#🌸prisoner 002: hanasaki aimi🌸

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so that raincoat collab..

notes about the meanings of everyone's poses are under the cut!

akio: akio doesn't have an umbrella, he just has his hood on and he has this angry look on his face. back in season 1, akio just wanted to be voted innocent and truly believed he deserved to be forgiven and even though being voted guilty made him change as a person, he still doesn't care about the "moral side" of his verdicts, since now he just wants to be forgiven because being punished again can literally cost him his life. he still doesn't want to do anything with the guards or the verdict system, so he doesn't have an umbrella, but he still doesn't want to die, so at least he has his head covered.

shun: shun was very happy when the guards voted him innocent, since he believed his crime wasn't a crime at all and his thoughts were affirmed. however, he got "betrayed" by the guards since they decided to vote him guilty in season 2. this is why he has his umbrella lying on the ground: he really believed that the guards will still be on his side, but he was wrong.

kei: kei is holding his umbrella. he is accepting his verdicts. even though he was voted guilty by his own brother and brutally punished by him as well, he loves him too much to get mad at him. it also looks like he's offering his umbrella to shun which might look cute OR look like a reminder of how unhealthy their relationship is (kei was more than happy to flirt with shun back in season 1 and shun just acted shy and claimed to be taken, but in season 2, shun gladly joined eiko when she started to basically bully kei and shun got a new outfit to look more like kei) but also.. kei is winking here. the eye that he has closed here is the same eye that shun lost because of kei. think about the implications <3

asahi: he has his umbrella closed, but he's still holding it. asahi doesn't like eiji and he sure will not like hinode, but he likes miki. she's the only guard that he cares about, but he cares about her A LOT. so you can interpret his pose as him still being suspicious of the other guards, but wanting to be as close with miki as possible.

riku: my boy doesn't have an umbrella AND he doesn't have his hood on. sure, riku wants to be forgiven, but also.. he understands that even an innocent verdict won't make his pain go away. in fact, he will most likely just hurt himself even more to keep making the guards feel sorry for him and continue forgiving him. a little spoiler for his trial 3 vd, but there's a moment when he says that there is no verdict that will help him or make his situation better. so his head is not covered, he doesn't have an umbrella with him and he's also holding his hand out to feel the raindrops. riku kuroki why are you like this

aimi: her pose is similar to asahi's and the meaning is similar as well: she only cares about miki. however, i tried to make her pose look a bit more desperate, like she's even more dependent on her than miki's own brother. aimi doesn't care about her verdict. she only cares about finally having a friend.

naomi: naomi has claimed multiple times that she doesn't care about her verdict and she doesn't care about the other prisoners' verdicts as well (not counting asahi. the fuck them kids mindset is still there) so she doesn't have an umbrella with her and it also looks like she's taking her hood off. however, i like to think as this naomi in particular as t2 naomi: getting an innocent verdict and starting to become more confident. confident enough to feel like you don't have to protect yourself anymore. she still got a guilty verdict though so maybe an umbrella wouldn't hurt.

eiko: oh this girl is so happy about her umbrella! look at the way she's holding it! this totally doesn't have anything to do with her obsession with eiji at all! eiko really doesn't care about the verdicts, but she loves her poor little meow meow too much, so she still cares about milgram in some way. there's also her brother being the fourth guard that never got an opportunity to actually do his job and the possibility of her parents having something to do with it.. her pose is also kinda similar to kei's pose which is a nice bonus since they're a pair.

yurika: THE GIRL IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT HER TWO GUILTY VERDICTS. she's the only prisoner that's sitting on the ground. she doesn't have an umbrella with her, showing that she HATES the guards and she HATES her verdicts (and how verdicts work in general), but she still has her hood on. the girl doesn't want to die. she REALLY doesn't want to die. (and her t3 vd will show it well </3)

reina: reina doesn't have an umbrella with her, which was to be expected from miss "i'm actually a serial killer hehe >:D please vote me guilty please please guys i'm begging i would rather die than live with the knowledge of what i've done". she doesn't care about the guards' opinions anymore. she does have her hood on, but in her case it's not related to her life, i simply thought it would fit her vibe well, since she's a person who finds it hard to be honest with others and is very secretive.

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guys i was serious when i said that those vds are going to be long. so uh. get ready

Warning: detailed descriptions of everyone's murders.

???: ...

???: Huh..

???: "W-where.. am I?.."

???: "This place looks.. scary.."

???: Ah-

???: Oh, you're awake. Good, good..

???: How are you feeling? Does anything hurt?

???: "T-that's one pretty guy, haha.."

???: A-ah, no, no, I'm fine. Don't worry about me.

???: W-wait, actually, w-where are we?

???: A-and, um.. Who are.. you?

???: .. Ah, right, I forgot to introduce myself.

???: Kuroki Hinode. Nice to meet you. 

???: N-nice to meet you too..

???: A-ah, my name is-

Hinode: Don't worry. I already know.

???: Huh?..

???: H-hey, where the hell am I?

???: What is this place? God, it looks like-

Hinode: A prison? That's because it is one.

Hinode: Welcome to the Milgram prison. You two have been invited to watch the third trial end. 

Hinode: You two should be honored, it's a pretty big deal, haha.

???: .. Milgram.. prison?..

Hinode: Come on, we should hurry up. It's better if we don't keep the guys in charge waiting.

???: I-I'm not going anywhere with you-

Hinode: Eiji-san. Please, for your own safety, follow me.

Eiji: How do you know my name-

Hinode: I know you both very well.

(the door opens)

(sounds of footsteps)

???: W-whoa..

???: This is.. even scarier than I imagined..

Eiji: You mentioned the third trial, right?

Eiji: That means someone is going to get.. judged?

Hinode: Haha, yes. Of course, someone like you, Eiji-san, would understand how the trials work very well.

Eiji: ...

Hinode: These are your seats. Please sit down.

???: O-okay!..

(sounds of someone sitting down)

???: U-um, Kuroki-san-

Hinode: Just Hinode is fine.

???: O-okay, um..

???: Hinode-san.. who exactly are you?

???: Do you.. work here?

???: Ah, maybe you're going to be the judge?

Eiji: He certainly doesn't look the part.

Hinode: Haha, no, no, I'm not like that at all.

Hinode: .. I'm.. quite the opposite, actually.

???: Wh-

Hinode: Anyway, Miki-san, Eiji-san, are you prepared to see the ones who are going to be judged tonight?

Miki: "He really does know my name.."

Eiji: Huh? So that means it's a trial for multiple people?..

Hinode: Yeah, kind of.

Hinode: Except.. their verdicts are already known. 

Hinode: But they don't know what is going to happen to them. 

Hinode: I'm sure they're excited to find out, haha.

Hinode: Please, prepare yourselves. You might see some.. familiar faces.

(sounds of multiple doors opening and people's footsteps)

Hinode: All ten prisoners are ready to be judged. Please, have fun watching them.

Eiji: !..

Eiji: *stands up* I-is that-

Miki: .. T-this boy-

Hinode: I told you their faces might look familiar.

Eiji: .. How did he end up here?..

Eiji: O-of course he deserved to go to prison, but-

Miki: ...

Miki: (in a lower voice) What is my brother doing here, Hinode-san?

Hinode: I'm afraid my answer will take too long-

Miki: I'm not going anywhere.

Hinode: ...

Hinode: *sighs* Then I think you should hear it from someone else and not from me.

(sounds of screens turning on)

???: Hello, hello, everyone! I hope you're ready for the end of the Third Trial.

???: Don't you feel excited? I sure do.

???: Now, before we proceed. Right now, the prisoners aren't able to speak. They can still hear and understand everything very well. 

???: Just look at everyone's face expressions! I wish I was here to see them in person..

Miki: W-why can't they speak though-

???: We just made a few.. adjustments. Please, don't think about it too much.

???: We wouldn't want the prisoners to start crying and screaming while we discuss their verdicts, would we?

???: Of course, it would be a beautiful sight, but we have to keep this serious.

???: All of them will be able to talk after their verdicts are announced though. I wonder what they will say.. 

Eiji: Hold on. Who even are you?

Eiji: Are you, like.. The one in charge?

???: Me?...

???: Hm.. I guess you can call me..

???: The goddess of this place?..

Miki: ...

???: Does that ring a bell, Miki-chan?

Miki: .. P-please don't act so familiar with me.

???: Haha, sorry, sorry. You're just so cute!

???: Anyway, yeah, I guess you can see me as the one in charge of this place.

???: If you need a name to call me by..

???: My name is Miguro Rana.Please, just call me Rana.

Rana: Ah, take a look at the second screen. This is my assistant, Arisu.

Rana: He's a pretty boy, isn't he? A shy one though. He doesn't talk much.

Eiji: Why can we see his face, but we can't see yours?

Rana: Because I'm shy too! And who knows, what if I show you all my face and you all will instantly fall in love with me? That wouldn't be good at all!

Rana: Arisu, can you say something so that we know you're here with us right now and not in your silly inner world?

Arisu: ...

Arisu: I-it's a pleasure to finally see you all, everyone.

Akio: !..

Rana: Now, here's our plan for tonight. First, we're going to discuss everyone's crimes. I'm sure the guards have figured most of the stuff out, but there could be some details they don't know yet. Gotta make sure we're all on the same page, right?

Eiji: Guards?..

Rana: After we talk about each crime, the prisoner's verdict will be announced. The prisoner will be able to talk after they find out their verdict. We will also talk about what will happen to all prisoners as well.

Rana: As for the final part..

Rana: Hehe, well, you all just have to wait and see.

Rana: Now, Arisu, can you do me a favor and start with the first prisoner's crime? You had a chance to see him personally, so..

Arisu: *nods*

Arisu: Prisoner 001, Miyagawa Akio. 16 years old, a high school student.

Eiji: So it's that guy with brown hair.. Looks kind of boring.

Eiji: So all of them are criminals, huh? Even that one kid?

Miki: ...

Hinode: They're not just criminals. All of them are murderers. So they all committed the worst crime of all.

Eiji: Whoa.. 

Eiji: Heh.. They all deserve the worst punishment of all then-

Miki: Eiji-san, right?

Eiji: What do you want?

Miki: Please take back what you just said.

Eiji: Look, this is just my opinion. Also, don't you think that all murderers and criminals in general should rot-

Miki: My brother is not a murderer.

Eiji: W-what does that have to do with your brother?!

Miki: My brother is not a murderer, my brother is not a murderer, my brother is not-

Hinode: Calm down, Miki-san. I assure you, your brother will be fine.

Hinode: .. You really saved him.

Miki: W-what was that?

Arisu: His victim was Kitami Chise, his classmate. 

Arisu: Akio-san recently started attending an elite high school thanks to his parents' hard work. He immediately tried to impress his classmates and teachers with his intelligence and he was successful. He quickly started to become very popular. 

Arisu: And he also quickly became friends with his another classmate, Saito Arata, who also was the headmaster's son. 

Akio: ...

Arisu: Akio-san was very happy with his reputation until a new student showed up. That student was Chise-san.

Arisu: Chise-san started to become more and more popular which Akio-san did not like. Akio-san didn't understand why someone like Chise-san could be more loved and respected by his classmates, considering that he had not the best grades, wasn't the most intelligent student there and it overall seemed like he "didn't deserve to attend that school".

Arisu: Akio-san had no idea that Chise-san was loved because of his kindness and him wanting his classmates to stop being so hard on themselves and start taking care of themselves.

Arisu: Akio-san started to get tired of Chise-san's popularity and he did have thoughts about possibly killing him, but he wasn't sure about it at first. After a certain event, however, he finally decided that Chise-san deserved to die.

Arisu: Interestingly enough, he still didn't want to kill Chise-san in a brutal and painful way. Even though he was okay with torturing him.

Arisu: Akio-san decided on a murder method, which was supposed to be hanging.

Arisu: One day, Akio-san and Arata-san invited Chise-san to hang out with them after classes. He gladly agreed, thinking that they have finally accepted them as their friend.

Arisu: They all wanted to go to Arata's house and spend the night there since his parents weren't home and they could do whatever they wanted. 

Arisu: It was rather late when they arrived and then, Arata-san knocked Chise-san out and carried him to the basement where Chise-san would later die.

Arisu: When Chise-san finally woke up, he already had a rope tied around his neck. Not enough to strangle him, but just enough to let him know that he's not going to make it out alive.

Arisu: Akio-san started to torture him by asking him all kinds of questions, making fun of Chise-san's "low intelligence" and said that they'll kill him if he keeps getting the questions wrong.

Arisu: When Chise-san failed too many times, Akio-san ordered Arata-san to move the stool Chise-san was standing on.

Arisu: Arata-san did exactly that, but then, something went horribly wrong. 

Arisu: Chise-san's neck was supposed to break. It didn't.

Arisu: Chise-san died of strangulation. He tried to get the rope off his neck, but it didn't work. 

Arisu: He was supposed to die instantly, but.. some time definitely passed before he finally died.

Arisu: Akio-san was in charge of the planning meanwhile Arata-san was in charge of the execution.

Arisu: That means, Arata-san was the one responsible for killing Chise-san in the wrong way.

Arisu: However, Akio-san was the one who came up with the murder in the first place. Arata-san was definitely the one who encouraged it, but Akio-san was brought here because if it wasn't for him acting up on his thoughts, Chise-san would most likely still be alive.

Rana: Though honestly, with a guy like Arata around, I can't imagine Chise's life being that long. 

Arisu: Ahem.

Arisu: Miyagawa Akio-san's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Guilty, Innocent, Innocent. 

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back home safely with all his memories intact while other people forget about his crime and his victim's existence.

Arisu: Congratulations, Akio-san. You may speak now.

Akio: ...

(sound of Akio falling on his knees)

Akio: H-how did they..

Akio: How did they.. know.. 

Akio: *crying* How did they know.. all of this..

Akio: .. I-I have a question.

Arisu: What is it, Akio-san?

Akio: .. Will.. my accomplice also.. forget about my crime?

Arisu: Yes. Even though he was involved, he is not the Milgram prisoner. 

Arisu: He will not remember anything about the murder you two committed and he will not remember Chise-san ever existing.

Akio: ...

Akio: Haha..

Akio: .. How will I be able to look him in the eyes after that..

Eiji: .. That guy is literally evil.

Eiji: Doing all that just because his classmate was more popular than him?

Eiji: Those guards are way too nice. They forgave him twice, when I wouldn't be able to forgive him even once.

Hinode: ...

Miki: W-well, at least it looks like he feels guilty about it. Who knows, maybe he will change.

Miki: ".. Why is that pink-haired girl looking at me like that?"

Rana: Now, let's talk about the second prisoner, shall we?

Rana: Arisu, would you like to tell us about her crime as well? I promise, I'll be the one who talks about the next two prisoners.

Arisu: .. Of course.

Arisu: Prisoner 002, Hanasaki Aimi-san. 16 years old, a high school student.

Eiji: Another high school student?! What's wrong with kids these days..

Miki: You don't look that old yourself, Eiji-san.

Eiji: I-I'm still older than them though. I was supposed to go to college this year..

Eiji: .. W-what stopped me from going to college?..

Eiji: Why can't I remember-

Arisu: Her victim was Hanasaki Misao, her older brother, and she was also related to the deaths of her classmates.

Miki: "S-she killed both her brother AND her classmates??"

Arisu: Hanasaki Aimi-san comes from quite a rich family. She was used to getting whatever she wanted, so when she wasn't able to make friends at her new school, she felt.. confused.

Arisu: She continued to try to make her classmates like her. She bought them gifts, she was as kind to them as she could be, but she still couldn't buy their friendship. 

Arisu: Aimi-san.. wasn't happy about it at all.

Arisu: And one day, Aimi-san snapped. 

Arisu: She started acting more rude, she started breaking down in front of her classmates, she started to blame them for everything, she tried everything to make them feel bad for her and force them to become her friends.

Arisu: Her classmates.. did not like it. 

Arisu: At first they were scared, but then they started to fight back. Some of the things they did were valid and understandable, but some of the things they did were.. a bit too cruel.

Arisu: We're not here to decide if Aimi-san really was a victim of bullying or she was just being too.. dramatic.

Arisu: But Aimi-san's older brother, Misao-san, certainly did see her as a victim of bullying.

Arisu: Misao-san was tired of Aimi-san's classmates treating her this way. He was so tired that he thought it would be better if they all just died.

Arisu: So he decided to take care of them. Just like a good older brother would.

Arisu: Aimi-san's family owned a popular amusement park. Lately some of the rides there started to behave in a strange way and they definitely needed to be fixed.

Arisu: Aimi-san's parents, however, refused to solve this problem. 

Rana: Even though they were so rich, they still didn't want to close the park even for a short period of time..

Rana: Heh, I feel like they treated their kids the same way. Seriously, why couldn't they send both of them to therapy?

