Boku Dake ga Inai Machi: The Town Without Me

[shinta|hikari]

Well, judging from how broken he looked when he realized he has been living for Satoru and then Satoru beat him, he's gone for good. It's a victory of spirit over logic.

1) You don't need to record that part. The very fact that Satoru got to the roof is already suspicious. It's a secret path to an off limits area. Bringing anyone there, even if they ask you too, is already damn suspicious, especially for a politician who should be concerned about his image. Lawyer would simply ask, "What did you plan to do on the roof?" Just a note, rooftops are generally off limits.

2) Is hella suspicious. How can he even explain it?

3) Killing the girl has no motive. Motive is critical in murder cases. They do say that there is no perfect crime because there is always a motive. You keep forgetting that Yashiro has motive because he did not deny Satoru foiling his plans 15 years ago. What plans? Satoru has an answer that makes complete sense (because it's true). What will Yashiro say? You foiled my plans of failing you in class and I waited 15 years to acknowledge that?

4) Imagine how much explaining you had to do just to make it seem that Yashiro is not completely guilty. Now imagine trying to prove that with a whole bunch of people testifying against him in court, where lying is perjury.

5) Last minute addition because you mentioned it. Yashiro said that Satoru was using his phone to record or call someone while the phone was running. Then right after that, Satoru sent a suicide note on his cell. How suspicious is that?

None of these by itself is enough to convict Yashiro, but all these combined? It'd be stranger if it's all coincidence.

That's about all I can say on the topic, which is pointless anyway because I always thought that Yashiro has no will left to struggle in court.

EDIT: WTF, I rewatched the recorded/overheard part of the conversation, and this is what Yashiro said in complete form:
"I thought so. (In response to Satoru claiming to have regained his memory) When I intentionally tapped my finger on the way here, you stifled a response, right? 15 years ago, you completely ruined my plans. That was far beyond the level of a child. It was as if you could see the future. How did you know what I was thinking? What did you mean by 'I know your future?'"

"You intend to kill me as soon as I tell you, right?" - Satoru.

"I know what you're doing. You have a celphone in your pocket. Are you recording this? Or are you on a call with someone? Is that Kenya?" --- This is the clincher LOL. This reply screams villainy all over it, and the judge will likely agree.

Then minutes later, a suicide note goes out from Satoru's cell and he falls off a roof. Good luck defending yourself, Yashiro. Buff, if you were his lawyer, what would you tell him to say on the stand?