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** During the time of the case, Kindaichi accidentally walks in on Miyuki while the latter is in the middle of changing her clothes. While Miyuki is reasonably upset with him, it also turns out to be a minor case of SpannerInTheWorks as the culprit, who is hiding in the closet at the time, is just about to sneak up on Miyuki and kidnap her before Kindaichi walks in [[note]](not that it stops the culprit from trying again later in a different occasion)[[/note]].
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** During the time of the case, Kindaichi accidentally walks in on Miyuki while the latter is in the middle of changing her clothes. While Miyuki is reasonably upset with him, it also turns out to be a minor case of SpannerInTheWorks as the culprit, who is hiding in the closet at the time, is just about to sneak up on Miyuki and kidnap her before Kindaichi walks in [[note]](not in[[note]] (not that it stops the culprit from trying again later in a different occasion)[[/note]].
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--->'''Kenmochi''': (whispers to Kindaichi) Just play along, you idiot!
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--->'''Kenmochi''': (whispers ''[whispers to Kindaichi) Kindaichi]'' Just play along, you idiot!
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: As Kindaichi's private dialogue with the village physician indicates right after the case is wrapped up, Kindaichi surmises that the village physician, despite having no direct role in the case, nonetheless might have helped to keep the story in motion, back when Ryuunosuke and Seimaru were newly born, by not interfering with Shino's action that caused them to be SwitchedAtBirth due to the facts that 1) the physician was a medical student in the hospital where both Shino and Ayako delivered their respective offspring, 2) the physician shares the same surname as the general who was killed four centuries ago, and 3) the families of both the deceased general line and the Tatsumi clan have been enemies for generations. It also overlaps with ForWantOfANail (and possibly UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom as well, given the events from this case end with Shino dead and Ryuunosuke becoming an accidental SelfMadeOrphan).
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: As Kindaichi's private dialogue with the village physician indicates right after the case is wrapped up, Kindaichi surmises that the village physician, despite having no direct role in the case, nonetheless might have helped to keep the story in motion, back when Ryuunosuke and Seimaru were newly born, by not interfering with Shino's action that caused them to be SwitchedAtBirth due to the facts that 1) the physician was a medical student in the hospital where both Shino and Ayako delivered their respective offspring, 2) the physician shares the same surname as the general who was killed four centuries ago, and 3) the families of both the deceased general line and the Tatsumi clan have been enemies for generations. It also overlaps with ForWantOfANail (and possibly UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom as well, given the events from this case end with Shino dead and Ryuunosuke becoming an accidental SelfMadeOrphan).SelfMadeOrphan.
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** Shino's opinion towards [[PosthumousCharacter Ayako]], the previous Tatsumi matriarch, is no better, as evidenced by her labeling Ayako as a "demoness"/"she-devil" after Kindaichi finishes TheSummation. On the other hand, it's not too surprising, given that Ayako was an AlphaBitch towards Shino back in their school days and [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp treated her with just as much hostility in their adult years as she did during their high school days right up until Ayako herself died]].
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** Shino's opinion towards [[PosthumousCharacter Ayako]], the previous Tatsumi matriarch, is no better, as evidenced by her labeling Ayako as a "demoness"/"she-devil" "she-devil" after Kindaichi finishes TheSummation. On the other hand, it's not too surprising, given that Ayako was an AlphaBitch towards Shino back in their school days and [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp treated her with just as much hostility in their adult years as she did during their high school days right up until Ayako herself died]].
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-->'''Shino''': Mr. Kenmochi... The only reason I invited you here was to use your kindness to my advantage. The Shino you knew only lives in your memory. What's left behind is a beast... that just goes by the name "Shino".
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-->'''Shino''': Mr. Kenmochi... The only reason I invited you here was to use your kindness to my advantage. The Shino you knew only lives only in your memory. What's left behind is a beast... that just goes by the name "Shino".
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-->'''Hayato''': What surprised me the most... was that Ryuunosuke was Mrs. Shino's son! Because, of the three of us, I thought ''he'' resembled our late mother [Ayako] the most! *laughs*
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-->'''Hayato''': What surprised me the most... was that Ryuunosuke was Mrs. Shino's son! Because, of the three of us, I thought ''he'' resembled our late mother [Ayako] the most! *laughs*''[laughs]''
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* InheritanceMurder: The reason behind the culprit murdering Seimaru turns out to be to allow Ryuunosuke to inherit the wealthy Tatsumi estate.
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* AccidentalPervert:
** Right after Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi arrive at the Tatsumi house, they enter the living room without realizing Shino happens to be under the village physician's treatment at the moment, causing Kenmochi to cover his and Kindaichi's eyes in a hurry, though thankfully [[ToplessnessFromTheBack Shino has her back facing them]] so that nothing risque was shown.
** During the time of the case, Kindaichi accidentally walks in on Miyuki while the latter is in the middle of changing her clothes. While Miyuki is reasonably upset with him, it also turns out to be a minor case of SpannerInTheWorks as the culprit, who is hiding in the closet at the time, is just about to sneak up on Miyuki and kidnap her before Kindaichi walks in [[note]](not that it stops the culprit from trying again later in a different occasion)[[/note]].
