Coffee Aroma with Murderous Intention

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Episode 513-514 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Coffee Aroma with Murderous Intention
Japanese title:	殺意はコーヒーの香り (Satsui wa Kōhī no Kaori)
Original airdate:	September 1, 2008 (Part 1) September 8, 2008 (Part 2)
Season:	17
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	Yoshio Suzuki
Storyboard:	Yoshio Suzuki
Episode director:	513 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 514 Yoshio Suzuki
Animation director:	513 Masaki Abe, Nobuyuki Iwai 514 Rei Masunaga
Music
Opening song:	Ichibyougoto ni Love for you
Closing song:	Summer Memories

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Yoko Okino

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Plot

Part 1

Two TV producers, a man named Shougo Somei and a woman named Maiko Kazumi, ask Kogoro to star on his own show. Kogoro agrees and they plan a meeting for the following day. The next day, Somei picks Kogoro, Ran, and Conan up to meet with his manager, Rasaku Nakama, to discuss the show. When they arrive to Nakama's apartment on the twentieth floor, Somei reveals that Nakama had been talking about killing himself lately, prompting the idea Nakama has committed suicide. They call the apartment manager who opens the door and cuts the door chain allowing them access to the room. They find Nakama who had died poisoned coffee. The police suspect the possibility of murder with the hypothesis that the culprit offered Nakama poisoned coffee before leaving and told Nakama to lock his door with a door chain. Conan investigates the coffee stains and realizes the culprit was with Nakama before he died; This means the culprit somehow placed the door chain back on the door before leaving. The police suspect Somei to be the culprit and that he had tampered the scene to hide how the murder was done.

Part 2

Conan investigates reveals that Somei tampered with the evidence to suggest Nakama was alone during his time of death. Conan reveals that there were originally two plates, two cups of coffee, and two pieces of cake. Somei took the piece of cake and placed it with the other piece to make it seem as if they were one piece. He then poured coffee from one of the cups into a plant and pretended the cup was a container for pens. For the other plate, he placed it under the spilled coffee cup to act as a saucer.

People

Shogo Somei
	35 years old TV Program Production Company president

Maiko Kuzumi
	29 years old TV Program Production Company employee

Raisaku Nakame
	Victim (poison) 52 years old Tohto TV producer

Resolution

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Somei confesses to the murder; Conan at the same time tranquilizes Kogoro to reveal that Somei is innocent. He reveals that a store employee heard Somei talking to Maiko at the time of the murder before calling Kogoro for the meeting; However, the meeting has been cancelled the day before. This suggests that Kogoro was used so Somei would be able to enter Nakama's apartment and tamper with the evidence. Conan reveals the only motive for Somei's actions was to cast suspicion on himself so Maiko's name would not be tarnished with murder. Conan deduces that the phone call from Maiko was so she could confess her love to him before she committed suicide by jumping off the twenty story building. As evidence, Conan reveals that Somei, who was late to the meeting, must have hid Maiko's body in the trunk of his car. Conan reveals that Maiko murdered Nakama because he was harassing and overworking Somei and seeing him tired motivated her to murder.

See also

• Season 17