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Spoiler for RE:"more reasoning" >>chronotrig+Klashikari:

@chronotrig

Chapter 2

There was never any proof that Ronove exists or that anyone was impersonating him. After he first arrives in chapter 2, Maria doesn't seem to be there anymore, so no 'real' person ever saw him.

True. But my reasoning here is unless the wax seal is made from a fake imitation, there are only 3 people who know that the ring was tossed.

Actually, this scene brings up an interesting point. From our point of view, Beatrice give Maria the letter, and Maria leaves before Ronove and the ring show up.
This proves that the seal on that letter is a fake!

I'm not too sure on that. Various points in the story are told out of sequence. There no real way to tell when this conversation occurred.

Chapter 5

Don't give up on that theory about Rosa telling a fake story yet. It all depends on how literally you interpret the red text.

Oh?

That line Beatrice uses to claim that her old self is dead...
Doesn't mean anything but 'Certainly dead', and in the previous sentence, she mentions 'doesn't that look dead to you?' (emphasis added).

Huh. I didn't think of that angle. I'll keep the possibility open now.

But, if we assume that the red text was referring to Beatrice's, and moreover, was referring to the fact that she was dead at that time, then that could open up the biggest weakness of the red text we've seen...

Agreed. I'm going to have to look back at various things now.
This really changes how I'm going to read the red text.


@Klashikari

I see now.
この六軒島には１９人以上の人間は存在しない

That's the part you mean right? I didn't understand it on the first read of your post. hmmm... well, I can't use that as proof anymore for "dead don't count." I'm not too sure about throwing out the idea of extra corpses yet though. Good catch.