettable kid, o-or a national superstar... Who are you m-more likely to believe?
(The national superstar.) Niyagi! Not...you...too...

Hifumi Yamada: Wait, then...you're saying she had this all planned out...?
Mondo Owada: Holy shit!
Celeste: But in the end, her plan backfired. She launched her attack with the knife, but then found herself under attack in turn. That must be when her wrist got broken, and she was forced to drop the knife.
Sakura Ogami: The tables were suddenly turned on her, and she died at the hands of the one she'd planned to murder...
Makoto Naegi: J-Just hold on! That can't be true!
(But it totally is.)

Makoto Naegi: Because...! Because...
Monokuma: Hey, hey! You guys have totally derailed the argument! You're being super boring right now! Come on, hurry up and decide who did it! Wouldn't it be awful if I had to punish you all just because you ran out of time!?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Oh yeah... We gotta decide who we think did it...
Makoto Naegi: ...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Makoto, right now you just need to concentrate on figuring out the answer to this mystery. If we can't uncover who murdered Sayaka, it's over for all of us...
Makoto Naegi: Is...is it really all over?
Well, not in the way that Daemon imagines it to be. Not if I have anything to say about this!

Makoto Naegi: Obviously I'm committed to finding out who killer her, but what can I do? I mean, as far as clues go...there's nothing left.

'Make your argument!'

Loaded Truth Bullet(s): Trash Duty, Aoi's Account, Dying Message.

Leon Kuwata: It's easy just to say, "Hey, decid who did it!" But there just aren't any more clues, right?
(Wrong!) Target lock on and... Fire the Dying Message!

'COUNTER'

'BREAK!!'

Makoto Naegi: There still might be one clue left--Sayaka's dying message.
Leon Kuwata: Dining--wait, what did you say?
"Dying" message! Jeez, I thought that'd be common knowledge by now... (Not everyone's as interested in Mystery stories as you seem to be!)

Kyoko Kirigiri: The dying message. She wrote something on the wall behind her, remember? 11037, written in her own blood. There must be a clue about the killer hidden in there...
Celeste: Well, before we get too far into that, I need to ask... Can we really be sure that Sayaka is the one who wrote it?
Point, I remember cases from the Ace Attorney series where a dying message was faked...

Makoto Naegi: There's no question that Sayaka wrote that message. And I can prove it...

-Right Wrist-
-Fatal wound-
-Left index finger-
(Well, the left index finger makes the most sense in this context...) Even though even that's been falsified before... (*faceplam* I can guarntee that the dying message here has not been falsified, okay!) Fine, it's the left index finger...

Makoto Naegi: Her left index finger had blood on it. That could only be because she used that finger to write the message.
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: I see... She broke her right wrist during hte fight, so she's have to use her left hand to write...
Aoi Asahina: Sure, I think we can all agree Sayaka wrote it, but still... What the heck do those numbers mean? 11037?
Mondo Owada: Hey Chihiro, you're a computer nerd or whatever, right? You should know all about numbers and shit!
We already tried that angle during the investigation. It was naught but a dead end...

Chihiro Fujisaki: N-No, that's not...Yes, I'm a programmer, but I don't see any kind of meaning in these numbers.
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...Of course. It's because they're not numbers.
(Indeed, they're upside-down letters. And they clearly spell out the killer's name; "L", "E", "O", "N"! That's spells "Leon"!) (Now who's acting like this is a spelling bee?) (Shut up!)

Hifumi Yamada: Oh! Yeah, it looks like...
Mondo Owada: Huh? What? What!?
Hifumi Yamada: No, it's just...look at the numbers assuming they're *not* numbers. Don't these first two, 11, look less like two numbers and more like one letter?
(Exactly my point! That "11" looks more like a "N"... If you haven't figured it out yet, if you turn your Playstation Vita upside-down when that's being shown, you'll see what I mean.) Huh? Last I checked we didn't have a Playstation Vita on us.

Chihiro Fujisaki: Ah, you're right! The connecting line is barely there, so I assumed it was 11, but... Looking at it now, you could also read it as an N!
Mondo Owada: Whoa! You might've finally just said something worth a shit!
Hifumi Yamada: Bwehehe! Our little grey cells are really getting excited now!
Sakura Ogami: But even if that really is an N, "N037" doesn't make any more sense than before...
Makoto Naegi: ... Dammit! It's no use! I just don't know...!
(AW COME ON! It's "LEON" already!!!)

Kyoko Kirigiri: ...Rotate the image 180 degrees.
(...Once again it's...) Kirigiri-san to the rescue!

Makoto Naegi: Huh? Rotate it...? I...I think maybe... Maybe I see something... Oh my god... Now I see! She wrote down the killer's name...
Aoi Asahina: Huh!? You just shot past the clue part and right on to who did it!
That's because figuring out this clue tells you who did it...

Toko Fukawa: So wh-whose name did sh-she write...?
Makoto Naegi: Sayaka's dying message reveals the real killer's name...

'Select Someone!'
(And I've known for quite a while...) ...who we're going to pick. The culprit really is... Leon Kuwata!

'GOT IT!'

Makoto Naegi: The key to solving this mystery was simply to rotate the writing 180 degrees.
Just as Kirigiri-san said.

Makoto Naegi: If you turn the message around...it becomes the letters L-E-O-N.
(In other words, "Leon" Kuwata, motherfuckers!)

Makoto Naegi: L-E-O-N...or more accurately, Leon!
(Precicely!)