** Right after Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi arrive at the Tatsumi house, they enter the living room without realizing Shino happens to be under the village physician's treatment at the moment, causing Kenmochi to cover his and Kindaichi's eyes in a hurry, though thankfully [[ToplessnessFromTheBack Shino has her back facing them]] so that nothing risque was shown.
** During the time of the case, Kindaichi accidentally walks in on Miyuki while the latter is in the middle of changing her clothes. While Miyuki is reasonably upset with him, it also turns out to be a minor case of SpannerInTheWorks as the culprit, who is hiding in the closet at the time, is just about to sneak up on Miyuki and kidnap her before Kindaichi walks in [[note]](not that it stops the culprit from trying again later in a different occasion)[[/note]].
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* NotWhatItLooksLike:
** Right after Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi arrive at the Tatsumi house, they enter the living room without realizing Shino happens to be under the village physician's treatment at the moment, causing Kenmochi to cover his and Kindaichi's eyes in a hurry, though thankfully [[ToplessnessFromTheBack Shino has her back facing them]] so that nothing risque was shown.
** During the time of the case, Kindaichi accidentally walks in on Miyuki while the latter is in the middle of changing her clothes. While Miyuki is reasonably upset with him, it also turns out to be a minor case of SpannerInTheWorks as the culprit, who is hiding in the closet at the time, is just about to sneak up on Miyuki and kidnap her before Kindaichi walks in [[note]](not that it stops the culprit from trying again later in a different occasion)[[/note]].
** Right after Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi arrive at the Tatsumi house, they enter the living room without realizing Shino happens to be under the village physician's treatment at the moment, causing Kenmochi to cover his and Kindaichi's eyes in a hurry, though thankfully [[ToplessnessFromTheBack Shino has her back facing them]] so that nothing risque was shown.
** During the time of the case, Kindaichi accidentally walks in on Miyuki while the latter is in the middle of changing her clothes. While Miyuki is reasonably upset with him, it also turns out to be a minor case of SpannerInTheWorks as the culprit, who is hiding in the closet at the time, is just about to sneak up on Miyuki and kidnap her before Kindaichi walks in [[note]](not that it stops the culprit from trying again later in a different occasion)[[/note]].
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* TwoDunIt: This case arc is the first one in this franchise in which there are actually two culprits in a murder case instead of one.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: As Kindaichi's private dialogue with the village physician indicates right after the case is wrapped up, Kindaichi surmises that the village physician, despite having no direct role in the case, nonetheless might have helped to keep the story in motion, back when Ryuunosuke and Seimaru were newly born, by not interfering with Shino's action that caused them to be SwitchedAtBirth due to the facts that 1) the physician was a medical student in the hospital where both Shino and Ayako delivered their respective offspring, 2) the physician shares the same surname as the general who was killed four centuries ago, and 3) the families of both the deceased general line and the Tatsumi clan have been enemies for generations. It also overlaps with ForWantOfANail (and possibly UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom as well, given the deaths from this case ending with Shino dead and Ryuunosuke becoming an accidental SelfMadeOrphan).
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: As Kindaichi's private dialogue with the village physician indicates right after the case is wrapped up, Kindaichi surmises that the village physician, despite having no direct role in the case, nonetheless might have helped to keep the story in motion, back when Ryuunosuke and Seimaru were newly born, by not interfering with Shino's action that caused them to be SwitchedAtBirth due to the facts that 1) the physician was a medical student in the hospital where both Shino and Ayako delivered their respective offspring, 2) the physician shares the same surname as the general who was killed four centuries ago, and 3) the families of both the deceased general line and the Tatsumi clan have been enemies for generations. It also overlaps with ForWantOfANail (and possibly UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom as well, given the deaths events from this case ending end with Shino dead and Ryuunosuke becoming an accidental SelfMadeOrphan).
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* DeathByMocking: Possibly played with since the one being mocked is not the murderer, but the trope is otherwise played straight: After the Tatsumi family master's will has been read, Seimaru, in his moment of vindication at being granted the inheritor status, says to Ryuunosuke: "Looks like the tables have turned, eh, ''brother''? So why don't all of you guys get the Hell out of my house?" Unfortunately, his facial expression is such a splitting image of Ayako as he taunts Ryuunosuke that it triggers Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered from Ayako and drives her to have Seimaru murdered, as she states in her confession late in the case arc (and the fact that Shino had always wished for Ryuunosuke to be the Tatsumi family estate inheritor only served to enforce her determination, if anything).
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** Shino's opinion towards [[PosthumousCharacter Ayako]], the previous Tatsumi matriarch, is no better, as evidenced by her labeling Ayako as a "demoness" after Kindaichi finishes TheSummation. On the other hand, it's not too surprising, given that Ayako was an AlphaBitch towards Shino back in their school days and [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp treated her with just as much hostility in their adult years as she did during their high school days right up until Ayako herself died]].
