Tottori Spider Mansion Demon

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Episode 166-168 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Tottori Spider Mansion Demon
Japanese title:	鳥取クモ屋敷の怪 (Tottori Kumo-yashiki no Kai)
Original airdate:	November 1, 1999 (The Case) November 8, 1999 (The Suspicion) November 15, 1999 (The Resolution) October 29, 2007 (Remastered version) *
Broadcast rating:	18.5% 17.7% 17.6%
Manga case:	#70
Season:	7
Manga source:	Volume 25: Files 4-8 (246-250)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri Kazuha Toyama Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Number of fish (The Case) Misa, Sae, and Emi (The Suspicion) Roman alphabet (The Resolution) Rōmaji (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	166 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 167 Hiroshi Matsuzono 168 Hiroshi Matsuzono
Storyboard:	166 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 167 Hiroshi Matsuzono 168 Hiroshi Matsuzono
Episode director:	166 Kazuo Nogami 167 Yoshio Suzuki 168 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	166 Miwa Oshima 167 Masayuki Hiraoka 168 Keiko Sasaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2/Part 3) Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2/Part 3) Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1) Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama Yousuke Akimoto as Nobukazu Takeda Nobuyuki Furuta as Ryuji Takeda Katsuhisa Houki as Yuzo Takeda Mami Horikoshi as Yoko Takeda Toshihiko Nakajima as Akio Negishi Reiko Suzuki as Chie Takeda Satsuki Yukino as Miyuki Shioya Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint Sayuri Yoshida as Sae Takeda Sachiko Kojima as Emi Takeda Shigeru Nakahara as Robert Taylor
Music
Opening song:	Girigiri chop
Closing song:	Free Magic
* 1 Hour Special (Remastered version)

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri Kazuha Toyama Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch Earring Cellphone Wristwatch Flashlight

Case

Situation

The Case

Heiji and Kazuha take a motorcycle ride to the Yonago mountains of the Tottori prefecture, but they get lost in their way there. Kazuha remarks on how they forgot their cellphones and have run out of gas, and Heiji yells at her (and childishly pulls on her cheek) for tagging along when it isn't needed. It turns out Heiji was hired for a nice amount of money by a rich Tottori family to investigate some odd things that have happened in their home, but didn't give him their phone number.

The two are close to the forest and don't have camping gear handy, so Heiji says they should just plop down and sleep close together to keep each other warm. Kazuha is flustered at the idea and then gets angry when Heiji adds that he hopes she won't snore... and them someone appears from behind them and teases them about how couples shouldn't fight. It's an American man named Robert Taylor who is fluent enough in Japanese to understand their banter and acts very familiar towards the two; he mentions a Takeda family that housed him some years ago, and Heiji and Kazuha recognize their surname as the one of the family that hired Heiji... but he's lost, so he cannot really help them to get to their mansion.

A van passes around and, to call up the attention of the people in it, Heiji throws his helmet towards them... The driver's compantion turns out to be Kogoro, who gets hit and gets VERY mad at Heiji. Ran and Conan are also with him and they give Heiji, Kazuha and Robert a ride to the Takeda property. It turns out Kogoro was also hired by the Takedas, and for a very high sum of money as well, even sending out one of the family members, third son Yuuzo, to pick the group up in their van. He and Heiji discuss how the cards they also got from the family are rather odd and refer to a "spider". Yuzo Takeda explains that this about a "spider curse" that has befallen the Takeda family and their home, known as the "Spider Mansion of Tottori", one that no criminal should get close to. Yuzo then talks to Robert, whom he remembers from the time he was in Tottori. They talk about a girl named Misa, but Yuzo doesn't reply when he asks about her well-being.

Suicide (Past)
	Location: Takeda Household Victims: Misa Takeda and Kinuyo Takeda Age: 18 years old (Misa) Cause of death: Hanging Three years ago, Misa and Kinuyo committed suicide by hanging. After getting her face injured by her father, Misa became depressed. Three days after she hanged herself, her mother Kinuyo hanged herself as well.