Leon Kuwata: Wh--!? What the hell are you talking about!? I-It's just a coincidence! It's just a bunch of random squiggles that happen to look like my name!
Not likely, pal! (He's not our pal, friend!) (Can we just stop this silly "Terrance and Phillip" routine before it get's any longer...)

Kyoko Kirigiri: No, it's not random at all. She wrote that message on the wall behind her as she was leaning up against it. In that position, she couldn't move to write normally, and had to write upside down, as it were. And as a result... When you look at it standing in front of her, it ends up getting flipped. Try it for yourself, if you want. Write something sitting like her, and the letters will be inverted.
Leon Kuwata: Th-That sounds like one hell of a stretch to me...!
(Of course you're going to say that, you have graduation on the line in one hand and death in the other!) Indeed, that's because Leon-kun's the killer...

Leon Kuwata: I'm the killer!? You can't just go and say shit like that!
... (That's just freaky...)

Kyoko Kirigiri: If you're *not* the killer, then why did you try to destroy the evidence?
Leon Kuwata: ...Huh?
Kyoko Kirigiri: You know what I'm talking about, right Makoto? The evidence Leon tried to get rid of?

Makoto Naegi: The evidence that Leon tried to get rid of... I know what it was...
...a shirt, the only bit of it remaining being a single bloody sleeve cuff!

Makoto Naegi: You mean...the burnt shirt piece I found laying on the ground by the incinerator, right?
Kyoko Kirigiri: As the killer stabbed Sayaka, they must have gotten some of her blood on them. And to dispose of the shirt covered in the victim's blood, they threw it into the incinerator.
(And... Kirigiri-san's done it again. You know, looks aside, I can see why you'd crush hard on her...) Akurei! I-I... Oh, just be quiet!

Celeste: But one piece burned off and got left behind...
(Dude, even while we're focusing on Princess Celestia, you can see the obvious guilt on Leon-kun's face.)

Kyoko Kirigiri: And the killer didn't notice. If they had, they most certainly would have panicked. Isn't that right, Leon?
Leon Kuwata: Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh--!?
Sakura Ogami: But is one scrap of fabric enought to conclude that Leon is guilty?
In most circumstances, no, but that plus the dying message is at least a good start...

Chihiro Fujisaki: Yeah... I mean, Leon's not the only one wearing a white button-up...
Leon Kuwata: Th-That's right! There are plenty of other people here with shirts like mine! With just that one little charred piece, there's no way you can say for sure who it belongs to!
Makoto Naegi: You're right. That alone isn't enough. But there are some other points that may reveal the truth...
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...Are you finally starting to understand? The answers to all the riddles are right here.
Makoto Naegi: Yeah, I think so... The burnt remains of the button-up shirt, which the killer wasn't able to get rid of... There's something about it we need to pay attention to in order to figure out who's responsible.

-How it was disposed of-
-Where it was disposed of-
-When it was disposed of-
When isn't really that relevant; but if it's burnt, would it be safe to assume that everyone else would figure out that the "where" was the incinerator? ...I'm going with how it was disposed of!

'GOT IT!'

Makoto Naegi: If we look closely at how the shirt was disposed of, we should be able to figure out who the killer is.
Leon Kuwata: O-Oh, yeah...that's a good point. I think I know what you're gonna say...
(Oh great, he's going to try and scapegoat Yamada-kun...)

Leon Kuwata: You can't reach the incinerator without opening the gate in front of the trash room, right? And obviously you wouldn't be able to hit the switch to turn it on, either. You'd need the key to get in. And the one with the kye was...the person on cleaning duty! So the killer had to be whoever was in charge of taking care of the trash! Right!?
(Called it!)

Hifumi Yamada: Hahaha. Interesting...
Dude, that sounds rather suspicious... (We know he didn't do it, but...)

Hifumi Yamada: ...Gweh!?
(Now he gets it!)

Makoto Naegi: No, that's wrong. There was another way to use the incinerator without being the one on cleaning duty. And that's exactly what proves that Leon is the real killer!

'Make your argument!'

Loaded Truth Bullet(s): Burnt Shirt Piece, Incinerator, Shattered Crystal Ball.

Leon Kuwata: The key to the trash room... Whoever was on cleaning duty must've had it, right?
(Technically true. Skip that one.)

Toko Fukawa: So the only one wh-who could get to the in-ncinerator was... the p-person in charge of the t-trash?
(Nope, we know that's not the case...)

Leon Kuwata: And you'd have to get close to the incinerator in order to destroy the evidence.
Not with this you don't! Target lock on and... Fire the Shattered Crystal Ball!

'COUNTER'

'BREAK!!'

Makoto Naegi: Hold on! I think I know how someone could dispose of the evidence without using the trash room key!
Sakura Ogami: But if you can't get past the gate, you couldn't possibly turn on the incinerator, could you?
Makoto Naegi: Yes, you could. If you used this.
Mondo Owada: What is it, some kinda glass ball? It's busted to hell...
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Actually, it was supposed to be a crystal ball. But, uh...
Chihiro Fujisaki: But...how would you use it?
You gaze upon the surface of the crystal ball as a meditive focus for seeing visions.

Makoto Naegi: The killer had to use the glass ball in a certain way. Which was...

-Throw it-
-Divine with it-
-Roll it-
"Divining with it" is it's intended purpose, but that obviously didn't happen here. Otherwise it'd still be whole! And the button's located in the air, so rolling it would be useless. So that leaves throwing it, which fits with Leon's talent...

