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| Filler case number  = #421
 
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| airdate            = June 15, 2024
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| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Kazunobu Chiba]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]]
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| producer            = [[Minoru Tozawa]]
 
| producer            = [[Minoru Tozawa]]
 
| animation-director  = [[Masatomo Sudo]] (supervisor) <br> [[Keiko Sasaki]]
 
| animation-director  = [[Masatomo Sudo]] (supervisor) <br> [[Keiko Sasaki]]
| character-design    = [[Masatomo Sudo]] <br> [[Hiroshi Ogawa]] (design works)
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| character-design    = [[Masatomo Sudo]] <br> [[Rei Masunaga]] (sub-character) <br> [[Hiroshi Ogawa]] (design works)
 
| production-cooperation =
 
| production-cooperation =
| voice-cast          =  [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Rikiya Koyama]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] <br> [[Koichi Hashimoto]] as Kenshi Kitao <br> [[Yuka Iguchi]] as Haruka Shikata <br> [[Taku Yashiro]] as Masato Honda <br> [[Eiji Hanawa]] as Tamotsu Kambara
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| voice-cast          =  [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Rikiya Koyama]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] <br> [[Koichi Hashimoto]] as Kenshi Kitao <br> [[Yuka Iguchi]] as Haruka Yomo <br> [[Taku Yashiro]] as Masato Honda <br> [[Eiji Hanawa]] as Tamotsu Kambara
 
| opening-song        = Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~
 
| opening-song        = Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~
 
| closing-song        = You & I
 
| closing-song        = You & I
 
| prev-episode        = The Detective Who Lost His Mind
 
| prev-episode        = The Detective Who Lost His Mind
| next-episode        =
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| next-episode        = Conan and Megure's Two Hostages
 
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{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
 
{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
 
{{char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
 
{{char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
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{{char|Ran Mouri|display=Ran Mouri (cameo)}}
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== Gadgets ==
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{{gadgets Appearances|
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{{gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
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{{gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
== Case ==
 
== Case ==
 
=== Situation ===
 
=== Situation ===
[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] visited [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]], by reason of their unpromising progress of the case that they were assisting to investigate. The suspect of that case was called Kitao Kenshi, a former elementary school teacher. Eight days ago, he was cuffed by the police at a construction area as the suspect of the murder case which took place nearby; strangely, Kenshi admitted his crime rather quickly, but however the police interrogated him, he yet rendered queer behaviours that made Megure hesitate on prosecuting him. Inspector Megure and his colleagues thought that there must be some switcheroos behind the case; consequently, they started to search for other suspects related to that murder case. Whereupon a person who was related to Kenshi emerged gradually...
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At the MPD Asahidai Police Station, [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] roared in an exceedingly anxious tone to [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] - the reason was, that a culprit behind a murder case who he had assisted the Division 1 to arrest, whose name was Kengo Kitao, was invariably on stand-by mode in terms of the formal prosecution procedure. This definitely struck Kogoro puzzled and kept insisting on getting a justifiable answer for it. Confronting the out-of-mind-Kogoro, Megure sighed and showed the situation: strangely, Kitao admitted everything frankly, but regardless of how [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] questioned him regarding the details to his crime, he was utterly speechless, yet decided to simply get by the inquiries utilising the fact of his aging. [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] who was also present in the interrogation room, sensed something odd as well.
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Eights days ago, the police received an anonymous tip and discovered that, near a suspended construction area located in Asahidai, a seemingly abandoned car was parked and a body was seen within. The man who suffered was named Masato Honda, who apparently owned that car. He was first being fed with sleeping pills and was murdered thereafter.
  
