The Murderous Pottery Class

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Episode 228-229 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Murderous Pottery Class
Japanese title:	殺意の陶芸教室 (Satsui no Tōgei Kyōshitsu)
Original airdate:	March 12, 2001 (Part 1) March 19, 2001 (Part 2)
Season:	9
Manga source:	Volume 30: File 10 (305-306) ~ Volume 31: File 1 (307)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Makoto Kyogoku
Case solved by:	Sonoko Suzuki (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Necktie pin (Part 1) Message (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	228 Mashu Ito 229 Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	228 Atsushi Aono 229 Izumi Shimura
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Takeshi Aono as Muneyuki Mino Ayako Kurosaki as Muneyuki's daughter Mitsuaki Hoshino as Motoo Mino Rei Sakuma as Kikuyo Kasama Asako Dodo as Widow Jin Yamanoi as Medical examiner Isshin Chiba as Forensics officer Junichi Sugawara as Policeman Keiko Sonoda as Housewife A Yuko Tachibana as Housewife B
Music
Opening song:	Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
Closing song:	Start in my life

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Makoto Kyogoku

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Ran, Sonoko, and Conan attend a pottery class. Sonoko wants to make pottery for Makoto, while Ran wants to make some for Shinichi. A man is strangled to death with a necktie and found in a closet.

Murder
	Victim: Motoo Mino Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Muneyuki Mino

Conan knows who the culprit is, to the point of confronting the culprit when they're all alone, but still has no evidence. He tries to find evidence to prove it was him.

Part 2

It appeared that Kikuyo had a 10 million yen debt and needed the insurance money to pay it. So, the police staff and Muneyuki started accusing her and as she was about to be taken to the police station, Sonoko was stunned by Conan's stun watch and stopped them.

People

Muneyuki Mino
	62 years old Potter

Kikuyo Kasama
	29 years old Muneyuki's assistant

Motoo Mino
	Victim (strangled) 31 years old Office worker Married into Muneyuki's family

Resolution

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After explaining the trick used and the evidence, Muneyuki Mino gave himself in. It turned out that during Christmas, while Muneyuki was cleaning the things of her late daughter, he found the broken box of the tie her daughter gave to Motoo, her husband. And when he went to the airport, wanting to give the tie to Motoo, instead of seeing a griefing man, he saw a cheerful man together with Kikuyo. Sonoko gives her pottery to Makoto, who doesn't know what it's supposed to be used for. Ran decides to not send Shinichi her pottery. Conan discovers it a few days later, where it says on the bottom "I will wait for you," with a heart next to it. This makes Conan happy for the rest of the day.

Gallery

• Sonoko228.png

  Sonoko looking at Ran's vessel.

See also

• Season 9