The Suspicious Walking Path

Chronology
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Episode 737 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Suspicious Walking Path
Japanese title:	疑惑の散歩道 (Giwaku no Puromunādo)
Original airdate:	May 3, 2014
Broadcast rating:	8,90%
Filler case:	#226
Season:	23
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Dog walk
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Koshiro Mikami
Storyboard:	Seiki Taichuu
Episode director:	Kouichirou Kuroda
Animation director:	Michitaka Yamamoto Shigenori Awai Masanori Hashimoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conana Edogawa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Chafurin as Juzo Megure Tomohisa Hashizume as Shinpei Asakawa Mayumi Yamaguchi as Kanae Asakawa Tatsu Kaneko as Sokichi Kitazawa Juri Kimura as Florist Clerk Chihiro Suzuki as Hiramoto Naoki Tamanoi as Tsumura Michiko Neya as Tomoko Hirota
Music
Opening song:	Butterfly Core
Closing song:	RAIN MAN

Cast

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

Case

Situation

Conan and his friends were playing Frisbee at the park, when a dog named Matsunosuke launched off of Conan's head and caught the Frisbee. Matsunosuke's owner, Kanae Asakawa, apologized and took Conan's jacket in order to get it cleaned after Matsunosuke left dirt all over it. The next day when Conan and the Detective Boys arrived at her house to get the jacket they met Kanae's friend Tomoko and see Matsunosuke in his dog house, asleep.

Murder
	Location: Asakawa household Victim: Kanae Asakawa Age: 65 Years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Shinpei Asakawa After realizing Matsunosuke is unconscious from being drugged, Conan ran back into the house to find Kanae dead.

People

Shinpei Asakawa
	21 years old Kanae's grandson

Matsunosuke
	Kanae's dog

Kanae Asakawa
	Victim (stabbed) 65 years old Matsunosuke's owner

Tomoko Hirota
	52 years old Kanae's dog friend

Sokichi Kitazawa
	54 years old Kanae's neighbor

Hiramoto
	Sokichi's friend Disputes regularly Shogi matches.

Tsumura
	Neighborhood resident. Kanae's aquaintance regularly walks his dog.

Butcher
	Mall butcher Aquainted with Kanae since she goes there buy meat.

Lady
	Neighborhood resident. Witness.

Old Lady
	Park regular. Witness.

Forensics Officer
	Tokyo MPD CSI officer.

Flower Shop Owner
	Mall Flower Shop Owner Kanae's aquaintance.

Dog
	Tsumura's dog.

Resolution

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The culprit is Tomoko Hirota. Conan finds the truth by lurking her at Kanae's house at night and asks her : «Why're you here so late» He then tells her that they found out who really killed Kanae. She murdered Kanae before 8 am that morning after Kanae finished preparing her breakfast. Then, she cleaned away the breakfast she prepared and dressed her in the coat that had just come back from the cleaners to make it look like she had been killed after walking her dog. After, she left Shinpei's bandana which she prepared earlier by the front door and went for a walk with Matsunosuke siguised as Kanae to create eyewitness that Kanae walked Matsunosuke that day establishing her alibi. She could've been found really easily but fooled everyone by having the dog with her. Matsunosuke did what he usually did like marking his spot at the usual place and fighting with the cat like her always did and everybody thought it was that lady (Kanae). But actually, she made a mistake, by turning right after leaving the park though the real Kanae turned left. She ahd to. If she'd walked the whole route, she wouldn't be able to establish her alibi. So, she directly went back to her house with Matsunosuke and met with someone she called out to complete her alibi. Stunned, Tomoko tells Conan that Matsunosuke was sleeping whent they arrived so it would be impossible for her ot complete the crime. It was a fake told Conan. In fact, she prepared a fake Matsunosuke that would be drugged and sleeping. It meant that the killer must of have had a dog just like Matsunosuke. As Tomoko said, she had Matsunosuke's brother which concords with the proofs. After finishing their conclusion, the police arrives. To defend herself, Tomoko tells them these children keep saying strange things. Megure aks if it wasn't Mouri Kogoro that called them. Conan told them that he was right but that Kogoro couldn't come because so he brought the kids there. Hirota-san replies by saying there is no proof but Conan immediately stops her and points to the proof right by her side: the dog she swapped, the real Matsunosuke. She protests and says the dog tied to her leash is hers but it is in fact Matsunosuke because Genta yells him to come get the frisbee and only Matsunosuke runs after it. Tomoko surrends herself and falls down. Conan goes near her and tell her it wasn't the dog's fault if she was found out but it was in fact the mistake she had done while cleaning the breakfast : Kanae always ate her breakfast after walking her dog so, if she had been killed after her walk, it would have been impossible for her to have eaten and cleaned her breakfast and it would be strange for her to be wearing her coat if she had cleaned her breakfast after her death. IN conclusion, her crime was planned wrongfully from the beginning.

Dog
	Tomoko's dog.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:26 - 1:48	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4:36 - 4:48	シャドーＡ	Shadō A	Shadow A	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
4:52 - 5:05	エスケープ！	Esukēpu!	Escape!	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
5:06 - 6:35	????
7:25 - 7:57	スズランの花	Suzuran no Hana	The Lily of the Valley Flower	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
8:34 - 8:52	チチタタ	Chichitata	Chichitata	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
9:27 - 10:16	ミニサス3	Minisasu 3	Mini Suspense 3	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
10:46 - 11:40	サスキーロ	Sasu Kiiro	Yellow Suspense	Detective Conan "The Lost Ship in the Sky" Original Soundtrack
11:43 - 12:46	????
14:27 - 15:32	????
16:26 - 16:57	サイレントスノー	Sairento Sunō	Silent Snow	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
17:07 - 17:16	ミニサス4	Minisasu 4	Mini Suspense 4	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
17:43 - 19:14	コナンステルス	Konan Suterusu	Conan Stealth	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
19:17 - 19:43	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
20:44 - 21:40	染み入るあの頃	Shimiiru Ano Koro	At That Time Transfected Into	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
23:01 - 23:33	ほのぼの気分	Honobono Kibun	Heartwarming Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~

Gallery

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  Title Card.

• Plate.png

  Kanae's front-door plate.

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  Kanae's house.

See also

• Season 23