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
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| crime              = Murder
 
| crime              = Murder
 
| image              = EP1127 Case.jpg
 
| image              = EP1127 Case.jpg
| location            =  
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| location            = Asahidai, Tokyo
| victim              =  
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| time                = Between 10 AM and 2 PM
| age                =  
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| victim              = Masato Honda
| suspects            =  
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| age                = 25 years old
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| suspects            = Kengo Kitao
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| cause-death        = Carbon Monoxide poisoning
 
| description        =  
 
| description        =  
 
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[[File:EP1127-1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kitao hesitating to recalling the case details.]]
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After seeing the newspaper reporting about the incident, Kogoro realised instantly, that the victim was clearly the one he had seen two days before, who was having an argument with an elderly man. Therefore, he decided to inform Megure right away. At the same time, [[Kazunobu Chiba|Chiba]] brought another valuable piece of information: a person named Tamotsu Kambara precisely had witnessed a suspicious elderly man mandering around that construction area yesterday afternoon. After rendering a photo of that suspicious guy, Kogoro exclaimed and asserted that the man Kambara was referring to was the elderly man he saw the other day. Knowing the direction to investigate, the police went up digging further with regards to Kengo Kitao, they had confirmed his purchase of coal briquetts (element to conduct CO poisoning) at a certain general store. And - that was why they were in the interrogation questioning Kitao.
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[[File:EP1127-2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The suspect Haruka Yomo.]]
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As everyone was stumbled by the stones of riddles, Chiba seemed to had brought some shards of hope, as he found another person who possessed a plausible motive, that is, the victim's aunt, Haruka Yomo. Yomo was frequently extorted by her nephew, and at the same time, Yomo was also friends who attended a haiku workshop together. Judging by Kitao's irrational words uttered within the interrogation room, Kogoro suspected that it could be possible if Kitao thought Yomo may had done it, and in order to protect her, he admitted the crime himself. Megure thereupon inquired of Kitao about it, yet Kitao constantly denied about it. However, after hearing the fact that Yomo actually had an alibi on the day of crime, Kitao's expressions transformed rapidly. He then gave up on insisting, and confessed that he requested Kambara to give false eyewitness testimony.
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On the other end, Kambara also admitted that Kitao implored him to do so. Since Kitao was his teacher back then, Kambara agreed with it without thinking. In addition, Kambara also declared that Kitao was at his house from 10 AM to 2 PM all day; hence, it would be impossible for him to carry out that murder anyways.
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[[File:EP1127-3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kitao's initial plan.]]
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Conan then pointed out a doubt: according to the security camera recorded, Kitao bought the coal briquetts ''before'' the murder. With this question in mind, they enquired Kitao once again. To tell the truth, Kitao confessed - initially, he was planning to kill Honda. One day by chance, Kitao learned the fact that Honda had been blackmailing his aunt for money regularly; as a friend of her, he would not let him at large, at all. After Honda left, Kitao also heard Yomo saying "if only Masato (Honda) weren't around". As a result, Kitao was determined to murder Honda so he went to the general store and purchased the coal briquetts. To make it seem totally irrelevant to Haruka Yomo, Kitao fabricated a separate motive: and so the fight with Honda that Kogoro witnessed was instigated. Before himself carrying out the crime, he read in the morning that Honda had already been murder by someone else; he went in panic. Consequently he disposed of all the equipment bought in preparation for his murder, and came to Kambara for an eyewitness testimony. Megure considered Kitao's thinking extremely incredulous, and therefore asked him if he liked Yomo. Kitao admitted but claimed it to be one-sided only.
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By searching within the pond, the police were able to find the coal briquetts which Kitao disposed of earlier, which exactly matched with his testimonies. Later on, Megure declared Kitao's innocence upon the murder case but his behaviour of obstruction of justice for the past weeks would still need to be investigated further, yet the priority at the moment was the murder case itself. After hearing that Kitao went flustered, he requested Megure to indict him right away. On the other side of the room, Kogoro and Conan perceived some strangeness: why was Kitao in such a rush?
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[[File:EP1127-4.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kitao asking who will be going with Yomo in her trip.]]
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Abruptly, Conan realised something - it would be highly impossible that the method of killing thought up by Kitao happened to be the exact identical one utilised by the other culprit, this also woke Kogoro up. To conclude his deduction, Conan proclaimed that Kitao must be the culprit, and now, it would be their job to investigate the howdunnit behind the case.
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They again consulted Kambara, and learned that on the day of murder, Kitao and he was invariably reminiscing some past-year photos all day long, considering the fact that his house was situated in Hikage Town, to that construction area where the victim's car in Asahidai, would require one hour of driving, seeing Kitao doing this would not be possible. However, Kambara disclosed that Kitao had left once mid-way, but that was to buy some cigarets, which only took ten minutes or so. Leaving Kambara's house, they went to see Yomo; they learned from her that Kitao apparently knew she was going to have an alibi on the day of murder, as once she talked about her trip at haiku workshop and Kitao was obviously remarking about it too. Also, Conan confirmed with her about Kitao's hearsay "If Masato weren't around", Yomo indeed had said that, but she answered that the implication of that sentence was not what Kitao thought.
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Even though Kogoro had started to believe that Kitao was innocent, Conan was certain that Kitao was the culprit; final evidences were in need. He pondered for some time and realised that since the cause of death was Carbon Monoxide poisoning, the crime scene would not necessarily just be the construction area in Asahidai. Going through some buildings situated around Kambara's house, he was particularly searching for buildings that were in reach within five minutes (since Kitao was missing for ten minutes, one-way journey would be five minutes); successfully, Conan found an abandoned factory that could be approached in merely three minutes...
  
