The Dark Red Curtain

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Chapter 1129
Information
Title:	The Dark Red Curtain
Japanese title:	朱殷色の開演 (Shuan-iro no Kaien)
Original release:	August 7th, 2024
Shōnen Sunday issue:	#37-38/2024
Volume:	106
Pages:	16
Viz Media version
English title:	The Dark Red Curtain
English release:	August 7th, 2024 (Simulpub)

The Dark Red Curtain (朱殷色の開演 ,Shuan-iro no Kaien) is the 1129th chapter of the manga of Detective Conan. It was written by Gosho Aoyama, drawn by him and his assistants and first released in Shōnen Sunday #37-38/2024 on August 7, 2024 and was reprinted as part of Volume 106 on October 18, 2024. It was released in English by Viz Manga on the same day under the same name.

Characters

Introduced

Toshikata Yoshiura
	31 years old Role of Daigoro Mouri (based off Kogoro Mouri)

Youka Kuraishi
	25 years old Role of Kaede Ootsuka (based off Momiji Ooka)

Miku Narasawa
	Victim (fell) 26 years old Role of Ochiba Toyama (based off Kazuha Toyama)

Ayari Kakiwaki
	27 years old Role of Rieko Mouri (based off Eri Mouri)

Nobuya Nagakubo
	30 years old Role of Suruga Iori (based off Muga Iori)

Tenma Anzaka
	25 years old Role of Heiichi Hattori (based off Heiji Hattori)

Featured

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Reisuke Inaba (background) Kyousuke Kabumoto (background) Osamu Kenzaki Hyouga Koumoto Yuki Takeno (background)

Settings

• Japan
  • Osaka Prefecture
    • Osaka City
      • Naniwa Ward
        • Naniwa Arts Theater
        • Naniwa Harukas (background)

Plot

At the Naniwa Arts Theather, Conan, Ran, Kogoro, Heiji and Kazuha are assisting to the premiere of the romance play about Kogoro and Heiji. In the play's finale, Heiichi Hattori (based off Heiji) prepares to leave to hone his detective skills overseas, but Kaede, his lover, wants him to stay. Heiichi reveals that he was only able to solve the case with the sleeping Daigoro (based off Kogoro)'s help and that is why he needed to leave. The curtain then lowers on Heiichi leaving and Kaede longing for him. Next to a visibly bored Heiji, Kogoro gets up from his seat as the play ends and applauds loudly, garnering laughs from the other audience members. As Kogoro says that the play was amazing, Heiji and Conan stare at him, clearly not thinking the same. Ran asks Kazuha if she enjoyed it, which she says yes to, but that the "Ochiba" character was very annoying, as she was getting in the way of Heiichi and Kaede. Ran thinks to herself that "Ochiba" is probably modeled after Kazuha (since the play was sponsored by Momiji). Conan and Heiji tell each other that the play should have been cancelled after the scriptwriter killed the director, but that it only ended up getting it more attention and the replacement director and scriptwriter were paid a big amount to finish it quickly. They also note that the script changed a lot while glancing at Kogoro, implying that it was now more foccused on the famous detective. Kazuha, who is wearing a face mask, coughs a bit, and Heiji asks her if she is alright. She says that she is and that she will just go get some medicine and she should be better afterwards. The group decide to meet the actors in the dressing room, while Kazuha says she will go get her medicine. Ran offers to come with her, but Kazuha politely refuses, saying that Ran looked forward to meeting Koumoto-kun so she should go, and that she had prepared a surprise for Ran.

At the dressing room, Kogoro hands a bouquet to Koumoto and Kenzaki and praises Kenzaki's performance, which was faithful to his real person, and Kenzaki said he was motivated to play Kogoro's character as the great detective previously helped him. Kogoro also praises Koumoto's performance, saying that he was a great supporting character, which Koumoto lukewarmly welcomes, as he is in fact a protagonist as well. Ran then scolds Kogoro for saying that about Koumoto and then congratulates Kenzaki for now being engaged with fellow actress Yuki Takeno. When Ran asks how did Kenzaki propose, Kenzaki says that it was the other way around, Takeno proposed to him on the observation deck of Naniwa Harukas on a glowing sunset evening and said that she was so beautiful no man could refuse. Koumoto adds that after the proposal went viral, and that now Naniwa Harukas was a famous spot for love proposals. Conan looks at Heiji, asking him if he will try confessing his love for Kazuha there, but seeing how he is lost in his thoughts, figures out that he is indeed thinking that. Kogoro then asks why Momiji, who was the model for the character of Kaede, not there, to which Koumoto and Kenzaki reply that she wanted to come but had a karuta match. Kazuha then arrives, still wearing her mask, and tells Ran she is now feeling fine. Heiji glances at her, and thinks to himself that as an Osakan, he must propose at the top of Osaka, and he then gets nervous, so he happily ruffles through Conan's hair, who thinks that his confession will probably end in a disaster again. Meanwhile, Kazuha asks Ran if she noticed anything, which she says she noticed Heiji is now interested in Naniwa Harukas, but Kazuha half-removes her mask, telling her not that. A perplexed Ran stares at Kazuha, but suddenly, they are interrupted by the loud voice of Toshikata Yoshiura, who reveals himself as the actor for Daigoro Mouri. When Kogoro asks him why, Koumoto and Kenzaki explain that since they are very busy in the showbiz world, they have stand-ins, so that only one of them needs to be on stage per performance. They only appeared together for the opening performance. Then, two more actors introduce themselves, Youka Kuraishi, who plays Kaede, and Miku Narasawa, who plays Ochiba. Narasawa then goes to Kazuha, asking her how her performance was, since she played the one modeled after her, and Kazuha reluctantly says it was good. Then comes in Ayari Kakiwaki, the actress for Rieko Mouri, who laughs at how Narasawa's performance showed her frustration for not getting the role of Kaede. As Narasawa retorts, Nobuya Nagakubo, who plays Suruga Iori asks both of them to calm down, but Kakiwaki snarkily remarks that he himself wanted to have the role for Daigoro. Nagakubo shyly says that it is now in the past. Yoshiura then butts in, asking what Nagakubo meant, before Kuraishi tries to ask everyone to get along. Tenma Anzaka then arrives, saying that he just wants to get over with his final performance, as this play is cursed.

