Funny / The Kindaichi Case Files

Basically most of the Kindaichi manga series. Due to the anime having many scenes that were never shown and the changes in timelines of both manga and anime, this section only deals with the manga itself.

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General

• The Belligerent Sexual Tension between Kindaichi and Miyuki tends to cause a lot of slapstick. Miyuki compares this dynamic between them with Akechi's charming demeanor when witnessing him interacting with a young French model:
  Miyuki: This is way classier than my and Hajime-chan's sexual harassment comedy routine...
  • From time to time, it gets spiced up a bit with the presence of another person, who's usually female. Reika is the most frequent candidate, as she's a recurring character and more forthcoming with her feelings than Miyuki is.
• Whenever Kindaichi is just living life, whether as an Ordinary High-School Student or as an adult Salaryman, instead of being entangled in some mystery murder plot, there's bound to be some funny moment(s) taking place.
  • An example of this premise is "A Peek at Kindaichi and Miyuki's Daily Life", a one-chapter Standalone Episode taking place on a holiday with no mystery case(s) to solve.^note  In this episode, Miyuki tries to get Kindaichi to go shopping with her, as he had promised her that he'd do so and the sales event would end after the day, but Kindaichi, having played video game until 5 that morning, isn't willing to oblige, and nothing Miyuki says or does would get him to budge, so Miyuki ends up going out by herself, though not before leaving graffiti all over his face as payback for his broken promise. Kindaichi himself isn't aware of what Miyuki had done to him until his mother points out after he finally wakes up at one in the afternoon, much to his mother's amusement.
• Many an interaction between Hajime and his younger cousin Fumi would tend to lead to hilarity, since Hajime is a Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass who spends a lot of time acting like a Chivalrous Pervert while Fumi is a comparatively more level-headed kid who's Wise Beyond Their Years.

File Series

• The Opera House Murders Case:
  • To escape from being late, Kindaichi decides to climb into class on the 2ND FLOOR. He was asking his childhood friend to open the window but the teacher caught him in the act. Unfortunately, he stepped on a weak pipe and almost falls down from the building if it weren't for both Miyuki and his teacher holding him.
  • The flashback of Kindaichi's failures in school.
  • Two funny occasions take place during the train ride to the opera house in question.
    • As a Drama Club member uses card tricks in an attempt to impress the girls in the club, Kindaichi one-ups him with a combination of his deduction skills and tricks of his own, culminating in him somehow placing the member's deck of cards in his pants.
    • Shortly thereafter, another member approaches Kindaichi... and says his name wrong.
      Kindaichi: You're doing that on purpose, aren't you?!
  • After everyone arrives at the opera house, the owner introduces them to the sound system and tells them that the system still works well despite it being old. He mentions that "it just needs a little bit of cleaning", but a cloud of dust goes everywhere as he starts dusting, causing a few people to cough from the dust.
  • At one point Kindaichi enters Miyuki's room as per her request during the case arc, only to see her in the midst of changing her clothes. He manages to exit the room at once, however, saving himself from Miyuki's accusation of perversion.
  • Late in the case, Kindaichi gets Miyuki to help him test the effect of sound system communication access, with the curtain up or down on stage. The communication between them is completely fine with the curtain up, but the access actually gets blocked off with the curtain down, resulting in Miyuki returning to the sound room, where Kindaichi is. Since Kindaichi can't see or hear Miyuki because of the curtain, he assumes she's still on stage and starts teasing her, right up until Miyuki answers his question right behind him.
    Kindaichi: (through the sound system) Hello? Miyuki-chan, the girls who wears pink panda-bear panties? Are you there?
    Miyuki: (behind Kindaichi) That's not true! I have different underwear now.
• Treasure Isle Case:
  • Kindaichi's thinking of his dad being a pauper when his mother tells him a fake story of his dad losing his job in order to get to Treasure Isle. And it's all a money-making scheme concocted by Miyuki and Hajime's mother.
  • At the place that's set for qualifying exams for the Treasure Isle candidates, a case of Hypocritical Humor occurs:
    Miyuki: Everyone is eager to get their hands on the treasure.
    Kindaichi: So are you.
  • Upon arriving on the island, the intendant asks Miyuki for her invitation form, and Kindaichi claims Miyuki as his younger sister who has matured young, touching her butt for good measure. Miyuki plays along... and pinches his arm while no one is looking as payback for touching her butt.
• School of the Hanging Necks Case:
  • The same scheme concocted by Miyuki and Hajime's mother gets employed once more at the start. And Hajime himself falls for it for the second time.
    Miyuki: I don't believe it. He fell for it, just like he did for the treasure island.
    Hajime's mother: Well, it's good he's stupid, I guess.
  • When it's time for Kindaichi and Miyuki to present their report cards for the cram school, the math teacher, who oversees the application process, compliments Miyuki for her good grades and accepts her. Then the teacher takes a look at Kindaichi's report card, as Kindaichi claims the report card he presents has his "best" grades... and a moment of awkward Visible Silence ensues.
  • After Kindaichi manages to solve the question the math teacher asks him, the teacher accepts him into school — tuition-free, at that — on one condition: He must find the culprit behind an ongoing prank, of which a photo the teacher has given him is a clue. Kindaichi agrees... and asks the teacher to pass him in the weekly test. The teacher is hesitant at best, and Miyuki is downright disgusted by his stunt.
  • Near the end of the case arc, Kindaichi visits the now-former math teacher, whose first sentence after initial greeting is to ask him how his studies are going.
    Kindaichi: Once a teacher, always a teacher, huh?
  • Finally, after the whole case is completely wrapped up, Kindaichi informs Miyuki he decides that competitive school life is not the way he wants to live and makes good on his decision by Skipping School.
    Miyuki: Hey, wait! Damn it, stop, Hajime-chan!
• Headless Samurai Case:
  • 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. Kindaichi becomes The Drag-Along, 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 Amusing Injury 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!
  • 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 due to them seeing Shino while she's undressed at the very moment, though thankfully Shino has her back facing them so that nothing risque was shown. Once Shino is dressed and embraces Kenmochi, Kenmochi shoves Kindaichi aside while his face is red with feverish emotion, leaving Kindaichi with some Amusing Injury yet again.
    Kindaichi: What the Hell...
  • After the murder case concludes, Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi return to Tokyo. During the train ride, 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, and Kindaichi resorts to SHOUTING at Kenmochi's ear, giving him a Jump Scare as a result, in order to snap him out of it.
    Kenmochi: Don't scare me like that!
    Kindaichi: We've reached our stop.
  • At the end of the case arc, Kenmochi, in his talk with Kindaichi and Miyuki, compares motherly love with romantic love before going on a rant about how a woman treats her husband like trash after feeling comfortable with her spouse. A woman behind him asks him who he's referring to, with him responding that he's referring to his wife, only to turn around and see that the woman he's talking to is none other than HIS WIFE. Cue Kenmochi reacting with an Oh, Crap! expression.
  • Upon Kenmochi being accosted by his wife, who has found out that her husband spent the past several days skipping work instead of going to 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 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 Fall Guy in his desperate attempt to justify himself in front of his angry wife.
    Kenmochi: Wait! It was all Kindaichi's idea!
    Kindaichi: What?! No, I'm innocent!
    Kenmochi: (whispers to Kindaichi) Just play along, you idiot!
    Kindaichi: NO WAY!
• "Kindaichi the Killer!?" Case:
  • Kindaichi & Miyuki's reaction after seeing Ryuta Saki's 'ghost', whom is later revealed to be his younger brother, Ryuji Saki.
  • Nonaka Tomomi, one of the participants tried to seduce Tachibana Goryu to get his manuscript. She went so far as...doing indecent thing in public albeit hidden by the round table. After both of them went away, Saki suddenly went out from under the table where Nonaka and Tachibana did that indecent thing and happily said "Yay! I recorded some hot stuff!". Cue Face Fault from Kindaichi and Miyuki.
  • As Kenmochi accosts Akechi for shooting Kindaichi late in the case, Akechi reveals Kindaichi's trick of Faking the Dead... by pulling Kindaichi's hair.
    Kindaichi: Come on, Mr. Akechi! You'll make me go bald!
  • Once Kindaichi's trick of Faking the Dead is revealed, Miyuki reacts... with Anger Born of Worry. It gets Kindaichi cowed for a moment.
    Miyuki: Hajime-chan... you... you're... YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT! I DON'T EVEN CARE ANYMORE!
  • Kindaichi reveals during The Summation that the answer to the code the novelist set up is in the names of the message givers the culprit has murdered, so Kenmochi tries to solve it — by lining up the names all in a row, which makes no sense to anyone. Akechi promptly decodes and solves the riddle, but not before expressing his disappointment toward Kenmochi for his failure.
    Akechi: Is that really the best you can do, Inspector?
  • At the end of the arc, after Kindaichi succeeds in proving himself innocent, he and Itsuki have a discussion about the case, during which Itsuki apologizes for getting Kindaichi dragged into the mess since it was only due to Itsuki coaxing Kindaichi into helping him that Kindaichi was even involved in the first place.
    Kindaichi: Well, enough of that. I got off, didn't I? I'm like a cockroach; you can't get rid of me that easily!
    Itsuki: Y-Yeah, that's for damn sure.
  • Itsuki leads Kindaichi and Miyuki inside the hospital room where a girl, the daughter of a recently-deceased friend of his, stays, and he is not amused when Kindaichi insinuates that he might be a pedophile.
    Kindaichi: *whisper to Itsuki* You're pretty close to that girl. You're not a pedophile, are you?
    Itsuki: (clenching his fist) What was that?!
    Kindaichi: (with bandages over his forehead) Ow, ow, it hurts!
  • Finally, Itsuki informs to Kindaichi and Miyuki that he would adopt the girl they just visited once she's discharged from the hospital. Kindaichi insinuates that Itsuki might be a pedophile once more, only for Itsuki to smack him upside the head before Kindaichi even finishes the sentence.
• The Gentleman Thief Case:
  • Kindaichi saves Sakura Izumi from being bullied and kept the bullies' panties as souvenir. However one of his friends caught on but it was never mentioned if he did reveal it. Unfortunately he was later caught again by Miyuki when both her and Izumi thank him.
