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I really liked the supernatural twist in the end.

But the solving part had me a little confused tho, i actually went thru the alibis and stuff with a pencil xD

Ryou was the murderer, because the whole time I was wondering why no one accused him. I recalled the confrontation between him and Souichirou, and thought that maybe Ryou had killed him and somehow "forgotten" about the murder or otherwise repressed it. But that's pretty much the oldest and most unoriginal mystery plot device, dating back to Sophocles I guess, and I figured that wasn't where you were going. So then, I thought that there had been no murder at all, the blood was Tabasco sauce (not exactly, but you get my point) and Souichirou was still alive somewhere, which turned out to the half-true. However, I was quite surprised at the real ending. It could have easily been a huge mess of confusion and disappointment, but you guys dealt the supernatural element really well, without trying to establish some kind of half-assed explanation. I liked that it was kept relatively open, because any attempt to explain would have probably gone badly.

I was really confused why Ryou hasn't said anything about himself - And besides, because I got wrong endings first, I just went to guessing the right option. Really brilliant ending. I felt sorry for Takako (is it the name?) and because no one actually got the good ending, but that's what makes this game great.

I thought Souichirou faked his own death so Takako could get the insurance money. Do we get awards for getting halfway there? XD

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I thought Ryou was the killer. Logically, all evidence points to him. No alibi, the only person with the opportunity to tamper with the evidence outside the house, and no one suspects him? WTF?

I'm glad you avoided that particular cliché. For a detective story, the real ending is questionable. For a ghost story, it works.

And now, the inevitable "I thought..." section of the post... XD
Because there was no body (at first) I suspected that there had been no murder, and because of the pool that went nowhere, I thought that Souichirou had either been injured or someone else was injured and for some reason hiding it... I didn't think far enough to link Ryou to it. I also feel stupid for not questioning his lack of alibi until I ran into my first (of many) bad endings.

Like everyone else, I suspected Ryou at first but then I thought it couldn't be that easy and I figured it might not have been a murder at all. That's why I chose the "accident" choice and got the bad end the first time, lol. I suspected that Souichirou may have killed Ryou but I didn't expect to have a supernatural element in the end, and that's why I thought it's something else. I haven't played a mystery that has the victim solving his own death, so this is a refreshing change. Good job, thanks for making it.