Suicide (Past)
	Location: Takeda Household Victim: Akio Negishi Cause of death: Hanging Few days ago, Negishi committed suicide by hanging. But Nobukazu suspects murder.

When the group arrives to the Takeda household, Robert is devastated to learn that Misa, who had taken care of him in his last visit, killed herself by hanging few after his departure. Her mother Kinuyo and the family friend/associate Akio Negishi also commited suicide in a similar way. The one who relays the news is Youko, Yuzo's sister in law, who has just come from Tokyo alongside her husband Ryuuji and their kids Sae and Emi; Negishi was the business partner of Nobukazu Takeda, a famous doll-maker and Misa's father, as well as the one who actually hired Kogoro.

Nobukazu is surprised to see that Kogoro has brought several people with him, and he makes Heiji, Kazuha and Conan pass off as Ran's friends. He then talks briefly to Robert, who thanks him for letting him stay around some time ago. The twin girls Sae and Emi also arrive, but when Robert greets them cheerfully, they quietly call him "murderer" and accuse him of coming to kill people again before their mom scolds them and run away. The matriarch of the family, Chie, also watches them from a distance.

Murder

Location: Takeda Household Victim: Nobukazu Takeda Age: 45 years old Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Robert Taylor, Yuzo Takeda, Yoko Takeda, Ryuji Takeda, and Chie Takeda After the dinner, Nobakazu goes to the shed to make some puppets, but when they discover that Nobukazu was not sleeping they search for him and so hanging on the shed. Heiji reveals that it is murder because there is no such thing as spider's curse.

The Suspicion

The case continue and Conan and Heiji investigate further in the case.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Takeda Household Victim: Kazuha Toyama Age: 17 years old Injury: Hanging Suspects: Robert Taylor, Yuzo Takeda, Yoko Takeda, Ryuji Takeda, and Chie Takeda When Kazuha is searching for the cellphone strap she was tazed and knocked unconscious. The culprit tries to murder her but fails because they hear Heiji, Conan, Ran, and Kogoro searching for her.

People

Robert Taylor
	26 years old American photographer

Yuzo Takeda
	35 years old Takeda family third son

Yoko Takeda
	33 years old Ryuji Takeda's wife

Ryuji Takeda
	38 years old Takeda family second son

Nobukazu Takeda
	Victim (hanged) 45 years old Takeda family eldest son Master puppet maker

Sae Takeda
	9 years old Ryuji and Yoko's elder daughter

Emi Takeda
	9 years old Ryuji and Yoko's younger daughter

Chie Takeda
	71 years old Takeda brothers' mother

Miyuki Shioya
	26 years old Takeda's house housekeeper

Misa Takeda
	Deceased (hanged) Nobukazu's daughter Robert Taylor's fiancé

Kinuyo Takeda
	Deceased (hanged) Nobukazu's wife Misa's mother

Akio Negishi
	Deceased (hanged) Nobukazu's colleague

Resolution

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Conan and Heiji cooperate to reveal the murderer's identity and his trick. Robert Taylor is the murderer. While Kinuyo Takeda's suicide was genuine and started the rumor of the Takeda Tsuchigumo Yokai, Misa Takeda's was caused due to a misunderstanding in a temporary farewell message left by Taylor. One day Taylor was the victim of a rockslide accident and nearly died if Misa did not save him. The injuries were severe that he could temporary not talk and as he could only write romanji, the two were initially unable to communicate with each other. Misa was already facing depression because she had learn that she was not her father's daughter. The true father was Ryuji and the conception was an arrangement between him and Misa's mother, because Nobukazu had been declared steril and Kinuyo desperately wanted a child. The Takeda Brothers' mother figured the truth on her own and named her two other granddaughters, so along with Misa's name they would make a loop. MISA-SAE-EMI. A romantic relationship blossomed between her and Taylor. When Taylor left he wrote in English "SHINE" for his beloved to express the sentiments that he considered her the "shine of his life". She mistook it to be written in romanji as the japanese word for "to die" seeing it as a death threat and committed suicide for this reason. Negishi and the people who knew the truth about Misa's birth assumed it was out of shame. Taylor returns and hears about her death from Akio Negishi who upon making a perversed comment about his beloved drove Taylor into a rage where Negishi was strangled/hanged. He then resolved to murder the entire/key members of the Takeda family in the belief that they were responsible for her death. He sees Nobukazu Takeda as a perfect excuse for a callous victim as he was secretly involved in a drug smuggling operation.

