The Antique Collector Murder Case

Chronology
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Episode 16 (Int. Episode 17)
Information
Title:	The Antique Collector Murder Case
Japanese title:	骨董品コレクター殺人事件 (Kottōhin Korekutā Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	May 20, 1996 May 27, 2017 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	12.3%
Remastered rating:	5.6%
Manga case:	#15
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 6: Files 2-5 (052-055)
English version
English title:	A Loan Repaid
Dubbed episode:	Episode 17
English airdate:	June 21, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Officer Tome
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Drawer marks Sword cut (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Yasushi Hirano
Storyboard:	Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	Hirohito Ochi
Animation director:	Haruo Ogawara
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 Chafurin as Juzo Megure Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Yuji Suwa Ryuji Nakagi as Makoto Akutsu Shigeru Ushiyama as Ikuya Hatano Saburo Kamei as Denjiro Maru Naoko Kouda as Ineko Maru Rin Mizuhara as Saori Yukiko Iwai as Kumi Wataru Takagi as Police officer, Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

The Antique Collector Murder Case (骨董品コレクター殺人事件 ,Kottōhin Korekutā Satsujin Jiken) is the 16th episode of Detective Conan anime. In this episode, the Maru Group chairman got murdered by being stabbed from Katana, so it's up to Conan to find the culprit.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Officer Tome

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Murder

Location: Maru household Victim: Denjiro Maru Age: 51 years old Cause of death: Stab wound from Katana Suspects: Ikuya Hatano, Yuji Suwa, and Makoto Akutsu Denjiro Maru, an antique collector, asks Kogoro to investigate his wife's affair. Denjiro is later found pinned to a wall with a katana. The crime scene has been shredded with a sword and clues point to different people who had scheduled meetings with the collector.

People

Denjiro Maru
	Victim (stabbed) 51 years old Maru Group chairman

Ineko Maru
	34 years old Denjiro's wife

Ikuya Hatano
	37 years old Beika Hospital doctor Denjiro's attending physician

Makoto Akutsu
	48 years old Engraver

Yuji Suwa
	46 years old Suwa Dojo instructor

Kumi
	Maru's house staff

Saori
	Maru's house staff

Resolution

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Conclusion

Using his gadgets to tranquilize Kogoro, Conan reveals that the killer is Yuji Suwa.

While Suwa was fiddling with the answering machine to prove he wasn't the killer, with the last of his strength, Denjiro wrote Suwa's name on the drawers using the katana Suwa used to cut him in the first place as a dying message to prove he was the killer. When Suwa noticed this, he shuffled the drawers then added a few more markings so it couldn't be recognized, and marked the rest of the room so it wouldn't stand out, to erase a dying man’s message from the police's eyes.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Maru household Victim: Kogoro Mori Attack type: Stab wound from katana Culprit: Yuji Suwa Suwa seemingly attempted to murder Kogoro but stopped himself out of respect for the great detective.

Suwa then charged at Kogoro with a sword to kill him, but stopped just when the sword was about to hit deep into Kogoro's head. Suwa claims Kogoro must be very brave to just stay still in the face of death. After Suwa was arrested however, Kogoro finally wakes up and notices a tiny drip of blood on his head and freaks out.

Motive

Suwa's family had an antique sword that was passed down from generation to generation, but Denjiro sold it and mockingly told him that it barely worth anything when he sold it. Suwa couldn't control his anger that Denjiro sold his family heirloom, and in his rage he grabbed a katana that was behind him and cut Denjiro down.

Manga to anime changes

Because this one episode case was adapted from four manga chapters, several scenes were shortened or removed.

• In the manga, Denjiro is shouting a couple times for someone to greet the visitor at the door before realizing he gave the staff time off and sent them out due to having a detective over. Kogoro asks if his wife was told to leave as well with Denjiro mentioning that she left at noon for a Koto lesson, though he's disbelieving due to the photo. Afterwards, he leaves to greet his visitor while mentally cursing Ineko. In the anime, Denjiro simply calls for someone to answer the door once before realizing that his staff is out and simply goes to greet the visitor.
• In the manga, Conan also points out that the culprit must escaped through the backgate after committing the murder, this part it omitted in the anime.
• In the manga, Conan and Ran realize that Hatano was lying about watching movie "The Santa Claus of Summer" during the time of murder, and Ineko reveals shortly afterward that she has been having an affair with him, providing their affair disguises as evidences. In the anime, Conan tips off Kogoro immediately about Hatano having the same perfume smell as Ineko, with Kogoro announcing that Hatano is Ineko's affair partner instead of Ineko herself.
• In the manga, Conan temporary removes Suwa from the suspect list along side Kogoro due to him supposedly being framed before the resolution. This is not the case in the anime where he still considers Suwa as a suspect.

Trivia

Translation changes

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

• Denjiro Maru - Damien Maru
• Ineko Maru - Iliana Maru
• Ikuya Hatano - Dr. Hasseleman
• Makoto Akutsu - Anderson McDonald
• Yuji Suwa - Jackie Sawyer
• Kumi - Kimmie
• Saori - Samantha

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
00:00	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
01:45	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ (タイトルver.)	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Taitoru ver.)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Title ver.)	Unreleased
05:24	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
05:56	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
09:04	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10:28	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
12:44	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.)	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15:15	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
17:56	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
19:31	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
20:57	それいけコナン （哀愁ヴァージョン）	Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)	Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
21:48	1996 Unreleased BGM 3	-	-	-
22:01	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
23:46	毛利小五郎のテーマ （ファンキーver.）	Mōri Kogorō no Tēma (Fankii ver.)	Kogoro Mouri's Theme (Funky ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	مصرع جامع التحف	Death of the antique collector
Basque	Bildumazalearen hilketa
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat del col·leccionista	Collector's murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	L'assassinat del col·leccionista d'antiguitats [Valencià]	Antique Collector's murder
French	Le Meurtre du collectionneur d'antiquités	The Murder of the Antique Collector
Galician	O asasinato do coleccionista	Collector's Murder
German	Vier Verdächtige und ein Todesfall	Four Suspects and a Fatality
Italian	I duellanti	The Duellists
Polish	Morderstwo kolekcjonera antyków	The Murder of an Antiques Collector
Portuguese	O homicídio do antiquário	Antiques dealer homicide
Spanish (American dub)	El caso del asesinato del coleccionista de antigüedades	Antique collector murder case
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caso del asesinato del anticuario	Antiques dealer murder case
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมนักสะสมของเก่า	The Antique Collector Murder Case
Vietnamese	Cái chết của nhà sưu tầm cổ vật	Death of The Antique Collector

See also

• Season 1