Sword of the Eight-Headed Serpent

Chronology
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Episode 419-420 (Int. Episode 453-454)
Information
Title:	Sword of the Eight-Headed Serpent
Japanese title:	八岐大蛇の剣 (Yamata no Orochi no Ken)
Original airdate:	November 7, 2005 (Part 1) November 14, 2005 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	11.2% 10.7%
Filler case:	#135
Season:	14
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Sight-seeing area (Part 1) Evidence of a lie (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard:	Roko Ogiwara
Episode director:	419 Minoru Tozawa 420 Roko Ogiwara
Animation director:	Keiko Sasaki (chief) 419 Shinobu Nishiyama 420 Shinichi Suzuki
Character design:	Mari Tominaga Keiko Sasaki (sub-character) Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production cooperation:	419 Frontline 420 Magic Bus
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Ryūzō Ishino as Kazuya Ishitobi Takaya Kuroda as Koji Wanibuchi Chie Nakamura as Eiko Ezumi Masakazu Morita as Ryosuke Fukuma Masafumi Kimura as Detective Yamane Kōzō Mito as Detective Komura Naomi Kusumi as Eiko's father Masako Matsubara as Eiko's mother Shinobu Satō as Old woman Yukiko Amada as Child Yasunori Matsumoto as Takehiko Fujie
Music
Opening song:	Growing of my heart
Closing song:	Thank You For Everything

Sword of the Eight-Headed Serpent (八岐大蛇の剣 ,Yamata no Orochi no Ken) is the 419th and 420th episodes of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan go to the old, mythical village of Izumo, Shimane Prefecture. There they meet Eiko Ezumi, an employee at the Hinode Inn owned by her parents, and learn that she is to marry a rotten businessman, Koji Wanibuchi, founder and president of his own company. Later they meet her childhood friend, Ryosuke Fukuma, and it comes to a rocky start when Kogoro confronts at him about the rotten man who tries to steal his love interest and tells him that he should do something about it. The next day, Eiko's fiancé is found dead with his Sword of the Eight-Headed Snake he was carrying goes missing.

Murder
	Location: Inome Cave, Izumo, Shimane Prefecture Victim: Koji Wanibuchi Age: 35 years old Cause of death: Stab wound from behind Suspects: Eiko Ezumi, Ryosuke Fukuma, Takehiko Fujie, and Kazuya Ishitobi

According to Ran, this murder reminds her of "The Extermination of the Eight-Headed Serpent". It's a legend about Susano's admirable act. There once was a pitiable princess who had been taken by the Eight-Headed Serpent against her will. Then the admirable Susano appeared and killed the Eight-Headed Serpent, saving the princess. This case reminded Ran of this story because he also obtained the serpent's sword. However, according to Kogoro, Susano's act may have been heroic, but their case's culprit isn't. He may have coincidentally saved Eiko from being stuck in a doomed marriage, but he's no more than a robber and a murderer. Ran already knows that much. She was just saying this is almost like the extermination of that serpent.

The following day, the police have four suspects, two of whom are Eiko and Fukuma, and other two are Takehiko Fujie and Kazuya Ishitobi. Eiko and Fukuma's alibis don't sit right with Conan, who takes Ran to investigate the alibis.

Part 2

Conan proves that Eiko and Fukuma's alibis were to protect each other. Fukuma finds Eiko's pendant at the crime scene and thinks it was her and Eiko thought it was Fukuma from his alibi that he was where she really was, the train station, but she didn't see him. Then it turns out that Fujie went to Eiko's home to convince Wanibuchi to spare his businesses. Eiko realizes that her pendant vanished that same night. Ishitobi's alibi checks out when the police discover that he is charged with a D.U.I. (Driving Under the Influence).

At the Matsue Castle's entrance register, Conan notices something that helps him figure who the culprit is. Conan tricks Fujie and Kogoro, by impersonating their voices to the other, to meet in front of Hinomisaki tower where Conan tranqs Kogoro and solves the case.

