The Red Horse within the Flames

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Episode 325-327 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Red Horse within the Flames
Japanese title:	炎の中に赤い馬 (Honō no Naka ni Akai Uma)
Original airdate:	June 23, 2003 (The Case) June 30, 2003 (The Investigation) July 7, 2003 (The Resolution)
Broadcast rating:	16,00% 14.80% 16.10%
Manga case:	#114
Season:	12
Manga source:	Volume 39: Files 1-5 (393-397)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Yuminaga
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Inspector Yuminaga
Next Conan's Hint:	1・2・3 (The Case) Guan Yu (The Investigation) Key holder (The Resolution)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Masato Sato
Organizer:	325 Chika Ichimaru 326 Kazuyoshi Yokota 327 Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	325 Chika Ichimaru 326 Kazuyoshi Yokota 327 Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	325 Hideaki Oniwa 326 Nana Harada 327 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	325 Atsushi Aono 326 Izumi Shimura 327 Keiko Sasaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama Natsuo Tokuhiro as Inspector Yuminaga Isshin Chiba as Firefighter, Detective Hiroshi Masuoka as Takanori Genda Keiko Han as Ryoko Morozumi Kinryu Arimoto as Misao Soga Yumi Nakatani as Keiko Gendo Osamu Ichikawa as Akira Morozumi Makiko Omoto as Child Junko Hagimori as Mother Koichi Nagano as Antique Shop Clerk
Music
Opening song:	Kaze no Lalala
Closing song:	Ashita o Yume Mite

Characters introduced

Inspector Yuminaga
	Inspector from Arson Department

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri

Case

Situation

The Incident

Heiji is asked by Kasukawa to investigate a man who is lurking near the house of Ryoko Morozumi. An arsonist, dubbed the Red Horse after the red horse figurines he leaves behind at the fires, has been burning precincts in order. With the first three having already experienced a fire, and Ryoko's house being on the fourth precinct, they suspect the strange man to be the arsonist. While Kogoro, Conan, and Heiji stalk the house, it catches fire in the middle of the night.

Arson - Murder
	Location: Morozumi household Victim: Ryoko Morozumi Age: 39 years old Cause of death: Burning Suspects: Takanori Genda, Misao Soga, Keiko Gondo, and Akira Morozumi Shortly after Conan, Kogoro and Heiji left the Morozumi household, the house is on fire and killed Ryoko! However, three of the four suspects have alibi during the time of murder, was Genda the true culprit!?

There are four suspected to be the arsonist: A salesmen named Takanori Genda, Ryoko's paramour and a Feng shui reader Misao Soga, Ryoko's sister Keiko Gondo, and Ryoko's husband Akira Morozumi. Since the latter three have established alibi's, this leaves Genda as their prime suspect.

The Investigation

Ran and Kazuha receive a red horse from Genda on the way home. Kogoro realizes that Genda plans to burn the Mouri Detective Agency with Ran and Kazuha in it and rushes home to find out that Genda had been arrested. Ran explains that Genda appeared at the agency asking for the red horse back since it will cause the building to be set ablaze and she called the police due to his strange behavior. Conan and Heiji suspect that while Genda was the cause of the first three fires, the fourth fire might have been created to murder Ryoko while placing the blame on Genda. Conan and Heiji investigate and realize that Genda has been experience psychological problems and that the other three suspects could have manipulated him to cause the fires. They investigate Ryoko's house and realize how the fire was started.

The Resolution

After investigating Genda's home, they found out that there were covert listening devices planted by Soga and Gondo and realize who the culprit is.

