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- Officer Lee implies that a bomb had been hidden somewhere in Hong Kong, so he and Kindaichi go to many places, including an abandoned hospital out of the urban in Tai O, where the corpse of Liu Ivy, the fashion designer of the model show, is found. Miyuki is discovered alive but hurt and is sent to the hospital. (en)
- Akechi has planned a detective game for Kindaichi. How will Kindaichi finish this game? (en)
- One of the college students disappears mysteriously when Hajime, Miyuki and Tsukimizato go to her cottage. (en)
- Miyuki is invited by her Chinese pen friend Yang Laili to visit the Acrobats' Troupe in Shanghai. (en)
- A bank robber has committed a robbery and is trying to escape through the back door, but he happens to see Fumi walking over after getting out who accidentally sees his real face. Hajime, Miyuki and the police frantically try to find her and they succeed with help from Fumi herself after she discreetly told them where she was via riddles she gave to the robber. The robber tries to talk his way out by taking Fumi hostage at knifepoint until his wife and workers arrive and manage to talk him down successfully. In the end, Fumi seeing that the old man was in fact a kind person decides to lie about being kidnapped by him. (en)
- The first victim is Tadaharu Jinmei, he is found killed inside the bathtub. The next morning, when Hajime finds Takarada sitting on the sofa, what he sees is the latter's corpse! (en)
- Hajime arrives at the truth, but first he must take apart all the tricks the killer used to commit the crime. The key evidence is captured on film. (en)
- Hajime deduces the killer is in their midst, after finding fish in a tank dead, he assumes that the killer dropped in the empty capsule which contained the poison. The fashion competition goes ahead, and Kimasawa promises to make Yuke the company director when she retires. Meanwhile, Takamori suspects that Burial Francs is also present at the hotel. Hajime confronts Takamori over the lack of fingerprints on the poison glass after both he and Takamori had touched it, but she manages to find an excuse. Later, she receives another call from Burial Francs to kill another person and her erratic behavior arouses Hajime's suspicions. The fashion show begins, but backstage, the main dress for Kimasawa has been ruined, so the highly talented Naoko hastily constructs a fantastic dress from tablecloths and available accessories. Suddenly, a package arrives with a burial suit and 5 Franc piece designed for Yousuke Inukai, whom they find dead in an unoccupied room from poisoned wine. (en)
- Hajime now accuses the young crew member Yoko Katori of being the killer, saying that Kentaro Otsuki grabbing Mizuzaki was part of his plan to expose her. He reveals that Takamori, Wakaouji, Kanou and Akai were all involved in the sinking of the Oriental Cruise Ship, and that Katori and Tokihara were somehow related to the victims of the incident. Yu Tokihara admits that she wanted revenge because she witnessed Wakaouji attack her husband to save himself. However, she could not kill him, and after he apparently committed suicide she no longer had a reason to live. Yoko Katori says that Akai's article about the Oriental Cruise Incident alleged that her father, the captain of the oil tanker, was drunk and all the blame was pushed onto him for the collision, but she maintains that he did not drink.
