It was a littletricky with somany people,

but I had a lot offun cosplaying

with everyone~!Same~

But still,the rumors

don't doAmane-senpaijustice!

Yeah...It seems like

her mob'sgrown sincethe summerconvention

Yes...It must bedue to howpopular this

character is...

Well,that'strue,too...

Buthonestly,it's cuz

you're soperfect!

We shouldjust getmarriedalready!

Okay, okay...I appreciate

the sentiment

Oh,we've

stoppedat thestation

Alright,this is

my stop

Bye-bye~!

Hm?Huh? Why

are yougetting offhere too?

C'mon...I'll visit myfamily fornew year's

at least

O-Oh,right

It's beena while

since I'vegone home

togetherwith Tooru

Normally,I would

be happyabout thissituation

But unfortunately,we're not alone...

Eyesfull ofpity...

It's really hard to lookKarasuma-kun in the eye...Since he knows everything,

it looks like he wants toask "Still pretending

to be a couple with yourlittle brother, huh?"

Let'sdothis

So Tooru~do you playany videogames?

Uh... notas much asI used to,

but every oncein a while,I guess...

I see~So whatkind of

games doyou play?

Hm?

Wait, couldit be...?

My big bro'sa pretty good

catch~!

Uwaaah!Even though

I told her she'sgot it allwrong!

Is this theso-called

"wingmanmaneuver"...!?

Oh wow,I guess

girlsjust

naturallyflock togood-

lookingmen

...Itold her

not to tryanything,

that idiot...

Ugh,this isall myfault...

Nothing's gonnahappen unlessyou just comeout and tellher how you

feel!

I alreadyknow that

much withoutyou telling

me...

Minato

Goodluck

in thenewyear!

Youtoo!

Ah ha haShe's definitely

not someoneto be trifled with

Your cosplaygot a lot of

complimentstoday, didn't it?

Peoplekept saying

it lookedjust likethe realthing!

Eh... Anycompliments

I got wereall thanks tohow skilled

Naka-san is~

I was moresurprised athow much

fun youseemed tobe having

Naka-san wasecstatic becauseshe thinks she's

found a newcosplayer

friend

...Uh, Imean, itwas fun,

but...

I feel like thingscould get dangerous

if I don't clear upthat misunderstanding

as soon as possible

What dowe have

here?

Hm?

It wouldappear thatthe two ofyou came

hometogether

Sorare!

Oh... that's becausewe just came here

straight from acircle meet-upYou two are

in the samecircle?

I justjoinedYeah, he only

joined becausewe needed more

people

Howis it?

Delicious!You've alwaysgotten alongeasily with

people~

You justneeded tofix your

antisocialattitude!

Alright,already

HappyNewYear!

HappyNewYear!

I hopeit's agoodone!

And justlike that,it's the

new year!

Oh

It's kindarare for

the kaichouto text me

Kaichou means club leader

We're notreally

doing anyfamily get-togethers

So I'mfree to

roll aroundin bed all

day~

Ehhh...He wantsto do the

first shrinevisit of the

year...?

This is an emergencyannouncement!Unless you have

something absolutelyunavoidable, youmust show up atShrine T at 6:00!

Well...it's not like

I haveanythingbetter to

do...

Huh? Areyou going

somewhere,too?

...I got a textfrom kaichou,so I'm headingto the shrine...

Eh? I didn'tthink youknew each

other'snumbers!

Whendid

you...?

We exchangednumbers at

the Christmasparty

I guess...he reallyliked thatBuddhastatue...

Even thoughTooru

doesn't havea lot friends...

He doesseem to

get alongwell withpeople...

Oh? Areyou twogoing

somewhere?

Yeah

Tothe

shrine

Together??

You twoare goingto do the

first shrinevisit of theyear with

each other?

We'remeetingup withthe restof ourcircle

Still,it's been along timesince youlast went

out to playtogether~

Fufufu

Alright,we'regoingnow~

Huh.

Hey, if you'renot careful,

kaichou mightcarve you into

a buddha statue,you know?

I guess we didplay together in

the park and stuffa lot when wewere little...

It feelskinda

nostalgicEhhehe

I havea goodfeelingabout

this yearHappyNew

Year~!

This is thefirst time thatthe circle has

gotten togetherin the newyear, huh?

You'reright~

Listen up,everyone!

We must all prayfor lots of newcircle membersthis year, so that

our circle is neverin danger of

dissolving again!

We only gotone new clubmember last

year!

So weneed

to prayin

earnest!

So it'sfinallycomedown

to askingthe godsfor help

Alright,everyone!

Altogethernow--!

Tooru'spopular, buthe doesn'treally haveany friendswe couldinvite...

And it's not likewe have any cool

activities sincewe're just anappreciation

circle, so there'snot much elsewe can do...

Let's really putour hearts into

praying for newmembers!

...Please letthis be theyear that

Kawanishi-kaichoufinally

graduates...

Wow, Ican reallyfeel yoursincerity!

Maybethe gods

will reallyhear our

prayers...!

Mediumluck

I gotgreat

luck~!

Great greatluck...?

Is that evena thing?

WoahWowza!That's evenbetter thangreat luck,you know-!

