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)
Season:	5
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	The Mysterious Moletian Man Case
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
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
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette mawashite
Closing song:	Negai goto hitotsu dake

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ayumi Yoshida Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Ran Mouri

Case

Situation

Part 1

Masao Kouda claims Yoshikazu Watanuki has killed his sister and has buried her in his yard. Making things worse is the intent he has to break into Watanuki's yard when he'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.

Missing Person - Murder
	Victim: Sanae Kouda Suspects: Yoshikazu Watanuki

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?

Robbery
	Suspects: Masao Kouda

People

Yoshikazu Watanuki
	63 years old Suspect

Masao Kouda
	29 years old Kogoro Mouri's client

Sanae Kouda
	Victim (missing) 26 years old Masao Kouda's sister

Shinichi Mochida
	35 years old

Resolution

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Effectively, 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, plumetting down the stairs and dying when she hit her head on the wall.

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.

See also

• Season 5