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** Shino's opinion towards [[PosthumousCharacter Ayako]], the previous Tatsumi matriarch, is no better, as evidenced by her labeling Ayako as a "demoness" "demoness"/"she-devil" after Kindaichi finishes TheSummation. On the other hand, it's not too surprising, given that Ayako was an AlphaBitch towards Shino back in their school days and [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp treated her with just as much hostility in their adult years as she did during their high school days right up until Ayako herself died]].
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* BreakTheHaughty: Ryunosuke Tatsumi is the first son of Tatsumi Clan, one of the most influential clan in Hida region. He gives a very hard time to Kindaichi and the others due to how selfish, arrogant, and bad-tempered he is, thinking that he should've been the one inheriting the clan's legacy instead of Seimaru, his stepbrother he despises. At the end of the case, everything he knew comes crashing down: He's actually not the legitimate son of Tatsumi clan, instead [[LukeIAmYourFather he's the biological son of the stepmother he also despises and the family's newest servant]], [[ObfuscatingInsanity his younger brother stops his mental retardation facade and reveals to the entire family that the reason said brother does it is because]] [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink Ryunosuke poisoned his drink]], and [[SelfMadeOrphan his real mother dies from the same trick he used on his younger brother]] just because he doesn't want her to have any share in Tatsumi family's wealth, not knowing that she would've given up her rights to it anyway. He can only cry when the consequences of his action unfold.
* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune after Ryunosuke becomes the heir of the family clan, but Shino has no intention of keeping that promise, as evidenced by her not divulging the information about [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the rifle being clogged, which caused the death of the butler for trying to fire it]].[[note]] However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].[[/note]]
* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune after Ryunosuke becomes the heir of the family clan, but Shino has no intention of keeping that promise, as evidenced by her not divulging the information about [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the rifle being clogged, which caused the death of the butler for trying to fire it]].[[note]] However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].[[/note]]
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* BreakTheHaughty: Ryunosuke Ryuunosuke Tatsumi is the first son of Tatsumi Clan, one of the most influential clan in Hida region. He gives a very hard time to Kindaichi and the others due to how selfish, arrogant, and bad-tempered he is, thinking that he should've been the one inheriting the clan's legacy instead of Seimaru, his stepbrother he despises. At the end of the case, everything he knew comes crashing down: He's actually not the legitimate son of Tatsumi clan, instead [[LukeIAmYourFather he's the biological son of the stepmother he also despises and the family's newest servant]], [[ObfuscatingInsanity his younger brother stops his mental retardation facade and reveals to the entire family that the reason said brother does it is because]] [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink Ryunosuke Ryuunosuke poisoned his drink]], and [[SelfMadeOrphan his real mother dies from the same trick he used on his younger brother]] just because he doesn't want her to have any share in Tatsumi family's wealth, not knowing that she would've given up her rights to it anyway. He can only cry when the consequences of his action unfold.
* CainAndAbel: Ryuunosuke and Seimaru do NOT get along, especially after the inheritance will was read aloud for everyone within the Tatsumi family to hear, starting with the two of them wrestling each other, requiring others to break them apart, and then their interactions quickly become much more volatile, culminating in Ryuunosuke pointing the loaded rifle that hangs on the wall of the Tatsumi living room at Seimaru before it's wrested from his hands.
* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune afterRyunosuke Ryuunosuke becomes the heir of the family clan, but Shino has no intention of keeping that promise, as evidenced by her not divulging the information about [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the rifle being clogged, which caused the death of the butler for trying to fire it]].[[note]] However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail {{Blackmail}} her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].[[/note]]
* CainAndAbel: Ryuunosuke and Seimaru do NOT get along, especially after the inheritance will was read aloud for everyone within the Tatsumi family to hear, starting with the two of them wrestling each other, requiring others to break them apart, and then their interactions quickly become much more volatile, culminating in Ryuunosuke pointing the loaded rifle that hangs on the wall of the Tatsumi living room at Seimaru before it's wrested from his hands.
* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune after
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* CatapultNightmare: Kindaichi and Miyuki are shown to have been beheaded at one point, only to [[GilliganCut cut]] to Kindaichi waking up with a scream, with both himself and Miyuki being alive and in one piece, proving that it was AllJustADream.
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* CatapultNightmare: [[OffWithHisHead Kindaichi and Miyuki are shown to have been beheaded at one point, point]], only to [[GilliganCut cut]] to Kindaichi waking up with a scream, with both himself and Miyuki being alive and in one piece, proving that it was AllJustADream.
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** Shino's opinion about the family butler is as low after the latter's passing as while the latter was alive. However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].
