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| − | While Kogoro investigates the murder of Tokio Ebara, the Night Baron costume is stolen and | + | While Kogoro investigates the murder of Tokio Ebara, the Night Baron costume is stolen and donned once more. The thief's intent: a duel with Ran. |
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| − | + | Ebara's killer was '''Akiko Sayama'''. Her motive was to avenge the suicide of her beloved older brother in kind. Ebara had hacked into her brother's company's records and stole the program he invested every penny of his company in which drove him to leap from a building to his death. To get revenge, Sayama organized the contest and lured Ebara into participating by pretending to have the legendary Night Baron Virus. She disguised as the Night Baron and attacked Conan with the intention of later making it look like Ebara was the Night Baron once he was killed. Satoru Maeda, Sayama's boyfriend, realized Sayama was the murderer, stole the Night Baron disguise from the police, and attacked Ran and Sayama in order to give Sayama an alibi and take blame for her if the police discovered her trick. | |
| − | After the dinner Sayama called Ebara up to her room, hinting that she would give him the "Night Baron" virus. Once he entered her room, she drugged him to make him fall asleep, went off to his room to plant the glove Kogoro found stuck to the balcony, and then put the rest of the Night Baron outfit on him before she threw him off the building. While landing on the statue was a fluke, | + | After the dinner Sayama called Ebara up to her room, hinting that she would give him the "Night Baron" virus. Once he entered her room, she drugged him to make him fall asleep, went off to his room to plant the glove Kogoro found stuck to the balcony, and then put the rest of the Night Baron outfit on him before she threw him off the building. While landing on the statue was a fluke, having Ebara's body land in the area beneath his room's balcony was her goal. In order to conceal the fact that Ebara was in her room, she dropped his body out the window closest to his balcony which was also sheltered from the wind. |
| − | The Night Baron that attacked Ran and Sayama, however, was Satoru Maeda | + | However, Akiko's plan backfired. She failed to factor in the force of the Hime-Kaze (Princess Wind), which was blowing at the time of the murder. Conan, as Sleeping Kogoro, had the police release several mattresses from each suspect's room, each mattress carrying weights to give them approximately the same weight as a person and a sheet to act like Night Baron's cape. Thanks to the force of the wind and the cape catching that wind, none of the mattresses landed beneath any of their respective balconies. In other words, if Ebara had fallen from his own balcony, the wind would have blown him to the right of the statue rather than on top of it. The only way to make Ebara's body land beneath his own balcony in spite of the wind was to drop his body in an area of the hotel that would shield it from the wind. With the suspect list in mind, that sheltered area is only accessible from one room: 1901. Akiko's room. |
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| + | The Night Baron that attacked Ran and Sayama, however, was Satoru Maeda who had no connection to the murder. After noticing a few anomalies about Ebara's body, he began to suspect Sayama and went through her luggage in search of the Night Baron wig in her suitcase - she had originally intended to include it with the rest of the costume she placed on Ebara, but their reunion revealed that she didn't need it since Ebara's hair already looked the part. With proof in hand, he realized his girlfriend's plans and made his own plan to divert attention away from her so she wouldn't go to jail. The first part was to not reveal the alibi that he ''did'' have, as to not create inconsistencies within any possible confession he may have to make. The second was to steal the costume and appear in front of Akiko and someone else, creating a phony alibi for Akiko; stealing the costume proves there's only one costume, and only one costume would lead people to believe there's only one Night Baron, which couldn't be Akiko. | ||
