Red Chat Ritual Tsumimi Time: Walkthrough Guide

Unlock Endings 4, 6, 7, 8, and 404 in Tsumimi Time and collect the evidence you need to clear each of its 15 days.

Red Chat Ritual Tsumimi Time: Walkthrough Guide


Introduction

  • Endings 6 and 7 don’t happen right away. Finish the stream and go to sleep. The ending plays when you wake up.
  • Keywords are in bold. Under a keyword or fan site post, Link is the text you click and Evidence is what it gives you. When both have the same text, it appears once.
  • A chat option with nothing listed under it has no real effect.

SNS Keywords

Keywords with nothing listed under them give no evidence.

Chapter 1

  • Mashiro’s disappearance
    • Link: Mashiro’s gone missing
    • Evidence: Mashiro Tsukioka
  • Mysterious triangle mark
    • Link and evidence: Mitsugiri Faith
  • 1 hour by bus
    • Link and evidence: Kanto coast bus line
  • Rebirth Ritual
  • Bloodstains in prayer room
  • 3 hour trip
    • Link: Tsumimi doesn’t have a license
    • Evidence: 3 hours away (distance)
  • Hexagonal abandoned tunnel
    • Link: several locations like it within ST Prefecture
    • Evidence: Hexagonal tunnel
  • Trash in culprit’s hideout
    • Link: that’s a trace of that man
    • Evidence: Traces of that man
  • Sai TV
    • Link and evidence: ST Prefecture

Chapter 2

  • Most popular member of Cotton Candy Chainsaw
  • Best dancer of Cotton Candy Chainsaw
  • Best singer of Cotton Candy Chainsaw
  • Is Mashiro alive?
    • Link: no, she’s dead
    • Evidence: Mashiro’s survival
  • Creepy Mannequin
    • Link: a mannequin made to look like someone
    • Evidence: Mannequin’s familiar looks
  • Mannequin’s legs
    • Link: from an animal
    • Evidence: Mannequin with animal legs
  • Eye graffiti
    • Link and evidence: Eye graffiti on the walls
  • Chainsaw-patterned fingernail
    • Link: hinanon’s still missing
    • Evidence: Hinanon missing
  • Pretty-type
    • Link: a pretty-looking minor
    • Evidence: Pretty-type girl entrusted to police
  • Proof of Joy
    • Link: “Proof of Joy” and this religion are both creepy
    • Evidence: Religious text “Proof of Joy”
  • Culprit is a fast runner?
  • “Satisfy Mitsugiri”
  • Keiko
    • Link: Keiko went missing
    • Evidence: Keiko missing
  • Broadcast equipment
  • Fingerprints
  • Earring
    • Link: a birthday present
    • Evidence: Earring

Chapter 3

  • Kishiro Enoki, Yosuke Eguchi, Yuko Oshima
    • Link: names on the list
    • Evidence: List of church affiliates
  • Preserved in formaldehyde
    • Link: what’s in the jars
    • Evidence: Parts preserved in formaldehyde
  • Parts election
    • Link: pasted-in photos
    • Evidence: Parts election
  • Offering ceremony
    • Link: contents of the offerings
    • Evidence: Parts of Other People’s Bodies
  • Mass Manifestation Ritual
    • Link: 65 martyrs
    • Evidence: Manifestation Ritual
  • Video’s reflection
    • Link: person in the reflection
    • Evidence: Tsumimi
  • Link to video site
    • Link: missing submitter
    • Evidence: Video site submitter
  • Realistic
    • Link: a real scream
    • Evidence: Victim of the Anguished Scream
  • Chloroform
    • Link: jars on the medicine shelf
    • Evidence: Chloroform

Map Search Keywords

Here too, a keyword with nothing under it gives no evidence.

Chapter 1

  • Tsumimi’s agency
    • Link and evidence: Cotton Candy Chainsaw’s agency
  • Where Mashiro was last spotted
    • Link and evidence: TK Metropolitan SNJK District NSNJK-X-XX
  • Old tunnel
    • Link and evidence: Flowering Tunnel

Chapter 2

  • Stigmatized Property: Karaoke
  • Endangered Species
    • Link: Currently releasing them into the wild as a Rebirth Project
    • Evidence: Golden eagle rebirth project
  • Missing candy

Chapter 3

  • Rebirth Village
    • Link: Rebirth Village Project
    • Evidence: Village’s rebirth
  • Coal mine
    • Link: Long, round tunnel
    • Evidence: Remnants of Kurotani coal mine

Day 1

You start with Mashiro’s disappearance already unlocked.

