The Moonlight Sonata Murder

Chronology
‹ Troublesome Kindness	List of Episodes	TBD

Episode 1000-1001 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Moonlight Sonata Murder
Japanese title:	ピアノソナタ「月光」殺人事件 (Piano Sonata "Gekkō" Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	March 6, 2021 (Part 1) March 13, 2021
Broadcast rating:	7.2% (Part 1)  ?.? (Part 2)
Manga case:	#18
Season:	29
Manga source:	Volume 7: Files 2-7 (062-067)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Narumi Asai Detective Horita Detective Sugita Detective Saitoh Detective Ida Detective Sogawa
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Tsukikage Island (Part 1) Piano (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Organizer:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	1000: Akira Yosimura 1001: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation director:	Masatomo Sudo (Chief) 1000: Nobuyuki Iwai Keiko Sasaki 1001: Nobuyuki Iwai Akio Kawamura
Character design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (design works) Rei Masunaga
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Miyuki Sawashiri as Narumi Asai as Tatsuji Kuroiwa as Hideo Kawajima as Masato Shimizu as Kazuaki Hirata as Reiko Kuroiwa as Ken Nishimoto as Shuichi Sawamura as Manager as Clerk as Police Officer as Announcer
Music
Opening song:	ZERO kara Hajimete
Closing song:	Reboot

The Moonlight Sonata Murder (ピアノソナタ「月光」殺人事件 ,Piano Sonata "Gekkō" Satsujin Jiken) is the 1000th and 1001st episode of the Detective Conan anime. It is a remake of Moonlight Sonata Murder Case.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Seiji Asoh Detective Horita Detective Sugita Detective Saitoh Detective Ida Detective Sogawa

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Part 1

Suicide? (Past)
	Location: Keiji Asoh's house on Tsukikage Island Victim: Keiji Asoh and his family Cause of death: Burning Keiji Asoh killed his family, set his house on fire, and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as his house burnt around him.

Murder? (Past)
	Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island Victim: Isamu Kameyama Cause of death: Heart attack Two years ago, a passerby heard the Moonlight Sonata playing from the community center and discovered the body of the mayor slumped over the piano. Although he died from a heart attack, the similarity to the death of Keiji Asoh caused the islanders to think the piano has been cursed.

Murder

Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island Victim: Hideo Kawashima Age: 56 years old Cause of death: Drowning Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, Reiko Kuroiwa, Ken Nishimoto, and Narumi Asai Hideo Kawashima's sodden body found slumped over the cursed community piano as the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played in the background. Water marks show the body had been dragged to the piano through a back door in the piano room which leads to the sea.

Murder

Location: Community center broadcasting room on Tsukikage Island Victim: Tatsuji Kuroiwa Age: 56 years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, and Ken Nishimoto Tatsuji Kuroiwa was found stabbed in the broadcasting room. The body was discovered by Ken Nishimoto soon after the second movement of the Moonlight Sonata began playing over the sound system. At the dead man's feet is sheet music inscribed in blood.

Part 2

Attempted Murder
	Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island Victim: Shuichi Murasawa Age: 27 years old Injury: Blunt Force Trauma Suspects: Kazuaki Hirata When the gang returned to the city hall after the second murder, there was someone in the piano room who jumped out the window and Murasawa was found unconscious on the floor.

Murder

Location: Community center storage room on Tsukikage Island Victim: Ken Nishimoto Age: 55 years old Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, and Shuichi Murasawa Ran found Ken Nishimoto's hanged body in the storage room. At his feet was coded sheet music purporting to be his will. Although it wasn't playing, the third movement of Moonlight Sonata was recorded on the tape cassette nearby.

People

Keiji Asoh
	Deceased (burned) World-renowned pianist

Narumi Asai
	26 years old Island doctor From Tokyo

Isamu Kameyama
	Deceased (heart attack) Former mayor

Tatsuji Kuroiwa
	Victim (stabbed) 56 years old Current mayor

Reiko Kuroiwa
	27 years old Tatsuji's only daughter

Kazuaki Hirata
	31 years old Mayor's private secretary

Shuichi Murasawa
	Victim (beaten - injured) 27 years old Reiko's fiancé

Hideo Kawashima
	Victim (drowned) 56 years old Wealthiest man in town

Masato Shimizu
	49 years old Mayoral candidate

Ken Nishimoto
	Victim (hanged) 55 years old Unemployed

Police Officer
	Tsukikage Island police officer

Resolution

Manga to anime changes

Trivia

Gallery

See also

• Season 29
• Moonlight Sonata Murder Case