The Spirit Detective's Murder

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Episode 863-864 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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Information
Title:	Soul Detective Murder Case
Japanese title:	霊魂探偵殺害事件 (Reikon Tantei Satsugai Jiken)
Original airdate:	June 17, 2017 (Part 1) June 24, 2017 (Part 2)
Manga case:	#275
Season:	26
Manga source:	Volume 90: Files 3-5 (951-953)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Masumi Sera Mary Shinichi Kudo Gin Vodka Vermouth Inspector Megure Detective Takagi
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Mary)
Next Conan's Hint:	Wine glass (Part 1) Salt (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Noriko Hidaka as Masumi Sera Atsuko Tanaka as Mary Yukitoshi Hori as Gin Fumihiko Tachiki as Vodka Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Detective Takagi Nozomu Sasaki as Sanpei Kokuri Takayuki Sasada as Boy A Taisuke Nakano as Boy B
Music
Opening song:	Ikusen no Meikyuu de Ikusen no Nazo wo Toite
Closing song:	YESTERDAY LOVE

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Masumi Sera Mary Sera Inspector Megure Detective Takagi Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Gin Vodka Vermouth (background) Rum (criminal silhouette)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan thinks about Kohji Haneda's murder case. The website with the information has been taken down and hasn't been re-uploaded yet. But Kogoro get a call from the TV-station giving him an offer to appear in a show with Gaito Hotta, a known 'spirit-detective', who claims that he is going to call Kohji Haneda's spirit and have him reveal the truth of the murder. Conan suspects that Hotta might have dig up some information on the murder and tags along with Kogoro to meet him. In the taxi Kogoro and Conan discuss Hotta. Gaito Hotta is a TV-personality, who claims to solve mysteries by contacting the souls of dead people. Kogoro explain that Hotta is a fraud who had been exposed once during a case about a missing climber. A body had been found, but it was a completely different person. And it has been proved that Hotta had paid people to testify false witness statements and had done some investigation beforehand. Now he is probably trying to do a comeback. Conan guess that Hotta has chosen the Haneda murder, because it was so long ago, but Conan decides to see if Hotta has some information that can help him in figuring out Rum's identity.

Murder
	Location: Beika Hotel Victim: Gaito Hotta Age: Unknown Cause of death: Stab wounds in Torso Suspects: Sanpei Kokuri

People

Gaito Hotta
	Victim (stabbed) "Soul Detective"

Sanpei Kokuri
	35 years old Tohto TV directer

Yamamoto
	Beika hotel bellhop

Resolution

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The culprit is Sanpei Kokuri. The motive was that Hotta used his late sister's corpse for his show. A few years ago Kokuri's sister committed suicide in the mountains due to a break-up. But her body was never found. Later Hotta was making a show in the mountain (most likely in connection with a missing person case, that Conan and Kogoro discussed in the taxi) and 'found' the body claiming to have 'felt' it's spirit. Kokuri realized that Hotta must have found his sister's body a long time ago, but instead of reporting it to the police, he had buried it to use it in his show. So he killed Hotta in revenge for having humiliating her.

Masumi calls Mary 'mama', Indicating she is her mother. The only thing that Hotta knew is that someone saw Asaka holding a small mirror and that he believed Asaka, the bodyguard, is a woman. Mary considers that information boring and warns Masumi that she should be careful around Conan and that he may not the same boy they met 10 years ago. Later at night, Gin and Vodka talk about the case. Gin comments that Rum screwed up in the Case from 17 years ago. Gin is more concerned about the fact that Kogoro went to investigate the murder. Gin immediately suggests that Kogoro be finished off before he becomes more of a threat.

Trivia

• The name Gaito Hotta (katakana: ホッタ ガイト) comes from "poltergeist" (ポルターガイスト).
• The name Sanpei Kokuri comes from "Kokkuri-san" (table-turning).

Gallery

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  Mary caught by Conan's phone camera.

See also

• Season 26