 
=== People ===
 
=== People ===
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{BeginBox}}
{{people|Kenshi Kitao|Kenshi Kitao.jpg|
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{{people|Kengo Kitao|Kengo Kitao.jpg|
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* 70 years old
{{people|Haruka Shikata|Haruka Shikata.jpg|
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* Retired
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* Former elementary school teacher}}
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{{people|Haruka Yomo|Haruka Yomo.jpg|
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* 37 years old
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* Yomo Handicrafts store manager
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* Honda's aunt}}
 
{{people|Masato Honda|Masato Honda.jpg|
 
{{people|Masato Honda|Masato Honda.jpg|
}}
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* Victim (poison)
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* 25 years old
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* Unemployed{{note|group="N"|Labeled in the suspect box as "asobinin" (遊び人), literally meaning "playboy".}}
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* Birthdate: January 6}}
 
{{people|Tamotsu Kambara|Tamotsu Kambara.jpg|
 
{{people|Tamotsu Kambara|Tamotsu Kambara.jpg|
}}
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* 51 years old
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* Office worker}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
{{EndBox}}
  
 
=== Resolution ===
 
=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
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<spoiler>At the police station, Conan probed Kitao with the the sentence "killing two birds with one stone". After hearing it, Kitao shuddered with fear; as everyone soaked in perplexity, Kogoro arrived.
</spoiler>
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=== "Two Birds With One Stone" ===
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[[File:EP1127-5.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kitao driving to Kambara's house.]]
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Kogoro asked Megure to prepare a speaker to be placed in the main interrogation room and Kogoro (along with Conan) would be staying in the other side. Conan thus tranquilised Kogoro and began the deduction:
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The culprit behind the case was '''Kengo Kitao''', {{red|he plotted the murderer and be arrested, then overturn his arrest, and escape suspicion}}. He did this intentionally as that way his suspicion upon this murder would had been eliminated. To do all of these, Kitao first needed to know that Yomo had an alibi on that day. Then, he deliberately purchased the coal briquetts under the security cameras so his presence can be noticed afterwards by the police. Most likely, he threw everything away right after he made the purchase. The purchase of materials that he utilised in the genuine murder was done in another store.
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[[File:EP1127-6.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kitao igniting the stove.]]
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On the day of murder, Kitao first dragged Honda with sleeping pills and drove him to Kambara's house in Hikage Town. Before arriving, he parked his car in that abandoned factory with the unconscious Honda inside. After that, he stayed in Kambara's house for the entire morning, until 2 PM. During the ten minutes he went to "but cigarets", he in fact returned to that abandoned factory and ignited the coal briquetts with the stove to murder Honda, this way he could fake the time of death of the victim. Then, he drove back to Asahidai. At that construction area, he ignited the stove once again and released Carbon Monoxide for one final attempt, this was to create an illusion that the victim was really killed in Asahidai.
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After killing Honda, what he had to do was only to report anonymously to the police and request Kambara to do a fake eyewitness testimony. By leading the police to suspect him, his plan would succeed. After luring the police to think that he was only protecting Yomo, he would then be indicted and interviewed by several talk shows. And this was his second intent - to confess his feeling to Yomo on television. This was the reason why he panicked when he knew that he would not be indicted right away.
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{{clear}}
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=== Truth About The Words ===