  • On the way to the mansion of a wealthy painter where a the Gentleman Thief is due to make a heist soon, Kenmochi shows a photo album of the things the Gentleman Thief had stolen in the past. One photo has a tree that was used for a painting, which the culprit cut into the top-hat-and-mustache motif. Kindaichi proceeds to burst into hearty laughter, and even Miyuki finds it Actually Pretty Funny herself.
    Kenmochi: Geez, why do I always get the weird cases, huh?
    Kindaichi: I kinda like his style, to tell the truth, Uncle.
    Kenmochi: What did you say?! That guy is a threat to my job and you are praising him, Kindaichi?!
    Kindaichi: Ha ha, I was kidding, just kidding!
  • When Kenmochi practically begs Kindaichi to help him catch the Gentleman Thief early in the case arc, Kindaichi agrees... with the caveat that Kenmochi treats him sushi. Upon Kindaichi helping to deduce a crime scene that Kenmochi couldn't figure out...
    Kenmochi: *patting on Kindaichi's shoulder* Treating you to sushi worth 23,400 yen^note  230 in USD or so was worth it after all...
    Kindaichi: You ate, like, half of it yourself, Uncle...
  • Kenmochi gives Kindaichi a hug after the Gentleman Thief leaves with the painting she intends to steal without knowing that Kindaichi had secretly swapped the original painting with a fake beforehand, with the full understanding that his job is no longer in jeopardy.
    Kindaichi: Hey, Uncle, let go, will ya?
  • Miyuki claims at one point that the culprit's trick is to fly around via hang-glider. Kindaichi isn't impressed.
    Kindaichi: Miyuki, it's too early to be making unrealistic deductions.
  • Sakura Izumi was giving Kindaichi a kiss as she really loves him. However Kindaichi somehow was too paranoid about it due to the list below:
    1. Kiss her.
    2. Get caught by Miyuki and make her cry.
    3. This gets leaked out at school and everybody hates him.
    4. His reputation is ruined and he gets kicked out of school.
    5. Banned from society.
    6. Unwilling to live and is driven to suicide.
    • Without thinking too much, he makes an excuse that he saw something to make her to look the other way... UNTIL Miyuki DID show up behind him also curious about it (she came out looking for him wondering why he didn't return after going out for so long). Lucky bastard.
  • The Gentleman Thief's way of saying thanks to Kindaichi for saving her reputation. Actually it's more like a payback for revealing her identity, her gender & giving her the fake painting.
• The Magical Express Case:
  • The ENTIRE first chapter of The Magical Express case. Poor Kindaichi running into bad luck one after another.
    • Due to the number of cases solved by him, the Police Director decides to award him money for it. However Kindaichi was supposed to return his late rental porn videos that same day so he decides to take it with him, thinking he'll return them after getting the award. However, Akechi finds out and decides to make a fool out of him in front of the director by tripping him, causing Kindaichi to place the porn video into the VCR. Kenmochi looks shocked, the director looks very suspicious, whereas Akechi is laughing too hard in the background, knowing that Kindaichi's chances of getting the award are ruined.
    • To cheer Kindaichi up for the mishap, Kenmochi decides to take him to the pub where he invites all the beautiful cop ladies to entertain him. They both get drunk and Kindaichi was playing the blind-folded guessing game. Kindaichi manages to guess who every girl was...UNTIL he realized that the last girl turned out to be Miyuki. It also turned out that Kenmochi's wife also there, and knowing his intentions, both girls beat Kindaichi and Kenmochi up.
    • Once Kindaichi, Kenmochi, Miyuki, and Saki gather at a cafe after the former two got busted, with Kindaichi and Kenmochi showing a few bruises each as punishment from their antics (by Miyuki and Kenmochi's wife, respectively), Miyuki still fuming over the incident, and Saki being informed of what had happened, Saki expresses regret that he couldn't be there in time to record the incident. Kindaichi isn't pleased.
    • Finally, Kenmochi enlists Kindaichi's help in opening a box that arrived at the police station. Kenmochi informs Kindaichi that he sent the box to the forensics lab earlier, but no one there could open it, and he didn't ask Akechi for help because his vacation just started that day. Feeling at his wits' end, he asks help from Kindaichi, who opens it within bare seconds — by sliding the lid open, much to Kenmochi's shock.
      Kenmochi: What the Hell did the forensics lab do?!
  • "Noble" Yurama was not too happy about giving free magic show but then reluctantly goes along with it. He takes out his anger by magically stealing Miyuki's (who was selected) bra. Not too happy about it, Kindaichi manages to distract him and swap the bra with the rose while making a fool out of Yurama.
    • However, Kindaichi does it again by stealing her bra at the end of the chapter. And at the end of the arc.
  • The deduction made by Kenmochi after "Noble" Yurama was murdered. You can tell both Kindaichi and Akechi were not amused.
    • The best part is Sakonji who was suspected as the murderer has the "WTF" face while dropping off his cigarette.
• The Undying Butterflies Case:
  • Kindaichi's scheme of a double date with Reika and Miyuki.
  • For Kindaichi, the morbid display of butterflies was supposedly enough to lose one's appetite, even though he's holding a tray stacked with food.
    Miyuki: That's hard to believe.
  • While the serial murder case is ongoing, Kindaichi decides to investigate the reason the prized rare butterflies in the mansion don't just up and fly away before the family butler spots him. Upon learning of Kindaichi's reason, the butler asks for his hand and leaves a drop of liquid there. Barely a second afterwards, a large swarm of butterflies flocks to him and causes him to freak out before the butler informs him that the drop of liquid is a pheromone that would attract butterflies.
  • After the case concludes, Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Itsuki get a car ride from the inspector in charge of the case, who didn't exactly get along with Kindaichi until he was forced to concede Kindaichi had been right about his deduction. After they reach the destination, Kindaichi says he hopes to meet the inspector again, only for the inspector to disagree before driving off, much to Kindaichi's annoyance.
    Kindaichi: How rude!
    Itsuki: He had the final say there! Ha ha ha!
    Miyuki: Now, now... he brought us all the way here, didn't he?
• The Devil's Artifacts Case:
  • "Why can't I hug him like this? Isn't this a bit better?"
  • Kindaichi accidentally turns on the huge fan during their break, flipping the girls' skirts up. However, the power was too high that it moves away and hitting on someone's car. Worst of all, that car happens to be Akechi's.
  • 'Female classmate attempt to suicide to please the deity in front of Kindaichi, NUDE' + 'Kindaichi stopping her in a very peculiar position, holding a dagger' + 'Miyuki rushing into the room due to the commotion' = Hilarity Ensues due to the scene being Not What It Looks Like.
    Kindaichi: Miyuki, I swear this is all an misunderstanding!
    (Kindaichi's inner monologue: You won't believe me even if I tell you what really happened.)
    • Luckily this has been settled thanks to Saki #2's video which later leads to this conversation:
      Kindaichi: Saki, why was this been recorded? Why didn't I know about this?!
      Saki: Ha Ha! I am your assistant, remember?
      (Cue the next panel with Kindaichi angrily walking away while holding a video tape while Saki has a bandage on his head)
      Kindaichi: (angry) But I'm confiscating this video!!
      Saki: Wahh...Senior, I'm sorry.
  • While Kindaichi is struggling to make sense of the Locked Room Mystery late in the arc, the room suddenly smells like gasoline, only for it to turn out to be the result of Saki farting, requiring Kindaichi and Miyuki and open up the window for fresh air. Amusingly enough, this actually helps Kindaichi solve the mystery.
  • After the case concludes, Kindaichi, Miyuki, Saki #2, and a guy who was on the excavation with them during the case arc visit Satsuki and her mother in the hospital.
    Satsuki's Mother: Which of the three men have you picked?
    Satsuki: Stop it! There's plenty of time for that!
    Satsuki's Mother: Oh, come on! If you don't act now, you won't get a boyfriend later on! Besides... (lifts Munakata's skirt) this sex appeal of yours won't stay forever.
    (Cue the next panel where Miyuki elbows Kindaichi on the head, Saki #2 happily records the panty shot, while the other guy privately notes that he's getting a nosebleed)
    Satsuki: Geez, mom!
  • The case ends with Kindaichi lamenting that he hasn't been paid a single yen he was promised to for joining in the Devil's Artifacts expedition, and he's now in a panic because he doesn't have the necessary funds to pay Akechi for accidentally damaging his car early in the arc.
    Kindaichi: M-Miyuki, please, you gotta lend me some money!
    Miyuki: I can't. My allowance isn't here yet.
    Kindaichi: Saki!
    Saki: Hmmm, you've still got my video, right, Senior?
    Kindaichi: SOMEBODY HELP ME!
• Reika Hayami Kidnapping Murder Case:
  • The case arc starts with Reika being chased by her fans, before she turns around to show that it's actually Kindaichi in disguise, as his part-time job involves being a decoy for her to throw her fans off her trail. Reika's fans don't appreciate being tricked, however, and the next panel where Kindaichi appears again shows him being bruised at many spots due to her fans beating him up for the trick.
  • While preparing for the next film scene, the makeup artist states that she recognizes Kindaichi's name due to Reika talking about him a lot. Both Reika and Kindaichi react with Luminescent Blush, while Miyuki pour a lot of rubbing alcohol on one of Kindaichi's injuries on his arm out of anger.
    Kindaichi: YOW! IT HURTS, IT HURTS!
    Miyuki: Really? Too bad.
  • Kenmochi's Perma-Stubble actually serves as both a plot-relevant tool in helping Kindaichi to solve the case and a source of humor in this case.
    • A dialogue between Kenmochi and Kindaichi about personal appearance takes place late in the case arc with Hypocritical Humor in mind.
      Kenmochi: You didn't go home yesterday, right? Go home and wash your face first. You'll be able to think more clearly after you're refreshed.
      Kindaichi: You're one to talk, Uncle. You look like some hardened criminal with that stubble!
    • Following Kindaichi's remark about Kenmochi's Perma-Stubble, Kenmochi justifies himself by saying that he can keep his Perma-Stubble since he's not some Neat Freak, only for the next panel to show Akechi with a "Neat Freak" note on him.^note  In-Universe, Kindaichi finds it Actually Pretty Funny, before it turns into a "Eureka!" Moment.
    • During The Summation, Kindaichi mentions Kenmochi's Perma-Stubble once more as the reason he manages to find the physical evidence as to whom he suspects as the culprit. The next panel showing Kenmochi with his usual Perma-Stubble has an author's note stating that he had already shaved shortly prior to the time of The Summation. It seems that Kenmochi, try as he might, would never be able to be truly clean-shaven.

