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* HisNameIs: The director comes to realize who's behind the murders after two people have already fallen victim, but he fails to notice the culprit standing behind him with an axe in hand and poised to kill him right as he's about to mention the culprit's name. The next time anyone else sees him, it's only after Kenmochi follows [[TrailOfBlood a trail of bloodstained money bills]] into his room and discovers his corpse.
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* ShovelStrike: The culprit kills the cameraman with a shovel when the latter, while tailing the culprit, discovers the ice bridge the culprit has been making with the intention of using it to help commit the murder on [[ThePrimaDonna the actress]] and the culprit decides that HeKnowsTooMuch.
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* DestroyTheEvidence: In this murder case, the evidence in question is a '''bridge''' -- an ice bridge, to be precise. Kindaichi reveals during SummationGathering that the culprit had, early on in the case arc, constructed one such bridge nearer to the buildings that are separated by a river surrounded by steep cliffs in order to shorten the travel time and allow oneself to park the vehicle to a SecurityBlindspot before carrying out the murder on [[ThePrimaDonna the actress]], destroying the bridge after crossing it with the intention of eliminating a crucial proof of the crime.
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* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: It's discovered when the murder spree ends that the painter -- or, rather, [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter pretending to be the painter]] -- is left-handed, which leads to Akechi's conclusion that the imposter is the murderer. Then Kindaichi finds evidence that the painter (the real one, that is) is also left-handed, that the imposter had mistakenly believed that the painter he had been impersonating all along was right-handed and, therefore, had been pretending to be right-handed while impersonating the painter, and that the culprit also wrongly believes both the deceased painter and the imposter were right-handed, which Kindaichi reveals during SummationGathering, shattering the culprit's [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit plot of tricking others into believing that the imposter had committed murderer and then killed himself]].
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* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: It's discovered when the murder spree ends that the painter -- or, rather, [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter pretending to be the painter]] -- is left-handed, which leads to Akechi's conclusion that the imposter is the murderer. Then Kindaichi finds evidence that the painter (the real one, that is) is also left-handed, that the imposter had mistakenly believed that the painter he had been impersonating all along was right-handed and, therefore, had been pretending to be right-handed while impersonating the painter, and that the culprit also wrongly believes both that the deceased painter and the imposter were was right-handed, which Kindaichi reveals during SummationGathering, shattering the culprit's [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit plot of tricking others into believing that the imposter had committed murderer and then killed himself]].
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-->Oh, come on. If you're looking for motives, pretty much everybody here has one.
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-->Oh, come on. If you're looking for motives, pretty much everybody here has one.one.
* YankTheDogsChain: PlayedForDrama. After emerging from the wrecked airplane, the culprit found her mother trapped underneath some debris and tried to get her out, but to no avail. When a group of journalists appeared at the scene of the plane wreckage, the culprit firmly believed that they'd help her to get her mother out of the airplane debris trapping her, only for that hope to be dashed when they reacted with [[BystanderSyndrome cold apathy]] to the culprit's pleas. Once the airplane debris fell on the culprit's mother and killed her, the culprit's determination to murder the group in turn was set in stone.
* YankTheDogsChain: PlayedForDrama. After emerging from the wrecked airplane, the culprit found her mother trapped underneath some debris and tried to get her out, but to no avail. When a group of journalists appeared at the scene of the plane wreckage, the culprit firmly believed that they'd help her to get her mother out of the airplane debris trapping her, only for that hope to be dashed when they reacted with [[BystanderSyndrome cold apathy]] to the culprit's pleas. Once the airplane debris fell on the culprit's mother and killed her, the culprit's determination to murder the group in turn was set in stone.
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* DestroyTheSecurityCamera: The culprit destroys a nearby security camera after killing [[ThePrimaDonna the actress]]. As Kindaichi reveals in TheSummation, the motive is to manipulate others into paying attention to the painter's self-portrait, which can be seen through the destroyed security camera prior to the culprit destroying said camera and taking the portrait, for the DeceasedFallGuyGambit later on.
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* SecurityBlindspot: The culprit, being among the TV production crew members, has detailed knowledge about where the security cameras can see. As Kindaichi reveals in TheSummation, the culprit parks the vehicle just far enough away for the vehicle to be undetected by the security cameras while still nearby enough to change into the snow demon costume disguise, enter the building where [[ThePrimaDonna the actress]] is, kills her, returns to the vehicle, takes off the costume, and wait until the estimated time is right to pretend to have just arrived at the building where the actress just died, creating TheAlibi as a result.
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* UnwittingPawn: Akechi falls for the culprit's DeceasedFallGuyGambit in this case arc due to the fake evidence being planted by the real culprit that's intended to trick others into believing [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter pretending to be the deceased painter]] had been the murderer.
