The Crimson Love Letter
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The Crimson Love Letter is the 21st movie in the Detective Conan franchise. It was released in Japan on April 15, 2017.
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
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A bombing case at Nichiuri TV in autumn. The Satsuki Cup, which crowns the winner of Japan's Hyakunin Isshu, is currently being filmed inside the facility. The incident results in a big commotion and, while the building is burning to ashes, the only people left inside are Heiji and Kazuha. They get rescued just in time by Conan, who rushes to the scene. Both the identity and purposes of the bomber are unknown.
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While confusion takes over due to the explosion, Conan meets a mysterious beautiful girl who claims she is "Heiji's fiancée". Her name is Momiji Ooka and she is the high school champion of the karuta game from Kyoto Senshin High School. As fate would have it, Kazuha is going to face Momiji in the Hyakunin Isshu, so she begins to train with the help of Heiji's mother, Shizuka, who is a skilled karuta player.
Meanwhile, Ran finds out that Heiji once made a yubikiri/pinkie promise to 'take Momiji as his bride'
At the same time, in a Japanese house in Arashiyama, Kyoto's outskirts, the reigning Satsuki Cup champion is murdered. Pictures of the crime scene reveal Momji's presence. Additionally, several karuta cards were spread around the victim.
Conan and Heiji, along with the Osaka and Kyoto police departments, begin their investigation on the Satsuki Cup and the related murder case. As the inquiry goes on, they come across a secret connected with the Hyakunin Isshu. They found that the cards that were left at the crime scene and sent by email to victims were all Momiji and Nagoro's favorite cards, all of which had 'Momiji' in their poems.
2nd Bombing | |||||||||
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3rd Bombing w/ casualty | |||||||||
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People
Resolution
<spoiler> Nagoro, who had been missing for 5 years, had been killed by Kensuke's wife Satsuki Achiwa. The motive is possibly she lost in the game and decided to kill him, because of that reason. The reason why he would play with her because this is his last time, that he could see her, it's because of his eyes are going to deteriorate. He even mentioned that he's her first love, and saying that this would be his last time to compete with her. Kensuke witnessed the murder of Nagoro, he even hid it so that no one knows. Kensuke Achiwa killed his secretary, and decided to commit suicide after the match of Kazuha and Momiji, at the tallest hall. Luckily, when it exploded, Conan led Achiwa and Momiji to the elevator, while Heiji used his bike to take Kazuha to a nearby ledge, telling her he had something he had to tell her before he died.
Afterwards, it is revealed that Momiji won the final game, but Kazuha was just happy that she got her favorite card, 'Shinoburedo', which talks about a hidden love. It also is the only card whose poet had the same starting character of his name as Heiji. Kazuha sent an email to Heiji containing the image file of the card.
Then, Momiji walks into the hotel lobby and declares she has come to confess to Heiji, adding that she had already been confessed to, and showed Heiji the photo proof. Heiji tells Momiji that he actually said that 'he would play her again once they became stronger'. 'Stronger' was 'TSUyome', while Momiji heard it as 'Yome' which is slang for 'bride' in Japanese. She calls her butler immediately and leaves, telling Kazuha that once she has a favorite card, she won't let anyone take it from her.
On the bullet train home, Ran is sends an image file of 'meguri aite' to Shinichi, and gets the card 'Seohayami' back. Ran asks Sonoko the meaning of the card, and smiling at the meaning of the card, she hangs up before answering.
Music
Togetsukyō ~Kimi Omou~ (渡月橋 ~君 想ふ~ Togetsu Bridge ~Thinking About You~ ), by Mai Kuraki.
The post-credits teaser at the end of the movie shows falling momiji leaves. Heiji Hattori's voice says: "So... You've been keeping that a secret, huh..." (しのぶれど・・・っちゅうわけか Shinobure do・・・tchi yuuwakeka ).
- 2017's Conan movie is planned to be a super love comedy (laugh).
- The protagonist of next year's movie is Kazuha ♥. (laugh)
- Heiji will show up in next year's movie (laugh).
- There are many appearances of Heiji in next year's movie (laugh).
- Next year's movie is planned to be Heiji and Kazuha's love comedy ♥.
- 2016-09-25 The new movie's teaser is finished
- 2016-09-25 It's pink and red and lovey-dovey
- 2016-09-25 The title is "Ka◯◯◯◯◯ no ◯n◯" (revealed to be "Karakurenai no renka"[4])
- 2016-10-03 I can't believe you figured out the title...;
- 2016-10-03 Some said it was "Kazuha-chan' samba"...⇒
- 2016-10-03 ⇒ There are a lot of possibilities ( ` з ´ )
The poster drawn by Gosho Aoyama and the Japanese title were revealed in the Shonen Sunday issue #01/2017 on November 30th, 2016.
