Emio – The Smiling Man: Prologue & Chapter 1 Walkthrough

Emio – The Smiling Man is a visual novel point-and-click adventure game set in Japan. The story follows the murder of a junior high school boy leading to an urban legend of a killer called Emio.

This guide will walk you through the prologue and Chapter One of Emio – The Smiling Man.

Prologue: A Face – Walkthrough

Go through the initial dialogues with Utsugi at the Utsugi Detective Agency office and you will be asked for assistance at a crime scene.

Scene of the Crime

Once at the crime scene, follow the steps below to progress.

1. Police Officer: Ask/Listen two times.
2. Police Officer: Ask/Listen > Victim.
3. Police Officer: Asl/Listen > Cause of death.
4. Police Officer: Ask/Listen > Time of death.
5. Police Officer: Ask/Listen > Cause of death
6. Police Officer: Ask/Listen > Observations?
7. Police Officer: Look/Examine > Victim.

Go through the dialogues and you will be asked to enter your first and last name (Cannot be changed later).

• Kuze: Think
• Kuze: Look/Examine > Where? > Kuze.
• Utsugi & Kamada: Ask/Listen > Victim.
• Utsugi & Kamada: Ask/Listen > About Kuze.
• Utsugi & Kamada: Ask/Listen > Observations?
• Utsugi & Kamada: Ask/Listen
• Utsugi & Kamada: Think
• Utsugi & Kamada: Ask/Listen > Victim.

Upon selecting all the necessary actions in your initial investigation, the prologue will conclude and the first chapter of the game will initiate.

Chapter 1: The Urban Legend – Walkthrough

The first chapter begins at the Utsugi Detective Agency where you will speak with Utsugi about the murder case.

Utsugi Detective Agency

Select the actions below to progress from Utsugi Detective Agency and travel to the Police Station.

1. Utsugi: Ask/Listen > The victim.
2. Utsugi: Ask/Listen > Murders from 18 years ago two times.
3. Utsugi: Ask/Listen > Observations?
4. Utsugi: Think two times.
5. Utsugi: Ask/Listen > The victim.
6. Utsugi: Open Notebook (see the collective information and then close it by pressing B).
7. Utsugi: Think two times.
8. Utsugi: Ask/Listen > About Kuze.
9. Utsugi: Ask/Listen
10. Ayumi: Ask/Listen > The Smiling Man.
11. Ayumi: Ask/Listen > The Smiling Man.
12. Utsugi: Take > What? > Cell phone.
13. Ayumi: Ask/Listen
14. Ayumi: Review

Correct Answers: a) Based on what we know so far, I suspect homicide. b) It’s just like the Smiling Man urban legend.

1. Ayumi: Think two times
2. Protagonist: Travel > Police station.

Police Station

Select the actions below to progress and go back to Utsugi Detective Agency.

1. Call/Engage > People nearby.
2. Police Officer: Ask/Listen
3. Police Officer: Look/Examine > Where? > Police officer’s face.
4. Police Officer: Ask/Listen
5. Police Officer & Kamihara: Ask/Listen
6. Kamihara: Ask/Listen
7. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > The victim.
8. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > Time of death.
9. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > Scene of the crime.
10. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > Observations? two times.
11. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > The victim two times.

Correct answer: They were strangled differently.

1. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > Eisuke’s case.
2. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > Murders from 18 years ago three times.
3. Kamihara: Ask/Listen
4. Kamihara: Think
5. Kamihara: Look/Examine > Where? > Kamihara.
6. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > The Smiling Man.
7. Kamihara: Take > Tea.
8. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > Observations?
9. Kamihara: Look/Examine > Where? > Kamihara.
10. Kamihara: Ask/Listen > Observations?
11. Kuze: Ask/Listen
12. Travel
13. Police Officer: Ask/Listen > About Kamada.
14. Police Officer: Travel > Utsugi Detective Agency.

Utsugi Detective Agency

Once you are back at the detective agency, you will get to do another review.

Review – Correct Answers:

1. Eighteen years ago.
2. Were teenage girls.
3. For the final, you can choose any answer. However, if you choose “I, uh, got lucky and saw…” > Others > Police Officer, a unique dialogue will trigger.

After the review, the investigation for the first chapter wraps up and the second chapter will begin.