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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 2 - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: During Reiji Aoi's flashback, the young fiancé is holding the phone with Marina's coerced text message in his right hand. Next shot and the hand is the left one. (00:06:15)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 2 - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: The forensics team member that drains the tub and performs a quick postmortem on the victim is wearing a facemask. However, in the close-up of the moment when he bags the phone as evidence, his chin is in frame and bare. (00:03:10)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 1 - S1-E19

Other mistake: The police is searching the crime scene of the supposed suicide. The police was alerted because the suicide happened by drowning, leaving the bathtub running till it overflew alerting the other people in the building. The body of the victim is still completely immersed in the bathtub (nobody drained it), and Kindaichi and Aoi walk on a dry floor while there should be a massive flooding.

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 4 - S1-E22

Stupidity: The finale is sweet, but also the ultimate stupidity; there was a recording of the victim completely discharging one of the suspects from any blame, the recording was in one of the key evidences found by the police and used in the trial, but nobody ever played that recording. At least two families have to sue the State for a horrible job.

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 4 - S1-E22

Other mistake: When Busujima tells the real story of what happened 3 years before, the bathtub in the background drained completely, but nobody removed the drain stopper, which in fact is in frame and perfectly placed. (00:10:55)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 4 - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: The position of Kindaichi's phone when it falls inside the bathtub changes between shots. The tub itself also fills way too quickly - and Kindaichi is in no rush to retrieve it.

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 4 - S1-E22

Continuity mistake: When Kindaichi runs the demonstration with his phone, the chain of the bathtub changes position between shots. (00:08:40)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 4 - S1-E22

Other mistake: When Kindaichi shows his phone with the incriminating evidence, the phone's charge is at 60%, exactly the same charge it had last time we saw the same phone screenshot for the same purpose in the previous episode. Mere minutes later for the bathtub demonstration Miyuki calls him and the phone is charged at 80%. (00:07:50)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 4 - S1-E22

Stupidity: The denouement in this episode does not make any sense. Two characters (the lawyer, the victim's sister) are suddenly present on the scene for the climax, but they were never invited and if they were at the hospital in the corridor right at that moment, Busujima could not sneak by Kenmochi's room. Later Kindaichi gingerly explains the rest at the other crime scene, which is in a different building somewhere else in the city - and they are all physically there, even the patients in their hospital gowns and slippers, it's not a dramatic rendition.

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Evil Spirit of the Diving Pool - S1-E18

Other mistake: In this episode, we learn that Kindaichi can't swim. However, the series is a continuation of the first one from 1997: in a few instances (the Ghost Passenger Ship Murder Case, The Kidnapping of Reika Hayami Murder Case, with Reika appearing as a key character here) Kindaichi could swim just fine and in fact would bravely dive in the ocean to save someone and swim downstream in a mountain river when gravely injured, respectively.

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Evil Spirit of the Diving Pool - S1-E18

Continuity mistake: When Miyuki says that Honosuke the owl is cute, all we see in her glass is an ice cube. Moments later, her glass is filled with orange juice, the ice cubes being well below the juice level. (00:02:15)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 3 - S1-E21

Plot hole: During the blackout, the people who will turn out in the next episode to be the killer and the victim say things (in monologue) and act in ways that don't make sense in relation to the plot and are merely meant to cheat the audience.

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 3 - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: Kindaichi receives the keys of the building from superintendent Akechi. Notice the somewhat lengthy pieces of wire linking the keys to the large ring. When Kindaichi cracks the case and grabs the keys from his room telling Miyuki to go, the links are half the size they were. (00:19:55 - 00:20:45)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 3 - S1-E21

Audio problem: Kindaichi is listening to the recording of the phone call a couple times over; however he does not listen to it in a loop, but rather the file shows up as lasting 52 seconds, with the call being just a handful of seconds. On top of that, when he listens to it again in front of the building, the timestamps don't match.

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 3 - S1-E21

Continuity mistake: When Kindaichi is listening to Busujima's call, the bead of perspiration (not a comedic one) on his face changes position between shots; in close-up it is located much higher above the cheekbone. (00:03:05)

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The Campground 'Bizarre' Case - S1-E17

Continuity mistake: When Kindaichi's friend suggests washing their clothes in the river, Kindaichi's fishline spirals around the rod in a different manner between shots. (00:09:00)

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The Campground 'Bizarre' Case - S1-E17

Audio problem: Having reached the campground sign, Juri Takano shouts at the others that they are almost there. Her mouth animation comes about a second before the sound starts. (00:06:50)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 2 - S1-E20

Plot hole: One of the plot points of the episode lies in the fact that Kenmochi is accused to be the killer because only the cops had Busujima's phone number, apart from his two accomplices. That point holds absolutely no weight; the killer is a killer because he, well, killed someone, and that someone was exactly one of those accomplices. It's a fact that can't be ignored by even the most ignorant investigator, especially with the accomplice's phone being directly involved in the murder. (00:10:15)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 2 - S1-E20

Continuity mistake: When Kindaichi confronts Akechi in the corridor of the station about his decision to issue an arrest order for Kenmochi, you can notice two billboards; the one to the left has a single poster on it, and its height (compare it to the ones on the board to the right) changes between shots. (00:07:30)

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Inspector Kenmochi the Murderer File 1 - S1-E19

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of Akechi's flashback, Kenmochi is holding his clenched fists on top of a single open notebook. A second later he's doing the same, but on two separate pieces of paper. (00:14:40)

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