The Truth Behind the Urban Legend

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Episode 530-531 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Truth Behind the Urban Legend
Japanese title:	都市伝説の正体 (Toshi-Densetsu no Shōtai)
Original airdate:	April 18, 2009 (Part 1) April 25, 2009 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	5,80% 9,10%
Manga case:	#181
Season:	18
Manga source:	Volume 60: Files 6-8 (625-627)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Kazunobu Chiba Juzo Megure Sonoko Suzuki Ninzaburo Shiratori Ran Mouri Kiyonaga Matsumoto Officer Tome Miss Tome Detective Okumura Detective Fukui Detective Horita Detective Sogawa Detective Takano
Case solved by:	Sonoko Suzuki (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Hammer man (Part 1) Shift pad (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	Shigenori Kageyama
Storyboard:	Shigenori Kageyama
Episode director:	530 Nobuharu Kamanaka 531 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	530 Nobuyuki Iwai, Rie Ogasawara 531 Rei Masunaga
Character design:	Kumiko Shishido, Keiko Sasaki, and Rei Masunaga (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Chafurin as Juzo Megure Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Kosei Hirota as Home Delivery Man Ryuzo Ishino as Pizza Deliverer Akiko Muta as Motorbike Courier Shinya Otaki as Pizza Store Manager Kazuo Oka as Drunk Man Asako Dodo as Office Lady Kazhiko Inoue as Ninzaburo Shiratori Seizo Kato as Kiyonaga Matsumoto Kinryu Arimoto as Inspector Sato
Music
Opening song:	Everlasting Luv
Closing song:	Doing all right

The Truth Behind the Urban Legend (都市伝説の正体 ,Toshi-Densetsu no Shōtai) is the 530th and 531st episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Kazunobu Chiba Juzo Megure Ninzaburo Shiratori Kiyonaga Matsumoto Officer Tome Miss Tome Detective Okumura Detective Fukui Detective Horita Detective Sogawa Detective Takano

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

A person who murders people with a hammer, dubbed "Hammer Man", has been seen escaping to an apartment after assaulting a woman.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Park Victim: Woman Injury: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Hammer Man

Attempted Murders (Past)
	Location: Street Victim: Woman 3, Women 4, Women 5 Injury: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Hammer Man Along with present victim, the "Hammer Man" attempted 3 murders in the past, making the total number of victims to 4.

Sato and Takagi stalk out the apartment and are later accompanied by Conan, Ran and Sonoko. They explained that the owner of the apartment were out of the country, but his parents revealed that a male friend of his is borrowing the place, but the parents don't know that friend's name. The neighbors has told the police that the man lived there for a while with his girlfriend. But it seemed that she has left him, and the man stays indoor all day and only comes out at night. A home delivery courier, a bike delivery woman, and a pizza deliverer were seen to leave that apartment and were then interrogated. The three reveal they did not meet their client and instead followed notes specified for them; The courier was instructed to leave the package outside the door, the woman was told to pick up the package, and the pizza man was told to leave the pizza on the table and take the money from an envelope. They then realize that while interrogating the three, no one was watching the apartment. They enter the apartment to find a masked man unconscious. Conan removes the mask and notices that the man was knocked unconscious by a hammer and deduces hammer man has impersonated one of three deliverers from before.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Apartment Victim: Man Injury: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Hammer Man

Part 2

Conan investigates the apartment and finds the bathroom to be too clean and that there is no underwear in the dryer.

People

Woman
	Victim (beaten - injured) Hammer man's 4th victim Office lady

Man
	Drunk man Witness

Man
	Home delivery courier First to enter the appartment

Woman
	Bike delivery woman Second to enter the appartment

Man
	Pizza deliverer Third to enter the appartment

Man
	Victim (beaten - injured) Hammer man's 5th victim

Inspector Sato
	Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department police inspector

Woman 2
	Appartment building resident Hammer man's neighbour

Woman 3
	Victim (beaten - injured) Hammer man's 1st victim

Woman 4
	Victim (beaten - injured) Hammer man's 2nd victim

Woman 5
	Victim (beaten - injured) Hammer man's 3rd victim

Manager
	Pizza-ya Beika District store manager Pizza deliverer's boss

Resolution

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Conan deduces that the Hammer man is trying to hide his gender due to the lack of undergarment or non gender-neutral clothes in the apartment. After examining the shoes, Conan finds out only one pair of shoes with a leather shift-pad. Conan tranquilizes Sonoko and uses her to reveal the bike delivery woman to be the Hammer man. The officers almost excluded her due to having mistaken the culprit to be a male because of the Hammer Man-name. None of the victims has ever identified their attacker's sex. The press had 'dubbed' her 'Hammer Man' and the name gave the impression that the culprit was male. And even the neighbors has told the police that the resident was a male, he did have a girlfriend, who used to live with him. Sato concludes that the man left and the woman stayed. As evidence, Conan reveals that the leather shift-pad shoes were designed for biking and since there was only one pair, it means that the biker is not living in the apartment. The pizza deliver has not return to work, likely because the woman had knock him out to mislead the police. Conan reveals that since the culprit left the shoes behind, she does not intend to escape the city by bike meaning she intends to change out of the bike delivery jumpsuit in a public toilet, so she can escape unnoticed. The police manages to arrest her and she was revealed to be targeting girls with long hair because her boyfriend broke up with her for a girl with long-hair. Later, Kiyonaga Matsumoto is awaken by a nightmare from a past case.

