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| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
 
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
 
| next-conan-hint    = Fox
 
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Rikiya Koyama]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Sanryō Otaka]] as Cop <br> [[Masafumi Kimura]] as Takashi Sasamori <br> [[Noriko Shitaya]] as Kaoru Sasamori <br> [[Hiroshi Kawaguchi]] as Hikari Tsuge <br> [[Yōko Soumi]] as Mariko Noguchi <br> [[Satoko Kitō]] as Kazumi Ishikura
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Rikiya Koyama]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Sanryō Otaka]] as Police officer <br> [[Masafumi Kimura]] as Takashi Sasamori <br> [[Noriko Shitaya]] as Kaoru Sasamori <br> [[Hiroshi Kawaguchi]] as Hikari Tsuge <br> [[Yoko Soumi]] as Mariko Noguchi <br> [[Satoko Kitō]] as Kazumi Ishikura
 
| director            = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
 
| director            = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Atsushi Maekawa]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Atsushi Maekawa]]
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| storyboard          = [[Susumu Nishizawa]]
 
| storyboard          = [[Susumu Nishizawa]]
 
| producer            = [[Minoru Tozawa]]
 
| producer            = [[Minoru Tozawa]]
 
| animation-director  = [[Chiemi Hironaka]]
 
| animation-director  = [[Chiemi Hironaka]]
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| character-design    = [[Masatomo Sudo]] <br> [[Chiemi Hironaka]] (sub-character) <br> [[Kumiko Shishido]] (design works)
 
| opening-song        = TRY AGAIN
 
| opening-song        = TRY AGAIN
 
| closing-song        = Hitomi no Melody
 
| closing-song        = Hitomi no Melody
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{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|依頼人からのメッセージ|Irai-nin Kara no Messēji}} is the 689th episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' anime.
  
 
== Cast ==
 
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{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
 
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
 
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
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{{Char|Eri Kisaki|display=Eri Kisaki (shadow)}}
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{{Char|Eri Kisaki|display=Eri Kisaki<br>(shadow)}}
 
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== Case ==
 
== Case ==
 
=== Situation ===
 
=== Situation ===
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On a rainy night, Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are riding in their rental car talking about the person who requested Kogoro to investigate if her boyfriend who was cheating passed away. The person's name is Kaoru Sasamori and she fell down a flight of stone stairways. It happened three months ago when four people were at the funeral of Kaoru Sasamori. The four people are Takashi Sasamori (Kaoru's older brother), Hikari Tsuge (Kaoru's ex-lover), Mariko Noguchi (Tsuge's manager), and Kazumi Ishikura (Kaoru's friend). It started when Takashi angrily accused Tsuge to be the murderer pushing Kaoru down the stairs which he saw him do it. The police already investigated and the misunderstandings were solved but it doesn't fool Takashi. Tsuge denies every word what Takashi said because he claims that he did not kill Kaoru. Back in the present, Kogoro is going to Tsuge's house because this morning, Tsuge contacted to Kogoro saying, "About that time's murderer, I'll tell you, so please come."
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On a rainy night, Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are riding in their rental car talking about the person who requested Kogoro to investigate if her boyfriend who was cheating passed away. The person's name is Kaoru Sasamori and she fell down a flight of stone stairways. It happened three months ago when four people were at the funeral of Kaoru Sasamori. The four people were Takashi Sasamori (Kaoru's older brother), Hikari Tsuge (Kaoru's ex-lover), Mariko Noguchi (Tsuge's manager), and Kazumi Ishikura (Kaoru's friend). It started when Takashi angrily accused Tsuge to be the murderer who pushed Kaoru down the stairs, claiming that he saw him do it. Tsuge denied every word what Takashi said, he claiming that he did not kill Kaoru. Noguchi tried to stop the argument, saying that he police already investigated and determined that it was a misunderstanding. Back in the present, Kogoro is going to Tsuge's house because this morning, Tsuge contacted to Kogoro saying that he would reveal who really killed Kaoru.
 
