Cactus's Flower Murder Case

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Episode 37 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Cactus's Flower Murder Case
Japanese title:	サボテンの花殺人事件 (Saboten no Hana Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	November 11, 1996 January 23, 2016 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	18.5%
Remastered rating:	8%
Filler case:	#13
Season:	2
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Prickly Past
Dubbed episode:	Episode 38
English airdate:	July 27, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Detective Boys
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Portrait Plastic container (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Kuchiru Kazehara
Episode director:	Susumu Ishizaki
Animation director:	Hirotoshi Takaya
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, Naomi Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Emi Shinohara as Noriko Okaya Rintaro Nishi as Tsuyoshi Kitagawa Jurota Kosugi as Saeki Hirohiko Kakegawa as Detective
Music
Opening song:	Feel Your Heart
Closing song:	Meikyū no Lovers

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima

Case

Situation

When a pretty girl hires Kogoro to help her find an old flame, it seems like a routine case. But when Conan finds out that the man she is looking for was responsible for the death of her fiancé, he realizes that romance is the farthest thing from her mind. What is she planning to do?

Accident (Past)

Location: Near Shinshūshin town Victim: Tatsuo Yamaguchi Cause of death: Car crash and explosion from Gasoline Culprits: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa and Naomi Noriko and Tatsuo were hounded by a red sports car (Toyota Celica Liftback) while driving on some cliffs. The driver, Tatsuo, lost control of his Green Mitsubishi Libero Monte. After wrecking, the gas tank exploded. A group of bystanders managed to help Noriko escape in time, but Tatsuo was burnt alive.

People

Noriko Okaya
	Kogoro's client Commercial company former employee

Tatsuo Yamaguchi
	Deceased (car explosion) Commercial company employee Noriko's fiancé Loves cactus

Saeki
	Hospital doctor Noriko's friend Tatsuo's best friend

Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
	Missing man Red sports car driver Artist

Naomi
	Tsuyoshi's fiancée Artist

Policeman
	Nagano Prefectural Police detective

Saeki's Girlfriend
100px	Saeki's girlfriend

Resolution

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Conan is showing the cactuses to Noriko Okaya.

It's revealed that Noriko Okaya planned to kill Tsuyoshi Kitagawa and his fiancée, to punish them for causing the death of her lover Tastsuo. Dr. Saeki, the late Tatsuo's best friend and Noriko's treating doctor, explains her past to Conan and the Mouris.

Attempted Murder/Suicide

Location: Roof of a building Victims: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa and his fiancée Crime: Arson Culprit: Noriko Okaya Having found Kitagawa and his fiancé working on a sculpture in a rooftop, Noriko attacks them with pepper gas and then douses the two of them with gasoline. Kitagawa tells her to stop and warns her that she'll burn to death too, but Noriko doesn't care and says that she'll burn with them so she can be with Tatsuo again.

Conan, however, appears with Dr. Saeki and brings her beautiful cacti that belonged to Tatsuo, and now are kept safe by Dr. Saeki. They manage to convince Noriko to not kill the Kitagawas and herself.

Remastered version

A remastered version of this case was aired on January 23, 2016.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Noriko Okaya - Nora Odell
• Tatsuo Yamaguchi - Terry York
• Saeki - James Soto
• Tsuyoshi Kitagawa - Trent Cook

Trivia

• Noriko Okaya drives a silver Honda Civic EK9, Tatsuo Yamaguchi a green Mitsubishi Libero Monte, Saeki a white Toyota Crown, and Tsuyoshi Kitagawa a red Toyota Celica Liftback. Kitagawa's car's license plate is 新宿 57, は 33-96 (Shinjuku 57, Ha 33-96) and Yamaguchi's is 新宿 57, い 11-36 (Shinjuku 57, I 11-36).
• Insert song: Yume o Tomenaide Ite, by VELVET GARDEN.
• This is the first time that someone died in a car crash and explosion from gasoline, even if it is a backstory.
• This is the first case of a murder/suicide in a backstory, as well as in the actual case involved where it was attempted, but Conan manage to stop it, after the gasoline poured on the victims.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart
2	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	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	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8	夢をとめないでいて	Yume o Tomenaide Ite	Don't Stop Dreaming	Feel Your Heart
9	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	事件の謎	Jiken no Nazo	Mystery of the Case	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	蘭のテーマ （涙ver.）	Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)	Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	迷宮のラヴァーズ	Meikyū no Lovers	Lovers' Labyrinth	Meikyū no Lovers
13	はずむ蘭	Hazumu Ran	Bouncing Ran	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	قضية زهرة الصبار	Cactus Flower Case
Basque	Eguberriko kaktusa eta mendekua	The Christmas cactus and revenge
Catalan (Balearic dub)	S'assassinat des cactus	Cactus murder
Catalan (Catalonia dub)	El cas de l'assassinat del cactus	Cactus murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El cas de l'assassinat del cactus	Cactus murder case
French	Meurtre au cactus	Murder With a Cactus
Galician	O asasinato da flor do cacto	Cactus flower murder
German	Der Kaktusblütenmord	The Cactus Blossom Murder
Italian	Mistero a tutta velocità	Mistery at Full Speed
Spanish (American dub)	El caso de los cactus navideños	Christmas cactus case
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El asesinato y la flor de cactus	Murder and cactus flower
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมดอกกระบองเพชร	Cactus's flower murder case
Traditional Chinese	仙人掌花殺人事件	Cactus's Flower Murder Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án hoa xương rồng giáng sinh	The Christmas Cactus's Flower Case

See also

• Season 2