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Opera House Murder Case: File 2 - S1-E22

Other mistake: In the flashback with the sulphuric acid bottle dropping on Fuyuko, the bottle has still the cap on, making the incident as it is shown impossible. It should also be noted that there's a shattered glass noise, but in the previous episode we saw the bottle was perfectly intact on the floor and was even reused for a murder (although how could the culprit be in possession of it is a mystery - it's the same one since the stain on the label is identical). (00:15:55)

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Opera House Murder Case: File 2 - S1-E22

Other mistake: When Okata discovers the clue about the first murder in the recording room, the shadow cast in close-up is different from the wider angle - and it's also an impossible one, because the only light in the room is the one of her own flashlight, which couldn't be angled at the trolley that way. (00:11:25)

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Opera House Murder Case: File 2 - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: There's a blatant coloring error regarding Kindaichi's clothes when he speaks to the inn's manager through the window; his shirt goes from orange to lilac, with a pea green undershirt. (00:09:05)

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Opera House Murder Case: File 2 - S1-E22

Other mistake: At the beginning of the episode, the characters are gathered thinking back about part 1 of the case. Amazingly enough, the propmaster's armpit ate the A of his shirt. Now he's not a "BADMAN", he's a "BADMN." (00:02:05)

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Opera House Murder Case: File 1 - S1-E21

Character mistake: The brother of the dead actress, Fuyuko Tsukishima, stares intently at her diary. On its cover; "F. Tukishima", missing the S. (00:12:45)

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Opera House Murder Case: File 1 - S1-E21

Other mistake: Kindaichi and Miyuki are chatting with the lead actor who is sipping a Coke. There's a fierce argument onstage between the actresses; somehow the actor, in full stage garb, calmly shows up onstage to catch the end of the argument way before the other two kids get in the room running. (00:10:00)

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Hida Mechanical Mansion Murder Case: File 3 - S1-E20

Plot hole: The plot is based on the fact that a certain character was disguised as the presumed first victim. At the same time, the two characters have a different body type (otherwise the gap in the window would be obviously too small), so the turn of events does not make sense. Moreover, supposedly the victim suffered serious burns in a fire, which would be absent in the corpse.

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Hida Mechanical Mansion Murder Case: File 1 - S1-E18

Continuity mistake: When Shino puts her hand on her mouth witnessing the disfigured face of Akanuma, her sleeve covers her face differently between shots. (00:18:20)

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Hikou Isle Murder Case: File 3 - S1-E15

Continuity mistake: When Kindaichi strips Midori, he yanks the bra completely off the breast bringing it all the way below the ribcage. That's in the front views, because in the back view merely the shoulder strap is lowered, the rest of the undergarment is perfectly horizontal and unperturbed.

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Hikou Isle Murder Case: File 1 - S1-E13

Other mistake: Miyuki manages to pinch Kindaichi's buttcheek while being in front of him, at an impossible angle. (00:06:45)

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Gentleman Thief's Murder: File 3 - S1-E12

Plot hole: The murder trick works only because the cordless phone is not addressed at all. We never see the killer dispose of it or anyone look for it - the fact that it was misplaced would have exposed the trick instantly.

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Wax Doll Castle Murder Case: File 3 - S1-E9

Factual error: The culprit merely drops a chandelier from the ceiling in an unplanned move. From that simple action, the whole building - a huge castle - catches fire so quickly you'd think it's made out of papier-mâche soaked in gasoline, not stone.

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Hiren Lake Legend Murder Case: File 2 - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: Eiji just left to get help through the lake. When Miyuki says "Not really" on the topic of jealousy, the sheets are pulled all the way up to her chin, but they are lower in the following shot. (00:06:45)

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Hiren Lake Legend Murder Case: File 1 - S1-E4

Plot hole: When you rewatch the episode considering the identity of the murderer, you can't help but wonder how could he change into the Jason Voorhees costume and reach the victims without his absence being noticed.

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Hiren Lake Legend Murder Case: File 1 - S1-E4

Continuity mistake: When Kindaichi and the others talk with the mature couple, the president is wearing a purple-ish jacket and a red shirt. At dinner, they make a comment about Miyuki and Eiji Touno being a couple. From behind, the president is wearing his jacket, but from the front he's just wearing the red shirt. (00:09:40)

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Hiren Lake Legend Murder Case: File 3 - S1-E6

Plot hole: As it often happens in this sort of murder mystery, there's a switching act at one point, and one of the 'disfigured bodies' is not who it is presumed to be. Good, but the problem is that the presumed victim and the person who really died have radically different skin tones, and it'd be practically impossible for anyone who knows them to mix them up - even moreso for the genius detective Hajime Kindaichi.

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Academy's Seven Mysteries Murder Case: File 3 - S1-E3

Plot hole: A corpse has been buried inside the walls of the building for 10 years. It's covered by just a poster, and a poster from a current high schooler. If we assume the first victim was the one who put the poster there, then it means that it was just randomly uncovered by the earthquake from episode 1, which would make the chain of coincidences nothing short than miraculous. She basically one day said "I heard there was a murder here where we all hang out all the time" and the ground by its own accord opened to reveal a skeleton without her doing anything.

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Academy's Seven Mysteries Murder Case: File 2 - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: Kenmochi puts his hand on Kindaichi's shoulder, open palm and full grip. A split-second later he's waving at him the police badge with the same hand. (00:02:00)

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Academy's Seven Mysteries Murder Case: File 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: Sakuragi hints that she knows Makabe's secret, and snubs him completely. He storms out and stumbles upon his ghost writer Tomoyo Takajima. She is wearing just a right glove, but when he backhands her, she is wearing gloves on both hands. (00:12:25)

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Academy's Seven Mysteries Murder Case: File 1 - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: When Sakuragi hands Kindaichi the meeting minutes from 1987, the floppy disk is in a different position in the wider angle, and the book itself is headlined by two kanjis written vertically, instead of horizontally like in close-up. (00:10:35)

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