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-->'''Hajime''': *thinking privately* I'm all broken inside...
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-->'''Hajime''': *thinking privately* ''[thinking privately]'' I'm all broken inside...
* MinorMajorCharacter: Marin is absent through much of the case arc, especially after the daughter of a CEO of the top client to Otowa PR [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connects her way into an interview with Kindaichi before following him along whenever she can through the rest of the case arc, in an attempt to find further inspiration for her future mystery novel work (during Kindaichi's work shift, no less)]], showing up only after the case is wrapped up at the end of the case arc.
-->'''Marin''': '''AARGH! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT WOMAN EVEN DOING? I DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH HER ANYMORE!'''
-->'''Marin''': '''AARGH! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT WOMAN EVEN DOING? I DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH HER ANYMORE!'''
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* OutOfFocus: Marin is absent through much of the case arc, especially after the daughter of a CEO of the top client to Otowa PR [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections connects her way into an interview with Kindaichi before following him along whenever she can through the rest of the case arc, in an attempt to find further inspiration for her future mystery novel work (during Kindaichi's work shift, no less)]], showing up only after the case is wrapped up at the end of the case arc.
-->'''Marin''': '''AARGH! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT WOMAN EVEN DOING? I DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH HER ANYMORE!'''
-->'''Marin''': '''AARGH! WHAT THE HELL IS THAT WOMAN EVEN DOING? I DON'T WANNA DEAL WITH HER ANYMORE!'''
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* BigBrotherInstinct: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. The guy [[TeensAreMonsters a group of teenagers murdered]] is/was the culprit's older brother, with the motive being to avenge said deceased older brother.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: The main character in the mystery novel winning the grand prize falls into this category, making him a VillainProtagonist because AllLoveIsUnrequited. He falls in love with a woman, who sends a text message asking him to go to Ayase, only to be told it's a wrong place. He tries it for the second location, only to be given the same response. He tries for one last time... and the messages stop, never to resurface. Since then, he spends the rest of the novel getting fixated on the word "Ayase" and, fueled by a desire for revenge, causes him to carry out indiscriminate murders in three locations, all of which bear the name "Ayase".
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: An InUniverse example. The main character in the mystery novel winning the grand prize falls into this category, making him a VillainProtagonist because AllLoveIsUnrequited. He falls in love with a woman, who sends a text message asking him to go to Ayase, only to be told it's a wrong place. He tries it for the second location, only to be given the same response. He tries for one last time... and the messages stop, never to resurface. Since then, he spends the rest of the novel getting fixated on the word "Ayase" and, fueled by a desire for revenge, causes him to carry out indiscriminate murders in three locations, all of which bear the name "Ayase".
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: In-Universe. The murder case that was committed by those who end up as murder victims in the present-day serial murder case arc was the source material for a mystery novelist, who's among the participants in said present-day serial murder case. It was even titled "[[TeensAreMonsters Teenage Demons]]".
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: In-Universe.InUniverse. The murder case that was committed by those who end up as murder victims in the present-day serial murder case arc was the source material for a mystery novelist, who's among the participants in said present-day serial murder case. It was even titled "[[TeensAreMonsters Teenage Demons]]".
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** An InUniverse example is the VillainProtagonist of the grand prize-winning mystery novel, as he commits indiscriminate murders after [[LoveMakesYouEvil being fueled by a desire for revenge]] [[AllLoveIsUnrequited due to his attempts to impress a girl having gone without reciprocation]] before ending his own life at the end of the novel.
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* JackTheRipoff: A self-[[InvokedTrope invoked]], InUniverse example. The culprit, being a best-selling mystery novelist, penned a mystery novel winning the grand prize this year, in which the VillainProtagonist committed indiscriminate murders based on the location name "Ayase" before ending his own life, in order to conceal the true motive of pulling off a serial murder where the targets are actually connected in real life (again, In-Universe), using the location name "Ayase" as a cover, and setting the final murder victim up for a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.
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* JackTheRipoff: A self-[[InvokedTrope invoked]], InUniverse example. The culprit, being a best-selling mystery novelist, penned a mystery novel winning the grand prize this year, in which the VillainProtagonist committed indiscriminate murders based on the location name "Ayase" before [[DrivenToSuicide ending his own life, life]], in order to conceal the true motive of pulling off a serial murder where the targets are actually connected in real life (again, In-Universe), using the location name "Ayase" as a cover, and setting the final murder victim up for a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: The culprit confesses to pretending to be the gang's "recruit" while approaching the gang leader, after said "recruit" was already DrivenToSuicide.
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* JackTheRipoff: A self-[[InvokedTrope invoked]], InUniverse example. The culprit, being a best-selling mystery novelist, penned a mystery novel winning the grand prize this year, in which the VillainProtagonist committed indiscriminate murders based on the location name "Ayase", in order to conceal the true motive of pulling off a serial murder where the targets are actually connected in real life (again, In-Universe), using the location name "Ayase" as a cover.
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* JackTheRipoff: A self-[[InvokedTrope invoked]], InUniverse example. The culprit, being a best-selling mystery novelist, penned a mystery novel winning the grand prize this year, in which the VillainProtagonist committed indiscriminate murders based on the location name "Ayase", "Ayase" before ending his own life, in order to conceal the true motive of pulling off a serial murder where the targets are actually connected in real life (again, In-Universe), using the location name "Ayase" as a cover.cover, and setting the final murder victim up for a DeceasedFallGuyGambit.
