CLUES
And the last step to finding out the moles identity, the huge amounts of clues there were in the chapters. How many did you spot? More importantly, how many did you work out? Let's find out…
And enjoy the little epilogue as well. It's a bit sweet, but hey, what else did you expect from me? I like the mushy stuff!!!
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Chromus: Even before the story started, the mole's identity had been given a chance to be brought to light.
(The girl turns to the screen and removes her sunglasses…)
????: This is…your first clue.
Chromus: Yukino wasn't joking. The sunglasses were a reference to the only character who had worn them…Yolei, in the Digimon Movie.
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Chromus: The title of each chapter had a meaning to it as well. Each title had been an anime song, e.g. Catch You, Catch Me (CCS), Into The Dream (Kare Kano). However, the clue was the 'Anime Toon World card' in the first challenge, a reference to Kikoku INUOE'S album, 'AnimeToonz', a collection of REMIX songs from famous animes (hence the title, Animole: The Remix, another vital clue)
The exceptions were the crossover with AS5, where the title 'Moon Revenge' was a clue to what Yolei was planning…and in the last chapter, 'I Know' which is a reference to the character 'I-No' from Guilty Gear X2, who is played by…Kikoku Inuoe.
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Chromus: In Pokemole, the first word of each beginning said by the host (Professor Elm in this case) gave the mole's identity.
The…first…words…reveal…the…mole…is…Todd.
Chromus: This time, however, the first two words were needed…except for the final two chapters.
CHAPTER 1: This is…
CHAOTER 2: Not the..
CHAPTER 3: Same old…
CHAPTER 4: Story of…
CHAPTER 5: The last…
CHAPTER 6: Pokemole as…
CHAPTER 7: This time…
CHAPTER 8: The first…
CHAPTER 9: Words as…
CHAPTER 10: Well as…
CHAPTER 11: The first…
CHAPTER 12: Six letters…
This is not the same old story of the last Pokemole, as this time the first words as well as the first six letters…
Chromus: The six letters then came…
CHAPTER 13: May Include
CHAPTER 14: Your Answer
CHAPTER 15: Kind Ones.
Chromus: The six letters reveal MIYAKO, the Japanese name of our mole.
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CHAPTER 1
Chromus: In the soccer challenge, Yolei was chosen to be Turkey. In the World Cup, Turkey finished 3rd. This is a reference to the number of people who would get to the final, the final three. Yolei's number of 3 was a reference to the fact that she was guaranteed a spot in the final three…because she was the mole.
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Chromus: In each episode where a clue was announced, someone would use the word 'Bingo!' For example…
EPISODE 3
Yolei: The name…and if it isn't the digidestined then…
Joey: Bingo!
EPISODE 6
Yolei: Basically, you have no idea either…
Jayson: Bingo.
EPISODE 9
Akari: Ken, do you think you're being…um…
Duplica: Paranoid?
Akari: That will do.
Yolei: Bingo.
(In Episode 12 however, there was more than one…)
Chiriko: (sigh) I couldn't forget it considering how many times Kris was screaming it crying out…but the answer is Gyubei.
Yukino: Bingo!
Duplica: (chuckles) Oh, you mean Peropero?
Yukino: Bingo, you live.
Rika: I believe it's that piano girl we saw the other day…I believe her name was Misao Amano.
Yukino: Bingo! You're good on the money Rika-chan.
(Yukino plays the tape, and whilst Haley does stall a while at the bill, he does eventually cough up the money.)
Yukino: Bingo!
Urd: Shot in the dark?
Yolei: Bingo!
Chromus: The word is a reference to the mole, as it is Miyako's (Yolei's) catchphrase and also a reference to her song, 'Crash Du Bingo!'. Notice that only Yolei and Yukino say it as well.
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SPECIAL CLUE:
In the Cluedo Challenge, I said if anyone got it right, they could either have some free answers OR a clue. One person did choose the clue and this was it.
'The mole is also the runner up.'
This reference refers to the next episode…
EPISODE 6
Chromus: Yolei in the cosplay challenge dressed as Pokemon's Casey. For the clue, this is a reference to Pokemole. Casey was in fact the runner-up of the original Pokemole…hence the clue, 'The mole is also the runner up' as Yolei dressed as her.