Case Series

• Demon Dog Forest Murder Case:
  • The case arc starts with Miyuki turning down two guys trying to get her to date either of them. One of them runs off screaming, while the other bangs his head on the glass window.
  • A female classmate of Miyuki is unimpressed toward Miyuki still holding onto her Unresolved Sexual Tension with Kindaichi and suggests for her to start dating around. Miyuki starts trying to defend Kindaichi, only to find him hanging upside down outside the hallway window due to a bungee-jumping stunt gone wrong. Miyuki is shocked into Stunned Silence, while the female classmate is exasperated at his behavior.
    Female Student: Isn't it time you [Miyuki] switch targets?
  • Early on in the holidays, Kindaichi notices Miyuki heading out with a travel bag, so he decides to tail her... in his tank-top and Goofy Print Underwear while holding the toothbrush, as he's in the midst of tooth-brushing when noticing Miyuki going out.
  • Upon spotting Miyuki chatting with a male fellow classmate, Kindaichi starts feeling wary, but the other classmates who are to be part of the upcoming mushroom-picking expedition see him. Kindaichi's attempt to save face is... questionable, as he claims to be a sports-gym visitor during the holidays. The female student who believes Miyuki is too good for Kindaichi is among the group members, and she's not convinced.
    Female Student: Sports gym? In that attire?
  • Upon learning that Miyuki is part of the mushroom-picking expedition, Kindaichi decides to tag along, but the female student rejects at once because there are only four train tickets available. Kindaichi resorts to having her locked inside a bathroom stall (even using a mop to block the door to prevent her from getting out) while she's on her bathroom break before the train arrives, takes her ticket, gets dressed himself with spare clothes packed with him, before meeting the others and lying to them by claiming she had something urgent to do and gave her ticket to him before she left.
  • During the mushroom-picking, Kindaichi decides to make sure to have some moment alone with Miyuki by any means, and he makes good of the decision via picking mushrooms that would cause specific non-lethal side effects to his selected targets and volunteering to cook in the cabin. It works as planned on one guy due to the intended effect being to make him need to defecate and, therefore, excuse himself, but his plan backfires when the intended effect for the other two involves Mushroom Samba, as Miyuki ends up setting the cabin on fire while hallucinating herself lighting the fireplace, while the other target pours petrol into the fire under the delirium of dumping water to put out the fire. All four of them manage to escape the cabin unharmed, but the cabin is no more by the time everyone is back to their senses.
  • At one point while the serial murder case is ongoing, the puppy that belongs to one of the university students jumps onto Kindaichi's back... before peeing onto his back. Kindaichi spends a while topless as the result, while the dog's owner washes his shirt.
  • After the murder case ends and all innocent survivors return home, Hajime wakes up one morning... and sees Fumi sleeping in his bed unannounced, with the resulting shock causing Hajime to scream, which wakes Fumi up.
  • Miyuki comes to the Kindaichi residence with a basket of snacks in hand for a picnic, witnessing Hajime and Fumi arguing with each other.
    Hajime: You immature rascal!!!
    Fumi: *with her tongue out* Bluuurrrppp! Cut that "seniority" crap. You're an old donkey with no kissing experience!
    Hajime: Shut up! How'd you know about such things?!
    Fumi: I call this "woman's intuition"!
    Hajime: What woman? You're just a child!
    Fumi: What did you say?!
    Miyuki: *mumbles to herself* Looks like there will be another bickering member in this household.
• Phantom of the Silver Screen Murder Case:
  • This case arc kicks off with Hajime, Miyuki, Saki, and Fumi watching the newly-released movie starring Reika, in which a scene has Reika sharing a kiss with the lead actor. Hajime's reaction towards the scene involves an Imagine Spot where Reika dumps him and dates the actor in question, which worsens his mood.
    Hajime: I... I get it... only an actor is compatible with an actress...
    Fumi: What was this idiot immersed in?
    Saki: Senior, let's get some food...
  • As Reika meets them after the movie premier and clarifies, Miyuki leaves on her own without anyone knowing, before she spots a young man sizing her up for a movie project of his own. When Hajime, Saki, and Fumi catch up to Miyuki and overhear the movie director's recruitment words to Miyuki, Fumi insinuates the possibility of the director getting romantically involved with Miyuki, much to Hajime's displeasure.
  • Unhappy with the possibility of Miyuki and the director becoming romantically involved from the film-making project, Kindaichi wishes privately for Miyuki to turn down the proposal. Miyuki turns around, having noticed Hajime and co.'s presence... and spots Reika catching up to Hajime at that moment, which prompts her to agree to the director's proposal instead of turning him down like Hajime had hoped.
    Fumi: Game over.
  • Miyuki goes to an old building inside the school where the drama research club members meet following her agreement, and the record-keeper greets her... alongside Hajime, Saki, and Fumi, who claim to be Miyuki's manager, Hajime's business partner, and Hajime's asssistant, respectively. For bonus points, Miyuki has been entirely unaware that she even has "business associates" or that they had followed her there, Hajime had gone through the trouble of donning a business attire and eyeglasses to make his "presentation" more convincing, and the movie director lets them in as well, on condition that none of the equipment is disturbed.
    Saki: *thinking privately* So we managed to sneak in successfully...
  • Right at that moment, the cameraman of the club takes Saki's camcorder away to places it in the trash bin while propping up the 8mm camera that he uses, resulting in Saki, who treasures the video camera very much, to call the 8mm type as "just a stupid antique" in return, angering the cameraman in the process. The record-keeper is forced to step in and stop the cameraman to prevent further escalation.
  • Soon afterwards, the actress in the movie club appears to meet Kindaichi and co. Upon meeting Miyuki, her first words are to ask for her birthday, before pulling out a small book titled "Astrological Calendar" and reading off Miyuki's horoscope. Hajime and Saki, meanwhile, are transfixed with Luminescent Blush by the actress's display of elegant beauty.
    Hajime: Please look at my horoscope. Am I compatible to a beautiful girl like you?
    Saki: Me, too.
  • At one point during the filming, Miyuki is instructed to wash her hands while wearing a skin-tight leotard while Hajime is told to wash his hands alongside her, only for Hajime to turn the faucet too far and cause the sudden water outpouring to get Miyuki soaking wet while the cameraman berates Hajime for ruining the scene.
    Fumi: What was that idiot doing?
    Saki: Beats me.
  • Miyuki is then told to get changed out of her soaked leotard since the scene requires her body to be dry, but, just as she's about to get mad at Hajime for ruining the scene, she notices a sharp butter knife in the soap, which prompts her to realize that Hajime got her wet on purpose so she wouldn't get cut. Before she could express gratitude to Hajime, however, his words rub Miyuki the wrong way...
    Hajime: By the way, Miyuki... that kind of costume... isn't it too sexy?
    Miyuki: YOU... LECHER! *slaps Hajime*
    Saki: Your eyes are lecherous!
    Fumi: Idiot!
    Hajime: I told you out of concern... this scene is even better than the movie!
  • After the footage of the deceased director claiming to confess being responsible (as well as everyone else who has become murder victim, too) for an Accidental Murder of a member who has disappeared ends, the screen suddenly shows a slapstick comedy scene from a movie that's supposedly one of the director's earlier works.^note  The unexpected Mood Whiplash is a clue that the "confession" is concocted by the culprit and the director's "suicide" is actually a murder as well, as Hajime reveals during The Summation.
• Amakusa Treasure Legend Murder Case:
  • The case arc starts with Kindaichi being Asleep in Class yet again. This time he has some nightmare, which results in him waking up screaming, drooling all the while. The teacher in question promptly takes out his ruler in sheer anger to deal some Corporal Punishment.
  • After the class session ends and before the upcoming Mystery Club meeting is to take place, Miyuki meets Kindaichi and Souta, pulling the former by the ear to make sure he won't skip out on the meeting before leaving. The following dialogue between Kindaichi and Sota regarding Miyuki ends with Sota annoying Kindaichi with a verbal jab.
    Kindaichi: She's in two different clubs. How can she be so active in both? Man, I just can't understand it!
    Souta: Is that so? But, still... she always sticks with a weirdo like you. That's even harder to understand.
    Kindaichi: Huh? What did you say, Sota?
    Souta: He he he, nothing, nothing.
  • At the Mystery Club meeting (which Miyuki strong-arms Kindaichi into attending, more or less), Makabe welcomes Miyuki as the new club president... and shakes her hand rigorously. Makabe slurps his hand afterwards, whereas Miyuki wipes hers clean with a handkerchief when his back is turned.
  • Kindaichi announces to Miyuki that he's leaving once the meeting ends... and then Miyuki notifies him that his zipper is open.
  • At the Kindaichi residence, Hajime and Miyuki encounter Itsuki, who's having Mrs. Kindaichi's homemade meal, raving about her cooking skills and how tasty the matsutake mushrooms are. Hajime is about to join in the dinner, only to complain that the mushrooms are gone. It turns out that Mrs. Kindaichi had given all of the mushrooms away to Itsuki, who had consumed nearly all of them... except for one single slice. He offers it to Hajime, who's too grossed-out to take it due to it having been in Itsuki's bowl previously.
  • Itsuki proposes a treasure hunt to Kindaichi and Miyuki, and the three of them join the magazine editor, who's the organizer for the event. The editor gushes over the appearance of the grandchild of Kosuke Kindaichi, the legendary detective... under the mistaken belief that the grandchild in question was MIYUKI. A moment of awkward visible silence ensues when Itsuki sets the record straight.
    Editor: Mr. Itsuki, Kosuke Kindaichi's granddaughter is so pretty! Just like Miss Universe!
    Itsuki: Huh? Oh, no, no! *points to Hajime* This one here is the grandchild!
    [Hajime and the editor stare at each other in awkward silence]
    Editor: (sweating profusely) Ah! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me, Mr. Itsuki! He looked s-so plain, so I...
    [Itsuki says nothing in embarrassment]
    Hajime: *thinks to himself* T-This guy... What was your opinion about me, anyway? Stupid? Moron?
  • Afterwards, the editor pulls out some documents about a historical figure... but Kindaichi is drawing a blank.
    Miyuki: *forced laughter* Hajime-chan, you're such a joker! *whispers to Kindaichi* Didn't you listen in today's lesson?
    Kindaichi: How could I? I was trapped in a horrible nightmare!
  • The editor starts talking about the treasure hunting event, but the long-winded reiteration of historical events only serves to make Kindaichi lose interest and doze off, necessitating Miyuki waking him up — twice. It's only when Itsuki presents it in more concise Layman's Terms that Kindaichi is finally more engaged to the topic.
  • Upon reaching the island where the treasure hunting event is set to take place, the participants who arrive via ferry meet the tour guide, a boy in his late teen's who not only makes Miyuki blush but stuns Kindaichi a little as well. The tour guide introduces himself, Miyuki returns the favor... and Kindaichi tries to prop himself up by mentioning the name of a Teen Idol in an attempt to pass himself off as such. It gets him nowhere.
  • Shortly after everyone starts dowsing for treasure, Emily detects something potentially metallic being buried. Several participants begin shoveling right away and find an urn full of coins that turn out to be worthless, though Kindaichi decides to pocket one as souvenir. After one participant mentions that some more sought-after coin-type treasures could be worth a hundred millions of yen apiece, Kindaichi starts digging with his bare hands furiously like a dog, to no avail.
  • The various tense interactions between Miyuki and Emily Miura, the newly-joined member of the Mystery Club, make for some funny moments (even though Miyuki doesn't find them funny).
    • The first thing Miyuki does as the Mystery Club president is to welcome her as the newly-joined member. All the male members are entranced at once, while all the girls are repelled. Kindaichi joins his male classmates in feeling attracted when Emily starts talking to him, while Miyuki gets on board with her female peers in being annoyed with her presence.
      Emily: Ehe he he, that was fun!
    • A short time after the participants arrive, Emily joins them as the dowsing expert. Miyuki isn't convinced and lets her misgivings clear, for which Emily takes offense.
      Miyuki: Are you sure you aren't lying?
      Emily: Why, hello, Senior Nanase! What are you doing here? Oh, I know! You must be here to help with all the heavy-lifting for this expedition!
      Miyuki: What the heck was that?
      Ituski: Let it go, Miyuki-chan...
    • While everyone baths in the hot spring on the first night, Kindaichi attempts to reach the females-only section, only to get splashed in the face by Miyuki for his trouble. In the moment of indignation, Kindaichi props up Emily for her lack of defensive actions against him, and Miyuki and Emily's conversation gets heated quickly.
      Emily: You mean it, Senior Kindaichi? Would you like me to come over right now?
      Miyuki: Emily, as your senior, I advise you to not fall for any of that guy's sweet-talk.
      Emily: In that case, as your junior, I've got some advice of my own, senior... have you thought about going on a diet? People with higher-than-normal BMI tend to be more idiotic, studies say.
      Miyuki: WHAT? FLAT AS A WASHBOARD, YOU'RE ONE TO TALK!
      Emily: HEY, I'M JUST PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED! I'M LIKE A SUPERMODEL!
    • At this point, Kindaichi decides to take a peek at the women-only section of the hot spring, only to receive a wooden bucket in the face for his trouble.
    • Late in the case arc, Kindaichi leans onto Miyuki's lap after spending some time trying to deduce the truth about the supposed "confession" and "suicide" of the "culprit" without success (and getting smacked on the head by Miyuki when he starts acting perverted) while they're alone in a room, Emily walks in to tell Kindaichi that there's a phone call for him — and then runs off screaming, her face red with embarrassment. Miyuki is unsure why she behaves like that... before realizing she's sitting on top of Kindaichi's pelvis. While Kindaichi enjoys such an occasion, Miyuki doesn't, and she makes it clear by beating Kindaichi up. When Kindaichi takes the phone call, he's bruised, swollen, and throbbing all over the face.
  • Later on in the expedition, Miyuki tries to get Kindaichi to get ready and be out of the cottage, but Kindaichi is reluctant because it's early in the morning. Miyuki then says that he won't be able to have breakfast if he's late, and Kindaichi is out of his cottage a bare minute later, fully clothed — well, almost fully clothed, since he's wearing slippers.
  • Right at that moment, Itsuki pokes fun at Kindaichi's clothing "choice", only for Kindaichi to retort with a "Not So Different" Remark at Itsuki's expense.
    Ituski: Hey, Kindaichi, what's the matter? Sleep too much and you'll become a moron, you know!
    Kindaichi: You're one to talk! All your buttons are done up wrong!
    [The panel shows the buttons on Itsuki's shirt being done slightly off]
    Miyuki: *thinks to herself* They're really birds of a feather...
  • Late in the case arc, Kindaichi, Miyuki, and the tour guide decide to trek across a path to the tour guide's house. The tour guide cautions that it's a steep trek, but Kindaichi dismisses it, claiming that "a fit guy like me can do it blindfolded". One hour later...
    Kindaichi: *panting repeatedly* Can we stop for a little rest...?
    Miyuki: It was your idea in the first place.
    Tour Guide: There's a cafe nearby. Shall we stop there?
  • When Hajime talks to Fumi over their first phone conversation, he relays to her some information regarding the local lore at the place the case arc is taking place. Unbeknowest to either of them, the lore turns out to have been made up by the culprit in this murder case. When Fumi contacts Hajime over the phone for the second time, she's miffed over the misinformation enough to start the phone conversation by subjecting him to some auditory assault.
    Fumi: YOOOOU LIAAAAAARRRRR!!!! Because of you, the entire school's making fun of me!
• Circus du Murder Case:
  • Because he's a perv, Kindaichi was hoping to spy on the female child acrobat, Noeru Ogura. He was trying to figure out what to do until her brother, Kento unexpectedly finds him. Kindaichi then makes the lamest excuse that he needs to find his contact lenses and points below (knowing his true intentions) as he sees a small ledge. He then spies on her undress unaware that Miyuki caught him and burned his ass using a nearby torch, literally quoting this line:
    "Is Kindaichi doing a fire show?!"
  • During Fumi's rehearsal with Kento doing Snow White, Kento has a suggestion.
    Kento: "What if Snow White is actually pretending to be asleep, tie a rope around Prince Charming's neck and drag him to the marriage registration office?"
    Fumi: "Won't that turn into Rom-com? And why are you using me for the image of the princess? Way to go ruining the romantic moment."
    • Bonus points if you figure out that Kento knows her true attitude and behavior.

