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Team Rocket Elite posted...

The Garridebs were alright as characters but Patricia was great. I'm not sure exactly why but I ended up liking her a lot. It surprised me that the playing card tenant never showed up at all after his initial appearance. He lived near the scene of the crime and showed up in the case but otherwise was completely unrelated.

I think it's because of just how helpful she was, which is a far cry from the majority of witnesses in the series, even the ones that are supposed to be on your side. She willingly brings up many significant details that help Ryunosuke piece together the story. One might assume that her overtly cute personality might be a facade like it usually is for most cute/charismatic characters in the series so the fact that she's a genuinely helpful witness who doesn't try to hide anything and talks about everything she experienced in detail is a breath of fresh air.
On that note, Roly is also a pretty helpful witness despite his role in tampering with the crime scene and initially trying to cover it up. The moment Ryu gives the possibility of him tampering with the scene he admits to it rather than going into denial mode (which could've probably worked given that Ryu had no conclusive evidence to prove it). That plus his sympathetic motive for doing so and genuine remorse made me really like the Beates. I actually think the Beates plotline was the most compelling plotline in this case. I heard the localization made them a lot more bearable since the fan translation apparently had Patricia making a lot of mean spirited comments about Ryu and the victim though.
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