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Not only because of talk shows that Kitao wanted to attended by plotting this murder, but also that the victim had been persistently extorting him as well - Honda was planning to reveal Kitao's love towards Yomo, based on that, he demanded money from Kitao. Killing Honda would simultaneously end two blackmailing incidents: both on him and on Yomo.
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[[File:EP1127-7.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Kitao going mad.]]
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However, Sleeping Kogoro impeded him. As he knew what "If Masato weren't around" actually meant. Not that Yomo wanted Honda to disappear, but rather, she was actually in love with someone who was younger than Honda, so she felt somewhat embarrassed about it in front of her nephew.
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Having known that he had wrongly killed a person, Kitao kneeled down affectionally with remorse.
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=== Aftermath ===
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On the street, Kogoro saw the huge TV screen playing news about idols Fuma Daisuke and Sakura Sayuri getting married. He exclaimed the event's greatness and was excited to see a talk show. This aroused Conan's memory about the case, as he could not believe that someone would want to commit a crime just to confess his love on a talk show.</spoiler>
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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[[File:EP1127-0.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The three city names featured in this episode{{note|group="N"|Note that the two cities on the left are real names: [[wikipedia:Tachikawa, Tokyo|Tachikawa City]] (立川市) and [[wikipedia:Nakano, Tokyo|Nakano City]] (中野市).}}.]]
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* The case shares similarities with Nobuo Ogizawa's another case [[The Comedian Who Turned Himself In]].
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* This marks the first time in 8 years where character Ran Mouri appears in an anime-original script written by Nobuo Ogizawa.
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* Anime-original locations: Asahidai City (旭台市) and Hikage Town (日影町){{note|group="N"|Even though there is a real town from [[wikipedia:Okazaki, Aichi|Okazaki]] of [[wikipedia:Aichi Prefecture|Aichi Prefecture]] called "日影町"<ref>[[wikipedia:ja:日影町 (岡崎市)|愛知県岡崎市日影町 - Wikipedia]]</ref>, according to the episode, going from Asahidai to Hikage would only require one hour of driving, which is highly unlikely to be a town from Aichi Prefecture. Hence, it is most likely a made-up town name found in Tokyo.}}.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
{{main gallery}}
 
{{main gallery}}
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== Quotes ==
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* '''Juzo Megure (to the culprit {{Cover|Kengo Kitao}}):'''
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{{quote|What's done is done. No good ever comes from killing someone. <br> {{font color|#00008B|{{jp|後悔先に立たず。人を殺めて、良い事がただの1つもあろうハズがない。}}}}}}
  
 
== In other languages ==
 
== In other languages ==
 
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|غرفة الاستجواب الثانية|Second interrogation room}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=France|French (Subbed)|La Salle d'Interrogatoire 2|Interrogation Room 2}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ห้องสอบสวน 2|Interrogation Room 2}}
 
{{EndTable}}
 
{{EndTable}}
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== Footnotes ==
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{{FH}}
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=== Notes ===
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{{reflist|group="N"}}
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=== References ===
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{{reflist}}
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[Current Season]]
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* [[Season 29]]
 
* [[List of anime-original series#The Interrogation Room|The Interrogation Room (series)]]
 
* [[List of anime-original series#The Interrogation Room|The Interrogation Room (series)]]
  
{{Current Season}}
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{{Season 29}}
  
 
[[Category:Episodes]]
 
[[Category:Episodes]]

Latest revision as of 19:43, 22 November 2024

Chronology
The Detective Who Lost His Mind List of Episodes Conan and Megure's Two Hostages
Episode 1127
(Int. Episode 1185)