Short Series

• The "Murderous Intention Under Freezing 15 Degrees" short story:
  • The image for the first chapter has Miyuki topless as she addresses the readers — well, almost topless, since there are banana tree leaves obscuring her breasts from view. The same image has Kindaichi and Saki viewing her from her back, both of whom sporting Luminescent Blush and looking pleased with themselves.
  • Miyuki gets drunk on beer and takes off her bra. She nearly takes off her shirt, too, but Kindaichi manages to take her away from others before she actually ends up topless.
  • Kindaichi's jacket is taken after the police arrive due to him using it cover the ski team equipment maintenance personnel to keep him warm upon finding him unconscious but alive outside. Inspector Tawarada returns it to Kindaichi after acquiring the ski team equipment maintenance personnel's own jacket for police investigation, though there's a slight disagreement between Kindaichi and Tawarada over the jacket.
    Kindaichi: Thanks! I'm kind of attached to this jacket.
    Tawarada: You're a fan of this old-fashioned color?
    Kindaichi: Hey, this is cool!
  • After the ski team equipment maintenance personnel discovers the reason behind the culprit's attack that led to him nearly becoming a murder victim after having overheard the conversation between the culprit and the skier, he takes the phone and gives the skier a "The Reason You Suck" Speech that has absolutely No Indoor Voice, as the reason behind the culprit's attack was due to a misunderstanding about the truth that the skier was too afraid to reveal earlier.
    YOU BASTARD! I WAS EXTREMELY CAREFUL IN ADJUSTING YOUR SKIS AND MADE SURE THEY WERE PERFECT! YET YOU DECIDED TO SCREW AROUND WITH THEM AND GOT INJURED IN THE PROCESS! YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST BROKEN YOUR NECK AND ENDED YOUR CRAPPY LIFE AT THE SAME TIME!
  • To drive the point further about how loud the equipment maintenance personnel's voice is, the panels show Kindaichi AND the skier both covering their ears as reaction to him bellowing at the skier, who also keeps some distance from the phone to reduce the vocal impact, some of the snow on the building roof falls off from the sheer force of the shouting, and at least one of the ski team members chimes in to try to get the guy to calm down a bit.
    Do you want him [the skier] to go unconscious again or something?
• The "Who Murdered the Goddess?" short story:
  • Kindaichi takes Saki to the Fudo High School festival to show him around early in the story while helping the latter to find a girl Saki harbors a crush on, and they stumble upon a guessing game where the participants are supposed to guess who's behind a curtain based on the silhouette shown through said curtain. It doesn't take Kindaichi longer than mere seconds to provide the right answer, as Asaki doesn't even bother changing his hairstyle, making it extremely easy for Kindaichi to guess correctly.
  • Right after Asaki shows himself, Makabe turns up, and both of them state their ultimate goal of creating a trick that will confuse Kindaichi to no end. Kindaichi reacts by leaving, taking Saki with him and looking completely unimpressed all the while.
    Kindaichi: Why don't you [Asaki and Makabe] just design a haunted house? Saki, let's go!
  • Kindaichi and Saki encounter a fortune-telling booth and decide to pay a visit. The teller turns out to be a Cloudcuckoolander girl, whom Kindaichi knows is "not all there" due to having met her in a previous murder case. Kindaichi promptly makes a beeline out of the booth, dragging Saki along with him.
    Kindaichi: S-Sorry for bothering you! *thinking to himself* Why is she here? She goes to another school, right?
  • After Kindaichi and Saki arrive at the art gallery cafe, which is hosted by members of the Art Club, of whom Saki's crush is one, the president of the Art Club shows his latest artwork — a sculpture made of marble — to Kindaichi and Saki. How Saki reacts to the sculpture is not shown, but Kindaichi is... utterly perplexed by it, as it's a mishmash of various objects being seemingly combined pell-mell (e.g. part of the sculpture is a fish with a man's face clamping on a human neck that's attached to a hand holding a baseball while a steering wheel hangs off the forearm of said baseball-holding hand) with no explanation given behind such an assembly. Even more bizarre still is the fact that the sculpture itself is named "The Hammer of Justice" — with no explanation provided to correlate the title with the artwork.
    Art Club president: This is my creation which I made out of marble, but I still think something's wrong.
    Kindaichi: [sporting Overly-Nervous Flop Sweat] Wr... Wro... Wrong?
  • As the girl Saki harbors a crush on is being interrogated in the police station, a voice suddenly and LOUDLY demands answers, slamming the hand onto the table along the way. It turns out to be Saki demanding answers from the police as to why she is being treated like a criminal, requiring Kindaichi and Kenmochi to try to defuse the situation.
    Kenmochi's colleague: *thinking privately* Who's the one being interrogated here?
  • When the interrogation session on the Art Club members is about to start, the club president comments about his watercolor painting, while one member chimes in and boasts about having good eyesight, prompting another member, who's nearsighted enough to need eyeglasses, to react dismissively, resulting in the two members arguing with each other before Kenmochi stops them.
    Art club member: I'm really confident about my eyesight.
    Nearsighted art club member: What's so good about having great eyesight? It's not like you're putting it to good use in your sketches and drawings.
    Art club member: What are you talking about?! You screw up your sketches and drawings because you're so nearsighted!
    Nearsighted art club member: What are you talking about, you tomboy?! Your face is the one that's screwed up around here, not my portraits!
    Kenmochi: Hey, you two, we're starting the investigation!
  • Kindaichi's interrogation session toward the art club president goes well enough until Kindaichi asks him for his alibi for the half-hour time-span when he was in the library.
    Art club president: Alibi? [places himself so that his face is almost close enough to touch Kindaichi's] Don't you think that, under these circumstances, people who have alibis are much more suspicious than those who don't?
    Kindaichi: No, I don't, and could you please not lean so close to me?
  • The story itself starts with Saki confiding to Kindaichi and Miyuki about a girl he has a crush on while the three of them attend the school festival taking place at the time. He makes a portrait for the girl in question at the end of the chapter, but... Saki turns out to be a Terrible Artist, as Kindaichi and Miyuki discover when they see the portrait itself, which looks more at home in a Picasso galary, leaving them briefly in Stunned Silence. The story ends with Saki trying to show his hand-drawn portrait to his crush, while Kindaichi and Miyuki frantically try to prevent Saki's crush from seeing it.
• The "Twin Murder Incident" short story:
  • The story starts with Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Saki walking together. Miyuki expresses concern (yet again) about the possibility of Kindaichi being Held Back in School, while Kindaichi is memorizing math formulas on a stack of index cards he binds together. Saki's words that he and Kindaichi would be classmates next year causes Kindaichi to get testy with him.
    Kindaichi: Stop saying such unlucky things to me, stupid Saki!
  • After Kaya (from Treasure Isle) gets Kindaichi to help her solve the murder case in question, they arrive in a hotel where the murder scene is. Kindaichi tries to work his deduction, but he's running into some trouble... of Miyuki and Saki talking about the case right next to him, resulting in him shouting at them for the distraction.
    Kindaichi: Don't you find yourselves annoying?! How am I supposed to think with all the noise?
  • Later on, Kaya treats Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Saki for a meal that's served in the hotel as thanks for them helping her for the case and, during meal time, whispers seductively at Kindaichi with the possibility of the two of them having a nice dinner under the clear night sky. Kindaichi reacts with Luminescent Blush and a quiet agreement about such a prospect, but this incurs the wrath of Miyuki, who promptly cuts his hand with the knife she's eating with at the time.
  • Kaya manages to get Kindaichi's help to solve the murder on the promise that she'll let him see the inside of her mysterious box if he concede. Kindaichi agrees, only to find at the end of the chapter that inside Kaya's box is... another box.
• Mirror Maze Murder Incident:
  • This short story begins with Hajime and Miyuki arriving at an amusement part that just happens to be vacant despite the time being on a holiday. Hajime's hope for time alone with Miyuki, however, is undermined by the persistent presence of Fumi, who harbors an internal determination to remain at their side as a Tag Along Kid while Hajime privately wishes to dump Fumi somewhere, and he and Fumi at one point stare at each other as though engaging in a staring contest.
    Miyuki: *thinking privately* Honestly... there's no reason to argue with a kid!
  • Hajime meets a group of four girls who all aspire to become TV news anchors, takes a group photo of them at their request... and gets smacked by Miyuki (with her purse) while he's still lost in thought about them, much to Fumi's amusement.
  • Fumi and Miyuki decide to go on roller coaster rides, and Hajime agrees, if reluctantly. After about three rides, Fumi and Miyuki look ready for one more ride, Miyuki turns around to ask for Hajime's input... and suggests that they should take a break first, as the result of Hajime looking pale and nauceous from the rides.
  • After Hajime has recovered a bit, the three of them arrive at the mirror maze and, since only six people are allowed inside at a time, wait for their turn. When it's their turn, the security guard lets Miyuki and Fumi inside as a team due to Fumi being quite young. Fumi isn't pleased at being treated as Just a Kid, much to Hajime's amusement.
    Security Guard: (to Miyuki and Fumi) You two ladies can go in together as a team. There's gonna be a lot of trouble if you get lost, little girl!
    Fumi: (red-faced in indignation) Hmph!
    Hajime: He he he... don't get lost... little girl!
• The Challenge from Mysterious Gentlemen Thief:
  • Gentlemen Thief's revenge on Kindaichi? Steal Kindaichi's paycheck!

