The Fearful Traversing Murder Case

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Episode 92-93 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Fearful Traversing Murder Case
Japanese title:	恐怖のトラヴァース殺人事件 (Kyōfu no Toravaasu Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	February 23, 1998 (Part 1) March 2, 1998 (Part 2)
Season:	4
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Mountain Fox
Dubbed episode:	Episode 95-96
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Mountain cottage record notebook (Part 1) Sun block foundation (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Michiyo Sakurai
Episode director:	92 Kazuo Nogami 93 Yoshio Suzuki
Animation director:	92 Hiromi Muranaka 93 Mayumi Yamamoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Osamu Saka as Bunzo Ushio Mitsuru Ogata as Kenichi Hirai Toshihiko Kojima as Wataru Takanashi Masahiko Tanaka as Shingo Nose Kaori Yamagata as Kyoko Saegusa Mitsuaki Hoshino as Akira Kawabe Masaaki Tsukada as Juukichi Iwata Isshin Chiba as Announcer, Radio news
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro is hired to capture the best assassin in the country, a man or woman known only as the Fox. The one who hired him for such a difficult mission is Ushio Bunzo, a millionaire who once hired the Fox to kill him since he was supposedly about to die... but having found out that he will live after all, he wants to back off the deal and have the Fox captured. Bunzo asks Kogoro to follow him alongside Ran and Conan in a hiking trip that the Fox is supposed to attend as well - but when multiple murders begin to occur though, it could cost everyone involved their life.

Murder
	Location: Tanbara mountain trail Victim: Kenichi Hirai Cause of death: Fell from high cliff Suspects: The Fox: Wataru Takanashi, Shingo Nose, Kyoko Saegusa, and Akira Kawabe

Attempted Murder
	Location: Tanbara Mountain Cottage Victim: Kogoro Mouri Suspects: The Fox: Wataru Takanashi, Shingo Nose, Kyoko Saegusa, and Akira Kawabe

Part 2

The clues go to show that multiple murders have been made, and Iwata isn't responsible for all of them, but who is Iwata, and can Conan and Kogoro successfully work together on the case?

Murder
	Location: Tanbara mountain cottage Victim: Kyoko Saegusa Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: The Fox: Shingo Nose, Akira Kawabe, and Juukichi Iwata

People

Fox
	Serial killer

Bunzo Ushio
	40 years old Real estate company branch president

Kenichi Hirai
	Victim (fell) 22 years old Touto University Mountaineering Club

Wataru Takanashi
	50 years old Company employee

Shingo Nose
	35 years old Novelist

Kyoko Saegusa
	Victim (stabbed) 25 years old Hiker

Akira Kawabe
	28 years old Hiker

Juukichi Iwata
	60 years old Cottage caretaker

Resolution

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The Fox was responsible for Hirai's death and the one who was responsible for Saegusa's death was Akira Kawabe. However, the whole trip was a gambit from Bunzo, who wanted to kill the Fox with his own hands. He never was ill or willing to die: it was all feigned to get close to the Fox and murder him in punishment for having accidentally caused the death of his beloved daughter Chisato, a girl around Conan's (physical) age; two years ago, during one of his assassinations, his car crashed on a school bus and she was the only fatal victim.

The Fox was disguised as Juukichi Iwata, the cottage caretaker, and Hirai was killed because he regularly traversed and knew the real Iwata, so he was a potential spanner in the Fox's plans. At the same time, Saegusa's death was a completely unrelated incident; Kawabe killed her to silence her after they both commited a fraud.

Bunzo manages to confronts "Iwata" aka the Fox, furiously calling him out for Chisato's death. Conan stops Bunzo by showing him the picture of Chisato that he kept in his wallet and begging him to not taint his hands, then he makes sure the Fox is taken into custody.

Trivia

• The story Shingo Nose is said to have written describes the plot of another anime original episode, The Mysterious Woman With Amnesia Case. Nose's character design seems to be based off of Maya's: he even appears to be wearing her headband.

Dub changes

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Buzno Ushio - Bruno Ushton
• Kenichi Hirai - Garrett Burke
• Wataru Takanashi - Sebastian LeClarie
• Shingo Nose - Adam Duke
• Kyoko Saegusa - Sara Kelly
• Akira Kawabe - Jared Kelly
• Juukichi Iwata - Jericho
• Chisato Ushio - Amanda Ushton

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	爆破犯人のテーマ	Bakuha Hannin no Tēma	Bomber's Theme	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	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
4	爆破犯人のテーマ	Bakuha Hannin no Tēma	Bomber's Theme	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
5	昼下がりの天使たち （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
6	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
7	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	爆破犯人のテーマ	Bakuha Hannin no Tēma	Bomber's Theme	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
9	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	爆破犯人のテーマ	Bakuha Hannin no Tēma	Bomber's Theme	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
12	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
8	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	爆破予告	Bakuha Yokoku	Bomb Warning	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	願い事ひとつだけ	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake	Just One Wish	Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake
13	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Vietnamese	Vụ án mạng kinh hoàng khi leo núi	The Horrifying Climbing Murder Case

See also

• Season 4