'GOT IT!'

Makoto Naegi: The killer simply took aim at the incinerator switch and threw the ball through a gap in the grate. All they had to do was hit that switch, and the incinerator would come to life.
Hifumi Yamada: Someone threw that...through a gap in the gate!?
Indeed.

Makoto Naegi: Remember what you said before, Hifumi?

[flashback]
Hifumi Yamada: Huh!? Someone turned the incinerator on! Very strange... I'm quite certain it was off last time I was down here. Perhaps it was the work of a fairy...
[/flashback]

Makoto Naegi: Hifumi had the key, so the only way the incinerator could have been turned on without his knowledge...was because the killer was able to hit the switch *without* opening the gate. Once they'd gotten the incinerator going, all they had to do was ball up the shirt and toss it in!
Leon Kuwata: H-Hey, come on...what the hell is this?
Kyoko Kirigiri: All you have to do is look at the scene to know that the killer never actually went inside the trash room. The shards of broken glass, the incinerator left running, the piece of shirt that escaped the fire... If the killer had been on cleaning duty, the evidence would have been taken care of much more throughly.
Leon Kuwata: W-Wait, no...just hold on!
Chihiro Fujisaki: But the distance from the gate to the incinerator has to be at least...thirty feet, right? The pinpoint accuracy you'd need to throw a glass ball that far and hit something that small...
(You'd need to be an "Ultimate Baseball Star" or something like that!)

Chihiro Fujisaki: Could someone really do that?
Leon Kuwata: Th-That's right! There's no way! It'd be impossible!
Makoto Naegi: Difficult, absolutely. Impossible? I don't think so. Because the killer is...
(The "Ultimate Baseball Star"!) (That's the second time you've said that!)

Makoto Naegi: It wouldn't have been much of a challenge at all for the killer. Because...
He's the...

-Ultimate Clairvoyant-
-Ultimate Fanfic Creator-
-Ultimate Baseball Star-
Ultimate Baseball Star! (Called it!) (...Given what you can do, you shouldn't get any points for "calling" something.) Again, what...?

Makoto Naegi: Because the killer is the Ultimate Baseball Star. Isn't that right, Leon!?

Leon Kuwata: D-Do you have any idea how stupid you sound right now!?
Indeed.

Celeste: A target thirty feet away would surely be little challenge for the Ultimate Baseball Star.
Leon Kuwata: Y-Y-Y-You can't be serious! I...! I...!
(I'm sensing...) (...a "Machinegun Talk Battle" coming on.)

Leon Kuwata: I'm not the killer! These goddamn shit-for-brains have got it all wrong, I'm telling you!
Kyoko Kirigiri: You still won't admit it? Okay then... Makoto, go ahead and review the incident one more time to make his crime perfectly clear. And with that, we can end this...
Leon Kuwata: Listen to me! What the hell do you mean, end this!?
Makoto Naegi: Say what you want, Leon. But all the questions have been answered, and the truth has been revealed. Now here's what happened...!
(Oh, forgot about the summation comic...)

Narrator: The Closing Argument is about to begin. Would you like to hear more?

-Not at all!-
-Absolutely!-
(Well, "summation comic" is just our little nickname for that segment anyway...)

Narrator: Every case has one last element to bring the class trial to an end. This is the Closing Argument. In this phase, you'll give a complete summary of the case.
(Duh, that's what "The summation" is all about!)

Narrator: You'll have to reproduce the flow of events for the case in the form of a comic book. However, you'll notice that in the comic, there are a number of pieces missing.
So, we're going to have to fill in the blanks with the correct panels?

Narrator: It's up to you to compete the comic using the provided Truth Panels.
(Wow, for once, it was Shimohi who called it!)

Narrator: Also, if you take aim at a missing section and press the X button... Holy cow! You'll get a hint that might lead to a breakthrough!
(Somehow I doubt we'll actually get those "hints" on a "Mean" logic difficulty...)

Narrator: Well then...good luck, and have fun!
Okay, arranging the panels here... I hope I've got it right... (No! You have to put the panel where the killer bumps into the sword first! THEN blocking the knife attack!) Right, fixing that right away...

Makoto Naegi: I think I'd better take one more look back at the cae from the beginning... Last night, the killer went to the room Sayaka was in. In other words, my room. From what we can tell, Sayaka invited that person there intending to kill them. She attacked them with the knife she'd taken from the kitchen earlier...but then something happened that she wasn't prepared for.
(The first attack!)

Makoto Naegi: ...but then something happened that she wan't prpared for. They grabbed the fake sword I'd put in my room, and fought back. During the struggle, a strike from the sword broke Sayaka's right wrist... And that's when she lost her grip on the kitchen knife.
...Where the killer could pick it up and use it against her...

Makoto Naegi: Findhing herself cornered, Sayaka panicked and ran into the bathroom. The killer went after her, but couldn't get the bathroom door open. What they didn't kow was that my bathroom door got stuck easily, and there was a trick to opening it.
Yeah. Turn the doorknob while lifting the door and then pull out...

Makoto Naegi: Sayaka knew about that because I'd told her, but of course the killer had no way of knowing. So instead, the killer forced the door open, took the kitchen knife...
Well, obviously, he didn't "borrow" Naegi-kun's toolkit to disable the doorknob... (Otherwise there'd be wear and tear, but there wasn't any sign of that at all.)