Arisu: Misao-san knew about it and he paid the workers so that they continued to act like everything was fine. Then he told Aimi-san about his plan and.. she agreed. 

Arisu: Aimi-san did not like her brother, but she also did not like her classmates. And if she had to choose, she would prefer to get rid of her classmates first.

Arisu: Aimi-san invited her classmates to that park and they agreed, forgetting about how much they hated Aimi-san and how scared they were of her. 

Arisu: Aimi-san also made sure to tell them that the rides that weren't working properly were the most fun ones.

Arisu: .. Aimi-san's classmates died on those rides.

Arisu: Some of them fell off, some of them got crushed, some of them lived longer than the others, but eventually ended up dying due to blood loss.

Arisu: It was.. a tragedy. 

Arisu: After all of them died, Misao-san went to comfort his sister who found her classmates' corpses too scary to look at, and at first she accepted the hug..

Arisu: But then she stabbed him with a knife Misao-san gave her to protect herself or kill some of the classmates herself if she wanted to.

Arisu: After that, Aimi-san left Misao-san to bleed out. She was able to leave the park in the middle of the chaos.

Rana: That girl must've been completely covered in blood after all of this.. How was she able to just walk around like that?

Arisu: Hanasaki Aimi-san's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Innocent, Innocent, Guilty. 

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be punished either physically or psychologically and she will be sent back home after that. She will not get any help or treatment.

Arisu: Congratulations, Aimi-san. You may speak now.

Miki: "H-her expression was completely emotionless the whole time.. She just kept staring at me.."

Aimi: ...

Aimi: Will I.. get punished after everyone's verdicts get revealed?

Arisu: Correct.

Aimi: .. I-I see. That's good, haha..

Aimi: .. Is it okay if I spend some time with the prisoners before my punishment?

Aimi: I-I know that I will miss them a lot when I go home, so I just-

Arisu: No.

Aimi: ...

Aimi: .. The fuck you mean by that?

Arisu: You are not allowed to spend time with the prisoners after everyone's verdicts get revealed. You will be punished right after we're done with all the prisoners.

Aimi: ...

Aimi: N-no..

Aimi: B-but I thought-

Aimi: .. I HATE YOU!

Aimi: I HATE YOU, I HATE YOU, AND MOST OF ALL, I HATE YOU, MIKI!

Miki: M-me?!

Aimi: DON'T ACT LIKE YOU DON'T REMEMBER ME!

Miki: BUT I LITERALLY DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU!

Aimi: ...

Aimi: .. H-haha..

Akio: .. What were you planning, Hanasaki?

Aimi: Huh?

Akio: Admit it, you didn't just want to hang out with us because we're friends or something like that.

Akio: What did you want from us?

Aimi: .. I thought..

Aimi: .. M-maybe it'd be possible for us to.. 

Aimi: Watch our videos together.. somehow..

Aimi: Like maybe the people in charge would allow us..

Aimi: A-and I hoped that watching our murders happen right in front of our eyes would..

Aimi: Drive us all.. to the point of-

Aimi: Ahaha...

Aimi: Come on, wouldn't it be better if we all just died-

(sound of Aimi getting slapped)

Akio: .. You're insane.

Akio: How would that even work?! Did you even think about the possibility of us not being able to watch our videos?!

Akio: A-and why did you even want us all to die?..

Aimi: ...

Aimi:Because you refused to be friends with me.

Aimi: You all either ignored me or felt sorry for me, but you haven't even tried to actually become friends with me.

Aimi: .. Except you, Akio-kun.

Aimi: Akio-kun.. you still like me, right?

Akio: L-leave me alone.

Akio: Don't even.. look at me.

Akio: You stopped talking to me right after I started to get better.

Akio: You're.. disgusting.

Aimi: ...

Rana: Oh no, what a sad little breakup.

Rana: Anyway, time for me to talk about these prisoners' horrible, horrible sins! Yay!

Eiji: .. How old is this "goddess", by the way?

Miki: "Why did that girl know my name?.."

Miki: ".. Hinode-san is very quiet right now.."

Miki: "I wonder if he knows more than he's letting on-"

Rana: Okayyy, so who's the next one?

Rana: Oh, right, right, that guy. 

Rana: Prisoner 003, Ishizu Shun. 24 years old, a fast food worker.

Rana: Hmm, where do I even start? This guy has been kinda weird since the very beginning.

Rana: So, Shun had only one victim.. Well, that's what the guards thought at first.

Rana: But reality was more complicated than that. Though honestly, I actually think it makes more sense than him just having only one victim.

Rana: Shun's victims were Inaba Hina, his so-called "ex-girlfriend" and Egawa Jouhei, her "new boyfriend".

Rana: Shun always dreamed of having a girlfriend, but he knew that most women would never be interested in him. And honestly, maybe he'd be fine with it at least for some time. At least he has dating sims, right?

Rana: Well, his parents had a different opinion.

Rana: Shun got into a really bad argument with his parents one day and they said that he should "find someone already". They wanted Shun to have a family, they wanted grandchildren already since they knew that their own child is a failure, so maybe at least his children will be good enough for them?

Rana: Shun, who was already so sick and tired of his parents, panicked and.. decided to lie.

Rana: He lied and said that he already has a girlfriend. Well.. more like "had".

Rana: His parents told them to "get her back" so that they could believe him. Shun had to act quick.

Rana: Shun's memory started to get worse and worse with every single day and it was already bad, so him having to lie to his parents and all the stress just completely.. ruined it. Shun was getting closer and closer to becoming a shell of his former self-

Rana: Ah.. well, maybe he never had his own "self" to begin with. Maybe a new "self" started to form instead.

Rana: And then, one night he got another call from his mother and he got so angry that he just threw his phone on the ground and he was about to go home, but then..

Rana: Hina picked up his phone and gave it to him.

Rana: Shun became obsessed with Hina. He needed to know everything about her. He needed to know everything about the only person who treated him like a normal human being, even if it was a basic act of kindness and nothing more.

Rana: To Hina, that act of kindness was something she'd forget tomorrow. To Shun, that act of kindness was basically Hina confessing her love for him.

Rana: Shun found more information about her. He found out her name, age, occupation, even the names of family members. To do that, he had to do what he turned out to be surprisingly good at, which was lying. 

Rana: Shun lied and pretended to be Hina's ex-boyfriend who just returned to this town and wanted to see her again. 

Rana: People liked him a lot when he acted like that. They trusted him enough to tell her everything about Hina, having no idea that they were telling all that to a random person who just happened to be very interested in Hina.

Rana: No wonder Shun eventually started to believe he really was Hina's ex-boyfriend.

Rana: I mean, people trusted him so much and for some reason Hina didn't talk to him anymore even though she helped him that night..

Rana: But aside from all Hina's personal info, he also found out something he did not like at all.

Rana: .. Hina started dating someone new.

Rana: That someone was Egawa Jouhei, a guy who acted cold and rude on the outside, but actually genuinely cared about Hina and even though they argued a lot, they really did love each other.

Rana: Of course, Shun couldn't just let that guy treat Hina like that, even if they weren't dating anymore!

Rana: So eventually, Shun decided that the only way he can protect Hina is by simply.. eliminating his rival.

Rana: Shun stole Hina's phone while he was stalking her and texted Jouhei and lied again and claimed to be Hina herself this time. He said that Hina went to visit a friend and asked him to go to that friend's apartment building to get her.

Rana: That friend's apartment building was the same building where Shun lived.

Rana: Shun was getting ready to meet his rival in person, but he was so focused on Jouhei that he forgot one thing. 

Rana: Hina actually could go to that building because her grandma lived there. And while she had no friends living there, she could go to visit her grandma.

Rana: And Shun just turned out to be particularly unlucky that day because Hina actually did go to that building and his lie turned out to be partially true. Who knows, maybe if he remembered that Hina was supposed to come there, he would've ended up only with one victim. So much stalking and trying to get to know her better and for what?

Rana: Shun.. well, he had a breakdown.

Rana: He started to beg Hina to come back to him and he promised that he will treat her better than Jouhei.

Rana: And Hina reacted like a normal person. She didn't recognize him and got scared.

Rana: And again, Shun had to act quick. He knocked Jouhei out, and while Hina was too terrified to speak, he forced her to walk into his apartment. 

Rana: He knew he shouldn't waste any of his time, so he went to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and stabbed Jouhei while he was unconscious. He also still tried to convince Hina that they really used to be a couple, but when Shun realized that Hina really does not know him..

Rana: He stabbed her with the same knife in a state of pure rage and despair.

Rana: That apartment building wasn't.. the best place. Most of the people who lived there either came back there only closer to nighttime or were just as weird as Shun.

Rana: Or, they were as old as Hina's grandma and their hearing wasn't that good.

Rana: So even if Hina did scream, nobody either heard it or cared enough to check what was going on.

Rana: And after Shun was done.. 

Rana: He did not get rid of the bodies. He was not in a mental state to care about it. If he got rid of them, he'd probably lose his mind completely, if he hasn't already.

Rana: And he also knew that most of the people there wouldn't care about it as well. If they did notice anything, like the smell, he could just come up with a lie.

Rana: Since again, it turned out that he's actually very good at telling those.

Rana: Wow, that was a long one! I wonder if the guards were able to figure all of this stuff out. I have a feeling his videos made his crime look a bit different.

Rana: Ishizu Shun's verdict combination is..

Rana: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.

Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but him being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge him.

Rana: Yay, yay, congrats, Shun, you're going home! You can speak now, by the way!

Shun: ...

Shun: .. Ehehe..

Shun: I have.. the same verdict combination.. as Eiko-san..

Shun: Ehehe.. It's like we're matching..

Eiji: "Eiko-san"? Who the hell is that? His new girlfriend or something?

Eiji: Oh, that blonde girl just gave me a weird look. 

Miki: "Do we.. no, it can't be.."

Miki: "D-do these prisoners know who we are?.."

Miki: "I-if that's the case.. How do they know us?"

Miki: "If that woman looked at Eiji-san after he mentioned "Eiko-san", then.."

Miki: "Maybe that woman is Eiko-san?.."

Shun: Hey, Eiko-san, does that mean we'll be going home together? I'm so happy!..

Shun: We'll get married right after that, right? I-I don't care if people will find out about our crimes, I just want to be with you! I want to spend the rest of my life with you! 

Shun: A-and then we'll have kids and my parents will finally leave me alone, haha..

Shun: Eiko-san?.. Why are you so quiet?..

Shun: Haha, come on, you don't have to act so shy with me-

Arisu: Shun-san, Eiko-san is currently not able to speak. Her verdict hasn't been announced yet.

Shun: W-who cares about what will happen to us when we leave this place! Everyone here already knows their verdicts, that guard told us everything!

Shun: I want to hear Eiko-san's voice again. Please, can I hear her voice again?..

Arisu: Your verdicts have consequences and you have the right to know about those consequences-

Shun: I DON'T CARE ABOUT THOSE CONSEQUENCES, JUST GIVE EIKO-SAN BACK TO ME!

Shun: .. Eiko-san..

Shun: .. Why are you still looking at that guy?..

Shun: Come on, I'm right here. I'm so much better than him, right?

Eiko: ...

Shun: ...

Shun: .. Why is it always the mean guys?..

Shun: I-I actually try to be nice to women, u-unlike Jouhei a-and..

Shun: W-what was that guard's name?..

Shun: E-Eiji-

Eiji: !

Eiji: Did he just-

Miki: .. Hinode-san, do these prisoners know us?

Hinode: ...

Miki: Hinode-san, please answer me-

Rana: Okayyyy, time for the fourth prisoner's crime! Man, this lady is a cruel one.

Rana: Prisoner 004, Chiba Naomi. 30 years old, an elementary school teacher.

Rana: *gasps* Even elementary school teachers can kill?! Don't tell me she killed her own student-

Rana: Oh, right, that's exactly what happened. 

Rana: Her victim was Akasaki Tao, her own student. He was only 10 years old.

Rana: Naomi is a weird woman. She's 30 years old, but she still feels like a kid who needs to do everything she can to make her parents happy.

Rana: Her mother in particular.

Rana: Her murder is a simple one, so talking about it won't take much time. 

Rana: Tao was a very mean kid. He treated everyone horribly, both his classmates and his teachers. He especially hated Naomi..

Rana: Well, at least he acted like it.

Rana: And Naomi just couldn't take it, because Tao liked to say things that she hated to hear because she knew that Tao was right. Tao never hesitated to call her out. He knew just how much Naomi doesn't want to be hated and that Naomi's intentions weren't always the best and sometimes she was kind to her students just because it felt nice to be admired by someone.

Rana: Sure, it probably doesn't sound that serious, but this kept happening almost every single day. No wonder it ended up driving Naomi insane.

Rana: One evening, Naomi was about to leave school and her mother decided to pay her a visit. She did that quite often, to check up on Naomi's mental state. She actually didn't trust Naomi that much and she was sure she will end up hurting at least one of her students one day. And.. she turned out to be right all along.

Rana: They had another argument and that one was particularly bad and Naomi couldn't even reply to her mother anymore and she just walked to her car and tried to leave as soon as she could. It also started raining.

Rana: It kept raining and it was starting to get harder for Naomi to drive and she couldn't see the road that well.

Rana: And then, she saw a silhouette. That silhouette was Tao, who was on the way home, but he actually wasn't in that much of a hurry because he wanted to make his parents worry about him more.

Rana: And even though Naomi did see a silhouette right in front of her and it seemed kind of familiar.. She just kept going.

Rana: It's hard to say if she did it on purpose or it was an accident. Her brain was not working properly at all when it happened.

Rana: When it did happen, Naomi walked out of the car for a moment, saw that it was Tao, noticed that there wasn't anyone else around and then.. simply went right back into the car and left.

Rana: She just couldn't do anything at that moment. She couldn't force herself to care about him.

Rana: Which is a shame. Who knows, maybe he didn't actually die instantly and he still could be saved-

Arisu: I want to ask you not to lie when discussing the prisoners' murders.

Arisu: Tao-san did, in fact, die instantly when Naomi-san ran him over. She could not do anything about it. 

Arisu: Please, don't say such things just to make prisoners feel even more guilty.

Arisu: Or.. make their situations sound more ambiguous.

Rana: Haha, sorry, sorry, Arisu, I won't do it anymore.

Rana: I just.. wanted to make this more fun, that's all.

Rana: Anyway, after that, not many people felt sorry for Tao, especially his classmates who were bullied by him and hated the way he treated Naomi.

Rana: His parents also turned out to be abusive and they tried to frame everything as if it was Tao's fault and that he was just not careful enough. 

Rana: And to make Naomi's situation worse, his parents themselves talked to her because she was his teacher and because he actually liked her a lot, and they let her read his diary to learn more about him.

Rana: And this is how Naomi found out that the child she hated so much actually admired her and they also had so much in common.

Rana: Chiba Naomi's verdict combination is...

Rana: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.

Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but her being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge her.

Rana: Congrats, Naomi! You can speak now.

Naomi: ...

Eiji: This woman.. killed a child? And she's a teacher too?

Eiji: Just how bad are their murders going to get?..

Eiji: Though considering that the next prisoner is.. him..

Eiji: I have a feeling it's just going to get worse.

Miki: ".. I hope this woman stayed away from Marito this whole time."

Rana: Come on, Naomi, don't you have anything to say? Aren't you excited to go back home?

Naomi: ...

Naomi: .. Everyone knows I'm the one who killed him anyway.

Naomi: I won't get punished for it because my parents won't allow it.

Naomi: .. Haha..

Naomi: .. Don't worry. I'll make sure I'll still get punished in the end.

Naomi: I accept the guards' judgement. They were just doing their job.

Miki: Hold on, what is she going to do-

Rana: Anyway, Arisu, wanna talk about the next pair of prisoners? These two are sure interesting.

Arisu: As you wish.

Arisu: Prisoner 005, Sanada Kei. 25 years old, a photographer.

Eiji: ...

Kei: ...

Miki: Eiji-san, does that man look familiar to you?

Eiji: .. Why do you care?

Miki: Well, one of those prisoners is my little brother, so I thought that maybe you and me have the same.. problem.

Miki: I'm sure you must be very worried about your-

Eiji: Again, why do you care? 

Eiji: This is none of your business. Leave me alone. And stop assuming things, it's not like I'm your friend or something.

Miki: ...

Miki: I-I understand. Sorry.

Arisu: Sanada Kei is one of the most unique cases here. He was already involved in some definitely not legal activities before his actual murder happened, but we want to remind everyone here that Kei-san was brought to Milgram because of his murder and not what he did before. 

Arisu: His victims were Takagi Rinka, Inagaki Norika, Hatano Mioka, Nagayama Sayaka and Mizuno Kae, all women in their twenties.

Arisu: However, those "not legal activities" Kei-san was involved in are very important if you want to understand his crime better, so I think I should mention them. 

