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Rgis wrote: Porcy wrote: Kokona has that rooftop event, remember? Where she is talking about her dead mom and alcoholic dad? The journalist's wife is dead and he has a daughter and he is an alcoholic. Since Kokona is a test rival, one of the official rivals must be the journalist's daughter.

We can rule out Senpai's imouto, for obvious reasons. What other rival acts like an abused child?

Oka Ruto. Why is she so quiet and mysterious all the time? There must be a reason. Hm? Kokona's rooftop event is mentioned in the paragaraph. It's all about how Kokona can't be the daughter because her mom died recently while The Journalist's wife died from childbirth. She also couldn't have come home with blood on her. Also, The Journalist neglects his daughter. Mr. Haruka abuses his daughter. The Journalist would never come into her room.

Oka Ruto would never get blood on her out of violence. There is nothing said about where Oka would get the money. I know quiet and mysterious people like her. It's because they're shy. She's shy. It could be because of neglect from her father, but she's probably just the quiet type. My parents are fine and I'm like that.

As it turns out, since people like Info-chan and The Journalist have dark secrets, that means that other NPCs that aren't rivals can have dark secrets. I think that the Dev meant that really really ordinary people like Koharu Hinata and Riku Soma won't have a dark secret. However, special minor characters like The Journalist and Info-chan are allowed to be an exception. I also changed the essay so that it would say that a while back, so it shouldn't be outdated.

I'd say that Info-chan is the best bet because of how The Journalist's daughter's identity will be made clear in a cassette tape, and Info-chan's reason for being in her own little club will also be explained in a cassette tape. It's a bit of a stretch, but she is the most likely person to fulfill the position.

Yeah, this essay gets quite a few updates. It's just because the game is always progressing, so new things will be found out every now and then.

Good point. Info-chan also seems like a violent person, given that she wanted Osana Najimi dead.