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| “ | This was just the Hors d'oeuvres. Next time I will steal this very painting. Be careful. | ” |
Murder by Gentleman Thief, alternatively titled The Gentleman Thief is thirteenth case in Kindaichi Case Files: File Series.
In Japanese, this case called 怪盗紳士の殺人 (Kaitou Shinshi no Satsujin).
Summary[]
A month after Kindaichi thwarts a bullying incident by two girls on another who's due to transfer soon, Kenmochi contacts him and Miyuki for help in catching a criminal with the moniker "Gentleman Thief", who's aiming to filch a prized painting from a wealthy painter in Aomori, whose mansion the three of them then proceed to reach. Soon after arriving, they meet the girl Kindaichi saved from bullying a month prior, but the joy in their reunion soon proves to be short-lived, as a murder case, in addition to the painting theft they've prepared themselves for, starts unfolding shortly thereafter.
Characters[]
Suspect List[]
- Goro Komiyama (45) - Gozo Gamo's butler.
- Gozo Gamo (53) - Painter. Gozo Gamo's former rival.
- Sakura Gamo (17) - Former 2nd Year Fudo High School student.
- Seiji Hazawa (27) - Art collector.
- Kanjiro Kira (55) - Painter.
- Satomi Kaizu (32) - Personal doctor.
- Issei Kishi (28) - Hiker.
- Haruhiko Wakuta (34) - Astronomer. Gozo Gamo's nephew.
- Maki Daigo (24) - Art magazine reporter.
Cases[]
First Case[]
Gozo Gamo's butler Goro Komiyama found out that My Beloved Daughter portrait has been stolen by Gentleman Thief. Kindaichi and others quickly runs to Sakura's room as she's very likely to get harmed by the thief but finds no one. Kindaichi explain that the thief kidnapped Sakura only les than an hour before and all people look around the house. Kindaichi and Miyuki sees Poirot barking at a tool shed and they found her unconscious next to a large scissor.
Second Case[]
Gamo's personal doctor Satomi Kaizu plans to secretly kills Sakura and visits her room. She secretly owns a kalium cyanide bottle and plans to kill Sakura by mixing it with her tea. She's unaware of her fate. Her body is later found in the garden's waterfall.
Third Case[]
Kindaichi and Komiyama is informed by a kidnapped Gamo that he's going to be killed by the Gentleman Thief. When asked about his location, he claims that he's in the Lavender's Villa. Several people quickly goes to the atelier using the specialized limosine and finds Gamo's painting has been stolen as well inside the messed up villa. They searched the river below the atelier where his painting is created and found his dead body.
Resolution[]
Evidence/Clues
- Gentleman Thief's sudden/unnatural change of modus operandi. From simply stealing famous paintings with a hilarious modification to the painting's model to burn down a tree, cutting a girl's hair and killing people.
- The broken glass pane. Hajime concludes that the thief couldn't possibly enter from the outside and states it's only a trick to make an illusion that the thief enters from the outside and because the thief himself always inside the house and couldn't escape.
- The wet floor under the frame of the stolen painting with Satomi Kaizu as it's model. Implying that the "Thief" kills Kaizu first even though the thief's target is only famous paintings.
- Poirot's hatred for lavender scent.
- Some of the paintings are duplicates.
- Apparently only two of the thief's calling card are real.
- The Southern Cross in the painting, which isn't possible to be seen in Aomori.
It is later revealed that there's two Gentleman Thief. The real Gentleman Thief is actually Maki Daigo. The thief has "borrowed" her face and name. She hid the stolen painting in a duplicate in order to keep it until the situation is safe enough. She explain to Hajime, Miyuki and Kenmochi that she was actually being impersonated by someone and wants to know who it is while try to steal My Beloved Daughter, only ever sent two calling cards, and never sent said painting to the international painting exhibition. She also added some tricks to her card just in case if an impersonator using her name.
The fake Gentleman Thief is Sakura Gamo, or Sakura Izumi. The murder of her father is actually happened in the garage of the main house, and not at the Atelier. Since Gozo Gamo's eyes has been destroyed, he relies on the scent of lavender to know his location. in reality she put a fragrance bag in order to confuse him of his kidnapping location, thus making her perfect alibi. Hajime finds out about this after seeing Poirot barking at his bag that's stuck while it's still in the limousine.
She explains to all of them that Gozo Gamo is not her father, instead the man he's forced to make the paintings that's supposedly his, Nobuhiko Izumi. Gamo claims that he created My Beloved Daughter only by imagining his daughter that have long been separated, but the painting was actually made with Sakura as the model in front of the real painter. Satomi Kaizu is also guilty by conspire along with him by drugged Nobuhiko Izumi and sent him to Hateruma hospital.
Another Death After Conclusion[]
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Although the case is set in Aomori Prefecture, Kotaro Tawarada didn't appear. It's likely because of the type of case where his division is not to handle heist or theft cases, (as the thief is in the charge of the Investigation Division 3).