TV Episode 1127.jpg

Information
Title: The Interrogation Room 2
Japanese title: ザ・取調室2(ツー)
(Za・Torishirabeshitsu Tsū)
Original airdate: June 15, 2024
Broadcast rating: 5.6%
Filler case: #421
Season: 29
Manga source: TV Original
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Kazunobu Chiba
Ran Mouri
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan Edogawa)
Next Conan's Hint: Abandoned factory
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay: Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard: Yasuyuki Honda
Episode director: Minoru Tozawa
Animation director: Masatomo Sudo (supervisor)
Keiko Sasaki
Character design: Masatomo Sudo
Rei Masunaga (sub-character)
Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Music
Opening song: Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~
Closing song: You & I

The Interrogation Room 2 (ザ・取調室2(ツー) Za・Torishirabeshitsu Tsū?) is the 1127th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

At the MPD Asahidai Police Station, Kogoro roared in an exceedingly anxious tone to Inspector Megure - the reason was, that a culprit behind a murder case who he had assisted the Division 1 to arrest, whose name was Kengo Kitao, was invariably on stand-by mode in terms of the formal prosecution procedure. This definitely struck Kogoro puzzled and kept insisting on getting a justifiable answer for it. Confronting the out-of-mind-Kogoro, Megure sighed and showed the situation: strangely, Kitao admitted everything frankly, but regardless of how Takagi questioned him regarding the details to his crime, he was utterly speechless, yet decided to simply get by the inquiries utilising the fact of his aging. Conan who was also present in the interrogation room, sensed something odd as well.

Eights days ago, the police received an anonymous tip and discovered that, near a suspended construction area located in Asahidai, a seemingly abandoned car was parked and a body was seen within. The man who suffered was named Masato Honda, who apparently owned that car. He was first being fed with sleeping pills and was murdered thereafter.

Murder

EP1127 Case.jpg

Location: Asahidai, Tokyo
Victim: Masato Honda
Age: 25 years old
Time: Between 10 AM and 2 PM
Cause of death: Carbon Monoxide poisoning
Suspects: Kengo Kitao
Kitao hesitating to recalling the case details.

After seeing the newspaper reporting about the incident, Kogoro realised instantly, that the victim was clearly the one he had seen two days before, who was having an argument with an elderly man. Therefore, he decided to inform Megure right away. At the same time, Chiba brought another valuable piece of information: a person named Tamotsu Kambara precisely had witnessed a suspicious elderly man mandering around that construction area yesterday afternoon. After rendering a photo of that suspicious guy, Kogoro exclaimed and asserted that the man Kambara was referring to was the elderly man he saw the other day. Knowing the direction to investigate, the police went up digging further with regards to Kengo Kitao, they had confirmed his purchase of coal briquetts (element to conduct CO poisoning) at a certain general store. And - that was why they were in the interrogation questioning Kitao.

The suspect Haruka Yomo.

As everyone was stumbled by the stones of riddles, Chiba seemed to had brought some shards of hope, as he found another person who possessed a plausible motive, that is, the victim's aunt, Haruka Yomo. Yomo was frequently extorted by her nephew, and at the same time, Yomo was also friends who attended a haiku workshop together. Judging by Kitao's irrational words uttered within the interrogation room, Kogoro suspected that it could be possible if Kitao thought Yomo may had done it, and in order to protect her, he admitted the crime himself. Megure thereupon inquired of Kitao about it, yet Kitao constantly denied about it. However, after hearing the fact that Yomo actually had an alibi on the day of crime, Kitao's expressions transformed rapidly. He then gave up on insisting, and confessed that he requested Kambara to give false eyewitness testimony.

On the other end, Kambara also admitted that Kitao implored him to do so. Since Kitao was his teacher back then, Kambara agreed with it without thinking. In addition, Kambara also declared that Kitao was at his house from 10 AM to 2 PM all day; hence, it would be impossible for him to carry out that murder anyways.

Kitao's initial plan.