Hajime then explains how Yoko committed the murders. Suddenly, Mizuzaki breaks down and admits that he was also on the Oriental Cruise Ship, and was responsible for the collision because he and all the other crew members abandoned their post and joined Captain Wakaouji at a party. Wakaouji, Takamori and Kanou then lied to cast the blame on the oil tanker captain to save themselves and their careers. Yoko is arrested for the murders, however her father's name is finally cleared. Mizuzaki and Yoko however still love each other, and he promises to marry her on her eventual release from prison. (en)
- The skeleton turns to be a professor who has connection to the two victims. At the same night, the university professor, Shirai, breaks out the code of the tomb of Yamata no Orochi, and he manages to get into the "tomb", which is actually a big cave next morning. But just at that moment, he is killed in the cave. (en)
- Hajime is rescued from the bottomless swamp and Akechi reveals that Yurama was killed some time before his body was left on stage. He states that Reiko Chikamiya's death was not an accident, and that when she fell, a vase of red roses was also smashed. However, her notebook with details of her magic tricks and ideas was never found. He believes that the killer is avenging Chikamiya's death. Kenmochi tells everyone that Yurama was killed by someone who knows the living puppet trick pointing to Yumi and Sakonji, but Sakonji says there is no proof either of them killed Yamagami. That night they hear a scream from Yumi's room, but when the crash in through the locked door, they find her dead, hanging from a tree outside. When they check the room below, Hajime asserts that he has found the identity of the Puppeteer who knows that Chikamiya's former students, Yamagami, Yumi, Yurama and Sakonji killed her to obtain her Magic Notebook. (en)
- Hajime explains that the killer cleverly delayed the discovery of Ruri's body to create an alibi, and used the scents which attract and repel the Black Butterflies to cover his movements. He then accuses Masayuki Onodera of being the murderer Undying Butterfly. Hajime explains that the killings are retribution for the suicide of Minoru Suga and suspects that Onodera is the biological son of Minoru Suga and Midori. Onodera admits his guilt, blaming Midori for betraying his father and revealing the discovery of the luminous butterfly pupae to Shimon Madarame. However, Midori denies the accusation, saying that she loved Suga, and that her three girls were his through artificial insemination, a fact that she was planning to reveal when Madarame was in his deathbed as revenge for what he did to Suga Minoru. Confronted by the truth, Onodera fatally stabs himself. Midori rushes to his side, then she sets the building on fire to die with her son. After they escape the scientist Yamano reveals that he always knew that Suga Minoru was the one who had discovered the Legendary Luminous Butterfly, but he in his excitement told Madarame about this. Revealing himself to be the one who had told Shimon Madarame about the discovery causing him to steal the credit for discovering the butterfly. He states he had no ill intentions he just wanted to save the Lab with the funding he received from Madarame he had no idea it would lead to such calamity. In the end Suga Minoru is rightfully given credit for discovering the Luminous Butterfly, and Miyama and Ageha get married with Hajime stating that Touno Eiji died that day in the lake. (en)
- Reika is who has been badly beaten is found alive and taken to a hospital. After she regains consciousness, she relates the story of the kidnapping by the Puppet Clown who appears to have mysophobia, and the murder of Yasuoga. Suspecting that something is suspicious about Youko Kafuraki's company and the relationships between the staff, Hajime asks his friend Itsuki to investigate. Meanwhile, the police find the body of Yasuoga who had been shot five times and also the hideout of the Puppet Clown. Meanwhile, Hajime begins to suspect the kidnapping was not about the ransom, and Itsuki reveals that Yasuoga is Kafuraki's nephew and a known womanizer, including possibly with Reiko Mitamura. Hajime suspects that the Puppet Clown is someone within the company. However, they all have alibis for the period when Yasuoga was shot but Hajime believes that he knows the killer's identity. (en)
- Hajime chooses to return to the show ship rather than returning to Tokyo, and he tells the group members how the killer murdered Tang Renmei and Todo before revealing their identity. The killer is revealed to be Miyuki’s pen pal Yang Laili, she reveals that she was actually born in Japan and her father was actually her kidnapper and her real father’s murderer.
Yang reveals that when she was a child, she witnessed the murder of her biological father and was kidnapped and taken in by her adoptive father. But she always knew the truth and one day she fled hoping to reunite with her real father, only to learn that he had died that fateful day. She decided to stay with them unsure of what to do, until her adoptive father had committed suicide riddled with guilt all this time. It was then that she decided to kill the others that were responsible for killing her real father. After Yang is taken away, her adoptive brother decides to wait for her as he will always love her. (en)
- The truth takes center stage as Hajime reveals that the culprit did something during the play that proves they committed the crimes. Hajime reveals that the culprit is the police superintendent. She had committed these murders because the drama troupe had played a hand in ruining her life. Hajime also reveals that the superintendent is also actually the twin sister of one the victims, she had given herself a new identity and face. Hajime figured this out because the two had held their spoons the same way and a DNA test proved that the two were indeed biological sisters. Faced with this evidence, she reveals that when she was younger she went down a dark path and ended getting involved in drugs.
