The Worst Birthday

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Episode 589-590 (Int. Episode 640-641)
Information
Title:	The Worst Birthday
Japanese title:	最悪な誕生日(バースデー) (Saiaku na Bāsudē)
Original airdate:	September 25, 2010 (Part 1) October 2, 2010 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	8,40% 9,00%
Manga case:	#207
Season:	15
Manga source:	Volume 68: Files 2-4 (709-711)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Eri Kisaki Sango Yokomizo Midori Kuriyama Hideo Akagi Goro Policeman Kamen Yaiba
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri
Next Conan's Hint:	Cola (Part 1) Health & Sports Day (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	Shigenori Kageyama
Storyboard:	Shigenori Kageyama
Episode director:	589 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 590 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	589 Nobuyuki Iwai, Tomomi Kamiya 590 Chiemi Hironaka
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Seiji Muta (sub-character) Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Gara Takashima as Eri Kisaki Akio Otsuka as Sango Yokomizo Asako Dodo as Midori Kuriyama Harumi Asai as Akiko Kokubu Daiki Nakamura as Takehiro Kokubu Atsuko Mine as Midori Hino Yusuke Numata as Seiji Hino Takuo Kawamura as Cook Hiroshi Shirokuma as Police detective
Music
Opening song:	SUMMER TIME GONE
Closing song:	Tomorrow is the last Time

The Worst Birthday (最悪な誕生日(バースデー) ,Saiaku na Bāsudē) is the 589th and 590th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Eri Kisaki Sango Yokomizo Midori Kuriyama Hideo Akagi (on TV) Goro Yoko Okino (poster) Police detective Kamen Yaiba (book cover)

Case

Situation

Part 1

Ran discovers a receipt for a necklace in Kogoro's wallet and discerns that he is going to give it to Eri as a birthday present. Ran decides to enter a raffle draw to win a luxury hotel trip for her parents and succeeds in winning the tickets. Eri reschedules to meet her client at the hotel upon hearing about the supposed necklace. Her client, Akiho Kokuba, enters Eri's room after getting into a fight with her husband, Takehiko Kokuba, and falls asleep. Eri arranges for Takehiko to retrieve his wife and leaves to eat dinner with her family. She returns to her room, disappointed by Kogoro's behavior and the lack of a present and opens a carbonated drink but is soaked by the can. After showering to wash off the drink, she returns and finds Akiho dead in her room.

Murder
	Location: Shizuoka Sea Side Hotel, Room 309 Victim: Akiho Kokubu Age: 28 years old Cause of death: Blunt head trauma Suspects: Takehiko Kokubu, Midori Hino, Seiji Hino, and Eri Kisaki After taking a shower, Eri found the dead body of her client Akiho on the floor of her room.

Conan notices the blood stains suggest the bed was moved, and hypothesis the culprit murdered Akiho, concealed her body under the bed and hid himself, then when Eri went to shower, returns the bed back to its original position and leaves the room. The police investigate the alibis of the three suspects, Akiho's stalker and his mother, and her husband.

Part 2

That night, Conan realizes how the murder was done and who the culprit is. The next day, he drops a hint for Kogoro by spilling ketchup on a food cart which creates an evenly spaced ketchup stain on the floor, miming the victim's blood stain.

People

Akiho Kokubu
	Victim (bludgeoned) 28 years old Eri's client

Takehiko Kokubu
	30 years old Akiho's husband

Midori Hino
	51 years old Opposing party in the negotiations

Seiji Hino
	26 years old Midori's son

Resolution

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Kogoro has the police gather the suspects and declares Takehiko Kokubu to be the culprit. He reveals that Takehiko placed his toy cars under the bed legs allowing the bed to easily slide. They evidence it with Takehiko's statement, when he said that James Dean's car was a Porsche 911 Carrera RS [993], but in reality it was a Porsche 550 Spyder, revealing he used the 550 in the crime. Takehiko asks how would he know Eri was going to take a shower. Eri reveals that Takehiko filled her fridge with only carbonated drinks and Takehiko knew that alcohol would make one thirsty (because a dehydration reaction occurs when the body breaks down alcohol), he assumed that Eri would have gone for a drink and would get thirsty when she got back to her room. Therefore he shake all carbonated drinks, so that the contents would make her wet and that way force her to take a shower. As evidence, the murder weapon, the ashtray in Takehiko's room, should contain Akiho's blood. Takehiko confesses and reveals the truth. The motive was the mini-cars. It turns out that Akiho was a former Race-queen and she loved mini-cars. They hit it off and got married. But later, Akiho laughed saying it was all a lie to lure a rich man like Takehiko. Akiho only married him for his money; which was the meaning behind Takehiko's birthday present. Akiho even says she can't wait to inherit the money when Takehiko dies. Later, Kogoro gives Eri her present, announcing it is her birthday. However, Eri reveals that her birthday was yesterday, and that Kogoro assumed Health and Sports Day was the same day as her birthday. Conan explains that Heatlh and Sports Day used to be on every October 10th, but was changed to the second Monday of October at some point. Kogoro is disappointed his plan of lowering Eri's expectation and surprising her with her present has failed, but Eri happily accepts her gift and kisses him. The next day, Eri angrily phones asking why she received prayer beads and if Kogoro wanted her dead. Kogoro then notices that the real present was in his desk.

