The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird

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Episode 865 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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Information
Title:	The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird
Japanese title:	口の悪い九官鳥 (Kuchi no Warui Kyūkanchō)
Original airdate:	July 8, 2017
Season:	25
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Ai Haibara Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Potted plant
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Haruka Tomatsu as Emi Yahagi
Music
Opening song:	Ikusen no Meikyuu de Ikusen no Nazo wo Toite
Closing song:	Yume Monogatari

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ayumi Yoshida Ai Haibara Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Murder
	Location: Naoko Kobuko's home Victim: Naoko Kobuko Age: 70 Years old Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Mamoru Kobuko, Emi Yahagi and Yotaro Sayama

People

Naoko Kobuko
100px	Victim (strangulation) 70 years old Picture book author

Nine
	Naoko Kobuko's pet myna

Mamoru Kobuko
100px	30 years old fledgling children's book author Naoko Kobuko's nephew

Emi Yahagi
	18 years old Naoko Kobuko's hired maid

Yotaro Sayama
	60 years old Used book store owner

Resolution

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Naoko Kobuko was murdered by Yotaro Sayama, and the motive was her demand for restitution against Sayama for inadvertently selling her the fake book. The monetary recompensation, however, was not enough for her; she chose to humiliate him in any way she could think of, by forcing him to attend to her petty needs despite his arm injury and continually posting public apologies for his mishap. This finally pushed him over the edge, and when he saw the chance to rid himself of her, he killed her, inadvertently also causing Nine to escape from his cage. Sayama's alibi through his telephone call with Mrs. Kobuko was established because he kept walking towards her home while maintaining his conversation with her, instead of staying at the station where he received her call. She let him in through the side entrance to the house.

The decisive pieces of evidence for Sayama's guilt are:

• His statement that he saw the myna trailing a red string behind him, whereas Mrs. Kobuko had attached that piece of string to Nine's leg just on this very morning, and Nine later left his leg ring and the string in Kogoro's hands when he escaped from the police box.
• The flowerpot found near the door was carried inside by Sayama himself, after Mrs. Kobuko had ordered him to do so after opening the side entrance for him. Since Mrs. Kobuko was confined to her wheelchair, and since Mamoru und Emi were obviously surprised to see the pot at its odd location, this left Sayama as the only person who could have moved it.
• Sayama's complaint that something stinks in the living room - a phrase Nine has picked up before the murder occured - stems from Kobuko having ordered him to stir the odorous pickles she kept in her cellar. When Sayama returned and saw her sitting with her back to the trap door, he seized her stole from behind and strangled her with only needing one healthy hand.

Trivia

• A slight production mistake occurs in the second part of the episode, right after Ai and Ayumi have presented themselves as Emi Yahagi's witnesses. When Kogoro is seen chuckling at Megure's perplexity, the fluttering of Nine's wings can still be heard, but at the same time the myna's feet are already resting on the top of Kogoro's head.

See also

• Season 25