The Footprintless Beach

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Episode 677 (Int. Episode 729)
Information
Title:	The Footprintless Beach
Japanese title:	足跡がない砂浜 (Ashiato ga Nai Sunahama)
Original airdate:	November 24, 2012
Broadcast rating:	10,70%
Filler case:	#200
Season:	21
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Surfboard
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Takeo Ohno
Storyboard:	Masaki Ozora
Episode director:	Shigeru Yamazaki
Animation director:	Masanori Hashimoto
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Seiji Muta Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production cooperation:	BIG BANG
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Toshiharu Sakurai as Detective Sugiyama Kozo Mito as Officer Sakata Minoru Inaba as Kaishiro Imaoka Tomoe Hanba as Nagisa Imaoka
Music
Opening song:	Kimi no Namida ni Konna ni Koi Shiteru
Closing song:	Koi ni Koishite

The Footprintless Beach (足跡がない砂浜 ,Ashiato ga Nai Sunahama) is the 677th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Conan, Ran, and Kogoro went to Ohama Coast from Beika Street for two hours and they are going to have fun surfing at the beach. First of all, the reason why Kogoro wants to go surfing is because of the woman named Nagisa Imaoka. She invited Kogoro. While at the beach, Nagisa is pretty good at surfing.

After surfing, they went back to the Surf Shop Seagull to take a break and the man named Kaishiro Imaoka recognized the famous detective, Kogoro Mouri. Kogoro still wants to continue surfing. Conan found the moon phase calendar on the wall and tonight is going to be a spring tide. The place, Ohama Coast, is famous for the large high tides and low tides. Kogoro thought Nagisa is Kaishiro's daughter but it's actually his wife. When Nagisa, Ran, and Conan are about to go back surfing, Kaishiro tells them to stop because he heard the forecast in the car that the storm is coming. When they looked through the window, they still see the waves that it is still normal size. Ran heard that it will be fun if there are few waves. Kaishiro thinks they are people like that but he's against it. He mentions that they are bunch of people who lost their lives to tall waves. They should never underestimate the ocean. Nagisa argues with Kaishiro that if he keeps saying such childish things, people will never enjoy surfing. Then, Kaishiro argues back to Nagisa to stop being so ignorant. After the argument, Kaishiro left, and Nagisa thinks Kaishiro is just an old geezer who likes to play with plastic models. Nagisa isn't afraid of the tall waves and she still has the guts to go surfing. Since they can't go surfing, they'll have to wait till tomorrow morning.

Later, the storm has arrived and in the lodge, Conan is stepping on Kogoro's back for massage. While massaging, Ran mentions that Nagisa used to be the surf shop's customer. According to the landlord, she would come challenge the waves frequently. Then three years ago, she got conquered by the waves instead. Suddenly, Kaishiro entered the lodge and told Kogoro that Nagisa is missing. She must've gone surfing during the storm. Conan sees Kaishiro's cell phone in his shirt pocket that it's flashing. Kaishiro checks it out and he got a text from Nagisa. It says, "Sorry for not getting permission. At a karaoke bar. Don't worry." They felt relieved that she didn't go surfing during the storm.

The next morning, the storm is over and it's a beautiful day. Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are just taking a walk on the beach. While walking, they found Nagisa and she is found dead.

Accident?
	Location: Ohama Beach, Minami, Kaifu, Tokushima Victim: Nagisa Imaoka Age: 25 years old Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Kaishiro Imaoka

Kogoro tells Ran to call the police and tells Conan to get Kaishiro. He also tells Conan to bring cardboard boxes or something to prevent more footprints just in case. They were no footprints around Nagisa's body until Kogoro, Ran, and Conan came near the body.

When the police arrived to investigate, Kaishiro is crying over Nagisa's death. While Kaishiro's crying, Conan notice that there's sand on Kaishiro's back shirt. The police recognize Kogoro and they might get an autograph from him later.