Heiji asks him what he meant, and Anzaka replies that director Kabumoto was killed by scriptwriter Inaba, and that later, the replacement scriptwriter collapsed with a fever after finishing the play, and that the replacement director got into a car accident also after finishing it. He then stares at the other actors, telling them they should be careful, as anything can happen now. Kogoro interrupts him, saying that he is being pessimistic and that good things also happend, like how Kenzaki got engaged. Anzaka continues despite that, saying that Kabumoto liked to have all actors under his control and that he was nicknamed "devil's puppeteer". Before leaving the room, he tells everyone that they are playing in Kabumoto's curse. Kuraishi tries to run after Anzaka, but Narasawa shoves her and asks him to wait, but Anzaka just tells her not to follow him. Meanwhile, Kakiwaki says that they wanted to turn the play into a movie, and that even though they will recast Kenzaki and Koumoto as the leads, that Kakiwaki and the rest still had a chance to get a role. Kakiwaki then says that it would probably liven up the mood if one more person died, while grinning. Kogoro and Heiji's group then leave, feeling like they have seen the dark side of the industry, and Heiji noted how Kabumoto did not seem like a devilish person at first glance. Ran then asks Kazuha again what her surprise was, but a loud yell can then be heard.

Bystanders say that someone just fell. Conan and Heiji rush to the crime scene and stumble Narasawa, died from having impacted with the ground. Meanwhile, Kuraishi, Yoshiura and Nagakubo, who just arrived at the scene, are wondering how this happened. Kogoro also arrives, and notes how the body has a bizarre pose, like that of a marionnette. Suddenly, a cellphone falls from above. On it is written "I Am Devil's Puppeteer".

Continuity

Referencing

• Wounded Idol Case (Manga: Volume 32, files 5-7 (322-324)): This is the case where Kogoro helped Kenzaki before, after he and Conan saved the injured idol Kaoru Kusano and helped Kenzaki become aware of Yuki Takeno's love for him.
• A Sweet Trap, The Cracked Open Door and The Truth Behind the Door (Manga: Volume 102, files 8-10 (1088-1091)): Flashback to Kyosuke Kabumoto, who is now dead, and the arrested Reisuke Inaba.

Sherry's Soliloquy

Sherry's soliloquy for File 1129.

Sherry's Soliloquy (シェリーのひとりごと ,Sherī no Hitorigoto) is a collection of comments Gosho Aoyama has Ai Haibara say on the official Detective Conan website, Conan News Agency (こなん通信社 Konan Tsūshin-sha) in the course of every new chapter's publication.

Soliloquy of File 1129:
アース・レディース・・・懐かしいわね♡
Earth Ladies... brings me back♡
(August 9, 2024)

Animal Crossing Promotional Hints

With every new chapter, players can receive these hints written by Gosho Aoyama in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Animal Crossing: New Horizons by interacting with four characters named Spade (スペード), Heart (ハート), Diamond (ダイヤ), and Clover (クローバ), who appear in Gosho's Dream Town.

August 12, 2024:
Spade: Went to the Koshien Stadium ->
Heart: with Mr. Adachi! It was terribly ->
Diamond: hot, but I enjoyed the ->
Clover: local curry <- is that the most relevant part!? (laughs)

August 19, 2024:
Spade: I drew 4 mini illustrations of the Yaiba series ->
Heart: They were all nostalgic characters (laughs)
Diamond: Hattori-kun! He's thinking about it! (^_^
Clover: Mr. Otaki is as chubby as ever!

Trivia

Shonen Sunday #37-38/2024 cover.

• The cover of Shonen Sunday #37-38/2024 features Heiji and Kazuha. In a sunflower field, Kazuha is running while wearing Heiji's hat, and Heiji is chasing after her. The cover also includes Ran and Conan, who are observing the scene from a distance.
• Neither the Naniwa Arts Theather nor Naniwa Harukas are actually located in Naniwa Ward. The Naniwa Harukas are in fact Abeno Harukas, Osaka's tallest building and Japan's tallest building until 2023, located in Abeno Ward, while the Naniwa Arts Theater is the Umeda Arts Theater, located in Kita Ward.

See also

• Manga
• Volume 101-110
• Detective Conan