   
 
   
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On the next stop, when Kogoro talks to the officer of what's happening, the officer said there was a landslide ahead. The right road is inaccessible. They were going to Tsuge's house so they can take the left road. Kogoro is not the only one who's invited but the three other people that made a commotion at the funeral are also coming. When Kogoro arrives at Tsuge's house, Takashi and Noguchi were there also. They brought umbrellas which they won't get wet in the rain. Noguchi enters the house to look for Tsuge. Ran notices Kazumi coming from her car without bringing an umbrella because she forgot to bring one so Ran helps her not to get wet more often by going under Ran's umbrella. While Conan is checking Kazumi's car, he heard a scream and when the group went inside the house, they found Tsuge dead with the head injury which made the pool of blood.
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On the next stop, when Kogoro talks to the officer, the officer said there was a landslide ahead and the right road is inaccessible. They were going to Tsuge's house so they took the left road. Tsuge had also invited the three other people that made a commotion at the funeral. When Kogoro arrives at Tsuge's house, Takashi and Noguchi also were there with their own umbrellas so they won't get wet. The door's unlocked, and Tsuge isn't there to greet them, so Noguchi enters the house to look for Tsuge. Ran notices Kazumi coming from her car without an umbrella. Kazumi says she forgot to bring one, so Ran helps her under own umbrella. While Conan is checking Kazumi's car, he hears a scream. When the group goes inside the house, they find Tsuge dead in a pool of blood.
 
   
 
   
 
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| cause-death = Blunt head trauma
 
| cause-death = Blunt head trauma
 
| suspects = Takashi Sasamori, Mariko Noguchi, and Kazumi Ishikura
 
| suspects = Takashi Sasamori, Mariko Noguchi, and Kazumi Ishikura
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| description = Tsuge lies in his workshop, dead in a large pool of blood.
 
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Kogoro checks his wrist and confirms that he's dead so he told Ran to call the police. He also orders the rest of the people to leave the crime scene. Before they're about to leave, Noguchi requests Kogoro for not touching Tsuge's art piece. Kogoro understands it so he will inform the police about it. While Conan is investigating, he notices three pieces of tape on the floor. Only on the tape there's no dust. That means there was something on it earlier. He also notices the screen and the art piece. The word that's labeled at the bottom of the art piece says, "Demurrer", so Conan thinks it meant "to object" or something.
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Kogoro checks his wrist and confirms that he's dead so he tells Ran to call the police. He also orders the rest of the people to leave the crime scene. Before they're about to leave, Noguchi requests Kogoro to make sure no one touches Tsuge's art piece. Kogoro understands it so he will inform the police about it. While Conan is investigating, he notices three pieces of tape on the floor. There's no dust on the tape, meaning something on it recently. He also notices the screen and the art piece on the table. The art piece has a label with the word, "Demurrer".
 
   
 
   
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While the police investigates the crime scene, Takagi confirms that the victim is Hikari Tsuge. His real name is "Ritsu Hikage" and he's 33 years old. His profession was a sculptor and Hikari Tsuge is an anagram from Ritsu Hikage. An anagram is where you rearrange characters to make a different word. The cause of death was an occipital blow leading to intracranial injury. What may seem to be the murder weapon, the hammer, was on the ground nearby, but the fingerprints have been wiped clean.
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While the police investigates the crime scene, Takagi confirms that the victim is Hikari Tsuge. His real name is "Ritsu Hikage" and he's 33 years old. His profession was a sculptor and Hikari Tsuge is an anagram from Ritsu Hikage. The cause of death was intracranial injury from a blow to the back of the head. What may seem to be the murder weapon, the hammer, was on the ground nearby, but the fingerprints have been wiped clean.
 