Conan then pointed out a doubt: according to the security camera recorded, Kitao bought the coal briquetts before the murder. With this question in mind, they enquired Kitao once again. To tell the truth, Kitao confessed - initially, he was planning to kill Honda. One day by chance, Kitao learned the fact that Honda had been blackmailing his aunt for money regularly; as a friend of her, he would not let him at large, at all. After Honda left, Kitao also heard Yomo saying "if only Masato (Honda) weren't around". As a result, Kitao was determined to murder Honda so he went to the general store and purchased the coal briquetts. To make it seem totally irrelevant to Haruka Yomo, Kitao fabricated a separate motive: and so the fight with Honda that Kogoro witnessed was instigated. Before himself carrying out the crime, he read in the morning that Honda had already been murder by someone else; he went in panic. Consequently he disposed of all the equipment bought in preparation for his murder, and came to Kambara for an eyewitness testimony. Megure considered Kitao's thinking extremely incredulous, and therefore asked him if he liked Yomo. Kitao admitted but claimed it to be one-sided only.

By searching within the pond, the police were able to find the coal briquetts which Kitao disposed of earlier, which exactly matched with his testimonies. Later on, Megure declared Kitao's innocence upon the murder case but his behaviour of obstruction of justice for the past weeks would still need to be investigated further, yet the priority at the moment was the murder case itself. After hearing that Kitao went flustered, he requested Megure to indict him right away. On the other side of the room, Kogoro and Conan perceived some strangeness: why was Kitao in such a rush?

Kitao asking who will be going with Yomo in her trip.

Abruptly, Conan realised something - it would be highly impossible that the method of killing thought up by Kitao happened to be the exact identical one utilised by the other culprit, this also woke Kogoro up. To conclude his deduction, Conan proclaimed that Kitao must be the culprit, and now, it would be their job to investigate the howdunnit behind the case.

They again consulted Kambara, and learned that on the day of murder, Kitao and he was invariably reminiscing some past-year photos all day long, considering the fact that his house was situated in Hikage Town, to that construction area where the victim's car in Asahidai, would require one hour of driving, seeing Kitao doing this would not be possible. However, Kambara disclosed that Kitao had left once mid-way, but that was to buy some cigarets, which only took ten minutes or so. Leaving Kambara's house, they went to see Yomo; they learned from her that Kitao apparently knew she was going to have an alibi on the day of murder, as once she talked about her trip at haiku workshop and Kitao was obviously remarking about it too. Also, Conan confirmed with her about Kitao's hearsay "If Masato weren't around", Yomo indeed had said that, but she answered that the implication of that sentence was not what Kitao thought.

Even though Kogoro had started to believe that Kitao was innocent, Conan was certain that Kitao was the culprit; final evidences were in need. He pondered for some time and realised that since the cause of death was Carbon Monoxide poisoning, the crime scene would not necessarily just be the construction area in Asahidai. Going through some buildings situated around Kambara's house, he was particularly searching for buildings that were in reach within five minutes (since Kitao was missing for ten minutes, one-way journey would be five minutes); successfully, Conan found an abandoned factory that could be approached in merely three minutes...

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    Trivia

    The three city names featured in this episode[N 2].
    • The case shares similarities with Nobuo Ogizawa's another case The Comedian Who Turned Himself In.
    • This marks the first time in 8 years where character Ran Mouri appears in an anime-original script written by Nobuo Ogizawa.
    • Anime-original locations: Asahidai City (旭台市) and Hikage Town (日影町)[N 3].

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    Quotes

    • Juzo Megure (to the culprit Kengo Kitao):

    What's done is done. No good ever comes from killing someone.
    (後悔先に立たず。人を殺めて、良い事がただの1つもあろうハズがない。)

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic غرفة الاستجواب الثانية Second interrogation room
    Flag of France French (Subbed) La Salle d'Interrogatoire 2 Interrogation Room 2
    Flag of Thailand Thai ห้องสอบสวน 2 Interrogation Room 2

    Footnotes

    Notes

    1. ^ Labeled in the suspect box as "asobinin" (遊び人), literally meaning "playboy".
    2. ^ Note that the two cities on the left are real names: Tachikawa City (立川市) and Nakano City (中野市).
    3. ^ Even though there is a real town from Okazaki of Aichi Prefecture called "日影町"[1], according to the episode, going from Asahidai to Hikage would only require one hour of driving, which is highly unlikely to be a town from Aichi Prefecture. Hence, it is most likely a made-up town name found in Tokyo.

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    See also

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