Trivia

• The manga version of this story happens over 3 days. In the manga, the 10th of October falls on a Saturday with Health and Sports Day falling on the 12th. The scene where Kogoro gives Eri her present happens shortly after midnight on the 12th. In the anime version, the 10th falls on a Sunday with the 11th being Health and Sports Day. In this version, the same scene happens shortly after 11:00 PM on the 11th.
• The second part of this episode came out in October 2010. By coincidence, October 10th fell on a Sunday that year.
• The Porsche toy models are a 1995 carrera white Porsche 911 Carrera RS [993] and James Dean's 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder.
• The other toy cars in are a 1970 alpine blue Renault A110 Berlinette 1600 S, a 1972 dark metallic blue Ford Gran Torino, a 1965 Rangoon red Ford Mustang and a 1988 Rosso Corsa Ferrari F40.
• The suspects' names come from "public holidays in Japan":
  • Akiho Kokubu (国分 秋穂) and Takehiko Kokubu (国分 建彦) both come from the National Foundation Day (建国記念の日 ,Kenkoku Kinen no Hi) and the Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日 ,Shūbun no Hi) ;
  • Midori Hino (日野 緑) comes from Greenery Day (みどりの日 ,Midori no Hi) ;
  • Seiji Hino (日野 成治) comes from Coming of Age Day (成人の日 ,Seijin no Hi).

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:36	?????
2:40 - 3:19	?????
3:28 - 3:44	アレグレット	Areguretto	Allegretto	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
3:51 - 4:13	コミカル テンポ ２	Komikaru Tenpo 2	Comical Tempo 2	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
4:26 - 4:43	コミカル テンポ １	Komikaru Tenpo 1	Comical Tempo 1	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
5:14 - 5:44	?????
7:14 - 7:43	フォース	Fōsu	Force	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
7:55 - 8:30	ベルモット	Berumotto	Vermouth	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
9:06 - 10:01	?????
12:00 - 12:11	エスケープ！	Esukēpu!	Escape!	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
12:16 - 13:24	悪のテーマ１	Aku no Tēma 1	Theme of Evil 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13:33 - 14:05	コンシダレーション	Konshidarēshon	Consideration	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
14:07 - 14:39	アレステッド	Aresuteddo	Arrested	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
15:17 - 15:32	色違いのポスト	Irochigai no Posuto	The Differently Coloured Post	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
15:58 - 17:21	?????
17:43 - 18:34	ダークな予感	Dāku na Yokan	Foreboding Darkness	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
18:39 - 20:00	?????
20:06 - 21:01	?????
21:19 - 22:36	?????

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:52	?????
0:53 - 1:29	コンシダレーション	Konshidarēshon	Consideration	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
3:32 - 4:38	?????
4:40 - 6:26	?????
7:45 - 8:02	?????
8:13 - 8:45	アレステッド	Aresuteddo	Arrested	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
9:26 - 10:25	ハテナレンコン	Hatena Renkon	Now the Lotus Root	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
10:40 - 11:09	どこだどこだ!!	Doko da Doko da!!	Where is it Where is it!!	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
11:15 - 11:20	記憶の色	Kioku no Iro	Colour of Memory	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
11:29 - 12:45	?????
13:28 - 14:42	?????
15:16 - 15:58	?????
16:22 - 17:30	インターナショナル ケース(インシデント)	Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)	International Case (Incident)	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
17:56 - 18:53	?????
18:55 - 19:28	?????
20:23 - 20:55	プレリュード	Pureryūdo	Prelude	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
21:06 - 21:41	コミカル テンポ １	Komikaru Tenpo 1	Comical Tempo 1	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
21:50 - 22:02	マインド ピアノ	Maindo Piano	Mind Piano	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
23:23 - 23:27	ディスティニー アイランド	Disutinii Airando	Destiny Island	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
23:39 - 23:58	色違いのポスト	Irochigai no Posuto	The Differently Coloured Post	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El pitjor aniversari	The worst birthday
Indonesian (subbed)	Ulang Tahun Terburuk	The Worst Birthday
Italian	Un compleanno da dimenticare	A birthday to forget
Thai	วันเกิดที่เลวร้ายที่สุด	The worst birthday
Vietnamese	Ngày sinh nhật tồi tệ nhất	The Worst Birthday

See also

• Season 15