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=== Eri vs. Yukiko Murder Case === | === Eri vs. Yukiko Murder Case === | ||
Revision as of 05:42, 26 September 2022
| ‹ Volume 40 | List of Chapters • List of Cases | Volume 42 › |
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| Release date: | April 9, 2003 | ||
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| Chapters: | 414-424 | ||
| ISBN: | ISBN 4-09-126411-5 | ||
| Publisher: | Shogakukan | ||
| English release date: | January 10, 2012 | ||
| English ISBN: | ISBN 1-4215-3607-2 | ||
| English Publisher: | Viz Media | ||
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Volume 41 was released on April 9, 2003 in Japan.
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Chapters
Eri vs. Yukiko Murder Case
File 414 - Mama's Rival!?
An atmosphere of tension brews between the two mothers while they exchange remarks. However, as Ran begins to fear the worst, the two reveal that they have a very amicable relationship. They recount their past encounters at the now defunct Ms. Teitan beauty pageant, where the two had a legendary competition. Yukiko, the Teitan Princess, and Eri, the Teitan Queen, each gained exactly ten thousand votes, but neither was declared the winner as the one deciding vote had gone missing. Due to the ensuing panic, future pageants were subsequently canceled. Yukiko states she's here on behalf of her husband, Yusaku, who received a call for help from Shigeru. The two men had formerly met when Yusaku solved a relevant case in Los Angeles and are both mystery writers—Shigeru noting Yusaku's greater success.
Eri informs Yukiko of Kogoro's predicament while the detective is seen at the agency, forcibly restrained to the sofa, all in a comedic attempt to prevent him from using any more money. Back at the mansion, Yukiko suggests meeting with Yukio, but Ueki and Motoka deny her access, stating that Yukio is in the audio room, listening to music and reading books. Seen as he's a man who dislikes intrusions, the group decides to monitor him through the security cameras. Yukiko is alarmed to see the gardener, Doi, tending to the plants so late at night, but Ueki assures her that it's part of his nightly routine. The bulk of the group disbands while Ran presses the two mothers on their Ms. Teitan pageant, adding that she recalls seeing an unsubmitted Ms. Teitan voting slip in Kogoro's blazer pocket. Hearing this, the two ladies push their self-deprecating attitudes aside and immediately demand to know who's name was written on the slip. Ran replies that she accidentally put the blazer in the washing machine, crumpling the slip, leaving the outcome a surprise for when they confront Kogoro. Ueki suddenly notices Yukio is on his feet with raised arms. Moments later, the man falls to his side, seemingly shot by someone off-screen. Everyone rushes to the room, with Ran forced to kick the locked door down to enter. Eri checks Yukio's vitals but finds him to be dead.
File 415 - Suspicious Gunshot
Inspector Megure, Takagi, and Chiba arrive on the scene where they are informed of the situation by Eri and Yukiko. Takagi locates the gun besides a broken window where presumably, the killer shot Yukio through. Chiba additionally finds a charred towel which he suspects the killer used to reduce gunpowder residue and muffle the noise. Wasting no time, Eri orders the two sergeants into action and takes control of the investigation while Yukiko explains to Megure of her friend's stake in the case. Meanwhile, Kogoro, still restrained on his sofa, cries for the bathroom. Back at the mansion, Megure interrogates Ueki, Motoka, and Shigeru about their whereabouts during the time of murder. Shigeru and Motoka take a seat while Ueki remains standing. Soon after, officers arrive with Doi who they found still tending to the gardens. Eri explains that despite his suspicious appearance and actions, Doi cannot be the killer as footage of him in the gardens was recorded at the time of death.
Megure confirms the security footage but notes that the camera shifts away from him during the exact moment of Yukio's death. Although the footage shows part of Doi's light, the inspector states it's not enough for him to be crossed from the suspect list. Eri and Yukiko use the abundance of security footage as evidence for the killer not being an outsider. Coupled with how all of the maids have an alibi, the only suspects are Ueki, Motoka, Shigeru, and Doi. Conan wonders about two inconsistencies: one, the near-two-minute interval between the first and second shot; two, how Yukio seemingly placed a bookmark in his book despite being threatened at gunpoint. Yukiko and Eri ask the maids: who of the suspects has the biggest grudge towards Yukio, but they answer that they all have a reason to be angry. Suddenly, Doi jumps out of his seat and yells at the officers to stay away from his garden. Hearing his voice for the first time, Yukiko identifies that Doi's accent is from the Kōchi Prefecture. Yukiko speaks to the gardener in his native accent, engaging the once reticent man in a lively conversation. Conan explains that Yukiko once played Ryōma Sakamoto's sister who had the Kōchi accent, making her fluent in the region's Japanese. The brilliant actress returns with valuable information: the gunshots came after the shattering of the window. The two mothers talk it over, as Yukiko is reminded of Yusaku's hint, "The Arms are a red herring." Hearing this, Conan sparks a confident grin on his face.
