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OK I have the alternate costumes on now. I don't like Susato's, Ryunosuke's is good but it's a shame he loses the armband, and Sholmes's is fantastic, I'm definitely keeping that one.

Apparently Ryunosuke has been barred from appearing in court since his last case, I guess because he made an enemy out of the British government. Or perhaps he's still being punished for defending McGilded >_> Regardless, Sholmes acts shady about our secret case, and we flash back to the day after the Clouded Kokoro case finished. I suppose all the mentions of haunted lodgings in the first game's last case were supposed to refer back to this secret one.

We meet conscious Olive Green for the first time, and aside from continuity I don't know why she'd be relevant here so she must come into play later on. She seems nice. Our victim is William Shamspeare, who I believe is one of the mystery duo we met so very briefly in the last game, and our defendant is, of course, Soseki Natsume. I wonder who will have the higher 'falsely accused' count by the end of the game, Ryunosuke or Soseki. The deduction with Sholmes is a lot of fun, there's a lot of banter with Susato and running gags about soap, a fork, and an English liquid storing vessel. Was this poisoned soap from a real Holmes story? There's also some inspired 'animations' on show here, with Natsume posing towards the building's entrance.

Sholmes gets Natsume arrested once more (thankfully Ryunosuke dodges the blame), and we investigate before the dead body jerks upright and starts monologuing. And then promptly collapses on the floor again. I did not see this coming, regular AA had ghosts and now GAA has zombies!

An amusing development, though. Out on the street the other guy we met briefly last time around runs away from us, then we talk to Garrideb, which is a much more pleasant experience without Joan around. I'm assuming the gas meters will be vital here, maybe a gas leak will explain the hauntings. Natsume explains that his room's previous occupant suddenly died, and I do recall that being briefly brought up by the Garridebs way back when. Shamspeare regains consciousness and apparently points the finger at Natsume, and thus concludes our investigation!

The investigating was enjoyable here, though we don't have nearly enough info to put things together yet. I assume van Zieks will be our prosecutor again, I wonder how many repeat jurors we'll get tomorrow. I can't help but note that we've technically not met any new characters yet, given that Green, Shamspeare, and the other guy were all sort of around last time. Please don't bring the Beates back, game! The case is fun but I don't yet see how this will become relevant to the ongoing arc. Mysteries, mysteries.