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** Shino's opinion about the family butler is as low after the latter's passing as while the latter was alive. However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail {{Blackmail}} her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death the next year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. [[YankTheDogsChain With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead.]] In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promised him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed.[[note]] To be fair to Ryuunosuke, he planned to poison her when he didn't know the true story about his biological connection with Shino. After the whole truth is revealed, he tries to stop her upon witnessing her drinking the poisoned tea, but fails to do so in time.[[/note]] She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death the next year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. [[YankTheDogsChain With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead.]] In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail {{Blackmail}} her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promised him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed.[[note]] To be fair to Ryuunosuke, he planned to poison her when he didn't know the true story about his biological connection with Shino. After the whole truth is revealed, he tries to stop her upon witnessing her drinking the poisoned tea, but fails to do so in time.[[/note]] She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* JumpScare: PlayedForLaughs after the murder case ends. Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi return to Tokyo, and, during the train ride on their way back, Kenmochi is much too lost in thought over his memories of Shino back in their school days in contrast to her adult self to notice anything, so Kindaichi resorts to SHOUTING at Kenmochi's ear to snap him out of it.
-->'''Kenmochi''': Don't scare me like that!\\
'''Kindaichi''': We've reached our stop.
-->'''Kenmochi''': Don't scare me like that!\\
'''Kindaichi''': We've reached our stop.
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** After the case is wrapped up, Hayato, who no longer acts with ObfuscatingInsanity, decides to leave Kuchinashi with Tamaki and elope with her.
** Upon Kenmochi being accosted by his wife, who has found out that her husband spent the past several days ''skipping'' work instead of ''for'' work since Kenmochi didn't take on Shino's initial request via a job-related procedure (and his rant against her just a moment ago without noticing that [[RightBehindMe she was right behind him all along]] doesn't help, if anything), Kenmochi tries futilely to justify himself. Kindaichi is in the midst of leaving the scene with Miyuki, only for Kenmochi to drag him back into the topic to be his [[TheScapegoat fall guy]].
** Upon Kenmochi being accosted by his wife, who has found out that her husband spent the past several days ''skipping'' work instead of ''for'' work since Kenmochi didn't take on Shino's initial request via a job-related procedure (and his rant against her just a moment ago without noticing that [[RightBehindMe she was right behind him all along]] doesn't help, if anything), Kenmochi tries futilely to justify himself. Kindaichi is in the midst of leaving the scene with Miyuki, only for Kenmochi to drag him back into the topic to be his [[TheScapegoat fall guy]].
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** After the case is wrapped up, Hayato, who no longer acts with ObfuscatingInsanity, decides to elope with Tamaki and leave Kuchinashi with Tamaki and elope with her.
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** Upon Kenmochi being accosted by his wife, who has found out that her husband spent the past several days ''skipping'' work instead of ''for'' work since Kenmochi didn't take on Shino's initial request via a job-related procedure (and his rant against her just a moment ago without noticing that [[RightBehindMe she was right behind him all along]] doesn't help, if anything), Kenmochi tries futilely to justify himself. Kindaichi is in the midst of leaving the scene with Miyuki, only for Kenmochi to drag him back into the topic to be his[[TheScapegoat fall guy]].FallGuy.
** Upon Kenmochi being accosted by his wife, who has found out that her husband spent the past several days ''skipping'' work instead of ''for'' work since Kenmochi didn't take on Shino's initial request via a job-related procedure (and his rant against her just a moment ago without noticing that [[RightBehindMe she was right behind him all along]] doesn't help, if anything), Kenmochi tries futilely to justify himself. Kindaichi is in the midst of leaving the scene with Miyuki, only for Kenmochi to drag him back into the topic to be his
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After Kenmochi receives a letter from Shino Tatsumi, a childhood friend of his, he enlists the help of Kindaichi. Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi travel to a remote village in the Hida region named Kuchinashi, where Shino lives in the wealthy Tatsumi household. While they stay in the house as guests, a case of murders unfolds...
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After Kenmochi receives a letter from Shino Tatsumi, a childhood friend of his, he enlists the help of Kindaichi. Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi travel to a remote village in the Hida region named Kuchinashi, where Shino lives in the wealthy Tatsumi household. While they stay in the house as guests, a murder case of murders unfolds...
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: After the family butler dies, Kenmochi believes him to be the culprit in this case, as the existing evidence points to a small opening in the window of the locked treasure room where the first murder took place and said butler having been revealed posthumously to have been a former acrobat who became an acrobatics teacher with a small body frame, only for Kindaichi to refute him with some other bits of evidence indicating that [[CareerEndingInjury said butler had a severe fear of acrophobia after suffering an acrobatics-related accident that caused him to quit his occupation as an acrobat]], which would have prevented him to utilize the treasure room window even if he could do it.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: After the family butler dies, Kenmochi believes him to be the culprit in this case, as the existing evidence points to a small opening in the window of the locked treasure room where the first murder took place and said butler having been revealed posthumously to have been a former acrobat who became an acrobatics teacher with a small body frame, only for Kindaichi to refute him with some other bits of evidence indicating that [[CareerEndingInjury said butler had a developed severe fear of acrophobia after suffering an acrobatics-related accident that caused him to quit his occupation as an acrobat]], which would have prevented him to utilize the treasure room window even if he could do it.
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* GoldDigger: The motive behind the family butler's cooperation with the culprit is solely due to the promise that he'd get a share of the Tatsumi family fortune, as the culprit confirms during the confession. Prior to that, the motive behind his arrival at the place merely to blackmail for money, which the culprit also confirms.