File 416 - The Night Baroness Enters!
Chiba informs Megure about a trio of faint lines streaking across one of the three bullets. Hearing this information, Conan formulates the rest of his deduction. Suddenly, Yukiko bashes him on the head, believing her son to have solved the case. Conan expresses his disdain for her "Night Baroness" antics but shares his deduction anyway. As the suspects voice their concerns to the police, Yukiko stages a dramatic entrance with the nearby household lamps, proclaiming that the Night Baroness has solved the case—spectated by an unamused Conan.
Motoka verbally states her plans to seize Yukio's inheritance as he lacks parents or siblings, but Eri stops her, saying that's only the case if the will is missing. Eri had phoned her associate who is Yukio's lawyer to confirm the specifics of the will, finding a line at the end stating that if his associates fail to protect his life, he'll instead donate his inheritance to the government. Motoka then pivots her plan to liquidate all the assets Yukio had gifted her and travel abroad, but Eri once again stops her, showing the contract Motoka had signed with Kogoro which only stipulates finding the culprit, not protecting Yukio's life.
The next day, Eri and Yukiko return to the Detective Agency with their harvested funds. Conan then asks whom Kogoro voted for in the Miss Teitan Beauty Pageant. He answers "Eri." He then explains to a flustered Eri that back then, he believed the "Miss" in "Miss Teitan" stood for "Mistake" and he voted for the worse of the two contestants. Disappointed, the two mothers pull a million yen (~$10,000) out of the fund. Ran additionally pulls 938,618 yen (~$9386.18) for general fees and dues, leaving Kogoro with roughly four thousand yen. The two mothers leave to spend their money, leaving a shocked Kogoro at home.
People
Dark Apartment Murder Case
File 417 - Darkness is a Death Trap
Yukiko brazenly speeds through the streets of Tokyo with the Detective Boys as her passengers. The boys ask her where she's taking them, but she's insistent on keeping their destination a surprise. However, after hearing Yukiko speak jargon related to film production to someone on the phone, Conan quickly deduces that they're being taken to an early screening of "Kamen Yaiba the Movie II." With the kids rejoicing in the backseat, Yukiko kicks the car into high gear—prompting Ayumi to comment on the woman's fun nature, believing her to be Conan's mother.
The group arrives at the film-development studio, where they're greeted by an old associate of Yukiko's, Takayoshi Karata, the film's color grader (timing man). The boys are surprised to learn Yukiko was an actress, leading Haibara to understand that Conan's impulsiveness and acting ability came from his mother. Karata explains the film still needs more time to develop. He asks Akira Hojima and Yoshihiko Negami to show their guests around the studio while they wait for the product to finish—the two men happily accept. The boys are shown several intricate mechanisms used to create films, including the darkroom used to process images. Hojima and Negami additionally explain their roles in the production process: Negami is the darkroom operator who works with negative films (genzou man), and Hojima's job is to turn negative films into positive ones (yakitsuke). The boys comment on how Hojima is the only worker who lacks the word "man" in his job title. The group is then approached by Norihiro Furumura, who informs them that the footage will not be ready until at least 11:00 PM. Given such a late time slot, Yukiko worries as she's got a flight to catch, and the kids can't stay at the studio without a chaperone. Hojima offers to let the boys sleep in his apartment, and he'll drive them all home in the morning. The detective boys accept. Before leaving, Yukiko teases her son on how he's "such a lady's man," stating that in addition to Ayumi, Haibara likely has feelings for him. Conan is skeptical of her theory, but Yukiko insists that Haibara's frequent glances at him show her interest. Changing the topic of the conversation, Conan asks if Yukiko properly lost the car that was tailing them on the way to the studio. She believes that she did but is still unsure of their motives. Conan speculates that if their target is either him or Haibara, there's a high probability that it's the Black Organization, but Yukiko instead wonders if they were just her fans who wanted an autograph.