People

Takanori Genda
	42 years old Antique store manager

Ryoko Morozumi
	Victim (burned) 39 years old Housewife

Misao Soga
	45 years old Feng Shui instructor

Keiko Gondo
	41 years old Fortune-teller Ryoko's older sister

Akira Morozumi
	45 years old Psychiatrist Ryoko's husband

Resolution

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That night, the three culprits enter Genda's house with Soga and Gondo retrieving their listening devices in a Feng Shui vase and zabuton cushion respectively. Apparently they had Genda as a client and committed fraud to trick him into using their services more often. Heiji and Conan confront Akira Morozumi before he could start the fifth fire and declares him as the culprit. They reveal that Akira, Genda's psychiatrist, made him believe he was starting the fire but in reality, the first fire was an accident while the other three were done by Akira. The owner of the house, where the first fire occurred was a customer of Genda and had gotten a key chain from him. But the fire broke and burned both the box and Guan Yu, leaving only the horse. The owner never got to open the box, so he honestly testified that he never saw the horse before. And because 'Red Horse' was an old police slang for 'Arsonist', everyone jump to the conclusion that it was the beginning of a serial arsonist. Genda recognized the horse in the paper, but was confused that the owner claimed to not have seen it, so he became confused and sought out dr. Akira Morozumi, thinking that he had begin sleepwalking again. Akira saw an opportunity to burn his wife's family home by using Genda as a scapegoat. Heiji reveals that Akira started the fourth fire by wrapping a light bulb with sheets of paper and placing a match in between the sheets. When it reached a certain temperature, the match would ignite and start the fire. The evidence to convict him is the fingerprints found on a key lock holder at the scene of the crime owned by Genda. His wife rejected purchasing from Genda when first encountered so he is the only one who could have made the purchase of the Red Hare figurine. Akira emotionally rants he killed his wife because she was having an affair with Soga and more importantly that she refused to have her inherited estate be converted into a new psychiatric clinic. The reason why Ryoko had rejected the detectives, was because she had figured out what her husband was doing and tried to blackmail him into a divorce. Akira is later arrested and Genda is released from custody.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	風のららら	Kaze no Lalala	The Wind's Lalala	Kaze no Lalala
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	ダイイング・メッセージ	Daiingu・Messēji	Dying Message	Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
4	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
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	迷路	Meiro	Labyrinth	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
7	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
9	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	カギを探せ！	Kagi o Sagase!	Search for the Key!	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
14	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	映画BGM	Eiga BGM	Movie BGM	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
16	明日を夢見て	Ashita o Yume Mite	Dreaming of Tomorrow	Ashita o Yume Mite

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	風のららら	Kaze no Lalala	The Wind's Lalala	Kaze no Lalala
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	推理 （不気味ver.）	Suiri (Bukimi ver.)	Deduction (Ominous ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	赤い光のスナイパー１	Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1	The Sniper's Red Light 1	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
12	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	顛末（TENMATSU）	Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)	The Facts (TENMATSU)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
14	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
15	尋問	Jinmon	Interrogation	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
16	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	新一の事件解明	Shin'ichi no Jiken Kaimei	Shinichi's Case Clarification	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
18	明日を夢見て	Ashita o Yume Mite	Dreaming of Tomorrow	Ashita o Yume Mite

Part 3

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	風のららら	Kaze no Lalala	The Wind's Lalala	Kaze no Lalala
2	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
3	尋問	Jinmon	Interrogation	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
4	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	「何だこの痕跡は？」	"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?"	"What Is This a Trace Of?"	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
6	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
7	ジンのテーマＣ	Jin no Tēma C	Gin's Theme C	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
8	逆探知	Gyakutanchi	Phone Trace	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
9	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	陰謀 （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon)	Conspiracy (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
12	コナン推理	Konan Suiri	Conan's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
13	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
14	漆黒の殺意	Shikkoku no Satsui	Jet Black Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
15	それいけコナン （哀愁ヴァージョン）	Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)	Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
16	明日を夢見て	Ashita o Yume Mite	Dreaming of Tomorrow	Ashita o Yume Mite
17	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cavall vermell en flames	The red horse in flames
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El cavall roig en flames	The red horse in flames
German	Das rote Pferd in den Flammen	The red horse in flames
Italian	Un cavallo rosso fuoco	A Fire Red Horse
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caballo rojo en llamas	The red horse in flames

Trivia

• This case is included Guan Yu (CN: 關羽) and Red Hare (CN: 赤兔马) from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

See also

• Season 12