However, for those who didn't have the clue, it was also a reference to the final episode, where they went to two baseball stadiums, another reference to Miss Clemens, who Yolei cosplayed as.
Chromus: Along with the link clue came some words.
Cosplay, Flattery, Fishy, Moley'
Cosplay – The link to Casey
Flattery – Imitation is the SINCERE form of flattery.
Fishy – Koi, is one of many variations for the word 'LOVE'.
Chromus: Sincerity and Love, what Yolei's crests represent.
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EPISODE 7
Chromus: Two big clues in this episode, and this is where I believe our winner of the quiz at home won the game.
Chromus: The first clue was in the Trailmon game, when the five guests came in. Notice at the end of the challenge, we reveal where they came from.
(Quick shot of the mag, Newtype USA April 2003, and the feature, the top 100 heroines from 2002, Number 5 is Mahoro, 9 is Mihiru, 12 is Teletha, 15 is Milfeulle and 25 is Valkyrie…)
Chromus: Those numbers were vital clues. Change them into order of letters of the alphabet and you get…)
5 = E
9 = I
13 = L
15 = O
25 = Y
Chromus: The letters rearranged spell out the name of our mole. Y…O…L…E…I.
(But that's not all…)
Duplica: Trust the mole to put something in the ground…
Chromus: She was right, trust a mole to put something in the ground…
Duplica: We need to dig!
(Akari has finally found the place, a kid had sat on where the X was, which was labelled, bad luck or good coincidence?)
Akari: (digging) I…hate…moles…
(Akari manages to retrieve the final pictures, Evangelion's Asuka and Christian as Akari begins to head back…)
Chromus: The ground area hid the mole clue as Asuka and Christan…or should I say Asuka's dub actress 'Tiffany Grant' and Christian was the clue. Tiffany and Christian put together = Tiffani Christian, Yolei's dub voice actress.
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EPISODE 9
Chromus: Another link clue (which will be explained at the end…) and like the last one, a cryptic message.
'The Mole knows all reality. The Mole is flying high. The Mole is…'
Chromus: The mole is 'Flying High', another one of Miyako's (Yolei's) Japanese songs. The mole knows all reality is a reference to the various other excellent reality shows crossovers we've seen over the years. The first one was in this episode when Yolei quotes to Chiriko…
Yolei: Dammit, you're just too cute!
Chromus: A line straight out of Azumanga Daioh, only seen in Arpulver's Animazing Race. Later, Yolei would delve in much easier ones.
(Episode 11)
Yolei refers to Chiriko as GTC… a la Onizuka, from Anime Survivor 5.
Also, Shinji, Mimi and Yolei 'reunite' after they won Pokeball Run.
(Episode 12)
Yolei TWICE quotes from Battle Athletes, including the karaoke song.
Yolei quotes from Animazing Race when Chiriko gets Kris, and Yukino and Yolei double act with the 'deepest sympathies' line that Takato/Henry give to Anna during the Nadesico leg.
Final one, going way back, Yolei throws water over Duplica, copying a moment from the very first Roomies: Girls Edition.
Chromus: Also in Episode 12, Yolei quotes from Chromus' next fic, the catchphrase of the Murder Game.
Chiriko: Yes…so we suspect everyone…
Yolei: (chuckles) …and trust no-one.
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EPISODE 13
Chromus: In Episode 12, Yukino threatened this…
Yukino: Yolei, she's all yours!
Yolei: Ooh la la! The digidestined of love with the country of love's representative.
Yukino: Shut up or I get Kirika for you!
Chromus: And what happens this episode?
Minnie May: Oh suck it up girl!
Yolei: Just because you're a bomb blaster doesn't mean I am! Besides, I don't see anybody doing anything bet…
(A gunshot scares both girls from the helicopter front. It was a paintball shot, but you wouldn't have been able to tell by the stone face of Kirika Yuumura (Noir) who is piloting it.)
Minnie May: I've just wet myself.
Yolei: Oh great…as if I wasn't nervous enough.
