The introduction to the first episode points out that the Academy where most of our action takes place is "THE educational institution for the children of the aristocracy." Important? Dunno. Maybe.

Despite being presented as primarily a well-intentioned air-head, Miss Cecile seems to be at the right place at the right time to get a lot of things moving. The first thing we see her say to Kujo is, "I think you should read ghost stories." Gee, now...where would he find those, do ya suppose? Victorique tells Kujo he'll return the next day at the stroke of noon, and the next day Miss Cecile "just happens" to be talking to Kujo on a bench by the library with a stack of handouts for Victorique right around noon. In Episode 4, it's Miss Cecile who directs Kujo and "Avril" to the crypt, the scene of the next incident. Then in Episode 5, it's she who "just happens" to find the discarded book and keeps Kujo around the crypt long enough for a noise to attract his attention. Maybe this is all just chance, or maybe it's a benign conspiracy, in that she's just trying to get the lonely Victorique a friend...or maybe it's something more involved.

Miss Cecile's line that "Even the political world has a Ministry of the Occult," strikes me as a seeming throw-away line that might have deeper implications later on.

Victorique was NOT hiding from Kujo. Does Miss Cecile talk much to her? What kind of relationship do THEY have? Could they have coordinated the "maneuver" on Kujo? Victorique tells Kujo that he was "chosen." That may be literally true. Victorique may think he was chosen by her. That may only be partly true.

According to Grevil, on the night of Roxanne's murder, the granddaughter "just happened" to drop by for a visit.

A mirror was shot. Victorique calls it a "magic mirror." She uses a similar phrase when first talking to Kujo, speaking of her "premonition" of his arrival.

The same granddaughter who is so greedy that she forbids the manservant from using the axe on Roxanne's door because it might now be her property, the very next day simply gives away to Grevil what must be a very expensive yacht. The same yacht which "just happens" to have Roxanne's invitation on it.

Kujo mentions that the Inspector "seems uneasy about something."

Victorique doesn't get permission to go outside without Grevil's "influence." She is allowed to accompany Kujo to the yacht, from which the Inspector is conveniently called away by the maids "escape," allowing Victorique to investigate the yacht unhindered.

Why did Victorique want to take so much stuff? Was she considering escaping her "prison?"

In the dining room on the ship, there were no plates or glasses close to Kujo. Why was he rendered unconscious if all he ate was a roll?

How could Julie have moved all of those unconscious males all by herself?

Ned specifically holds Maurice from going into the lifeboat.

Maurice asks Victorique if they've met somewhere before. She clearly reminds him of somebody. (Her mother, perhaps?}

Kujo is stopped from going into the elevator by a shout from someone (Maurice or Ned?).

Julie seems very interested in the relationship between Victorique and Kujo, especially at a time when one would expect her to have other matters on her mind.

Why doesn't Julie shoot Ned, or at least prevent him from picking up the pistol? She knows he was the hound the last time. All the other malefactors are dead. Why not deal with him then and there? Why throw away HER gun?

Why doesn't Ned use the axe on Julie? Why does he just throw her aside?

We don't actually see the stroke when Julie puts the axe into Ned's back. There's certainly not a LOT of blood. Then he conveniently falls over the side.

In the flashback to the first incident, it appeared to be Julie who checked that Ned was dead.

The young girl Julie helps on-board the ship - Lee - turns out to be the maid who murdered Roxanne. What a coincidence that she chose to act at precisely the same time as Julie's plot unfolds. Tenth anniversary motivation? Well, maybe....

Victorique's mother was seen as a "dangerous figure" by "the government." Why? Illegitimate offspring of the aristocracy were generally considered embarrassments at that time, but hardly worth the kind of treatment Victorique received. (The days of successor-assassinations had pretty much passed.)

Victorique was originally "isolated deep inside the Blois family mansion," but then eventually allowed to attend the academy. Something doesn't add up there.