[Sherringford]

Originally Posted by Arachanox

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By his own interview, Ryukishi stated that the mystery ended with EP7. And it did for me. I got all the answers I wanted, and inferred the rest. In my opinion, there is enough material to figure it out. Just as he said, he won't tell it to us straight like he did Higurashi. And I'm completely fine with that. EP6 ended the story of Beato and Battler. EP7 ended the mystery. EP8 tied up the metaworld by smashing Bern and explaining (or trying to) the meta-actions going on at the Author Level.

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I feel that episode 7 in itself isn't a mystery. Ellery Queen, it ain't. The clues towards Rudolf/Kyrie being the culprit are minimal at the most and not enough to be considered logical.

It wouldn't pass JDC's fair mystery test as he detailed in his essay. Episode 6 was fine, episode 7 was fine, episode 8 was a bit of a letdown.

I take the same stance here as Will did during his last stand against Bern. This isn't a mystery, but 07's fantasy.