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I'm not sure why some people think the scenes with Sailor are flashbacks (it seemed like all one timeline to me), but regardless, her boyfriend and Anjo are clearly different people. You see Anjo's body in his apartment; Sailor's boyfriend and his apartment look totally different. Also, there's a news report or something on tv after Ichi kills Sailor and her boyfriend showing both their faces, while Anjo disappears without a trace, so they must have been two separate crimes. I think people are confused about this because in the opening, we cut from the yakuza members saying their boss is fucking a girl to Sailor and her boyfriend, and we're later told Anjo was with a prostitute.
I agree it would be more consistent if Harry did murder Epiphany (Evangeline is her mother btw) during the sex scene we see, but I'm not sure the film really suggests he does. I feel like what happened is Satan sort of invaded his mind? Because it's intercut with, along with the nightmare images, a medieval-looking scene and a couple shots of someone grabbing a terrified Winesap, which Harry wouldn't have been thinking about. The actual shooting looks unrealistically bloody (I wouldn't know but surely the blood wouldn't splatter so nicely on the ceiling?), not nearly so much gore when we see the body later, suggesting this is just a hallucination. Also, unlike the other murders, when we come back to the real world Harry is still with Epiphany, and we know this scene is real since we see the cracked mirror when she's taking a bath.
I think it's ambiguous whether Harry or Cyphre killed Epiphany: Cyphre disappears with Harry's gun and dog tags, and Harry sees him (the figure in black robes) outside his apartment when he runs back. Harry flashes back to Epiphany screaming, not to murdering her, so he could just be remembering the only time they slept together. However, it probably makes more sense for the character/story arc that he did do it, and yes the easiest solution is to assume it happened after the detectives left.
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