The Alibi of the Soothing Forest

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Episode 248 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Alibi of the Soothing Forest
Japanese title:	癒しの森のアリバイ (Iyashi no Mori no Aribai)
Original airdate:	August 27, 2001
Broadcast rating:	19.30%
Filler case:	#86
Season:	9
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Ceramics' clay
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Yasue Sasano
Storyboard:	Hiroshi Matsuzono
Episode director:	Hiroshi Kurimoto
Animation director:	Takehiro Hamatsu
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Takehito Koyasu as Shiro Murakami Kazunari Tanaka as Kinji Tateshiba Yuzuru Fujimoto as Ryuzo Murakami Sayaka Ohara as Aiko Misawa Masaaki Tsukada as Yoji Midorikawa Isshin Chiba as Liquor store clerk
Music
Opening song:	destiny
Closing song:	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Conan, Kogoro, and Ran visit a small house that is surrounded by a beautiful forest called the "Soothing Forest." There, they meet a group of people who sell things and use ledgers, led by a village head. While everyone is doing chores, the village head is found dead, and everyone has an alibi! Can Conan solve the case?

Murder
290px	Location: Murakami household Victim: Ryuzo Murakami Age: 60 Years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Shiro Murakami, Kinji Tateshiba, and Aiko Misawa

People

Shiro Murakami
	32 years old Soothing Forest Boarding House owner

Kinji Tateshiba
	27 years old Shiro's brother

Ryuzo Murakami
	Victim (stabbed) 60 years old Shiro and Kinji's father Village Head

Aiko Misawa
	25 years old Milk delivery woman

Yoji Midorikawa
	54 years old Policeman

Resolution

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Shiro Murakami is the killer. The culprit used the river to escape from the crime scene. He used the clay and the rope which were found at the village head home's entrance. The culprit first removed their pants that had the victim's blood on it, and rinsed it briefly at a spout. He then grabbed the clay and rope, and took them with him. After that, he turned the damp pants inside out, and spread clay all over the pants' legs. Then, he turned the pants back out, and tied up both legs with the rope. After that, grabbing the waist of the pants, let enter the air in, and then he jumped off the bridge into the river. The inflated pants are then used as a swimming float. The culprit then just floated back downstream that way. Shiro's motive was that his father declined to loan him money, and so he killed his father unintentionally in a fit of rage. Shiro was upset his father favored his younger brother Kinji.

Trivia

• Shiro Murakami's van is a 1986 Gray Toyota HiAce Commuter [H50].

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	destiny	destiny	destiny	destiny
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
4	ターゲット サスペンスＡ	Tāgetto Sasupensu A	Target Suspense A	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
5	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6	事情聴取	Jijōchōshu	Police Interrogation	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	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
8	黒い影─挑戦	Kuroi Kage - Chōsen	Black Shadow - Challenge	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
9	顛末（TENMATSU）	Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)	The Facts (TENMATSU)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
10	犯人（スナイパー）の正体	Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai	The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
11	暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki	Assassin's Theme - Sniping	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
12	目暮警部の告白	Megure Keibu no Kokuhaku	Inspector Megure's Confession	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	青い青いこの地球に	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni	On This Blue, Blue Star	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni
14	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

In other languanges

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	La coartada del Bosc del Benestar
Galician	Coartada no bosque das curacións
German	Alibi aus dem Wald	Alibi from the Forest
Italian	Delitto in collina	Crime in the Hills
Spanish	La coartada del bosque Iyashi	The Alibi from the Iyashi Forest

See also

• Season 9