   
 
   
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Megure begins the conversation with the three people. Everyone was told by the victim that he will tell who the culprit is from three months ago so they were all invited to Tsuge's house. Though, when they all arrived, Tsuge wasn't breathing anymore and the culprit had already left. According to the officer from the checkpoint, the atelier's path was not crossed by a single person, apparently. To begin with, excluding U-turns, only four cars drove up the slope. The four cars belonging to Kogoro, Takashi, Noguchi, and Kazumi. Meaning the culprit could be among them. For coming to Tsuge's house, there's only one path and ahead there's a checkpoint. In the rain, going down the dark slopes is risky. This would be truly called a closed circle. The ones who got to Tsuge's house were her with Conan and Kogoro and the rest came afterwards. Takashi was leading, behind Takashi was Kazumi, and lastly Noguchi. They all went inside together and found the corpse. At the checkpoint, when Kogoro, Ran, and Conan were heading toward the atelier, what the officer said, "You guys, too?" meaning there was a person who was ahead of them who went to the atelier. About the type of car or driver, they could ask the officer about it. About that, he remembers they were four cars. As for what type of car or driver, he can't remember. In other words, if they can organize the story, this is how it went down. From the beginning, there was only one car at the atelier and that's Tsuge's car. Then Kogoro's group arrived, next is three cars and now it's four cars. However, according to the policeman, there was a car in front of Kogoro. That means the culprit's car arrived first and murdered Tsuge. For the time being, he left the atelier and hid elsewhere. Until everyone came, he waited, then appeared as if nothing had happened. The question is what's the motive and Kogoro deduces that the culprit's motive is to silence him. From Tsuge, three months ago, the culprit heard that he will reveal who the murderer is, so the culprit came to Tsuge's house as soon as possible and murdered Tsuge. In other words, this case's murderer may be the same one who murdered Kaoru Sasamori. The three suspects are Takashi, Noguchi, and Kazumi.
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Megure begins the conversation with the three people. Everyone was invited  to Tsuge's house by the victim so he can tell them who the culprit is from three months ago. When they all arrived, Tsuge wasn't breathing anymore and the culprit had already left. According to the officer from the checkpoint, nobody else came dow the atelier's path. To begin with, excluding U-turns, only four cars drove up the slope: the four cars belonging to Kogoro, Takashi, Noguchi, and Kazumi. Which means the culprit could be among them.
  
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Takashi claims that he's not the culprit and he says one day, he made a promise to his sister to have a meal. But the shoot got prolonged. Takashi was a bit late and when he went to the meeting place, he totally saw Kaoru got pushed down by the stairs and went to her.
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Going to Tsuge's house, there's only one path and ahead there's a checkpoint. In the rain, going down the dark slopes is risky. This would be truly called a closed circle. The ones who got to Tsuge's first house were Ran, Conan and Kogoro. Everyone else came afterwards. Takashi was leading, behind Takashi was Kazumi, and lastly Noguchi. They all went inside together and found the corpse.
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Back at the checkpoint, when Kogoro, Ran, and Conan were heading toward the atelier, what the officer said, "You guys, too?" meaning there was someone was ahead of them and went to the atelier. They could ask the officer about the type of car or driver. About that, he remembers they were four cars, but not the type of car or the driver.
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In other words, if they can organize the story, this is how it went down: From the beginning, there was only one car at the atelier: Tsuge's car. Then, Kogoro's group arrived, next were the other three cars, ,aking the total four cars. However, according to the policeman, there was a car in front of Kogoro. This likely means that the culprit's car arrived first, murdered Tsuge, left the atelier and hid elsewhere. He waited until everyone else came, then appeared as if nothing had happened.
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Kogoro deduces that the culprit's motive is to silence him. From Tsuge, three months ago, the culprit heard that he will reveal who the murderer is, so the culprit came to Tsuge's house as soon as possible and murdered Tsuge. In other words, this case's murderer may be the same one who murdered Kaoru Sasamori. The three suspects are Takashi, Noguchi, and Kazumi.
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Takashi claims that he's not the culprit. That day, he made a promise to his sister to have a meal, but the photo shoot he was holding got prolonged and he was a bit late. When he went to the meeting place, he saw Kaoru falling down the stairs and went to her side.
  