Eventually she killed the man that had given her the drugs and tried to force her into prostitution. When she went to her sister she did not hesitate to help, things seemed fine until the police arrived and believing that her own sister betrayed her she fled. Seeing no way out she had decided to kill herself, until she spotted a pair shoes and several belongings near a cliff belonging to someone who had jumped into the ocean. Seeing this as a opportunity she switched the IDs and she became the woman she is today. She decided to take a path of justice and find the ones responsible for selling the drugs that found their way to her. Which had her crossing paths with the drama troupe, she had collected enough evidence to take them down for good. However it was then that she was reunited with her sister and she accidentally revealed her true identity. Ever since the drama troupe members used her position as a police superintendent to steal for them and bail them out of their crimes. Having enough she decided to rid herself of them and the sister who she believed betrayed her.
Later on, Hajime visits the former superintendent and talks to her about her sister. She reveals that her sister had been juggling two jobs all along, the other job being a fashion designer. Hajime reveals that they had found a diary containing her sister’s true thoughts: it revealed that she had been working two jobs because she had hoped that her sister would make the right choice and when she had served her time, she would have her sister take over in the drama troupe while she would design clothes for her to perform in. Hearing this she breaks down realizing that her sister had truly cared for her all along. (en)
- Rampo is stabbed in the snow and dies after he says "Patri......" to Kindaichi and Watson. Some time later, they find a female corpse, which turns out to be Spencer. (en)
- Hajime figures out all of the tricks used for the series of murders, and he tells everybody who is the "Scorpion". Hajime reveals that one of the female crew members is the scorpion. With help from Kenmochi, they learn that the girl was in fact the little sister of the stuntman who died filming their movie. She reveals that she had suspected some foul play when her brother had mysteriously disappeared and since the police wouldn’t help she took action. She watched over a dozen amateur films at school festivals hoping to find her brother’s film as she had read the script and knew it’s plot and settings. Eventually she found the film in question and secretly eavesdropped on Kurasawa and the others, and learned that her brother had died when performing a stunt that involved him jumping from one apartment rooftop to the other. He was successful, but a downdraft caused him to lose his balance and he fell to his death.
But what pushed her over the edge was the fact that they had insulted her brother by saying that a dummy would never die. Later on, Hajime visits her and reveals that they had recovered her brother’s body which was found in a man hole sewer pipe. Hajime also reveals that her brother was cast as lead for a future film, with her commenting that there is no doubt that his film would take first place. (en)
- Kyouko Munakata asks Hajime to pass a letter to her daughter Satsuki and says she will take care of the Magamitori curse. That night Hajime and Miyuki see the Magamitori who leaps through a window and with Kyouko Munakata and apparently throws her over a cliff into the river leaving the replica dagger behind. With four people dead, everyone feels the danger has passed but Haijme continues his investigation. He believes that he has found the location of the artifacts based on plans of the mansion and knows the identity of the killer after solving the mystery of how the four murders were committed. (en)
- Hajime and his friends are invited to have a go competition with a rival campus. (en)
- Hajime, Officer Kenmochi and Miyuki take a flight back to Haneda Airport, but during the trip the pilot is killed when everybody finds him. (en)
- One of the men goes missing after another victim is found. Hajime and the others discover a hidden staircase while looking for the missing man. (en)
- Fashion model Masumi Takamori, is blackmailed by an old acquaintance, Hiroshi, who threatens to expose her drug-taking past. She accidentally kills him with a vase, but as Masumi buys a suitcase to dispose of the body, she encounters Hajime, a former classmate. She gives him and Miyuki tickets to a fashion show in Nagaya. That night she disposes of Hiroshi's body. Hajime and Miyuki arrive at Nagaya and stay at the exclusive French hotel to be used for a wedding fashion show of the competing brands for sponsorship by Mitsumoto Property; Kimasawa and Rokujou. Rokujou tries to poach Naoko, but fails. Takamori receives a phone call from someone calling themselves Burial Francs who witnessed her kill Hiroshi and dispose of the body. The person blackmails her into adding a powder to someon's drink. Later, Kimasawa receives a wedding dress with a 5 Franc coin signifying burial. At the evening dinner, Takamori adds the poisonous powder to Naoko's glass, but Rokujou drinks it instead and falls down dead. Inspector Kenmochi arrives to investigate.