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
    • Link: Tsumimi is going independent
    • Evidence: Tsumimi Konse
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Is that…Mashiro’s room? ($1500)
  • Automatic
    • Tsumimi’s agency
    • Where Mashiro was last spotted

Day 2

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link: The Village run by a cult
    • Evidence: Religious village in mountains of Kanto

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • I’m so glad she’s alive ($5000)
    • My love must’ve reached her ($2000)
      • Triggers Ending 6
    • Skip
  • Chat 2
    • Are you eating a balanced diet? ($2000)
    • How will you receive the stuff on your wishlist? ($1000)
    • Skip
  • Automatic
    • Mysterious triangle mark

Day 3

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
    • Link and evidence: Losers
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Let’s follow the footprints ($5000)
    • Let’s stop following the footprints ($3000)
      • 1 hour by bus
    • Let me smell your feet ($1000)
    • Skip
  • Chat 2
    • Think happy thoughts ($3000)
    • Try counting primes ($2000)
    • Eat some sweets ($1000)
    • Skip
  • Automatic
    • Rebirth Ritual

Day 4

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link and evidence: Shikabu Line

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Be careful! Is there anything you can use as a weapon? ($3000)
      • Bloodstains in prayer room
    • Let me help! Where exactly are you? ($2000)
      • 3 hour trip
    • That dead animal. You really touched it. What happened to being an idol? ($2000)
      • Triggers Ending 6
    • Skip
  • Chat 2
    • Can you hide under a chair? ($2000)
    • Steel yourself and get the drop on him! ($5000)
    • Skip
  • Automatic: none

Day 5

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link and evidence: A Grotesque Deviant

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • They make tunnels shaped like that? ($1000)
      • Hexagonal abandoned tunnel
    • Wouldn’t the building have burned down too? ($3000)
      • Old tunnel
    • It’s too dangerous to keep going. Call the police. ($5000)
      • Triggers Ending 6
    • Skip
  • Automatic: none

Day 6

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link and evidence: Uniquely Shaped Tunnels

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • That newspaper, when’s it from? ($5000)
    • Show us the newspaper ($3000)
      • Sai TV
    • Aren’t those your favorite snacks? ($1000)
    • Skip
      • Trash in culprit’s hideout
  • Chat 2
    • Go for the altar. ($5000)
    • Go for the confessional. ($3000)
    • Go for the storeroom. ($1000)
    • Skip
  • Automatic: none

Chapter 1 Solution

The deduction prompt in the game reads:

A ghost town where a X is,
accessible via X.
It is a place X.
One must go through a distinctive X on the way.
The newspaper in the chapel implies it must be in X!

Fill the blanks in this order:

  • Blank 1: Tsumimi Konse
  • Blank 2: Shikabu Line
  • Blank 3: 3 hours away (distance)
  • Blank 4: Hexagonal tunnel or Flowering Tunnel
  • Blank 5: ST Prefecture

A wrong answer leads to Ending 8.


Day 7

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
    • Link: he got fired
    • Evidence: Former staff for Cotton Candy Chainsaw
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Which of you is more popular? ($2000)
      • Most popular member of Cotton Candy Chainsaw
    • Which of you is better at dancing? ($2000)
      • Best dancer of Cotton Candy Chainsaw
    • Which of you is better at singing? ($2000)
      • Best singer of Cotton Candy Chainsaw
    • Skip
  • Chat 2
    • She’s alive. ($2000)
    • She’s dead. ($2000)
    • Skip
  • Automatic
    • Stigmatized Property: Karaoke
    • Is Mashiro alive?