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* TheKillerWasLeftHanded: It's discovered when the murder spree ends that the painter -- or, rather, [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter pretending to be the painter]] -- is left-handed, which leads to Akechi's conclusion that the imposter is the murderer. Then Kindaichi finds evidence that the painter (the real one, that is) is also left-handed, that the imposter had mistakenly believed that the painter he had been impersonating all along was right-handed and, therefore, had been pretending to be right-handed while impersonating the painter, and that the culprit also wrongly believes both the deceased painter and the imposter were right-handed, which Kindaichi reveals during SummationGathering, shattering the culprit's [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit plot of tricking others into believing that the imposter had committed murderer and then killed himself]].
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* OrphansOrdeal: The culprit lost both of her parents in the airplane crash. She handles her father's presumed demise better than her mother's since the airplane crash itself presumably killed her father even though [[NeverFoundTheBody his body is never found]] while her mother died as the result of human-made factor (others' [[BystanderSyndrome refusal to provide help for an otherwise-preventable death]]), which drove the culprit to a murderous resolve.
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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: As Kindaichi reveals during SummationGathering, the person who would [[DeadPersonImpersonation impersonate as the deceased wealthy painter]] grew up as an orphan with no relatives.
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* MinorMajorCharacter: Miyuki is absent throughout the case until the very end. It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by Kindaichi explaining to Kenmochi that she was supposed to show up to help out with the TV production but got sick before the scheduled arrival. That being said, she gets to help with the case by researching about the wealthy artist and his connection with the airplane accident that happened ten years ago.
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* OutOfFocus: Miyuki is absent throughout the case until the very end. It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] by Kindaichi explaining to Kenmochi that she was supposed to show up to help out with the TV production but got sick before the scheduled arrival. That being said, she gets to help with the case by researching about the wealthy artist and his connection with the airplane accident that happened ten years ago.
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* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: This is the first case arc where the culprit plants fake evidence after murdering the final intended target in an attempt to trick others into believing said victim committed the murders before committing suicide.
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"Snow Demon Legend Murder Case" (aka "Snow Yaksha Legend Murder Case" or "The Death TV Case") is the third case arc in the File Series of ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''. This is also where Reika Hayami and Kengo Akechi debut, though before CharacterizationMarchOn for Akechi.
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"Snow Demon Legend Murder Case" (aka "Snow Yaksha Legend Murder Case" or "The Death TV Case") is the third case arc in the File Series of ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''. This is also where Reika Hayami and Kengo Akechi debut, though before CharacterizationMarchOn CharacterizationMarchesOn for Akechi.
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"Snow Demon Legend Murder Case" (aka "Snow Yaksha Legend Murder Case" or "The Death TV Case") is the third case arc in the File Series of ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''.
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"Snow Demon Legend Murder Case" (aka "Snow Yaksha Legend Murder Case" or "The Death TV Case") is the third case arc in the File Series of ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''.
''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''. This is also where Reika Hayami and Kengo Akechi debut, though before CharacterizationMarchOn for Akechi.
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* AnAxeToGrind: The snow demon from the local legend wields an axe. The culprit also uses this as the murder weapon of choice on two of the intended targets.
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** When encountering the culprit, the actress, having caught on to the CandidCameraPrank theme of the TV production earlier, believes the culprit under the disguise of the snow demon from the local legend is also part of the crew playing pranks on her... until the moment the culprit's [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] sinks into her skull, killing her on the spot.
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** When encountering the culprit, the actress, having caught on to the CandidCameraPrank theme of the TV production earlier, believes the culprit under the disguise of the snow demon from the local legend is also part of the crew playing pranks on her... until the moment the culprit's [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] axe sinks into her skull, killing her on the spot.
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* ThisIsNotADrill: When everyone who's awake watches through the security monitors the CandidCameraPrank against the actress remotely, [[MoodWhiplash the air of schadenfreude is thick, before it quickly gives way to an air of horror]] when the culprit, dressed as the snow demon holding [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]] that is depicted in a painting within the mansion, emerges in view, and everyone present, having realized that it's no longer AllPartOfTheShow, is ForcedToWatch the actress in question being murdered.
* TrailOfBlood: A variation, as the scenario in question is "a trail of money bills with bloodstains", but the trope gets played straight otherwise. Kenmochi discovers one such trail that leads into a room, where he finds the [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] the culprit has been using before spotting the corpse of the director.
* TrailOfBlood: A variation, as the scenario in question is "a trail of money bills with bloodstains", but the trope gets played straight otherwise. Kenmochi discovers one such trail that leads into a room, where he finds the [[AnAxeToGrind axe]] the culprit has been using before spotting the corpse of the director.
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* ThisIsNotADrill: When everyone who's awake watches through the security monitors the CandidCameraPrank against the actress remotely, [[MoodWhiplash the air of schadenfreude is thick, before it quickly gives way to an air of horror]] when the culprit, dressed as the snow demon holding [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]] axe that is depicted in a painting within the mansion, emerges in view, and everyone present, having realized that it's no longer AllPartOfTheShow, is ForcedToWatch the actress in question being murdered.
