The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story combines murder mystery gameplay with live-action sequences to offer an interesting tale that you can lose yourself in just as easily as the latest Netflix drama. Players step into the role of mystery writer Haruka Kagami as she investigates the Shijima family and unearths a series of murders that have taken place in the last 100 years.

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There's a bigger mystery at play here — the Tokijiku, a fabled fruit linked to the Shijima family that is said to grant anyone who consumes it eternal youth. As you get ready to get your sleuthing skills in gear and solve a string of murders, there are a few things we'd love to share that might just help you out.

You Don't Need To React To Clues During Incident Phases

The Centennial Case - A Shijima Story Setsu recieving the key to the storage room

Throughout the Incident Phases — that's when all the drama happens — you'll see clues popping up on the screen that you can react to. Don't worry about missing any of these, as all the clues will be available in the Reasoning Phase regardless of whether you reacted to the prompt or not. We recommend doing it at least once to nab the related trophy/achievement, though.

Other Than Solution Phases, Your Choices Don't Matter

The Centennial Case - A Shijima Story Haruka answering a question

The only choices that really matter are when you are explaining how the crime occurred and accusing the murderer in the Solution Phase. Any questions during the Incident Phase and any past confirming the killer's identity have no impact on the storyline whatsoever. You might get slightly different dialogue, but your choices do not matter.

You Can Rewind And Fast-Forward

The Centennial Case - A Shijima Story rewinding the scene being played out

Did you just miss an important conversation? Don't worry, you can rewind it to watch it back. While you can't fast-forward through any scenes you have yet to watch, you can fast-forward anything you have already seen, regardless of whether it was on a different save file.

So, if for some reason you want to replay a section and start up a new save file, or reload an older save, you can fast-forward through as much as you like to skip to the good bits. If you choose a different answer during a conversation than what you chose before, you won't be able to skip what immediately follows, as the dialogue is slightly different and so counts as something unseen.

You Can Pair Clues To Mysteries By Matching The Patterns

The Centennial Case- A Shijima Story matching clues to mystery tiles

If you find yourself struggling to match the hexagonal clue tiles to the red mystery tiles in the Reasoning Phase to create hypotheses, there's a very simple solution.

The mystery tile will have a different pattern on each side requiring a clue — simply search through the clues to find the matching pattern, as shown above. For clue tiles that border another clue tile instead of the mystery tile, they will match with the side of the clue tile it sits next to, meaning you'll sometimes see a clue tile with more than one patterned edge.

You don't need to complete every set of mystery tiles in these sequences, as soon as you have created enough hypotheses, the purple 'Reasoning' tile will appear and you can move on to the next phase.

Don't Worry About The Summary

The Centennial Case - A Shijima Story the Summary menu

After the Reasoning Phase, you'll be thrown into the Summary, where you answer questions using your hypotheses to try and work out which is the correct answer. This section largely doesn't matter, though you'll be forced to work through at least one set of summary questions before you can choose to 'Finish Reasoning' and move on.

If you want to work through some other summary questions by choosing "Redo Summary", you can, but it doesn't make any difference to the gameplay or plot.

You Can Make Mistakes When Identifying The Killer

The Centennial Case - A Shijima Story score card at the end of a murder mystery

It's not the worst thing in the world if you make a mistake during the scenes where you accuse the killer. You have the choice of taking a hint or returning to the Reasoning Phase, but don't worry, you don't have to redo it all.

The Reasoning Phase is still as you left it, so you can just choose the purple 'Reasoning' tile again, and choose to skip the summary. It will even take you immediately back to the question you answered incorrectly.

One thing to note is that you will be marked down on the end score for making a mistake during these scenes, so if that bothers you, save before you choose to complete the purple 'Reasoning' tile each time.

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