Makoto Naegi: ...and stabbed Sayaka. But with what strength she had remaining, Sayaka left a dying message... To keep the killer from noticing, she wrote it on the wall behind her... And with that, all her strength was gone. With Sayaka dead, the killer quickly began destroying the evidence. First, they took off their shirt, which was covered in their victim's blood.
Again with the use of a plural pronoun to refer to a single individual...

Makoto Naegi: Then they took the lint roller in my room and cleaned up the entire area. They wanted to make sure they got rid of any trace they'd ever been there... Afterwards, the killer headed to the trash room to destroy their bloody shirt. They tried to burn the shirt using the incinerator there. But the trash room was blocked off by an especially sturdy gate, preventing access to the incinerator.
Kind of hard to burninate something with a metal gate standing in the way. (Hard, but not impossible...)

Makoto Naegi: So they came up with a plan to use Hiro's crystal ball, which he'd left in the laundry room. The killer managed to throw the ball through the gap in the gate and hit the incinerator's switch. For any normal person, that'd be an impossible throw, but the killer had the confidence to take a shot. And that's because the killer...was the Ultimate Baseball Star.
(Indeed, that would be an impossible shot for anyone else.)

Makoto Naegi: The crystal ball, thrown with absolute precision, hit the switch on the incinerator...which then quickly roared to life. Having destroyed the final piece of evidence, they left the area with, I imagine, a sigh of relief. But there was one thing they missed...
...that shirt sleeve cuff.

Makoto Naegi: Part of the shirt they'd thrown into the fire burnt away and fell out of the incinerator. The killer didn't notice this, and so left behind a piece of indisputable evidence.
TAKE THAT! (Wrong game series... Although it still works here.)

Makoto Naegi: Isn't that right...Leon!?
...Kuwata-kun!? (Hey, that's the first time I've heard you refering to him like that...)

'COMPLETE!!'

Makoto Naegi: It would apper that Hiro simply forgot his crystal ball in the laundry room.
And I thought that losing all of your coins for the laundry was bad enough...

Makoto Naegi: You went there to try and wash the blood out of your shrit, and that's where you saw it, right?
(Blood is notoriously difficult to get out of fabrics...) And even it all signs visible to the naked eye are gone, there's chemicals that can make the presense of blood visible under a black light. (He'd better thank Satan that they don't have access to luminol yet...)

Makoto Naegi: Seeing the ball, you thought of a way to take care of everything...
Kyoko Kirigiri: So, Leon...do you object to anything that's been said?
(Okay, NOW here comes that "Machinegun Talk Battle"!)

Leon Kuwata: Do I object...? Hell yes I object! Of course I do! I object, I object, I object! I mean, all of this is just a bunch of stupid theories! You need evidence! Where' the evidence!? Without evidence, it's all bullshit! It's bullshit and I refuse to acknowledge it!
...Are you seriously saying you're NOT seeing the shattered remains of the crystal ball? (Or the gash in the replica sword's sheath?) (Or what remains of the lint roller?) And speaking of remains, you're even ignoring the reminants of THIS SHIRT SLEEVE! (If the answer's yes, he's a fucking idiot.)

Kyoko Kirigiri: Well then, I guess this is as good a time as any to present the evidence that proves you did it. Makoto...I believe you're in possession of that evidence?
Makoto Naegi: I...have the evidence?
Indeed, what haven't we used yet?

Narrator: Your first Bullet Time Battle is about to begin. Would you like to hear more?
(Ah, so they're calling it "Bullet Time Battle" in this translation. Fair enough...)

-Not at all!-
-Absolutely!-

'Sometimes during a class trial, your opponent simply won't want to hear what you have to say. When this happens, you will engage them in a head-to-head battle. We like to refer to this as the Bullet Time Battle (AKA the BTB, BTW).'
("Also known as the "BTB", by the way." Nice use of acronyms.) (Hmm... Yeah, that was sincerity mode there.)

'During the BTB, you want to destroy your opponent's statements in time with the rhythm. Match your button presses with each Tempo Marker as they move across the screen and reach the center. You can also tap the bottom-right section of the screen.'
(*LOL* Like we've EVER used that! Shimohi's from an era where controlpads, joysticks and buttons are the norm!)

'Tap or press the X button to lock on to an opponent's statement. Destroy the statement you've locked on to with the [triangle] button as the Tempo Marker reaches the center. You can also destroy the statement by tapping the screen. Use this method to deal damage to your oppenent. If you can't pull this off...you'll be the one in pain. Do this consecutively and you'll start a combo. Keep this going and you'll initiate a Tempo Up.'
(Let me guess, this speeds up the fire rate of the opponent...)

'On the flipside, if you keep missing, you'll get into a Tempo Down situation. When the tempo changes, so does the timing for hitting each button or tapping the screen.'
(Called it!) (Of course you did. That was very obvious!)

'So watch out for that!'
Okay, thanks mysterious voice...

'Deal enough damage to your opponent, and their weak spot statement will appear. At that point, you can press the [triangle] button to shoot it down with a Truth Bullet, like any other statement.'
(So, it's pretty much a Two-player Versus version of a Nonstop Debate. Except that the weak spot has a crap-ton of obscuring chatter produced by a single person.)

'You can also tap the screen to shoot it. Refute their statement fast enough, and you'll come out victorious. But just like before, if your influence Gauge reaches zero or you run out of time, you fail.'
Of course, I wouldn't expect anything less by now...