He murdered Nobukazu by luring him to the lodge where the Takeda females committed suicide via telephone call. He would threaten to reveal his operation if he did not comply. Before this was set, he laid massive piles of silk thread in the attic, with one particular thread tied in the manner of a slingshot by the window. He lured Nobukazu to this position and to have him peak his head out by firing Bee Bee gun rounds against the pane. The instant he peaks out Robert would pull a string that would release the slingshot mechanism - effectively snapping Nobukazu's neck and leaving him dangling in silk threads much like the yokai curse. This was done at the time he was leaving to view constellations at an observation point on a motorbike so as to create an alibi.

Kazuha becomes an unwanted victim in his revenge scheme because she managed to find one of his BB rounds thinking it to be a pearl. When confronted and his plans revealed, he refused to express remorse over having dragged Kazuha into his plans and blames the whole family for Misa's death until Heiji decides to reveal what really drove Misa to suicide and Conan tries to stop him knowing it would scar the murderer for life. Robert becomes utterly broken and as he is taken away by the police he repeatedly mutters "why did he have to be an American, why did could he not speak Japanese, and why she could not speak English" in the manner of a broken Karakuri Doll that had lost everything.

Remastered version

On October 29, 2007, a remastered version of the case was aired. All three episodes were edited and combined into one hour long special, and scenes were edited out to fit the timeslot.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	昼下がりの天使たち （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
5	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
6	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
7	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8	ターゲット サスペンスＢ	Tāgetto Sasupensu B	Target Suspense B	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	ターゲット サスペンスＪ	Tāgetto Sasupensu J	Target Suspense J	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	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	沈む夕陽 （哀愁ver.）	Shizumu Yūhi (Aishū ver.)	Depressing Sunset (Sorrow ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	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
6	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	ターゲット サスペンスＪ	Tāgetto Sasupensu J	Target Suspense J	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
8	ターゲット サスペンスＡ	Tāgetto Sasupensu A	Target Suspense A	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
14	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic

Part 3

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Mysterious Eyes	Mysterious Eyes	Mysterious Eyes	Mysterious Eyes
1	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
1	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
1	真相究明	Shinsō Kyūmei	Investigating the Truth	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
1	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
1	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
1	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
1	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
1	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
1	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
1	カード賭博のボス	Kādo Tobaku no Bosu	The Card Gambler's Boss	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
1	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
1	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic	Free Magic
1	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

Trivia

• The story of the spider demon may be an allusion to Jorōgumo, a figure of Japanese mythology.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	El monstre de la mansió de l'aranya	The monster of spider mansion
Chinese	鳥取蜘蛛之家的古怪
French	Le Manoir de l'araignée	The Manor of the Spider
Galician	O misterio da mansión da araña de Tottori	The mystery of the spider mansion of Tottori
German	Die Spinnenkönigin	The Spider Queen
Italian	Il mistero della villa dei ragni	The Mystery of Spider Mansion
Spanish	El misterio de la mansión de la araña de Tottori	The mystery of the spider mansion of Tottori
Vietnamese	Ngôi nhà nhện quỷ	The Spider Mansion Demon

See also

• Season 7