[Dante of the Inferno]

Originally Posted by Joly

Spoiler for C120/delusion?:

"It is plainly visible that Tomitake-san's death was caused by the contents inside the Furude family's syringe. Rika showed the effects of it herself by dying in a manner very similar to 'scratching one's own throat.'"

I'm still confused because I'm getting two different answers to this and they both sound possible. 'The C120 made her scratch her throat out/outside source (say C120) can induce systems of the higher stages' or 'it's just a delusion from Shion'. XD;

Spoiler:

This is likely not a delusion. From the known evidence, higher stages of Hinamizawa Syndrome can only distort objects or sensations (in Onikakushi-hen, this refers to the needle and the marker and the ohagi scene). There is no evidence for any stage that these delusions are complex enough to show warped or fictional actions of actual people (i.e. Rena's "kissing" scene and the "knock-knock" scene).

Ultimately, Rika does die by her own hand, and it should come as no surprise that Rika has acquired some skill after supposedly trying to fight the likes of Shion and Rena before.