Picking Wild Plants and Clovers

Chronology
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Episode 1011-1012 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Picking Wild Plants and Clovers
Japanese title:	山菜狩りとクローバー (Sansai kari to kurōbā)
Original airdate:	July 10, 2021 (Part 1) July 17, 2021 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	6.6% (Part 1)  ?.?% (Part 2)
Manga case:	#297
Season:	29
Manga source:	Volume 96: Files 7-9 (1032-1034)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Sumiko Kobayashi Rumi Wakasa Misao Yamamura Kohji Haneda
Case solved by:	Misao Yamamura (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Commemorative photo (Part 1) Lucky Charm (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Organizer:	Masaharu Okuwaki
Storyboard:	Masaharu Okuwaki
Episode director:	1011: Koichiro Kuroda 1012:
Animation director:	Seiji Muta and Nobuyuki Iwai (supervisors) 1011: Kaoru Nagakawa tofu Michitaka Yamamoto 1012:
Character design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (Design Works) Akiko Motoyoshi
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima Yuko Kato as Sumiko Kobayashi Fumi Hirano as Rumi Wakasa Toshio Furukawa as Misao Yamamura Hiroki Yasumoto as Kohji Haneda Yutaka Furukawa as Police detective Taro Yamaguchi as Toji Fukikoshi Yumi Toma as Maika Zenda
Music
Opening song:	ZERO kara Hajimete
Closing song:	Reboot

Picking Wild Plants and Clovers (山菜狩りとクローバー ,Sansai kari to kurōbā) is the 1011th and 1012th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Sumiko Kobayashi Rumi Wakasa Misao Yamamura Kohji Haneda (flashback)

Case

Part 1

Murder
	Location: In front of Fukikoshi's manor in Minanokami, Gunma Prefecture Victim: Touji Fukikoshi Age: 42 years old Time: Several hours ago Cause of death: Stab wound Culprit: Maika Zenda Maika Zenda killed her would be husband a few hours ago. How did she manage to bring the corpse from Fukikoshi's residence to the van without leaving anyone's sight ?

People

Toji Fukikoshi
	Victim (stabbed) 42 years old IT company director

Maika Zenda
	38 years old Former elementary school teacher

Shigefumi Uruma
	Fukikoshi's real identity Marriage swindler wanted by the police

Woman
	Uruma's girlfriend Has nyctophobia and claustrophobia

Police Detective
	Inspector Yamamura's assistant Gunma Prefecture assistant inspector

Forensics officer
	Gunma prefectural police department forensics officer

Resolution

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Maika Zenda didn't have to drag the body while the kids were there, since she had already done so hours ago. She parked her car in front of the body, just as Yamamura speculated, but the body wasn't seen since it was hidden by the cardboard boxes she had asked the Detective Boys to place on the window since they were taking place in the van. She said they were used for her moving in with her would be husband, but were in fact only used for her trick. She then took the souvenir picture with the kids and used it as proof that the body wasn't next to rear of the van. While everyone was picking wild plants, she would expect them to grow thirsty, so she purposely left the refreshments in the car. She then volunteered to head back to the car when everybody started to be thirsty. She also asked Ayumi to go with her to establish her alibi. Arrived at the car, she would pretend to have lost her earring to force the two of them to crouch and search the ground for it, and she would use the occasion to move the car without even starting the engine. She is able to do so, since the front wheel isn't locked in and she can just move the car by pushing the wheel, which is evidenced by the fact that she has more mud on the back her sleeves than on her arms. The use of Ayumi for establishing the alibi is also because she is short, and a tall person would be able to notice her meddling with the back of the wheel. After moving it, she successfully made the corpse visible to everyone. They wouldn't suspect that the car moved since she parked it next to two identical trees. Proof that the car moved is the four-leaf clover that Ayumi was looking for and that was now hidden. It was in fact under the front wheel, which shouldn't be the case, if she didn't move the car.

Trivia

• There are some references to the manga series Urusei Yatsura

• Fumi Hirano, who voice Rumi Wakasa, and Toshio Furukawa, who voice Misao Yamamura, appeared in the anime version of Urusei Yatsura as Lum and Ataru Moroboshi.

• The fake names used by Uruma are Michio Kogo (古後 道生), Hajime Tadano (只野 創), Ruita Usui (薄井 塁太) and Rikuaki Segawa (瀬川陸明).
• The case takes place in Minakami (みなかみ), in Gunma prefecture, but the names were changed to Minanokami (みなのかみ). Similarly, Minakami Station (水上駅) becomes Minanokami Station (水乃上駅). The village is also approximately an hour away from Mount Fuyuna (冬名山), the real-life Mount Haruna (榛名山) which is the setting place of The Witch Enshrouded by Fog.
• The van is a white Toyota HiAce sixth generation. The license plate is 赤城 301, す 37・26 (Akagi 301, Su 37-26).
• The train the Detective Boys and their teachers take is on the Jōetsu Line from Takasaki to Nagaoka. It is operated in real-life by JR East, but the anime changed it to TR East.

Manga to anime changes

• A scene with the Detective Boys and their teachers in the train is shown at the beginning, which wasn't in the manga.

• There is also a scene when Conan is playing cards with Mitsuhiko and Genta, a reference to The 36-Cell Perfect Game

See also

• Season 29