Arisu: Kei-san worked for his father's friend, who made Kei-san take photos of people who went through all kinds of torture. The photos were later sold to people who might have interest in them for one reason or another.

Arisu: Some of those people were criminals as well, meanwhile some of those people simply.. took pleasure in seeing the results of those acts.

Arisu: Kei-san did not accept this job because of financial problems, but rather because he was genuinely interested in it and he enjoyed it more than his own employer.

Arisu: But that wasn't the only secret Kei-san had to keep.

Arisu: His other secret was his relationship with Mikazuki Ruka, a 21 year old unemployed man he.. kind of kidnapped.

Arisu: The "kidnapping" was consensual, and Ruka-san actually wanted Kei-san to keep him locked up, and even when Kei-san tortured him in various ways, he went along with it.

Arisu: The nature of their relationship was ambiguous, but Kei-san believed that he was truly in love with Ruka-san, and..

Arisu: Even though Kei-san had a feeling that his friends won't approve their relationship, he still wanted to introduce Ruka-san to them.

Arisu: That.. did not go well.

Arisu: Kei-san's friends were shocked, disgusted, angry.. The only reason why police wasn't involved was because Kei-san threatened them not to tell anyone else about it. 

Arisu: After that, Kei-san completely stopped talking to his friend group and tried to focus on Ruka-san and his work. He still had a strong fear that something could happen to Ruka-san while he was away though.

Arisu: Kei-san tried to convince himself that his friends reacted like that because they had something against him dating a man, but even Ruka-san himself knew and tried to explain to Kei-san that his sexuality wasn't the problem, but rather the fact that Kei-san didn't bother to cover up any signs of torture that Ruka-san went through.

Arisu: Kei-san didn't want to admit it, and he wanted to believe that his way of showing love was "perfect" and that he wasn't "weird" or "scary".

Arisu: Shortly after that, Kei-san came up with a "revenge plan" and decided to invite his friends' girlfriends to his house. He knew that those women were always more interested in him rather than his friends, and he knew that they will gladly come to pay him a visit.

Arisu: Obviously, he wasn't planning to let them get out of this alive.

Arisu: Everything went fine at first, but eventually, one of the five women found out about one of Kei-san's secrets, which was his other job. Kei-san rarely had guests, so he never tried that hard to hide the photos he had saved from his job. 

Arisu: Naturally, one of the women was able to find the photos and.. her reaction was easy to predict.

Arisu: All women panicked when they saw the photos, and they thought that Kei-san will do something similar to them, and.. They weren't exactly wrong.

Arisu: They knew that they had to protect themselves, so they suddenly attacked Kei-san, who still didn't know that they found the photos, and tried to do something, anything, to make sure he couldn't hurt them or even touch them in any way.

Arisu: .. It escalated very quickly, and soon enough, their attempts at self-defense turned into something Kei-san initially planned to do to them: torture.

Arisu: Some of the women wanted Kei-san to "feel the pain his victims had to go through", some of them believed that he deserved it and that it was true justice, meanwhile some of them just enjoyed seeing Kei-san in this state.

Arisu: One of the women, Kae-san, didn't approve it though, but she didn't do anything to stop them and simply watched. It's hard to say if she was simply afraid or she secretly enjoyed it as well.

Arisu: At some point, Kei-san couldn't take it anymore, but he didn't know what he could do to stop them. He wasn't that physically strong, and they definitely outnumbered him.

Arisu: .. And that's when Ruka-san finally came out of the room he was hiding in and went to check up on Kei-san. And the women saw him.

Arisu: They were too shocked to do anything, so Kei-san immediately took advantage of their reaction. 

Arisu: His first victim was Norika-san, who he stabbed repeatedly with a knife she tortured him with. 

Arisu: After that, the women started to run away, and he noticed how slow Sayaka-san was compared to all the others and she wasn't able to leave the room as fast as them, so he smothered her with a pillow that was lying on the floor.

Arisu: Kei-san was bleeding, and he was in a terrible condition, but he still decided to chase after the others and Ruka-san helped him out. 

Arisu: Ruka-san was the one who gave him the rope Kei-san was able to choke Rinka-san with, and he also was the one who broke a mirror in one of the rooms, so that Kei-san could use the shards to leave many cuts on Mioka-san's body and leave her to bleed out.

Arisu: Finally, together they locked Kae-san up in a bathroom and she got drowned in a bathtub that was already full when they got there, most likely because Ruka-san was the one who prepared it. She didn't resist.

Arisu: All of Kei-san's friends' girlfriends were killed in one single night. They didn't tell their boyfriends where they were going for obvious reasons, so even if they suspected Kei-san, they needed real evidence to prove that he was behind the disappearances.

Arisu: Sanada Kei's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Guilty, Innocent, Guilty.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he will be able to come back to the outside world safely, but-

Arisu: .. Ah. My apologies. I forgot that Kei-san is a special case in more ways than one.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he should..

Arisu: Become the executioner.

Eiji: Wh-

Arisu: Congratulations, Kei-san. You may speak now.

Kei: .. Hey, what was that just now?

Kei: B-become the executioner?.. What does that mean?

Arisu: The.. ahem, the Goddess of this Milgram thinks you are the most fitting prisoner for this job.

Rana: Yup, that's right! I don't wanna let Kei leave, he's way too fun! 

Rana: Like, you don't care about the others at all. You killed so many women in just one night. Your only "true love" was a guy you tortured every single day. 

Rana: All prisoners here suck, but I feel like you just weren't made for the outside world. 

Rana: You were made for Milgram.

Rana: You will be the one in charge of punishing the prisoners who got certain verdict combinations and.. 

Rana: Who knows, maybe you'll punish a guard or two as well.

Miki: "A guard or two?.."

Miki: Wait, but what did the guards do-

Eiji: NO!

Eiji: You know you can't do that, right? This-

Eiji: He's literally a murderer! Why are you letting him be the one in charge of punishing others?!

Eiji: If you need anyone, you can just ask me-

Rana: We already kinda did that, Eiji. It didn't work as planned.

Eiji: .. Huh?

Kei: .. Haha..

Eiji: .. Kei..

Eiji: You're not going to accept this job, right? Like, you're going to go back to the outside world and you're going to accept your punishment, right?

Eiji: KEI, LOOK AT ME!

Kei: .. I don't know, Eiji.

Kei: I love Ruka, I really do. I would do anything to see him again.

Kei: And I really do like my job.. Both of them, of course, haha.

Kei: And I don't want to hurt the other prisoners in any way, since honestly, some of them have become.. really important to me, no matter what that girl said about me "not caring about the others" or whatever.

Kei: .. But also, I don't wanna get punished again.

Kei: You know what being tortured by those girls felt like? It sucked. 

Eiji: Of course I know, do you think I forgot everything you did to me-

Kei: I really thought I was going to die that night, haha. Ruka really saved me back there.

Kei: So, Eiji..

Kei: This is an offer a disgusting criminal and a dirty coward like me could never refuse. 

Kei: And if you're one of the guards I have to punish..

Kei: Haha, don't worry, I'll take very good care of you.

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haven't made these in a while

+ the updated version that makes more sense now

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OH.. OH THIS IS SAD.. ICHIRO AND AKIO'S DYNAMIC IS SO.. *CRIES* now i wanna draw something like that i really wish i could draw more but. the heat is killing me it's like. it's very cute in a sad way :') (also knowing about akio's t2 vd and his mv while reading this is. n-not fun)

oh, i think aimi would continue talking to akane and spending time with her! there's a reason why she doesn't talk to other prisoners anymore but.. akane seems fine, so aimi would think it's okay to stay friends with her. her accomplice probably wouldn't be happy if they found out about her relationship with akane, but well, they're not here, so.. if akane helped her with taking care of akio, aimi would appreciate it so much! thankfully, he's okay with talking to aimi now, but it still can be very hard sometimes because of his personality and overall behavior. aimi being a softie who finds it hard to stand up for herself makes it even worse.

(kei's relationship with shun and eiko is especially scary because other prisoners don't talk about it that much. honestly, a lot of them even think kei deserves to be treated like this) oh, kei would still try to act like his usual self even in this condition! seriously, his trailer voicelines even have him going "hey, maybe it's time for you to admit that you're just as bad as me, eiji?" also yurika wasn't lying that one time and she had a reason to attack kei however, he's still in pain, which makes it.. hard to spend time with him. like yes, he's still making jokes and flirting with others, but also he literally looks like he's about to lose consciousness. he would appreciate daisuke's company a lot though and he would feel relieved once he sees him after spending time with shun and eiko. it's nice to see that at least one prisoner (not counting reina) doesn't try to take advantage of his condition that's slowly getting worse every day. maybe it would be okay if kei told him about his- never mind.

oh, the new guard will interact with eiji and miki, he just doesn't want to do it in person yet, so he's just gonna leave notes, use screens for "video calls", etc! (i also thought of giving them phones (that they can't use to get help and ask someone to get them out of there obviously) so that the guards can text each other but i felt like it wouldn't feel as isolating as it's supposed to, soooo yeah) but he will join them eventually, he's just a bit shy and feeling very confused right now (and he doesn't really want to leave that room anyway).

there's also a small hint to his identity and like, which prisoner he's connected to, but it's really vague and i only mentioned that detail when i answered one of the asks i got dfhjdkskssl. i'm very excited for his interactions with haruto though >:D (honestly i wonder how your prisoners would react to how my prisoners have changed)

Your third guard has truly taken us all by storm adsjdsjkdskdsk can't wait for the reveal can't wait for the reveal can't wait for the reveal-

As for how my prisoners would react to your prisoners' development, let's start with my ocs that have formed friendships with yours!

Ichiro isn't doing well from his guilty vote either, but I can imagine him being more clingy towards Akio. He likes being around the other boy, and finds his presence comforting, even though Akio's current state makes him very anxious. He would help Akio walk around anytime, and got very distressed when Akio beat his head against the wall even though he himself has developed that habit. 

I'm making myself sad imagining Akio and Ichiro curled up in a room together, their respective voices raging in their heads. Akio mumbling to himself while Ichiro holds onto his hand with a death grip. Yikes.

I'm not sure if Aimi would stop being friends with Akane after the start of trial 2, but if so...Akane wouldn't take that very well. She'd probably try to communicate with Aimi, find out if she did something wrong. But if Aimi doesn't give her a straight answer, then that's the end of their short lived friendship.

But if Aimi continues to be friends with Akane, everything would go on smoothly. Akane will even help Aimi take care of Akio, as long as he doesn't reject her help. Sure, Aimi's new less-friendly demeanor is a little weird, but Akane doesn't think much of it. For now.

Daisuke would be horrified by Kei's condition actually. He just isn't used to seeing the other so...hurt and in pain. He'd try and help out whenever he can, but Shun and Eiko creep him out, so he finds himself not visiting Kei as much as he can. He tries to talk to Kei once in a while, but seeing his once cheerful companion in so much suffering puts him in a really bad mood for the rest of the day.

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[ 𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚒'𝚜 𝚝𝟹 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 ]

the first interrogation of this season WOOOOOO

Q.01. "What is your favorite memory of your accomplice?"

Akio: Going to a bookstore together. We were interested in completely different sections though.

Aimi: Drawing our dogs together.

Q.02. "How long do you want your life to be?"

Akio: I don't think my life will be that long anyway considering my injury.

Aimi: Hmm, I'm not good at answering such deep questions~

Q.03. "Tell us something about your childhood."

Akio: I don't remember it that well. Mom said I used to cry often when I was a kid.

Aimi: I always received a lot of birthday gifts. I still do, but for some reason it's not as exciting anymore ^^''

Q.04. "Who do you talk to these days?"

Akio: Riku and Guard 001's older brother, surprisingly. Asahi is not as bad as I thought he was.

Aimi: You, Miki-chan! 

Q.05. "What kind of person would your perfect friend be?"

Akio: Someone who would make me feel special.

Aimi: Someone who won't leave me, but also will respect my privacy. I don't want a friend who's too obsessed with me, haha~

Q.06. "Why do you think your accomplice participated in the crime?"

Akio: At first I thought he did it because he was just that loyal to me, but I'm not so sure anymore. Maybe he did it because he was already thinking of killing Chise and me hating him was the push he needed.

Aimi: Because he really wanted to protect me, I guess. 

Q.07. "Would you rather die alone or with someone else?"

Akio: Dying alone sounds pathetic.

Aimi: I'm okay with being executed as long as there will be someone else with me. 

Q.08. "Draw your victim."

Akio:

Aimi:

Q.09. "Would you want to keep in touch with other prisoners after you leave Milgram, if you're able to do so?"

Akio: Maybe with Riku. Aimi too, if she wants.

Aimi: Can I keep in touch with you instead, Miki-chan?

Q.10. "Is it unforgivable to look down on people?"

Akio: I thought it was a normal thing to do.

Aimi: Maybe it's okay to do if those people are really bad?

Q.11. "What was your first thought after you were done with your murder?"

Akio: "This must be a mistake".

Aimi: "I'm finally free".

Q.12. "Are you happy about your Trial 2 verdict?"

Akio: I'm just glad that I'm still alive.

Aimi: Of course! 

Q.13. "What would you want to say to your accomplice if you could see them again?"

Akio: I'd just ask him why he did what he did.

Aimi: My accomplice is dead, Miki-chan, and for a reason. Next question, please!

Q.14. "Any thoughts about your future?"

Akio: What's the point in making any plans if it's possible I'm going to die soon anyway?

Aimi: I don't know! I don't think about it that much.

Q.15. "What verdict do you think you'll get this time?"

Akio: Let me live. Please.

Aimi: You will forgive me. Like a good friend.

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sillies!!!! feat. linagram 2 characters :3

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[ 𝙷𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚜𝚊𝚔𝚒 𝙰𝚒𝚖𝚒'𝚜 𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝟹 𝚅𝙳] 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜

AIMI TIME!! honestly, i really can't say what kind of verdict would be better for her. i have no idea how her trial will go this time..

Warnings for Aimi's VD: mentions of toxic family dynamics and bullying, Aimi's murder method is discussed and implied to be very brutal, but the description is not detailed.

Warnings for Aimi's MV: themes of bullying and toxic relationships between Aimi and her accomplice and also her classmates. One of the characters gets their head cut off.

(sounds of footsteps)

Hinode: Sorry for dozing off like that, Miki-san.. I just got so tired all of a sudden..

Miki: It's kinda weird to hear that from someone who.. you know, said all of that to Miyagawa-san.

Hinode: Hm? What do you mean?

Miki: Well, I really didn't expect you to be so.. harsh, maybe?

Hinode: *laughs* Harsh? Please, Miki-san, I was just trying to learn more about his crime, that's all.

Miki: B-but it sounded like you had everything figured out already-

Hinode: Are you ready to interrogate the second prisoner? I promise, I'll try my best not to fall asleep this time.

Miki: .. Okay.

(the door opens)

Miki: Hello-

Miki: H-huh?!

(sounds of someone running up to her and pulling her in a hug)

Aimi: Hehe.. Hello, Miki-chan~

Aimi: It's so nice to finally see you.. I've missed you so much..

Aimi: Don't you know it's bad to just leave your best friend like that?

Miki: .. P-please let go of me.

Hinode: W-why do I feel like a third wheel in this situation?..

Aimi: Hmph..

(sounds of Aimi letting Miki go and sitting down)

Aimi: So, a third trial..

Aimi: Well, I have nothing to worry about, right, Miki-chan?

Miki: .. Y-you're really.. talkative today.

Hinode: Which is surprising, considering you don't talk to other prisoners that much anymore.

Aimi: Ah, about that..

Aimi: I just don't really understand why I should continue trying to become friends with them.

Aimi: Let's be honest here, all of them are sick in the head.

Miki: ?

Miki: But didn't you say that you like all of them and want to be friends with them-

Aimi: I really did like them.

Aimi: But.. Then I looked at them, saw how they act after being voted guilty or even after being voted innocent and..

Aimi: And I was like, "Damn, they really are murderers, aren't they?" *laughs*

Miki: .. You sound weird, Hanasaki-san. It doesn't sound like you at all-

Aimi: Aimi-chan.

Miki: Wh-

Aimi: Call me "Aimi-chan". Like a good friend would. 

Aimi: No, no, like a best friend would!

Hinode: I-I think we should start the interrogation-

Aimi: I'm sorry, was I speaking to you? 

Miki: .. Aimi-chan, what's going on?

Miki: You've changed. You're like a completely different person now.

Miki: Maybe that's just Milgram's influence-

Aimi: Um.. Here's the thing, Miki-chan. 

Aimi: I'll tell you a little secret, because you really are my best friend. You've forgiven me like two times already, surely you will forgive me this time too, right?

Aimi: Again, like a good friend.

Aimi: (to Hinode) .. Close your ears.

Hinode: Huh?

Aimi: You're not in my friend list. So close your ears.