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* GoldDigger: The motive behind the family butler's cooperation with the culprit is solely due to the promise that he'd get a share of the Tatsumi family fortune, as the culprit confirms during the confession. Prior to that, the motive behind his arrival at the place was merely to blackmail {{Blackmail}} for money, which the culprit also confirms.
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* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Shino's opinion about the family butler is as low after the latter's passing as while the latter was alive. However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].
-->'''Shino''': That man was nothing more than garbage!
-->'''Shino''': That man was nothing more than garbage!
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** Shino's opinion about the family butler is as low after the latter's passing as while the latter was alive. However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].
-->'''Shino''': --->'''Shino''': That man was nothing more than garbage!garbage!
** Shino's opinion towards [[PosthumousCharacter Ayako]], the previous Tatsumi matriarch, is no better, as evidenced by her labeling Ayako as a "demoness" after Kindaichi finishes TheSummation. On the other hand, it's not too surprising, given that Ayako was an AlphaBitch towards Shino back in their school days and [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp treated her with just as much hostility in their adult years as she did during their high school days right up until Ayako herself died]].
** Shino's opinion about the family butler is as low after the latter's passing as while the latter was alive. However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].
** Shino's opinion towards [[PosthumousCharacter Ayako]], the previous Tatsumi matriarch, is no better, as evidenced by her labeling Ayako as a "demoness" after Kindaichi finishes TheSummation. On the other hand, it's not too surprising, given that Ayako was an AlphaBitch towards Shino back in their school days and [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp treated her with just as much hostility in their adult years as she did during their high school days right up until Ayako herself died]].
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* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: An accidental version. Shino kills Seimaru in order to ensure Ryuunosuke's estate inheritor status after Mr. Tatsumi's will was read, only for herself to be killed after [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drinking poisoned tea that Ryuunosuke had set up for her before the whole truth was revealed]], resulting in Ryuunosuke becoming a SelfMadeOrphan.
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* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: An accidental version. Shino kills Seimaru in order to ensure Ryuunosuke's estate inheritor status after Mr. Tatsumi's will was read, read (and Seimaru's facial expression in that particular moment only served to drive her resolve to murder him more, if anything), only for herself to be killed after [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drinking poisoned tea that Ryuunosuke had set up for her before the whole truth was revealed]], resulting in Ryuunosuke becoming a SelfMadeOrphan.
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* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: An accidental version. Shino kills Seimaru in order to ensure Ryuunosuke's estate inheritor status after Mr. Tatsumi's will was read, only for herself to be killed after [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink drinking poisoned tea that Ryuunosuke had set up for her before the whole truth was revealed]], resulting in Ryuunosuke becoming a SelfMadeOrphan.
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* TheDragAlong: This case arc starts with Kenmochi summoning Kindaichi, with Miyuki in tow, to the bus stop that's bound for the village of Kuchinashi, where the sender requesting Kenmochi is located. This trope applies to Kindaichi, both metaphorically ''and'' literally, because he would have preferred staying home otherwise if it weren't for Kenmochi's summon and he gets dragged by his traveling bag at one point when the bus door closes before he manages to get inside the bus and it starts moving until the bus driver notices him being dragged, leaving him with AmusingInjury as the result.
-->'''Kenmochi''': Stop fooling around!
-->'''Kindaichi''': ''We're late as it is!'' Humph! I only came because you asked.
-->'''Kenmochi''': It's for a case!
-->'''Kenmochi''': Stop fooling around!
-->'''Kindaichi''': ''We're late as it is!'' Humph! I only came because you asked.
-->'''Kenmochi''': It's for a case!
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* TemptingFate: The {{Flashback}} shows Ryuunosuke rushing Mr. Tatsumi's lawyer regarding the announcement of the will, fully expecting to be the sole inheritor of the Tatsumi estate. He was in for a nasty shock when the content of the will indicated that the inheritor status would be given to Seimaru instead.
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* IronicEcho: As the {{Flashback}} shows early in the case arc, Ryuunosuke was fully expecting to be the sole inheritor of the Tatsumi estates as the announcement of the will made by the deceased Mr. Tatsumi was nigh, causing him to comment thusly:
-->'''Ryuunosuke''': ''I'm'' the new head of the family. If you don't like it, get the Hell out, and take the nag with you.
** The will, however, ends up serving a curve-ball in favor of Seimaru, who proudly stated after the will was read:
--->'''Seimaru''': Looks like the tables have turned, eh, ''brother''? So why don't all of you guys get the Hell out of my house?
-->'''Ryuunosuke''': ''I'm'' the new head of the family. If you don't like it, get the Hell out, and take the nag with you.
** The will, however, ends up serving a curve-ball in favor of Seimaru, who proudly stated after the will was read:
--->'''Seimaru''': Looks like the tables have turned, eh, ''brother''? So why don't all of you guys get the Hell out of my house?
