Leading a Detective Around By the Nose

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Episode 979 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Leading a Detective Around By the Nose
Japanese title:	探偵を引きずり回す (Tantei wo Hikizurimawasu)
Original airdate:	August 29, 2020
Broadcast rating:	7.1%
Filler case:	#334
Season:	28
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Letter
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard:	Hiroaki Takagi
Episode director:	Hiroaki Takagi
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (supervisor) Nobuyuki Iwai
Character design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (design works) Masanori Hashimoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Takahiro Fujimoto as Ryoji Nagakura Eiji Yanagisawa as Officer Yutaka Furukawa as Couple man Ai Fukuda as Couple lady Ayako Kawasumi as Kanae Kaetsu
Music
Opening song:	Makka na Lip
Closing song:	Hoshiai

Leading a Detective Around By the Nose (探偵を引きずり回す ,Tantei wo Hikizurimawasu) is the 979th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Turbo Engine Skateboard Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Robbery
	Location: Kanae Kaetsu's house Victim: Kanae Kaetsu Age: 26 years old Time: Some days ago Missing item: Kanae's mother's brooch While at his office, Kogoro receives a request from Kanae Kaetsu, a client whose mother's brooch was stolen. They have to follow letters left by the robber to find out the truth.

Attempted murder
	Location: Road to Dadagaya Concert Hall Target: Kanae Kaetsu Age: 26 years old Attack types: Car ramming Suspects: Mysterious robber While on the road to the second location said by the robber, a car approaches them and tries to ram them, but fails to as Kogoro manages to move themselves aside.

Attempted murder
	Location: Road to Sutero Art Museum Target: Kanae Kaetsu Age: 26 years old Attack types: Falling flower pot Suspects: Mysterious robber At the third location, the duo avoid at the last minute a falling flower pot.

Attempted murder
	Location: Hadoson Seaside Park monument to the sea Target: Kanae Kaetsu Age: 26 years old Attack types: Flying golf ball Suspects: Mysterious robber While going out of the fourth location, Kogoro catches a flying ball directed towards them.

Murder (past)
	Location: Tokyo Victim: Diet member Age: unknown Time: 2 years ago Cause of death: unknown Culprit: Ryoji Nagakura Nagakura murdered a diet member he hated 2 years ago. He was found out and arrested by Kogoro.

Suicide (past)
	Location: Tokyo Detention Center Victim: Ryoji Nagakura Age: 31 years old Time: 2 years ago Cause of death: unknown Nagakura committed suicide before his trial began in prison.

People

Kanae Kaetsu
	26 years old Kogoro's client

Mrs. Kaetsu
	Deceased recently Kanae's mother

Man
100px	Couple man Kogoro's big fan Farmer on a trip to Tokyo

Woman
100px	Couple lady Kogoro's big fan Farmer on a trip to Tokyo

Man #2
	Deceased (murdered) Diet member

Ryoji Nagakura
	Deceased (suicide) 31 years old (2 years ago) Bibibi Publishing Company manager

Motomu Shida
	34 years old Bibibi Publishing Company new manager Nagakura's coworker

Police Officer
	Tokyo MPD police officer Patrolling Kuroochi District

Resolution

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The target wasn't Kanae, but Kogoro Mouri all along. Kanae Kaetsu planned to lead him around by the nose and wait for the best time to kill him. The locations that the fictional robber had put were in fact the most memorable places she went to with her boyfriend Ryoji Nagakura. It turned out that the attempted murders on Kanae were just mere accidents by bystanders. Kanae wanted to kill Kogoro because he cornered Ryoji and had him arrested, which led to his suicide. She decided to kill him the day he died, but waited till her mother died, just a week ago. She takes out her knife and plants it in the tree.

Attempted murder
	Location: Okagaoka Cemetery Target: Kogoro Mouri Age: 38 years old Time: At dusk Attack types: Stabbing Culprit: Kanae Kaetsu Kanae took out her knife and was about to stab the unconscious Kogoro, but instead just stabbed it into the tree. She then left.

She wasn't able to kill him, because she found out he was actually kind-hearted.

Aftermath

In the end, Kanae left and Kogoro wakes up thinking she is till there. Conan tells him she didn't kill him nor herself and just left, making Kogoro proud of saving someone. He even said that she thanked Kogoro.

Trivia

• Most of the locations shown had repeated kanjis in their name: "美美美" in Bibibi Publishing or "岡ヶ岡" in Okagaoka Cemetery.

See also

• Season 28