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| − | '''Dokurou Kibo''' is properly apprehended, but he has a powerful alibi: he was been in jail in the 15 years between the last victim's death and Hiramune's murder, so he cannot be the killer. | + | '''Dokurou Kibo''' is properly apprehended, but he has a powerful alibi: he was been in jail in the 15 years between the last victim's death and Hiramune's murder, so he cannot be the killer. Even more so, he doesn't recognize Matsumoto, which would make no sense since Matsumoto was a member of the original investigation team. |
Conan notices something is strange about Hiramune's dying message, and realizes his message indicates the person who murdered him was a copycat killer. (He was found pressing the "C" key of his computer and had arranged the mouse's cord to look like a rat's tail, hinting at a 'cat' being involved. Copycat killers are named as such because they imitate other killers, just like kittens learn to hunt imitating their parents.) | Conan notices something is strange about Hiramune's dying message, and realizes his message indicates the person who murdered him was a copycat killer. (He was found pressing the "C" key of his computer and had arranged the mouse's cord to look like a rat's tail, hinting at a 'cat' being involved. Copycat killers are named as such because they imitate other killers, just like kittens learn to hunt imitating their parents.) | ||
| − | Conan reveals to Sato that '''Douji Hiramune''' was actually the serial killer from the past and that '''Eiki Nabei''' murdered him. 20 years ago Hiramune, Mugita, the elder Nabei and Boukawa usually discussed about perfect crimes while playing mahjong, and at some point the last three hotly disagreed with Hiramune (then a very promising psychology student) about it. Boukawa and Mugita were the ones who showed more repulse, so Hiramune killed them out of fear they would publically denounce him as a prospect killer. Nabei the elder knew all of this and stayed quiet out of fear, since he thought he contributed to the crime; five years later, however, he couldn't withstand his guilt and told Hiramune that both should turn themselves in, so Hiramune killed him too. | + | Conan reveals to Sato that '''Douji Hiramune''' was actually the serial killer from the past and that '''Eiki Nabei''' murdered him. 20 years ago Hiramune, Mugita, the elder Nabei and Boukawa usually discussed about perfect crimes while playing mahjong, and at some point the last three hotly disagreed with Hiramune (then a very promising psychology student) about it. Boukawa and Mugita were the ones who showed more repulse, so Hiramune killed them out of fear they would publically denounce him as a prospect killer. Nabei the elder knew all of this and stayed quiet out of fear, since he thought he contributed to the crime; five years later, however, he couldn't withstand his guilt and told Hiramune that both should turn themselves in, so Hiramune killed him too. |
Eiki Nabei had sort-of witnessed his father's murder as a child, having been in the room next door. He heard a part of his father's talk with his killer (but since they spoke in mahjong terms, he didn't understand the core of it), as well as the killer's whistling. 15 years later Nabei saw Hiramune's challenge on the TV, recalled such details and realised he was the one who murdered his dad and others. So he went to Hiramune's apartment and, after forcing him at knifepoint to explain why he had killed Nabei the elder and the others, he murdered him in the same way... in other words, he became a copycat killer. Nabei the Younger was also the person Haibara saw around the day Hiramune died, which happened right after he had his revenge. | Eiki Nabei had sort-of witnessed his father's murder as a child, having been in the room next door. He heard a part of his father's talk with his killer (but since they spoke in mahjong terms, he didn't understand the core of it), as well as the killer's whistling. 15 years later Nabei saw Hiramune's challenge on the TV, recalled such details and realised he was the one who murdered his dad and others. So he went to Hiramune's apartment and, after forcing him at knifepoint to explain why he had killed Nabei the elder and the others, he murdered him in the same way... in other words, he became a copycat killer. Nabei the Younger was also the person Haibara saw around the day Hiramune died, which happened right after he had his revenge. | ||
| − | Takagi, who | + | Additionally, Conan says that Hiramune ''also'' killed Morimura and scarred Matsumoto when they were ''this'' close to actually catch him. In return, Matsumoto managed to snatch Hiramune's katana and slash him across his back... and that's the actual reason why Hiramune had a "Z" carved on his corpse: Eiki Nabei had noticed that scar after killing him and carved the "Z" to hide it, attempting to throw the police off and make them chase after a killer who was already dead. |
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| + | Takagi, who had been ordered to bring Nabei to the police station, was then beaten up and taken hostage by Nabei... | ||
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| Episode 532-535 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}}) | |
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| Title: | 532: The Scar of First Love 533: The Scar that Evokes the Past 534: The New Scar and the Whistling Man 535: An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit |
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| Japanese title: | 532: 初恋の傷跡 (Hatsukoi no Kizuato) 533: 過去を呼ぶ傷跡 (Kako o Yobu Kizuato) 534: 新たな傷跡と口笛の男 (Arata na Kizuato to Kuchibue no Otoko) 535: 古き傷跡と刑事の魂 (Furuki Kizuato to Keiji no Tamashii) |
| Original airdate: | May 2, 2009 (The Scar of First Love) May 9, 2009 (The Scar that Evokes the Past) May 16, 2009 (The New Scar and the Whistling Man) May 23, 2009 (An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit) |
| Season: | 18 |
| Manga source: | Volume 64: Files 4-10 (667-673) |
