<report>I think most people look to VNs trying to find wonderful stories and deep characters, and you should be aware that you will not find any of those here. HOWEVER, if you enjoy Christie, Doyle or any other whodunit AND howdunit stories, you can be sure that you will be well-served here. It really is a fair mystery. I can see how much those two guys (yeah, just two people on the development) paid attention to details and how the story rewards you when you pay attention as well. I think the art it's fine, but even if some people are not fond of it, will you really let it prevent you from enjoying a so much well constructed plot? Just buy it! It's cheap, short, has a lot of references to other great visual novels as well, and you will probably finish it wanting to (re)watch Case Closed.

<report>A solid fair play whodunnit plot... and a just about serviceable everything else. Still, that was good enough to grip me throughout most of it.

The production values are lacking, the characters could be summed up with approximately two traits and the writing isn’t great either, especially obvious when the characters are reacting to a death (though to be fair a lot of mystery fiction does have the same problem). It’s also one of those EVNs that feels like it’s set in Japan just because VNs are supposed to be set in Japan rather than for any good reason.

The plot is a classic fair play mystery; It follows Knox’s Decalogue. It has a typical structure, consisting of an opening introducing the... Read more »