Maeda insists that he's the real killer, but Conan via Kogoro reveals that he's not. He is also convicted, but for interfering with the investigation and the offenses that came with it, and is likely to get a lighter sentence. Sayama tells Maeda to forget about her since she's not a good woman; he promises to wait for Sayama's release, however, and despite trying to put on a mask of stoicism, she can't help crying as she's taken away. | Maeda insists that he's the real killer, but Conan via Kogoro reveals that he's not. He is also convicted, but for interfering with the investigation and the offenses that came with it, and is likely to get a lighter sentence. Sayama tells Maeda to forget about her since she's not a good woman; he promises to wait for Sayama's release, however, and despite trying to put on a mask of stoicism, she can't help crying as she's taken away. | ||
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| + | Hideko Kamijo, Ebara'a ex-wife, entered the contest because she wanted to make an antivirus for the Night Baron virus. Incidentally, Ebara tried to sell Sayama's brother's program to Kamijo, but she realized that it was a stolen program and stopped its sale. Genichirou Kaneshiro wanted the virus in order to punish the creator for ruining his high school girl dating simulator 4 years ago. Shiro Konno's reason for wanting the virus is unclear, but Kamijo suggested he had nefarious purposes. | ||
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Revision as of 01:50, 22 February 2013
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| Title: | Night Baron Murder Case | ||
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| Japanese title: | 闇の男爵殺人事件 (Yami no Danshaku Satsujin Jiken) | ||
| Original airdate: | July 21, 1997 (The Case) July 28, 1997 (The Suspicion) August 4, 1997 (The Resolution) August 15, 2009 (Remastered version) August 22, 2009 (Remastered version) August 29, 2009 (Remastered version) | ||
| Season: | 3 | ||
| Manga source: | Volume 8: Files 2-7 (072-077) | ||
| English title: | Knight Baron Mystery | ||
| Dubbed episode: | Episode 70-72 | ||
| Cast: | Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Sango Yokomizo Professor Agasa Yusaku Kudo | ||
| Case solved by: | Kogoro Mouri (via Conan) | ||
| Next Conan's Hint: | Karate (Part 1) Building winds (Part 2) Adhesive (Part 3) | ||
| Director: | Kenji Kodama | ||
| Organizer: | Masato Sato | ||
| Storyboard: | 68 Masato Sato 69 Masato Sato 70 Akio Kawamura | ||
| Episode director: | 68 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 69 Masato Sato 70 Yoshio Suzuki | ||
| Animation director: | 68 Keiko Sasaki 69 Akio Kawamura 70 Izumi Shimura | ||
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| Opening song: | Nazo | ||
| Closing song: | Hikari to Kage no Roman | ||
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
The Case
Conan, Ran, and Kogoro end up on a paid vacation to Izu Princess beach resort, which is actually a mystery tour, to find the masked Night Baron (a fictional character in Yusaku Kudo's books). The winner gets free room and a software design that is most likely a virus. Ten people are on the tour as well, who get tensed instantly when they find out the detective, Kogoro Mouri is on the tour too. While staring out on the balcony, the Night Baron appears and pushes Conan over the edge causing him to land in the pool.
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Later that night, when Conan, Ran, and Satoru are on the outlook lounge, and Kogoro and Hideko at the pub, the Night Baron shows again but something went wrong, he went to the window and falls and is stabbed at the statue's spear.
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Can Conan figure out who the Night Baron is? And why is the Night Baron giving away a computer virus?
The Suspicion
While Kogoro investigates the murder of Tokio Ebara, the Night Baron costume is stolen and donned once more. The thief's intent: a duel with Ran.
The Resolution
Conan, Kogoro, and Inspector Yokomizo solve the case, but who really is Night Baron?
People
Resolution
Remastered version
A remastered version of the entire case was aired over the span of August 15, 22, and 29, 2009. Instead of editing the episodes and combining them into an hour, all three standalone episodes were remastered.
Dub changes
- The names of the characters and places in the Funimation Dub are:
- Shiro Konno - Mark McKean
- Tokio Ebara - Romero Rojas
- Genichirou Kaneshiro - Winston Cadbury
- Shizue Hayashi - Clarissa Bunn
- Hideko Kamijo - Heidi Camino
- Satoru Maeda - Cliff Reed
- Akiko Sayama - Audra Kelly
- Satomi (Shiro's Mother) - Naomi (Mark's Mother)
- Izu Princess Hotel Private Beach - St. Anne Island