* TrailOfBlood: A variation, as the scenario in question is "a trail of money bills with bloodstains", but the trope gets played straight otherwise. Kenmochi discovers one such trail that leads into a room, where he finds the[[AnAxeToGrind axe]] axe the culprit has been using before spotting the corpse of the director.
* TrailOfBlood: A variation, as the scenario in question is "a trail of money bills with bloodstains", but the trope gets played straight otherwise. Kenmochi discovers one such trail that leads into a room, where he finds the
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* TheWatson: After [[ClearTheirName being cleared of suspicion thanks to Kindaichi's deduction]], Reika decides to help him in his efforts to find the real culprit, though her contributions usually amounts to asking questions that might be connected to the case at hand[[note]] -- that, and helping Kindaichi collect anything that might count as evidence[[/note]].
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* TheWatson: After [[ClearTheirName being cleared of suspicion thanks to Kindaichi's deduction]], Reika decides to help him in his efforts to find the real culprit, though her contributions usually amounts to asking questions that might be connected to the case at hand[[note]] -- that, and helping Kindaichi collect anything that might count as evidence[[/note]].evidence[[/note]].
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: After the actress has died as the first murder victim, the director believes the cameraman, who's missing at the moment and, therefore, the presumed most likely suspect, is the culprit due to the two of them having gotten into fights back when they were reporters. One of the actors, however, disagrees by arguing that this line of argument would mark ''everyone'' among the participants in this case arc who have been in the show business long enough with her as a prime suspect due to her notorious reputation as ThePrimaDonna.
-->Oh, come on. If you're looking for motives, pretty much everybody here has one.
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: After the actress has died as the first murder victim, the director believes the cameraman, who's missing at the moment and, therefore, the presumed most likely suspect, is the culprit due to the two of them having gotten into fights back when they were reporters. One of the actors, however, disagrees by arguing that this line of argument would mark ''everyone'' among the participants in this case arc who have been in the show business long enough with her as a prime suspect due to her notorious reputation as ThePrimaDonna.
-->Oh, come on. If you're looking for motives, pretty much everybody here has one.
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* DyingClue: There are some bits of grass-straw being discovered in hand when the cameraman's dead body is found. As Kindaichi reveals during the SummationGathering, the cameraman was trying to leave a message for the others via taking hold of the grass-straw in his dying moment.
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* SlippingAMickey: Kindaichi states during TheSummation that the culprit probably put some sleeping pill inside the cup she gave to the [[TheHermit artist]] -- or, rather, [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter who pretends to be him]] -- early on during the events of the case arc in order to make his alibi less than ironclad and make the others, especially the police, suspect him so the effort into setting him up later as TheScapegoat would be easier.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The [[TheHermit artist]] -- or, rather, [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter who pretends to be him]] -- is on the receiving end of this twice. The first time this happens, the culprit puts some sleeping pill in his drink to make his alibi less than ironclad. The second (and final) time has the culprit doing so to kill him before setting him up as TheScapegoat for the other murders.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The [[TheHermit artist]] -- or, rather, [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter who pretends to be him]] -- is on the receiving end of this twice. The first time this happens, when the culprit puts some sleeping pill in his drink to make his alibi less than ironclad. The second (and final) time has the culprit doing does so to kill him before setting him up as TheScapegoat for the other murders.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The [[TheHermit artist]] -- or, rather, [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter who pretends to be him]] -- is on the receiving end of this twice. The first time this happens, the culprit does so to make his alibi less than ironclad. The second (and final) time has the culprit doing so to kill him before setting him up as TheScapegoat for the other murders.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The [[TheHermit artist]] -- or, rather, [[DeadPersonImpersonation the imposter who pretends to be him]] -- is on the receiving end of this twice. The first time this happens, the culprit does so puts some sleeping pill in his drink to make his alibi less than ironclad. The second (and final) time has the culprit doing so to kill him before setting him up as TheScapegoat for the other murders.
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* HostilityOnTheSet: InUniverse. Almost everyone who's been in the entertainment business long enough has some beef with the [[ThePrimaDonna actress]], which is why the director decides to plan a CandidCameraPrank on her as the production is near the end.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The cameraman turns out to be the first murder victim after seeing an ice bridge the culprit is making for a planned murder; on the other hand, he's been on the culprit's kill-list right from the start anyway.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The cameraman turns out to be the first murder victim after seeing an ice bridge the culprit is making for a planned murder; on the other hand, he's been on the culprit's kill-list right from the start anyway.anyway, even without seeing anything incriminating.
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* ThePrimaDonna: The actress has this reputation. Even after her death, one of the actors describes her as a "nag" at one point.
