History Recap / TheKindaichiCaseFilesTowerMansionMadamMurderCase

* DropTheHammer: One of the culprits uses a hammer on the victim while the latter is BoundAndGagged, but the hammer has a handkerchief over it, so the strike only manages to [[TapOnTheHead knock the target out without killing her]], which goes exactly as planned.
-->'''One of the culprits''': Well, that was quick. One hit and she's already out cold! I actually wanted to smash your head in until you croaked, but that's a big no-no!

* TapOnTheHead: The intended murder target falls unconscious after being struck on the head by [[DropTheHammer a hammer]] -- the attacker wrapped a handkerchief around it to prevent any visible sign of physical damage to the skull or bleeding.

-->''[in impassive tone]'' I know everything... that you slept... with my husband, but I can still... look past that. ''But then, you had to go and touch'' '''''something''''' you never should have touched!'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I... saw... everything!]] Until now, we always turn a blind eye to all the arrogant things you did. We knew it was you, but we did not say a word all the same. ''[wraps a hammer in a handkerchief]'' BUT... EVEN OUR PATIENCE HAS LIMITS! ''[raises hammer]'' '''IN ANY CASE... JUST DIE!''' ''[strikes and knocks out the victim]''

-->''[in impassive tone]'' I know everything... that you slept... with my husband, but I can still... look past that. ''But then, you had to go and touch'' '''''something''''' you never should have touched!'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I... saw... everything!]] Until now, we always turn a blind eye to all the arrogant things you did. We knew it was you, but we did not say a word all the same. ''[wraps a hammer in a handkerchief]'' ''BUT... EVEN OUR PATIENCE HAS LIMITS!'' ''[raises hammer]'' '''IN ANY CASE... JUST DIE!''' ''[strikes and knocks out the victim]''

-->''[in impassive tone]'' I know everything... that you slept... with my husband, but I can still... look past that. ''But then, you had to go and touch'' '''''something''''' you never should have touched!'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I... saw... everything!]] Until now, we always turn a blind eye to all the arrogant things you did. We knew it was you, but we did not say a word all the same. ''[wraps a hammer in a handkerchief] BUT... EVEN OUR PATIENCE HAS LIMITS! [raises hammer]'' '''IN ANY CASE... JUST DIE!''' ''[strikes and knocks out the victim]''

* DropTheHammer: One of the culprits uses a hammer on the victim while the latter is BoundAndGagged, but the hammer has a handkerchief over it, so the strike only manages to knock the target out without killing her, which goes exactly as planned.

-->'''To think she snatched away our yoga instructor... unforgivable!! By then, our killing intentions had reached the boiling point!'''

When Momoka Morishita, Kindaichi's single-parent next-door neighbor, is short-staffed for her catering service for a party inside a high-rise building, Kindaichi, and Hayama later on, takes a day off work to help her out. They step inside the building in preparation for the private party that is set to take place, just as a murder plot is also underway...

* AllWomenHateEachOther: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. The women who plan on and carry out the murder focus on only one woman, the RichBitch who had wronged them enough to make them [[TheDogBitesBack exact revenge on her in such an extreme way]]. Otherwise, they're friendly to other women they interact with, including Morishita, the caterer for the party, and look out for one another, up to and include stating "we all did it together" when one of them claims to be the mastermind behind the murder.

* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: The victim, aside from having no day job, proved herself to be this in a flashback sequence detailing her calling Morishita for the catering services, in which she reacted to Morishita being shorthanded by ''demanding'' that she found some way on her own to make the catering work or she'd discredit Morishita on social media. Thankfully, Kindaichi and Marin decided to help out.

* RichBitch: The victim is the wealthy wife of an IT company director working in the Silicon Valley. She also ReallyGetsAround, lies to others for what (or whom) she wants, and is not NiceToTheWaiter at all. Once the culprits' backstory and motive come to the surface, her AssholeVictim status is secured without a doubt.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The yoga instructor manages to fulfill this role via one simple act of succumbing to the victim's seduction into having sex with her, for it cemented the murderous resolve for two of the women in this murder case.[[note]] He also might have doomed his own career since he'd be fired from his job by the company employing him should he be accused of having sex with a yoga student become public knowledge, which he confides during the investigation. And given what his one act of having sex resulted in, the truth of such an act is unlikely to stay hidden from his employers.[[/note]]

* TwoDunIt: Or "three dun it", in this case, since there are three women who help each other to plot and carry out their intended murder.

* ShamefulShrinking: After two of the culprits confess that witnessing the sex scene between [[ReallyGetsAround the victim]] and the young yoga instructor was the straw that broke the camel's back, and especially following everyone else present [[DisapprovingLook staring at him in a scrutinizing manner]], said instructor is left shrinking in shame and embarrassment while apologizing feebly.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: This case marks the first time Kindaichi and Makabe meet since the TimeSkip. Apparently their mutual dislike towards one another during their high school days has lingered right up to the present day, as they are only superficially tolerant towards each other, and Makabe is initially unwilling to let Kindaichi help him with detective work until he remembers that Kindaichi has FriendOnTheForce and could jeopardize his career as a police detective if he refuses, at which point he authorizes Kindaichi's assistance, if reluctantly.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: This case marks the first time Kindaichi and Makabe meet since the TimeSkip. Apparently their mutual dislike towards one another during their high school days have lingered right up to the present day, as they are only superficially tolerant towards each other, and Makabe is initially unwilling to let Kindaichi help him with detective work until he remembers that Kindaichi has FriendOnTheForce and could jeopardize his career as a police detective if he refuses, at which point he authorizes Kindaichi's assistance, if reluctantly.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: This case marks the first time Kindaichi and Makabe meet since the TimeSkip. Apparently their mutual dislike towards one another during their high school days have lingered right up to the present day, as they are only superficially tolerant towards each other, and Makabe is initially unwilling to let Kindaichi help him with detective work until he remembers that Kindaichi has FriendsOnTheForce and could jeopardize his career as a police detective if he refuses, at which point he authorizes Kindaichi's assistance, if reluctantly.

* SureLetsGoWithThat: When one of the culprits places a piece of incriminating evidence inside the jacket of the yoga instructor within the victim's residence by accident as the police are inspecting the place, the culprits decide on the spot [[FrameUp to have said instructor pinned as the murderer]] because it's easier for them since they're in a pinch at the time and [[BrokenPedestal they still feel angry about the sex scene between him and the victim that they saw]].

* DisapprovingLook: After two of the culprits confess that seeing [[ReallyGetsAround the victim]] having sex with the yoga instructor, Kindaichi, Marin, Momoka, and Makabe stare at him with a look of disappointment. All the instructor can do in response is to apologize feebly as he is reduced to ShamefulShrinking.