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Old 2010-08-14, 20:17   Link #16269
bahamut zero
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Originally Posted by Oliver View Post
Minor observation. If my (flawed) understanding of Japanese is correct,
  • Only 12 Van Dine rules are in red, i.e. are "laws".
  • The one about the servant not being the culprit is 11th (as it is in the original 20-rule list) and is also in red.
  • The 7th, about a corpse being required, is also in red and also 7th.
  • The 1st one also matches the original 20-item list and is also in red.
Which would mean that Van Dine rules 1-12 are more or less as given originally by Van Dine and in red. Supposing that is correct, does this allow us any useful deductions about Ep1-Ep4?
Maybe you could tell us which other Vin Dine rules where used?
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