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* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune after Ryunosuke becomes the heir of the family clan, but Shino has no intention of keeping that promise, as evidenced by her not divulging the information about [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the rifle being clogged, which caused the death of the butler for trying to fire it]].[[note]] However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was 15, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].[[/note]]
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* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune after Ryunosuke becomes the heir of the family clan, but Shino has no intention of keeping that promise, as evidenced by her not divulging the information about [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the rifle being clogged, which caused the death of the butler for trying to fire it]].[[note]] However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was 15, a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].[[/note]]
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* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Shino's opinion about the family butler is as low after the latter's passing as while the latter was alive. However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was 15, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].
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* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Shino's opinion about the family butler is as low after the latter's passing as while the latter was alive. However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was 15, a teenager, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death the following year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. [[YankTheDogsChain With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead.]] In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promised him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed.[[note]] To be fair to Ryuunosuke, he planned to poison her when he didn't know the true story about his biological connection with Shino. After the whole truth is revealed, he tries to stop her upon witnessing her drinking the poisoned tea, but fails to do so in time.[[/note]] She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death the following next year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. [[YankTheDogsChain With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead.]] In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promised him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed.[[note]] To be fair to Ryuunosuke, he planned to poison her when he didn't know the true story about his biological connection with Shino. After the whole truth is revealed, he tries to stop her upon witnessing her drinking the poisoned tea, but fails to do so in time.[[/note]] She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune after Ryunosuke becomes the heir of the family clan, but Shino has no intention of keeping that promise, as evidenced by her not divulging the information about [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the rifle being clogged, which caused the death of the butler for trying to fire it]].[[note]] However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was 15, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune, plus his willingness to kill her in a dire situation (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].[[/note]]
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* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune after Ryunosuke becomes the heir of the family clan, but Shino has no intention of keeping that promise, as evidenced by her not divulging the information about [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the rifle being clogged, which caused the death of the butler for trying to fire it]].[[note]] However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was 15, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune, fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].[[/note]]
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* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Shino's opinion about the family butler is as low after the latter's passing as while the latter was alive. However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was 15, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan [[GoldDigger only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune]], plus [[NoHonorAmongThieves his willingness to kill her in a dire situation]] (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].
-->'''Shino''': That man was nothing more than garbage!
-->'''Shino''': That man was nothing more than garbage!
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* NoHonorAmongThieves: The butler has no qualms with killing his teammate(s) when the chips are down. Too bad for him [[ExploitedTrope the culprit already anticipated it]] and kept him in the dark about the vital truth about the rifle that's hung on the wall, leaving him OutGambitted when [[HoistByHisOwnPetard he pulls the trigger, which backfires and gets him killed instead]].
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* TownWithADarkSecret: The local legend of Kuchinashi has a dark history dating back four centuries, back when a general arrived in the village to seek refuge. He tried to drive away the then-chief of the village out, only for his soldiers to kill and decapitate him before he could do so. His subordinates offered his head to the village chief as a sign of goodwill and settled down in the village, only to be found dead a year later under strange circumstances, and with the same headless result as their dead general. Believing that the spirit of the dead general was behind their deaths, the villagers enacted a shrine and headless statues with the same number of statues as that of the dead villagers in an attempt to appease him. Even the ''name'' "Kuchinashi" hints at this legend, as it derives from "kubinashi" ("headless" in Japanese). As everyone in Kuchinashi is a descendant of the soldiers who had killed the general, talking about the legend is considered taboo -- Kenmochi manages to learn of it only through the village physician, who discloses the details reluctantly only after Kindaichi and Miyuki are missing (they're kidnapped at the time) and Kenmochi is desperate to find them for fear that they might be the next victims.
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* TownWithADarkSecret: The local legend of Kuchinashi has a dark history dating back four centuries, back when a general arrived in the village to seek refuge. He tried to drive away the then-chief of the village out, only for his soldiers to kill and decapitate him before he could do so. His subordinates offered his head to the village chief as a sign of goodwill and settled down in the village, only to be found dead a year later under strange circumstances, and with the same headless result as their dead general. Believing that the spirit of the dead general was behind their deaths, the villagers enacted a shrine and headless statues with the same number of statues as that of the dead villagers in an attempt to appease him. Even the ''name'' "Kuchinashi" hints at this legend, as it derives from "kubinashi" ("headless" in Japanese). As everyone in Kuchinashi is a descendant of the soldiers who had killed the general, talking about the legend is considered taboo -- Kenmochi manages to learn of it only through the village physician, who discloses the details reluctantly only after Kindaichi and Miyuki are missing (they're kidnapped at the time) and Kenmochi is desperate to find them for fear that they might be the next victims.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death the following year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. [[YankTheDogsChain With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead.]] In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promised him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed.[[note]] To be fair to Ryuunosuke, he planned to poison her when he didn't know the true story about his biological connection with Shino. He tries to stop her upon witnessing her drinking the poisoned tea, but fails to do so in time.[[/note]] She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death the following year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. [[YankTheDogsChain With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead.]] In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promised him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed.[[note]] To be fair to Ryuunosuke, he planned to poison her when he didn't know the true story about his biological connection with Shino. He After the whole truth is revealed, he tries to stop her upon witnessing her drinking the poisoned tea, but fails to do so in time.[[/note]] She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death the following year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead. In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promises him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed. She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death the following year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. [[YankTheDogsChain With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead. instead.]] In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promises promised him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed. [[note]] To be fair to Ryuunosuke, he planned to poison her when he didn't know the true story about his biological connection with Shino. He tries to stop her upon witnessing her drinking the poisoned tea, but fails to do so in time.[[/note]] She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* YankTheDogsChain: Shino's scheme of ensuring Ryuunosuke's family inheritor status hits a snag when the Tatsumi family master's will decrees that the family estate be passed to Seimaru instead.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that she became [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead. In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promises him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed. She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything before taking her final breath.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death.death the following year. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that she became he got her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead. In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promises him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed. She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything anything, and wishing him happiness before taking her final breath.