Day 8

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
    • Link: a whole year of their concerts
    • Evidence: Cotton Candy Chainsaw’s 1st Anniversary Concert
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Look closer at the mannequin ($5000)
      • Mannequin’s legs
    • Look at the wall graffiti. ($1000)
      • Eye graffiti
    • Check the floor ($3000)
    • Skip
  • Automatic
    • Creepy Mannequin

Day 9

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
    • Link and evidence: Mashiro changing
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Show us just her hand. ($1000)
      • Chainsaw-patterned fingernail
    • Show us just her face. ($3000)
      • Pretty-type
    • Show us her body. ($5000)
      • Triggers Ending 6
    • Skip
  • Automatic: none

Day 10

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link: abducted a girl to that abandoned village
    • Evidence: Abducted to abandoned village

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • You can do it! ($3000)
    • Just hide! ($1000)
    • I’m calling the cops. ($5000)
      • Triggers Ending 7
    • Skip
  • Chat 2
    • Investigate it. ($3000)
      • Proof of Joy
    • Look for his footprints. ($5000)
      • Culprit is a fast runner?
    • Get back to the chapel. ($1000)
      • Endangered Species
    • Skip
  • Automatic
    • “Satisfy Mitsugiri”

Day 11

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link: create his ideal
    • Evidence: Believers who obtained ideal form

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Play it again. ($5000)
      • Keiko
    • Search the studio. ($3000)
      • Broadcast equipment
    • Any fingerprints on the tape? ($1000)
      • Fingerprints
    • Skip
  • Chat 2
    • It’s sleeping right next to me. ($1000)
    • Under the desk. ($2000)
      • Missing candy
    • Under the shelf. ($5000)
      • Earring
    • Skip
  • Automatic: none

Chapter 2 Solution

The deduction prompt in the game reads:

In accordance with the X, the culprit
kidnaps Losers to use as sacrifices so
they can become like the X. Moreover,
both the X, and the X
imply X.

Fill the blanks in this order:

  • Blank 1: Pretty-type girl entrusted to police
  • Blank 2: Believers who obtained ideal form
  • Blank 3: Earring
  • Blank 4: Mannequin’s familiar looks
  • Blank 5: Mashiro’s survival

Day 12

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
    • Link: her father’s faith
    • Evidence: Fanatical father
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Learn about its history ($3000)
      • Mass Manifestation Ritual
    • Check out the model ($1000)
      • Coal mine
    • Check the list of names ($5000)
      • Kishiro Enoki, Yosuke Eguchi, Yuko Oshima
  • Chat 2
    • Tidy up the formalin specimens ($5000)
      • Preserved in formaldehyde
    • Read more of the books ($3000)
      • Offering ceremony
    • Skip
  • Chat 3
    • Show us more of the contents ($3000)
      • Parts election
    • Read it out loud ($1000)
    • Doesn’t that look like your handwriting? ($5000)
      • Triggers Ending 6
    • Skip
  • Automatic
    • Rebirth Village

Day 13

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link: request for scary videos
    • Evidence: Cursed video

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • Check inside the house. ($3000)
    • It could be HIM. ($2000)
    • Paint eyes all over yourself too. ($1000)
    • Skip
  • Chat 2
    • Play it again. ($5000)
      • Video’s reflection
    • Tell us who sent that. ($3000)
      • Link to video site
    • Play just the voice. ($1000)
      • Realistic (needs the Chapter 3 gift Crystal Radio)
    • Skip
  • Automatic: none

Day 14

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link: someone else involved in the filming
    • Evidence: Basement collaborator

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • but why? ($1000)
    • Was it really all an act? ($1000)
    • I knew from the start ($2000)
    • Skip
  • Chat 2
    • What are those drugs? ($3000)
      • Chloroform
    • Show us what’s on the shelf ($5000)
    • Show us what’s scattered about. ($1000)
    • Skip
  • Automatic: none

Day 15

Fan Site

  • Cotton Candy Chainsaw Hiatus Announcement
  • Regarding Tsumimi’s Future Activities
    • Link: her mother’s faith
    • Evidence: Fanatical mother

Stream

  • Chat 1
    • How can you do something so horrible?
  • Chat 2
    • About the mannequins ($2000)
    • About the man. ($2000)
    • About the parts election. ($2000)
    • Skip
  • Automatic: none

Endings

Endings 6, 7, and 8 come from the choices and deductions above. This section covers Ending 4 and Ending 404.

Ending 4

It seems to trigger when your final deduction would lead to Ending 1, 2, 3, or 5 but one piece of evidence is wrong. One example set:

  • Victim of the Anguished Scream
  • Basement collaborator
  • Fanatical mother
  • Parts of Other People’s Bodies
  • Manifestation Ritual

Ending 404

This covers any result that doesn’t match one of the other final endings. Enter random evidence in the final deduction to get it.