Detective Club Pursuit Case

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Episode 109 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Detective Club Pursuit Case
Japanese title:	探偵団大追跡事件 (Tantei-dan Daitsuiseki Jiken)
Original airdate:	July 13, 1998
Broadcast rating:	16.7%
Filler case:	#43
Season:	5
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Hit and Run
Dubbed episode:	Episode 115
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Ice
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	Hirohito Ochi
Animation director:	Izumi Shimura
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Kazuki Yao as Kenichi Shishido Rin Mizuhara as Old lady Isshin Chiba as Policeman
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
Closing song:	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Stun-Gun Wristwatch Detective Boys Badge Turbo Engine Skateboard

Case

Situation

Conan is chasing the robber with the skateboard. While chasing, Conan contacts the Detective Boys with their badges to get ready for the trap to catch the robber. While the robber is trapped, Conan kicks the can to knock the robber to the trap and the Detective Boys caught him. The police considered them a great help.

While Conan, Ran, Kogoro, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta are walking down a narrow alley discussing a crime case, Conan notices a red sportscar coming up from behind. They prepare to move to the side, but suddenly the driver accelerates, clipping Ayumi and then bailing.

Hit and Run
	Location: Town streets Victim: Ayumi Yoshida Injury: Hit by a car Suspects: Kenichi Shishido The culprit escaped after hitting Ayumi.

Shocked and outraged, Ran prepares to take care of Ayumi. Kogoro leaves to call the police and an ambulance; and Conan, Mitsuhiko, and Genta take up pursuit of the culprit on Conan's skateboard.

As they rush after the driver, Conan notices to his puzzlement that the car constantly keeps stopping, then accelerating away as they come near it, as if deliberately wanting them to stay on his tail. They briefly lose their quarry near a closed-down sheet metal factory labelled Ishikura Industries, which sports a huge puddle and a lot of tire tracks at its rear entrances. As they begin to lose hope, the car suddenly appears in the street before them before taking off once more. But the greatest puzzle in this case is yet to come: The car suddenly stops on a public street, making Conan and company bump right into its tail, and then the driver gets out, goes off to a nearby police box, and turns himself in.

Later, at the Beika Hospital, the Detective Boys recount that the driver had allegedly panicked after having hit Ayumi and that his conscience finally convinced him to turn himself in, but Conan does not trust that story. Fortunately, Ayumi was not seriously injured, but she lost her Detective Boys Badge in the accident, which is now nowhere to be found. When Conan promises to get her a new one from Professor Agasa, he earns himself Ayumi's gratitude and Mitsuhiko and Genta's jealous stares. But then Kogoro approaches, announcing that in the very same factory the boys have passed, a murder has taken place.

Murder
	Location: Ishikura Industries Victim: Hisashi Ishikura Age: 50 years old Cause of death: Stab wound in back Suspects: Kenichi Shishido

At the factory, Kogoro meets with Megure and Takagi, who inform him that the victim is the factory's manager, Hisashi Ishikura, who came to his closed facility for a check-up and apparently encountered a burglar in the process, which happened about an hour ago, the same time the Detective Boys had passed the place. Conan, however, notices immediately that Ishikura had been tied up with duct tape at or just before the time of his death, but the tape has been removed, and that the external entrance to his office, which opens to the building's back side, is in plain sight of a tobacco stand run by an old woman. Furthermore, Genta and Mitsuhiko find a photo on Ishikura's desk which depicts a number of people arranged for a group shot, among them the hit-and-runner they had chased.

At the Beika Police Station, the hit-and-runner, a man by the name of Kenichi Shishido and an employee of Ishikura's until a month ago, claims that after hitting Ayumi, he had passed by the factory by mere coincidence, and the police likewise dismiss him as a suspect, as committing a hit and run, not to mention his voluntary surrender to the police, seems atypical for a murderer's behavior. Further confounding is the tobacco saleslady's statement that nobody had ever entered from the rear, and the Detective Boy's testimony about having covered the front part, which apparently rules him out for the crime. Not convinced, and determined to find more evidence, Conan returns to the crime scene, with Mitsuhiko and Genta in tow. But then Conan stumbles upon several clues which shed a new light upon that case, and with the help of his Voice-Changing Bowtie he arranges a meeting with Kogoro, Megure, Takagi, and Shishido at the factory.

People

Hisashi Ishikura
	Victim (stabbed) 50 years old Ishikura Industries president

Kenichi Shishido
	35 years old Ishikura Industries former employee

Old lady
	Tobacco store worker

Nakano
	Robber

Policeman
	Tokyo MPD Police officer

Resolution

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Conan stuns Kogoro with his wristwatch, then presents the facts to the other arrivals that Kenichi Shishiro did indeed murder Ishikura and he had arranged the hit-and-run offense to fake himself an alibi. It is implied that he murdered Ishikura because the latter had fired him for breaking into and stealing from the factory office's safe.

