The Suspicious Walking Path

Chronology
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Episode 737 (Int. Episode 790)
Information
Title:	The Suspicious Walking Path
Japanese title:	疑惑の散歩道(プロムナード) (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:	Masaharu Okuwaki
Episode director:	Koichiro Kuroda
Animation director:	Michitaka Yamamoto Shigenori Awai Masanori Hashimoto (BIG BANG)
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production cooperation:	Azeta Pictures
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan 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 Flower shop owner Naoki Tamanoi as Tsumura Chihiro Suzuki as Hiramoto Michiko Neya as Tomoko Hirota
Music
Opening song:	Butterfly Core
Closing song:	RAIN MAN

The Suspicious Walking Path (疑惑の散歩道(プロムナード) ,Giwaku no Puromunādo) is the 737th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

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 Freeter

Matsunosuke
	Kanae's dog

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

Tomoko Hirota
	52 years old Kanae's dog friend

Sokichi Kitazawa
	54 years old Kanae's neighbor

Tsumura
	Sokichi's friend Disputes regularly shogi matches

Hiramoto
	Neighborhood resident Kanae's aquaintance Regularly walks his dog

Man
	Mall butcher Acquainted with Kanae since she goes there to buy meat

Woman #1
	Neighborhood resident Witness

Old lady
	Park regular Witness

Forensics officer
	Tokyo MPD CSI officer

Woman #2
	Mall flower shop owner Kanae's aquaintance

Dog
	Hiramoto's dog Shiba Inu

Resolution

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The culprit is Tomoko Hirota. Conan figures out the truth and traps her by hiding nearby waiting for her to return to 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 8am that morning after Kanae finished preparing her breakfast.

Then, she cleaned away the breakfast she prepared and put on her coat that had just come back from the cleaners to make it look like she had been killed after walking her dog. After that, she left Shinpei's bandana which she prepared earlier by the front door and went for a walk with Matsunosuke disguised 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 he always did and everybody thought it was it was the elderly lady (Kanae). But in actuality, she made a mistake, by turning right after leaving the park though the real Kanae always turned left.

However she had no choice but to take a detour. 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 when they arrived so it would be impossible for her to complete the crime.

Conan however says that the dog that is currently sleeping is in fact a look like dog. She had in fact, prepared a look like 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 coincide with the evidence.

After finishing their deduction, the police arrive. To defend herself, Tomoko tells them these children keep saying strange things. Megure asks if it wasn't 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 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 would run after it. Seeing that she has been cornered Tomoko surrenders herself. Conan goes up to her and tells her that it wasn't the dog's fault that she was found out but it was in fact the mistake she had made 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, she had given herself away 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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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Un passeig sospitós	A suspicious walking path
Thai	ทางเดินที่น่าสงสัย	The Suspicious Walking Path
Vietnamese	Con đường đi dạo đáng ngờ

See also

• Season 23