Hinode: Um.. O-okay?

Aimi: So, Miki-chan.. I don't know how I should tell you this, especially because I don't know what you've seen in my videos and what you haven't..

Aimi: But.. Honestly, I always was like this.

Aimi: I don't know if there's something wrong with my behavior. I don't know if it's weird or if I'm being rude.

Aimi: You probably just see me as a cute and shy girl who went through something terrible and who deserves pity.

Aimi: You see me as a victim. A perfect and fragile victim.

Aimi: And.. You're kinda right, actually. 

Aimi: I.. I did not deserve to be treated like that. It took me quite a lot of time to realize that, but.. I really did not deserve to be bullied.

Aimi: So who am I? I'm a victim, right? And being a victim means it wasn't my fault, right?

Miki: Actually, about that..

Miki: Something about your story doesn't add up, Aimi-chan.

Aimi: Oh? W-what exactly?

Miki: .. So you admit that you were bullied, right?

Aimi: *nods* Yes. My classmates never were my friends, even though I wanted to believe that they were.

Miki: But.. why were you bullied?

Miki: Obviously, sometimes it just happens without any reason. Sometimes people can just.. be really cruel. 

Miki: But I just don't understand why someone would want to-

Aimi: Does that matter to you, Miki-chan?

Aimi: Hey.. If it turned out that my classmates had a reason to bully me..

Aimi: Would you stop being friends with me?

Aimi: Would you leave me? Would you betray me? Would you stab me in the back and leave me to die and choke on my own blood? 

Aimi: You wouldn't do that, right? 'Cause you're a good friend, Miki-chan.

Miki: .. You're asking me if I would vote you guilty, right?

Aimi: *stands up* I DON'T CARE ABOUT VERDICTS, TRIALS AND ALL THAT SHIT!

Aimi: I JUST WANT A FRIEND! I JUST WANT SOMEONE TO TALK TO, TO HANG OUT WITH, TO HAVE FUN WITH!

Aimi: .. So tell me, Miki-chan, would you stop being friends with me if it turned out that my classmates had a reason to bully me?

Miki: ...

Hinode: I'm so sorry, but I really want to ask you one question-

Aimi: Again, I don't remember being friends with-

Hinode: But Aimi-san, why do you think that you are friends with Miki-san?

Aimi: .. Huh?

Hinode: Miki-san, do you see Aimi-san as a friend?

Miki: ...

Miki: .. A-Aimi-chan is a really kind and sweet person.

Hinode: .. But do you see her as a friend?

Miki: ...

Aimi: .. Miki-chan?

Miki: .. Hinode-san, why exactly are you asking me this?

Hinode: Well, you see, of course we can form relationships with the prisoners.

Hinode: We become attached to them, we become friends with them, maybe even develop feelings for them.

Hinode: But.. I honestly don't think that you two really are friends.

Hinode: Aimi-san, again, why do you think Miki-san is your friend?

Aimi: .. S-she has forgiven me like two times already.

Aimi: I-I'm innocent in her eyes. So that means she loves me, right?

Aimi: That means you will never betray me, right, Miki-san?

Aimi: We're friends! Best friends even!

Aimi: So please.. Say that we're friends. Call me your friend.

Miki: ...

Aimi: Miki-chan, please-

Miki: S-so about your crime.

(sounds of Aimi trying hard not to cry)

Aimi: .. Whatever. Ask me whatever you want. I don't care anymore.

Miki: ".. I don't know what I want to ask her anymore."

Miki: "Maybe I should start with what she said last time?"

Miki: You said that your accomplice is dead, right?

Aimi: .. Yep. Sure is.

Miki: .. You killed him, didn't you?

Aimi: Did you see that in my video?

Miki: .. Yes.

Aimi: .. Yeah, I killed him. 

Aimi: But I guess you could say I killed my classmates too.

Aimi: I mean.. He came up with it, but I played along.

Aimi: I never tried to stop him. I was scared, I was really scared, but I couldn't say no to him.

Aimi: He always made me so uncomfortable, but I just couldn't stop him.

Aimi: He wanted to protect me. In his own insane way, yes, but he really did want to protect me.

Miki: .. And that was almost like having a friend, right?

Miki: A friend that wants to protect you so bad that he's ready to kill someone for you.

Aimi: .. *starts crying*

Aimi: I.. I killed him because I got scared..

Aimi: I saw their corpses and- 

Aimi: H-he tried to hug me right after that. I hugged him back, but-

Aimi: I-it was all just too much.

Miki: .. It was your brother, right?

Aimi: *nods* Y-yeah. I'm tired of saying that he's just very overprotective because..

Aimi: He.. He was worse than that.

Aimi: He was.. very controlling. He knew literally everything about me and my schedule. He knew everything about the people I talk to. If I said hi to a random stray cat on the way home, he somehow still managed to know about that.

Hinode: .. He sounds like a nightmare.

Aimi: That's because he was one.

Aimi: I could go into detail, but like.. You get it. I have no idea what was wrong with him, but he really was like that.

Miki: .. How did your classmates die?

Aimi: .. S-so I've told you that my family owns a theme park, right? I-I invited my classmates there.

Aimi: Y-you know, like I went "Hey, my family is so cool and rich, wanna go to this park we own?" And of course, they agreed. 

Aimi: Heh, they even forgot about how much they hate me..

Aimi: A-and, um.. Some of the rides actually weren't working properly a few days before that.

Aimi: Our parents knew about it, but they kept the park opened because.. You know, money, all that stuff.

Aimi: A-and my brother also made sure to bribe the people who were working there so that they won't try to fix them.

Miki: .. Are you telling me that your classmates went on those rides?

Aimi: *nods* I've told them that those rides were the most fun ones.

Miki: ...

Miki: .. T-they couldn't just all die from that, right?

Hinode: Miki-san, remember the second video? 

Hinode: There.. was a lot of blood.

Aimi: When I say "they weren't working properly", I mean "somebody could literally fall from those rides and end up breaking all their bones or just turn into a bloody mess".

Miki: ...

Miki: S-so all those kids-

(bell rings, machinery sounds)

Aimi: All of them died. Probably. At least most of them did.

Miki: T-that's.. A-and you killed your brother right after that too?

Aimi: Yes. And I just left right after that.

Hinode: Miki-san, you look pale. Do you need some water?

Miki: .. Aimi-chan. Just tell me one thing.

Miki: Do you regret your murder? Or murders, whatever.

Aimi: .. I think I just found my classmates' corpses scary. And the fact that I helped my brother kill them as well.

Aimi: As for my brother's murder..

Aimi: I'm just glad he's dead.

Miki: .. I see.

Aimi: Miki-chan-

Aimi: Ah.. No, that's not right.

Aimi: Guard 002-san, I will be forgiven again this time, right?

Miki: It all depends on your video-

Aimi: I was about to say that if you vote me guilty, I will just kill all of the other prisoners and then myself, but like, you've already betrayed me, so it doesn't matter anymore.

Aimi: I'm doing it anyway.

Miki: .. What?

Miki: What do you mean by that, Aimi-chan?

Aimi: Please don't call me Aimi-chan ever again and extract the video.

Hinode: Miki-san, we really don't have that much time left.

Hinode: I'm sure the third prisoner is already waiting for us.

Miki: But how do you even plan to kill the prisoners?!

Aimi: EXTRACT THE FUCKING VIDEO!

Miki: .. Prisoner 002, Aimi, please sing your sins. 

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[ Aimi's Trial 3 MV: Blooming Connection ]

The video starts with showing us a dark garden full of nothing but dead plants. Aimi is standing in the middle of it alone and her eyes are completely empty. Suddenly, someone walks up to her and gives her a flower seed. She looks at it more closely and her eyes start to look much brighter and her expression is more hopeful.

"Ah, nothing is working out, making friends shouldn't be this hard

My high school life was supposed to be all fun and smiles

Maybe they're shy? Maybe they're not interested? Oh well

I'll leave them no choice but to become friends with me!"

The scene changes and now it's a classroom. Aimi walks in and watches her classmates talk to each other, laugh and have fun. She starts handing every single classmate a flower and most of them appreciate the gesture and find the flowers beautiful. Aimi smiles at them and walks to another classmate and gives her a flower as well. However, this time the classmate politely rejects it.

"Buying their friendship isn't a big deal

That's how you do it in the adults' world

I guess you could say it's my love language

So come on, say that you love me, everybody!"

Aimi.. doesn't take it well and stands there, refusing to believe that someone could've said no to her. Her expression starts to become more and more scary and suddenly, she jumps at her and makes the girl fall on the floor. 

"Come on, accept my gift, tell me you're grateful, tell me how thoughtful I am

Did I do great? Am I a good friend? I know I am, I know I am

"This flower reminds me of you" I'm the sweetest person you've ever met, right?

"Sorry, but I gotta go" Hey, what do you think you're doing?"

Aimi keeps pulling her hair, beating her and yelling at her and other classmates are struggling to make her let the girl go. When they finally manage to do so, they look terrified and don't want to look Aimi in the eyes. Aimi's hair is messed up, she's breathing heavily and she doesn't seem to regret what she did.

We're in the garden again and it looks like the flowers are starting to grow. Aimi doesn't seem that happy about it though and we can see someone putting their hand on her shoulder in attempt to comfort her. She can only sigh and continue looking at the flower, almost like she's expecting something from it.

"I can still become friends with them, right? I can still eat lunch with them, right?

They will smile at me, right? Say that I'm a good friend, right?

'Cause I'm a good friend, 'cause I'm a good friend

'Cause I'm a good friend, 'cause I'm INNOCENT"

The school setting again. Aimi is arguing with another classmate. Aimi is crying and pointing her finger at her, but the other girl is trying to prove to others that she's innocent and she didn't do anything. The others believe her and walk away with her, leaving Aimi alone. Then we can see a classmate yelling at Aimi and the pink-haired girl looking scared, but other classmates don't try to support or protect her at all and they nod and agree with everything that classmate is saying. We can see another flower lying on the floor next to Aimi. 

"So ungrateful, so damn ungrateful

So many gifts and all for nothing

I guess there really is no connection between us

I hate them so much, but I still need friends to survive"

Back in the garden, more and more flowers appear and Aimi still looks worried about something. Someone is standing next to her, but we can only see their silhouette and it actually feels like Aimi is trying her best to forget that person, since all the angles that we can see them from don't let us see any details of their design. Aimi turns to that person and nods, meaning that she's ready to finally do something.

"Maybe revenge is fine, maybe revenge is the right option

I want them to feel the pain they made me go through

I guess I'll try to buy their friendship one last time"

The door opens and Aimi walks into the classroom again. Her hair is a mess and she has dark circles under her eyes and she has a lot of bandaids on her body, just like in the first season. She walks to her classmates and shows them a beautiful bouquet of flowers from her garden. The classmates actually like it a lot and take the bouquet from her. She has nothing else to do but to watch them have fun, but if you look closer, you can see that their hands are bleeding while they're holding the bouquet. 

Aimi does look worried at first, but then she shakes her head and closes her eyes. When she opens them, she's in her garden again and her garden is even more colorful than before. Aimi also looks completely different: she has a crown on her head, she's wearing a beautiful princess-like dress, she has flowers in her hair and she has a sword in her hand as well. When she looks down, she sees a young man with dark pink hair and eyes that look similar to hers, but also have darker colors, getting down on one knee before her. It's like she's about to make him her knight. 

"Thank you for protecting me, thank you for staying by my side

Our connection is strong, the flowers of our friendship are blooming

Let's stay together forever, 'cause you're such a good friend"

Surprisingly, she smiles, but when the man opens his eyes, he suddenly goes pale and looks shocked. We can still see Aimi smiling, but now there is blood on her sword. 

"And such a terrible brother"

The man's head falls on the floor and she turns to her flowers and she notices some weird movement there. It's like someone is.. trying to come up from under the ground? 

A hand. And another hand. And another one. There's someone's head too- Oh, it's actually the classmate from the beginning of the video, the one who refused to take her flower.

"Finally, my true friends are here

They've grown from the seeds of my despair and sorrow

Finally, I can say that I love them

And they will never reject me"

More and more classmates are starting to appear and they look a lot like zombies. A lot of them are covered in injuries and those injuries look terrifying and you can tell that whatever killed them wasn't kind to them at all. Also, it looks like Aimi used their dead bodies as fertilizer. They're starting to surround Aimi, but she doesn't look worried at all. She actually looks happy. 

"I'm the sweetest person you've ever met, right?

I'm the best friend you've ever had, right?

Come on, give me a hug and say that you forgive me"

For the first time in this video, she turns to her classmates and gives them a sincere smile, but then, everything suddenly goes dark. We can only hear a sound of something being torn apart and falling on the ground. The video ends.

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[ linagram season 3 albums info ]

this post includes season 3 album covers, original song titles, s3 voice drama titles, cover songs, album, character and song trailer voicelines and song previews! so yeah, very long post! but i feel like it's probably better to have everything in one place..

i've planned to go with a completely original concept for season 3 album covers but.. drawing all that would take too long.. and drawing the designs alone was already too much work for me, so i went with season 1-like album covers bc i actually haven't made these before! i've still tried to make them more. "linacore" and instead of a black background, i tried to make them more colorful. i think they came out too colorful.. apologies if they look too eyestrain-y..

(also i really tried to make them more hd but my editing apps kept ruining the quality. so sorry.. maybe that will make analyzing them more interesting in some way..)

[ TRACK LIST ]

Miyagawa Akio.

01. [ Original song ] Experiment: Failed

02. [ Cover song ] Mosquito (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] Unfriendly Hater (Original by Meddmia)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] All-knowing All-agony

05. [ Voice drama ] The Right-Hand Man's Betrayal

[ Creator's comments ]

IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO COME UP WITH A TITLE FOR HIS SONG I'VE LITERALLY TRIED EVERYTHING BUT ALL OF THEM SOUNDED TOO BORING.. i really wanted to have more fun with the song titles this time, so hopefully this one sounds cool.. okay, so his covers! literally all of them are about his relationship with arata, haha. COME ON UNFRIENDLY HATER IS LITERALLY THEM BEFORE THEY STARTED DATING. (or. "dating" as akio likes to say) mosquito is a much more angsty AND realistic take on their relationship ("in any case, in any case, you're the only one getting high", "the more we pursue one another, the more unsavory you become", "i'll die if i stop sucking from you, 'cause i'm a mosquito", "i wonder why it was so beautiful despite being so warped"). meanwhile akaa is like, the saddest one out of them all since in this case it's basically akio begging arata to stay with him, continue to praise him and call him a genius no matter what. i wish i could've given him something that could tell more about his relationship with chise too..

Hanasaki Aimi.

01. [ Original song ] Blooming Connection

02. [ Cover song ] Starlight Girl (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] XxX Cat (Original by Kikuo)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] Deep Cover

05. [ Voice drama ] The End of All Friendships

[ Creator's comments ]

i think aimi's mv theme will be obvious, hehe. you won't have to think much about flower language and stuff like that tho, so don't worry. i really don't think i have to explain why i gave xxx cat to her, like. i think it's obvious jdkslsls (i also thought of maybe giving her bacterial contamination, but i changed my mind since even though the lyrics sound a lot like her, the aesthetic is.. not very aimicore). starlight girl was mostly given to her bc i thought it'd sound cute, but some lyrics do remind me of her and her relationship with her victim ("whispering that sweet lie, you disappeared", "but i still haven't been able to fill up this hole you left inside me"). was deep cover assigned to her only bc of the aimi (kotoko's va) pun?.. maybe. but no, no, i really do have a deeper reason for that! but for now, all i can say is. her relationship with miki and all other prisoners at the moment.

Ishizu Shun.

01. [ Original song ] ???

02. [ Cover song ] Zombies (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] Aishiteitanoni (Original by MARETU)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] MeMe

05. [ Voice drama ] Loving Too Much, Remembering Too Little

[ Creator's comments ]

i honestly gave up while trying to think of a title for his song, so i think "???" perfectly describes shun's character and how tired i felt. if you need to know how it's supposed to be pronounced, i imagine it being something like "uhh..", showing how shun is confused 24/7. AND FINALLY HE'S OFFICIALLY GETTING A ZOMBIES COVER.. the reason why i went with zombies is bc shun just.. feels like a zombie to me. like the way he talks, how i imagine him moving, his color palette.. and also the imagery of his victims' dead bodies. like aww, he's drinking tea and eating cake while both his "ex-gf" and her new bf are dead <3 how cute.. i think his character trailer voiceline will really show how much the lines like "your body is cold even when we hug", "i love you, half-decomposed isn't bad", etc, fit him.. about aishiteitanoni, I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO EXPLAIN ANYTHING, IT'S PERFECT FOR HIM, I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW IT SHOW UP IN MY NOTIFS HSHAHSHSJS. meme is. meme. that's what a guilty verdict does to a guy. and yes, his vd's title is supposed to be a reference to his t1 vd :)

Chiba Naomi.

