k1n5l4y3r

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I've got everything except the last step in there. Don't know what to do here... won't show me an option to open the door.
In his post it doesn't say, but if you got the second mysterious box, sleep untill monday then go to the door and look down to get the himawari key then open the locker then open the door should appear.
 

DeSkel15

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Someone else mentioned this earlier, just without pointing out why, meaning that one didn't show a pic like that.
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That one was SadCoomer and in fact he also showed a pic.
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And i think that person also theorized that maybe Himawari was involved in Ami's murder.

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Algorist was the first one, as far as i saw, who pointed this one out. Just without a pic.
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Since it seems that Ami is still alive and kicking, maybe Himawari helped her fake her own death.
Why she would do that, i dont know.

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I don't think that's Ami. Maya couldn't seem to see the Ami by Sensei which makes me think it's likely more of an Ami abomination. Maybe even the thing that killed Ami.

Amy:
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Seem to imply there's plenty of things that like taking her form, or simply look like her, similar to Maya.

As for the Shapeshifter, it's possible that she did this for Ayane. Considering the recent gods require sacrifices thing:
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Then take into account that Ayane didn't survive the rooftop until Todd, her chicken, disappeared and was later found dead. It's possible that much like how Sensei apparently needed to take something for someone else:
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The Shapeshifter might have been taking things to keep Ayane alive in the background.

Of course, it could also have simply been The Old One, or one of the gods. Ami seemed to have likely pissed off Maya, and the gods a little before this, by having sex with Sensei which let him function again.
 
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nonymous

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In his post it doesn't say, but if you got the second mysterious box, sleep untill monday then go to the door and look down to get the himawari key then open the locker then open the door should appear.
Nah I did that too, that's a couple steps back. (Sure its not spelled out but I can figure out "repeat this for x")
 

nonymous

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Is it possible that I have to do the happy scene with the laptop before attempting any steps of the puzzle? Not sure when I got to it.
 

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Fantastic stuff. Do you know the name or composer of the source music for "secondmall.mp3" (Pareidolia Mall BGM)?
According to a previous response (can't really remember when and which page I saw it), it's most likely a modified version of { Janis Ian - At Seventeen (Audio) }
 

k1n5l4y3r

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Is it possible that I have to do the happy scene with the laptop before attempting any steps of the puzzle? Not sure when I got to it.
Did you finish the hotpot or just ran out of ingredients? the parrot in the left cabinet is kinda easy to miss.
 
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Do we know who was the fourth person in the car with Ami and her Family? Now that we know they were in the white car, in order for both Sekai and Nozomu to die they'd have to be on the right side of the car, and Ami should be on the left side of the back seat. That leaves the driver's seat unaccounted for... It's especially interesting since it looks like a pretty safe position considering how the accident went down.

The obvious answer would be Sensei, but I think it was mentioned that he saw everything, not that he was part of it.
 

barglenarglezous

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I've got everything except the last step in there. Don't know what to do here... won't show me an option to open the door.
Were you able to finish the hot pot? I followed one of the guides posted here, and there was a step missing. On Tuesday (I think, Magic Day on the calendar) one of the cabinets can finally be opened, and there's an item needed for the hot pot in it. FIguring that out got me the last key I needed to get the door open.
 

barglenarglezous

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Do we know who was the fourth person in the car with Ami and her Family? Now that we know they were in the white car, in order for both Sekai and Nozomu to die they'd have to be on the right side of the car, and Ami should be on the left side of the back seat. That leaves the driver's seat unaccounted for... It's especially interesting since it looks like a pretty safe position considering how the accident went down.

The obvious answer would be Sensei, but I think it was mentioned that he saw everything, not that he was part of it.
The right side is the driver's side in Japan.

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The right side is the driver's side in Japan.

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That's true, I completely forgot about that detail, but that just brings up another question: Why was Sekai or Nozomu in the backseat? Someone else must've been riding shotgun.

Edit: Yeah, the crash was 8 years ago, and while we don't know Ami's age (as far as I know), we do know that Ayane's 15. Assuming that Ami's the same age or younger, she'd be 6 or 7 years old. No way she's the one in the front passenger seat.
 
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barglenarglezous

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That's true, I completely forgot about that detail, but that just brings up another question: Why was Sekai or Nozomu in the backseat? Someone else must've been riding shotgun.

Edit: Yeah, the crash was 8 years ago, and while we don't know Ami's age (as far as I know), we do know that Ayane's 15. Assuming that Ami's the same age or younger, she'd be 6 or 7 years old. No way she's the one in the front passenger seat.
The obvious answer is, in all liklihood, also the correct one. He never explicitly states that he was in the car, but he has commented more than once just how uncomfortable he feels when he's in one, which is much more understandable if he was in the crash than it would be if he had simply witnessed it.
 

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I don't think that's Ami. Maya couldn't seem to see the Ami by Sensei which makes me think it's likely more of an Ami abomination. Maybe even the thing that killed Ami.

Amy:
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Mangled Ami:
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Seem to imply there's plenty of things that like taking her form, or simply look like her, similar to Maya.

As for the Shapeshifter, it's possible that she did this for Ayane. Considering the recent gods require sacrifices thing:
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Then take into account that Ayane didn't survive the rooftop until Todd, her chicken, disappeared and was later found dead. It's possible that much like how Sensei apparently needed to take something for someone else:
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The Shapeshifter might have been taking things to keep Ayane alive in the background.

Of course, it could also have simply been The Old One, or one of the gods. Ami seemed to have likely pissed off Maya, and the gods a little before this, by having sex with Sensei which let him function again.
At the moment, all entities that look like Ami, could be sitting there instead of the Ami we know.
But i wouldn't be surprised if every version of Ami is in fact Ami, even Nao. And that "The Old One" is Nao, hence Ami too.
They could all be different approaches of Ami, to manipulate Akira into doing what she wants.

"Rain King" happens inside of "Times New Roman" (wonder why that title) and so, after Ami's possible death.
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Since this is Lil, it's possible that's just a halluzination of Ami. But i think it's more likely that it is really her.
And she's desperate, not far from a nervous breakdown.

Akira's home in "Times New Roman" also seems to be crafted by her, her best attempt so far in trying to control him i'd say.
Akira believed he had to stay there for what ever reasons. Likely guild. Guild that he did something really bad, that deserved his self imprisonment. I think he thought he was responsible for someones death.
(E.g. The body outline drawing on the floor with a seemingly missing head? We have a "Ami (Headless)". That theory is very weak though.)
But, i won't be surprised if we get "Nice Niece Ami" back, the next time we see her again.

I don't know why Himawari would help her, or even why Himawari does anything at all.
All we do now is, that she has obligations to who or whatever is pulling the strings in the back (pun intended).
And she's very likely trying to protect her parents.
 
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