New Series

• Opera House: The Third Murder:
  • The case arc starts with Miyuki and Kenmochi waiting impatiently for one more person at a dock for a scheduled event, but the person is tardy. When the boat captain is about to set sail and refuses to wait longer despite Kenmochi's plea as a police officer, a voice pipes up asking whether sex appeal is more effective than a law enforcement agent's authority before lifting Miyuki's skirt, prompting her to strike back. The scene then shifts to Kindaichi as the perverted perpetrator, reeling from the pain on the cheek.
  • As Miyuki and Kenmochi chide Kindaichi for being tardy, Kindaichi claims that his bicycle had a flat tire and he nearly got run over by a truck. Then the truck driver provides a rebuttal by saying that Kindaichi made the driver give him a ride for a sprained leg, only for Kindaichi to dismiss it by saying he was "mistaken" about having sprained a leg, much to the exasperation of both Miyuki and Kenmochi.
    Kenmochi: So he lied to hitch a ride, huh?
  • The proprietress of the opera house hotel greets the visitors who have just arrived on the island, but her daughter treats her with a cold shoulder. The proprietress scolds her daughter for being cold to her in front of the guests, so her daughter responds by putting up a fake greeting to the guests, with a pretended sweet demeanor and a mock curtsy to boot, before skulking away.
    Proprietress: That insolent child! I wonder where she got it from.
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately] I'd say she got it from you.
    Kenmochi: [thinking privately] Puberty is so confusing these days.
  • After the proprietress leads Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi into the theater and turns off the lights, a figure suddenly appears behind Kindaichi and causes him to panic, before the lights are turned back on, which reveals an actor dressing up as the Phantom for the planned production of The Phantom of the Opera.
    Actor in the Phantom's costume: Sorry, sorry. I guess that was a bit too much.
  • When dinner is served, Kindaichi is more than ready to dig in at once, whereas Miyuki wants him to wait until everyone is seated. Just then, the lights go out, before the proprietress places candles on the large table. Miyuki comments on the candle-induced atmosphere and turns to ask Kindaichi for his input... only to find his mouth already stuffed with food, much to her annoyance.
  • After two people have fallen victim in the murder case, Kindaichi and Miyuki discuss about the possible ways that could have occurred to the second target. Miyuki suggests a potential scenario, before getting herself frightened by the thought of it, which bewilders Kindaichi.
    Kindaichi: How are you scared of your own imagination?
  • Kindaichi finds Kenmochi after the latter had been missing for a day, and their reunion is disrupted... by Kenmochi's Growling Gut, which causes Kindaichi to burst out laughing, much to Kenmochi's indignation.
  • The proprietress's daughter is about to take a seat late in the case arc before deciding against it upon seeing a spider located at the seat and asks Kindaichi to kill it. In the moment of panic, Kindaichi asks Kenmochi to stomp on the spider, but Kenmochi refuses, bringing up the fact that he, like everyone else, is currently without footwear. Kindaichi asks him to do it anyway, arguing that the spider doesn't have enough venom to kill a human, to which Kenmochi counters by asking Kindaichi to do the stomping himself. Thankfully, another person shows up due to the panic-induced commotion and clarifies that the spider in question is nonvenomous, which finally calms everyone down.
  • While Kindaichi is about to demonstrate a trick that was part of the serial murders during Summation Gathering, he pulls out a lighter that he claims to have "borrowed" from Kenmochi without permission. It's only after Kindaichi makes the claim that Kenmochi searches his pocket where he usually places the lighter and realizes it's not there, calling Kindaichi a thief in reaction.
  • After the theater burns down, Miyuki and Kenmochi laments Kindaichi's fate due to not knowing that he had taken refuge in the underground labyrinth to wait out the blaze. Kenmochi punches a block of cinder in a moment of desperate frustration, and the ensuing chain reaction causes some charred cinder behind him to fall... onto Kindaichi right as he gets out, leaving him no worse for wear, complaint of the temperature from the incinerated wreckage notwithstanding.
• Jail Gate Cram School Murder Case:
  • Kenmochi appears early in the case arc to vouch for Kindaichi when the local police detective has misgivings about Kindaichi's deductive capacity as an Amateur Sleuth, but his choice of words isn't as flattering as it could be.
    Kenmochi: [to the local police detective] Listen! He may look like an idiot with bad grades, but he's not an ordinary idiot! He's an idiot who has solved many complex cases that even the police department had given up on!
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately] I think that's the third time he's called me an idiot. [...] Uncle, I feel like you aren't praising me at all.
    Kenmochi: Really?
  • Shortly thereafter, Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi meet up with Akechi at a cafe. Upon confirming that orders are for free due to the police department footing the bill, Kindaichi indulges himself to his heart's content, wolfing food down when it arrives, much to Miyuki and Kenmochi's embarrassment due to Kindaichi's bad table manners.^note  Akechi, meanwhile, shows little to no reaction.
  • On the bus ride to the Cram School in question, Miyuki wonders how Kindaichi is holding up... and the scene cuts to him trying to hit on the lady bus guide, resulting in Miyuki pulling him back by the ear.
    Miyuki: [in Blank White Eyes] Don't be so troublesome!
    Kindaichi: OW!
  • Upon arriving at the Cram School, the teacher who's also the vice manager and supervisor for the school stops Kindaichi at the entrance due to the bulky backpack he's carrying and insists that he shows the contents within, both to minimize distractions to studying and prevent potential escape or, worse, suicide. Kindachi is left with no choice but to empty the backpack, which contains cookies, games, comic books, an erotic magazine, and a CONDOM. Kindaichi is red in the face with embarrassment when the teacher holds up the last item.
    Miyuki: [thinking to herself] Stupid!
  • Intending to be able to remain in contact despite being in different study groups, Kindaichi decides to make sure Miyuki conceals her cellphone in a safe hiding area, so he puts it... underneath her bra. The lack of clarification beforehand on Kindaichi's part, however, gets him slapped in the face for it before he explains to her.
  • As for Kindaichi's own cellphone, he comes up with a... different solution for hiding it. This is illustrated when Akechi inquires him about how he plans to correspond due to him not being in the same study group as Akechi himself and Miyuki, with him pulling out his cellphone... from underneath his sweatpants uniform, with the cellphone in question emitting an odor once he shows it to Akechi.
    Akechi: That's very good, but did you need to put it in such a location?
    Kindaichi: I needed to hide it. If they find out I have a phone, there's chance I will get expelled!
  • Kindaichi, being an Apathetic Student, struggles to cope with the strict regimen in the Cram School, and it shows. He begs and pleads to go with Miyuki when she tells him goodbye, right around the START of the regimen, necessitating Souta to hold him back. Then he gets distracted by his own thoughts about how Miyuki is doing early in a class session, which causes him to pull out the wrong textbook and results in the teacher telling him off for it. The food being provided in the facility isn't enough to sate his appetite, as evidenced when he whines about needing a hamburger and fries. He also finds the study sessions, each of which lasts hours at a time, quite grueling, though Miyuki is happy that he's finally studying now when hearing about it on the phone, which displeases him. At one point he breaks down, causing the teacher to tell him not to make noises and to turn to the subject at hand, before immediately letting his mind wander with the Imagine Spot of Miyuki, much to Sota's exasperation.
    Sota: [thinking to himself] I think he's gone mad.
  • Once all of the students who had disappeared earlier are found dead, Akechi corresponds with Kindaichi now that the police can confirm their deaths as murder, with one caveat — namely, Kindaichi is to perform autopsies on the bodies of the deceased students who are in the same study group as he in order to prevent potential tampering, much to Kindaichi's displeasure.
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately] Why'd I agree to do this?
  • After the autopsies are completed, Souta checks on Kindaichi, who's still not happy about having to perform such a procedure.
    Kindaichi: [tearfully thinking to himself while washing his hands] It must be hard being a doctor.
  • During Summation Gathering, Kindaichi leads everyone to the front of the building where the sign with lights is located and reconnects a wire that was cut to expose a lighting trick for an alibi. Akechi identifies the lighting source as "low-pressure sodium lamp", whereas Kindaichi mishears it as "slow fresher soda yum lamp", prompting Miyuki to correct him.
  • After the murder case concludes, Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Souta discuss the case briefly before shifting the topic to the midterm, for which they had just received the results. Miyuki and Sota both state that their grades have improved after their stint in the Cram School, and Kindaichi claims the same when Miyuki asks him... only for her and Sota to get a hold of Kindaichi's test answer sheets soon afterwards that prove his grades are as bad as they were prior to joining the Cram School and that he had lied about his grades. Miyuki then says that she'll tell Kindaichi's mother about his midterm exam results, and the case arc ends with Kindaichi saying Anything but That! as he runs after Miyuki and Souta, pleading for them to keep quiet about his midterm results.
• Snow Spirit Legend Murder Case:
  • The case arc starts with Hajime and Saki on a snowy mountain while the latter is snowboarding, only it's the spirit of the deceased Saki instead of his surviving brother. Hajime isn't happy when the spirit reveals his true identity.
    Hajime: (with Blank White Eyes) You're a ghost and you snowboard? Nonsense! Snowboarding wasn't a thing when you died!
  • The deceased Saki's spirit issues a warning to Hajime ("Be careful... of snowy mountains and attractive offers!"), which comes off as cryptic to Hajime, but he gets smacked before his question can be answered — namely, by the teacher dropping a chalk eraser straight onto his head due to him being Asleep in Class yet again, indicating that the whole sequence with Saki's spirit was All Just a Dream.
  • Upon returning home after school, Hajime and Miyuki spot a fancy car in front of the Kindaichi residence they recognize as one that's different from one that Akechi drives. When Mrs. Kindaichi comes out front expressing concern that it might be a debt collector, Hajime lets his thought run wild and assumes that he would be held hostage unless the debt is paid, which earns him a Dope Slap by his mother.
  • Once everyone is inside the house, the guest identifies as lawyer of a recently-deceased millionaire and claims said millionaire is interested in bestowing a monetary reward to Hajime for his one act of genuine kindness towards said millionaire. While Hajime remembers the millionaire, he doesn't believe the monetary reward would amount to much, and so the lawyer's statement comes as a shock to him after the Delayed Reaction passes and the reality of the lawyer's words sink in.
    Hajime: The amount of money I'm going to receive won't be very much, right?
    Lawyer: Well, it will only be 100 million yen.
    Hajime: See, you heard it yourself! It's only 100 million... yen? WHAT?! ONE HUNDRED MILLION YEN?!
  • At this point, Miyuki is concerned that there must be conditions for such a hefty reward, all while Hajime and his mother are first immersed in their own thoughts about what they'd do with this much money before arguing with each other regarding whose money it'd be. By the time the lawyer starts stating the conditions for the monetary reward, Hajime and his mother are depicted trying to duke it out with each other in a boxing match, gloves and all.
  • As specified by the lawyer, each prospective recipient is to stay in a mountain villa for the duration of an entire weekend, and so Hajime makes his way to the villa in question, with Miyuki and Kenmochi, the latter of whom Mrs. Kindaichi requests to monitor Hajime to make sure he does nothing funny with Miyuki, in tow. On the mountain trail to the villa, however, the path is so tough for Hajime that he struggles to keep up with the other two.
    Hajime: (holding a walking cane feebly with legs trembling) H-Hey! W-Wait for me, please... you two! D-Don't leave me... Uncle... Miyuki...
    Miyuki: You're so slow, Hajime-chan!
    Kenmochi: You're embarrassing, Kindaichi!
  • After reaching the villa, Hajime gets acquainted with everyone — well, almost everyone, since one person, the brother of one of the fellow visitors, is nowhere in sight. Hajime then proceeds to greet another guy under the mistaken belief of him being the brother in question. When the guy sets the record straight, Hajime moves on to a middle-aged mountaineer and asks him if he is the brother in question, only for the mountaineer, who considers Hajime's mistaken belief Actually Pretty Funny, to react in hearty laughter in return.^note  At this point, Hajime gives up and asks the person who his brother might be before being told that he hasn't arrived yet.
  • At dinnertime, two of the visitors talk about the prospective monetary reward and one of them teases the possibility of getting 200 million yen if they were to start dating. Hajime then gripes that he'd get "only" 50 million yen because his reward money is split between himself and Miyuki, which draws Miyuki's ire.
    Miyuki: (pulling Hajime's ear) I'm getting annoyed hearing that, you know.
  • After dinner, each visitor is instructed to take the individually assigned oil tank into his/her room. A female visitor struggles to carry her jerrycan, prompting a fellow male visitor to offer to help. Hajime makes the offer to Miyuki... only for her to carry hers without needing help, much to Hajime's confusion.
    Hajime: *thinking privately* When did you become so strong?
  • After the jerrycans are distributed, visitors mingle with each other. Kenmochi, having done some mountain hiking in the past himself, quickly bonds with the mountaineer, with the two of them sharing alcoholic drinks together. While Miyuki notes how well they get along with each other, Hajime isn't impressed due to him being unable to keep up with their mountaineering stories and quips that those two would get drunk later. Unfortunately for Hajime, Kenmochi has overheard him and taken offense at his insinuation, which results in Kenmochi placing Hajime in headlock around the neck briefly, getting Hajime nearly out of breath for a moment.
  • Later on while the serial murder case is ongoing, Hajime wants to learn more about an incident from the past that he believes is relevant to the present-day case and enters the room of the only person among the participant in said incident who's yet to fall victim, only to find the room empty. Believing that he's taking a bath, Hajime and Kenmochi head to the men's bathroom. Miyuki blushes and hesitates briefly, but she enters it anyway due to the urgent nature of the circumstance at the time.^note  It turns out that no one is naked inside the bathroom when she enters.
    Miyuki: Um... um... ah, whatever! I'm going in!
  • During Summation Gathering, Hajime reveals that the murderer, after dismembering the body of the first murder victim, managed to get the torso brought inside the designated room, at which point Kenmochi demands to know who did it. Hajime's response? "It was YOU, Uncle." Cue Kenmochi panicking for a moment as he frantically tries to defend his innocence, before Hajime clarifies that the killer utilized a trick that rendered the person accomplishing it being an Unwitting Pawn, which Kenmochi fell into in this particular scenario.
  • The culprit states in the confession about meeting Yuika in a Rescue Romance, being saved by her in a mountain snowstorm. The biggest shock to the culprit, however, was in seeing her in only bra and underwear before being told to turn around while she put on more clothes.
  • As Itsuki meets Hajime and Miyuki inside the Kindaichi residence after the murder case concludes, they share a moment awkwardly laughing about the 100 million yen reward that never was.
    Itsuki: So, in the end, the 100 million yen was just a dream, huh? I pity you, Kindaichi!
    Hajime: Well, I don't seem to have much luck!
  • Finally, Mrs. Kindaichi returns home shortly afterwards, having had a makeover and bought a new dress, which makes her look quite beautiful, to the point Ituski asks her when she has become a model. She has also bought some fancy-looking cakes with limited high-class tea to go with it, and, when others are acting too shocked at her spending spree to respond (especially since Hajime and Miyuki don't have the heart to tell Mrs. Kindaichi the truth about the "monetary reward"), starts suggesting she should buy something more expensive, causing Hajime to interject at this point.
    Hajime: Mom! Don't be such a spendthrift!
• The entirety of "Reika Hayami And The Uninvited Guest" is Finagle's Law in action. It's as much Played for Laughs as Played for Drama.
  • Reika hands out one test sheet to an audience member each for the quiz regarding her personal trivia, with the winner being awarded thirty minutes alone with Reika. She slips one cheat sheet underneath the test sheet to Kindaichi, intending to make sure he emerges as the winner. Unfortunately for them (and the fugitive), Cheaters Never Prosper, because the fugitive manages to guess all questions correctly -- via blind guessing, at that -- despite knowing nothing about her (and the quiz format requires the answers to be written down manually, too), so the criminal becomes the unwitting (and the unwilling) third wheel to Kindaichi and Reika. No one among them is happy about this.
  • When Kindaichi, Reika, and the fugitive end up in the private guestroom, all three of them can only manage to feign enthusiasm, as their respective private thoughts make it clear they DON'T appreciate how the events turn out:
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately] Even though Reika-chan gave me a cheat sheet, this guy still turned up to stop our alone time! Is this Miyuki's curse?
    Reika: [thinking privately] Even though I spent so much time thinking of a way to end up alone with Kindaichi, this third wheel still showed up... is this Nanase's curse?
    Fugitive: [thinking privately] Damn it! Even though I wanted to fail the quiz, I still ended up getting them all right, and now I have to spend time with these brats! Is this the curse of that guy I killed?
  • After Kenmochi has the fugitive handcuffed and taken away at the end, Reika throws herself into Kindaichi in an attempt to make the most of the limited private time that's still left. Due to her action being done in plain view of others, however, it's met with resistance.