'Well then...good luck, and have fun!'
Well, I just noticed something here... (Right, we forgot to bring up the state of Makoto's toolkit to anyone but ourselves.)

Kyoko Kirigiri: When the killer broke the bathroom doorknob, they didn't use anything from your room to do it. So what *did* the killer use?
Makoto Naegi: What did the killer use to take apart the doorknob...?
(His own toolkit, of course!)

Leon Kuwata: I refuse to acknowledge you! You're stupid! Stupid stupid stupid! Stupidstupidstupidstupidstupidstupidstupidstupid!!!
Makoto Naegi: I have to show indisputable evidence that Leon is the killer. I need to figure it out!

'The Moment of Truth!'

[Insert Bullet Time Battle here.]

Makoto Naegi: The screws on the bathroom doorknob were removed. I wonder what kind of tool the killer used to remove them...
...not one of the sonic variety, but definitely a screwdriver.

Mondo Owada: I mean...it had to be a screwdriver, right?
Yasuhiro Hagakure: Oh yeah. I'm pretty sure the toolkits we got each had one inside.
Hifumi Yamada: Then that must be what he used! There aren't any other tools anywhere.
Makoto Naegi: But the toolkit in my room had clearly never been used...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: That's because the culprit didn't know it was your room! They thought they were in Sayaka's room!
Chihiro Fujisaki: Only the boys got toolkits, so the killer naturally assumed there wouldn't be one in there.
Makoto Naegi: Okay, then whose toolkit did the killer use?
Most likely, as Akurei mentioned earlier, the killer's own.

Leon Kuwata: Stupidstupidstupid!
(...I think we broke his brain...)

Makoto Naegi: It had to be their very own toolkit!
Leon Kuwata: Stupidstupidstupidstupidstupid!!!
(...Yeah. His brain's so broken, his language abilities have been reduced to Pokemon Speak, except instead of his own name he's speaking an entire language of "stupid".)

Makoto Naegi: Leon, would you mind showing us your toolkit? If I'm right about this, then...the screwdriver will show some evidence of being used!
Leon Kuwata: Stupidstupiddtu...uh, huh?
(Whoa! Your "Leon Kuwata" is evolving!) *LOL* Th-That's really nutty...!

Byakuya Togami: And if you say you used it for something else, you'll have to explain exactly when, where, and why...
Kyoko Kirigiri: And let me say this right now... "I lost it" isn't an excuse at this point.
Keon Kuwata: Stu...pid. Stu...
(Hey! Who mashed the "B" button!?) *ROFL*

Leon Kuwata: ...pid?
Byakuya Togami: So, you have no rebuttal?
(Nor bullets of said rebuttal.) You mean like a "bullet rebuttal"? (Speaking of which, "Makoto Naegi used 'Bullet Rebuttal'! It was super effective!")

Celeste: Then it would seem...we are finished here.

'CHAPTER 01 COURT RESULT'

'TOTALRANK'

'Final Results'

'953 points'

'[A]'

'NICE!'

'85 medals'
(Damned Shit! That's a lot of coins there! Also we got a trophy, "Not from concentrate." Nice...) That doesn't matter at all!

Monokuma: Puhuhuhu... Looks like you've reached your verdict! Then are we ready to cast our votes?
What do you think this is!? "Survivor"!? (You mean if the "elimination" part was taken way too literally? Then, in that case, yes. It's more true than you'd ever know...)

Monokuma: You all have a lever in front of you. Use it to make your selection! Oh, just to remind you all... Make triple sure you vote for someone! You wouldn't want to be punihsed for something so minor, right?
(And... Let us guess...) The punishment for THAT is also execution...

Kyoko Kirigiri: ...
Monokuma: Okay! Then let's get excited! Who will be chosen as the blackeded? Will you make the right choice, or the dreadfully wrong one? What's it gonna be? What's it gonna beeee!?
A slot machines spins and all three reels land on Kuwata-kun's face. (Yeah! He's the guilty party!) ...

Monokuma: Uh-oh! Looks like you got it right on the money! The blackened in this case, the one that killed Sayaka...was none other than Leon Kuwata!
(And. I. Told. You... SO!) What!? Why!? I had Makoto so set up to take the fall for this! Why did it fail!? Because... "We have our own style that we won't change. Yours is filled with evil and mine is not. There's no way I can lose!"

Leon Kuwata: ...Huh? H-Hold on a second...
Makoto Naegi: Leon...
(Then again...) It seems that everyone that Naegi-kun and I spend our free time with is or has already ended up...dead.

Makoto Naegi: Leon, did you really...kill Sayaka?
Aoi Asahina: I don't believe it...
Mondo Owada: Son of a bitch...! What the hell is wrong with you!?
Indeed!

Leon Kuwata: I-I didn't have a choice...
Yes, you did. You could've choosen to return to your room and lock the door when Sayaka retreated to the bathroom! But, nope, you choose to kill!

Leon Kuwata: It was kill or be killed! S-So that's why...I killed her first. None of you are any different! One wrong step, and you'd be the one standing here!
Nope, not me. (What Shimohi said.)

Leon Kuwata: It was complete chance that I wound up like this! I was just...unlucky! That's all...
Nope.

Mondo Owada: Grr...!
Leon Kuwata: H-Hey, come on...! You expect me to just accept my death!?
(Well, don't do the crime if you can't do the time!) Then again, that's a "time" that's permnament.

Makoto Naegi: ...Everything's become clear... The decision we made was right after all. But when I think about that...honestly, I'd be better off if we'd been wrong.
What!? No! Naegi-kun! You can't just throw your life away like that!

