The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies

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Episode 577 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies
Japanese title:	ホタルが灯した真実 (Hotaru ga Tomoshi ta Shinjitsu)
Original airdate:	June 19, 2010
Broadcast rating:	5,80%
Filler case:	#177
Season:	19
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Hiroshi Agasa
Case solved by:	Hiroshi Agasa (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Drink bottle
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Screenplay:	Masaki Tsuji
Storyboard:	Shigenori Kageyama
Episode director:	Masakazu Yamazaki
Animation director:	Kana Miyai Masakazu Yamazaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima Jin Yamanoi as Michitake Owada  Hiroko Taguchi as Aoi Owada Hideyuki Umezu as Tokuro Nakamine  Akio Suyama as Shuichiro Tarumi Satoshi Hino as Tatsuma Kashiwa Ryusuke Obayashi as Soichi Narutaki   Natsumi Sakuma as Mrs. Kashiwa
Music
Opening song:	As the Dew
Closing song:	Hello Mr. my yesterday

The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies (ホタルが灯した真実 ,Hotaru ga Tomoshi ta Shinjitsu) is the 577th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ayumi Yoshida Hiroshi Agasa

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Wristwatch Flashlight Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Case

Situation

Professor Agasa, Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys attend a firefly festival to commemorate a shinto shrine in a small mountain village in Kofu periphery, Yamanashi Prefecture. The truck soon arrives with the fireflies and they are released into the fields. Later one of the truck drivers, Tokuro Nakamine, is found murdered and three of the villagers are the prime suspects.

Murder
	Location: Eboshi Rock Victim: Tokuro Nakamine Age: 28 years old Cause of death: Cyanide poisoning Suspects: Aoi Owada, Tatsuma Kashiwa, and Shuichiro Tarumi

Conan notices a flashlight Genta found inside the truck and realizes who the murderer is.

People

Michitake Owada
	47 years old Chief priest Agasa's friend

Tokuro Nakamine
	Victim (poison) 28 years old Village head's son

Aoi Owada
	22 years old Michitake's daughter

Tatsuma Kashiwa
	Victim (stabbed-injured) 26 years old Old village family's eldest son Aoi's boyfriend

Shuichiro Tarumi
	26 years old Nakamine's friend

Soichi Narutaki
	59 years old Yamanashi Prefectural police detective in Kofu

Mayu Narutaki
	Deceased (landslide accident) Narutaki's granddaughter Looks like Haibara

Mrs. Kashiwa
	Tatsuma's mother

Resolution

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Using Professor Agasa's voice, Conan reveals the second truck driver, Shuichiro Tarumi, to be the murderer. Conan reveals that Tarumi murdered Nakamine in a desolated location near the village before turning the truck around and meeting with the other villagers.

Attemped Murder
	Location: Old village Victim: Soichi Narutaki and Tatsuma Kashiwa Age: 26 years old Injury: Stab wound Culprit: Shuichiro Tarumi

Hostage Situation
	Location: Village Forest Victim: Ai Haibara Age: 7 years old Culprit: Shuichiro Tarumi

As evidence, Conan reveals the flashlight Genta found was actually a dictation machine with Nakamine's voice recorded on it. Tarumi takes Haibara as hostage and attempts to flee but is eventually stopped by Conan with a ball and apprehended by Narutaki. Conan reveals that Tarumi's motive was fear of being exposed by Nakamine for embezzling money from the firefly project and stealing money from Nakamine's father's company. After the fall, Aoi and Tatsuma have become a couple and spend a lot of time together since then.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:19	ディスティニー アイランド	Disutinii Airando	Destiny Island	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
3:01 - 4:03	????
4:40 - 5:16	????
5:20 - 5:54	マインド ピアノ	Maindo Piano	Mind Piano	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
6:00 - 6:31	ライク セレナード	Raiku Serenādo	Like Serenade	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
6:54 - 7:23	????
7:40 - 8:18	どこだどこだ!!	Doko da Doko da!!	Where is it Where is it!!	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
8:24 - 9:15	ラルゴ サスペンス	Rarugo Sasupensu	Largo Suspense	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
9:36 - 10:38	ドライ エレジー	Dorai Erejii	Dry Elegy	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
13:38 - 14:43	????
14:48 - 15:26	????
15:30 - 15:38	エグザミネ	Eguzamine	Examine	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
16:00 - 16:44	????
16:51 - 18:40	????
18:54 - 19:52	どこだどこだ!!	Doko da Doko da!!	Where is it Where is it!!	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
20:21 - 21:09	ダークな予感	Dāku na Yokan	Foreboding Darkness	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
21:10 - 21:35	重なる色彩	Kasanaru Shikisai	Overlapping Colours	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
21:36 - 22:03	夕暮れ色のメロディ	Yūgure Iro no Merodi	Melody of the Evening Colours	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
23:24 - 23:58	レガート エピローグ	Regāto Epirōgu	Legato Epilogue	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack

Trivia

• This case is clearly modeled after Sword of the Eight-Headed Serpent.
• Nakamine's truck is a white Suzuki Carry. The license plate number is 甲府 430, ほ 78-90 (Kofu 430, Ho 78-90).
• Nakamine's car is a 2004 Rally Red Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	Les cuques de llum que il·luminen la veritat

See also

• Season 19