    Manager: Miss Reika, you're too close with this fan.
    Reika: He did save my life, you know. I guess I did it on impulse.
    Kindaichi: Ha ha, it was nothing.
    Kenmochi: I'm going to tell Nanase about this.
    Kindaichi: Uncle, please don't...
    Miyuki: [in a separate panel] Achoo! Oh, no, is this a pollen allergy?
• Chidamari's Room Murder Case:
  • The case arc starts with Miyuki apologizing profusely to the Fudo High School Go club president for having joined the club at the last minute without realizing what she got into until it was too late to back out, as it turns out that the contest Miyuki competed in and won third-place for NOT related to Go at all (Japanese calligraphy, to be precise) and she is also no good in playing Go herself. The reason Miyuki even shows up for the club meeting? The teacher serving as club director enlisted Miyuki the previous evening without bothering to make sure she knew what the club was focusing on or even whether she knew how to play Go.
  • The saving grace of getting Miyuki drafted into the Go club meeting turns out to be her asking Kindaichi for help, as he actually knows how to play the game from his grandfather. However, he doesn't make a good first impression, having shown up with a drowsy appearance due to having stayed up playing video games, and his wrong assumption about the focus of the club in question doesn't help.
    Kindaichi: Just leave it to me! I'm undefeated in gomoku narabe^note  (another Japanese tabletop Board Game)!
    Fudo High Go club president: Not gomoku narabe! We're the Go club! Seriously, our new advisor is really lax.
  • Just then, another person arrives... but it's Kenmochi, whom the teacher serving as club director requested as temporary replacement. It turns out the teacher in question and Kenmochi were high school classmates in the past, met in a reunion event, and got a few drinks the night before the scheduled meeting, with the teacher ending up too hung over to show up and asking Kenmochi to join the meeting in his stead as a favor. Just as with Miyuki, Kenmochi is in the dark about what the club focuses on until he's already present.
    Kenmochi: Don't worry! I may not look like it, but I actually came third place in a shogi contest in the past!
    Fudo High Go club president: WE'RE A GO CLUB!
    Kenmochi: Go? I have no idea about that!
    Miyuki: So he didn't give you a proper explanation, either.
  • Due to time constraint, everyone who's present poses as a club member or faculty for the scheduled club meeting when the rival high school Go club members show up, with Miyuki claiming to be the manager.
    Rival Go club director: Oh, a club with 30 members is really on a different scale, to even have a manager!
    Kindaichi: So the number has been exaggerated by 10 times as much, huh?
    Fudo High Go club president: Shh!
  • On the bus ride to the villa where the Go club training matches are to take place, the Fudo High Go club president instructs Kindaichi to take on the rival Go club president, but Kindaichi behaves in a way that instills confidence to no one.
    Miyuki: You told me your grandpa taught you how to play Go along with gomoku narabe, right?
    Kindaichi: Yeah, but I never managed to beat him. *turning to Fudo High Go club president* But I will surely win if I play gomoku narabe, so can't we just play that instead?
    Fudo High Go club president: (with quiet but barely controlled anger) NO! Just play your best! If we're lucky, the game will end quickly and we won't look like fools!
    Kindaichi: OK, I'll do it.
    Fudo High Go club president: Hey, Nanase, your substitute is really unreliable.
    Miyuki: [with Luminescent Blush and Overly-Nervous Flop Sweat] Well, since it's Hajime-chan, I'm sure that he'll figure something out...
  • When the actual match between Kindaichi and the rival Go club president is up, Kindaichi acts rather sloppy, once again instilling confidence to no one in the Fudo team.
    Miyuki: [thinking privately while sporting Luminescent Blush and Overly-Nervous Flop Sweat] I might have chosen the wrong person to come here.
  • And as the match is starting, someone whispers "remember, just end this quickly". It's the Fudo High Go club president doing the whipering to Kindaichi, earning a rebuke from Kindaichi over the Unwanted Assistance as a result.
    Rival Go club president: [looks incensed] Damn you! I'll turn the whole board white!^note  (For clarification, Kindaichi is playing with black pieces.)
  • Then, the match ends... with Kindaichi managing to pull off a Dark Horse Victory by merit alone, much to the shock of everybody.^note  (In this scenario, Exact Words is at play, as Kindaichi's grandfather turned out to be an excellent Go player who never went easy on his grandson and the only one Kindaichi played against until this match.)
    One rival Go club member: What just happened?!
    Fudo High School Go club president: So he really can play Go after all!
    Miyuki: That was amazing, Hajime-chan! You're so good! I thought you said that you never won a game of Go before?
    Kindaichi: Well, I never managed to beat my own grandfather...
  • Shortly thereafter, Kenmochi brings up the fact that Kindaichi is the grandson of famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi, though Kindaichi isn't happy with Kenmochi hoisting him up by the collar.
    Kindaichi: *thinking privately* You're treating me like a cat...
  • A short conversation between Kenmochi and Kindaichi doesn't please the latter despite Kenmochi loosens his grip on Kindaichi due to Kenmochi's poor choice of words.
    Kenmochi: You know, I never thought that you'd have any talent other than analyzing things!
    Kindaichi: Hey! Cut me some slack!
  • While Kindaichi and other Go club members discuss the upcoming match the next morning, the rival Go club president dismisses the potential anxiety they might feel by saying it's all just a game to them since they, unlike him, don't plan on going pro with it. Kindaichi immediately retorts by reminding him that he lost the game the previous day.
    Rival Go club president: Why, you... be quiet!
  • In the process of checking the alibi a female rival Go club member provides after a murder has occurred (namely, changing into her school uniform due to the kimono she wore being too cumbersome to move about and the time span for changing said clothes not giving her enough spare time to commit murder), Miyuki dons said uniform to verify the rival member's statement. Once the time discrepancy in changing into uniform has confirmed the rival club member's statement, Miyuki takes the uniform off, but the tight-fitting clothing causes a button to pop off at an inopportune moment and reveal her body to the Cleavage Window degree. Kindaichi seeing her in such a state right at that moment earns him a slap in the face as a result.
  • Kindaichi and Kenmochi have a discussion about the murder case after it's wrapped up during a game of shogi, but Kenmochi is struggling... until Akechi suggests a move to Kenmochi that would turn the table on Kindaichi. The case arc ends with Kindaichi protesting against Akechi's Unwanted Assistance as a spectator and Akechi, in turn, suggesting for Kindaichi to play against him next.
• Fudo High School Festival Murder Case:
  • This case arc starts with Kindaichi trying to promote the Mystery Club haunted house tour, with "trying" being the operative word, as he's really not enthused about his responsibility. Miyuki, who is checking up on his "promotional work", is obviously not impressed.
    Kindaichi: (speaking in bored tone while holding a sign with one hand and a poster with the other) Come to the Mystery Club's not-so-haunted house! Come find us at the 3rd floor physics room! *yawn*
    Miyuki: Hey, Hajime-chan! With a lazy ad like this, no one will bother to come!
  • After Miyuki tells him off, Kindaichi mumbles in his complaint about how no one would visit the haunted house anyway even if he tries to promote the event properly, but he feigns more enthusiasm in his promotional pitch the moment Miyuki turns around and stares at him with a Death Glare.
  • Shortly thereafter, Souta comes to Kindaichi with an extra ticket in hand, telling him that the ticket is for a maid cafe and allows the patron to skip the long line and have photos taken with the waitresses in maid costume. Kindaichi immediately hightails it to the cafe in question, practically dragging Sota along.^note  As for the promotional signboard and poster, Kindaichi leaves them behind, with the signboard being bound to the nearest statue.
  • Just as Sota described, there's a long line of customers waiting to get inside the cafe, but Kindaichi and Souta both get to bypass the line thanks to the tickets. Souta is rather apologetic to the customers who are waiting in line and eyeing them with envious resentment, whereas Kindaichi shows no sign of pitying them.
  • Not long afterwards, Kindaichi visits the haunted house and meets Miyuki, who scrutinizes him due to the relative lack of customers. Kindaichi then suggests for Miyuki to pose more seductively in an attempt to garner more patrons, but his fingers touching her chest in his effort to get her to entice potential clients only gets him slapped in the face for it.
    Kindaichi: (with a handprint on his throbbing cheek) Ouch... that maid cafe is influencing my mind!
  • Early in the next morning, Miyuki makes her way to the school for the Mystery Club haunted house again, this time dragging a drowsy Kindaichi by the ear.
    Kindaichi: *yawns* Miyuki, let me go!
    Miyuki: Not a chance! You skipped yesterday, so you have to make it up by helping us with the morning prep!
  • Once Miyuki and Kindaichi arrive at the school, they encounter members of the Photography Club keeping potential customers (all male and from different schools, in case anyone wonders) in line for the scheduled cafe opening. While Kindaichi leaves the Photography Club members and the visitors to their own device when said visitors remark on the female club members, he tries to shoo them away the moment some of the visitors start commenting on Miyuki's bust size.
  • After a Photography Club member is found dead, Kindaichi attempts to enter the room that is the crime scene, but the forensics team supervisor turns him away and closes the door... only to find Kindaichi somehow managing to slip his way into the room. Thankfully, Kenmochi is there to vouch for Kindaichi before the forensics team supervisor is about to get rough on him. For bonus hilarity points, the forensics team supervisor is portrayed with some elements of Sumo Wrestling in mind: burly body shape, pushing Kindaichi out of the classroom via fast and successive palm-pushing (a la E. Honda's "Hundred Hand Slap") while initial crime scene investigation is ongoing, and is drawn wearing a mawashi (a 30-foot-long belt that is worn around the waist and tied in knots in the back) right as he has Kindaichi in an Angry Collar Grab. After Kenmochi gives the greenlight for Kindaichi to assist in the investigation, Kindaichi struts with snobbish flamboyance in front of the forensics team supervisor as he follows Kenmochi, annoying the forensics team supervisor in the process.
  • While the investigation is ongoing, Miyuki is about to get intimate with Kindaichi after she's impressed with his chivalry, only for Saki to ruin the moment by taking a picture of the two of them together, so the "intimate moment" only goes as far as Miyuki touching Kindaichi's hands, much to the chagrin of both Kindaichi and Miyuki. Saki voicing his thought of posting the picture of them on his personal blog only serves to incense Kindaichi further, if anything, resulting in Kindaichi taking the camera from Saki and deleting the photo in question before handing it back to him.
  • Despite a picture being deleted, Saki isn't worried, claiming he has a file recovery software he can utilize to get the deleted photo back, which gets Kindaichi motivated, as the software succeeds in restoring all of the pictures the murder victim took, deleted ones included. Kindaichi is pondering how to break apart the alibi of the potential suspects in light of the new information being revealed via the restored photos... before his Growling Gut gets him to shift gear and ask for food.
  • As Kindaichi examines the crime scene once more, he suddenly notices something on Miyuki and makes contact... unfortunately, the substance in question is on her skirt, so his sudden movement gets him punched in the face before he can explain.
    Kindaichi: It's not what you think! There was something on your skirt!^note  The substance in question is white powder, which turns out to be table salt.
  • While Miyuki talks to Kindaichi in his bedroom after the murder case is solved, an email is sent to Kindaichi's phone, and it comes from Saki sending the picture he had taken of Kindaichi and Miyuki together to him, having restored it via the same file recovery software that was utilized in solving the murder case. Kindaichi and Miyuki are actually stunned and impressed with the photo Saki took... until panic sets in for them after Fumi sneaks up behind them, sees the photo, and takes the phone, with the intention of showing it to Kindaichi's mother. The case arc ends with Kindaichi and Miyuki chasing Fumi in their attempt to take the phone back.^note  Whether they succeed or not is left unclear.
• Alchemy Murder Case:
  • As Kindaichi is introduced as the last of the four game show contestants, Miyuki and Kenmochi have a brief dialogue over the latter's potential financial woe due to his wife's bad move at stock sales before Kenmochi speaks with a fierce expression.
    Kenmochi: Good luck, Kindaichi! It will be enough even if I get even a third of the prize! Do it in the name of your grandfather!
    Miyuki: You need to calm down.
  • Kindaichi makes a stupid remark after one of the contestants answers the second-to-last question and provides a valid explanation that includes something numerical, which causes Miyuki and Kenmochi to Facepalm in unison, as this happens on live TV.
    Kindaichi: "Root of two"? What's that? Some kind of plant?
    Kenmochi: Ugh...
    Miyuki: This is so embarrassing.
  • En route to the island for the upcoming treasure-hunting expedition show, the comedian asks Reika in a private conversation about how she and Kindaichi got acquainted with each other due to Kindaichi not looking handsome enough to pass as a Teen Idol. Reika answers by claiming Kindaichi as her "childhood friend", which draws the ire of Miyuki, who overhears her and takes offense at it but can't speak out due to having to keep quiet as a part-time assistant director at work.
    Miyuki: [thinks privately while staring furiously at Reika] I'm his real childhood friend, you liar!
  • During Summation Gathering, Kindaichi argues that the initial lot-drawing process had been tampered with and decides to reenact the event to prove it, asking each survivor to draw a piece of paper from the same box that was used for the lot-drawing process earlier, claiming that only the murderer would draw the "winning ticket" that reveals the culprit's identity. As it turns out, the pieces of paper the innocent get are written as "loser #[incert number]" (e.g. the piece Kindaichi takes is "loser #2" and Miyuki's is "loser #6"). This is one scenario where being a "loser" is a better deal.
  • When Kindaichi and Miyuki see Reika off after the murder case concludes, Reika waves them goodbye with an energetic expression, and Kindaichi reacts in kind. Miyuki, however, isn't pleased, and she makes it clear by pinching Kindaichi.
• Murder At 10,000 Meter Altitude:
  • While a flight attendant takes a passenger's order of refreshments, someone else speaks in a loud voice to get her attention. It's none other than Kindaichi, who rambles on to Miyuki, who sits next to him, about being lucky enough to be seated in the business class due to double-booking, with Miyuki telling him to behave himself out of sheer annoyance.
  • Shortly thereafter, another voice pipes up near them, telling Hajime he's too loud. Hajime turns around in displeasure (in part because the voice sounds annoyingly familiar to him) and sees Akechi, who is heading back to Tokyo due to his vacation ending.
    Akechi: Your voice is too loud, Kindaichi. People pay to sit in the business class to get some peace and quiet, not listen to you.
  • Kindaichi, Kenmochi, and Akechi discuss over the timeframe about the possible ways the murder might have taken place during the investigation into the murder of the pilot captain, and Akechi instructs for them to split up and gather alibis from passengers and flight crew members alike, telling Hajime to accompany Kenmochi interviewing passengers while Akechi himself asks the crew members, though Kenmochi is not pleased with this arrangement.
    Kenmochi: [thinking privately] He [Akechi] still doesn't trust me at all.
  • After the interrogation procedure is done, Kindaichi and Akechi discuss over their information before arguing with each other over who should disclose their deduction first. Miyuki and Kenmochi then step in by requesting for them to each write their personal deduction down on a piece of paper and swap, and so Kindaichi and Akechi both oblige, from which they discover that they've both reached the same conclusion... before arguing briefly about who solved the case sooner, much to the annoyance of Miyuki and Kenmochi, who are not happy that Hajime and Akechi's argument was successfully stopped only for them to start another one so soon afterwards.
  • Panic ensues when the realization that the murder case leaves no one who's certified to pilot the airplane sinks in and the plane is scheduled to land in thirty minutes, and Kindaichi's priority is... to touch Miyuki's breast one more time before the plane crashes. It gets him slapped for his trouble.
    Miyuki: Why are you like this?!
  • Akechi manages to get the airplane to land safely despite not being a certified pilot, after which he reveals his experience in unofficially learning how to pilot an airplane. Kindaichi reacts with annoyance, arguing that Akechi is just gloating again, which earns the ire of Miyuki, who argues that Hajime's attitude makes him look like an Ungrateful Bastard, much to Hajime's chagrin, while Kenmochi tries to chivvy them along.
• Game House Murder Case:
  • The case starts in an amusement park where Kindaichi, Miyuki, and four others go to have fun, but Kindaichi keeps going to absurdly blatant lengths for an excuse to cling onto Miyuki (first with roller-coaster rides, and then with haunted-house tours), until Miyuki gets fed up and punches him in the cheeks out of sheer irritation.
  • While Kindaichi and Miyuki watch a not-scary show, Hajime decides to cop a moment of hand-holding with Miyuki. Unfortunately, his attempt at stealth is met with failure as the result of accidentally holding hands with a female stranger and, worse still, said stranger has a boyfriend, who's understandably not happy with him, prompting him to grab Miyuki's hand and flee the scene with her in panic.
  • After making out of the first Deadly Game alive, the game programmer, who's among the surviving participants, talks about the questions being raised in the game as "too easy" and offhandedly quips that only idiots wouldn't have been able to answer the first one, which was a question about Japanese history. Kindaichi, remembering that he couldn't answer it due to being a Brilliant, but Lazy Apathetic Student, is not happy about the game programmer's remark but decides to keep quiet to avoid incriminating himself as a fool.

