"......yes. I am also pleased. I really wanted to see you, brimming with confidence, fall apart and lose, so I came all this way."

~Bernkastel

January 9, 2010

Legend

0 Lingering Memories

With the insight of five completed arcs, going through them over might bring new insights into the deeper parts of the mystery. And see, it's not even the second twilight yet and some people have already started acting much more suspiciously the second time around.

This happened during the letter reading. Nanjo claims that Kinzo might not have had his ring on him during their chess game earlier in the day. Well, of course not, Beatrice has it now, and she used it to seal the letter, right? What information from other arcs could we possibly know that makes Nanjo suspicious?

The red is truth, with no basis or evidence necessary. Kinzo doesn't exist. Nanjo didn't meet him. Yet he supports the authenticity of Beatrice's letter.

On to October 5th.

Supposedly, this is Kinzo speaking to Natsuhi on the morning of October 5th in the first arc. But Kinzo is dead. This scene is false, right? Let's say it in red.


Heh.

Ok, first twilight. Battler observes Krauss, Rudolf, Kyrie, Rosa, and Gohda directly. No problems. The description is gruesome, it's likely safe to say they are most definitely dead. I believe there are those who claim that since Shannon's body wasn't directly observed by Battler, she might not have been dead.

The main premise of the "Shannon survived" theory for arc one is that her body was never observed by Battler. If we assume fake corpses exist, anyone could have done anything. Arc five told us that Beatrice wants the mystery to be solved, so we can assume that bodies found are who they appear. No body double tricks exist. If Shannon was playing dead, it would be impossible to leave the storehouse, since Natsuhi locked it afterwards. If her body wasn't actually there, but covered for her by lies, then the very accurate description of such a minor detail as the ring George gave her wouldn't have been possible.

Shannon is dead in arc one.