01. [ Original song ] Like An Adult

02. [ Cover song ] Miraise (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] It's Just Life (Original by nulut)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] Double

05. [ Voice drama ] A Grown Up Child's Tantrum

[ Creator's comments ]

oh naomi.. if only it was easier to come up with song titles for you.. i was giggling while typing her vd's title tho LIKE YES NAOMI EMBRACE THE FACT THAT YOU WERE NEVER ABLE TO TRULY GROW UP!! her miraise cover is really up to interpretation, it can be both about her relationship with her mother and her trying to express her true feelings and make her mother listen, but it also can be about her relationship with tao ("you went before me, didn't you?", "how long do i have to wait? how long do i have to cry?", "i'm singing to the you that will be born after tomorrow") i felt like "it's just life" really fits her and her cover would sound very pretty and it's also just. sad. like naomi really is a smart and talented woman, she could have a bright future, she could have lots of friends, but.. she has way too many issues. and she can't accept that. HER DOUBLE COVER WOULD BE SO GOOD. THE INSTRUMENTAL WOULD MOSTLY BE THE SAME BUT HER VOICE WOULD STILL SOUND SOFT AND REALLY ANNOYED AT THE SAME TIME.. i get chills while thinking about her version of the scene where mikoto calls his mom..

Sanada Kei.

01. [ Original song ] Love=Pain

02. [ Cover song ] Rabbit Hole (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] Bad Honey Hunt (Original by Vell)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] This Is How To Be In Love With You

05. [ Voice drama ] Rose-Tinted Misery

[ Creator's comments ]

his song title was originally supposed to be a pun on the theme of his mv, but it sounded kinda meh to me, so i just went with his main philosophy instead sjskslsl. (the reference to that pun is still there on the cover though) also nO I'VE DECIDED THAT RABBIT HOLE IS VERY KEICORE A LONG TIME AGO EVEN BEFORE THAT ANIMATION SIT DOWN I'M POINTING MY GUN AT YOU SIT DOWN!!!! thank you now i didn't just go with rabbit hole bc "haha funny horny song", it actually does fit kei's aesthetic very well and the lyrics sound a lot like him because rabbit hole always sounded very.. childish to me? like yes, it's supposed to sound all silly and playful, but kei's whole thing is that even though he claims he's so cool and mature and gets all the bitches, this guy still feels like he's younger than eiji (who is six years younger than him), unconsciously regresses to cope with whatever life throws at him and rarely takes dark, scary and tragic stuff seriously. it does reveal some stuff about his crime and his relationship with the victims too! ("you want me to repent? what can i say?", "little miss devotion, the exit's over there, oh, so not going home after all?") as for his other covers, BAD HONEY HUNT FITS HIM SO WELL. LOOK AT THE THUMBNAIL. COME ON THAT'S SO HIM. and the lyrics sound a lot like him as well! about him getting tihtbilwy.. that's him taking his rose-colored glasses on again and singing about how he sees his relationship with ruka :')

Yoshioka Eiko.

01. [ Original song ] Miss Grave Robber

02. [ Cover song ] Parasite (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] Getcha (Original by Giga and Kira)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] Cat

05. [ Voice drama ] Funeral For The Alive

[ Creator's comments ]

EIKO IS OVER HERE GOING FULL SLAY MODE!!! i originally wanted the title to be smth like "grave robber-chan/san", since i prefer to use jp honorifics in my writing, but i felt like no honorifics would fit the song's vibe, so i went with good old "miss" instead. parasite fits eiko so well.. it describes her relationship with her victim perfectly.. the reason why i gave her cat is. well first of all IT WOULD SOUND REALLY COOL, but also, i actually don't see it as eiko singing about herself, i like to think that she's singing about takeru instead, making fun of him for lying to her and manipulating her ("lie until it gets better, follow the king of the masquerade", "victim and perpetrator, let's keep it simple", "i just wanted to ask, so it's out in the open, i just got a little greedy"). MY BRAIN EXPLODED WHEN I REALIZED HER COVER CAN BE INTERPRETED IN THAT WAY LIKE IMAGINE HER SINGING ABOUT HOW MUCH HE SUCKS WHILE STILL HAVING THE ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL. (also considering what he did to her, "let's take a breather" sounds very... sad) about her getting getcha. let's just. let her have her girlboss moment one last time.

Yano Asahi.

01. [ Original song ] Caterpillar's Cries

02. [ Cover song ] Hitojichi Koukan (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] Givuṛta (Original by Vell)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] Umbilical

05. [ Voice drama ] The Taste of Abandonment

[ Creator's comments ]

we're getting another insect themed mv!! (though spider isn't really an insect but kei's t2 mv also had butterfly motifs so...) the caterpillar motif won't be that strong in asahi's mv description, but it will be there. i think i should draw him in his t3 mv outfit to show it better.. i think his hitojichi koukan cover would sound very cute and sad and the lyrics describe his relationship with satsuki so well.. ("no matter how much you love me, all i do is get itchy", "i can't drag you along so let's say goodbye", "after all, i want to make you my servant") YES ANOTHER VELL SONG I LOVE VELL'S SONGS OKAY they're so short but so catchy.. i feel like the voice that i imagine asahi to have would fit perfectly, like it'd sound so cute, but so punchable, like this kid goes "noooo, relationships are more important than money!!" and then literally the next lyrics are "money and personal connections make the world go round" 😭😭 but also, to be more serious, the lyrics are very asahicore!! ("naturally i always put myself first", "it's boring that people's desires never end", "in a nutshell i do that because it's funny to me", "that's a trust relationship! if it's not enough, you should buy it") about his umbilical cover... well. first of all, again, it'd sound cute! but also, um. considering the way his biological mom died, i thought that him getting this song would be very. ironic.

Maruyama Yurika.

01. [ Original song ] Secret Ingredient

02. [ Cover song ] Salamander (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] Binomi (Original by MARETU)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] I Love You

05. [ Voice drama ] A Killer by Moonlight, A Maid by Daylight

[ Creator's comments ]

her voice drama's title is a sailor moon reference and her original song's title can be seen as a spongebob reference. i cannot take this woman seriously. but i actually like her mv's aesthetic a lot! i should definitely draw her in her t3 mv outfit one day.. (i say that even though i still haven't drawn her as that monster from her t2 mv. so sorry yurikers..) I HAD TO GIVE HER SALAMANDER OKAY!! I HAD TO!! it's literally perfect for one of the hunger prisoners, it's very yurikacore and the lyrics remind me a lot of her relationship with takame and just her personality in general. ("i surrender, i'm already hooked, i can't function without you anymore", "can i get seconds? one more time", "i'm already obsessed, is it doing super great?") love me some toxic spicy ramen yuri <3 binomi came out VERY recently and before that i was thinking of giving her eye by kanaria simply bc of the vibes, but maretu saved me once again 🙏 the hunger theme is so strong.. yurika deserves to cover all the cannibalism songs ever.. (fun fact yurika actually WAS supposed to be a cannibal but then i changed her crime. i think her current crime fits her better but still. we could've had a cannibal prisoner everyone) and again, i went with "i love you" bc 1) her relationship with takame and 2) i think there's something beautiful and horrifying about the concept of yurika feeding takame rats that she sees as a cake while also going "why can't i just do it right", considering the huge power imbalance they had with takame being older and being her boss and giving yurika literally everything she could've asked for and making yurika feel like she owes her in the process..

Kuroki Riku.

01. [ Original song ] Sun Sets, Games End

02. [ Cover song ] Undead Alice (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] Shinitagari (Original by Nashimoto-P)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] It's Not My Fault

05. [ Voice drama ] Have a Breakdown, Call It a Show

[ Creator's comments ]

OH RIKU..... and also nope, riku's mv won't exactly have a video game theme, that's shun's thing, but the lyrics will reference them a few times. riku's mv is actually one of my favorites so hopefully you guys like it too.. he's my special little boy he always gets the best mvs.. (/j i don't have any faves sjsklssl but riku definitely always gets my creative juices going) i originally wanted undead alice to be his t2 cover but chimera is just so rikucore and i thought it'd go with his t2 mv really well, so i changed it though i still think that maybe chimera would be better as his t3 cover bc of the guilty verdict vibes chimera has.. so anyway undead alice is literally yueriku ("live by feeding on me, since you can’t go out like you want to", "i'm starting to hate the butterflies in my stomach, so please die before i kill you", "let’s bury this cowardly love here, let’s stop and forget all this, it’s better to hate since it's easier that way" AND BASICALLY THE WHOLE SONG). about shinitagari, i actually was planning to assign it to riku as a cover back when i first came up with him and riku's character even was kinda inspired by it! except shinitagari has a more positive meaning meanwhile riku took "wanna die? go ahead and die then" a bit too literally.. also yeah, he's the one who gets inmf this time. i imagine him making a rock cover of it too.. he surely took his guilty verdict well <3

Himura Reina.

01. [ Original song ] (Un) Forgivable

02. [ Cover song ] Fake Actor (Original by DECO*27)

03. [ Cover song ] Hello Dystopia (Original by Mafumafu)

04. [ MILGRAM Cover song ] Triage

05. [ Voice drama ] Accepting The Innocence (For Now)

[ Creator's comments ]

reina's album cover doesn't really have much to show but i think it actually fits her character a lot. also idk if it's that noticeable, but i tried to make her album cover more glitchy than the others. when it comes to her deco cover, i mostly went with it bc of her name meaning, but some lyrics are very reinacore (+ they remind me a lot of her relationship with her brother)! ("so please, shut up before i feel too embarrassed to speak to you again", "because no matter how many times you fool me with "i'm going to change," it'll just end all over again", "so let’s play the "whose fault is it game," the rules are rather hard, even for the winners") hello dystopia reminds me a lot of her character in general and i also just think she deserves to get at least one cover where she goes absolutely wild. fake actor and triage are just her being all sad but in hello dystopia she can go a little insane!! a little crazy even!!

[ Album Trailer Voicelines ]

Akio: "He continued to try to get the rope off his neck."

Aimi: "I'm just glad he's dead."

Shun: "Do I have to jog your memory, Guard 002-san?"

Naomi: "End my suffering, just like I've ended Tao's."

Kei: "Someone is planning to kill Eiji?"

Eiko: "He told me it wasn't even a big deal."

Asahi: "And after that, something.. changed."

Yurika: "Haha. You got me. Congrats."

Riku: "Come on, I was just.. bullying him a little."

Reina: "That stupid kid was obsessed with "saving" me."

[ Song Trailer Voicelines ]

Akio: "You don't have to be a genius like me to put all these things together."

Aimi: "You see me as a victim. A perfect and fragile victim."

Shun: "Are you implying that we never were a couple?"

Naomi: "Why would I be jealous of that brat?"

Kei: "The truth is kinda lame, honestly."

Eiko: "I will take good care of Shun, Kei and Yurika for you."

Asahi: "What did you just call me, Miki-nee?"

Yurika: "I-it's like.. s-she really.. loved me.."

Riku: "He's just another source of attention to me."

Reina: "I guess you could say this was my plan all along."

[ Song Previews ]

Akio:

"Solve the problem! You know the answer! Good job! I love you, love you, you can do it!

I can't concentrate with those words playing in my head!

Well, whatever, I know I'll get the best grade in loving you anyway

So keep looking at me, keep saying I'm a genius, please praise me once more"

Aimi:

"Come on, accept my gift, tell me you're grateful, tell me how thoughtful I am

Did I do great? Am I a good friend? I know I am, I know I am

"This flower reminds me of you" I'm the sweetest person you've ever met, right?

"Sorry, but I gotta go" Hey, what do you think you're doing?"

Shun:

"It's a crime for me to be in love, so I'll play it safe

No more heartbreaks, no more lying to myself

I'm ready to live a happy loveless life 

So please, just forgive me already!"

Naomi:

"Your looks, your posture, your voice, your face

Everything about you is not mature enough

Don't laugh, don't cry, look them right in the eyes but not for too long

Go on, look at me, be honest with me, don't feel sorry for me, just like an adult would"

Kei:

"My love means nothing, if it doesn't make you cry

I don't want the kind of love that doesn't hurt me

"Play it safe"? Nah, that's not for me

Now can I get praised for being everyone's PERFECT lover?"

Eiko:

"Our love is dead, oh no, let us sing our prayers

Your lies were the only thing that kept me alive

Except I don't see your name on our grave, oh no, don't just leave me like this

Let's get buried next to each other, rotting together doesn't sound so bad"

Asahi:

""Stop, that's enough!" But it will never be enough

Sweet or sour, I don't care, I want everything I could never have

Even if it's rotten, even if it's broken, I just want to have something

Do you understand now? I live like I can die at any moment"

Yurika:

"What do you two think you're doing? Hey, hey, don't you know it's dangerous here?

Well, it's your fault now, shouldn't have taken a walk in the woods when it's this dark

What should we do with you? Should we tie you up? Should we cut off your limbs?

I bet you two taste like fear and betrayal, let me take a bite!"

Riku:

"Let's play until the sun goes down, let's play until we see the sky turn purple

That's what they want us to do anyway

Hey, are you having fun? Aren't you tired? Don't you wanna go home already?

"Nope, I'm just getting started!" Well, let me end everything here"

Reina:

"All of them? So guilty, guilty! 

"You are innocent" Haha, no, I am innocence itself!

This kind of behavior is unforgivable?

Then why did you still forgive me?"

[ Character Trailer Voicelines ]

Akio: "Uh.. Good morning, I guess.. No, it doesn't hurt as much as before, thankfully.. Hey. Why did you.. I mean.. Of course, I'm glad you've finally realized I'm innocent, but.. How could you just.. change your mind like that? What did you see in my video? Did you.. feel bad for me?"

".. Arata. Arata, I don't think he's supposed to- ARATA, WHY IS HE STILL ALIVE?!"

Aimi: "Hello, Miki-chan!~.. Hm? What? I mean, we're friends, so it's only right for me to call you that, right? Ehehe, you're like, my only friend here.. Ah, Akio-kun.. He's good too, I guess. But he's not really struggling anymore, so.. I don't think he will continue to rely on me anymore. I don't think he.. still likes me."

"It's okay.. It's okay, Nii-san couldn't be wrong.. They deserve it. All of them."

Shun: "LEAVE ME ALONE! STOP- DID MY PARENTS SEND YOU TO ME?! I SWEAR, IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT MY... Huh? Where.. am I? Where's Hina?.. And where's Jouhei?.. O-oh, it's you.. No, no, it's okay, I remember now. Even though I really.. don't want to remember."

"Ehehe, I've slept well.. Hey, what do you two want for breakfast? Come on, don't be shy~" 

Naomi: "I'M SORRY! I SAID I'M SORRY! PLEASE, MOM, I WILL DO ANYTHING, JUST DON'T.. Ah. It's you, Miki-san.. Hold on, where's Eiji-san?.. Well, I don't really care. So.. Guilty, huh.." *laughs* "I know I've said I'll be okay with any verdict, but.. How could you change your decision so quickly? Did you just remember how young my victim was?"

"When.. When will I finally be enough for her? Wait, is that.. Ah, whatever."

Kei: "Oh, Miki, it's you. And.. you're Hinode, right? Haha, I'm sure we'll have lots of fun together~.. Hey, is Eiji doing okay? This place doesn't have any doctors, so.. No, no, stop saying I'm kind. I'm just mad that I wasn't the one who has caused him so much pain. It's like someone stole a chance to show him more love from me.. Are you expecting me to thank you for saving me? Haha.. Dear, I know you're just playing with our lives as if we were your toys."

*crying* "Ruka.. I don't know why I did it.. It just.. It hurts so much.. C-can you hug me, please?" 

Eiko: "Takeru.. Takeru, please.. Did I do something wrong- O-oh, it's you, Miki-chan. And.. Woah, this new guy sure is handsome!.. But I still miss Eiji-kun. Hey, he's gonna come back, right? He will be okay, right?.." *in a lower voice* "It was her, right?.. I'll have to make her pay for this."

"Thanks for helping, I guess. Wow, it's like you have a lot of experience with this stuff.. Hey. What do you guys even do?"

Asahi: "A-ah, it's you, Miki-nee.. A-and who are you? Ugh, I just hope that he treats you better than Eiji-nii did.. Oh, I'm doing great! I mean, you forgave me again and all. Um.. I kinda miss Eiji-nii's cooking though. There's no point in trying to steal the guilty guys' food now.. Hm? S-shut up, I'm not fucking scared of them!"

"I'M SORRY! I JUST- I WAS SO AFRAID, I THOUGHT SHE- I THOUGHT SHE DOESN'T LOVE ME ANYMORE! PLEASE, LET ME STAY!"