 
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| cause-death = Fell from upstairs
 
| suspects = Hikari Tsuge
 
| suspects = Hikari Tsuge
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| description = Kaoru had fallen down the stairs. When Takashi rushed to her aid, Kaoru says that someone one was behind her. Takeshi realizes that she must have been pushed.
 
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He was certain that he saw Tsuge who was on top of the stone stairs. So he jumped to conclusions that Tsuge was the culprit. About the motives, Kazumi mentions that Kaoru told her about Takashi and Kaoru didn't get along because they were disputing over their parent's inheritance money so Kazumi suspects Takashi is the one who pushes Kaoru down the stairs. Another motive, Noguchi explains Tsuge had another woman other than Kaoru. Who that other person to have it investigated, she hired Kogoro. The other woman is none other than Kazumi Ishikura. Kazumi also didn't know to think that Tsuge would go out with Kaoru. It happens this: Kazumi received a message on her phone from Kaoru saying, "I was proposed to by Tsuge! What should I do?" So when Kazumi went to Tsuge, she made a big argument with him about breaking up with Kaoru because Kazumi is supposed to be Tsuge's lover. Takashi reveals this from her sister: Noguchi was trying to pay Kaoru to break up with Tsuge but she refuses the payment. Fed up seeing Tsuge not working, Noguchi began to look for a different client, a different artist, is what Takashi heard. If that happens, she'll have to pay a huge penalty.
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He was certain that he saw Tsuge who was on top of the stone stairs, so he was convinced that Tsuge was the culprit.
  
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Conan asks Takagi if he could take him to a spot where the car hides so they went to the woods by riding a car. As Conan gets out, he passed by the cabin and found something that the culprit took away from the crime scene.
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Kazumi mentions that Kaoru told her about Takashi and Kaoru not getting along because they were disputing over their parent's inheritance money. Kazumi suspects Takashi is the one who pushed Kaoru down the stairs. Noguchi explains Tsuge had another woman other than Kaoru he was seeing, and Kaoru hired Kogoro to find out who. The other woman was who is none other than Kazumi Ishikura. Kazumi claims that she didn't know that Tsuge was going out with Kaoru. She found out when received a message on her phone from Kaoru: "I was proposed to by Tsuge! What should I do?" Kazumi confronted Tsuge about it, getting into a big argument with him about breaking up with Kaoru. Takashi then reveals that Kaoru told him that Noguchi was trying to pay her to break up with Tsuge, but she had refused the payment. Fed up that Tsuge wasn't working, Noguchi's clients began to look for different artists. If that happens, she'll have to pay a huge penalty for breach of contract.
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Conan asks Takagi if he could take him to see if there are any possible hiding spots for a car between the atelier and the checkpoint. Conan gets out by a cabin on the pass, and finds something that the culprit took away from the crime scene.
  
 
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* Victim (bludgeoned)
 
* Victim (bludgeoned)
 
* 33 years old
 
* 33 years old
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* Real name: Hikage Ritsu
 
* Kaoru's ex-lover
 
* Kaoru's ex-lover
 
* Sculptor}}
 
* Sculptor}}
 
{{People|Mariko Noguchi|Mariko Noguchi.jpg|
 
{{People|Mariko Noguchi|Mariko Noguchi.jpg|
 
* 30 years old
 
* 30 years old
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* Hikari's manager}}
 
{{People|Kazumi Ishikura|Kazumi Ishikura.jpg|
 
{{People|Kazumi Ishikura|Kazumi Ishikura.jpg|
 
* 25 years old
 
* 25 years old
 
* Kaoru's friend
 
* Kaoru's friend
 
* Ballerina}}
 
* Ballerina}}
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{{people|Police officer|rainpolice.png|
 
