History YMMV / TheKindaichiCaseFiles

** Yukio Nijikawa from the Western Style Hotel Murder case is portrayed as a DepravedBisexual AnythingThatMoves [[spoiler:drug addict]] guy whose reputation isn't above propositioning a teenage boy half his age. That would not fly today with more progress on LGBT rights.

* CharacterDerailment: ''Kindaichu Shounen No 1-Paku 2-Ka Shouryokou'' (Kindaichi Case Files: Mini-Vacations) spin off took a very... liberal interpretation of the cast to create comedy. If not {{Flanderization}} that is frequently employed with the main cast, the series outright invents character traits of the former suspects of the cases.

** For a more positive example: Yasuoka Manami's story of being blacklisted from being raped is sadly too common during the time period of the story. However, increasing societal attitude has led the charge of changing attitudes toward rape victims, [[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/21/japan-poised-to-raise-age-of-consent-from-13-in-overhaul-of-sexual-offence-laws leading to a big overhaul of Japanese rape law during the early 2020s]].

* CharacterDerailment: ''Kindaichu Shounen No 1-Paku 2-Ka Shouryokou'' (Kindaichi Case Files: Mini-Vacations) spin off took a very... liberal interpretation of the cast to create comedy. If not {{Flanderization}} that is frequently imployed with the main cast, the series outright invents character traits of the former suspects of the cases.

** From the same case, Remi Mako is depicted as a PsychoLesbian who is obsessed and sexually harasses [[TokenGoodTeammate Karen]] [[KillTheCutie Fumizuki]]. Again, this would not fly today.

** From the same case, Remi Mako is depicted as a PsychoLesbian who is obsessed and sexually harasses Karen. Again, this would not fly today.

* Yukio Nijikawa from the Western Style Hotel Murder case is portrayed as a DepravedBisexual AnythingThatMoves guy whose reputation isn't above proposition a teenage boy half his age. That would not fly today with more progress on LGBT rights.