Yurika: ".. I'm going to kill you. All three of you. And all the prisoners here. I hate you all. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you, I HATE YOU SO-.. Oh, it's you. What do you want from me? I know the third trial is starting, you don't have to tell me anything. Just leave already. Stop looking at me like that! If you don't leave, I will do what I promised to do to those two."

"We're finally done.. I won't have to deal with them anymore, I'm so happy.. U-uh, you're not mad at me, right?" 

Riku: ".. What do you want? Ugh, I still feel sick.. I don't want to talk to you. And you, especially.. Hey, do you feel proud of yourself, Miki? Didn't you say that "your forgiveness has its limits"? You're sooooo cool for voting me guilty. That was sooooo unexpected. You may have used that thing on me, but I still remember what you said. And I'm still mad."

"Come on. You knew it was me." *laughs* "Now.. Won't you do all of us a favor and die already?"

Reina: "Well, well, well. I got voted innocent. Again. What a surprise." *sighs* "When will this end, Miki? When will it end? It feels like my own personal hell at this point. And I agree that I should be punished, but.. Not like this. Come on. Would you want to be forgiven for killing your own little brother? If that's so, then you are truly heartless-" 

"Please, leave. I don't want to talk about it. It was my fault. My fault, my fault, my fault, my fault, my f-"

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Hiii! Don't know if you remember me, I send you Naomi and Asahi sketches once. I want to repeat how much I like your project and I'd love to draw more for it, but I miscalculated how much free time I have so it took some time (I was supposed to finish the second drawing two months ago or smth...). Anyway! I present to you: the goddes of Linagram, Andou Miki! (I wuv her) Same as last time, I tried to make it look more like Milgram style, this time with color even. Not sure how accurate it turned out, but I kinda like the result. Tbh at first I just wanted to make an art of her, but now looking at the composition and background style... Dunno I just think it looks like it shoud be a series of art of wardens... I really want to make it into a series, but not sure if I will be able actually do it Aaand I guess I kunda screwed up some of her design details (jokes on you, I coildn't even be consistent with her design in my own drawings lol), but it's too late to change anuthing so whatever In the end I want to wish you good luck with both T3 Linagram and Linagram2 development! Oh, oh, and I also want to ask something, but you obviously don't have to answer: are there any special gestures or facial expression traits that your characters (both prisoners and wardens and maybe even victims or side chars) have that you'd like to point out? Like Shun having closed postures or Kei smiling a lot even if it doesn't look like he feels like it? I suppose you've talked about this before, or maybe someone even sent you a similar ask... If it's true, I'll search it!

SHDJAJASJKSJSJ SHE LOOKS AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH!! (and yes i remember you!) i love her expression in the first drawing so much she looks like a tiny scared kitten.. (and she kinda is one) i really love the shading on the second one too it looks so much like the milgram art style!! (and it's okay i kinda forget things when it comes to my own designs too 😭)

oh and also i haven't received an ask like that before so here it is! so sorry i think it turned out a bit long ><

akio is one of the characters who has changed the most throughout the seasons. in season 1 (and before milgram), he usually had this kind of annoyed or more serious face expression (but i really like to make his expressions look like he's a bit nervous or even scared maybe? like he's just putting up a front..)

in season 2 he looks much more tired and traumatized for obvious reasons and he's supposed to look like he's in a lot of pain (and he is).

and in season 3, he still looks very tired, but i like to think that now he just kind of.. accepted everything that happened to him. akio doesn't think he'll be able to live that long even if he's able to leave milgram so 😔 akio's character arc is just a humbling experience took too far

aimi's an interesting case! she's actually a character who has the most consistent face expressions and by that i mean. she's literally almost never seen without a smile on her face.

like this art is the only exception??

but also, in season 1 the faces she makes are usually more sad or apologetic-looking! she also likes to do. The Thing with her sleeves

she still has some of that in season 2, but she starts to smile a bit more calmly and even confidently.

and in season 3? she's in her girlboss era!! she's much more confident now, her smile is more wide, she doesn't look sorry at all!!

but some of the art that is supposed to show her outside of milgram shows her having the same smile too.. like she started to look more "like a victim" only when she came to milgram.. huh..

shun is a fun character to draw because most of the time he's either supposed to look stressed (or like "physically he's here, but he's not here mentally") or he's supposed to look so confident that it's kinda scary considering his usual personality. i like to think that in season 1 he mostly looked like the former and started to act like the latter in season 2 only to act like the former again in season 3 because of his punishment.

like!! the difference!! also im not sure if it's easy to notice but when i draw shun i try to make his poses look a bit.. tense? i like to imagine his movements being a bit unnatural, almost like he's in pain or he genuinely doesn't know how to move or make certain poses. it also could be related to why he has his hands close to his face so often, it's almost like he's trying to check if he's real or not!

like aimi, naomi is almost always smiling and her expressions and poses are supposed to make her look like the "mom friend".

she also has her hand on her chest very often, to make her look more.. confident, maybe? like she's supposed to have this "don't worry i'll take care of it :)" vibe!

SHE IS LITERALLY STILL SMILING EVEN IN SEASON 3 it's just that her smile is more wide now and it's supposed to make her look more unhinged rather than someone reliable. like aimi, literally the only case of her having a different face expression is this art.

I HONESTLY CAN PUT KEI, EIKO AND RIKU IN THE SAME SECTION all of them are the smiley characters too but the way they act is a bit different.

kei's smile is supposed to show that there's something. Wrong with this man. like you shouldn't trust him. i'm also not sure if it's easy to see but kei often has this expression like he's looking down on someone. he's supposed to look all cool and when he's drawn with another character, he's almost always going to either look at them or look somewhere else, like there's another person that we don't see.

this is also one of the reasons why this art with him and someone who is (or was?) very precious to him is so important bc he's!! looking UP at the boy!! and he's not smiling!!

riku also likes to smile a lot but it's often supposed to look a bit. forced. it's like kei really believes that he's better than others and breaks when he realizes it's not true, meanwhile riku has the same belief about himself but he KNOWS he's not really special or unique, so he has no choice but to fake it until he makes it. when i draw riku, i always have this sort of rule (?) in mind: riku's smile is never sincere. he is always too worried about his image, popularity and reputation. he hates himself too much to be truly happy even for a moment. which is why him suddenly not smiling in his t3 art is so scary to me it's like.. idk, it's like he's too broken to even pretend to smile now..

eiko is very interesting bc unlike the guys she is a genuinely very confident woman! she doesn't have that many issues with her self-esteem, yes, she's a bit too much of a perfectionist, but honestly, she just has very high expectations from others and if we compare that to kei and riku's problems, that.. doesn't seem too bad to me. her expressions are also often supposed to look like she's laughing at someone or she's about to tell a joke or she's just being playful.

asahi's expressions are surprisingly hard to come up with when i draw him, so i usually just go with whatever i think is cute or shows his personality well. so most of the time he looks disgusted or angry, but i like to make his expressions adorable at the same time too! like akio, he also often looks a bit scared or stressed on the inside. he is also often seen chewing on something.

yurika is another character i find hard to draw when it comes to expressions and poses.. but that's also why i like to take advantage of her. reputation in the linagram fandom and i like to make her look a bit insane!! i get to go crazy with her poses too like girl get a snickers or something!!

and when she's not in a silly goofy mood she just looks kind of >:( i also have a rule similar to the one with riku: if yurika is smiling, her smile is usually fake.

tumblr pic limit is killing me we have to do the rest of this quick!!

reina is another character that changed a lot and if in season 1 she was usually seen smiling, she quickly dropped the facade after it ended and now she is only seen with a more cold and emotionless face expression. who knows, maybe she will smile again one day..

eiji, ironically, was supposed to have expressions and poses a bit similar to kei in season 1, but after it ended and the plot (and yurika) hit eiji badly, i can only imagine him looking more and more stressed with each day. the fact that he's actually similar to kei, but he can't pretend as well as he does..

miki is almost always seen being a bit sad or scared, and she only starts to smile more when season 2 begins and she starts embracing her role here. interestingly, her smile isn't supposed to look fake or forced, and it's actually more sincere compared to kei and riku. when season 3 starts, she lets her hair down and her eyes become more empty (same goes for eiji, who had "swirly" eyes in season 1 and the beginning of season 2) and her tone is more cold.

hinode is a bit.. too relaxed for a guard. he often presses a finger to his chin, like he's curious about something, he's always smiling and his smile is like.. you can't say it's sincere, but you can't say he's faking either. he also often has to lean on something or someone because he gets tired a bit too easily so he's usually seen either sitting or lying down and if he's standing, he's either leaning on a wall or someone's shoulder (usually miki's).

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linagram t3 designs info!

hi 👋 so this time we're going without character profiles because it takes. too much time for me to write them and it also just feels kinda awkward to write them now because it's all just "well.. this character sure has changed.. yeah"

so these are the prisoners' t3 designs and i'm going to talk about the changes i've made a little bit.

(also this time i went with drawing everyone's pupil shapes on their restraints because i got tired of drawing the milgram symbols every time. i think it looks cute)

Akio still has bandages on his head because of his injury, but he doesn't have them on his neck anymore, showing that he stopped hurting himself. His hair is still messy and it also got a bit longer on one side. His eyes are still empty as well, showing that he's still not over his season 2 punishment and he's still physically and mentally traumatized. As for his outfit, he's still wearing his school uniform, but at least he got a new jacket. Originally I was going to give him a completely different outfit, but I thought that him still wanting to wear his uniform would fit his character better.

Aimi's design hasn't changed that much. She got a new hairstyle, her hair is much shorter now and she still has the same ice cream hair clip. Her pupils have also changed a bit: her pupils used to be shaped like a broken heart and now they look like complete hearts, but they also look darker, implying that she thinks she got better, but in reality the girl is becoming more and more unstable. Her prison uniform has changed and she doesn't have a few of her restraints anymore, showing that she's getting more freedom thanks to her innocent verdicts.

Shun's hair has grown and his ahoge has changed to show that he didn't take his guilty verdict well. He has those "crazy swirly eyes" going on just like in the second season and he even has that shape on his restraints as well. Oh, he's wearing an eyepatch now as well, just like Kei :) Don't worry about it. He's still wearing the same outfit he wore in season 2.

Naomi's hair is MUCH more messy now, her eyes are empty, her dark circles got worse, she's overall looking more disheveled, we love to see it. At least she still has a smile on her face.

Kei's design has changed a lot. That's what a 100% innocent verdict does to you. His hair is much longer now, and I honestly couldn't decide if he would have it tied in a ponytail or let it down while I was drawing his design, but now I think he would most likely have a ponytail, just a very messy and fluffy one. He's no longer wearing his sunglasses! Yes, he got new ones from Reina, but he decided he doesn't need them anymore. Character development, I guess?.. He got a new eyepatch as well, a much cuter one. He still kept the mask from season 2 and you can interpret it in any way you like, like maybe he simply thought it was cool or maybe he's still insecure about his appearance. He got a completely new outfit and even his prison uniform has changed and it now doesn't have sleeves.

EIKO'S DESIGN IS MY FAVORITE ONE SHE'S SERVING AND NOT ONLY A SENTENCE. She got a haircut, she got the guilty prisoner's empty eyes and dark circles, she got new earrings as well (and they look a lot like Milgram's logo..). Her uniform looks a bit torn and Shun gave her the jacket he used to wear in season 1 so that she can feel more comfortable. The jacket is a bit too big for her, but she doesn't mind. Her prison uniform also doesn't have sleeves anymore, just like Kei's.

Asahi's hair is also a bit longer now and he went back to his ponytail from season 1. He's actually wearing the same hat the cat plushie from his 2023 birthday art had! He got a different shirt and he's also wearing a cute skirt now. I should draw him wearing skirts more often honestly. He looks more nervous here than on his season 2 art.. I wonder what happened..

OH YURIKA. THE GIRL'S UNIFORM IS TORN, SHE'S MISSING MOST OF HER RESTRAINTS AND THE ONES SHE STILL HAS AREN'T EVEN RESTRAINING HER ANYMORE, SHE HAS LIKE THE HALF OF HER PRISON UNIFORM'S SKIRT MISSING AND WORST OF ALL SHE'S STILL WEARING THE SAME OUTFIT SHE WORE IN THE FIRST TWO SEASONS. The worst thing that came out of Yurika getting two guilty verdicts in a row was her never getting a new outfit to wear under her uniform. She also doesn't look that angry anymore, she just looks like she completely lost her mind. She probably did.

Riku's hair is black again and without any highlights. That's what he looks like with only his natural hair color. He's another member of the "my hair got longer! wow!" squad. His uniform looks torn and messy as well and the same goes for the outfit that he's wearing under it and it's the same one that he used to wear in season 2. He's missing some of his accessories and he stopped painting his nails and doing his makeup.

Reina's design is giving me extremely strong nonbinary or transmasc vibes and I feel like Reina isn't 100% cis but she's in a prison and she has another trial to go through so she doesn't have the time for that rn. She got a new hairstyle and her pupils are completely black now. Oh girl, what is going on inside your head.. She's also wearing a different jacket now, this one has a hood. I like to imagine that she misses the feeling of wearing a hat a bit, so she still kinda wants her head to be covered, but she refuses to wear hats because it reminds her of her delinquent era.

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[ 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚝𝟹 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊 #𝟶𝟸 ] 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚜 (𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝟸)

Warning: detailed descriptions of everyone's murders.

Rana: Okayyyy! Kei, just wait until we're done with all the verdicts and then you'll get to do your job.

Kei: Hm.. If I have to punish certain prisoners..

Kei: Does that mean I'll have to punish Aimi as well?

Rana: Nope, I'll take care of her.

Rana: You know, Aimi.. You're a very cute girl, but..

Rana:That idea of yours was quite stupid.

Rana: You really thought making everyone watch their videos would give you the result you wanted?

Rana: *laughs* Well, I'm going to be honest with you. You actually were kinda right.

Aimi: !

Aimi: D-does that mean-

Rana: Yep. If you guys got to watch your videos, your brains simply wouldn't be able to handle it and.. I dunno, your heads would just explode, I guess.

Miki: "What videos are they talking about?.."

Aimi: T-then-

Rana: No, they still aren't allowed to watch them. Honestly, the fact that you came up with all of that..

Rana: Makes me a bit mad.

Rana: Like hey, why did you think you'd be allowed to watch your videos? Why did you think that we'll be so kind that we'll let you watch all of them with everyone?

Rana: Please, get those thoughts out of your head. They're not doing you any good.

Aimi: .. Why did you mention my idea anyway? 

Aimi: You were talking about my punishment. How is my plan related to all that?

Rana: Hehe. You'll see.

Arisu: .. Is it okay for me to start talking about Yoshioka Eiko-san's murder now?

Rana: Oh, right, right! Sorry about that, Arisu. Please go ahead.

Eiko: ...

Arisu: Prisoner 006, Yoshioka Eiko. 23 years old, a university student and a part-time model.

Arisu: Her victim was Gatou Takeru, her boyfriend.. 

Arisu: Or, I guess "ex-boyfriend" would be more accurate.

Arisu: Eiko-san and Takeru-san met online and they realized just how much they have in common, though Eiko-san herself believes that Takeru-san was actually lying about his interests, hoping that it will help him to become closer with Eiko-san.

Arisu: They did end up falling in love with each other, however, Takeru-san quickly realized that Eiko-san was.. more affectionate than he thought she would be.

Arisu: He wanted to break up with her, but he felt too afraid, and he was also convinced that Eiko-san wouldn't take it well and that she will even try to hurt him in some way if he decides to put an end to their relationship.

Arisu: And that's why Takeru-san came up with.. a very unique plan.

Arisu: He decided to fake his own death just so that he won't have to actually break up with Eiko-san while still making her leave him alone.

Rana: *laughs*

Arisu: ...

Rana: Sorry, sorry.. This is so funny. Men would rather fake their own death than actually talk about their feelings.

Arisu: .. May I continue?

Rana: Oh, yeah, yeah, go on.

Arisu: Takeru-san stopped using his main account and started using his private one more instead and asked his friends to make it look like something tragic happened to him and he ended up seriously injured or simply dead. 

Arisu: Eiko-san was shocked when she saw that Takeru-san completely abandoned his account because he was the kind of person who was obsessed with social media, and she didn't know any information about him that could help her find out what happened. 

Arisu: When Eiko-san finally was able to contact his friends, she almost ended up believing his lies, but one of them couldn't take it anymore and gave her the access to Takeru-san's private account which showed that he was still using social media very often and he didn't go anywhere.

Arisu: And when Eiko-san realized what actually happened.. She was very.. very angry about it.

Arisu: Eiko-san searched for more information about Takeru-san and eventually, she was able to find his full name and address. She found his house and when Takeru-san opened the door, he saw his ex-girlfriend who was there definitely not because she wanted to reconcile and because she missed him.