People

Eiko Ezumi
	25 years old Hinode Inn worker Ezumi family eldest daughter

Ryosuke Fukuma
	25 years old Eiko's boyfriend Izumo Museum curator

Detective Yamane
	Detective from Shimane Prefecture, Izumo Police Station

Detective Komura
	Detective from Shimane Prefecture, Izumo Police Station

Takehiko Fujie
	40 years old Ryouunkaku Marriage Ceremony Hall manager

Kazuya Ishitobi
	35 years old Izumo Soba restaurant manager

Koji Wanibuchi
	Victim (stabbed) 35 years old Wanibuchi Enterprises president

Mr. Ezumi
	Eiko's father Hinode Inn manager

Mrs. Ezumi
	Eiko's mother Hinode Inn co-manager

Old woman
	Ezumi family's close friend Former Taisha Station's homeless gaz

Child
	Matsue Castle's visitant

Man
	Local man

Woman
	Man's wife Local woman

Resolution

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Conan, as Kogoro, reveals that from Takehiko Fujie's testimony that Wanibuchi was a snake, was a correlation to the myth of the Eight-Headed Serpent. He used Eiko to cover his tracks with her pendant, and arranged Wanibuchi and Eiko to meet at the cave around 1:00 and 1:30. His trick to cover the time difference was that he went to the castle twice. He falsified his registry time by putting an added time slot, replaced the pen with an erasable, and placed his name after the murder. To prove this all, Fujie put "Naruse City, Tokyo" as an address for a false name, "Ichiro Yamada", and it turned out that Naruse City is no longer a part of Tokyo, because it merged with the neighboring Haido City and the Naruse name was dropped just last year. Fujie confesses and is arrested under the pretty sunset, apologizing to Eiko and hoping Ryosuke will take good care of her. The next day, before returning to Tokyo, Kogoro tries to get his coin stuck in the Izumo Knot to "bring true his wish", only to make all the coins in the knot to fall on him.

Trivia

• The taxi 1234 is a 2001 Toyota Crown Sedan [XS10]. The license plate number is 出雲 500, こ 42-88 (Izumo 500, Ko 42-88).
• The real world locations highlighted in this case are, in order of appearance: Izumo Taisha, the model of the ancient Izumo Taisha at Shimane Prefecture Ancient Izumo History Museum, Inome Cave, Inasa Beach, Matsue Castle, the Former Taisha Station (temporarily closed for renovations until December 2025), Izumo Cultural Heritage Museum, and Cape Hino.
• Names of different visitors of Matsue Castle and their registration time can be found down below:

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Date	Time	Japanese family name	Japanese given name	Possible family name(s)	Possible given name(s)	Prefecture	City/District	Comment	Comment translation
Nov. 6	8:30	山田	一郎	Yamada	Ichirō	Tokyo	成瀬市 (Naruse City)
Nov. 6		林	育実	Hayashi	Ikumi	Shizuoka	Shimizu City	大っきいー!	Biiig!
Nov. 6		大岩	法隆	Ōiwa	Noritaka	Tokyo	Bunkyō City	シロいい～スね～	Castles are gooood
Nov. 6		田中	康裕	Tanaka	Yasuhiro	Tokyo	Nakano City	城は大好きです。また来ます。	I love castles. I'll visit here again.
Nov. 6			和美		Kazumi	Same as above		私も城好きです。	I love castles, too.
Nov. 6		吉岡	昌仁	Yoshioka	Masahito	Nagasaki	Nagasaki City	松江には感激したぞ!	I was impressed with Matsue!
Nov. 6		藤堂	真孝	Tōdō	Masataka	Kagawa	Takamatsu City	城、めしとったり～ (probably)	??
Nov. 6		草間	知香子	Kusama	Chikako	Saga	Takeo City	キレイだー!	It's beautiful!
Nov. 6		清水	天利子	Shimizu Kiyomizu	?? (rare name)	Tokyo	Adachi City	新しくねぇ?	Isn't it new?
Nov. 6		県境	越洋	Kenzakai	Koshihiro	Yamanashi	Yamanashi City	やっと越えれたー。	I was finally able to cross it.
Nov. 6		戸?	??	??	??	Hyōgo	Nishinomiya City	な??う～	??
Nov. 6		?海	??	??	??	?? Pref.	Minamata City]]	森に…	To the forest...
Nov. 6		林栗	二久	Hayashikuri Hayashiguri (rare)	Tsuguhisa	Saitama	Saitama City	埼玉からはるばる来たよ。	I came all the way from Saitama.
Nov. 6		岡畑	徴	Okahata	Akira Aki Chō	Osaka	Osaka City	30年ぶりに来ました。	I came here for the first time in 30 years.
Nov. 6	12:38	加藤	俊一	Katō	Shun'ichi Toshikazu	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi City	近所に評判も広げます!	I'll recommend it for neighbors!
Nov. 6	12:40		俊美		Toshimi	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi City	素晴しい景色に感動しました	I was moved by the wonderful view
Nov. 6	12:45	金岡	慎也	Kanaoka Kaneoka	Shin'ya	Hiroshima	三鷹市 (Mitaka City)	景色最高じゃけー、また来ます。	The view is wonderful, so I'll visit here again.
Nov. 6	12:50	駒井	徳造	Komai	Tokuzō	Aichi	Nagoya City	歴史っていいなあと思います…	I feel history is good...
Nov. 6	1:00	河野	隼也	Kōno Kawano	Shun'ya Jun'ya	Kyoto	Uji City	今夜は冷えますなあ。心温まる場所と海に乾杯!	It's cold tonight. Here's to the heartwarming place and the sea!
Nov. 6	1:05	藤江	竹彦	Fujie	Takehiko	Shimane	Izumo City	いつ来ても素晴しい	It's wonderful whenever I visit
Nov. 6	1:15	宗像	千綜	Munakata	Chisō	Tokyo	Katsushika City	明日結婚します。	I'm going to get married tomorrow.
Nov. 6	1:20	岩井	伸介	Iwai	Shinsuke Nobusuke	Hyōgo	Nishinomiya City	林さん好きです!!	I love you, Hayashi-san!!
Nov. 6	1:25	土肥	浄海	Dohi Doi Toi	Jōkai? (rare)	Kagawa	Kagawa District	今日は彼女の誕生日!! いい思い出っス	Today is her birthday!! It was a pleasant memory.
Nov. 6	1:25	土肥	愛		Ai Mana	Kagawa	Kagawa District	香川の次にいいところだわ♡	It's the second best place after Kagawa.
Nov. 6		山川	剛史	Yamakawa Yamagawa	Takeshi Takefumi Tsuyoshi	Shiga	Higashiōmi City	YURIE LOVE	I love Yurie
Nov. 6		沼田	学	Numata	Manabu Gaku	Hyōgo	Kobe City	?しいところだ	It's a ?? place
Nov. 6		ねこた	しょう	Nekota	Shō	Shimane	Shimane City	おもしろかった	It was interesting

