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Originally Posted by Leafsnail
It actually makes quite a lot of sense for the detective to be able to speak in red, but for others not to be able to. For instance, if you're reading a detective novel with a clearly established super-genius detective and he says "Hmm, I don't think you'd be able to force your way through these window shutters" you can probably eliminate any possibilities involving them unless you are later given clues to the contrary.
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That's the difference between regular mysteries and Umineko, though:
When something is spoken in red, it's truth cannot be denied at any point in time.
It is impossible to set the chain lock from the outside, for example, cannot be refuted in any way.
In a regular novel, the detective can say "I don't think you can lock this door from the outside." It should be considered true until some mechanism X for locking the door from the outside is discovered and overwrites the old truth.
You're right, though: it's the same premise that the detective is the one giving us hints and clues to solve the mystery.