The Mysterious Mole Alien Case

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Episode 107-108 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mysterious Mole Alien Case
Japanese title:	モグラ星人謎の事件 (Mogura Seijin Nazo no Jiken)
Original airdate:	June 28, 1998 (Part 1) July 6, 1998 (Part 2) June 2, 2018 (Part 1 Remastered Version) June 9, 2018 (Part 2 Remastered Version)
Broadcast rating:	18.5% 19.8% 6.8% (2018 Part 1 Remaster) 7.4% (2018 Part 2 Remaster)
Filler case:	#42
Season:	5
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	The Mysterious Moletian Case
Dubbed episode:	Episode 113-114
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Ran Mouri Kamen Yaiba
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Jewelery robbers (Part 1) Manhole (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	107 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 108 Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	107 Keiko Sasaki 108 Hirobi Muranaka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Kosei Tomita as Yoshikazu Watanuki Shigeru Chiba as Masao Kouda Yuko Kato as Sanae Kouda Satoru Yanase as Shinichi Mochida Hiroshi Yanaka as Detective Shimizu Isshin Chiba as Policeman
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
Closing song:	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

Characters introduced

Detective Shimizu
	Detective from Beika Police Station

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ayumi Yoshida Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Ran Mouri Kamen Yaiba (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Detective Boys Badge Turbo Engine Skateboard

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan and the Detective Boys are playing baseball at the construction site. When Mitsuhiko throws the ball, Genta hits it so hard that it went away to someone's yard. When they go there, they rang the door bell, and the mysterious man named Yoshikazu Watanuki appears to them. Conan asks if he could have the ball back from Watanuki's yard. Watanuki refuses and won't give the ball back. He then tells Conan and the Detective Boys to go away. The Detective Boys think that he's really mean. When Conan and the Detective Boys went to the Mouri Detective Agency, they see a man named Masao Kouda. Conan asks him if he's meeting the private detective, Kogoro Mouri. After that, they went inside, and Kouda asks Kogoro if he could find his missing sister named Sanae Kouda. Masao Kouda claims Watanuki has killed his sister and has buried her in his yard.

Missing Person - Murder?
	Location: Watanuki's household Victim: Sanae Kouda Age: 26 years old Suspects: Yoshikazu Watanuki Kouda's younger sister Sanae went missing a month ago while she had gone to conduct business at Watanuki household and has since been missing. Kouda suspects that Watanuki had murdered her and buried her body inside his garden.

Masao Kouda begs Kogoro to go with him to find his missing sister into his yard but unfortunately, Kogoro can't do that. Later, Kouda had stolen the jewels.

Robbery
	Location: Enokida Jewelry Culprit: Masao Kouda

Making things worse is the intent he has to break into Watanuki's yard when Watanuki's gone to the hospital for his weekly Saturday treatment. Conan believes the story at first, but a call with Kouda's voice causes him to begin doubting everything he has heard.

Part 2

Kouda hides stolen jewelry in Watanuki's yard to force the police department to dig it up, but unbeknown to him is that Mother Nature has caused an optical illusion to fool witness Shinichi Mochida. Can Conan prove Masao's innocence before a guilty man gets away permanently?

People

Yoshikazu Watanuki
	63 years old Sanae's client

Masao Kouda
	29 years old Kogoro's client Robber

Sanae Kouda
	Missing person Victim? 26 years old Masao's younger sister

Shinichi Mochida
	35 years old Witness

Detective Shimizu
	Detective from Beika Police Station

Police Officer
	Tokyo MPD Police officer

Resolution

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Effectively, Yoshikazu Watanuki did kill Sanae. She worked for a firm which Watanuki had invested for, so Sanae tried to convince him to keep investing so she wouldn't lose her job upon it. Watanuki refused and went towards his room in the second floor, but Sanae tried to stop him; he tried to push her away and then Sanae lost her balance, plummeting down the stairs and dying when she hit her head on the wall.

Accident
	Location: Watanuki's household Victim: Sanae Kouda Age: 26 years old Cause of death: Blunt trauma to the head Culprit: Yoshikazu Watanuki

Watanuki, upon seeing that he had accidentally killed the girl, buried her body in a small empty place near the construction site. He incessantly vigiled it so no one would find it, but there was something he didn't know. Sanae had a small flower seed bag in her pocket, a gift from one of her friends; the seeds grew and the flowers blossomed, signaling the place where she was "buried".

Masao had to go to trial due to the robbery, but was declared not to be a danger to society and given a suspended sentence. He retrieved his sister's ashes as well as the flower plant "born" from the seeds, and returned to his hometown in peace to arrange for Sanae's official burial.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Yoshikazu Watanuki - Walter Rivers
• Masao Kouda - Matthew Kohler
• Sanae Kouda - Celia Kohler
• Shinichi Mochida - Sean Moss

Trivia

• This is the second case in which voice actor Kosei Tomita appeared. He was later given the role of Jirokichi Suzuki, starting from episode 746.
• A remastered version of these episodes where aired in 2018, about twenty years after the original airdate of this case.
• According to the Detective Boys, this case is the month later Hijacked Department Store Case.
• At Watanuki's house, the painting with the Takei villa is from The False Kidnapping and Hostage Case. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Episode 25

Episode 108

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	運命のルーレット廻して	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite	Spinning the Roulette of Destiny	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	はずむ蘭	Hazumu Ran	Bouncing Ran	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	毛利小五郎のテーマ	Mōri Kogorō no Tēma	Kogoro Mouri's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
5	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	運命のルーレット廻して	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite	Spinning the Roulette of Destiny	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
6	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	少年探偵団のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	The Detective Boys' Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	西の名探偵 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Nishi no Meitantei (Mantenrō Vājon)	The Great Detective of the West (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
12	少年探偵団のテーマ(摩天楼ヴァージョン）
13	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
14	蘭のテーマ （涙ver.）	Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)	Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake
16	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
17	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas del misteri d'en Mógra, l'extraterrestre	The case of the extraterrestrial Mogra mystery
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El cas del misteriós home Talp	Mysterious mole man case
French	Le Taupe-Master	The Mole-Master
Galician	O misterioso caso do Toupa	The mole mysterious case
German	Das Grab im Garten	The Grave in the Garden
Italian	Il caso dell'uomo talpa	The Mole Man Case
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caso del Hombre Topo	The mole man case
Spanish (American dub)	El misterioso caso del Hombre Topo	Mole man mysterious case
Vietnamese	Vụ án người hành tinh chuột chũi bí ẩn	The Mysterious Mole Alien Case

See also

• Season 5