Missing Corpse Murder Case

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Episode 15 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Missing Corpse Murder Case
Japanese title:	消えた死体殺人事件 (Kieta Shitai Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	May 13, 1996
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 6: Files 6-8 (056-058)
English version
English title:	The Two Faced Brother
Dubbed episode:	Episode 16
English airdate:	June 17, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Drawer marks
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Toshiki Inoue
Storyboard:	Kuchiru Kazehara
Episode director:	Ikuro Sato
Animation director:	Takashi Hyoudo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Kinpei Azusa as Tomofumi Tanaka Kazuhiko Kishino as Kazuyoshi Tanaka Urara Takano as Hiroki Keiji Fujiwara as Policeman
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Inspector Megure

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Detective Boys Badge

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys are commissioned by a classmate to find his missing cat, Akira. When they do finally find Akira, the cat has just emerged from a house's window, covered in blood. The Detective Boys immediately investigate, and see a bloody corpse face-down in the house's bathtub.

Murder
	Location: Tanaka household Suspects: Tomofumi Tanaka

They call the police, and Inspector Megure arrives with a squad to investigate. The elder brother, a rough and rude man, lets them into the house but then goes into a room while they search. The soft-spoken younger brother arrives soon after, but is cooperative with the police. However, despite a thorough examination of the entire house, no corpse is found. Inspector Megure believes that the Detective Boys were playing a prank and the police leave, to Conan's frustration.

People

Hiroki
	Owner of the missing cat

Kazuyoshi Tanaka
	Writer Tomofumi's older brother

Tomofumi Tanaka
	Employed in an investing firm Kazuyoshi's younger brother

Resolution

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Evidence:

• When the Tomofumi arrives home, a small leaf falls out from his slipper.
• While the police are there, Tomofumi abruptly answers the phone when it does not ring audibly, only with a flashing light.
• The tree outside the room where Kazuyoshi was sleeping leads to a culvert with a ledge that one person could stand and walk on.
• After sunset, the curtains of the room with Kazoyoshi haven't been drawn, and he hasn't moved from the chair.

Resolution

With his Detective Boys Badge transmitting his deductions to the Detective Boys who are on the phone with Inspector Megure, Conan explains that the corpse they saw in the bathtub was actually the body of Kazuyoshi, whom Tomofumi Tanaka murdered. Between when the kids saw the body and the police arrived, he cleaned the body and set it up in the room as if it were watching TV, then answered the door as his brother. After establishing the presence of Kazuyoshi, he went into the bedroom with corpse and climbed out into the nearby culvert using the tree, sneaking around to re-enter the house as himself. The TV that Kazuyoshi appeared to turn off at Tomofumi's request was set to turn off by timer, rather than remote, and Kazuyoshi's voice was simulated by Tomofumi's voice on the phone's answering machine, which Tomofumi dialed using the cell phone hidden in his pocket.

Motive

Kazuyoshi had been blackmailing Tomofumi to let him freeload there forever and be given more and more money whenever he wanted, or else he would reveal that Tomofumi had been illegally trading stocks. Tomofumi finally snapped at the frustration of being used by the elder brother he had once greatly admired, and killed Kazuyoshi.

Manga to anime changes

• The manga version of the story takes place before "Ayumi-chan Kidnapping Case", and is the first story with the Detective Boys' Badges. The story begins with Conan giving them to Mitsuhiko, Genta and Ayumi at school. Afterwards, they go into the P.A. Room to announce themselves to the school as The Detective Boys, only to be kicked out by a teacher, which then ends with them (except for Conan) imagining the fame that will come with their cases. The entire scene is absent from the anime.
• In the manga, after Conan knocks out Tomofumi with a iron kettle with the Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes, the kick causes him considerable pain in the foot and he jumps up screaming. Conan's pain is not depicted in the anime episode.

See also

• Season 1