* Tokyo MPD Police officer}}
 
* Tokyo MPD Police officer}}
 
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=== Resolution ===
 
=== Resolution ===
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<spoiler>When Inspector Megure is about to take three people to the station for questioning, Conan knocks Kogoro out with his stun gun and starts deducing. When Conan saw Tsuge's corpse in the atelier, he noticed a certain something was missing from the scene. Judging from the situation, most likely, the culprit took the weapon away after committing a crime. Why did Tsuge wait three months until now to want to reveal Kaoru Sasamori's murderer? On Kaoru's funeral day, when he quarreled with Takashi, he could've revealed it then. Probably, Tsuge, through his own methods, tried to prosecute the culprit. To do so, he needed three months. About the object of production, the object's title is "Demurrer" and it means "to object". When Takagi brought the light stand Conan (as Kogoro) requested, Conan orders Takagi to place it on top of the tape. The fact that Hikari Tsuge is an anagram from Ritsu Hikage. Hikari Tsuge and Ritsu Hikage, practically light and shadow. Therefore, to test the object's title: Demurrer, if you think of an anagram for it. One more, a different title reveals itself. "Demurrer" is "Murderer" meaning "killer", the shadow's title. Takagi has the light stand ready, so Conan (as Kogoro) told Ran to lower the screen that's above the door and turn off the lights. Now, Conan told Takagi to turn on the light with the light stand so when he turns it on, the shadow appears from the art piece object. Takagi slowly rotates the base of the object and finally, it's a shadow art. At first one doesn't know what the object it is, but when light is cast at a certain angle, it creates a shadow art of a ballerina. Tsuge, through his art, wanted to prosecute the culprit. The culprit who murdered Kaoru Sasamori and Hikari Tsuge is '''Kazumi Ishikura'''. With just a ballerina's shadow, the level of evidence is low. However, the culprit was afraid that the shadow might be seen, so the culprit took the light and ran off. Those actions became undeniable evidence to pinpoint the murderer. To get to where the light was, Tsuge's corpse must be stepped over. But to the area where it's pooled with blood, so you couldn't take that path. One would leave footprints then. So the culprit had to do what Conan did: The culprit had to crawl under the work table, get the light, and take it away. Takashi's and Noguchi's body type won't get them through the bottom. The one person who could get through is the ballerina, Kazumi Ishikura. One last thing, about her getting out of the car, she was soaking wet. According to Conan, the driver's seat was also soaking wet. In other words, Kazumi, before getting out of the car, were already soaked. Since during the downpour, she threw away the light stand. Kazumi confesses and reveals that she and Tsuge were planning to get married. At the very least, that's what she planned. That's why, when she heard he invited everyone, she thought she was going to announce it. Because of that, she accidentally came earlier than the appointed time. To a person like Kazumi, Tsuge showed his shadow art and said he will confess who the murderer is. While Tsuge was confronting Kazumi to turn herself in, she killed him. She didn't want to destroy the art object because she was happy. Even if it was meant to prosecute Kazumi. Tsuge, for three months, only thought about her when making the object. When Kazumi thought about it, she couldn't break it.
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<spoiler>Just as Inspector Megure is about to take three people to the station for questioning, Conan knocks Kogoro out with his stun gun and starts deducing. When Conan saw Tsuge's corpse in the atelier, he noticed something was missing from the scene. Judging from the situation, most likely, the culprit took the weapon away after committing a crime.
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Why did Tsuge wait three months until now to want to reveal Kaoru Sasamori's murderer? On Kaoru's funeral day, he could've revealed it when he quarreled with Takashi. Tsuge, through his own methods, tried to identify the culprit, and for that, he needed three months. About the air piece, the piece's title is "Demurrer," and it means "to object." When Takagi brought the object, a light stand, Conan (as Kogoro) requested, Conan orders Takagi to place it on top of the tape.
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Hikari Tsuge is an anagram from Ritsu Hikage. Hikari Tsuge and Ritsu Hikage refer to light and shadow. The piece's title is also an anagram: "Demurrer" is "Murderer." Takagi has the light stand ready, so Conan (as Kogoro) tells Ran to lower the screen that's above the door and to turn off the lights. Conan tells Takagi to turn on the light with the light stand so when he turns it on, the shadow appears from the art piece. At first one, the piece seems nonsensical, but when the piece is rotated and the light is cast at a certain angle, it creates a shadow art of a ballerina.
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Tsuge, through his art, wanted to identify the culprit. The culprit who murdered Kaoru Sasamori and Hikari Tsuge is '''Kazumi Ishikura'''. With just a ballerina's shadow, it isn't conclusive evidence. However, the culprit was afraid that the shadow might be seen, so the culprit took the light and ran off. Those actions became undeniable evidence to pinpoint the murderer.
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To get to where the light was, Tsuge's corpse must be stepped over. But the area pooled with blood, so you couldn't take that path without leaving footprints. So the culprit had to do what Conan did: crawl under the work table, get the light, and take it away. Takashi's and Noguchi's body types would prevent them from fitting under the work table. The only person who could get through is the ballerina, Kazumi Ishikura.
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In addition, when she was getting out her car earlier, she was soaking wet. According to Conan, the driver's seat was also soaking wet. In other words, Kazumi was already soaked before getting out of the car. She had gone out in the rain to get rid of the light stand.
  
