Otherwise, he could have just gone to the police and confessed normally. It was the killer's way of leaving the "judgement" in anyone's hands but his own. And now Shimada can make the final judgement about what to do with this information: use it expose the killer's crime, or leave it buried forever. THE DECAGON HOUSE MURDERS 4 - PANEL THEATER : END The Decagon House Murders 2 Kodansha Digital Edition The Decagon. The answer was "no", so he asks a child to hand the bottle to other man (who I assume is Shimada). then that would mean he was in the wrong.Īnd so when he finds the bottle again, at the very end, he figured it was life's way of answering his question about whether his actions were just or not. However, if the bottle was to return to this land. The Decagon House Murders Chapter 8 page 4 - H. The Decagon House Murders. If the bottle disappeared forever, then it would mean that his judgement was right. Youre reading manga The Decagon House Murders Chapter 8 online at. So the sea, fate, god however you want to call it, was asked to make that judgement instead. He thinks judgement is in order, but it's not a human's place to make that judgement- and a mere human will never become a god either. The text refers to it as his "conscience" or "a letter of confession". The killer wrote his murder plans on a few sheets of paper, just to put it in the green bottle and throw it into the sea. (view spoiler) [This is my interpretation, but feel free to take it with a pinch of salt.
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