couchpotato

Well I'm dumb. In that case, the only thing Akiyama has to worry about is the position of the top rope's knot. It has to be on the top half of the loop. Otherwise it will end up on the opposite side of where it should. But all of this would be pointless because only one should have blood and scratch marks from Kano struggling. What probably happened was that the top rope was the part that actually strangulated Kano (Yoshikawa). Then after waiting for blood to clot, he hung him with the clean 2nd rope for the neck part and the 1st one around the light fixture. Then we all know the rest. But by not doing this, the suspect will just end up with evidence (blood and scratches) being on the wrong rope after the trick. All of this matters little though when dealing with a corrupt police organization and killer cop.

Sorry to be say something that was said a week ago, but I do see what jimmy is talking about. Also y'all may have discovered this on your own without ever needing to type it out. As for how Akiyama did it (if he did) was simple because of the design of the noose itself, one ring folded over another ring. From all the times you see rope or whatever in this series, its usually one long rope tied to make the loop and the other portion tied to the ceiling (or elsewhere). In this case the only points that are tied are the end of the rope to make the loops (circle). Also proof of the fact that hanging rope had been tampered with during the cell phone ringing when examining Kano is evident between the change in position of the knot on hanging portion of the "noose" from page 5 frame 3 and page 7 frame 1 of File 915. The position of the knot in the first frame is located on the more inward (downward or dorsal if your looking at Kano from his supine position) part of the rope in comparison to the latter position when it is more upwardly. The angle on the latter position is a bit obscured but as you can see the more inward part of the rope clearly goes under the top half (which now has the knot). Okay now on to the part I really want to post. How Akiyama managed to change the rope to frame Yamato is simple because the ropes are not actually tied. During the distraction he grabbed the lower portion of the upper rope (the one that was looped on to the light fixture) and pulled it through over Kano's neck. Then he grabbed both parts of the lower rope and lifted them out from under the chin and pulled them underneath the first moved rope a bit. He then grabbed the uppermost part of the top rope and then pulled it underneath the just moved portion of lower rope. He put this part under the victim's neck, along with the other side of the circular rope. Lastly he pulled the previously lower rope on one end to make it look like the initial top rope. Sorry for the long explanation of a simple trick, took me a bit because I don't actually have any ropes in my apartment except for iPod cords. And they like to curl in on themselves, make it bit difficult to do the trick. Takes me about 15 sec to do it with them, and with real ropes that don't coil, I don't doubt that capability of Akiyama doing this in less time along with everyone being distracted. As for why he did this, other than being the culprit to add someone with possible motive to the potential suspect pool, I don't know. However if he is really the suspect then this is no coincidence along with his too "perfect" death and situation of being unable to retrieve his "body". What better way to make everyone think you're dead if they see you die? However if he really is dead, I suspect that this case actually has two murderers/culprits. With him being an accomplice and one of the three being the true mastermind of it all. Also from what I have seen, everyone initially starts off with a flip phone if they are a police officer (except Kano with you see him with before he dies). However as stated Akiyama opens up his phone at 5:32 PM. And baring the position of the lens on each phone, I REALLY do think that both of them are the same phone (Akiyama picking it up at the crime scene). Just my big 2 cents.