I never once thought Kumi died. I'm saying that the IV bag could not have been a case for attempted murder against Yashiro.Originally Posted by Ryll
(1) Roof off-limits: assuming Yashiro knows. Satoru didn't have his hand is his pocket at that point so you couldn't record that message. You can't assume he'd have his phone on by then either because if that was the case, he wouldn't have to dig his pocket later.
(2) Phone recording: Yashiro said Satoru foiled his plans. Satoru asked him if he was going to murder him. Yashiro says "I know you've got a phone in your pocket". This bit here is circumstantial since you'd assume any ordinary person would just deny it. Not denying an accusation of murder is suspicious.
(3) IV bag: I don't think you can say "wheelchair has access problems, therefore the prints are fake". You say killing Kumi doesn't make sense, but what also doesn't make sense is how Satoru predicted past murders and also thinks this one will happen on the roof with enough time to organise an escape route. Doing it to set someone up makes sense. If you were a person to do all of that, what's killing a girl?
(4) Yashiro present on rooftop: I believe I gave a good explanation for that in one of the above posts.
Thing about circumstantial evidence is that it can happen due to various causes.
I believe that the evidence is weak to say points (2)+(4) +/- (3) is good enough to convict Yashiro, when alternative explanations are pretty valid.
If we're to say that once police convict someone in Japan they're pretty much done for (etc etc) then I'll concede. I'm used to a "innocent until proven guilty" system regardless of whether or not you're arrested.
I'm also assuming Yashiro will actively try his best to get his ass out, which Ryll suspects won't happen.
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