The Victim Who Came Back

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Episode 303 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Victim Who Came Back
Japanese title:	戻って来た被害者 (Modotte Kita Higaisha)
Original airdate:	December 9, 2002
Broadcast rating:	16.40%
Filler case:	#102
Season:	11
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Wataru Takagi Juzo Megure
Case solved by:	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi
Next Conan's Hint:	Recycling
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa Masataka Tsukimawashi
Storyboard:	Kazuhito Kikuchi
Episode director:	Hideki Hiroshima
Animation director:	Masaki Kudo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima Chafurin as Juzo Megure Keiko Han as Sanae Hosono Kōzō Shioya as Masateru Hino Masaharu Satō as Toshimichi Hirose Katsumi Toriumi as Hisashi Makimura Chisato Nakajima as Housewife A Asako Dodo as Housewife B Motomu Kiyokawa as Kazuhiro Tokunaga
Music
Opening song:	I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song:	Overture

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi Juzo Megure Unnamed officer Unnamed officer

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys while walking around town hear a woman in an apartment scream. They investigate the source of the screaming and find a dead old woman stuffed inside of a sofa.

Murder
	Location: Apartment Victim: Old lady Cause of death: Blunt force trauma to head Suspects: Sanae Hosono and Kazuhiro Tokunaga

The police arrive and interrogate Sanae Hosono, the woman who found the body, and learn that she recently bought the sofa from a flower shop. While the police question the inhabitants of the apartment, The Detective Boys along with Takagi, interrogate the employees of the flower shop who bought in the sofa. They learn that the sofa was found on the curbside of the apartment.

People

Sanae Hosono
	28 years old Apartment resident

Old lady
	Victim (bludgeoned) Moneylender

Kazuhiro Tokunaga
	39 years old Apartment resident Alcohol Shop owner

Masateru Hino
	40 years old Recycle shop owner

Toshimichi Hirose
	50 years old Recycle shop deliveryman

Hisashi Makimura
	Recycle shop deliveryman

Resolution

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• Conclusion

Mitsuhiko concludes that the culprit is Kazuhiro Tokunaga due to his suspicious testimony about hearing people fighting in Sanae's room, despite the fact that Sanae herself had gone to the theatre during the time of murder which was confirmed by the theatre staffs and visitors, which means that he lied in order to shift the suspicion to her. The reason he hid the victim's body inside the sofa at the trash collecting area was because he feared that the cat burglar, who is known to roam in the area, may have broken into his room and found the body. Additionally, because of his hardworking personality, he has never missed going to work, thus fearing that he may arouse suspicion should he took a day off to dispose the body.

Although there is no concrete prove, the police are likely to find evidence remaining from the murder in his room, along with his relation to the victim once her identity is identified.

Motive

Tokunaga borrowed a large sum of money from the old lady but was unable to pay back in time. When he asked her for an extension, the lady threatened to take away the deed of his shop from him, caused Tokunaga to murder her in rage.

Trivia

• This is the first case that Mitsuhiko solved by himself before Conan and is correct.
• One of the paintings in the recycle shop reappears in Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces and Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger. Open spoiler box to see images.

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• Toshimichi Hirose's truck is a 1993 Mitsubishi Fuso Canter.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	行き止まり	Ikidomari	Dead End	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
4	蘭のテーマ （涙ver.）	Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)	Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	少年探偵団のテーマ	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	事件解明 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.)	Case Clarification (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	顛末（TENMATSU）	Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)	The Facts (TENMATSU)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	新一の事件解明	Shin'ichi no Jiken Kaimei	Shinichi's Case Clarification	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
14	Overture	Overture	Overture	Overture
15	恋のトランプゲーム占い	Koi no Toranpu Gēmu Uranai	Love's Fortune-Telling Card Game	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	عودة جثة الضحية	The Comeback of the Victim’s Corpse
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El retorn de la víctima	The Victim's Comeback
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El retorn de la víctima	The Victim's Comeback
German	Das Opfer, das wiederkam	The Victim Who Came Back
Italian	Il ritorno della vittima	The Victim's Comeback
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La víctima que vuelve	The Victim That Comes Back
Vietnamese	Nạn nhân đã quay trở lại	The Victim Who Came Back

See also

• Season 11