As a seasoned detective with years of experience under my belt, I can confidently guide you through the intricate world of Emio: The Smiling Man. This game, much like a labyrinthine Japanese forest, hides its secrets in plain sight if one knows where to look.
Emio – The Enigmatic Sleuth is a captivating tale that blends elements of puzzle games and interactive novels. Although the game follows a mostly straightforward path with limited options, there are queries within it that you’ll want to solve accurately as you progress. Our walkthrough will be a valuable guide for you in doing so.
Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club 100% Walkthrough
In this chilling game titled Emio, there aren’t any optional subplots or detours from the central enigma. To fully master this eerie title, your focus should solely be on finishing all 14 chapters. Here are the solutions for every query you might encounter along the way.
Prologue: A Face
When a prompt box appears in the upper left corner, you’ll see two choices: “Ask/Hear” and “Think”. You should use “Ask/Hear” twice. The third time you press “Ask/Hear”, you’ll be presented with multiple options.
- Victim
- Cause of Death
- Time of Death
- Observations?
To ensure you get varied responses, click on each option several times until the officer indicates an observation. Once he does, click on the “Observations?” button to add a new option, “Look/Examine,” to your list. There will be numerous items to inspect, but prioritize the “bicycle.” After selecting “Look/Examine,” choose “Victim” from the resulting menu.
This will begin an interaction with a new character. Use the Look/Examine function to look closer at Kuze. In order to properly interact with all your surroundings and get all the clues, you will want to make sure to completely exhaust all dialogue and informative sections in the interacts menu. Once you have finished all the interactions, you will finish the tutorial section and start chapter 1.
Chapter 1: The Urban Legend
As a curious gamer delving into this intriguing narrative, my next step is to gather more details about the murder victim and the enigmatic Smiling Man urban legend. I’ll engage in conversation with Ayumi, asking questions until I’ve exhausted all her insights. Eventually, I’ll be faced with a choice: selecting one of two options that could potentially lead me closer to unraveling this mystery.
- “Based on what I know so far, I suspect homicide.”
- “It’s just like the Smiling Man urban legend.”
You’ll have the chance to visit the police station for further inquiries. Your conversation with Detective Kamihara should be extensive, focusing on the Smiling Man and the murders that occurred 18 years ago. When he queries you, respond by saying, “‘The victims were strangled in distinct ways.’“. Upon your return to the agency, you and Ayumi will review the day’s findings together. The answers are:
- “Eighteen years ago.”
- “Were teenage girls.”
- Say you have no idea who the murderer is.
Can you change your name later in Emio?
During your adventure in Emio – The Smiling Man, you’ll need to select both a first and last name for your character. Since you’ll interact with these characters extensively for around 12-15 hours, it’s essential to choose a name that suits you well. Once you’ve chosen, remember that you can’t alter it under any circumstances; if you wish to select a different name, you’d have to restart the game from the beginning.
Chapter 2: Disappearance
In chapter 2, you’ll find Kamada at the police station where he will inquire about the distinctive aspects of the murders. Your response should be something along the lines of “They were murdered in different ways.” He will grant you access to investigate the crime scene. As you explore, engage with Kamihara. He’ll leave you waiting for a bus. When given the chance to use your phone, opt for “‘But the battery is dead.’” Attempting to use it will drain it. Once inside the taxi, choose “‘There must be some other reason.’” Remember to hear out the cabbie’s tale by picking “‘Tell me the story.’“.
Following this, you’ll shift focus to Ayumi, who has ventured to the middle school to converse with the students. When speaking to the two senior girls, she might express either “‘What on earth am I supposed to do?’” or “‘Hold on, are we talking about this?’“, depending on the situation. She continues to chat with them both until they have to depart for their cram school. Upon returning to Utsugi Agency, there will be a renewed discussion about the case with Ayumi and Utsugi. The dialogue options are:
- “We can’t yet be sure if he had anything to do with the killings.”
- “We can’t be sure if there’s any connection between this murder and the ones from 18 years ago.”
- The answer you need to type out is The Smiling Man. You can also type in Emio; either will work.
Chapter 3: The Language of Flowers
As you stand outside the detective’s old house, you’ll need to deal with the cabbage patch and truck on a few occasions to locate someone to converse with. When you reach the house, interact with the window, door, mailbox, clothesline, grass, and attempt to call out a couple of times using “Call/Engage”. A neighbor will eventually hear you and approach to assist. Tell Tayama the truth by selecting “‘I’ll be honest and tell him who I am.’“
In the senior living facility, when chatting with Yoshie, it’s appropriate to respond with “No, I haven’t shared that with her,” if asked about informing Kuze. However, any response would suffice in this situation. If you find yourself struggling during this conversation, remember to click on the Examine button and take a good look at the purple blossoms multiple times. During the subsequent debriefing at the Agency, you’ll be asked to respond to three distinct questions. Here are the responses:
- “Because Makoto picked the eggplant flowers.”
- Choose Detective Kuze’s page, then click on “Bookmark containing a pressed eggplant flower.”
- “The house will be demolished soon.”
