Intrigue at the Food Court

Chronology
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Episode 936 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Intrigue at the Food Court
Japanese title:	フードコートの陰謀 (Fūdokōto no inbō)
Original airdate:	April 13, 2019
Broadcast rating:	7.4%
Filler case:	#312
Season:	27
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Miwako Sato Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Detective Boys Detective Saitoh Detective Ida
Case solved by:	Detective Boys Juzo Megure Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Takahiro Okura
Storyboard:	Masaharu Okuwaki
Episode director:	Akira Yoshimura
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (Supervisor) Asuka Tsubuki
Character design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (Design works) Akiko Motoyoshi
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi (voice actor) as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Hidenari Ugaki as Yuji Yamawaki Toru Sakurai as Nobuo Kadokura Tomo Muranaka as Kaori Kanno
Music
Opening song:	Barairo no Jinsei
Closing song:	Kimi to Koi no Mama de Owarenai Itsumo Yume no Mama ja Irarenai
*Movie 23 Pre-story

Intrigue at the Food Court (フードコートの陰謀 ,Fūdokōto no inbō) is the 936th episode of the Detective Conan anime and is the pre-story for the 23rd movie, The Fist of Blue Sapphire.

Cast

Characters
Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Conan Edogawa (background/voice) Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Juzo Megure Detective Ida (background) Detective Saitoh (background)

Case

Ayumi, Mitsuhiko and Genta are on their way to the Beika Central Park, where a coupled food event, the Beika City Farmer's Market, and a police event, where Inspector Megure is to give a speech, are taking place, since Genta is especially interested in an offer which promises free food for gradeschoolers and younger. (Professor has gone to Hokkaido, and Conan and Ai are not featured in this episode.) However, they become unwitting earwitnesses to a conversation which bears a rather sinister tone...

Situation

Terrorism?

Location: Beika Park Victim: Visitors to the Farmer's Market Time: a few hours ago Weapons: Explosives? Suspects: Yuji Yamawaki, Kaori Kanno and Nobuo Kadokura While talking about going to the farmer's market event at Beika Park, the Detective Boys see a food truck for the restaurant Marina where three people were talking. They eavesdrop the conversation and hear the members planning to have an explosive time. Is there really a bombing happening?

In order to catch them in flagranti, the Detective Boys split up, each of them following one suspect: Genta follows Yamawaki, Ayumi goes after Kanno, and Mitsuhiko shadows Kadokura. However, despite all precautions, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko are noticed and approached by their suspects. Thus confronted, they tell the kids that there isn't any bomb, that they're working at a local restaurant, and that they were just trying to gather the necessary material for the dish they'll prepare for the Market as an advertisement: Singapore's national dish, Chicken Rice. They serve it to the Detective Boys as an exception to dispel all suspicions. As the Detectve Boys leave, they run into Sato and Takagi, whom they tell about these friendly people.

People

Yuji Yamawaki
	33 years old Marina restaurant food truck worker

Kaori Kanno
	29 years old Marina restaurant food truck worker

Nobuo Kadokura
	32 years old Marina restaurant food truck worker

Shimomura
	Shimomura Cigarettes shop owner

Resolution

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The restaurant workers were in fact really planning an assassination. Just after leaving the Detective Boys, Sato and Takagi, the three suspects enter their truck and prepare a few bombs and inflammable fuels. They planned to take revenge on Juzo Megure, who arrested Nobuo Kadokura after a failed robbery seven years ago. They had first gotten into the restaurant, stolen the employees' IDs, and make them prepare some chicken rice in advance before holding them hostage in the restaurant's back room. They acquired the explosives on an illegal website, and the cigarette shop was the drop-off point. The bomb-maker was also arrested.

However, just before they can execute their plan, they are arrested by Megure and the police on site. In fact, their plan didn't work since there was one detail the Detective Boys told Takagi and Sato about. The star on the van's logo wasn't related to stargazing, as they had told the children, but to the country the restaurant originates from: Singapore, which is called Star Country, something that every worker of the restaurant should know.

Hostage Situation
	Location: Marina Singaporean Restaurant Victim: Restaurant Employees Age: Unknown Time: a few hours ago Offense Weapons: Unknown Culprits: Yuji Yamawaki, Kaori Kanno and Nobuo Kadokura They entered into the restaurant before keeping the staff hostage.

Robbery (past)
	Location: Beika Time: 7 years ago Offense Weapons: Unknown Culprit: Nobuo Kadokura Kadokura robbed a bank 7 years ago but Megure found out quickly and he was arrested which resulted in his plan failing which is why Kadokura resents him.

Illegal sales / Bomb making
	Location: Shimomura Cigarettes shop Culprit: Man living in the building The man used the cigarette shop as a drop-off and trading site for the bombs and operated a website selling them. The special operation team arrested them.

Aftermath

Unaware that the case has been cracked with their help, the Detective Boys decided to pay a visit to Professor Agasa.

Trivia

• The Singaporean restaurant Marina where the suspects work at is named after the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore which will be featured as one of the key locations in Movie 23.
• This is the first episode where Inspector Megure is seen in a police uniform instead of plain clothes.
• Several vans featured in the event bear the national flag colors of Germany and Singapore.

See also

• Season 27