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After Conan and the others went home, Kogoro showed his own shadow art and it showed a silhouette of Eri Kisaki.</spoiler>
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Kazumi confesses and reveals that she and Tsuge had been planning to get married, or at least, that's what she thought. So when she heard he invited everyone, she thought she was going to announce the engagement, and because of that, she came earlier than the appointed time. Tsuge showed his shadow art to Kazumi and said he will confess who the murderer is. Kazami had killed Kaoru, believing that Tsuge would marry her with Kaoru out of the way. While Tsuge was trying to convince Kazumi to turn herself in, she killed him with the hammer. As for why she didn't destroy the art piece, it was because she was happy. Even if it was meant to identify her, Tsuge had, for three months, only thought about her when making the object. When Kazumi thought about it, she couldn't break it.
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After Conan and the others went home, Kogoro showed his own shadow art made out of beer cans. It showed a silhouette of Eri Kisaki.</spoiler>
  
 
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Chronology
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Episode 689
(Int. Episode 741)

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Information
Title: The Client's Message
Japanese title: 依頼人からのメッセージ
(Irai-nin Kara no Messēji)
Original airdate: March 2, 2013
Broadcast rating: 9.7%
Filler case: #206
Season: 22
Manga source: TV Original
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Fox
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay: Atsushi Maekawa
Storyboard: Susumu Nishizawa
Episode director: Minoru Tozawa
Animation director: Chiemi Hironaka
Character design: Masatomo Sudo
Chiemi Hironaka (sub-character)
Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Music
Opening song: TRY AGAIN
Closing song: Hitomi no Melody

The Client's Message (依頼人からのメッセージ Irai-nin Kara no Messēji?) is the 689th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

On a rainy night, Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are riding in their rental car talking about the person who requested Kogoro to investigate if her boyfriend who was cheating passed away. The person's name is Kaoru Sasamori and she fell down a flight of stone stairways. It happened three months ago when four people were at the funeral of Kaoru Sasamori. The four people were Takashi Sasamori (Kaoru's older brother), Hikari Tsuge (Kaoru's ex-lover), Mariko Noguchi (Tsuge's manager), and Kazumi Ishikura (Kaoru's friend). It started when Takashi angrily accused Tsuge to be the murderer who pushed Kaoru down the stairs, claiming that he saw him do it. Tsuge denied every word what Takashi said, he claiming that he did not kill Kaoru. Noguchi tried to stop the argument, saying that he police already investigated and determined that it was a misunderstanding. Back in the present, Kogoro is going to Tsuge's house because this morning, Tsuge contacted to Kogoro saying that he would reveal who really killed Kaoru.