Chapter 4: A Suspect
To solve the mystery at hand, head to the library and retrieve the newspaper articles dating back 18 years. These may hold clues related to the previous murders that might be linked to this new one. Scan through all the books first, then revisit them for additional details. When you’re asked about when Makoto went missing, you can respond with “July“. Lastly, make sure to review and consolidate the information you’ve gathered at the end.
- Select “Ayaka Hashizume” from the list of people of interest.
- Second, select Ayaka’s father “Manabu Hashizume” from the list of people of interest.
- For the third answer, pick “the Missing Man” from the list of people of interest.
- The fourth answer is Fire.
- The fifth answer is Blood.
In the upcoming conversation, Ayumi will be talking to Fukuyama at a coffee shop. Continue to press the teacher for details about Megumi’s absence from school, as it may be significant since she might know the murderer. Upon returning to Utsugi Agency, go over your notes with Ayumi and select these responses:
- “Getting into a private school.”
- “We don’t know.”
- Then Look/Observe at Ayumi, then talk to her again.
Chapter 5: The Paper Bag
Tomorrow, Dice will fetch you from the Agency for a ride to the police station. Before returning to the library, he’ll pose just one question to you. The right answer is “While we were conversing at the bus stop.“. The car journey to the station requires a lot of answering questions, observing and thinking, so keep clicking through the menus until we arrive. After Kuze interrogates you, you’ll be summoned for a meeting. Once that concludes, you’ll go over your own notes on the bag’s forensics. Here are the two responses required:
- Choose “(Very likely to be connected.)”
- Then “(The first victim might have been killed by someone else.)”
- Use the Think and Phone menu, then you’ll have another review.
- “(They talk about candy that they loved when they were little kids.)”
- The answer to the last questions is “motorcycles.”
1. Ayumi is going to give you a call; make sure you answer it. If you can’t, remember to return her call so things can continue smoothly. Later on at the Agency, we’ll go over everything again with Ayumi from the start. There will be quite a few questions coming your way, but learning the answers now could prove useful for future reference.
- “Asphyxiation from being strangled with a cord-like object.”
- The answer to the second question requires you to choose Bag from The Smiling Man’s menu.
- Select The Smiling Man for question three.
- Select Ayaka Hashizume then pick Serial Girl Murders from her pages.
- Next, click on Ayaka Hashizume, then press ZR once, press A to select Sachiko Takagi, then press ZL again and press A to select the third victim Mika Inoue.
- Select The Missing Man and Makoto Kuze.
- Choose “Getting into a good high school.”
- Choose “Matched to the second and third bags found in the murders 18 years ago.”
- Choose “It was different from the paper bags found on other victims.”
Chapter 6: Existence
At the start of chapter 6, you’ll take on the role of Ayumi in a conversation with Megumi’s mother. Pay close attention to the photos around and explore all the menu options to progress. When you return to the Agency later, you’ll have an opportunity to advise Ayumi about contacting her Senpai. Be sure to remind her: “It might be best not to reach out to him for now.”
At the police station, it would be wise to keep an eye on everyone when possible. Later on, when you’re both reviewing the gathered information, here are the responses you should expect:
- “What she saw on the talk show.”
- “Recite a spell.”
- In the Smiling Man’s bio, go to the third page and choose: “The paper bag found on Eisuke Sasaki’s head looked just like the one Megumi saw on the Smiling Man.”
- Choose “Tsubasa Fukuyama.”
- Choose “Hiromi Morimoto.”
- The answer to type in for this question is “suicide.”
- Choose “The Smiling Man.”
- Choose “The Smiling Man.”
Chapter 7: Irumo Village
Following your visit to the police station, you will have a chat with Kamada. Mention to him that you are heading to Koufuku Station. When you meet up with Kamihara, he’ll pose a question to you. The correct answer for this quiz is that you are working separately today and will be meeting up later. In the chapter summary, the correct answers will be:
- “43 years old.”
- On the last page of Kamihara’s file, choose “didn’t share the info about the motorcycle.“
- From the list of people, choose “Makoto Kuze.”
- From the people list, pick “Yoshie Kuze.“
Chapter 8: Brother and Sister
In this segment of the story, you’ll be interacting with the murder victim’s friend, conversing with a few middle school peers, and subsequently paying a visit to Yoshie at the senior living facility. Before engaging with Kohei, Fukuyama will inquire about Ayumi, and you should respond by saying “‘It was because Tachibana joined the club!’“. It is essential to Demonstrate Fukuyama your Deep bond with Ayumi at this point.
1. When conversing with Kohei, try to “Tone down the interrogation” as he might become uneasy and clam up. Outside the middle school, pay attention to the area where two girls are concealed behind the fence. Following this encounter, you’ll meet Yoshie who gives you a picture of Makoto. You can select any of the four images, but it doesn’t seem to matter which one you pick. I chose the one that showed him at the middle school entrance ceremony in front of the cherry blossom trees, situated at the bottom left corner. Choose “Kimiharu Kamada ” from the list to visit him at the police station. At the end of the chapter, you’ll receive a call; make sure to answer it.