Makoto Naegi: Because if what we came up with really is the truth... Then that truth is that Sayaka was tring to frame me...
(What can I say? "The truth hurts.")

Makoto Naegi: But... Even if that's true...I can't say she was wrong. After all, the mastermind... It's all because of that video... Even I could'nt handle what I saw in there. If I was her, and the video actually had something to do with me, I can't even imagine...

[flashback #1]
Sayaka Maizono: ...now we're trapped here, with no way out. They're probably waiting for me...
[/flashback #1]
[flashback #2]
Sayaka Maizono: I can't afford to be stuck in here!
[/flashback #2]

Makoto Naegi: The one thing that was more important to her than anything else--her dreams, her friends... To have to see something like that happen to them...
Yeah, it was heavly implied that they're dead...like...me...

Makoto Naegi: And Sayaka...

[flashback]
Sayaka Maizono: I did whatever it took to reach that dream. I mean it. Even some things that...weren't so pleasant.
[/flashback]

Makoto Naegi: And that's why Sayaka... For the friends that meant so much to her... That's why she betrayed me. So...when she said...

[flashback]
Sayaka Maizono: No matter what happens, please always be there for me. I need you on my side...
[/flashback]

Makoto Naegi: She was lying to me from the very beginning. She was using me...
(Indeed...)

Makoto Naegi: Is that why she talked to me in the first place...? I...I guess I'll never know... Because there's nothing I can do to ask her what she was thinking. Once you're dead...that's that...
That's what most people think, then again, how do those people explain my existance...?

Monokuma: Boy howdy! The entertainment industry must sure be terrifying, huh!? I mean, to try and kill someone just because of those relationships! She seemed so nice and lovely on the outside, but inside...she'd descended into pure madness!
Makoto Naegi: Wh...what did you say?
(I believe it was something about going cukoo for cocoa puffs...)

Monokuma: I understand, really I do. Yup yup! You're in utter despair thanks to Sayaka's betrayal, right?
Perhaps, even enough to become an hero! Even though you helped Makoto Naegi survive the Class Trial, I doubt you can do anything to save him from his own despair!

Monokuma: Compassion, intimacy, love... The stronger those feelings, the stronger the despair when the collapse!
(In other words, "The more innocent and pure something is, the more satisfying it is to corrupt it"!) Hey! Daemon! You and Monokuma are horrible, awful trolls!

Makoto Naegi: Stop screwing with us! This is all your fault! Sayaka being forced to do something like that... All of it... Everything...! It's all your fault!
Indeed, Naegi-kun! You're absolutely right!

Makoto Naegi: Suddenly in a frenzy, I lunged at Monokuma.
Wait! No! Don't commit suicide by Sadistic Bear!

Makoto Naegi: But...
Kyoko Kirigiri: That's enough.
*sigh of relief* Kirigiri-san to the rescue...

Makoto Naegi: As angry as I was, Kyoko latched onto my arm without hesitation. Her grip was like iron, strong enough I was sure it would leave a bruise.
Kyoko Kirigiri: If you really want to make her enemies pay for what they've done, you need to let it go for now.
"Let it go, let it go!" (Great... Kyoko just HAD to say those three words...) ("I am one with the wind and sky!") "Let it go, let it go!" [simultaniously] "You’ll never see me cry!" ("You'll never see me cry!") [/simultaniously]

Makoto Naegi: ...Dammit!
Monokuma: Ahh, that was a close one! I thought for sure you were gonna give me a good walloping! Just barely avoided punishment, you did! Now then! Since you so magnificently revealed the identity of the killer during the class trial...the blackened, Leon Kuwata, will receive his punihsment!
Leon Kuwata: P-Punihsment?
[/sarcasm] Did we stutter!? [/sarcasm] YES WE SAID PUNIHSMENT!

Leon Kuwata: You mean...e-execution? W-Wait a second! I didn't have a choice! I HAD to kill her! Y-Yeah, that's it! I was just protecting myself in the heat of th emoment! It was self-defense!
Obviously, you didn't hear me, because I shoot so many holes in that argument that it's practically swiss cheese...

Celeste: How, exactly, was it self-defense? When you forced your way into the bathroom, did you or did you not use your very own toolkit? After she'd shut herself in the bathroom, you went out of your way to head back to your own room... Then you came all the way back, broke into the bathroom, and killed her. Am I wrong? You had any number of chances to stop what you were doing.
Yeah, as I said earlier, that doesn't count as self-defense. Over-ruled!

Celeste: But you chose not to.
Exactly.

Celeste: Is it not because you had an unclouded intent to commit murder?
Leon Kuwata: N-No! That's not...!
Makoto Naegi: Stop it... I've had enough of this.
(Same here.)

Celeste: Oh? Are you sure? You were closer to her than anyone, were you not? He killed your precious Sayaka. Do you understand?
What I "understand" is that Sayaka was, in life, a human being rather than an object no matter how "precious" she was!

Makoto Naegi: I can't say Leon is solely to blame. Of course, I don't plan on blaming Sayaka, either. Because... Because the one to blame...is him!
Monokuma AND Daemon!

Monokuma: S'waaah!?
Makoto Naegi: If it weren't for you...this never would have happened to Sayaka, OR Leon! We shouldn't be fighting each other... We should be fighting against the one who put us in this situation! The mastermind!
Right!

