Hanako of the Opera

Hanako of the Opera (オペラ座の花子くん) is a special event hosted by AidaIro on their Twitter based on The Phantom of the Opera. It began on April 18, 2020, at 8:00PM Japan time and features several puzzles.

Introduction
Say, have to heard the rumors? About the incident that occurred in the opera house of the Flower Capital. Someone stole the voice of the troupe's top singer, or so they say.

The suspects are the opera troupe's members, the conductor, and the manager. Perhaps, this is the work of the phantom who's infiltrated the opera house...

Do you know who is culprit?

April 18
{The Novice Songstress, Yashiro Nene }

"Oh, I'm glad you came. Good evening, I'm sorry to have summoned you so abruptly. I'm the chorus girl of this opera girl of this opera troupe. I heard that you'd definitely solve this case for me..

Yes, something terrible happened! our opera troupe's star suddenly lost her voice. The rumours say was poisoned ,but who would do that, and why...? I must do something. Please, search for the culprit with me!"

>Yes

>Eh, nope-

[The majority voted is yes.]

"Oh, thank you! The suspects are the manager,patron,popular singer,ballerina,ballet teacher,tenor singer, and the opera house's phantom - 8 in total. The culprit's definitely one of these.

Hm, I wonder who..."

{The Cat?}

"......or something like that."

"Do you know who's the culprit? Eh- you don't? That won't do- .......aha, just kidding. There's no way you'd know, right.

Because you're the one who'll decide who the culprit behind the case is, after all."

A image of an Amidakuji with its middle cover up shows. The top is has a diamond, club, spade, and heart black on the left side and red on the other. The bottom lists the 8 suspects.

"Well then, choose. Which colour do you like?"

>The colour of flowers

>The colour of night

[The majority voted The colour of night.]

"It's not just one choice you need."

>Club

>Diamond

>Heart

>Spade

[The majority voted Heart.]

"......a heart, the colour of night. So that's what you chose, huh.

Well then - the one who lies at the end of this is the culprit behind this case.

Oh, you can't see what's in between? Ahaha!

I'll show you that at the very, very end.

Well, that's all from me now.

Do your best to solve the case. Bye bye-!"

{The Novice Songstress}

"......um, hey, are you alright?

You looked like you were in a daze.

A black cat? No, I haven't seen anything like that......

Don't push yourself too hard today. We'll investigate more tomorrow, same time. Shall we go speak to each of the suspects?

We've got performances too, so it'd have to be more like 2 people a day,but let's work together anyway!

These are the people we'll probably be able to meet tomorrow, so decide which two you want to go to meet, okay!"

>The popular singer

>The manager

>The ballet teacher

>The tenor singer

April 19
[The majority voted the popular singer and the manager.]

{The Novice Songstress}

"Thanks for coming tonight too!

So, did you decide who you want to meet?

...the popular singer and the manager, hm. Okay.

Well, let's go meet our troupe's popular singer!

Since he was the victim, he's got to have some major clue.

He's right this way.

Ta-dah, I'll introduce you. This person right here is our troupe's top star!

...through that said, he can't sing right now.

Are you okay? Can you talk......"

{The Top Singer, Mitsuba Sousuke(*writing*)}

"Cough, cough..."

(What is it? I can't make a single sound now)

(You're investigating the case?)

(Hmm, I see. Then suppose I don't mind playing along for a bit)

(But in exchange, you'd better find the culprit who did such a thing to my cute self)

(Well then, what did want to ask me?)

>About the day of the incident

>Who do you think is suspicious?

>You're the culprit!!

[The majority voted "About the day of the incident."]

(The day it happened, huh...)

(Before performances, I'm usually in the holding room,but)

(That day, I wanted to get a bit of fresh air, so I left the holding room and went up to the rooftop)

(I must've been there for quite a while? I could hear the buzzer that sounds right before performances begin, so I rushed right back)

(And in the room, there was juice that hadn't been there when I left)

(I figured it was some provided refreshment and drank it, then lost my voice)

(Eh? 'How careless'?)

(Shut up, how could I not drink peach juice!)

(Anyway! I only wasn't in the holding room from 7:30 to 7:55pm)

(Whoever put the poisoned juice in my holding room during that time - that's the culprit)

(Eh, what? No, I don't really feel down over being poisoned)

(It's not like I have friends in this opera troupe, after all...)

{The Novice Songstress}

"Ah, he's miserable...

Don't tell anyone, but the popular singer seemed like he was worrying over something lately.

Maybe he actually hates singing, and poison himself... or something.

Well, let's go find the next person!

The next person ought to be in the office...

Excuse us... good evening!

Allow me to introduce our opera troupe's manager. So very handsome, smart, and kind... oh,even his side profile when looking at music scores is amazing... ❤️"

{The Manager}

"Oh, good evening.

What a pity that incident was. But as a stand-in, your voice was superb.

That boy who was the victim - I suppose he does need to rest.

Though I was just wondering if my younger brother would end up looking after him.

Anyway - you said you had something you wanted to ask me?"

>About the day of the incident

>Who do you think is suspicious?

>You're the culprit!!

[The majority voted "About the day of the incident."]

"Ah, about the day it happened.

I was pretty much backstage with the assistant manager.

I took a quick glance at the audience seats when the pre-show buzzer went off at 7:50pm, I believe.

My younger brother was in the usual box seat, so I did try giving him a quick wave.

But maybe it was the nerves - my brother didn't seem like he noticed me there.

Oh, speaking of which, the tenor singer had some juice with him around 7:30pm, if I'm not mistaken.

He was saying that he wanted to get in the top star's good books, but I wonder if he managed to deliver it?

Ah, no,things are always hectic right before a show, aren't they.

I'd wanted to go to the audience seats, but it was so crowded that it'd have taken 10 minutes each way, so I gave up on that.

Well then, I've got to get back to work.

My brother asked me to handle the preparations for the villa, you see.

We used it in the past, and there's a beautiful lake nearby, too.

Besides, I need to reconsider the casting for the next show..."

{The Novice Songstress}

"Thank you for talking to us!

Just between us, it seems like the manager's been thinking about changing the lead role in our recent opera.

The recent trend has been towards romantic operas rather than thrilling ones, you see.

Don't tell me he poisoned the popular singer for that reason!?

But even a poison-serving manager would be amazing...❤️

We've heard the statements from two people, but this alone isn't quite enough to figure out who the culprit is, hm.

We must do our best tomorrow, too!

So with all that, I'll be counting on you again, at this same time tomorrow.

I'd be glad if you could help decide which two you'd like to go meet tomorrow.

Thanks for all the hard work tonight!"

>The tenor singer

>The ballet teacher

>The patron

>The assistant manager

April 20
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April 21
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April 22
{The Cat?}

"By the way, who do you think the culprit is?"

>The ballet teacher

>The tenor singer

>The popular singer

>The patron

"You were the one who picked the culprit, so it's definitely someone among these 8 people."

>The manager

>The assistant manager

>The ballerina

>The phantom

"The show will begin shortly...or maybe not!"

[A message appears]

"The Novice Songstress is in tough lesson with Phantom and unable to slip away. That day's performance has been cancelled."

April 23
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April 24
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April 25
{The Cat?}

"Oh, good evening."

"Hmm, so these are the 4 candidates you picked, huh.

Well then, it's time for the final choice. You can only accuse one person. So pick the one you think is the culprit."

>The popular singer

>The manager

>The phantom of the opera

>The ballerina

"That's a-ll for today. See you tomorrow!"

April 26
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April 27
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