Trivia

Pizza-Ya logo

Pizza-La logo

Pizza-La truck

• This is the first episode to be aired on Saturday 6 p.m. JST.
• Conan's statement, that 'The Hammer man' never existed, is similar to a statement made by his hero Sherlock Holmes in 'The adventure of the noble bachelor'. Holmes who are searching for a missing woman, who had just married Lord St. Simon, tells Lestrade that Lady St. Simon is 'a myth', because he had figured out that the woman was already married to a man she left to meet, and therefor the marriage with Lord St. Simon wasn't legit. Conan says that there never existed a 'Hammer Man', because he had realized that the Hammer 'man' was in reality a woman.
• The pizza company in the episode named "Pizza-Ya" is in fact inspired by Japan's highest grossing pizza-chain named "Pizza-La but its logo is slightly different from the Pizza-Ya logo. Pizza-La's name is inspired by a pun with Pizza and Godzilla, the eponymous dinosaur that invades Tokyo. It is headquartered in Aoyama, Tokyo. The delivery truck is the same for Pizza-Ya and Pizza-La.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:47 - 0:55	エスケープ！	Esukēpu!	Escape!	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
2:58 - 3:32	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
4:28 - 4:47	カギを探せ！	Kagi o Sagase!	Search for the Key!	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
5:03 - 5:10	イースターエッグの謎	Iisutā Eggu no Nazo	Mystery of the Easter Egg	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
5:13 - 5:24	エンディング	Endingu	Ending	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
5:26 - 6:17	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
6:32 - 7:16	悪のテーマ１	Aku no Tēma 1	Theme of Evil 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7:40 - 8:21	推理（オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction(Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8:48 - 9:07	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
9:41 - 10:54	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
11:24 - 11:50	追跡スリリング	Tsuiseki Suriringu	Thrilling Pursuit	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
12:37 - 13:10	シャーク フィアー	Shāku Fiā	Fear Shark	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
13:37 - 13:53	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
14:03 - 14:26	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
14:33 - 15:12	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
15:30 - 16:11	小さな巨人	Chiisa na Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16:18 - 16:54	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
17:41 - 19:08	迷路	Meiro	Labyrinth	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
19:19 - 19:53	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20:03 - 21:23	漆黒の殺意	Shikkoku no Satsui	Jet Black Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
21:31 - 21:34	THE END（あれまぁ～）	THE END (Aremā~)	THE END ("Good Heavens!")	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
21:50 - 22:08	フェルマータ	Ferumāta	Fermata	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
22:10 - 22:38	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:10	エグザミネ	Eguzamine	Examine	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
0:11 - 1:04	現金輸送車(回想)	Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)	Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)	Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack
1:05 - 1:58	コナンズ アイ	Konanzu Ai	Conan's Eye	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
4:01 - 5:02	インターナショナル ケース(インシデント)	Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)	International Case (Incident)	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
5:06 - 5:09	THE END（あれまぁ～）	THE END (Aremā~)	THE END ("Good Heavens!")	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6:40 - 7:31	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
7:48 - 8:31	コナンの直感	Konan no Chokkan	Conan's Intuition	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
9:02 - 9:24	アレステッド	Aresuteddo	Arrested	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
9:46 - 11:35	ワッツ ハプニング	Wattsu Hapuningu	What's Happening	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
11:45 - 13:25	インターナショナル ケース(インシデント)	Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)	International Case (Incident)	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
13:33 - 15:20	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
15:34 - 16:06	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
16:07 - 16:40	運命の瞬間'07	Unmei no Shunkan '07	Destined Moment '07	Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best
17:22 - 17:30	ドラム アタック	Doramu Atakku	Drum Attack	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
17:31 - 19:09	汐留	Shiodome	Shiodome	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
19:36 - 19:56	ビッグ トレジャー	Biggu Torejā	Big Treasure	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
20:03 - 20:43	クレシェンド	Kureshendo	Crescendo	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
20:59 - 21:02	THE END（あれまぁ～）	THE END (Aremā~)	THE END ("Good Heavens!")	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
23:12 - 23:14	シャーク フィアー	Shāku Fiā	Fear Shark	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
23:14 - 23:20	アタック シャーク	Atakku Shāku	Shark Attack	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
23:30 - 23:58	エントランス	Entoransu	Entrance	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La veritat sobre la llegenda urbana	The truth about the urban legend
Italian	La leggenda metropolitana	The urban legend
Thai	ตัวจริงของตำนานเมือง	The Truth of the Urban Legend
Indonesian (subbed)	Kebenaran Mitos	The Truth of the Urban Legend

See also

• Season 18