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* GoldDigger: The motive behind the family butler's cooperation with the culprit is solely due to the promise that he'd get a share of the Tatsumi family fortune, as the culprit confirms during the confession. Prior to that, the motive behind his arrival at the place merely for blackmail, which the culprit also confirms.
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* GoldDigger: The motive behind the family butler's cooperation with the culprit is solely due to the promise that he'd get a share of the Tatsumi family fortune, as the culprit confirms during the confession. Prior to that, the motive behind his arrival at the place merely to blackmail for blackmail, money, which the culprit also confirms.
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* TraumaCongaLine: It's not difficult to see that much of Shino's life has been mired in suffering. All of this began when her father died while she was 15, which, combined with the facts that her family wasn't well-to-do in the first place and her mother was too ill to support her family, meant that she was condemned to poverty. She tried to apply herself in school in the hope of getting qualified for a prestigious school so that she'd be able to get out of poverty, but [[AlphaBitch Ayako]] undermined her, and she withdrew from schooling altogether following her mother's death. She went to the city to look for work, but to no avail. Worse yet, a man seduced her into giving her body to him while she was there, before abandoning her upon finding out that she became [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]]. She went to the hospital to give birth to her child, and it turned out to be the same one where Ayako was giving birth to hers as well. In desperation to give her son the kind of life that was denied to her, Shino had her son, Ryuunosuke, and Ayako's son, Seimaru, SwitchedAtBirth. Unable to completely sever ties with her biological son, she became a house servant for the Tatsumi family clan, where [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp Ayako tormented her with the same ruthlessness as she had done in school during their younger days, right up until Ayako herself died]]. With Ayako dead, she became the next in line as the family matriarch, and she was eagerly anticipating Ryuunosuke inheriting the Tatsumi family fortune, only for her hope to be dashed when the Tatsumi family master's will decreed that Seimaru would inherit the wealth instead. In his moment of vindication, Seimaru acted with arrogance towards Ryuunosuke, and his facial expression at that moment triggered Shino's bad memories of the bullying she suffered at Ayako's hands and caused Shino to concoct a plan with the family butler, who arrived two years ago to blackmail her initially before agreeing to bide his time in the Tatsumi family as the butler after Shino promises him a share of the family fortune due to him being Ryuunosuke's biological father, to kill her adopted son to ensure Ryuunosuke's inheritor status. After the butler's death, her plan is set to succeed, but she ends up being killed by Ryuunosuke, who [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink put poison in the tea she's about to drink]] before the whole story becomes revealed. She spends her dying moment feebly trying to defend Ryuunosuke, lamenting that she was never able to give him anything before taking her final breath.
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* DecapitationPresentation: While Kindaichi and Miyuki are kidnapped, the culprit shows them the head of Seimaru, who had been considered missing since the case broke out in earnest. Kindaichi believes during TheSummation late in the case that the culprit did this to get him and Miyuki to confirm Seimaru's death for the culprit's real motive.
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* DecapitationPresentation: While Kindaichi and Miyuki are kidnapped, the culprit shows them the head of Seimaru, who had been considered missing since the case broke out in earnest. Kindaichi believes expresses his belief during TheSummation late in the case that the culprit did this to get him and Miyuki to confirm Seimaru's death for the culprit's real motive.motive.
* GoldDigger: The motive behind the family butler's cooperation with the culprit is solely due to the promise that he'd get a share of the Tatsumi family fortune, as the culprit confirms during the confession. Prior to that, the motive behind his arrival at the place merely for blackmail, which the culprit also confirms.
* GoldDigger: The motive behind the family butler's cooperation with the culprit is solely due to the promise that he'd get a share of the Tatsumi family fortune, as the culprit confirms during the confession. Prior to that, the motive behind his arrival at the place merely for blackmail, which the culprit also confirms.
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* DecapitationPresentation: While Kindaichi and Miyuki are kidnapped, the culprit shows them the head of Seimaru, who had been considered missing since the case broke out in earnest. Kindaichi believes during TheSummation late in the case that the culprit did this to get him and Miyuki to confirm Seimaru's death for the culprit's real motive.
