What a promising title for Chapter 3.. 
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Just finished the chapter.
Compared to the previous chapters, this one felt lessā¦delusional? Not sure how to word it, but Takakoās interactions with her surroundings feel more real, compared to the chapters from Sachikoās point of view.
I guess the above makes sense though, when Takakoās condition is memory loss, while Sachiko is having hallucinations.
The appearance of the diary is quite interesting. I wonder who sent that to Takako. Considering Takako knows the writing is from Sachikos perspective, but apparently not written by Sachiko, this gets quite mysterious indeed. Now after reading and thinking about it, even though it was addressed to Takako, I wonder if it was ever sent to her. They found it in the attic while cleaning up, soā¦was Takako trying to send it away and she actually wrote it and forgot about it?
Once again, trying to piece together Sanae in this chapter. Telling a story about people losing their personality while staying in the sanatorium to end up disappearing entirely almost feels crude.
Also, it becomes more interesting to try and figure out which perspective is the one thatās an illusion. From Sachikoās perspective, itās currently a mansion and in the past (worded as, a very long time ago) was a sanatorium. But in Takakoās perspective, it currently is a sanatorium. I might need to think about this some more though.
Kozue is also becoming an important puzzle piece, as she is the only person that is fully present/interacted with in both perspectives. Her actually wearing that dress they bought her was very sweet though, the entire christmas party actually was.
So much to think about and theorize, I almost didnāt want to put down the game and continue reading the next chapter straight upā
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The diary not seeming to have been written by Sachiko, because of subtle differences in how she would actually write but still being from her perspective is weird. And Takako getting headaches when she thinks about the experiences directly after reading is making me wonder. Whoever the person weāre following here is, we at least know they must have actually been there.
I love Kozue , sheās so cute!! The CG in the bath felt a little.. unneeded though. But she was super pretty in the dress.
What is giving me a weird feeling is how Mayuko seems to interact with Sanae to the extent that she apparently looks at her, comments on her body, and also asks Takako if something she plans on buying is for Sanae, yet Sanae doesnāt seem to actually interact with her in return. Iām not sure about Kozue, as she just doesnāt say much and goes along with what Takako is doing (to an extent). But aside from Sanae seemingly being way more sickly in general Iām just not sure I believe in her being.. ārealā anymore.
I also immediately continued into Chapter 4 but fell asleep so I wanted to get my thoughts about Ch 3 out real quick before I forget what happens when.
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A spooky startā¦ patients disappearing from the sanatoriumā¦! 
Surprisingly, Takakoās diary wasnāt as empty as we expected, although not very detailed either. Sachikoās childhood one, in comparison, seems pretty detailed!
How did Mayuko have it?
It would be pretty simple if Mayuko was an older Sachiko, but Takako didnāt seem much older in the CG, though neither did Kozue thereā¦
Canāt find my screenshot, but Iām pretty sure some character said something like āKozue never changesā. Hm.
Feels like time is somehow non-linear, both for the narration and in the charactersā perspective, though I have no idea of what a linear timeline of events would look like at the moment.
I see Takakoās transition card and jingle havenāt changed from Chapter 1.
Oh, what if those denote a change in time, not necessarily a skip ahead?
Wondering how the colors we see in them are related with the characters in the novel.
Sachiko is blue, Takako is green, and Narasaki must be orange-pink.
What did the blue and green mixing in Chapter 2 mean?
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ā¦whatās Sanaeās personality, anyway?
Yes!
I feel in the same way about it, but stronger than āunneededā. Much more than unneeded. 
Wait, if Sachiko and Mayuko are the same person, that would make Sanaeā¦ one of Sachikoās hallucinationsā¦ taken form?