Leading a Detective Around By the Nose

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Episode 979 (Int. Episode 1036)
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:	#333
Season:	30
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Leading a Detective Around by the Nose
Dubbed episode:	979
English airdate:	February 15, 2023 (Tubi)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Letter
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard:	Hiroaki Takagi
Episode director:	Hiroaki Takagi
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (supervisor) Nobuyuki Iwai
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Masanori Hashimoto (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
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 Fukada 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: Mrs. Kaetsu's brooch Suspects: Unknown 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 two 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
100px	Tokyo MPD police officer Patrolling Kuroochi District

Resolution

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Just when Kogoro solved the case, he slipped on a rock and hit his head on a tree nearby, causing him to fall unconscious. Thus Conan had to stand in to do the "Sleeping Kogoro" as usual. 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 coincidental 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 stabs into 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 still 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.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:29 - 1:16	ミニサス3	Minisasu 3	Mini Suspense 3	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
4:22 - 4:32	世良のひらめき	Sera no Hirameki	Sera's Inspiration	Detective Conan "Dimensional Sniper" Original Soundtrack
4:45 - 5:52
6:19 - 6:45	シャドーＤ	Shadō D	Shadow D	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
7:29 - 7:46
8:02 - 8:19
8:34 - 8:56	イエローカード	Ierō Kādo	Yellow Card	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
8:57 - 9:17	コナン走る	Konan Hashiru	Running Conan	Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack
9:25 - 9:38
10:05 - 10:20
10:50 - 11:44	哀しい出来事	Kanashii Dekigoto	Sad Affair	Detective Conan "The Crimson Love Letter" Original Soundtrack
12:12 - 12:25
12:40 - 12:58
13:03 - 13:30
15:25 - 15:45
16:22 - 16:39	船上サスペンスG	Senjō Sasupensu G	Shipboard Suspense G	Detective Conan "Private Eye in the Distant Sea" Original Soundtrack
16:56 - 17:43	小五郎の推理～シマリス	Kogorō no Suiri ~ Shimarisu	Kogoro's Deduction ~ Chipmunk	Detective Conan "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" Original Soundtrack
17:54 - 18:30
18:52 - 19:20
19:21 - 20:15
20:17 - 20:29
20:52 - 21:24	プレリュード	Pureryūdo	Prelude	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
22:45 - 22:57
23:21 - 23:44	蘭・愛のテーマ'07	Ran・Ai no Tēma '07	Ran's Love Theme '07	Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El detectiu manipulat	The manipulated detective
French (Subbed)	Le Détective se fait balader	The detective walks around
Thai	ยอดนักสืบที่โดนลากไปลากมา	The detective who got dragged around
Vietnamese	Kéo thám tử đi lòng vòng

See also

• Season 30