R Series

• Snow Goblin Legend Murder Case:
  • It all begins with Kindaichi being Asleep in Class yet again, only this time he's making too much noise, causing the math teacher to notice him. Miyuki's feeble attempt to defend Kindaichi quickly falls apart when the teacher examines his thumbs, which show calluses due to his game-playing all-nighters, and Kindaichi's attempt to lie to the teacher, who's not convinced by his lie at all, only serves to result in the teacher smacking his head with some rolled-up paper out of sheer irritation.
  • Shortly after arriving at the ski resort site, the CEO of the company behind the ski resorts greets Miyuki and Kindaichi... and says his surname wrong.
    Kindaichi: (thinking to himself) At least get the name right, moron!
  • Right afterwards, the executive says that male part-time workers are just for physical labor, and he promptly has Kindaichi act like a pack mule with suitcases and bags heaped upon his back.
    Kindaichi: (with his body struggling to carry all the luggage) Ugh! This is an insult!
  • Once everyone reaches the peak where the cabins are located down the mountain slope, the CEO suggests skiiing down to the cabins and starts by going first. Kindaichi deliberately stalls by taking photos and waits until others are nowhere near him before beginning to ski... the only problem is that he doesn't know how, so he struggles along the way as the result.
    Kindaichi: This is bad! I'm even worse than I thought!
  • After the murder case concludes, Kindaichi complains about not getting paid for the part-time work at the ski resort, only for Kenmochi, who had just received the paychecks for Kindaichi and Miyuki from the CEO's secretary shortly before meeting them, to hand the checks to them. Kindaichi is excited about the prospect of using the money from his paycheck to buy a video game, but Miyuki snatches it away before the check is even in his hand, claiming that he owes her money and the paycheck can pay off his debt. The case arc ends with Kindaichi chasing Miyuki for his paycheck.
• Bloodthirsty Cherry Blossom Murder Case:
  • The case arc starts with Makabe arranging for the Mystery Club members to be paired up into separate groups for different murder cases that took place in the past, and he tries to have the box for drawing lots rigged so that he'd be paired up with Miyuki. Unfortunately for Makabe, the keyword is "tries", because Kindaichi soon figures out his ploy and does some rigging of his own, ending with Miyuki being paired up with Kindaichi while Makabe himself gets paired up with two homely girls instead.
  • The next day, Kindaichi eagerly goes to meet Miyuki for their Mystery Club investigation, only to find Saki accompanying her. Kindaichi isn't pleased.
    Kindaichi: (thinking to himself regarding Saki) Damn it! You're such a bother!
  • During the check-in process, Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Saki are introduced to the inn staff, including the owner, the cook, and two clerks (one male and the other female). Kindaichi acts a bit smitten towards the female clerk, which elicits a reaction of disappointment from Miyuki. Then Miyuki sports Luminescent Blush upon seeing the male clerk, and now it's Kindaichi's turn to react with jealousy, before noticing Saki looking at him through his camcorder.
    Kindaichi: [to Saki] What are you filming at?
  • Once the dinner and desserts are consumed on the first night of arrival, Kindaichi suggests for playing cards in the room, but Miyuki and Saki want to get their task of investigating a mystery case from the past started instead, culminating in them having Kindaichi dragged by his arms.
  • Having concluded their preliminary mystery case investigation, Kindaichi forges ahead with playing cards with Miyuki and Saki as he intended, though in truth he intends to get Saki tired out so he can have private time with Miyuki. Unfortunately for him, the plan backfires due to Saki managing to outlast him, forcing him to give up in order for himself and Miyuki to get some shut-eye. Come the next morning, Kindaichi and Miyuki both look drowsy due to sleep deprivation, whereas Saki still appears full of energy and unaware that he has been a Moment Killer to the other two all this time.
  • After the murder case is wrapped up, Kindaichi, Miyuki, Kenmochi, and Saki gather near a Cherry Blossom tree, and Kindaichi starts reacting. Miyuki is worried that he might have spotted another corpse, and Kindaichi crouches to pick up... a naughty magazine. No one else is happy about it.
    Miyuki: Gosh, Hajime-chan, what a pervert!
    Saki: Senior, even elementary school kids don't read that stuff nowadays... they just leave it be, you know!
    Kindaichi: No, I think the dirty part is still... ouch! (with a band-aid on his head) What are you doing, Miyuki?!
    Miyuki: Why are you so insensitive?!
    [Kenmochi and Saki both laugh]
• "Why Was the Fireplace Burning?":
  • On the night after arrival, Kindaichi has a hard time falling asleep, Miyuki drops by his cottage in lingerie and claims she can't sleep alone, resulting in the two of them starting to get intimate... before the next panel shows Kindaichi holding his pillow in a tight embrace, puckering his lips, and talking in his sleep, which means Miyuki's "intimacy" with him was All Just a Dream.
  • After Kenmochi comes to the location after a murder has taken place, everyone starts piecing together what information has been gathered and Kindaichi begins his deduction. Kenmochi asks him whether he's already figured out the culprit's identity, and Kindaichi says... "not yet". Miyuki promptly gets angry at him for keeping their hopes up, before Kindaichi promises to solve it.
  • While the murder investigation is ongoing, Miyuki provides a suggestion on how it might have been carried out, but it proves to be too farfetched to be a possibility.
    Miyuki: Couldn't the killer have gone in and out of the chimney?
    Kindaichi: This isn't a Santa story, Miyuki. The chimney is far too small to fit an average person.
  • Kindaichi checks the fireplace inside the cabin where the murder occurred... and gets soot on his face in such a way that it looks as though he had suddenly sprouted some thick mustache, much to the amusement of Miyuki and Itsuki when they see Kindaichi's face.
• Doll Island Murder Case:
  • Kindaichi is (once again) Asleep in Class, with Miyuki poking him with as much indiscretion as she can muster. Unfortunately, the teacher is standing right next to him by the time he's awake and tells him to go to the teacher's office after the bell rings, and he does go... only because he's Dragged by the Collar by Miyuki.
    Kindaichi: I don't wanna go there just to be scolded! I wanna go home!
    Miyuki: Don't be like this, Hajime-chan!
  • Inside the office, the teacher in question informs Kindaichi that, while his grades are bad, there IS a way out of it, though it requires him to fulfill a request by said teacher. Kindaichi quickly jumps to a wrong conclusion — and gets a Dope Slap from Miyuki as the result.
    Kindaichi: Do you want me to massage your shoulders? Other than shoulders, can— ouch!
    Miyuki: Don't be disrespectful!
  • As Itsuki starts sharing information he has found out regarding "Persona Doll" to Kindaichi and Miyuki, he mentions that the group got popular due to the combination of the novels under the moniker selling well and the members' secretive identity. Kindaichi... is drawing a blank.
    Kindaichi: Well... I rarely read books, so I don't understand at all.
    Miyuki: You're a member of the Mystery Club. How could you not read books?
  • Later on in the case arc, Kindaichi starts piecing together the connections that some of the island ceremony participants share while helping to investigate the murder case at hand and, in the process, realizes through Kenmochi's testimony that he had been involved in a robbery-murder case, from which the victim was the mother of one of the participants. Kenmochi is shocked by such a revelation, while Kindaichi is unimpressed with his unobservant tendencies.
  • As the case arc is near the end, Miyuki receives an e-mail from her former classmate. Whereas Kindaichi had been fine with Miyuki corresponding with her former classmate when it was assumed that the former classmate in question was female, he's now acting with jealousy now that they know the former classmate is a boy who was Raised as the Opposite Gender in the past, but Kindaichi behaves in such an over-the-top way that it comes across more as oddly funny than creepy, as he dons a balding wig and glasses to try to pass as "daddy" while demanding Miyuki to show her the e-mail she just received, much to the confusion of Itsuki, who watches them at it and fails to understand the logic behind such an act.
    Kindaichi: You're still writing e-mails to him after finding out that he's a male?!
    Miyuki: Of course! It doesn't matter whether it's a male or a female, right?
    Kindaichi: Of course it does! Show that e-mail to Dad!
    Miyuki: Hey! What are wearing a wig for?!
    Kindaichi: I told you, show it! There's nothing that you're hiding, right?!
    Miyuki: Ahh! There's a perverted old man!
    Itsuki: What are they doing?
• In "Sommelier Akechi Kengo Case File", Kindaichi is the primary source of funny moments due to being stuck as the dishwasher throughout the whole case events, not knowing a murder case is happening until after it's solved.
  • While the wine party is ongoing, more and more dishes are sent to him to clean up. By the time a party guest falls victim, he's already feeling disgruntled, wondering how many dishes he'd have to wash.
  • When Akechi starts investigating the case, Kindaichi, hearing the commotion in the dining area, offers to check it out, only for the restaurant manager to volunteer for it instead and tell him to keep washing dishes.
    Kindaichi: *thinking privately* Damn! There goes my chance of ditching this job!
  • Before heading to the dining room, the manager tells Kindaichi to be careful not to break the glasses or he'd be saddled with footing the bill of replacement. The cost for each wine glasses? Twenty thousand yen each^note  ($200 or so). Kindaichi, not having a lot of extra cash to spare, is left with Overly-Nervous Flop Sweat as he tries to keep each wine glass clean and intact.
    Kindaichi: This is bad! I have to be extra careful!
  • Finally, Kindaichi has finished his dishwashing duty... right as the investigation for the case has concluded. He turns around due to the sudden noises coming from the dining area, just in time to see Kenmochi passing by. As he follows Kenmochi to the dining area, he and Akechi meet for the first time since this case arc began, much to the indignant chargin of Kindaichi, who's not pleased with being left out of the case investigation until it's over, and especially after Miyuki confesses to having forgotten that he has been there the whole time.
    Kindaichi: Superintendent Akechi?!
    Akechi: Ah, Mr. Kindaichi?
    Kindaichi: Why are you here?! And what's with that suit?!
    Akechi: The case is already over, you know. If you're curious about the details, just ask Ms. Nanase over there!
    Kindaichi: Miyuki! There was a case, and yet you didn't call me?!
    Miyuki: Well, the case was quickly solved... and also... I forgot you were here...
    Kindaichi: MIYUKI!
    Miyuki: Sorry, Hajime-chan!
• The primary hilarity source in Black Spirit Hotel Murder Case comes from the Love Triangle-induced tension among Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Reika.
  • The case arc starts with Reika texting Kindaichi for help with film-making, with an additional message being "I want us to eat together in secret, or something like that." Kindaichi eagerly texts his response back, but Miyuki sees the text while Kindaichi is replying, taking the phone from him, adding "Miyuki says she wants to come, too" and sending said text message before handing it back to him, making it clear Reika won't be able to be together alone with Kindaichi easily, whether to eat "or something like that".
  • Upon arriving at the hotel where the film-making is taking place, Kindaichi and Reika happily greet each other and run towards one another for an embrace... only for Miyuki to dart out in front of Kindaichi and place herself between him and Reika, stopping both Kindaichi and Reika in their tracks.
  • While the murder case is ongoing, Reika suggests for Kindaichi to prepare for more deduction work together in her hotel room, with Miyuki rushing to volunteer to join them there. Kindaichi privately feels pleased with himself for having two girls fighting over him.
    Kindaichi: *thinking privately* Take a look, all you girls in class who like to call me "Kindani"! This is my fabulous charm!
  • Once all three of them are inside the hotel room where Reika stays, Kindaichi sits down on a couch, complimenting on how comfy it is. Reika promptly sits down next to him, suggesting for Miyuki to take a wooden stool bench seat due to the couch being only big enough to seat two people. Miyuki takes the stool bench as Reika suggested, if reluctantly.
  • Later on that day, Reika whispers to Kindaichi that her hotel room and his are next to each other so she could stop by any time before walking away. Miyuki, having witnessed Reika's stunt without managing to hear what she said, tries to get the truth out of Kindaichi after Reika leaves.
    Miyuki: *holding Kindaichi by the ear* What did she say just now?!
    Kindaichi: Ow, ow, ow! It's nothing, really, I swear!
  • Late into the night, Reika dons a skimpy see-through dress, with the intention of running to Kindaichi next door and feigning fear to have time alone with him. She knocks on his room next door... and out comes Miyuki, which forces Reika to beat a hasty retreat into her room. It turns out Miyuki, having already suspected something might be going on, insisted on switching rooms with Kindaichi, thwarting Reika's plan as the result.
  • Meanwhile, Kindaichi, not deterred by Miyuki's action, makes his way to Reika to join her, but his plan is foiled as the commotion over the recent demise of the film producer redirects his focus into the murder case instead. To top it off, Kindaichi is wearing Stealth Clothes while making his way to Reika. Said Stealth Clothes fall off when the murder-related commotion steers him into focusing on the murder case, providing some more visual Mood Whiplash.
  • During Summation Gathering, Kindaichi poses a question about the mechanism that would result in a Falling Chandelier of Doom. Miyuki manages to answer Kindaichi's question correctly and receives his praise as the result, much to Reika's displeasure.
  • Finally, after the murder case is wrapped up and the film is released as scheduled, Kindaichi and Miyuki enter a theater for its premier, with Reika showing up with Paparazzi not long afterwards. Upon seeing Kindaichi and Miyuki together, Reika promptly approaches Kindaichi and talks to him in a sweet tone of voice, causing said Paparazzi to crowd around Kindaichi with cameras at the ready, impeding on any potential chance Kindaichi and Miyuki might have in watching the film in peace — and, more importantly from Reika's viewpoint, by themselves. The case arc ends with a panel showing Reika giving a wink and looking pleased with herself.
• White Snake Brewery Murder Case:
  • The case arc begins with Miyuki telling Kindaichi the local legend of Hakuja village while Kenmochi is driving the three of them there. After Miyuki finishes the recitation, she asks for Kindaichi's feedback, only for him to respond that he's most excited about the part where the white snake deity was wrapping around the village head's daughter-in-law, prompting Miyuki to smack him on the head with the book she was reading from at the time.
    Kindaichi: Ow...! Are you trying to kill me?!
    Miyuki: It's because of your perverted thoughts!
  • Shortly after arriving at the brewery, Kindaichi, Miyuki, and Kenmochi go next door to the inn that is under the same ownership as the brewery to check in. Aoba directs them to their rooms... and Kindaichi complains about having to share the room with Kenmochi while Miyuki gets her own room.
  • After meeting the employees at the brewery, Aoba talks of the storehouse where the distillery tanks are located, which piques Kenmochi's interest. Aoba promptly suggests for Kenmochi to sign up for the storehouse tour, which he does with gusto.
    Kindaichi: *thinking to himself* Great in promoting? Sounds like great in manipulating!
  • As the tour into the storehouse goes on, Kindaichi finds himself more and more bored by it. Kenmochi... is still showing a lot of interest.
    Kindaichi: *thinking to himself* Wow! It seems like the only excited person here is Uncle!
  • Late in the murder case investigation, Kindaichi points out from the security footage something that catches his attention and Kenmochi compliments his excellence at memorizing things.
    Miyuki: If only he could apply that toward his education...
    Kindaichi: Give me a break!
• Seiren Island Murder Case:
  • The case arc begins with Kindaichi expressing hopeful words about advancing his relationship with Miyuki on a ferry boat on the way to the island in question, only it's Kenmochi who hears him, not Miyuki, and Kenmochi is quick to inform Kindaichi that the lodging arrangements ensure that each participant will have a separate cottage, making sure there's no hope for Kindaichi for romantic advancement during the upcoming event.
  • Just after the scenario above takes place, Miyuki comes to join them and watches the view of the sea around them. Kindaichi, still bummed out from Kenmochi's "separate sleeping" statement, is unenthused, before he perks up when the oceanic wind lifts Miyuki's short skirt and enables him some Panty Shot, calling the oceanic wind "kamikaze"^note  ("divine wind" in Japanese), followed by Miyuki punching him square in the face.
    Miyuki: (irritated) You saw it, didn't you, Hajime-chan?!
    Kindaichi: An honorable death for kamikaze...
  • A flashback going back by a week shows the circumstance in which the fishing tournament was brought into attention, and Kindaichi suggested for Kenmochi to take him and Miyuki along as well. Miyuki was uncertain since she admitted that she knew nothing about fishing, but Kindaichi isn't deterred, arguing that he learned how to fish from his own grandfather and Kenmochi had already boasted of his own expertise at it. Kenmochi agreed to take them along, though not before voicing his suspicion that Kindaichi was Only in It for the Money.^note  It turned out to have been a good idea, what with the upcoming serial murder case that none of them anticipated and all.
  • On the first night on the island, Kindaichi has a nice dream about himself and Miyuki kissing together in a tight embrace — the dream itself is not shown; instead the panel shows Kindaichi having a bed mattress in a tight hold while puckering his lips. It doesn't last long, however, as Kenmochi knocks on his door at 3:45 A.M. for the anticipated fishing tournament that's scheduled to take place at 4 o'clock. As they walk toward the designated gathering spot, Kindaichi is still showing signs of drowsiness.
    Miyuki: Are you okay, Hajime-chan?
    Kindaichi: N-Not really.
    Kenmochi: Now, come on, let's walk with some more spirit!
  • After the island resident manages to catch and cook some fish after two people have become murder victims, Kindaichi gripes about the lack of appetite... while helping himself with the fish.
    Miyuki: They seem so delicious, but I feel like I have no appetite!
    Kindaichi: (with his mouth full of fish) Like there would be an appetite in this condition!
  • During Kindaichi's Summation Gathering, when it's revealed that the invitation letters that are supposedly penned by one of the victims actually were written by a young, female stranger instead, one of the participants starts wondering if the novelist, who's the only person among the participants to fit the description, might have been the accomplice. The novelist soon asks her editor to back her up, and the editor obliges... by saying the novelist has a messier handwriting style than the one shown in the letters, much to the novelist's indignation.

