History Recap / TheKindaichiCaseFilesTheBloodthirstyCherryBlossomMurderCase

* KillingInSelfDefense: Possibly played with in that the one the would-be murderer is fighting against isn't the one dealing the lethal blow, but otherwise played straight. When he abducted a patient and had her BoundAndGagged with the intent to murder, his then-colleague freed said patient before the MadDoctor can murder her. The MadDoctor, in turn, decides to kill his then-colleague, only for his now-freed patient to stab him InTheBack and deal mortal wound, killing ''him'' on the spot. This is one of the reasons the MadDoctor's demise is KarmicDeath.

* TemptingFate: Overlaps with ShaggyDogStory and PlayedForLaughs. After the lot-drawing process is done with Kindaichi and Miyuki being in the same group, Kindaichi goes to join her the next morning, confidently stating along the way that he'll finally have a chance to spend time alone with her and his life as a virgin will finally end, only to be in for an unpleasant shock upon seeing Saki alongside Miyuki.

* AnonymousBenefactor: Two such examples exist in this case arc.

* StrugglingSingleMother: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. The culprit's adoptive mother almost fell into financial hardship after the passing of her adoptive father, but a consistent and anonymous flow of financial support from one of the victims, who was TheAtoner among the three of them, started coming in in time to mitigate the issue.

** The former colleague and would-be victim of the MadDoctor are both responsible for said doctor's death, albeit unintentionally, for he was too distracted in the struggle against his former colleague to notice his freed hostage until the latter delivered a mortal would upon stabbing him InTheBack. Afterwards, they buried his corpse while keeping the truth to themselves, until Kindaichi reveals his deduction about their role in the case to them in the present day.

* StrugglingSingleMother: The culprit's adoptive mother almost fell into financial hardship after the passing of her adoptive father, but a consistent and anonymous flow of financial support from one of the victims, who was TheAtoner among the three of them, started coming in in time to mitigate the issue.

* TwoDunIt: For the present-day serial murder case, the culprit is the one doing the killing, while the accomplice tries to erase as much incriminating evidence being left behind by the culprit as possible. The context in this case is different from the standard format, however, in that the accomplice does the work without the culprit realizing, much less enlisting, any help from said accomplice.

* AskAStupidQuestion: When Saki, Miyuki, and Kindaichi encounter an inn patron wearing a face mask during The Bloodthirsty Cherry Blossom Murder Case arc:

* ShaggyDogStory: After Kindaichi fixes his way into getting himself paired up with Miyuki, he meets her the next day, eagerly anticipating having some alone time with her during the investigation. Unfortunately for him, Saki met her not long after the club member meeting session and now accompanies them for the investigation, much to Kindaichi's annoyance.
-->'''Kindaichi''': (thinking to himself regarding Saki) Damn it! You are such a bother!

-->''[[ActuallyPrettyFunny Kenmochi and Saki both laugh]]''

** It turns out that the parents of one of the three murder victims hanged themselves after the bullying that went deadly occurred, as they were seen as parents of a killer after that and got ostracized for it until they couldn't take it any longer.

* ScarsAreForever: The physician who was once the MadDoctor's colleague received a cut at his upper lip while trying to prevent said MadDoctor from committing more murders. It's for this reason he's always seen wearing a face mask in public, as the gash left a scar that has remained since then.

"The Bloodthirsty Cherry Blossom Murder Case" is a case arc in "The Kindaichi Case Files R" series of ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''.

* IWasQuiteALooker: The elderly lady who owns the inn where Kindaichi and co. stay turns out to have been a beautiful woman in her prime, as they find out upon seeing a picture of her younger self while staying in the inn. They initially wonder whether the woman in the photo was an actress in the present time, before the inn owner informs them that it was a photo of her being taken back when she was younger.

-->[[ActuallyPrettyFunny Kenmochi and Saki both laugh]]''

-->[[ActuallyPreetyFunny Kenmochi and Saki both laugh]]''

--->'''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!

* TheAtoner: One of the present-day murder victims turns out to have been this. After the bullying turned deadly and his parents [[DrivenToSuicide hanged themselves]], he worked hard to turn his life around like his two friends who were involved in the bullying in the past, but he did more than the other two: He managed to find out the culprit's adoptive identity, also supported the culprit's adoptive mother (as her father had already died by then) behind the scenes by giving her money anonymously while also working during his university years, and, in the present day as a lawyer, focused on aiding troubled children in order to prevent others from making mistakes as he and his two friends, who were juvenile delinquents themselves in their past years, had done. Finally, he figures out the culprit's role in the murder case while it's ongoing and tries to erase any traces left by the culprit as much as he could manage, even in his dying moments after the culprit [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabs him]].