Monokuma: Uh-oh! Did you awaken to your sense of justice!? Well, it just so happens that there's nothing more unethical than an unwavering sense of justice.
That... Didn't make any sense. Of course a retard like you wouldn't be able to "make sense" out of Monokuma's and my sound logic!

Monokuma: After all, it's people with that sort of mentality that perpetuate war all over the world. Is that the kind of justice that's awakened within you!?
No! That's the kind of "justice" you're forcing onto everyone here!

Makoto Naegi: Just...shut up!
Yeah, shut up Hannibal!

Monokuma: Okay, well, anyway. More importantly...! Let's hurry up and get to what everyone's been waiting for! The punishment!
Leon Kuwata: I'm begging you...! Please, don't do this!
Monokuma: No more begging! No more excuses! You must pay the penalty for breaking the rules! Society demands it!
Leon Kuwata: S-Stop, please...!
Monokuma: Now then, I've prepared a very special punihsment for Leon Kuwata, the Ultimate Baseball Star!
Leon Kuwata: No no no no no no no!
Monokuma: Let's give it everything we've got! It's...PUNISHMENT TIIIME!
Leon Kuwata: NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
So...Monokuma pulls a... mallet? Gavel? Whatever, out of hammerspace to hit a button with a little screen on it. On the screen it reads...

'GAMEOVER LEON KUWATA HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY. TIME FOR THE PUNISHMENT!'
As it shows a sprite of Kuwata-kun standing in the middle, a sprite of Monokuma then apporaches from the left side, grabs Kuwata-kun and then begins to drag him to the right side of the screen...

(Then Leon's pulled into this batters cage by a chain that's suddenly around his neck and is then chained to a pole in the ground. A "pitching gun" emerges from the floor in front of Leon... It's loaded with baseballs and this "punishment" is apparently being called "The 1000 blows".) (And that's when...when... The pitching gun then fires all of those "one-thousand baseballs at Leon like they were bullets in a machinegun!) (Yeah, "bludgened to death by baseball machine gun." I so called this!)

Makoto Naegi: What we saw... That was the true face of despair. I mean, if we can't call it that, what else could we call it?
Monokuma: Wooohooo! Extreeeeeeemmmmmmeeeee! Man, my adrenaline is pumping right outta control!
Hifumi Yamada: Uwah...! Uwaaaaaahhh!
Toko Fukawa: Wh-Wh-What's going o-on!?
Chihiro Fujisaki: I-I can't take this anymore...! Do we really have to keep doing this? I just can't take it!
(Me neither! *crys*)

Monokuma: Well hey, if you don't like it...all you gotta do is swear to cut all ties with the outside world and accept living here forever! But that's only if every single of of you can get onboard with that. Puhuhuhu... Waahahahaha! Bwaaahahaha!
MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Mondo Owada: Man, fuck you... Why the fuck are you doing all this evil shit to us!?
Monokuma: Evil!? You make it sound like I'm some dark, awful, secret society type of guy!
(Maybe that's because you ARE some "dark, awful, secret society type of guy"!) (Wow... The Pansy got something right...)

Monokuma: Or in this case, a dark, awful, secret society type of BEAR!
Hifumi Yamada: Um, so why are you putting an upstanding young citizen like me though such a grueling ordeal?
(Because you're NOT any where near the "upstanding young citizen" you think you are!) Who's side are you on!?

Monokuma: It seems like you're trying to use common sense to make sense of something that doesn't make sense! That's like trying to put a mile on a scale! I just don't think it's possible...
Hmm... I'm not sure about that... Let's take about a mile's worth of matchbox racecar track and put THAT on a scale! ([sarcasm] Really!? That's the kind of answer you came up with!? [/sarcasm])

Hifumi Yamada: Hey, uh, I don't think what you're saying and what I'm saying quite fit together.
Mondo Owada: You piece of shit! I don't know who you are but I'm gonna pound your ass into the ground!
Monokuma: Puhuhu. You must really hate me to get so angry, huh? But if you do that, you're barking waaay up the wrong tree. What happened, happened because more than on of you decided you wanteded to get out, right? No matter how much time passes, you can't cut fre of your regrets from the outside world. You're to blame!
Indeed. No! Only because you purposefully manipulated both the environment and circumstances to MAKE that happen!

Toko Fukawa: Of course we can't cut f-free of the outside world! Being trapped in this insane p-place...!
Monokuma: Hmmm... You're trapped, are you? Well, I'm sure once you learn all the mysteries of this school, your thinking will change for sure. You'll think, "Boy, isn't it so wonderful how we all get to live here forever!?"
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: What are you trying to say...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: I feel like there's some deeper meaning hidden in there... Just like before...

[flashback]
Monokuma: Anyway, let's get to the blackended's punishement!  That's what everyone is waiting for, after all!
[/flashback]
Wait! I think I can call this data from somewhere... (Right, it's more like... "Okay, well, anyway. More importantly...! Let's hurry up and get to what everyone's been waiting for! The punishment!") Wait, why did you do that? (*sigh* The Pansy and I are merely mental constructs your mind created to allow you to handle some of the powers you had in life...) As-As-As... The... (Yes! I think you've remembered this by now!) "Ultimate Psychic". (What!?) (Aw Pansy, don't play dumb. You know your job is to run the thought processes in charge of Shimohi's mind reading and empathy powers, how even I have only the barest control over Shimohi's precognition!)