Case file cast: Fashion label owner and director Yuri Kimasawa, company Vice-Director Yousuke Inukai, top model Masumi Takamori, former model and fashion designer Naoko Torimaru, barman and Naoko’s former lover Yuke Toru, Senshi Kakitani from the men's department, apprentice designer Sayako Kiriyama and competing fashion designer Mitsuhiko Rokujou. (en)
- Sojo is killed in his room. Rampo and Watson are suspected to have the motive to kill him. (en)
- Hajime and Miyuki get lost while skiing, fortunately they find a cottage in the snow. They know that the residents in the house always use computers to connect with each other. (en)
- Hajime thinks he has solved the case of the murders of Dr. Kaitsu and Gouzou. He believes that two people were involved and that they blamed the Kaitou Gentleman to deflect suspicion from themselves. He suggests that they first sent the portrait of the daughter to the exhibition to force Gouzou to admit that he had a daughter, which ushered Sakura into the mansion. However the painting had the Southern Cross in the night sky which meant that, it was not painted by Gouzou, but a ghost painter he employed in Okinawa. Dr. Kaitsu was his accomplice, but they crippled the painter with drugs and sent him to a hospital in Okinawa where he has since died. Hajime accuses Sakura of the murders, unknowingly assisted by the butler Komiyama. She admits that she did it because her father, Nobuhiko Izumi, was the ghost painter, however she takes her own life and confesses her feelings for Hajime before she can be arrested. (en)
- The troupe leader dies with a Derringer on the table and the local police have been investigating on the case. One of the acrobats does not have an alibi. (en)
- Hajime reveals that the next page on the calendar from which Soga tore the pages from was the month of March, which in ancient Japanese revealed Yaoi Muranishi as the killer. He then reveals the location of the artifacts through an arrangement of mirrors in the mansion and finds them hidden beneath a stone statue. Muranishi explains that Kyouko manipulated Shiro Munakata into marrying her, but she feared he would leave her after finding the artifacts so she destroyed his research. Muranishi and Munakata then became lovers, but when she became pregnant Kyouko figured out about her betrayal. They fought and Kyouko fell down the stairs and died. They covered up her death, and Munakata wore a veil and pretended to be the reclusive Kyouko. When the baby was born, they pretended the baby was Kyouko's daughter. However when Munakata heard Yamato and Soga say they caused Shiro's death, she plotted to kill them as she was ill and only had six months to live. Munakata grabs the blade artifact and attempted to kill herself but lightning struck at that exact moment, causing her to lose her memories of what had transpired during that whole case. Back in the present, the trio arrive at Majin Village and are welcomed by Satsuki who explains that Yaoi Munakata died ten days earlier after living for six months in a prison hospital, however they enjoyed that brief time together. (en)
- Kindaichi and Mioki have been reminded a case about diving when they are drinking in the cafe. When a diver jumped off from the springboard, she was interrupted by Hajime's words and lost her normal control before falling to the water with great splash. She was sent to the hospital for her uncomfort. Hajime thought that it was a murder planned from another diver that had dislikeness of the victim. The killer regretted for mistaking the diver and cried. (en)
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