The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven

Chronology
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Episode 257 (Int. Episode 276)
Information
Title:	The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven
Japanese title:	世にも奇妙な天罰 (Yonimo Kimyō na Tenbatsu)
Original airdate:	November 12, 2001
Broadcast rating:	19.60%
Filler case:	#90
Season:	10
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi Detective Boys Juzo Megure
Case solved by:	Wataru Takagi
Next Conan's Hint:	Offertory box
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard:	Kazuo Nogami
Episode director:	Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	Keiko Sasaki
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Junko Yamanaka and Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Taro Arakawa as Rokusuke Urasawa Masaaki Tsukada as Shinto priest Hiroshi Yanaka as Takeo Takenaka Kazue Ikura as Yuki Togawa Kouki Miyata as Officer Otani
Music
Opening song:	destiny
Closing song:	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni

The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven (世にも奇妙な天罰 ,Yonimo Kimyō na Tenbatsu) is the 257th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Juzo Megure

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Detective Boys Badge Earring Cellphone

Case

Situation

A robbery of the temple and Takenaka's concussive injury is reported when the earthquake struck West of Tokyo. Can Takagi deduce how one man wanted to perform two crimes in one night?

Attempted robbery
	Location: Teitan Shrine Victim: Head priest Time: 2:15 AM Culprit: Rokusuke Urasawa Although Urasawa tried to rob the shrine, the earthquake made the bells fall on him as he was searching the offering box. He was then knocked out, and, the next morning, the head priest found him unconscious and alerted the police.

Robbery - Assault
	Location: Takenaka household Victim: Takeo Takenaka Age: 33 years old Time: 2:30 AM Injury: Blunt trauma to the back of the head Suspects: Rokusuke Urasawa Takenaka accidently interrupted a robbery when he returned home late after a meeting. He tried to stop the robber from fleeing, but was knocked over and struck his head on the table, getting knocked unconscious.

People

Takeo Takenaka
	Victim (beaten - injured) 33 years old Office worker

Yuki Togawa
	25 years old Takeo's fiancée

Officer Otani
	Tokyo MPD police officer

Rokusuke Urasawa
	35 years old Teitan Shrine robbery suspect

Man
	Teitan Shrine head priest

Resolution

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The culprit is Rokusuke Urasawa. He mistakenly thought that he had murdered Takenaka during the robbery and was afraid of serving a decades long prison term for murder. He decided to rob the faraway Teitan temple in order to give himself an alibi. He intentionally knocked himself unconscious with the bells to make it look like he committed the robbery during the earthquake, and therefore was unconscious when the robbery at Takenaka's house took place. Before doing that, he was so desperate that he prayed and offered 200k yen, which he stole from Takenaka, in hopes of forgiveness. He believed that being charged with a robbery would be a minor offense and shorten his release, but nonetheless he confesses with Takagi's disapproval.

Trivia

• The title of this episode pays homage to the fantasy TV drama starred by Yuji Oda, named Tales of the Unusual (世にも奇妙な物語).
• Even though this is an anime-original case, the manga case The Shinkansen Transport Case broadcast four months ago was mentioned by the Detective Boys.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	destiny	destiny	destiny	destiny
2	迷路	Meiro	Labyrinth	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
3	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	事件一件落着	Jiken Ikken Rakuchaku	The End of a Case	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
5	カギを探せ！	Kagi o Sagase!	Search for the Key!	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
6	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
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	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	「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~
10	顛末（TENMATSU）	Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)	The Facts (TENMATSU)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
11	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	黒い影─挑戦	Kuroi Kage - Chōsen	Black Shadow - Challenge	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	暗号トリックの解読	Angō Torikku no Kaidoku	The Trick to Deciphering the Code	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
14	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
15	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	闇の男爵ナイトバロンのテーマ	Yami no Danshaku Naito Baron no Tēma	Baron of the Darkness, The Night Baron's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
17	怪人包帯男１	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
18	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
19	青い青いこの地球に	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni	On This Blue, Blue Star	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni
20	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
Arabic	نصف الهزة الأرضية	Half of the Earthquake
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Un estrany càstig del cel	A mysterious punishment from heaven
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Un càstig molt estrany	A very strange punishment
Galician	Un castigo arrepiante	An awful punishment
German	Eine seltsame Strafe	A Strange Punishment
Italian	Il ladro dell'offertorio	The Offertory Thief
Spanish (American dub)	El misterioso castigo del cielo	The mysterious punishment from heaven
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Un extraño castigo del cielo	A mysterious punishment from heaven
Thai	โทษทัณฑ์ประหลาดแบบนี้ก็มีด้วย	There's a strange punishment like this?
Vietnamese	Sự trừng phạt bí ẩn từ thiên đường	The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven

See also

• Season 10