Arisu: Takeru-san begged Eiko-san for forgiveness and he knew that Eiko-san came here to end his life. When he realized that no matter how hard he tries, she will still kill him in the end, he revealed what he actually thought about all of this and said that he didn't think his lie would affect her so badly and that "it wasn't even a big deal". 

Rana: Wow, what a piece of-

Arisu: In a fit of rage, Eiko-san used the "equipment" she brought to kill Takeru-san in a very brutal fashion: by dismembering him. She believed that it was the most fitting murder method for him and that he fully deserved it.

Rana: Woah, she sounds like a woman you just can't mess with! Unless being killed by her sounds fun to you.

Arisu: After she was done, Eiko-san felt very overwhelmed and she ended up losing consciousness. When she woke up, she was already at her house and she received a message from her mother that implied Eiko-san's parents cleaned up after her and brought her there.

Arisu: Eiko-san never knew what her parents do for a living, but she had a feeling that it wasn't something legal, so she wasn't surprised.

Rana: Man, her parents are so nice! 

Rana: It'd be a shame if something happened to them.

Eiko: !

Rana: Arisu, hurry up with the verdicts, I think this girl has a lot to say.

Arisu: Yoshioka Eiko's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she should be able to come back home safely, but her being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge her.

Arisu: Congratulations, Eiko-san. You may speak now.

Eiko: *breathing heavily*

Shun: E-eiko-san?.. A-are you okay-

Eiko: .. Are my parents working for you two?

Shun: Eiko-san, I-I don't think you should just ask-

Rana: Sure were.

Eiko: .. Were?

Rana: Hehe.

Eiko: .. Tell me everything. Now.

Rana: Or what? Are you going to try to dismember a goddess?

Arisu: Eiko-san, allow me to explain.

Arisu: Your parents started to work for us very recently and they were supposed to help us out with these three trials specifically. If everything went according to plan, they would be allowed to continue working here.

Rana: They even went as far as sacrificing their own children just to prove their loyalty to us! 

Eiko: !

Arisu: .. T-they did.

Eiko: .. You didn't have to make Naruha a guard. He was only 14. 

Arisu: We had no choice. Your brother wasn't a murderer, but you were. Of course we'd have to make you a prisoner and him-

Rana: Hey, just to remind you, our guards are-

Arisu: Please, do not interrupt me.

Rana: Ooh, scary. 

Eiko: .. What happened to my parents?

Arisu: They realized that what they've done was a mistake and tried to come up with a way to save you. 

Arisu: They.. I guess they wanted to rebel against us.

Arisu: As for the consequences.. 

Arisu: My sincerest apologies, Eiko-san.

Eiko: ...

Eiko: When did it happen?

Arisu:After the second trial.

Eiko: ...

Rana: *laughs* How are you feeling, Eiko? Your parents literally got killed while you were too busy worrying about your crush's broken arm!

Shun: B-but I never got my arm broken-

Rana: Oh, and about your brother being one of the guards and killing himself just so that he doesn't have to judge you, of course.

Eiko: .. Haha..

Eiji: "Now that I think about it, my arm does feel a bit.. weird."

Eiji: ".. Must be a coincidence."

Eiko: .. I see.

Eiko: Well, guess I have no choice but to accept any punishment the outside world will decide is best for me, haha.

Eiko: I do wish Eiji-kun was the one who punished me instead though..

Shun: .. Eiko-san, c-can you not talk about Eiji-san right now?

Eiko: Shun, your girlfriend just found out her parents are dead. Can you not act like your clingy and jealous self right now?

Eiko: .. And if Naruha is also dead.. Then that means..

Eiko: Ahaha.. I don't..

Eiko: I-I don't have anyone else.. left..

Shun: ...

Shun: .. Do you want a hug?

Eiko: .. That would be nice.

Miki: "So if I understood correctly, this prisoner's little brother died?.."

Miki: "And her parents too.."

Miki: ".. I feel bad for her. Maybe we could get along."

Miki:"Wait, the prisoner standing next to her is-"

Miki: !

Rana: Well that was sad. Anyway, time for me to talk about the next pair!

Rana: Prisoner 007, Yano Asahi! 

Miki: "What did she just call him?!"

Miki: U-um, s-sorry, but I think this prisoner's name is actually-

Rana: Ugh, can you just let me do my job? Please?

Miki: B-but I know this prisoner! H-he's my-

Miki: "He's looking right at me! He still remembers me!"

Miki: "Haha.. I'm just so glad that he's still alive.."

Miki: "I will get you out of here, Marito. I'm sure you've never committed any crime-"

Rana: Anyway. 11 years old, an elementary school student.

Rana: Oh, his story is so, so sad!

Rana: Little Asahi over here actually comes from a very toxic and abusive household. 

Rana: His biological parents named him Andou Marito.. Well, his biological father never actually bothered to call him by his name and his biological mother died shortly after giving birth to him.

Rana: So his lovely older sister was the only one who actually called him by this name. Just to let him know that he was still worth something. That he deserved to have a name even though his existence itself killed his own mother.

Miki: "Don't.. Don't say that.."

Miki: "Honestly, I'm grateful that Marito's birth.. killed her.."

Miki: "Ahaha... Our life would be so much worse if she was still around-"

Rana: His older sister was strong enough to handle all of their father's abuse, but Asahi didn't want to go through that for who knows how long.

Rana: So when both siblings were out on a walk one day, Asahi waited for his sister to get distracted and.. he ran away.

Miki: ".. H-he didn't wait."

Miki: "H-he couldn't.. I-it was my fault, I should've paid more attention-"

Rana: Pretty selfish of him, isn't it? They could try to run away together, but he decided to do it alone. Did he want his sister to continue going through that abuse?

Miki: .. Shut up.

Rana: So when Asahi-

Miki: I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!

Miki: YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM!

Miki: I'm literally his sister, I should be the one talking about his past, not you-

Rana: Then go on. Please, tell us the truth about Asahi's murder.

Miki: Huh?...

Miki:M-murder?..

Rana: But you can't. Because you don't remember anything.

Rana: Too bad. I'm sure you telling us his story would be so interesting.

Rana: Come on, Miki. Don't you want to protect your brother? Don't you want to defend his honor?

Miki: .. H-he can't be a murderer. 

Miki: Even if he is.. I would forgive him as many times as I had to.

Miki: So please-

(sounds of Hinode standing up)

Hinode: .. I would like to tell everyone the story of Marito-san's murder.

Miki: !

Rana: Ooh, interesting. 

Miki: B-but how do you know-

Hinode: Miki-san. I think both you and Eiji-san already know that I know more than you two.

Miki: ...

Eiji: I knew that he's suspicious-

Miki: .. If you really know something.. Please, protect him for me.

Hinode:I will protect him just like his older sister would, even though I don't have nearly as much love in my heart as you do.

(sounds of Hinode's footsteps)

Hinode: I will keep it short. Marito-san was adopted by Yano Satsuki-san and her husband, though "adopted" is not exactly the correct word.

Hinode: Satsuki-san wasn't able to have a child of her own, so I'm assuming she wanted Marito-san to.. fill the void inside of her.

Hinode: She gave him a new name and started treating him like her own son, however, even though Satsuki-san's intentions were pure, she didn't know how to take care of children and what children need from their parents.

Hinode: And the most important thing that children need is obviously love. And Satsuki-san wasn't able to show it in a way that Marito-san wanted her to.

Hinode: Marito-san couldn't take it anymore and got angry at her. After that, Satsuki-san started saying strange things which scared Marito-san and made him think that Satsuki-san will try to get rid of him, since she started saying that adopting him was a bad idea and that she will never be a good mother.

Hinode: Marito-san knew that Satsuki-san had quite a lot of health problems and he also knew that she was allergic. Deathly allergic.

Hinode: I don't know all the details, but Marito-san was able to secretly add something she was allergic to into her food. Satsuki-san ate it and.. 

Hinode: .. This is the truth, Miki-san. This is what actually happened. 

Miki: ...

(sounds of Miki falling on the floor and sobbing)

Eiji: H-hey! Come on, he's your brother, but-

Hinode: .. Please, announce his verdict.

Rana: Thanks for doing my job, I guess, but seriously, this was so boring! 

Rana: You had to make it more emotional! More interesting! More fun!

Hinode: Trials aren't supposed to be fun.

Rana: They are. At least in this place.

Rana: Anyway. Yano Asahi's verdict combination is..

Miki: "Please, please, if those guards voted him guilty at least once-"

Rana: Innocent, Innocent, Innocent.

Rana: According to the verdict system, he should be able to come back home safely and everyone will forget about his crime and his victim's existence, including him. 

Rana: He will also get a special reward.

Rana: Congrats, Asahi! You can speak to your lovely older sister now.

Asahi: MIKI-NEE!

Miki: .. M.. Marito..

Asahi: LET ME GO! I NEED TO TALK TO HER!

Rana: Can't do that. Not until the trial is officially over.

Asahi: MIKI-NEE, I WANT TO GO HOME! I WANT TO GO HOME WITH YOU!

Miki: W-we will! We will get out of here and we will go home a-and-

Eiji: But what about.. the reward?

Rana: Hehe, we will announce it later, after we're done with everyone.

Rana: I'm surprised that this kid got so many innocent verdicts though..

Rana: The guards must really care about him a lot..

Rana: Or they just didn't want to make a certain guard sad.

Hinode: ...

Eiji: ...

Rana: Now, the next prisoner!

Rana: Prisoner 008, Maruyama Yurika. 21 years old, a maid cafe worker and a university student.

Yurika: ...

Rana: Oh, she's one of the interesting ones, that's for sure! 

Rana: And the guards have been so cruel to her.. So mean..

Eiji: .. When will we meet the guards, by the way?

Eiji: I mean.. They have to be somewhere around here, right?

Rana: ...

Rana: Ah, so you still don't understand..

Rana: Well, it's okay. I'm sure you will soon.

Eiji: Can you stop talking in riddles for one second-

Rana: So, Yurika ended up in quite a horrible situation. Yurika grew up in a pretty rich and successful family, which resulted in her becoming.. a bit spoiled.

Rana: Her parents got sick of her being so dependent on them and decided that it was time for her to do something on her own and basically kicked her out, forcing her to grow up as fast as she possibly could.

Rana: Some time passed and Yurika was able to find at least some kind of job, even if it meant simply working at a maid cafe. Oh, if her parents saw that, they wouldn't shut up about how she needs to find a more "serious" job..

Rana: Even though Yurika was always so passionate about anime, manga and anything associated with it, that job was nothing but torture and dealing with customers sometimes could be.. hard.

Rana: But she was okay with going through all that! Because now she had someone who could always protect her..

Rana: Kanasawa Takame was the woman who owned the cafe and she was always there to help Yurika with anything she had trouble with. 

Rana: And Yurika became very, very dependent on her.

Rana: One could say she got a little crush on her own boss, hehe.

Rana: But simply working there obviously didn't give her enough money to live on her own while also attending university.

Rana: So Yurika secretly had another job..

Rana: There was a reason why Takame owned a maid cafe in the first place. She used it to hide her other job and she offered one to Yurika as well..

Rana: And that job involved organ harvesting.

Rana: And they often used the customers' organs too.

Rana: Yurika found the job gross and scary.. But she was okay with it as long as that meant she could earn more money and more of Takame's attention.

Rana: But some people from her university got a bit curious about Yurika's job.. Or jobs.

Rana: Yurika was a criminal even before her murder, it's true, but she was usually just Takame's assistant and nothing more. As for her actual murder..

Rana: Her victims were Amari Karin and Amari Rion. Two siblings that wanted to know more about what Yurika did for a living.

Rana: Well, Karin was the one who was curious about it, meanwhile Rion was just there to support her and make sure Karin didn't end up in danger. Too bad Rion was the one who got killed first..

Rana: Both siblings were ready to do anything that could help them learn more about Yurika, including stalking.

Rana: And of course, eventually, Yurika snapped and decided to fight back.

Rana: When the siblings found out about her real job, they were shocked. Karin couldn't understand how Yurika could do something like that "just for money"..

Rana: And this was the last drop for Yurika.

Rana: At first, she simply knocked them out and then called Takame for help. When Takame got there, she calmed Yurika down and told her that she did the right thing and that they should get what they deserve.

Rana: "They wanted to know more about your job, right? How about they see you in action then?" 

Yurika: !

Rana: Karin and Rion both got killed that night. Hopefully someone found a good way to use their organs, haha.

Rana: Anyway. Maruyama Yurika's verdict combination is..

Rana: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty.

Rana: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she should receive a death penalty. 

Rana: Congrats, Yurika! What do you think about your verdict-

Yurika: MIKI, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!

Miki: "S-she knows my-"

Yurika: YOU'RE OUR SAVIOR, HUH?! IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF SAVING PEOPLE?!

Yurika: OR I'M JUST SO EVIL THAT I DON'T DESERVE TO BE SAVED BY YOU?!

Yurika: I JUST WANTED TO LIVE! I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO MY NORMAL, PEACEFUL LIFE! I JUST WANTED TO SURVIVE!

Yurika: IF YOU WERE IN THE SAME SITUATION, YOU WOULD ALSO-

Yurika: ...

Rana: Okay, you're a bit too loud. I think we should turn your voice off again.

Eiji: How can they just.. take their ability to speak?..

Eiji: This is not a normal prison, I know, but just..

Eiji: How can a place like this even exist?..

Miki: .. You're smiling, Eiji-san.

Eiji: Huh? W-well, of course I'm smiling, that means this is a place where all criminals get what they-

Miki: I don't think Maruyama-san deserved to die. 

Miki: Whoever did that to her.. is very cruel.

Asahi: M-Miki-nee..

Rana: Since Yurika is going to be executed, of course, Kei will be the one to take care of it. 

Rana: You still have some time to get ready, Kei.

Kei: Haha, sure..

Yurika: !

Kei: Yurika, I know what you're trying to say.

Kei: Both of us helped Reina with her plan. We were basically a team for some time.

Kei: I know I should feel sorry for you, and I do, but..

Kei: If you were in the same situation, you would also-

Rana: Arisu, do you want to talk about the next pair?

Arisu: .. If that means both the prisoners and the victims will get the respect they deserve, then sure.

Rana: Hmm? What was that? You're saying our prisoners deserve to be respected?

Rana: You're so silly.. Even innocent prisoners don't deserve any respect-

Arisu: Prisoner 009, Kuroki Riku. 17 years old, a high school student.

Hinode: ...

Riku: ...

Arisu: His victim was Shiozaki Yue, his childhood friend.

Arisu: Riku-san and Yue-san's relationship wasn't healthy for them from the very start. Riku-san never actually wanted to be friends with him and instead was forced to by his and Yue-san's parents who wanted Yue-san to have at least one friend since unfortunately, nobody was interested in even simply talking to him.

Arisu: Riku-san agreed, having no idea that there was a good reason why Yue-san had not the best reputation among other children.

Arisu: As the years went by, their friendship started to become more and more destructive for both of them. Riku-san was able to become popular at his school, make more friends, create a music group, he even dated someone at some point.

Arisu: But Yue-san was always alone. 

Arisu: Riku-san's mental health started to get worse because of family-related problems, because no matter how popular he was, it was never enough for him, and.. because of Yue-san.

Arisu: Yue-san was very dependent on Riku-san and hoped that Riku-san will "fix" him in some way. According to Riku-san himself, it felt like Yue-san saw him as a "therapist" and not a friend.

Arisu: Yue-san also encouraged Riku-san's unhealthy coping mechanisms and was actually the one who inspired him to cope with his issues in those ways.

Arisu: Yue-san wanted to die, just like Riku-san did, but he said that he will die only with Riku-san by his side. 

Arisu: .. Riku-san had a different idea in mind.

Arisu: Riku-san always knew that he was the popular one while Yue-san was always forgotten and ignored. So he decided to use his reputation to make people hate Yue-san and bully him to the point of driving him to suicide.

Arisu: Everything was according to plan, and then, Riku-san left a note for Yue-san, saying that he wants to end his life as well, and that he will be waiting for him at the school rooftop.

Arisu: Riku-san really was there, but he wasn't alone. His friends and bandmates were there as well.

Arisu: And instead of ending his life with Yue-san by his side, Riku-san and his friends told Yue-san to jump off the rooftop.

Rana: So cruel!.. Is this what kids are like these days??

Rana: Also, wait, wouldn't there be a fence or something to make it harder for Yue to jump off?

Rana: Ah, I shouldn't think too much about it.. As long as it's fun, it doesn't matter how believable the crime is!

Arisu: Yue-san didn't mind the bullying. Maybe he actually knew that it was Riku-san's idea all along. 

Arisu: He even agreed to jump off, however..

Arisu: He still intended to keep his promise. He still was okay with dying, but only with Riku-san by his side. 

Arisu: Yue-san even threatened Riku-san with a boxcutter, saying that he was going to stab Riku-san if he didn't jump with him, which meant that Riku-san would die either way.

