This second installment to this story builds on the story of Hanako and works at revealing details about the art club members. Typical to the Kindaichi series, this second episode serves to add background information to the story which potentially will reveal information as to the means and motive for the murder. The story continues to build with increased character development of the various art club members and we find that there is some angst regarding a nude painting that Inou had done. The identity of the nude's model however is at the center of some debate causing some difficulty for Kunieda Maki.

The slow revealing of information much of which seems irrelevant as it's revealed, may all fall into place later at the wrap-up when the actual murderer is revealed. Perhaps the weakest point would be in the voice acting of Kunieda Maki. While not an easy role to play, certain aspects of the voice acting tend to be a touch over-acted. Miyuki on the otherhand is well within character and is very well timed. Likewise, Shishijima and Narusawa upon returning to the school were well acted.

Unfortunately, as the audience slowly works towards the identity of the murderer, certain clues are not visible for the viewer save to be aware of what is being looked for. The actual identity however for said information is not revealed which makes it more important to keep aware of who did what when, and keeping the identity of all of the incidental characters straight. Thus there is the question at the end, whether we have all the pieces to the puzzle by which to identify the culprit? This minimal approach to revealing clues is this series' weakpoint which is true throughout. Often the information revealed is not complete to the point where the culprit can be identified by the audience; at least not without a strong sense of doubt.
- JN, 00.05.14