Chromus: Notice that Kirika only shows her face to one person…the mole.
(And that's not all…)
Yukino: Yes Yolei. That's it. And unless the mole is actually artificial intelligence…I doubt even he or she can do too much with this…
Chromus: Another term for artifical intelligence? A.I. Ai = love, a mark of the mole.
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EPISODE 14
Chromus: By now, the game was pretty much over, but we added one more clue, from Nakago none the less…
Nakago: So, we've all come out to play. I guess now I'll clue you in. I'll fight you on my own level! COME ON!
Chromus: Nakago indeed clued them in. The quote he gives is from M.Bison in the Street Fighter anime movie. And the voice of Bison is also the same voice as Devimon…and the narrator for Season 2 of Digimon…the moles show.
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Chromus: So all those clues may have been tricky, but we did bring in 4 direct clues for people to work out the mole's identity, the four link clues.
(Every 3rd episode, we gave the contestants (and you at home reading) a clue.)
Episode 3: Green
Episode 6: A picture of a star lit night sky
Episode 9: A picture of Sailor Moon's Haruka and Michiru with their respective weapons, with Haruka's sabre circled.
Episode 12: A card of a Chinese woman with the word 'VOICE' underneath.
Chromus: Now, I'm sure lots of people are wondering how the heck the clues lead to Yolei, when the sword and the card suggest Rika. Well, that's the problem. One clue may suggest Rika…but it was said you needed to LINK all 4 clues together to get to the moles identity.
(And indeed you did. The fact that the sabre was circled should have led you to believe that one thing in each clue was important. The first clue, Green, started you off…literally. Combined the four main things of each clue…and you get this…
Clue 1: GREEN
Clue 2: The NIGHT
Clue 3: SABRE
Clue 4: VOICE
You get this sentence.
GREEN NIGHT SABRE VOICE
Chromus: Indeed, if you did link them all together, you got that sentence. It refers to the Green Night Sabre from Bubblegum Crisis 2040, and her voice seiyuu is…you guessed it…Rio Natsuki, the voice of both Akari and Miyako (Yolei) in Animole. Fortunately, Akari didn't make it to the end…so the clues did link together and lead you to the mole…
…Miss Yolei Inuoe.
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EPILOGUE
(We are back at the Oden Restaurant, and 15 contestants (Shampoo has been forced back thanks to the goddesses) look on, enjoying some good oden, and watching the sabotages and clues…)
Giselle: I can't believe it! I had you pegged after episode 2 as well…
Yolei: Serves you right for picking on Chi-chan…
Cody: So, we're friends with a mole now Ken?
Ken: Yep…oh well, there was always something we could never trust about her.
Yolei: Guys…
Naoko: No, she played an excellent game, beating us all except for Rika, who played an even better game.
Chiharu: Rika-chan, we expected you to get all the top marks in our tests from now on!
Rika: (blushing) Everyone…I was lucky.
Haitani: (shakes his head) I don't think so Rika-chan. I have a friend who is lucky…but that's mainly in his immortality. When it comes to tests, it's hard work, skills and smarts, and you showed all of those things by winning.
Haley: Yes, you were the best player at the end Rika, and I'm glad that you won if I didn't.
Akari: I think the three of you played a wonderful game to get to the end, there is no shame in coming second Haley!
Duplica: Easy for you to say, you're used to getting first!
(As the team laugh, some of the guys are having a word with Chiriko…)
Kensuke: So, you going to do it?
Chiriko: It's my only chance isn't it?
Touji: Trust me friend, knowing what it's like to be in love, the fact that you can lose it all can be the worst feeling in the world. And considering…
Chiriko: (sadly) I know.
Shirai: I don't know what really happened considering how early I went, but what I do know, is that if there is an opportunity, take it.
Chiriko: (nodding) Thank you.
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(Finally, Yukino tinks her glass to get everyone's attention…)
Yukino: Well, it was great that most of us got together for this final outing, but I believe there is some business to take care of.
(Yukino holds out a cheque, worth £141,700, addressed to one Miss. Rika Sasaki.)