Chapter 9: A Visitor
1. Explore the vicinity until you spot “Shoko Bar”. Once you enter, engage with Kamihara. Following your conversation with him, you’ll need to converse with Mama Shoko. Since you must know her real name to solve this correctly, take a moment to read the posters adorning the walls. The “Food Hygiene Manager Certificate” situated by the bar will display the name Michiyo Miyashita. This is Mama Shoko’s true identity, so you can input her first, last, or full name to get it right.
Following the incident involving Kuze at your residence, you’ll make your way back to the Agency for a conversation with Ayumi. Upon inquiring if she could go over the day’s records, she’ll be happy to oblige.
- “A hair clip taped to the paper.”
- “Her mother.”
- Select “Emiko” from the list of people.
Chapter 10: Minoru Tsuzuki
In the opening of Chapter 10, Ayumi is struggling to recall the location where she came across a tie resembling the one we discussed earlier. She’ll mull over individuals in her social circle who frequently don ties, and eventually select one out of the three possibilities she recalls.
- “I saw someone wearing a similar tie.”
- From the name list, choose: Daisuke Kamihara, Shunsuke Utsugi, and the Eager Junior High School Student.
- “The boy at Minami Daisan Junior High School.”
- Use the call function to get a hold of Fukuyama.
As you stroll down the street, engage in conversations with those you meet, and then reflect on your encounters. Recall that Shoko bar might be open yet. Swing by there, and you’ll notice some commotion. Approach Mama Shoko for more details about the missing man from 18 years back. Don’t forget to chat up everyone in Kamematsu, particularly the lady wearing leopard print attire. She should guide you to a car dealership.
In conversation with Fukuyama, if you find yourself at a loss for words, be sure to Study/Examine his facial expressions and consider his links with his students. Similarly, while at Mr. Todoroki’s garage in Kamematsu, you will need to Study/Examine his face to keep him engaged. When speaking with the Todorokis, you will have the opportunity to discuss the murder, but it would be more prudent to say: “It’s not worth discussing.” Upon returning to the Agency, the solutions for the review are:
- “Still missing.”
- “To give his sister a ride in his own car.”
- Click on Mr. Todoroki and choose “Car.”
- Also under Mr. Todoroki’s name, you can find the “Sheet-Metal Sheers.”
- When Utsugi asks you who is connected to the Smiling Man, you should choose Minoru Tsuzuki from the list.
Chapter 11: Suspicion
1. Following your conversation with Kamihara in the morning, navigate back to Todoroki Motors, then proceed to Kamematsu Station. Engage with the children who have paper bags on their heads, and inquire about the Haunted Apartment from them. Be cautious when trying to reach Koufuku Station as it may lead you to a construction site. Approach the construction worker, present your sketches, and wait for him to take his lunch break before he leaves. Afterwards, make your way back to Todoroki Motors.
When conversing with Mrs. Todoroki, it would be best to approach her honestly and request her assistance. Initially, this might appear as a slip-up, but persist in speaking with both the Todorokis. Pay attention to Mr. Todoroki’s expression, then demonstrate your “Boy Detective abilities” to the couple.
As you stand before the apartment building, take note of the items such as the Rope, Window, Door, Ground, Stairs, and Wall. On your screen, an elderly man will materialize on the right side. To initiate a conversation with him, click the “Observation” or “Look at” option. This interaction can be quite tedious; you’ll need to keep talking, thinking, and observing until he repeats himself. Then attempt to move away. This action will catch the attention of his caretaker who will approach him afterwards.
1. First, head to the construction site, followed by a trip to Koufuku Station. Speak with Mama Shoko there, after which return to Kamematsu Station. Engage in conversation with children carrying bags on their heads until they start repeating phrases. Then, go back to the construction site again. Converse with the men present and exhibit your sketches. This sequence will lead you to Yamanba Pass.
Final Chapter: The Truth
As a gamer traversing Yamanba Pass, I’d recommend venturing up into the mountains by following the marked tracks ahead. Delve deeper into the forest by continuing to follow these tracks. Be vigilant and observe the flattened foliage carefully as it will guide you on your path. When you reach a fork, take the road to the left. At the subsequent intersection, again, choose the road to the left. Keep an eye out for a ribbon tied to a tree, then follow that lead across the water.
As you arrive at the Jizo statue, take a moment to gaze at it, and afterwards decide to explore the path that leads behind the Jizo Statue. Next, scrutinize each of the four deserted houses in succession, and engage in conversation with Kuze. Ensure you’ve explored all possible choices before choosing “Save/Exit Investigation“. During this sequence, there will be a series of cutscenes that require minimal input from you, but remember to take notice of your surroundings whenever the opportunity arises.
Minoru Epilogue: Depths
1. Opt to reach out to Utsugi and confirm by clicking on “Yes“. Once you arrive at the delinquent center, opt for “Yes, I do agree” when conversing with the counselor. When presented with the choice regarding what Minoru might have admired about Todoroki Motors, select the second option: “He appreciated the name “Todoroki.”“. The following part of this chapter will consist of scenes.
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