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Originally Posted by SvenTheSweeper

It felt like Rena got a personality transplant, as if she was a different person. Which I was a bit put of by this. Her Sherlock Mode eerily resembled how Shinichi explains a crime in Detective Conan. Mai Nakahara sounded like she was doing a different character.

I think Rena didn't get a personality transplant as much as she used her frightfully incisive perception for more "investigative" purposes instead of "scary-stalker-ish" purposes (re: "Keiichi-kun's eating cup noodles bought from 7-mart, right?" *shiver*).

I guess spending your free time looking for buried Kenta-kuns (needle) in mountains of trash (haystack) really trains up your ability at spotting tiny details.

Originally Posted by Blue_Mercy

Spoiler:

I'm almost positive Rena was putting on a facade acting the caring part in this episode, otherwise I might have to consider her a somewhat normal person in this chapter.

Spoiler:

I got the same nagging suspicion you did. In fact in this chapter I'm basically being suspicious of everyone. Was that really Shion/Mion? Is Rika bluffing? Is Rena bluffing? Is Oiishii in on it? Only one that hasn't figured prominently enough for me to feel wary of is Satoko...