Trivia
- Takahiro Ōkura, a detective novelist famed for his Assistant Inspector Fukuie series (featured in Volume 85), wrote the script for the movie. It was his second Conan work. The first is the script for The Mysterious Boy, which is different from the movie, being really showy and flashy.[5]
- The poem recited at the beginning of the official trailer is the 77th poem from the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu, a classical Japanese poem anthology that is prominently featured in the movie.
- The movie has a running time of 112 minutes.
- In manga file 1002, Ran first mentions having met Momiji Ooka before during a previous trip to Kyoto with her father; an event which has not occurred within the manga series itself. Since this first meeting takes place within this movie, with the mentioned setting having been changed to Osaka, The Crimson Love Letter is the first of the Detective Conan movies whose plot is at least in part adapted into the main manga storyline.
Gallery
See also
Detective Conan Movies | ||
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Movies | Movie 01: The Time-Bombed Skyscraper • Movie 02: The Fourteenth Target • Movie 03: The Last Wizard of the Century • Movie 04: Captured in Her Eyes • Movie 05: Countdown to Heaven • Movie 06: The Phantom of Baker Street • Movie 07: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital • Movie 08: Magician of the Silver Sky • Movie 09: Strategy Above the Depths • Movie 10: The Private Eyes' Requiem • Movie 11: Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure • Movie 12: Full Score of Fear • Movie 13: The Raven Chaser • Movie 14: The Lost Ship in the Sky • Movie 15: Quarter of Silence • Movie 16: The Eleventh Striker • Movie 17: Private Eye in the Distant Sea • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie (crossover) • Movie 18: Dimensional Sniper • Movie 19: Sunflowers of Inferno • Movie 20: The Darkest Nightmare • Movie 21: The Crimson Love Letter • Movie 22: Zero the Enforcer • Movie 23: The Fist of Blue Sapphire • The Scarlet Alibi (compilation) • Movie 24: The Scarlet Bullet • Movie 25: The Bride of Halloween • The Story of Ai Haibara ~Black Iron Mystery Train~ (compilation) • Movie 26: Black Iron Submarine • Detective Conan vs. Kid the Phantom Thief (compilation) • Movie 27: The Million-dollar Pentagram • Movie 28 | |
Related cases | 16 Suspects!? (movie 4) • Conan, Heiji, and the Vanished Boy (movie 7) • Time Travel of the Silver Sky (movie 8) • Follow the Vanished Diamond! Conan & Heiji vs. Kid! (movie 10) • A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys (movie 11) • Magic File 2: Shinichi Kudo, The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab (movie 12) • Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (crossover) • Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran, Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata (movie 13) • Magic File 4: The Osaka Okonomiyaki Odyssey (movie 14) • Magic File 5: Niigata~Tokyo Souvenir Capriccio (movie 15) • Bonus File 1: Flower of Fantasista (movie 16) • The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop (movie 17) • The Coded Invitation (movie 18) • Promise with a J-Leaguer (movie 16) • Munch's Missing Scream (movie 19) • The Shadow Approaching Amuro (movie 20) • The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt (movie 21) • The Melting Cake! (movie 22) • The J League Bodyguard (movie 16) • Intrigue at the Food Court (movie 23) • The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (movie 24) • The Flying Jack-o'-lantern (movie 25) • The Cameras Targeting Haibara (movie 26) • Behind the Scenes of the J League Finals (movie 16) • Mystery of the Lost Treasure (movie 27) |
References
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Dec 2: ありがとうございます。うーん、紅葉のキャラクターの成り立ちについては、ここでは企業秘密にさせて下さい……。そのうち、お話できる機会もあるかもしれません。「から紅」は、「唐紅」と漢字にしたり、「からくれない」とすべて平仮名にしたり、色々のようです。 (https://twitter.com/muho1/status/804631734998315008)
Note that Karakurenai is one word - ^ "Detective Conan - Anime Schedule". plus.google.com. 2016-03-17. http://plus.google.com/+ShuichiAkai84/posts/Qi5jvToUCym. Retrieved on 2016-08-15.
- ^ a b c d Let's Talk with Gosho Aoyama-sensei Day 2016
- ^ [カ◯◯◯◯◯の◯ン◯] ⇒ [カラクレナイのレンカ]
恋歌 = れんか (renka) - ^ "Movie 21 Script Author Tweets". 2016-12-01. http://yesyunniechan.tumblr.com/post/153892395806/movie-21-script-author-tweets. Retrieved on 2017-03-05.