That'samazing!I've never

actually seenanybody getone before!

I wonderif somethinggood's goingto happen to

you this year!

Something...good...huh?

That remindsme, last yearI did the first

shrine visit withTooru as Mina...

So it'salreadybeen a

year sincethen...

There'sonly a few

monthsleft untilspring...

I wonderhow longI can staywith himlike this...

Oh, there'sa text onMina'sphone

FromTooru?

He alreadysent me a

"Happy NewYear" text just12 hours ago...so what could

this be?

It's truethat I'mgetting

closer tohim as his

sisterBut it's

still kindof lonelyafter all...

It's reallythe fact thatMina has totake college

entranceexams

that's theproblem...

I'll start seeingTooru less becausehe's trying not tointerfere with my

studies...

And we didn'treally makeany plans to

see each otherover the winter

break...

H-Hello?Eh

HappyNewYear

Oh, uhhappy

new yearto you,too~!

So youhaven'tgone onyour first

shrine visitof the year

yet?

If you're freetomorrow, I was

thinking we coulddo the first shrine

visit and prayfor you topass yourcollegeentranceexams

Yeah

I haven'tgone yet,so let's gotogether

We just went todayand Tooru's not

really a fan of crowds,so I don't really wanthim to push himself

to go two days in a row...

*Toblockthe

noise

*

In the end,I couldn't

say no

Hm

There's aanother textfor Mina.

FromTsukaguchi-

senpai?

Happy New Year!I'm thinking I'lltry a little harderthis year, so I'mcounting on you!

"Great great fortune"

Oh yeah, Iheard hegot the

"Great greatfortune"today...

Woah...

He's casuallyattached such

such anunbelievable

picture

"Try a littleharder" he says...

He wouldn'tbe referring to

looking for a job,would he...?

...Does this meanhe's thinking

about asking meout this year?I guess

this isthe first

cold sweatof the new

year...

Tooru's reallygood at smoothlytelling those kind

of white lies...

Like when youarrive late, but

he tells you thathe just got there,

too...

I think it wouldbe nice if all thelies I tell couldbe sweet lieslike Tooru's...

My firstheart-

warmingmomentof theyear

This is thefirst time in

my life that I'mdoing the first

shrine visittwo days in

a row...

I wanted to takethe chance to

pray for you toget into thecollege you

want

Eh he he~Thankyou!

Yesterday, Iwasted my wishon kaichou, but

this time I'llpray for Tooru!

Dear God,please...

Whenspring

comes...

AndI can'tbe by

hissideany-

more...

Makesure

that he'sable tokeep onsmiling

That soundsnice~!

Make sureyou have

tons of fun,okay~?

By the way,I'm going ona ski trip withmy circle at

the end of themonth

Oh,really?

So he isgoing...Well, I guess

it is a rarechance for

Tooru to hangout withfriends

So doyou even

knowhow to

ski?

Well... Idon't reallyhave a lot ofexperience...

Whataboutyou?

I wouldn'tsay I'm

amazing at it,but I can ski

Do youwant meto teach

you?

Itaught

mysisterhowReally?

Then I'lldefinitelytake you

up on that!

...JustthoughtI'd pointout that...

Hm?

So after we arrive at thestation, I'll get the keyand the manual fromthe cottage managerand then we'll board

the bus, right?

Lookslike we're

gonna haveto walk alittle waysfrom thebus stop

I canski too,

youknow!

Oh..uh,

okay

Calm down...Karasuma-kunand I are justsitting next to

each otherbecause we're

both organizers...

Ugh

We madeit~!

Look atall thatsnow~!

Yeah, Ican't reallysee much

else besidesthe snow...

I gotthe key~!

Let'sget on

thebus~!

Okay~

It doesn'texactly bode

well thatthe trip hasn'teven reallystarted yet

and it's alreadylike this...

Even so,at the very

least Ican whole-heartedlyenjoy theskiing!!

We

We'rehere...

This snowstorm's

definitelygettingworse

With theweather thisbad, I don't

think weshould go

skiing today~

Not justtoday,I think

tomorrow'sprobablyout of thequestion

too...

Ahhh...These...

These arevery dire

straitsindeed!

Wh-What'swrong,

Nakatsu-kun??

It might bea little too

early to saythis, but it'snot looking

so goodfor us, is it?...

It's the middle ofnowhere and they'velost all contact withthe outside world...!

Don't you see!?There's only one

thing that canhappen!

Huh?What?

A furious flurry ofsnow forces a

young group ofmen and women to

take shelter in amountaincottage...

Did youreally

need sucha big

panel...

Nakatsu-kun,why do you

look so happy?

A serial killerwill start

killing us offone by one

Background from right to left: A sudden murder..., a riddle left by the killer..., an unconfirmed alibi..., no one can be trusted...

Oh man, whatshould I do?

I have a feelingthat I'd probably

be one of thefirst to die~

Sooner orlater there'llbe no one

left~

I've heardthat mysterylovers often

get like this...Let's justhurry upand getinside

Next time onLiar x Liar!

An unbelievablemurder mystery

in a snowymountain cottage--

Could this be"The Case of the

Closed Circle"...!?