The Hand That Plays in Dissonance

Chronology
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Episode 544 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Hand That Plays in Dissonance
Japanese title:	不協和音を奏でる手 (Fukyōwaon o Kanaderu Te)
Original airdate:	August 8, 2009
Broadcast rating:	6,50%
Filler case:	#167
Season:	18
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Officer Tome Miss Tome
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Crayon
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Screenplay:	Toyoto Kogiso
Storyboard:	Yoshihisa Matsumoto
Episode director:	Matsuo Asami
Animation director:	Akio Kawamura Haruo Ogawara
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Toshihiko Nakajima as Officer Tome Junko Minagawa as Yukiko Watanabe Saki Nakajima as Risako Tanaka Eiji Takemoto as Yusuke Nakamura Masahito Yabe as Makoto Nishimoto Takeharu Onishi as Shota Aoki Tetsuo Goto as Yuuki Sakamoto
Music
Opening song:	Everlasting Luv
Closing song:	Hikari

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Officer Tome Miss Tome

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Conan, Kogoro, and Ran all attend a concert at the local department store. After the drummer, Yusuke Nakamura, hears about a CD Ran is searching for, he tells her to follow him to the storage room where he has a copy of it. While there, they discover the lead vocalist, Yukiko Watanabe, dead in the storage room.

Murder
	Location: Beika Department Store Green Room Victim: Yukiko Watanabe Age: 24 years old Cause of death: Manual strangulation (Choke) Suspects: Makoto Nishimoto, Shouta Aoki, Risako Tanaka, Yusuke Nakamura, and Yuuki Sakamoto The lead vocalist Yukiko Watanabe is Dead by Choked in Green Room

The band is interrogated by the police and they learn Yukiko planned to join another band. Ran tells Conan she noticed that the drum outside of the storage room changed position and Conan realizes who the murderer is.

People

Yukiko Watanabe
	Victim (strangled) 24 years old Vocals

Makoto Nishimoto
	25 years old Guitar

Shouta Aoki
	27 years old Bass

Risako Tanaka
	22 years old Keyboard

Yusuke Nakamura
	30 years old Drums Band leader

Yuuki Sakamoto
	38 years old Music producer from Thomas Records

Resolution

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After tranquilizing Kogoro, he reveals the culprit to be Yusuke Nakamura. First, he was the only one who helped packed away the instruments and had the opportunity to put her body into the bass drum case. Unfortunately, what Ran saw wasn't Yukiko's body, it was only a mannequin from the sports shop on the 8th floor. As they can see, the left hand has been removed. What Ran saw in the room was actually the left hand of the mannequin. Then he ask Yusuke to play his guitar. Kogoro then said when he entered the green room he was carrying the guitar. The mannequin's hand was placed inside the guitar. After he hid Yukiko's body in the drum case, he took off the left hand of the mannequin, put Yukiko's glove on it, and placed it inside his guitar. It's likely he used some tape to keep it in place. He even tried to lower Kogoro's suspicions by asking him to sign it. Then, after asking Ran to wait in the corridor, he went inside took the mannequin hand from inside the guitar and made the shape of a body with cushions and a blanket before placing the hand underneath that ensured Ran would believe Yukiko was lying there all along. After he had Ran come to fetch Kogoro, he took the opportunity to carry the drum case that contained her body inside the room. Next he put the glove back on her hand and placed her under the blanket. He stuck the mannequin's back into his guitar. But he didn't have time to re-tune it. Yusuke confesses that the band is his life and he thought they felt the same. Then, after Yukiko talking to Yuuki, Yusuke witnessed it and say, "You and Shouta were rumored to have been recruited into that new band. So, it was true, wasn't it?" She then said, "Yeah, that's right, is that a problem?" He then said, "You, when you were in your previous band, you tried to sell yourself to the recording company but ended up being kicked out. Isn't it thanks to us that you could still continue your singing career?" She then said pathetically, "Don't make me laugh, you should be thanking me for joining so that your band could continue at all, if it weren't for me, a band this shabby would have already fallen apart!" He then said, "How dare you!" She then said, "You've served as my stepping stone to my major debut that's reason enough to thank me." Yukiko laughed haughtily and Yusuke strangled her.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
4:09 - 4:23	レガート エピローグ	Regāto Epirōgu	Legato Epilogue	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
5:05 - 5:15	????
6:13 - 7:10	コンシダレーション	Konshidarēshon	Consideration	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
8:04 - 9:39	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10:18 - 12:04	ワッツ ハプニング	Wattsu Hapuningu	What's Happening	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
13:16 - 14:48	????
15:08 - 15:29	????
15:44 - 17:08	カギを探せ！	Kagi o Sagase!	Search for the Key!	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
17:32 - 17:41	アクセント タッチ～コンティニュー	Akusento Tacchi ~ Kontinyū	Accent Touch ~ Continue	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
17:42 - 19:01	インターナショナル ケース(インシデント)	Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)	International Case (Incident)	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
19:27 - 21:23	コナンズ アイ	Konanzu Ai	Conan's Eye	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
21:33 - 22:07	トゥルー インテンション	Turū Intenshon	True Intention	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
23:28 - 23:59	のんびり気分１	Nonbiri Kibun 1	Carefree Feeling 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	La mà que toca desafinat

Trivia

• The song at the beginning of the episode is the ending to Mysterious. The band then proceeds to play Everlasting Luv. It is also stated that Kogoro has never heard of those songs.
• The song "Moonlady" by Yoko Okino was referenced again. Kogoro mentioned it before in Conan vs. Kaitou Kid.

See also

• Season 18