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Growing of my heart	Growing of my heart	Growing of my heart	Growing of my heart
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	想い出	Omoide	Memories	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	昼下がりの天使たち	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi	Early Afternoon Angels	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	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
6	何？今の悲鳴！	Nani? Ima no Himei!	What? That Scream Just Now!	Detective Conan "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" Original Soundtrack
7	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
8	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	絵の推理１	E no Suiri 1	Picture Deduction 1	Detective Conan "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" Original Soundtrack
10	犯人（スナイパー）の正体	Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai	The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
11	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	絵の推理１	E no Suiri 1	Picture Deduction 1	Detective Conan "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital" Original Soundtrack
14	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	小五郎の推理	Kogorō no Suiri	Kogoro's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
16	ミッドナイト・ステップ	Middonaito・Suteppu	Midnight Step	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
17	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
18	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
19	逆探知	Gyakutanchi	Phone Trace	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
20	Thank You For Everything	Thank You For Everything	Thank You For Everything	Thank You For Everything

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Growing of my heart	Growing of my heart	Growing of my heart	Growing of my heart
2	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	事件解明 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.)	Case Clarification (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	夜の探索	Yoru no Tansaku	Night Search	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
7	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	コナンの夢	Konan no Yume	Conan's Dream	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	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
10	真相究明	Shinsō Kyūmei	Investigating the Truth	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
12	犯人のアジト （いよいよver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	映画BGM	Eiga BGM	Movie BGM	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
15	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
17	漆黒の殺意	Shikkoku no Satsui	Jet Black Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
18	コナン組曲－Captured In Her Eyes	Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes	Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
19	オセンチな歩美 （未収録ヴァージョン）	Osenchina Ayumi (Mi Shūroku Vājon)	Sentimental Ayumi (Unreleased Version)
20	Thank You For Everything	Thank You For Everything	Thank You For Everything	Thank You For Everything
21	事件解決	Jiken Kaiketsu	Case Resolution	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	لغز السيف المسروق	The Stolen-Sword Riddle
Catalan (Catalan dub)	L'espasa de Yamata-No-Orochi	Yamata-No-Orochi sword
Catalan (Valencian dub)	L'espasa de Yamata No Oorochi	Yamata No Oorochi sword
German	Das Schwert der achtköpfigen Riesenschlange	The sword of the giant eight-headed snake
Italian	La spada nella sabbia	The sword in the sand
Thai	ดาบของยามาตะ โนะ โอโรจิ
Vietnamese	Thanh kiếm của mãng xà tám đầu	Sword of the Eight-Headed Serpent

See also

• Season 14
• Mystery Tour (series)