The Secret of the Insect Man

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Episode 955 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Secret of the Insect Man
Japanese title:	昆虫人間のヒミツ (Konchūningen no Himitsu)
Original airdate:	September 28, 2019
Broadcast rating:	5.0%
Filler case:	#322
Season:	27
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Mayor
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Yoshio Urasawa
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	Masayo Nozaki
Animation director:	Seiji Muta, Nobuyuki Iwai and Masatomo Sudo (Supervisors) Nobuyuki Iwai, Keiko Sasaki and Yui Ushinohama
Character design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (Design works) Rei Masunaga and Chiemi Hironaka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima Tomohisa Aso as Chosuke Murano Kanemasa Ikuto as Government official Reio Tsuchida as Townspeople  Fujiko Takimoto as Koichi Kabuto Yuka Terasaki as Masako Chono Himari Mochida as Mitsuo Seta Hiromi Kawakami as Morio Kusuda
Music
Opening song:	ANSWER
Closing song:	Sissy Sky

The Secret of the Insect Man (昆虫人間のヒミツ ,Konchūningen no Himitsu) is the 955th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima

Case

Situation

Genta brings Conan, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko to Kuronosu (黑野須 - くろのす ,Kuronosu), a small village, so he can catch "insect men" at a town organized event where townspeople are disguised as insects. After running to a sound they thought was the cry of the insect man, the Detective Boys find out that it is only the sound of bulldozers working the land in a forest. The workers get angry and chase them until they are able to go back in town. There, they meet two kids dressed as insects who tell them what is happening in the village currently. Using a picture-story show, they explain that there was once a government official that went in Kuronosu to plan the construction of public baths and casinos in the forest land for the villagers. Unfortunately, the mayor opposed the project as the forest had cultural and historical value since it was the legendary nature-loving Princess Gaga's supposed resting place. The mayor devised a plan and kicked out the official from the village and then planned to open an insect man ranch in the forest instead. Since villagers opposed, the mayor retired a year ago and bought the forest with his own money and moved bulldozers over the place. The mayor then died from a heart attack before being able to put his plan in action. The villagers found out that the whole idea of an insect man ranch was a fraud and a scheme of his to dig up Gaga's grave and sell its treasures.

Scam ? (past)
	Location: Kuronosu Village Victim: Kuronosu Village Time: A year ago Culprit: Chosuke Murano A year ago, Murano planned to open an insect man ranch although it was all a scheme so he could dig up Princess Gaga's treasures and appropriate them for himself.

The adults of the village were all angry and decided to try to find the treasure by using the map of the forest he had left in his pocket while the children remained in town. While the boys prepare ramen for the Detective Boys, Conan investigates by himself the backstory of the village and tries to find out why the mayor did that. While investigating, Conan goes to the post office, the medical clinic and the town hall to gather more information but there is still one piece of the puzzle missing. On the other hand, the Detective Boys dressed themselves as insect men and headed to Gaga Shrine's forest where the forest is. They get themselves in trouble as they are cornered by the construction workers. Conan, after hearing them yelling, runs to help them but they are forced to climb to a three to escape. On top of the three, Conan figures out the truth.

Hostage situation
	Location: Gaga Shrine, Kuronosu Village Victim: Conan Edogawa, Ayumi Yoshida, Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Age: 6/7 years old Culprit: Townspeople on the excavation site The adult working in the forest saw the Detective Boys and tried to kidnap them since they were in the way.

People

Koichi Kabuto
	13 years old Kabutoya restaurant owner's eldest son

Koji Kabuto
	7 years old Kabutoya restaurant owner's youngest son

Mitsuo Seta
	10 years old Post office owner's son

Chosuke Murano
	Deceased (heart attack - a year ago) Kuronosu's former mayor

Man
	Government official

Masako Chono
	11 years old Chono clinic owner's daughter Blood type AB

Morio Kusuda
	11 years old Village office worker's son

Princess Gaga
	Deceased Legendary princess

Resolution

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The truth is, the former mayor never tried to scam the village. It was all a setup so the villagers would come excavate the forest and follow the plans he had written on the treasure map. The mayor in fact always wanted to do an insect man ranch but wasn't able to since he knew he only had months to live back then. Evidence is that he still bought costumes for the children with his pocket money and that the treasure map is incredibly precise for a treasure map is usually made to leave few to no hints. The adults turn back and from the hill, they are able to see that what they did was a key-shaped structure which would then be Princess Gaga's tomb, the insect man ranch. The adults finally decide to go back home and take care of their children.

Aftermath

At the end, Genta is still dressed as an insect man at the train station and says that insect men chase humans before running after the others.

Trivia

• Chono clinic is modeled after Miyano Clinic and Masako is modeled after Shiho Miyano.

See also

• Season 27