The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case

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Episode 87 (Int. Episode 90)
Information
Title:	The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case
Japanese title:	鶴の恩返し殺人事件 (Tsuru no Ongaeshi Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	January 19, 1998 January 26, 2019 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	20.8%
Remastered rating:	7.0%
Filler case:	#34
Season:	3
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	For the Birds
Dubbed episode:	Episode 90
English airdate:	January 27, 2009 (DVD)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Bird's nest Fireplace (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Takeo Ohno
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation director:	Keiko Sasaki
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Masaaki Okabe as Shuzo Machida Michihiro Ikemizu as Tamotsu Machida Kei Hayami as Noriko Machida Hiroshi Takahashi as Hiroshi Machida Hiroshi Naka as Tatsuo Yamagami Ryuji Nakagi as Detective Ezomatsu Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

The Crane's Return of a Favor Murder Case (鶴の恩返し殺人事件 ,Tsuru no Ongaeshi Satsujin Jiken) is the 87th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan take a trip to Kushiro marshland, Hokkaido Prefecture, to see the red-crowned cranes. They run into an old man who takes care of the cranes and he invites them to his house. His daughter and son rush into the room demanding the reason why he is donating his life savings to the city. The group is allowed to soak in the hot spring near the house, but they are called when they find out the old man has been murdered.

Murder
	Location: Machida household Victim: Shuzo Machida Cause of death: Arrow shot through the chest Suspects: Hiroshi Machida

People

Shuzo Machida
	Victim (arrow shot) Crane lover Former Tokyo automobile company president

Tamotsu Machida
	53 years old Artist Shuzo's younger brother

Hiroshi Machida
	27 years old Company employee Shuzo's eldest son

Noriko Machida
	29 years old Boutique employee Shuzo's eldest daughter

Tatsuo Yamagami
	58 years old Lawyer

Detective Ezomatsu
	Detective from Hokkaido Police, North Sea Station

Mrs. Machida
	Deceased (illness) Shuzo's wife Noriko and Hiroshi's mother Tamotsu's sister-in-law

Resolution

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Hiroshi Machida thought that he had killed his father, he admitted that he fired a crossbow but not at him at the stuffed bird behind him to make a point, he thought that he misfired and ended up accidentally killing Shuzo.

However, Conan as Kogoro disproved this and revealed the real culprit who is Tamotsu Machida. He had setup a bowgun in the chimney of the fireplace and had used a piece of wood that was placed behind the trigger which was all restrained together with a rubberband. The piece of wood and the bowgun were connected with fishing wire, he then waited for Hiroshi to fire his bowgun at the same time pulling the wire connected to the piece of wood causing to trigger to be pulled back due to the rubberband which fired a crossbow killing the victim. He then pulled the bowgun out of the chimney using the fishing wire.

Thus Tamotsu successfully framed Hiroshi for the murder. However he had left evidence of his crime behind, the glass that was going to be used to replace the broken window had a scratch on it that most likely came from the crossbow Hiroshi fired. The glass from the window was neatly lined up meaning something was blocking the glass from scattering on the floor it's Super elastic mirror. Finally inside the chimney there was a void in the shape of a straight line most likely from the fishing wire. Another piece of evidence was a single bird feather in his back pocket which came from the nest on top of the chimney proving he was was there and committed the murder.

His motive was that he was mooching off Shuzo for money and after learning that he was going to donate his entire fortune for the endangered birds he decided to kill him and frame Hiroshi to inherit his wealth.

In the end, both of Shuzo's kids decided to donate his inheritance to the endangered birds in honor of their father.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Shuzo Machida - Shane Mathison
• Tamotsu Machida - Tom Mathison
• Hiroshi Machida - Chad Mathison
• Noriko Machida - Lindsey Mathison
• Tatsuo Yamagami - Angus
• Detective Ezomatsu - Simpson

Trivia

• The title of this episode refers to The Crane's Return of a Favor, a famous Japanese folktale.
• The Kushiro marshland sunset reappears in a painting in Aquacrystal restaurant from The Fourteenth Target, in Suzuki ship, but with an inverted orientation, and in Yokosuka Castle from The Last Wizard of the Century, in a train from Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother, and in Kataoka house from The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car, but with an inverted orientation. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Episode 87

Movie 2

Movie 3 (ship).

Movie 3 (castle).

OAV 4

Episode 321-322

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	昼下がりの天使たち （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	蘭・愛のテーマ （ギターver.）	Ran・Ai no Tēma (Gitā ver.)	Ran's Love Theme (Guitar ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
7	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	西の名探偵 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Nishi no Meitantei (Mantenrō Vājon)	The Great Detective of the West (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
9	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake
13	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	الريشة التي أهلكت حاملها	The Feather That Doomed Its Carrier
Basque	Kurriloak maite zituen gizonaren hilketa
Catalan (Catalan dub)	L'assassinat de la gratitud de la grua	Crane gratitute murder
Catalan (Valencian dub)	L'assassinat de l'amant de les grues	Cranes lover murder
French	Les Grues sauvages d'Hokkaido	The wild cranes of Hokkaido
Galician	O asasinato do amante dos grous	Cranes lover murder
German	Die verhängnisvolle Skizze	The Fateful Sketch
Italian	Il parco delle gru	The Cranes Park
Spanish (American dub)	Asesinato en el campo de grullas	Murder in the cranes field
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El asesinato del amante de las grullas	Cranes lover murder
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมนกกระสาแทนคุณ	The crane's return of a favor murder case
Vietnamese	Vụ án trả ơn chim hạc	The Crane's Return of a Favor Case

See also

• Season 3