Someone please explain the plot to me

[Haruspex]

Just finished Lifecut and honestly I really don't get what's going on. Is there a plot guide or something somewhere?

[Arrowdance]

If you didn't understand the game, you have to play it again or look up for a wiki or walkthrough, because The Silver Case is one of those deep games that make you think, and if you didn't get it in your 1st playthrough, you have to play it again. The thing I tell you is that at first, Kamui Uehara looks like a famous criminal, but as long as you play the game, he looks like a God and then as a thought that most people around the 24th Ward assimilate it without question it. If you didn't understand the cases in the left part of the menu, the right one where placebo is, explains to you most of the parts that left a lot of questions. IMO, this is a very interesting game, and even I played the 25th ward the Silver Case. I highly recommend it.

[Arale//Zero]

There is no plot guide because nobody talks about this game.

If you ask more specific questions I can answer them. The gist of it, as revealed in Lifecut, is that the original Kamui Uehara was killed 20 years ago and his personality was implanted into a bunch of children in the "Shelter Kids" program, with the intent of conditioning them to be obedient government agents upon activation.

[Netsa]

The Format Kamui guy was also a Shelter Kid, wasn't he? Just the most "successful" one, or something. And they didn't implant his personality, they were trying to condition the kids to be like him by raising them under the same circumstances.

[Arale//Zero]

Format Kamui refers to the original Kamui Uehara, who came from outside of Kanto. (Lospass Island, to be exact. For those who haven't, play Flower, Sun, and Rain to find out more.)

The "Kamui" you see in Decoyman and Lifecut is the current Shelter Kid who the government has designated as "Kamui". As for how the Shelter Kid protocol worked it really depends on what angle you're looking at, both of these descriptions are more or less accurate and how much you believe in-universe superstition. They go into detail in the game about it of course.

[Danny Dataly]

The sequel (25th ward) includes a quite exhaustive plot synopsis, but if you have trouble understanding TSC your enjoyment of the 25th Ward may vary considering people are still debating over what happened in that game
Keep in mind you should play Flower, Sun and Rain between TSC and 25W

[Haruspex]

Yeah, I gotta get a DS emulator running

[Netsa]

You don't want to talk about emulators on the steam forums. Just a heads up.

[Haruspex]

Thanks, my bad