On the next stop, when Kogoro talks to the officer, the officer said there was a landslide ahead and the right road is inaccessible. They were going to Tsuge's house so they took the left road. Tsuge had also invited the three other people that made a commotion at the funeral. When Kogoro arrives at Tsuge's house, Takashi and Noguchi also were there with their own umbrellas so they won't get wet. The door's unlocked, and Tsuge isn't there to greet them, so Noguchi enters the house to look for Tsuge. Ran notices Kazumi coming from her car without an umbrella. Kazumi says she forgot to bring one, so Ran helps her under own umbrella. While Conan is checking Kazumi's car, he hears a scream. When the group goes inside the house, they find Tsuge dead in a pool of blood.

Murder

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Location: Tsuge's house
Victim: Hikari Tsuge
Age: 33 years old
Cause of death: Blunt head trauma
Suspects: Takashi Sasamori, Mariko Noguchi, and Kazumi Ishikura
Tsuge lies in his workshop, dead in a large pool of blood.

Kogoro checks his wrist and confirms that he's dead so he tells Ran to call the police. He also orders the rest of the people to leave the crime scene. Before they're about to leave, Noguchi requests Kogoro to make sure no one touches Tsuge's art piece. Kogoro understands it so he will inform the police about it. While Conan is investigating, he notices three pieces of tape on the floor. There's no dust on the tape, meaning something on it recently. He also notices the screen and the art piece on the table. The art piece has a label with the word, "Demurrer".

While the police investigates the crime scene, Takagi confirms that the victim is Hikari Tsuge. His real name is "Ritsu Hikage" and he's 33 years old. His profession was a sculptor and Hikari Tsuge is an anagram from Ritsu Hikage. The cause of death was intracranial injury from a blow to the back of the head. What may seem to be the murder weapon, the hammer, was on the ground nearby, but the fingerprints have been wiped clean.

Megure begins the conversation with the three people. Everyone was invited to Tsuge's house by the victim so he can tell them who the culprit is from three months ago. When they all arrived, Tsuge wasn't breathing anymore and the culprit had already left. According to the officer from the checkpoint, nobody else came dow the atelier's path. To begin with, excluding U-turns, only four cars drove up the slope: the four cars belonging to Kogoro, Takashi, Noguchi, and Kazumi. Which means the culprit could be among them.

Going to Tsuge's house, there's only one path and ahead there's a checkpoint. In the rain, going down the dark slopes is risky. This would be truly called a closed circle. The ones who got to Tsuge's first house were Ran, Conan and Kogoro. Everyone else came afterwards. Takashi was leading, behind Takashi was Kazumi, and lastly Noguchi. They all went inside together and found the corpse.

Back at the checkpoint, when Kogoro, Ran, and Conan were heading toward the atelier, what the officer said, "You guys, too?" meaning there was someone was ahead of them and went to the atelier. They could ask the officer about the type of car or driver. About that, he remembers they were four cars, but not the type of car or the driver.

In other words, if they can organize the story, this is how it went down: From the beginning, there was only one car at the atelier: Tsuge's car. Then, Kogoro's group arrived, next were the other three cars, ,aking the total four cars. However, according to the policeman, there was a car in front of Kogoro. This likely means that the culprit's car arrived first, murdered Tsuge, left the atelier and hid elsewhere. He waited until everyone else came, then appeared as if nothing had happened.

Kogoro deduces that the culprit's motive is to silence him. From Tsuge, three months ago, the culprit heard that he will reveal who the murderer is, so the culprit came to Tsuge's house as soon as possible and murdered Tsuge. In other words, this case's murderer may be the same one who murdered Kaoru Sasamori. The three suspects are Takashi, Noguchi, and Kazumi.