Kyoko Kirigiri: When you say "everyone"...who exactly are you referring to?
Monokuma: Sorry, I said everything I've got to say!
(Very suspicious...)

Monokuma: I need to save some of the fun for later! Bwaahahaha!
And... He's gone.

Makoto Naegi: And just like that, he was gone. He left us there, overwhelmed by a nightmare turned reality. Even after he was gone, we stood there forever, unable to move. Actually, no...it wasn't that long, I think. Everyone just lost their sense of time. We were all too scared... Scared of being alone...
Kiyotaka Ishimaru: Nn...gh--!
Oh no! I think Ishimaru-kun's having a heart attack!

Mondo Owada: ...
Chihiro Fujisaki: ...
Makoto Naegi: No one even tried to speak. Their faces where stone, their voices dead. But it was in that moment...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Makoto. Can I talk to you for a second?
Makoto Naegi: She moved in close and whispered into my ear...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Before we head back...there's something I want to talk to you about.
Makoto Naegi: ...
I'm wondering what it could be about? (It's about Maizono-san.) Huh? Sayaka Maizono?

Makoto Naegi: It's about Sayaka, isn't it?
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...
*sigh of relief* I'll take that as a "yes". At least it wasn't about me...

Kyoko Kirigiri: I'm surprised you figured it out.
(Well, he did have help from the ghost of the Ultimate Psychic.)

Kyoko Kirigiri: I told you before the class trial started... You had to figure out the mystery of this case yourself.
Makoto Naegi: You wanted me to realize how Sayaka betrayed me by myself, didn't you? The thought never even crossed my mind. I feel like such a fool, becoming such an easy target like that...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Sayaka meant to double-cross you. That's a fact that you can never change. But even till the very end, she wasn't sure of her decision. That's why...as she lay dying, she was thinking of you.
Makoto Naegi: She was thinking...of me?
(Remember, there's something Maizono-san did...) Oh, right, the presense of the dying message! (Huh?)

Makoto Naegi: You can't just say something like that... I mean, there's no way you can know that. Only Sayaka would know for sure, and we can't ask her now...
Kyoko Kirigiri: Even if you can't ask her, you can infer it, don't you think? Her final thought...was how she could protect you.
Makoto Naegi: What...?
Kyoko Kirigiri: The fact that she used her last ounce of energy to leave her dying message proves it. If she didn't care what happened to you, she never would have left that message.
Makoto Naegi: Well...maybe she just wanted to get back at the person who had killed her.
*sigh* Naegi-kun makes a good point...

Kyoko Kirigiri: That's certainly one possibility. But I don't think that's what it was. She was...uncertain. She wasn't sure she could kill someone...or deceive you. Which is why her plan failed. Her hesitation attracted failure. It's almost ironic when you think about it.
Makoto Naegi: ...Why are you telling me all this?
Kyoko Kirigiri: Because...you're the kind of person who can overcome this. Because you can move past the deaths of your friends--Sayaka and Leon--and keep moving forward. Without someone like that, the others would never be able to break free of such a desperate situation.
Well, the word "desperate" is related to "despair"...

Makoto Naegi: Move past their deaths? That's... I could never do that.
Kyoko Kirigiri: ...
Makoto Naegi: No... I'm going to carry them with me the rest of my life. How could I possibly "move past" something like that? Leon...Sayaka... I'll carry them with me forever. I'll carry their memories with me wherever I go!
(Well, you were already carrying Shimohi's soul from the moment you remember woke up at Hope's Peak Academy...) Wait, are you implying even Naegi-kun has missing memories? (Maybe. Maybe not...)

Kyoko Kirigiri: ...So instead of forgetting them...you're choosing the hard road. Well, I have high expectations for you.
Makoto Naegi: As she said that, she revealed the smallest smile...
*sigh* She's really beautiful when she smiles... (So you DO have a crush on her.)

Kyoko Kirigiri: By the way, I have to admit, I'm curious... How did you know I wanted to talk to you about Sayaka?
Makoto Naegi: Oh, well...
Well...?

Makoto Naegi: ...I'm psychic.
No, you're not, I am!

Kyoko Kirigiri: Huh...?
Makoto Naegi: Kidding... I just have pretty good intuition.
So, you're imitating Maizono-san's habit, huh...

Makoto Naegi: Wait!? Who said that!?
What? Naegi-kun? You heard that?

Makoto Naegi: Who are you? Where are you?
Well... My name's Shimohi Kagami, all I can remember is that in life I was the Ultimate Psychic along with my intrests. As for where I am... I'm in your mind.

Makoto Naegi: What!?
Even I know how strange that is, heck, even I don't know why I'm "haunting" you. Then again, I'd like to think that I'm here to guide and help you rather than torment you...

Makoto Naegi: ...
(This is going to be a loooooong lifetime...)

'CHAPTER 1'

'To Survive'

'The End'

'Surviving Students'

'12'
(Plus one ghost.)

'To Be Continued'

'You received the Despair Bat present.'
(I'm bummed that it wasn't an elemental "animal" bat of despair rather than just a bat of the baseball variety.)

'Do you want to save the data?'

'Chapter 1'
'Ending'

-Yes-
-No-
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Well, that's a good spot to end this post. (If you want a specific example of how a bloody dying message can be faked, look at our very own Let's Play of the Ace Attorney Series. The arc covering the "Turnabout Sisters" case to be precice.) Which would be post numbers 3-6. And yes, "Danganronpa" translates roughly to "bullet rebuttal". Next time, the start of Chapter 2!