Nanatsu no Ko

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Nanatsu no Ko

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Title: 七つの子
Composer: Nagayo Motōri
Lyrics: Ujō Noguchi
Published in: July, 1921
Written in: Nagoya, Japan
Language: Japanese
Form: Children's song

Nanatsu no Ko (七つの子 ?, lit. "Seven children" or "Child of seven")[1][2], is a popular Japanese children's song written by Ujō Noguchi and composed by Nagayo Motōri. The boss of the Black Organization uses this song to encode his phone number.[3]

Name

The name of the song can be validly read in two ways: seven children or child of seven, meaning seven year old child. Although not a literal translation, the song name is occasionally romanized as Seven Baby Crows or The Crow's Seven Chicks.[4]

The granddaughter of the lyricist actually claimed that Noguchi's son is the primary inspiration of the song and that it means "7 years old", which refers to the age the son was when Noguchi composed the song. It's also the age his son was when Noguchi divorced his wife.

History

The song was written and published in Kin no Fune ("The golden ship") magazine on July 1921.[2][4] Nanatsu no Ko is used as the departure melody at Isohara Station in Kitaibaraki.

Plot overview

Conan hears Kir dial the boss' number.

Head to Head with the Black Organization (Manga: 429-434, Anime: 345)

Conan is beside Vermouth when she texts the boss after their showdown.

Baseball Player Case (Manga: 463-465, Anime: 371-372)

Conan is reminded of the incident with Vermouth when Motoyama dials a number for Kurayoshi, Tottori on his cell phone.

Cigarette Message Case (Manga: 466-469, Anime: 374-375)

Conan hears the same numbers when Misao Yamamura calls a number for Yazu, Tottori.

Stradivarius Murder Case (Manga: 470-474, Anime: 385-387)

Conan works out both Kurayoshi and Yazu have numbers with the same area code 0858 and that it sounds similar, but not exactly, to the number Vermouth used to text the boss. He thinks the tune sounded familiar and had a sad feeling to it but can't think of the song. He guesses the numbers correspond to the notes "si la sol la".[5] Kyosuke Haga‎, who has perfect pitch, confirms this and, when asked by Conan what sad-sounding song starts with those notes, whistles Nanatsu no Ko.

Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments (Manga: 475-478, Anime: 394-396)

Conan deduces the boss uses a phone number[6] which follows the tune of the first few notes "Mother crow, why do you cry?" of the song. This allows the Black Organization members to remember the number without saving it in the phone. From memory and allowing for the notes being slightly off, Conan works out the number to be #969#6261.[7][8]

Black Impact (Manga: 499-504, Anime: 425)

Conan hears Rena Mizunashi dial the boss' number and discovers she is a member of the Black Organization with the codename Kir.

Clash of Red and Black (Manga: 595-609, Anime: 495-504)

Eisuke Hondou, who knew the number because his father used to text the boss, hears someone in the hospital where Kir was being held dial it. Ran relays this information to Conan who learns there was an undercover organization spy among the patients looking for Kir.

Lyrics

Karasu naze nakuno
Karasu wa yama ni
Kawai na nanatsu no
Ko ga aru kara yo

Kawai kawai to
Karasu wa nakuno
Kawai kawai to
Nakun da yo

Yama no furusu e
Itte mite goran
Marui me o shita
Ii ko da yo

References

  1. ^ Baby Crows (also source of the rōmaji and English lyrics)
  2. ^ a b Noguchi E
  3. ^ When Aoyama called home, since the area code sounded like that song, he decided to use it.
  4. ^ a b Crow's Song
  5. ^ The notes on a cell phone are FA for 1, 2, 3; SOL for 4, 5, 6; LA for 7, 8, 9; and SI for *, 0, #. Each note gates slightly lower as you move to the left on the dial.
  6. ^ In Japan, an email address is assigned to each mobile phone.
  7. ^ In episode 398, the number is erroneously written as #696#6261.
  8. ^ In real life, # signs can't be used in an email address, but Gosho Aoyama decided to use them here to prevent prank calls.

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