[AC-Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Mister Twit

It was weird that the anime stopped at her admitting she was responsible for Ibukuro's death. Honestly the outcome of this case was more grey than it was made to look here.

The anime only briefly touches on this, but

Spoiler for slight game difference:

it was more about exposing the blackmailing that Himegami had been subjecting Ibukuro to for the last 5 years. So while she would get arrested for something that was fair self-defense on her part (and probably granted leniency), the implication was that she would still be punished for blackmail and probably lose her position at the studio.

But they didn't have adequate time to build that up so murder it is, I guess.

the main problem is:

Spoiler for Answer to spoiler and why Himegami's:

That in the PW universe, people convited of murder get executed.(At least in the english version).
So basically she tried Killing Will Powers using the justice system