Conan: A Strange Child

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Episode 433 (Int. Episode 471)
Information
Title:	Conan: A Strange Child
Japanese title:	コナン変な子 (Konan Hen na Ko)
Original airdate:	March 6, 2006
Broadcast rating:	10.0%
Filler case:	#139
Season:	11
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Miwako Sato Tsujimura
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Chewing gum
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Screenplay:	Takeo Ohno
Storyboard:	Takashi Sano
Episode director:	Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	Rei Masunaga
Character design:	Mari Tominaga Keiko Sasaki (sub-character) Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Ryūji Nakagi as Osamu Umezu Mitsuaki Madono as Takashi Umezu Tomoko Ishimura as Chika Araki Hironori Miyata as Manager Shinichiro Ohta as Touru Mikami
Music
Opening song:	Shōdō
Closing song:	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki

Conan: A Strange Child (コナン変な子 ,Konan Hen na Ko) is the 433rd episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Miwako Sato Tsujimura (cameo)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Kogoro and Conan visit a famous author named Osamu Umezu in order to have his book signed. Later, they spot Osamu's secretary, Touru Mikami, running to Osamu's house. They learn from Mikami that Osamu is not answering his phone calls and he was going to check up on him. They accompany him to Osamu's apartment and find Osamu dead.

Murder
	Location: Osamu Umezu's apartment Victim: Osamu Umezu Age: 60 years old Cause of death: Nerve Agent poison Suspects: Takashi Umezu, Touru Mikami, and Chika Araki

Evidence suggests it was suicide, but Conan notices blood on the trash bin and reveals that it was a murder. Osamu's assistant and son are suspects to the murder due to being the only ones with keys to the apartment, however the third student did hand a key over, unlike the assistant, so that there may have been four keys, although only three were on the desk. Although he son may have copied a key since he never visits, except to ask for money from his father, and did admit that he was going to break in later. By the way, his father was throwing him out, and stated that he never wanted to see him again, so it is highly unlikely that his father would have given him a key. He said that he took it, but he probably just swiped it, and made a quick impression for a duplicate key. So the only ones with real keys to the apartment were his student and assistant.

People

Osamu Umezu
	Victim (poison) 60 years old Author

Takashi Umezu
	25 years old Osamu's son

Touru Mikami
	30 years old Osamu's secretary

Chika Araki
	27 years old Osamu's student

Resolution

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Conan investigates and after putting Kogoro to sleep, impersonates him and reveals the murderer to be Touru Mikami. He reveals that Mikami tied a string on the roof where it hung in front of Osamu's window. After poisoning Osamu, Mikami moved the trash that fell out of the trashcan back to its place and lifted the trashcan up, typed the fake message on the laptop and replaced the bandage that held the calendar in place, with the new one going over the string set up before, then left the apartment and locked the door. He afterwards went to the roof and using the string he set up before, sent the key back to Osamu's apartment. To do that, Mikami unties the string then let the key slide down the string through the window and hitting the bandage set up before, then pulled the string through the bandage, letting go of the key. Conan reveals that Osamu's died holding his trophy he won with his book. Conan explains the trophy was held upside down to reveal Osamu's book titles were and Mikami's name was also palindromes. As evidence, Conan reveals that Osamu managed to rip a button from Mikami's shirt and using the chewing gum he had, stuck it onto the sofa. Mikami confesses to his crime and reveals that Osamu stole his manuscript and published the book as his own.

Trivia

Japanese title of the episode in Palindrome.

• The Japanese title of the episode is a palindrome using the hiragana as in both ways they are the same (こなんへんなこ).
• Originally, when this episode was aired, there is no "Next Episode Preview" and "Next Conan's Hint". It was later added in the DVD version.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	衝動	Shōdō	Impulse	Shōdō
2	ワインをのんで	Wain o Nonde	Drinking Wine	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
3	Love Man	Love Man	Love Man	Detective Conan "Strategy Above the Depths" Original Soundtrack
4	恋のトランプゲーム占い	Koi no Toranpu Gēmu Uranai	Love's Fortune-Telling Card Game	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
5	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	迷路	Meiro	Labyrinth	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
7	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	コナンと警備員	Konan to Keibiin	Conan and the Guard	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
9	犯人のアジト （いよいよver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	コナンと警備員	Konan to Keibiin	Conan and the Guard	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
12	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
13	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
15	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	コナンの夢 （夕暮れver.）	Konan no Yume (Yūgure ver.)	Conan's Dream (Twilight ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	悲しいほど貴方が好き	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki	I Love You As Much As I'm Sad	Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki
18	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	لغز الروائي	The Novelist's Riddle
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Conan, sí que n'ets d'estrany!	Conan, you're so strange!
German	Conan, ein seltsames Kind	Conan, a strange kid
Italian	La magia delle parole	The magic of the words
Thai	เด็กประหลาดชื่อโคนัน
Vietnamese	Conan, đứa trẻ kì lạ	Conan: A Strange Child

See also

• Season 11