At Hojima's apartment, the Detective Boys settle themselves into the artist's extremely cluttered abode. Furumura takes a vlog on a VHS camera before taking a nap on the sofa while Negami returns to the studio to finish his work. Hojima shows the boys to the bedroom, where they all sleep in a row on his bed—Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta fall asleep instantly. Conan and Haibara remain awake; the former asks an important question: "is there something on my face?" leaving the latter dumbfounded. As everyone sleeps, a silhouette approaches Furumura, stabbing him. The man's scream wakes everyone in the apartment as they rush to a scene where a man lies dead on the couch with a knife through his chest.
File 418 - A Silent Murder in the Dark
Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi arrive at the scene, believing the culprit stabbed Furumura through the blanket to reduce blood splatters. Hojima and the Detective Boys explain the state of the crime scene as Conan adds how they strangely heard no sounds indicating the culprit had escaped. Megure believes it's because the boys were groggy, but Haibara adds the implausibility of someone silently sneaking out of a room this cluttered. Thus, the police point to Hojima as the only possible suspect as he was present beside Furumura after the lights were turned on. The man frantically explains that Negami and Karata possess keys to his apartment. The two other suspects are brought in, where they, unfortunately, report their lack of an alibi. Conan switches off the lights, showing everyone how pitch-black the room becomes due to Hojima's thick curtains, proving no one could remember their way around. Negami scolds the boy for interfering with the investigation. The forensic investigator calls Megure to inspect Furumura's damaged and dirty shirt, theorizing he could've gotten physical with the culprit before his death. They clarify that it's likely because Furumura rarely bathed.
Megure finds a VHS camera on the ground, still recording. They play its contents and confirm that the room is silent besides the already known sounds produced by Conan, Ayumi, and Hojima. With the Hojima painted as the primary suspect, Negami believes his motive could be because in the past, Furumura failed to identify a cut in their film, leading to it snapping in the recording device. The three men believed that film to be their masterpiece and were disheartened by Furumura, who took the intricate task despite drinking the night before. Meanwhile, Conan strolls about the apartment, accepting that the culprit must be Hojima. But then, he notices a feature on the ceiling as well as a feature on the VHS camera. He links the two pieces of evidence and deduces the true culprit's identity, but he still lacks solid evidence. While the boy continues to ruminate on the case, Ayumi checks on Haibara, who attentively peers outside the window. Haibara answers she's okay before looking down at a suspicious black car—its rider, a bespectacled man shrouded by shadow.
File 419 - Mystery of the Black Light
Professor Agasa arrives at the crime scene to ostensibly accompany the Detective Boys. Upon his arrival, he supports Megure by stating Hojima is likely the culprit. However, he draws attention to how Furumura's third button has not been found yet, believing the curio is likely somewhere on the ground or the culprit's person. The police wrap up their investigation at the apartment and ask for all parties to report to the headquarters for further questioning. The boys enthusiastically head out, followed by a hesitant Haibara, who is still concerned with her apparent pursuers. Later that evening, a silhouette enters the pitch-black apartment and pulls the button out of their pocket. They confidently stroll towards the center of the room but finds it unusually difficult to navigate through the cluttered furniture. The lights suddenly flick on, revealing the culprit's identity.
As Conan listens to the culprit's sorrowful cries, Haibara notices her stalker's car approaching them. The two vehicles slowly line up with one another, terrifying the girl. Conan suddenly reaches out, covering Haibara's mouth, before reassuring her that everything is okay. He points to the driver conspicuously smoking a cigarette, stating that it's a sign that they've lost sight of them, as they wouldn't do such a thing if he wished to remain covert. Based on their patrolling behavior, Conan believes they haven't figured out where Haibara lives yet, thanking Takagi for escorting them through a police checkpoint on their way here. Haibara asks who they are, but the boy answers he doesn't know, but their target is probably them.
Shuichi Akai is seen on the phone—receiving news that his men have lost sight of their target. He tells them to continue their search while eyeing a photograph taken of Haibara in front of the studio. The man ominously comments on her uncanny resemblance to someone.
People
Four Porsches Case
File 420 - The Enclosing Surrounding Net
File 421 - The Crisis that is There
File 422 - Inescapable Target
People
Bathroom Murder Case
File 423 - A Mystery Left by a Visitor...
File 424 - A Secret Left in a Small Room
People
Cover in other countries
See also
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