The evidence for Shishido's crime rests in the following facts. He had prepared a car identical to his own, with which he eventually committed the hit-and-run on Ayumi. He first incapacitated Ishikura, then, after having lured the Detective Boys to the factory, he hid the fake car in its empty warehouse, used his cellphone to call the tobacco saleswoman under the pretense of having dialed a wrong number, and made use of this diversion to get back into the office while her back was turned, and commit his deed. After diverting the saleswoman's attention with another call, he rushed to his own car parked in a recessed parking lot and came back into the open in order to let the boys see him again.

The list of evidence goes as follows:

• Since the Detective Boys had not seen Shishiro out front, he should have driven his car through the factory grounds and thus through the puddle at the backside. Ergo, if the car he drove to the police box was the one he hit Ayumi with, it should have mud splashes on its body. But it doesn't, whereas the fake car hidden in the warehouse clearly sports them.
• During the accident, Ayumi's missing Detective Badge got stuck in between the fake car's body and bumper, as Conan demonstrates by having Mitsuhiko call up Ayumi.

Later, when Conan returns the missing badge to Ayumi, he earns himself a kiss of gratitude and, immediately afterwards, a bout born of jealousy from Genta and Mitsuhiko.

Trivia

• Shishido's cars are modified Deep Maroon 1976 Toyota Corolla SR5 Hardtop Coupe. The license plate number is 新宿 33, な 33-96 (Shinjuju 33, Na 33-96).
• This is the first case that Ayumi has been hit by a car, if not the only case.
• This is another case where the Detective Boys catch a robber using terrific teamwork, and even have the press take their picture when Megure is handing them a certificate or award or something.
• This is the first, if not the only episode that the Detective Boys get their picture in the newspaper.
• By this episode, the Detective Boys have solved 50 cases already.
• This is the second case that Genta and Mitsuhiko will ride Conan's Turbo Engine Skateboard, along with Conan. The first case was Ayumi-chan Kidnapping Case.
• This is the first episode, if not the only episode, that Ayumi actually tells Conan that she loves him.
• Interesting Note: Although Ayumi was hit by a car, she will not have to stay in the hospital overnight, and just had a few scratches.
• This is the first case that a culprit attempted to use the Detective Boys as an alibi.
• Interesting Note: One of the times that Conan talked to the old lady, she was on the phone talking to a person named, 'Wateru," which happens to be Detective Wataru Takagi's first name, although it was probably a different Wateru, unless he was asking her questions on the phone about the case, but she would probably have addressed his as Detective Takagi.
• Even though Mitsuhiko and Genta saw Kogoro become Sleeping Kogoro they have no idea of why, or even that Conan is using Kogoro's voice to solve the case, and give them instructions for the solving of the case.
• This is the first case that Genta and Mitsuhiko see sleeping Kogoro, and they are oblivious to everything about it. Even though they heard Conan speak in Professor Agasa's voice in Big Monster Gomera Murder Case, they seem oblivious to that is what is happening now, but using Kogoro's voice.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Hisashi Ishikura - Henry Isaac
• Kenichi Shishido - Kenny Sheen
• Old Lady - Dora Mae

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	運命のルーレット廻して	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite	Spinning the Roulette of Destiny	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
2	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	新一・追跡のテーマ	Shin'ichi・Tsuiseki no Tēma	Shinichi's Pursuit Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	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
6	新一・追跡のテーマ	Shin'ichi・Tsuiseki no Tēma	Shinichi's Pursuit Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
9	少年探偵団のテーマ	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	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
12	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	陰謀 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon)	Conspiracy (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
14	対決のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Showdown Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
15	氷の上に立つように	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni	Like Standing on Ice	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni
16	それいけコナン （超早ver.）	Soreike Konan (Chōhaya ver.)	Let's Go Conan (Very Fast ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	السيارة الحمراء	The Red Car
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de la gran persecució de la Lliga de Detectius Júnior	The junior detectives union big pursuit case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La gran persecució de la Lliga dels Xiquets Detectius	The detective boys union big pursuit
Chinese	偵探隊大追擊事件	The Detective Boys Followed Traces Case
French	La Voiture fantôme	The Ghost Car
Galician	A gran persecución automobilística da Asociación de Detectives Xuvenís	The great car chase of the Association of Young Detectives
German	Schneller als die Polizei erlaubt	Faster than the Police Allows
Italian	Paura a quattro ruote	Four-wheel Fear
Spanish (American dub)	El Escuadrón Juvenil y el caso del automóvil	The young squad and the automobile case
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La Liga Juvenil de Detectives: persiguiendo al coche deportivo	The Youth League of Detectives: chasing the sports car
Thai	คดีไล่ล่าของขบวนการนักสืบเยาวชน	The Detective Boys' pursuit case
Vietnamese	Vụ án Đội Thám Tử Tí Hon lần theo dấu vết	The Detective Boys Follow Traces Case

See also

• Season 5