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Originally Posted by thundrakkon

This series is definitely a great one so far, among so many good series starting this season.

I agree with Paranoia833,

Spoiler for concerning Oishi as a prime suspect:

He seems to know everything, and after the deaths in the end, it seems like he does not really care, as if it is a case close and moves onto the next. It is as if he is intentionally leading ("directing") events and adding more information as needed. The car scene did appear to be the turning point in Keiichi's paranoia.

If Oishi is involved with the whole dam project, he might be removing resistance. The murder event at the dam had one person not caught. The whole loli gang is 4 people, so they do not appear to be the suspects. That leaves the question, "who's the last murderer?"

Did we actually see the photographer die, or was it only mentioned?

The flowers falling in the beginning of the intro... I wonder what significance they have...

Concerning Rena, I was feeling so, so bad for her in the rain, crying, and apologizing. How could anyone be upset at her after seeing that?

I personally do not believe Rena and Mion are guilty of murder. It was all in Keiichi's head, I bet. Rena probably did break windows in her old school, but since no charges were pressed (and I think they mentioned a few deaths, too), I bet she did it for some good reason.

My most outlandish theory would be that this is a sort of insane asylum, where they have mentally disturbed patients go to recover. The doctor come and checks up on them. The blue suit guys are workers. Oishi is the director, leading psychological experiments.

People being transferred might mean they were released.

You have the scene where Keiichi appears to be hit on the head by a bat from a blue suit guy before awakening to see Rena by his side. The needle scene might be his medication to treat his dementia. You don't see the needle in the end, probably because Keiichi took it with him for some reason or another.

OK, so my theories have more holes than swiss cheese right now, but we really do not have enough information yet.

BTW, Rena, although psycho in certain scenes, appears to be regretful, kind, and too caring for me to believe that she is a murderer.

I really want to know how this turns out... although watching this alone is quite freaky. Maybe I should watch this series with friends, although I don't think I would be patient enough to wait. I kept thinking about psycho Rena the whole day after I watched it. Quite an impact, this series has.

Start reading the TIPS thread. It's the translation thread devoted to various TIPS that you receive throughout the game - an aspect that is lacking in watching the anime, reading the manga, or listening to the drama CD. In there, you'll be able to read police transmission logs, notes taken during the investigation, etc. etc. which may answer your ponderings (and quite possibly open up more mysteries while at it too!).