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Russian Dolls Murder Case is 55th case in anime Kindaichi Case Files : 1997 Series.

Story[]

Characters[]

Russian Dolls Murder Case Characters
Main Characters
Hajime Kindaichi (Russian Dolls Murder Case Anime Portrait) Miyuki Nanase (Russian Dolls Murder Case Anime Portrait) Ryuta Saki (Russian Dolls Murder Case Anime Portrait)
Hajime Kindaichi Miyuki Nanase Ryuta Saki
Suspect List
Koji Takarada (Anime Portrait) Fujio Tashiro (Anime Portrait) Tadaharu Jinmei (Anime Portrait) Takashi Inukai (Anime Portrait) Kaoru Umezono (Anime Portrait)
Koji Takarada Fujio Tashiro Tadaharu Jinmei Takashi Inukai Kaoru Umezono
Raimu Yuzuki (Anime Portrait) Yoichi Takato as Scarlet Roses (Anime Portrait) Soko Kirie (Anime Portrait) Daisuke Arito (Anime Portrait) Kosei Yamanouchi (Anime Portrait)
Raimu Yuzuki Scarlet Roses Soko Kirie Daisuke Arito Kosei Yamanouchi
Other Characters
Yosuke Itsuki (Russian Dolls Murder Case Anime Portrait) Soko Kirie's Father (Anime Portrait)
Yosuke Itsuki Former Russian Mansion Owner


Suspect List[]

  • Soko Kirie (18) - Maid in Russian Mansion.
  • Tadaharu Jinmei (??) - Mystery Novel's Critic. Kosei Yamanouchi's Inheritance Candidate.
  • Fujio Tashiro (??) - Butler in Russian Mansion.
  • Koji Takarada (??) - Assistant Editor in Bungei Tabloid. Kosei Yamanouchi's Inheritance Candidate.
  • Raimu Yuzuki (??) - Illustrator. Kosei Yamanouchi's Inheritance Candidate.
  • Takashi Inukai (17) - High School Student. Kosei Yamanouchi's Inheritance Candidate.
  • Kaoru Umezono (??) - Mystery Novelist. Kosei Yamanouchi's Inheritance Candidate.
  • Daisuke Arito (??) - Lawyer.
  • Scarlet Roses (??) - Masked Magician. Raimu Yuzuki's Assistant.
  • Kosei Yamanouchi (??) - Mystery Novelist. Owner of Russian Mansion.

Cases[]

First Case[]

Tadaharu Jinmei's Dead Body (Anime)
Case Type
Murder
Cause of Death
Beat to Death
Location
Russian Mansion - Hokkaido



Second Case[]

Koji Takarada's Dead Body (Anime)
Case Type
Murder
Victim
Cause of Death
Stabbing
Location
Russian Mansion - Hokkaido



Third Case[]

Raimu Yuzuki's Dead Body (Anime)
Case Type
Murder
Victim
Cause of Death
Strangling
Location
Russian Mansion - Hokkaido



Fourth Case[]

Kaoru Umezono's Dead Body (Anime)
Case Type
Trick
Victim
Cause of Death
None
Location
Russian Mansion - Hokkaido



Fifth Case[]

Takashi Inukai's Dead Body (Anime)
Case Type
Trick
Cause of Death
None
Location
Russian Mansion - Hokkaido



Conclusion[]

Manga/Anime Differences[]

  • The prologue had been changed in the anime. As a result, Sota Murakami did not appear.
  • In the anime Itsuki was the only mentioned client who left a message on the detective website for help.
  • A scene featuring Yuzuki wasn't present in the anime.
  • Takarada's insults on Tashiro were mostly deleted.
  • In the manga, Hajime dropped the brandy bottle onto Jinmei's head stop the latter's harassment. In the anime, the bottle fell next to him.
  • The occasion where Hajime knew about Kirie's background information was different between adaptations.
  • Some of Tashiro's lines were given to Kirie when Hajime (plus Miyuki and Saki in the anime) walked inside the mansion.
  • There was no appearance of a second video tape before dinner in the anime.
  • The candidates did not quarrel at the dinner in the anime.
  • Decapitation in the manga had been omitted.
  • The code on the wall of Arito's room wasn't present in the anime. Therefore, a related line was changed to ' there was seemingly nothing strange in Arito's and Tashiro's rooms'.
  • In the manga, there was a scene where Arito tried to solve the password by converting the heights. His role in this part was replaced by Miyuki in the anime.
  • Kenmochi and Akechi did not appear in the anime.
  • Hajime and Inukai's conversation at the epilogue was omitted in the anime.

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