Takashi claims that he's not the culprit. That day, he made a promise to his sister to have a meal, but the photo shoot he was holding got prolonged and he was a bit late. When he went to the meeting place, he saw Kaoru falling down the stairs and went to her side.

Murder (Past)

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Location: Stone steps
Victim: Kaoru Sasamori
Age: 24 years old
Cause of death: Fell from upstairs
Suspects: Hikari Tsuge
Kaoru had fallen down the stairs. When Takashi rushed to her aid, Kaoru says that someone one was behind her. Takeshi realizes that she must have been pushed.

He was certain that he saw Tsuge who was on top of the stone stairs, so he was convinced that Tsuge was the culprit.

Kazumi mentions that Kaoru told her about Takashi and Kaoru not getting along because they were disputing over their parent's inheritance money. Kazumi suspects Takashi is the one who pushed Kaoru down the stairs. Noguchi explains Tsuge had another woman other than Kaoru he was seeing, and Kaoru hired Kogoro to find out who. The other woman was who is none other than Kazumi Ishikura. Kazumi claims that she didn't know that Tsuge was going out with Kaoru. She found out when received a message on her phone from Kaoru: "I was proposed to by Tsuge! What should I do?" Kazumi confronted Tsuge about it, getting into a big argument with him about breaking up with Kaoru. Takashi then reveals that Kaoru told him that Noguchi was trying to pay her to break up with Tsuge, but she had refused the payment. Fed up that Tsuge wasn't working, Noguchi's clients began to look for different artists. If that happens, she'll have to pay a huge penalty for breach of contract.

Conan asks Takagi if he could take him to see if there are any possible hiding spots for a car between the atelier and the checkpoint. Conan gets out by a cabin on the pass, and finds something that the culprit took away from the crime scene.

People

  • Kaoru Sasamori
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    • Deceased (fell)
    • 24 years old
  • Takashi Sasamori
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    • 28 years old
    • Kaoru's older brother
    • Cameraman
  • Hikari Tsuge
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    • Victim (bludgeoned)
    • 33 years old
    • Real name: Hikage Ritsu
    • Kaoru's ex-lover
    • Sculptor
  • Mariko Noguchi
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    • 30 years old
    • Hikari's manager
  • Kazumi Ishikura
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    • 25 years old
    • Kaoru's friend
    • Ballerina
  • Police officer
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    • Tokyo MPD Police officer

    • Resolution

    Trivia

    • Hikari's car in the rainy scene is a 1998-99 Rally Red Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V.
    • Kazumi's car seen by Conan is a 2002 Black Saphire BMW 3 [E46]. The license plate number is 新宿 330, は 82-04 (Shinjuku 330, Ha 82-04).

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    0:14 - 1:06 ディスソナンス Disusonansu Dissonance Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
    5:16 - 5:31 エスケープ！ Esukēpu! Escape! Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    5:33 - 6:28 謎解き（その１） Nazotoki (Sono 1) Riddle Solution (Part 1) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    6:33 - 7:45 事件現場 （謎ver.） Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.) Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    9:26 - 10:40 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
    10:54 - 12:30 ワッツ ハプニング Wattsu Hapuningu What's Happening Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    13:02 - 14:28 ????
    15:39 - 17:04 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
    17:52 - 19:42 Need not to know. Need not to know. Need not to know. Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    20:10 - 21:56 コナンの直感 Konan no Chokkan Conan's Intuition Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    23:35 - 23:58 アレステッド Aresuteddo Arrested Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack

    Gallery

    For the full gallery see: The Client's Message/Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) El missatge del client The client's message
    Flag of Italy Italian Il messaggio del cliente The client's message
    Flag of Thailand Thai ข้อความจากผู้ว่าจ้าง The Client's Message
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Lời nhắn gửi của người ủy thác Message from the trustee

    See also

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