Culprit Case Files

• The Culprit Case Files being a comedic take on the series in the point of view of the culprits would naturally have these moments.
  • The Phantom has to rewrite his threatening message multiple times because he doesn't think they look scary enough and complains in private thoughts about props for a trick costing 100,000 yen.
    Who knew making a trick would cost so much money?
  • The "after-school magician" has to spend some time looking for the most suitable object to conceal the skull in the wall that becomes visible after an earthquake among things that are available at the time, with rejected items including a mask and a fake potted plant. They later point out that all these murders happened because Makabe is a jerkass to others, even rhetorically asking "why are you so unlikeable?".
  • The culprit for the House of Wax story lampshades how absurd it is that they went through so much trouble learning how to make wax sculptures in order to kill their targets.
  • The culprit for the Treasure Isle Case recounts how tricky it is to apply makeup just right in order to pass as a girl. The early stage of learning to do so has him doing such a bad job of it that he looked downright clownish at one point.
  • The culprit for the Hiren Lake murder case recounts the many things they had to practice repeatedly before managing to get them done right, including having to swing a particular axe 100 times a day in anticipation of using it for the upcoming serial murder. And upon overhearing Kindaichi's correct deduction that hints at the culprit's true identity:
    Someone, anyone, make me a guidebook! Just a guidebook like... "Murder for Dummies" or something!

37-Year-Old Case Files

• Tower Mansion Madam Case:
  • It starts with Kindaichi getting a day off from work for funeral service for a distant relative of his. His higher-up approves of it, if reluctantly, due to Kindaichi's spotty work record. Marin hands him his tea... and privately asks him if the "funeral service" was a lie, causing Kindaichi to gag on his tea.
  • And how does Marin come to that conclusion? Kindaichi's phone indicates that his next-door neighbor, who's a single mother working as a caterer, has left a text message thanking him for volunteering to help her, and his phone is left on his desk in plain sight for all to see. It's lucky for him that only Marin sees it.
  • When Kindaichi, his next-door neighbor, and Marin step inside the high-rise building where the party is set to take place, their conversation focuses on the identification procedures and security measures that take place within the building until they reach the hallways connecting individual apartment rooms, where there are no surveillance devices for the sake of residents' privacy.
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately] So, if someone brings a girl in, nobody will notice!
  • At the party where Kindaichi, his neighbor, and Marin serve as caterers, Kindaichi tries to open a champagne bottle, only for two party attendants to criticize him for his improper bottle-opening technique, saying that the correct way to open it would leave a soft sound like a whisper. Kindaichi tries it again, this time apparently successfully, which earns him compliments from said party attendants, even though Kindaichi himself doesn't share their sentiment.
    Kindaichi: *thinks to himself* Sounds more like a fart than a whisper.
  • After the hostess is found dead, the local inspector arrives at the building... and it turns out to be none other than Makabe, Kindaichi's senior when each of them was Ordinary High-School Student, marking this occasion as the first time they meet after the 20-year Time Skip. That being said, their relations have not improved since their high school days, as their introductory makes it clear once each of them finds out what the other is doing for a living.
    Makabe: [in a rather haughty tone] I certainly thought you'd be a detective, but, yeah, I do suppose a salaryman's job suits you better!
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately with a twitching muscle and barely controlled anger] So you're still the same jerk after 20 years, huh, you stupid seaweed-haired prick!
  • After the murder case is solved at the end of the case arc, Makabe, having become Fire-Forged Friends with Kindaichi, suggests for some restaurant/bar for them to catch up. Kindaichi agrees... and then becomes defensive when Makabe asks about Miyuki, still remembering him as a flirty Casanova Wannabe.
    Makabe: How are things with Nanase going?
    Kindaichi: Let me stop you right there.
• Kyoto Beauty Florist Murder Case:
  • Kindaichi, having stayed up too late drinking with Saki and Sota the previous night, nods furiously at one point to keep himself wake while a staff meeting is in session. Unfortunately for him, that happens to be the moment when a higher-up is asking for volunteers for an upcoming promotion project, so Kindaichi Got Volunteered by himself.
    Kindaichi: (thinking privately while sweatdrops fall from his body) Wait... why has it blown up like this?! Who knew that one simple nod could land me in hot water?!
  • Kindaichi and Marin arrive in the Otowa Black PR Kyoto branch office to talk to the employees there, but the session is anything but smooth: The two employees there are heavy smokers (Marin privately notes she's struggling to breathe from the thick cigarette smoke), and they, more or less, push the whole project on Kindaichi and Marin after ranting about their current circumstances (followed by them taking medication in turn). Both Kindaichi and Marin are already dripping with sweat through much of the introductory session before the actual project summary even starts.
    Kindaichi: (wiping his forehead after the project summary ends) The work hasn't even started yet, and I'm exhausted already!
    Marin: Too right, manager!
  • As the first day of promotional discussion is ending due to the time of the day, Kindaichi and Marin are about to head to a hotel... only to realize that neither of them has managed to book a hotel room in Kyoto at all. Overly-Nervous Flop Sweat ensues... for the next 30 minutes, when both try to book a hotel room right away and fail. They end up staying in the Kyougoku family staff bedroom.
  • The Kyougoku family house servant leads to the bedroom where Kindaichi and Marin are to stay for the night... and find the servant had placed their bed arrangements close to each other. The house servant pulls them a bit farther apart after Kindaichi complains about it.
    Kindaichi: U-Um, this seems a bit dangerous, doesn't it?
  • After Kindaichi and Marin spend some time at night drinking with the house servant and chef, The former two sleep while the latter two clean up. Kindaichi wakes up at 3:40 with a headache due to having drunk too much... and realizes his left hand is on Marin's breast, so he takes his hand away in haste. It's lucky for him Marin is still deeply asleep and no one else has noticed him at it.
  • After the first murder takes place, Ganryuu breathes down on Kindaichi for his investigative talks with the police a moment ago, but his attempt at asserting intimidating dominance is undermined as a fly lands on his forehead right at that precise minute. Kindaichi and Marin find themselves sweating all over their bodies trying not to laugh, with Kindaichi pinching himself to aid the effort further.
  • Marin and Kindaichi leave the Kyougoku family mansion after the second murder victim is found, as Marin wishes to avoid staying in the place much longer after by that point. Luckily for them, Marin actually manages to find an available room... in a hotel that's promoted for lovers, the realization of which leaves Kindaichi sweating like crazy, which isn't helped when Marin dismisses his concern that the bill might be sent to the higher-ups in the company.
  • After Kindaichi and Marin are back in the company office following the end of the murder case, Kindaichi finds himself under scrutiny from the general affairs officer asking him about the invoice from the hotel where he and Marin had booked for a night, especially after finding out the hotel in question was heavily geared for lovers. Kindaichi is at a loss about what to say to get himself out of this one, so Marin takes over to get herself and Kindaichi in the clear — by describing their circumstances in honest details and full confidence. Kindaichi is worried that her approach wouldn't fly... only for the general affairs personnel to voice her approval and walk away without further interrogation, much to Kindaichi's shock and relief.
  • With all affairs in Kyoto in the clear, Kindaichi's head chief hands him his next promotional assignment. It's all fine with Kindaichi... until he sees said assignment as being located in Hotel Europa in Hakodate, where he already had to solve a serial murder mystery 20 years ago, which prompts him to react to Big "WHAT?!" in sheer shock and his head chief falling off the chair he's sitting in due to how sudden Kindaichi's shock-induced shouting is.
    Kindaichi's head chief: [with a cross-shaped bandaid on his head] Why are you screaming?!
• Hotel Europa: The New Murders:
  • Part of Kindaichi and Itsuki's reunion after the 20-year Time Skip involves Kindaichi introducing Marin to Itsuki, though Itsuki snickers at the formal speech Kindaichi uses and teases the latter with insinuation that Kindaichi's business trip with Marin might become a relationship that is more than professional, much to Kindaichi's annoyance.
  • Saki, upon meeting Marin, remarks that Kindaichi has a pretty girl in tow, prompting Kindaichi to cut their conversation short in a hurry, which Marin notices.
    Marin: Manager, you're trying to hide something from me, aren't you?
    Kindaichi: No idea.
  • As Kindaichi, Saki, and Itsuki gather for their post-Time Skip reunion, Itsuki asks once more about Kindaichi's relationship with Marin.
    Itsuki: Have you DONE anything with her?
    Kindaichi: Of course not.
  • Saki remarks about how the three of them, by pure chance, gather in the same place after the 20-year Time Skip, where his older brother died back then, before following up with an insinuation that his deceased brother might have made it happen, which Hajime doesn't appreciate.
    Saki: Maybe it really was my brother's soul who guided us here.
    Kindaichi: You brothers's jokes are the worst.
  • During the group conversation among Kindaichi, Itsuki, Saki, and Marin in light of the murder case that has claimed two lives (actually three, but they're not aware of the initial victim's connection to the other two yet), Marin starts making a deduction of her own. Kindaichi reacts by saying she shouldn't use a strong word like "eliminate", which gets Itsuki and Saki to remark that Kindaichi wasn't above using such words in his own younger years as a high school student, which annoys Kindaichi.
  • While trying to decide whether to pack up and leave like his higher-up wants him to do or to stick around and help solve the case, Marin knocks on his hotel room door. Kindaichi opens it... and sees her in pajamas. Kindaichi isn't pleased to see her like this, but Marin pays no mind, enters the room, and sits on his bed to discuss the case.
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately] This kid's behavior always invites misunderstandings!
  • Someone knocks on the door during Kindaichi and Marin's discussion over the alibis (or lack thereof) among the surviving participants, and in walks Itsuki, who sees Marin in pajamas.
    Itsuki: [turns around] Sorry for intruding, you two.
    Kindaichi: No, no! You're intruding nothing!
    Itsuki: [turns back to face Kindaichi with a puzzled expression] Are you sure?
  • During Kindaichi's post-Time Skip reunion with Reika, she asks about Miyuki. Barely a second later, Miyuki sends a text to Kindaichi asking him whether he's drinking alone and enjoying the sight in Hakodate. Given that this particular case arc takes place in Hakodate itself and he hasn't informed Miyuki of his whereabouts, the content of the text gets Kindaichi nervous.
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately while sporting Overly-Nervous Flop Sweat] What are you [Miyuki], a seer?
  • Marin inquires Kindaichi at work about what he did on the night before their return from Hakodate, bringing up a flower box she saw in the process, not knowing Reika had gifted it to him, which results in Kindaichi lying to her by saying the person he met and got the flower box that night from was a man.
    Kindaichi: [thinking privately] Why am I lying, even though there is nothing to hide?! [...] You [Marin] don't have to pry so much, you know! And why do I keep lying? It feels like I'm making up excuses after getting caught for cheating!