Yukino: Remember to exchange it Rika, and well done!
(Yukino hands Rika the cheque, as a big round of applause around the table from all the contestants, Skuld, Urd and Yukino congratulate the winner. Rika is all smiles and bows to the team in mutual respect.)
Yukino: Well, my friends, that is it. I'd like to thank you all for coming here, and a special mention to Yolei Inuoe, who was a fantastic mole in the series…and so to end it…(smiles)…I have a challenge for you.
(Groans and chuckles)
Yukino: (holds up a glass) I propose a toast, to all of you who took part, to Haley, who came so close, to Rika, our winner, and to Yolei, our mole.
All: Kampai!
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Skuld: Is it time for them to go?
Urd: I guess…but let's let them have a few moments shall we…
(The two goddesses nod as in the back ground, the end theme to 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' plays..)
If the sky opened up for me
And the mountains disappeared
If the seas run dry, turn to dust
And the sun refused to rise,
I would still…find my way
By the light, I see in your eyes
The world I know, fades away
But you stay…
VOCAL CHORUS
In the light that we have shared…before time.
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If the years take away
Every memory that I have
I would still…find the way
That would lead me back to your side
The north star…may die
But your love…that I see…
In your eyes, will burn there always
By the love we have shared before time…
VOCAL CHORUS 2
One shining light will still remain…
Just a light that we have made before time…
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(Various shots of people leaving, saying goodbye, etc. Let's take a look at some of them shall we?)
Kensuke: I guess we'll never be able to go to a convention together right?
Naoko: I guess…but it was fun whilst it lasted.
Kensuke: Sure…partner.
Naoko: (shakes her head) Nope…friend.
(Kensuke and Naoko shakes hands…eventually Kensuke pulls her into a hug, nothing perverted don't worry, Naoko does feel a bit uncomfortable, but accepts it…)
Chiharu: Ah well. I guess Yamazaki didn't teach me enough…
Touji: Don't worry, there's plenty more for us to learn.
Chiharu: True. Good luck Mr. Touji!
Touji: (chuckles) I seem that old with these limbs huh?
(Elsewhere…)
Duplica: You heading back to your time now?
Akari: Yes…(near tears)…I wish not so soon but…
Duplica: Hey, we got to see each other again…(sadly)…although this is the last time I guarantee…
Akari: B..but…
(Duplica puts a finger in a 'shushing' motion)
Duplica: Hey…as long as they know each other in our hearts, we'll always be here for each other…
(Duplica takes something from her pocket and gives it to Akari, it's a ditto pendant, made of crystal)
Akari: Ditzy-chan?
Duplica: Keep it…close to your heart.
(Akari's tears now come and hugs her little sister. Duplica is also crying as they vacate…)
Haley: I guess I can apologise to you now fully now Ken. I'm sorry for taking Yolei's time, but you know that it wasn't because of…
Ken: No, it's my fault. I was so jealous and I didn't even know why. When you introduced yourself you told us about everything, and I never thought that far back. I just like to say sorry as well.
Haley: (smiles) Apology accepted…
(Ken and Haley shake hands. Yolei then hugs Haley)
Yolei: Good luck to you.
Haley: (crying slightly) Thank you.
(Yolei breaks up and then puts an arm around Cody and Ken…)
Yolei: So, feel like getting back home and telling Kari that I'm a mole?
Cody: Yeah…let's see you DNA digivolve now…
(The three chuckle as Haley turns to go…leaving just one duo we need to see…)
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Rika: So…it's goodbye?
(Shot of Rika and Chiriko on the hills. Behind them, Skuld seems to want to try and get them to leave, but Urd is stopping her with a smile on her face.)
Chiriko: Yes…I know it's goodbye…but I don't want it to be like that…
Rika: I…feel the same.
(The two are quiet for a moment. Chiriko feels Rika slide closer…)
Rika: I wish it wasn't…
Chiriko: Rika…we are from two different times, and two different worlds. But…I'll never forget the experiences and life you showed me. I love you now…and I still will when I get back.
(Chiriko takes out his leaf whistle and puts it in Rika's hand.)
Chiriko: There…play the melody within and our hearts will be there.