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* TheCakeIsALie: As Kindaichi surmises, which Shino confirms, late in the case, the family butler cooperated with Shino only because Shino promised him that he'd have a share of the Tatsumi family fortune after Ryunosuke becomes the heir of the family clan, but Shino has no intention of keeping that promise, as evidenced by her not divulging the information about [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the rifle being clogged, which caused the death of the butler for trying to fire it]].[[note]] However, given that he abandoned Shino after getting her [[TeenPregnancy pregnant]] after a one-night stand while she was 15, and then came back two years ago intending to blackmail her after somehow finding out she became the second wife of the wealthy Tatsumi family clan before agreeing to her plan only for the sake of having a share in the Tatsumi family fortune, plus his willingness to kill her in a dire situation (which Shino had already anticipated beforehand), [[AssholeVictim no one feels sorry for his death]].[[/note]]
-->'''Shino''': Aha ha ha ha, what a fool! He had no idea he had signed his own death warrant!
-->'''Shino''': Aha ha ha ha, what a fool! He had no idea he had signed his own death warrant!
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* ThatManIsDead: In this case, "woman". After Shino confesses to everyone who's present about the murder plot, Kenmochi asks her why she even invited him to the house in the first place. Shino responds that she only requested his presence to trick him into believing TheButlerDidIt so Ryuunosuke would become the heir for the Tatsumi family fortune.
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* ThatManIsDead: In this case, "woman". After Shino confesses to everyone who's present about the murder plot, Kenmochi asks her why she even invited him to the house in the first place. Shino responds that she only requested his presence to trick him into believing TheButlerDidIt and have the case closed as such so Ryuunosuke would become the heir for the Tatsumi family fortune.
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After Kenmochi receives a letter from Shino Tatsumi, a childhood friend of his, he enlists the help of Kindaichi. Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi travel to a remote village named Kuchinashi, where Shino lives in the wealthy Tatsumi household. While they stay in the house as guests, a case of murders unfolds...
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After Kenmochi receives a letter from Shino Tatsumi, a childhood friend of his, he enlists the help of Kindaichi. Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi travel to a remote village in the Hida region named Kuchinashi, where Shino lives in the wealthy Tatsumi household. While they stay in the house as guests, a case of murders unfolds...
* AccidentalPervert:
** Right after Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi arrive at the Tatsumi house, they enter the living room without realizing Shino happens to be under the village physician's treatment at the moment, causing Kenmochi to cover his and Kindaichi's eyes in a hurry, though thankfully [[ToplessnessFromTheBack Shino has her back facing them]] so that nothing risque was shown.
** During the time of the case, Kindaichi accidentally walks in on Miyuki while the latter is in the middle of changing her clothes. While Miyuki is reasonably upset with him, it also turns out to be a minor case of SpannerInTheWorks as the culprit, who is hiding in the closet at the time, is just about to sneak up on Miyuki and kidnap her before Kindaichi walks in [[note]](not that it stops the culprit from trying again later in a different occasion)[[/note]].
** Right after Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi arrive at the Tatsumi house, they enter the living room without realizing Shino happens to be under the village physician's treatment at the moment, causing Kenmochi to cover his and Kindaichi's eyes in a hurry, though thankfully [[ToplessnessFromTheBack Shino has her back facing them]] so that nothing risque was shown.
** During the time of the case, Kindaichi accidentally walks in on Miyuki while the latter is in the middle of changing her clothes. While Miyuki is reasonably upset with him, it also turns out to be a minor case of SpannerInTheWorks as the culprit, who is hiding in the closet at the time, is just about to sneak up on Miyuki and kidnap her before Kindaichi walks in [[note]](not that it stops the culprit from trying again later in a different occasion)[[/note]].
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* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: As Shino reveals, [[RichBitch Ayako]] [[AlphaBitch Tatsumi]] bullied and tormented her in their adult years as much as she did back when they were teenage schoolmates, once Shino became a family servant in the Tatsumi clan, right up until Ayako herself died.
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* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp: As Shino reveals, [[RichBitch Ayako]] [[AlphaBitch Tatsumi]] bullied and tormented her in their adult years as much as she did back when they were teenage schoolmates, classmates, once Shino became a family servant in the Tatsumi clan, right up until Ayako herself died.
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--->'''Kindaichi''': What? What?! No, I'm innocent!
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* ThatManIsDead: In this case, "woman". After Shino confesses to everyone who's present about the murder plot, Kenmochi asks her why she even invited him to the house in the first place. Shino responds that she only requested his presence to trick him into believing TheButlerDidIt so Ryuunosuke would become the heir for the Tatsumi family fortune.
-->'''Shino''': Mr. Kenmochi... The only reason I invited you here was to use your kindness to my advantage. The Shino you knew only lives in your memory. What's left behind is a beast... that just goes by the name "Shino".
-->'''Shino''': Mr. Kenmochi... The only reason I invited you here was to use your kindness to my advantage. The Shino you knew only lives in your memory. What's left behind is a beast... that just goes by the name "Shino".