Arisu: Yue-san hugged Riku-san and he was about to fall down with him, but Riku-san's friends saved him, making Yue-san fall in the process.

Arisu: Most students knew that Riku-san was somehow related to Yue-san's death, but because of how bad the victim's reputation was, they.. 

Arisu: They decided to turn a blind eye.

Rana: Again, these kids are so cruel.. Well, that's just what highschoolers are like, I guess.

Arisu: Kuroki Riku's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Innocent, Guilty, Guilty.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, he should be able to come back home safely, but him being a murderer will become known to everyone and it will be up to the outside world to judge him.

Arisu: .. Riku-san, you may speak now.

Rana: Huh? No "congratulations" this time?

Riku: ...

Riku: Miki..

Miki: !

Riku: You don't.. remember anything, do you?

Miki: W-what do you mean?..

Riku: .. Heh. Just like I thought.

Riku: It was so weird to watch everyone try to speak to you or Eiji, even though Reina's plan was successful.

Riku: I guess they just thought that your memories will come back or something.

Miki: Reina's plan?..

Riku: You don't have to think about it too much. 

Riku: Just.. 

Riku: .. I don't know. I don't know what I'm supposed to say.

Riku: Almost all of my classmates knew about it, but they didn't care.. But now everyone is going to know..

Riku: .. I don't wanna know what my Mom and Dad are going to say, haha. God, Mom is going to be devastated.

Riku: .. Maybe I can just put an end to it before it even starts-

Akio: Don't.

Riku: Huh?

Akio: What, are you thinking about killing yourself the moment you come back home?

Riku: .. What other options do you want to suggest?

Riku: And no, I don't wanna hear anything like "keep on living" from someone like you.

Riku: .. We're more similar than I thought we were.

Akio: I'll find you.

Riku: Wh-

Akio: I don't even know where you live, I wouldn't be surprised if you lived far away from me, but..

Akio: I-I'm sure I will hear about your murder on the news. At least one person will mention it. I'll hear about it somewhere.

Akio: My murder will still be kept a secret, and nobody will even remember my victim..

Akio: S-so when I hear about your murder, I'm sure I will also find out where you live, a-and I'll go there and find you.

Akio: I don't care how long it will take. M-maybe I'll ask my parents to come with me, I don't know, I'll tell them that I want to come and see a friend I met online or something like that.

Riku: .. What are you even saying-

Akio: I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO DIE BECAUSE OF ME EVER AGAIN!

Riku: !

Akio: If I.. If I knew that my plan won't work.. O-or if I knew that Arata wanted Chise to die slowly and painfully from the start..

Akio: ...

Akio: A-also.. The king has to take care of his servants, right?

Riku: ...

Riku: You.. Y-you really are stupid..

Aimi: ...

Miki: "If all of these prisoners know me.. and Eiji-san.."

Miki: "And me and Eiji-san don't have certain memories.."

Miki: "Does that mean-"

Rana: Finally, we're getting closer to the end! Ahh, I can't wait to see all the punishments..

Rana: Though I wish there were more, of course..

Arisu: .. Prisoner 010, Himura Reina. 20 years old, unemployed.

Reina: ...

Arisu: Reina-san had.. a difficult relationship with her family. She didn't want to spend time with them or see them at all, so she preferred to spend most of her time outside, participating in all kinds of activities, and most of them weren't exactly legal.

Arisu: However, Reina-san did always try her best not to injure anyone seriously or actually kill them. She also rarely did anything herself and most of the time she was giving orders.

Arisu: Her younger brother, and also her victim, Himura Neiro-san, who was only 15 years old, found out about his sister's actions and he refused to believe that she either enjoyed it or came up with everything herself. He believed that it was Reina-san's friends' fault and he didn't want to accept that Reina-san could be guilty as well.

Arisu: Neiro-san wanted to talk to Reina-san's friends about it and ask them to "leave his sister alone". He went to them when it was very late and it was very dark outside as well, which was.. not a good decision.

Rana: Haha, I guess being so rebellious runs in the family. 

Miki: ".. I can guess what happened next."

Arisu: Neiro-san was very naive and he really thought that his sister's friends will listen to him, but first of all, they didn't even recognize him as Reina-san's brother since they've never seen him before. They didn't take him seriously at all and they all just laughed at him and told him to leave.

Arisu: Neiro-san didn't give up and he tried to attack them himself, which was a bad idea, since considering his age and his build, he was too weak to actually hurt them, and.. he was too weak to defend himself as well.

Arisu: Reina-san's friends only wanted to scare him away at first, but when he attacked them, they decided they had enough and.. 

Eiji: .. Did they really just beat the kid up?

Eiji: This.. this is insane.

Miki: .. I didn't think someone's age would matter to you that much, Eiji-san.

Eiji: Huh? What does that mean?

Eiji: W-well.. Why would they just.. do that?

Eiji: .. A-all criminals are sick. It would be nice if I could just kill them all somehow, haha..

Miki: Wouldn't that make you a criminal though?

Eiji: People like that don't deserve to live. I would be doing this world a favor if I got rid of them.

Eiji: .. Why is he the one who's allowed to do that and not me?..

Arisu: .. W-when Reina-san came back, she saw her brother's corpse on the ground. One of her friends pushed him too hard, making him accidentally hit his head against the wall.

Arisu: .. They claimed that he died instantly, but it wasn't true. They just failed to get help in time. I'm sorry, Reina-san.

Reina: !..

Eiji: W-what the hell..

Eiji: Did they.. Did they even try to call for help?

Hinode: I doubt it. They'd have to confess that they were the ones responsible or they would be suspected anyway.

Eiji: True.. 

Miki: .. Does that mean you see that prisoner as innocent, Eiji-san?

Eiji: Huh?

Miki: If.. If you were one of the guards and you could either vote that prisoner innocent or guilty..

Miki: .. Would you forgive her?

Eiji: .. No, of course not.

Eiji: E-even if she wasn't the one who killed her brother directly, if she wasn't a criminal from the start, this would've never happened.

Eiji: She should've been a better older sister. Even if it was indirect, she's still a murderer to me.

Miki: .. I see.

Arisu: Himura Reina's verdict combination is..

Arisu: Innocent, Innocent, Guilty.

Arisu: According to this Milgram's verdict system, she will be punished either physically or psychologically and she will be sent back home after that. She will not get any help or treatment.

Eiji: *breathes out* Good. She's not the prisoner who deserves three innocent verdicts. I'm glad that the guards realized that..

Arisu: Reina-san, you may speak now.

Reina: ...

Reina: Haha..

Reina: They did it.. They really did vote me guilty..

Reina: Ahaha..

Eiji: Is she.. okay?

Reina: Hey.. About my murder..

Reina: .. Does this mean the outside world will know I'm the one who did it? Or will they forget about my victim ever existing? 

Reina: Will I.. still remember my victim?

Rana: Hey, aren't you asking too much-

Arisu: Your victim will still be remembered by everyone, Reina-san. They will know that your brother has been murdered. 

Arisu: They just won't know that it was you.

Reina: ...

Arisu: You will still have all your memories, so you will also have the option to confess to your murder and receive the punishment that you think you deserve.

Arisu: Ah.. Same goes for Aimi-san as well.

Reina: .. Thank you for answering my question.

Arisu: And by the way..

Arisu: .. The guard- I mean, the guards wanted you to still remember your brother even after you leave. 

Arisu: This is.. one of the reasons why the decision to vote you guilty was made.

Arisu: I hope you're satisfied with your verdict.

Reina: .. Heh. Don't worry, I am.

Rana: Ugh, this is getting boring.. 

Rana: Okayyyyy, everyone! And now that we're done with revealing the prisoners' verdicts, before certain prisoners get punished, could all prisoners look down at the audience, please?

Rana: Oh, uh, you can speak now, Yurika.

Akio: .. They're still there..

Aimi: Miki..

Shun: .. She's still looking at him..

Naomi: ...

Kei: Eiji, hiiiii!

Eiko: Hehe, Eiji-kun..

Asahi: MIKI-NEE, GET ME OUT OF HERE!

Yurika: All of you.. I will kill.. all of you..

Riku: ...

Reina: ...

Rana: Great! Now that you can take a nice, long look at all of the guards who worked so hard on judging you and choosing the best verdicts for you all..

Rana: It's time for you all to judge them!

Eiji and Miki: !

All prisoners: !

Hinode: ...

Eiji: We.. w-we were the guards all this time?..

Eiji: I.. I was the one who made all of these decisions?..

Miki: I had a feeling that we were the ones responsble for it, but..

Miki: Wait, does that mean that Hinode-san is also-

Hinode: Kind of. I'm kind of a guard.. But also kind of not. You'll see.

Akio: We.. We will have to judge them?

Rana: Correct! Before some of you get punished, you all get to participate in the guards' trial! 

Rana: So come on, if you are still mad at them, if you want them to feel the same pain, or if you love them so much and want them to survive no matter what, go ahead and tell them about your feelings through voting!

Rana: Just say the verdicts you think they deserve out loud, and we'll make sure to remember them and count all of them when you're done.

Reina: .. This.. is interesting.

Asahi: .. G-guys?.. Y-you all are going to vote Miki-nee innocent, right?..

Asahi: .. Guys?...

Yurika: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yurika: GUILTY! ALL OF THEM! ALL OF THEM DESERVE TO DIE IN THE MOST CRUEL, BRUTAL, PAINFUL WAY POSSIBLE-

Shun: That means.. I can vote Eiji-san guilty?.. Haha..

Aimi: Miki.. I want you to feel what I felt when you said we're not friends..

Kei: I have to judge my own brother? How the tables have turned..

Riku: .. Hinode..

Asahi: .. Insane..

Asahi:YOU ALL ARE FUCKING INSANE!

Asahi: A-AND I EVEN TEAMED UP WITH SOME OF YOU! 

Asahi: MIKI-NEE! I'M GOING TO SAVE YOU! I WON'T LET THEM VOTE YOU GUILTY!

Miki: Marito-

Asahi:LET'S GO BACK HOME TOGETHER!

Eiji: .. Kei.. 

Eiji: KEI, DON'T YOU DARE TO VOTE ME GUILTY!

Kei: Haha, I'll think about it.

Hinode: .. Riku, I will be okay with any decision you make.

Riku: .. Glad to hear it.

Rana: Ehehe, finally, I was starting to get so bored here..

Rana: LET THE GUARDS' TRIAL BEGIN, WITH THE PRISONERS AS THEIR JUDGES!

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YAAAY fanart tag!!!! Chat let's flood it with Linagram fanart chat I'll start with some doodles throughout the year

I wanted to post it in the right order but it's all messy and I don't know how to move it on a phone eeeh...

(ANYWAY I'll stop spamming for now since I don't really have anything else I hope I was not too troublesome!)

Again, wish you the best luck with your project!! I look forward to seeing where it all goes, especially looking at how fifth interrogation went ^0^

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THEY ALL LOOK SO GOOD IM CRYING..... they all look so cute, i love how their expressions look!! they show their personalities so well...

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Thoughts on Aimi because you bringing up that she was muu kusunoki'd makes me think. Or rather the fact that she ended up guilty only when she "accepted" that she was bullied, while when she denied it she seemed innocent. Because I was one of the people who thought of her as innocent at first but ended up going with guilty in the last trial so I'm thinking of how I see it.

First, I think that it's a question of how much one has control or agency in a situation that involves bullying, or any power dynamics driven abuse for that matter. As long as Aimi denies the bullying, she can't be in control of anything in the situation — because she's not even aware of the situation in question. If we talk about muu kusunoki'ing, it's interesting that Muu tried to convey the same idea (the situation with bullying was completely out of her control, she's a perfect victim) through insisting that the situation existed and was horrible, while Aimi tried to do it through denying and sugarcoating it. I think generally speaking Aimi's method works even better to convey this idea. Because when the person acknowledges the abuse, our first question is, then why are you still there? We can easily assume that they decide to stay and participate in these dynamics and we see it as their responsibility to escape it. But Aimi doesn't even acknowledge, so someone else needs to save her from it.

Now onto my verdict:

I was unsure what to vote in the last trial because Aimi was really surrounded with so much violence that it's hard for me to blame her for using violence as well, especially that she's young. Her brother used violence to show "love" to her and likely, as an overcontrolling caretaker, got mad every time she did something that he didn't like, so naturally how would she know what is the normal way to show love, and that getting aggressive at people not behaving the way you want them to is not very healthy? Her classmates also decided to be hostile with her because she acted in the way they didn't like. She might have been aware of the bullying but I don't think she was aware of a world where violence doesn't exist, not in such an amount at least.

Initially, I thought that Aimi was bullied because she was just seen as a burden since she appears naive annoying and clueless, and that she was deceived into thinking this is how friendship works. She reminded me of Flowers for Algernon not because of the disability but because of the similar naivety.

I think she's right in bringing up that people switch opinions once they find that there's a "reason" for someone to be bullied or abused. Because of that I don't want my reason to decide she's guilty to be that I found what she was bullied for, so I started to think about it. I think the reason why I switched my opinion to guilty wasn't because she was aggressive and so "deserved" the bullying, or because she inflicted harm whatsoever, but because she never stopped inflicting it.

As much as it's complicated because again, if the person was always surrounded with violence then how are they going to learn that it's not the only way to like, interact with people at all. She's not the source or reason of the violence that is being inflicted on her, and it's not in her responsibility or power to stop other people's actions. Again I doubt she even considered that there are places in the world that are not so hostile.

However I do think that in the end it was Aimi's choice to stay in these dynamics with her classmates. Her brother is one thing, but I don't see a reason why she wouldn't be able to change schools. It's as if she insisted on being friends with *these people* in particular, maybe because they already rejected her that she was growing attached even more in a sense (wanting to "win" them, or take revenge for hurting her, or most likely both as it often happens). We didn't get a lot of information on her brother so I don't know, it might have as well turned the situation again if he insisted that they kill her classmates and if she doesn't go along with the plan or tries to sabotage it she will be punished, but I don't remember we got any implications of that. Just that he came up with it and she went along with it. So I suppose that she had a chance to stop it and just leave the environment of her classmates. I don't think that she was completely averse to the idea since she is already known to become aggressive at her classmates when they reject her so I think she wanted a chance to take revenge.

The way Aimi acts and wants to prove herself as a perfect victim, even denying the abuse so she for sure doesn't have to take any responsibility for escaping it, while I don't think it's done out of malicious intent, it does make me feel that it was sort of convenient for her to stay as a "victim". I don't mean that it was good for her or that she enjoyed it, I mean that burying herself in being a "victim" was a way to prove to herself that her pain matters, and that she will finally become likeable if she's innocent enough. But together with that she continued being the source of harm as well, the final of it being mass murder. Also the problem with proving yourself as a perfect victim is that you become blind to your own harm because victims aren't capable of harm.

So yes she's muu kusunoki'ing in the sense that she gets trapped in the power dynamics and continues to perpetuate them. In a way, she became an accomplice of her classmates. The mass murder makes it look especially bad because I think it's one thing to return the pain to those who harm you, or to harm as the only way to escape (so I consider her murder of her brother justified) but it's another thing to try and make these people to be completely gone when there are other ways to go out of the situation. Like girl stop latching onto those who already rejected you you're making it worse.

thank you so much for sharing your thoughts!!

when it comes to aimi's brother, he's simply a character that i just can't reveal much about bc of how some in-universe stuff works, so the audience only has the vds, mvs, and aimi's behind the sin vd to work with 😔 but his relationship with aimi is actually slightly different from what you suggested, he didn't really threaten to punish her, it was more like.. he taught her that violence is the only option, basically. or to be more exact, he said that she's just so nice and so special that she can do no wrong, so no matter what she does, it will always be valid and acceptable. 1) because he was that attached to her and he really did love her in his own way and 2) because they're two privileged rich kids who believe they're allowed to do anything they want. i think if aimi snapped and decided to kill a classmate (or classmates) herself, without any help, he wouldn't question it at all and would even be happy about it.

like here are some examples! the guy clearly believes aimi can do no wrong and that it's always been her classmates' fault.

and um. he's kinda wrong about that because aimi thought she was a "perfect victim" even before milgram! like she already said stuff like "why are they so mean to me, i'm not the one in the wrong"!

and it actually really is convenient for aimi to stay as a victim because you're right, it would actually be very easy for her to change schools! i really love this parallel between her and akio because akio mentioned before that he's currently attending an elite school, however, akio's financial situation is very different from aimi's and he actually feels like he can't change schools now because he's afraid of disappointing his parents who have worked hard to send him there.

meanwhile aimi could easily leave but. she was so angry because she thought she can become friends with literally anyone, so she stayed there until she could successfully buy everyone's friendship (and that worked only when she sent them to their death). the girl really just couldn't handle rejection 😭