| Cast: | Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Kiyonaga Matsumoto Ai Haibara Detective Boys Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Inspector Megure Detective Chiba Ninzaburo Shiratori Jinpei Matsuda Masayoshi Sato |
| Cases solved by: | Kogoro Mouri (via Conan) Conan Edogawa |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Sushi (The Scar of First Love) The letter Z (The Scar that Evokes the Past) Mouse (The New Scar and the Whistling Man) Nameplate (An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit) |
| Director: | Koujin Ochi |
| Organizer: | 532: Seiki Taichuu 533: Seiki Taichuu 534: Takaomi Kanezaki 535: Takaomi Kanezaki |
| Storyboard: | 532: Seiki Taichuu 533: Seiki Taichuu 534: Takaomi Kanezaki 535: Takaomi Kanezaki |
| Episode director: | 532: Masahisa Koyata 533: Kouichirou Kuroda 534: Fumiharu Kamanaka 535: Minoru Tozawa |
| Animation director: | 532: Masakazu Yamazaki 532: Aki Kumata 533: Michitaka Yamamoto 533: Masashi Hasegawa 534: Nobuyuki Iwai 535: Rei Masunaga |
| Opening song: | Everlasting Luv |
| Closing song: | Doing all right |
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Case
The Scar of First Love
Cast
Gadgets
Situation
A blind rich woman named Kurumi Shodo asks Kogoro to help her find a boy who saved her life in the past, and whom she plans to reward very nicely in thanks. Her only clue is that the boy should have a large scar across his torso, which he got while saving her life. She has been able to narrow it down to two people (Ryuichi Kusumoto and Sougo Banba) after giving a public interview about it, and they are both staying at her house: Kogoro must now identify which of the two is the boy, and which one is a swindler. Conan meanwhile notices the police are stalking the woman's house. He confronts them and finds Kiyonaga Matsumoto and his men, who tell Conan that a serial killer from a past case may be there, as the killer also has a scar across his chest.
Shodou arranges for Kusumoto and Banba to have a hot bath in her house's luxurious bath space, and asks Kogoro to join them so he can see their scars up close. Kogoro notices that the butler of the house, Taisuke Houya, also happens to have a scar across his torso.
After speaking to Shodo and finding about other characteristics of the boy, Conan realizes who it is. During the midnight snack, made mostly of fresh sushi, Conan uses Kogoro to solve the case.
People
Resolution
The Scar and the Whistling Man
Cast
Situation
The next day, a TV show features the case with this serial killer, which is three days away of being definitely closed. A popular criminal psychologist named Douji Hiramune is one of the guests and he arrogantly challenges the serial killer to reveal himself, even daring him to come kill him if he wishes so. Hiramune happens to live in the same apartment complex as Ayumi, where the Detective Boys are staying with since she's home alone. Haibara later reveals to Conan she saw a mysterious man whistling Let It Be which is the serial killer's trademark.
Conan immediatelly contacts Takagi, Chiba and Sato and tells them that the killer is around. He then tells the others to stay put and runs out of the Yoshida apartment, finds Hiramune's flat and sees the door is open. He steps in and finds Hiramune murdered, with the letter "Z" slashed into his back and his throat slashed... exactly like all but one of the serial killer's victims, who died either 20 (three of them) or 15 (the last one) years ago.
(The victim who wasn't stabbed, Matsumoto's superior Morimura, was ran over during the first days of the murder investigation instead. Additionally, Matsumoto later confronted the suspect they were chasing after and got slashed across his eye, gaining his trademark scar.)
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Conan and the police notice Hiramune's left hand was on his keyboard on the keys "Ctrl" and "C" and his right hand holding the wire of his mouse. Takagi and the Detective Boys decide to accompany him and his interrogation of the victim's relatives: Boukawa's widow, Mugita's younger brother, and Nabei's son. Conan than realizes the victims share one thing in connection, Mahjong. It's confirmed that 20 years ago, all the victims save for Morimura attended a popular Mahjong parlor on a regular basis.
Later, Takagi comes to the conclusion that a man named Dokurou Kibo is the serial killer. Aside of his past as an ex-con, Kibo had some very incriminating actions und his belt: he used to bicker about different themes with the victims in the parlor, and the last one (which he had with Hiramune alone) finished with him flipping their table (and damaging the tiles on it) while loudly swearing to kill them. After talking with said parlor manager, Takagi takes one of the old and damaged Mahjong tiles and keeps it in his pocket.
People
Resolution
Manga to anime changes
- Superintendent Matsumoto's flashback of the serial killer attacking is moved to the very beginning to the story arc, before the scar and ginger case even begins.
- In the manga, there is a scene where Conan fetches the two candidates for Lady Shodo's fortune and persuades them to come eat the sushi that Lady Shodo has laid out for them, by claiming that the boy of Lady Shodo's memories loved to eat sushi. This scene is cut in the anime.
- In the manga, one of the candidates for the fortune - Banba - justifies his pursuit of Lady Shodo's fortune by stating that as an adult, he has different circumstances to consider than he did as a child. This line is cut in the anime.
- The song that the serial killer whistles is explicitly identified as Paul McCartney's "Let it Be" in the manga; the anime changes the melody to an entirely different one and merely describes it as "a song that was popular twenty years ago", likely to avoid royalty issues.
- In the manga, Inspector Megure relays the additional information about the serial killer to Superintendent Matsumoto at the latter's desk (as the superintendent has just been jolted from the flashback mentioned above); in the anime, the two men have this exchange while looking into an interrogation room.
- In the anime, when Takagi is shot and wounded there's an additional sequence where he falls on his back, calling out Satou's name before he passes out.
