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Yuji Arimori is a student at Fudo High School and one of the suspect in Opera House Murder Case. He is in charge of props and is in the art club.
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He's the person who told Kindaichi about Fuyuko Tsukishima's suicide. He was the lover of Fuyuko Tsukishima , the real culprit of this incident, "Phantom", and he knew why Tsukishima was exposed to sulfuric acid.
Saotome, Kiryu, and Hidaka, who were jealous of Tsukishima, who shined on a gorgeous stage, tried to play a prank on her by burning her clothes. However, Arimori didn't try to hate the three, as Tsukishima tried to forgive them without telling anyone. One day, a conversation between Arimori and Tsukishima, who were about to be exposed to the wind outside, overheard Saotome and the others, causing everything to go haywire.
The three of them had this conversation at the hospital where Tsukishima was hospitalized, far from regretting it. Upon hearing this, Arimori tried to vent his anger on the three, but at that time Tsukishima swallowed his anger. However, Tsukishima committed suicide the next day, and Arimori made up his mind after hearing the opening words spoken at that time.
Killing Hidaka, Kiryu, and Ogata, who found the seeds of tricks, while directing the existence of an abnormal murderer named Kagetsu. Furthermore, after making Kagetsu look dead, he tries to kill Saotome with a timed device using a crossbow and a clock, taking advantage of the fact that the sitting position is fixed in the dining room of the Opera House.
However, because Kindaichi had already seen through the trick, he was forced to sit in Saotome's seat, and the time on his watch was secretly shifted, so he moved to avoid Bogan at the time the device was supposed to activate . proved that he was the culprit. After the crime is revealed, he tries to kill Saotome with a knife, but he realizes that Tsukishima didn't want her revenge. However, since he had killed even Ogata, who had nothing to do with him, there was no room for sympathy anymore, and he realized the reality that he himself was the same as Saotome and the others. received an arrow.
At the end, he dies while muttering, "I wanted to meet you in a different way," to Kindaichi, who says that the Phantom's love for Christine was real, and that death made Kindaichi cry. In fact, it turns out at the end that his parents were divorced and both of them were living alone, estranged, and almost without relatives. Knowing this, Hajime and Miyuki visit Arimori and Tsukishima's grave, at least for themselves. By the way, the first thing Miyuki did in her life was to skip school in order to visit Arimori's grave with Hajime.
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Victims[]
Total victims : 3
- Orie Hidaka (crushed)
- Harumi Kiryu (hanged)
- Natsuyo Ogata (beaten)
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Trivia[]
- In the manga's adaptations, Arimori is never named "Yuji Arimori".
- Arimori replaces the role of Natsuyo Ogata as the drama club advisor and teacher. His relationship with Fuyuko Tsukishima is changed from being her lover to her older sister.