While checking the dead body inside the shop, Kogoro deduces that it is an unfortunate accident. Nagisa couldn't sit still after seeing the huge waves. That's when she texted a lie about going to a karaoke bar to Kaishiro. She wore the shop's wetsuit, grabbed the shop's surfboard, and left through the backdoor towards the ocean. Conan asks that why didn't Nagisa not wear her own wetsuit. Kaishiro answers that's probably because she thought he would notice it missing. She knew if Kaishiro finds out, he would stop her. While Nagisa was enjoying surfing, a tall wave engulfed her. Then, the leash cord wrapped around her neck. Furthermore, the waves pulled on the cord, eventually strangling her. Conan mentions that the strangle mark goes into the wetsuit. Kogoro thinks the cord going inside the wetsuit is a possibility. Conan then said the wetsuit is on tightly stuck to the body, preventing any water inside. Kogoro then tells Conan to go away to continue his own deduction. Kogoro deduces that the surfboard went missing, and Nagisa came back to Kaishiro's coast for him. Conan notices something strange about Nagisa's toenail. When Ran and the detective take a look at Nagisa's toenail, her right toenails are painted with yellow nail polish but her left toenails are unfinished. Conan just remembered something. While he was calling Kaishiro that he found Nagisa's dead body at the beach and getting a cardboard, he found the bag with yellow marks. When he goes back checking it, he has no doubt about it. When he went back to the beach, he ask the policeman about the footprints in the range of 100 km from the corpse. The policeman confirms there weren't any footprints and it was a smooth beach. Conan is still thinking how did Nagisa's dead body get to the beach with no footprints until sudden, he found the dead crab. It was smashed down by something. Conan remembered that there is a crane truck model that's displayed in the shop. When he went back inside the shop, Conan found the cardboard that has a crab mark on it and he finally solved the case.

People

Nagisa Imaoka
	Victim (strangled) 25 years old Kaishiro's wife

Kaishiro Imaoka
	60 years old Beach shop owner

Officer Sakata
	Ohama policeman

Detective Sugiyama
	Ohama police detective

Resolution

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Nagisa is first shown to be 35 years old, and not 25. Through Kogoro, Conan then reveals that this is a murder case disguised as an accident; the culprit is Kaishiro Imaoka. The proof is Nagisa's half-finished pedicure, indicating she hadn't planned to surf, and the strangle mark under her wetsuit: she wore the suit after her death. Kaishiro protests that a corpse lacks the strength to wear a wetsuit (due to the suit's tightness), and Kogoro (Conan's voice) has the police demonstrate the trick with plastic bags on a volunteer's feet. He explains that the bags reduce friction, making it easy to slip on a wetsuit. Ran then brings forth a box containing two similar bags with stains matching Nagisa's pedicure. Conan goes on to explain that after killing his wife, Kaishiro buried her in the sand, later bringing her to the edge of the waves with cardboard 'treads': cardboard stuck together at the ends he used much like a hamster's wheel, allowing him to leave no tracks as he carried Nagisa's corpse. Caught, Kaishiro confesses to the crime, revealing that after Kogoro's group had left, Nagisa had announced that she was meeting someone: "If it goes well, I'm sending you the divorce papers(...)in the end, the world is ruled by looks and money. Give it up." She had married Kaishiro for the money.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:51	ロマンス ラプソディ	Romansu Rapusodi	Romance Rhapsody	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
1:17 - 1:50	????
3:54 - 4:31	????
4:59 - 5:25	ファンタジック	Fantajikku	Fantastic	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
6:07 - 6:21	????
7:01 - 7:42	ベルモット	Berumotto	Vermouth	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
9:10 - 9:42	スズランの花	Suzuran no Hana	The Lily of the Valley Flower	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
10:58 - 11:51	現金輸送車(回想)	Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)	Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)	Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack
11:56 - 12:09	アクセント タッチ～コンティニュー	Akusento Tacchi ~ Kontinyū	Accent Touch ~ Continue	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
12:46 - 13:52	????
14:40 - 15:20	サスブロンズ	Sasu Buronzu	Bronze Suspense	Detective Conan "The Lost Ship in the Sky" Original Soundtrack
15:55 - 16:38	推理１	Suiri 1	Deduction 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16:53 - 18:19	小五郎の推理	Kogorō no Suiri	Kogoro's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
18:36 - 20:05	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
20:32 - 21:24	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
21:33 - 22:14	コナンの直感	Konan no Chokkan	Conan's Intuition	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
23:43 - 23:55	アレステッド	Aresuteddo	Arrested	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La platja sense petjades a la sorra	The beach without footprints in the sand
Italian	La spiaggia senza impronte	The beach without footprints
Thai	หาดทรายที่ไร้รอยเท้า	The beach with footprints
Vietnamese	Bãi biển không có dấu chân	The Footprintless Beach

See also

• Season 21