(Rika smiles, tears now flowing but hugs Chiriko. They don't let go for a while and when they do, they are in each others eyes…)
Rika: Wo?
Chiriko: (nods) Yes. Wo ai ni.
(The two kiss. It's a long peck but both of them are in tears doing it. After what seems like an eternity, the two break up as Urd and Skuld go towards them.)
Urd: I'm sorry…
(Chiriko nods as he stands up. He holds Rika's hand to the last moment before Urd transports Chiriko back to the past…but not without a parting 'Wo ai ni…')
(Shot of Rika staring out to the sun, holding two things, a leaf whistle and a cheque.)
Chiharu: Rika-chan, we're going!
Rika: Hai…I'll be with you in a minute.
(Final shot of Rika staring to the sun, looking at her two prizes…)
Rika: (looking at the cheque) I won the game…
(Looks at the whistle)
Rika: …but lost something else.
(Rika wipes away her last tears, and with a bright smile, runs towards Chiharu and Naoko, as the shot of her running stops in freeze frame.)
(The game…is over.)
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And there we have it! Congratulations to Rika Sasaki, the winner of Animole, commiserations to Haley Mabiki, the runner-up…and a big round of applause to Yolei Inuoe, Chromus' mole.
Rika's victory makes it two in a row for CCS, after their win in Animazing Race (Meiling and Syaoran). Considering CCS performances in AS3 (Sakura winning) as well as Roomies (Sakura final 4 and Madison/Tomoyo very close), it shouldn't really surprise that a CCS character wins…or of course, could have been the mole.
As I said, the choice was between three people when I started it, Naoko, Akari and Yolei (Yes, I did not once consider Chiriko, Duplica or Rika as a mole). It pretty much was certain on Akari…but I felt eventually that Yolei had better mole characteristics. So in the end, Digimon won through and we have our second mole.
Second…but not last. Look out in the next few weeks for the cast list of Animole 2, although it will be a long way away before it gets started on. I've already decided on the cast to be down to 12 people, 8 from shows decided on my latest poll, 2 from shows already used (hint: Fushigi Yuugi and Battle Athletes, as Akari and Chiriko were the most popular) and 2 from shows which haven't been used AT ALL.
Chriko/Rika came as an idea as I went through the list of characters. I realised that out of the whole bunch, these two youngsters were probably the most mature (except for Haley, but he wasn't my original pick, see below), and Chiriko is SO underrated (even more so than Rika) that I really wanted something for him. Rika seemed the obvious choice, so there are 3 years difference? Compared to Rika's OTHER boyfriend, that's pennies.
As for my original 16, they're were changes. Haley was not an original pick, in fact, it was Seiya Uribitake who would have been the Nadesico rep. However, that stopped when he was in AS5. The only other really good male option would have been Jun Aoi, but then I saw the movie. Haley-kun was perfect.
Now, what we are all waiting for…the winner of the quiz. The top three are as follows;
3rd place is going to be kicking himself (as will 2nd, but for a different reason), because he had the mole locked on early on and got himself lots of points from his 3 highest in the first 7 quizzes. He started well on quiz 8…but then changed his mind from Yolei to Rika for the rest of the game. A costly mistake, as he would have surely been first than third. Still, 3rd place, with 51.5 points, is Fetch!
2nd place will also not be happy…but that's because of computer problems. Scoring constantly but unfortunately because of comp problems, the last few quizzes couldn't be done, but still scored enough to get this high, with 54 points is The Missing Link!
And the winner…
At first, this person seemed out of it, thinking the mole was Naoko. However, episode 7, this person changed their mind and stuck with our mole. With massive scores in the second half of the series (including a perfect 20 on the final quiz), the runaway winner with 80 points, is Waitoharu/Nakigo Porygon!
So congats! You win a choice of £50 equipment of DVDs, mangas and CD's, depending on your wishes. I'll be sending details ASAP.
But that's it…for the time being, expect a final chapter with my choices for Animole 2 coming soon though…
But it's fun! And until next time, and look for my next fic, The Murder Game, beginning soon!
Ja!
Chromus.