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Originally Posted by Beyond the Shave

The whole discussion of Oishi's cigarettes reminded me of something in the TIPS...

Spoiler:

In the final tip of this arc, Oishi hands the cigarettes over to some woman in the mahjong club.

Nothing is revealed about this woman, aside from the fact that she's old and that she owns the mahjong club. The only old woman would be... The leader of the Sonozaki family? It would also make sense since she owns the club, and the Sonozakis own most of the businesses in Hinamizawa.

Did anyone notice this?

Spoiler:

The name of the cigarettes Oishi smokes happens to have a name that
might convince some that someone was being gassed or poisoned as we
have suspected.

http://pod.ath.cx/oishi.jpg
(screencap here at my website)

"GASTER"? If that isn't a red herring I don't know what is.