Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery

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Episode 804-805 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery
Japanese title:	コナンと海老蔵 歌舞伎十八番ミステリー (Konan to Ebizō Kabuki Jūhachiban Misuterī?)
Original airdate:	January 9, 2016 (Part 1) * January 16, 2016 (Part 2) *
Broadcast rating:	9.1% 9.4%
Filler case:	#253
Season:	25
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Ai Haibara Detective Boys Juzo Megure Ninzaburo Shiratori Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Officer Tome Ginzo Nakamori Ryusuke Higo
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Ebizo Ichikawa XI (Part 1) Jacket (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Hiroshi Kashiwabara
Storyboard:	Hajime Kamegaki
Episode director:	804 Hajime Kamegaki 805 Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation director:	Masatomo Sudo and Seiji Muta (supervisors) 804 Kenichi Ōtomo, Chiemi Hironaka, and Keiko Sasaki 805 Nobuyuki Iwai and Ayu Imoto (asst.)
Character Design:	Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Ebizo Ichikawa as Himself Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi and Genta Kojima Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Chafurin as Juzo Megure Kazuhiko Inoue as Ninzaburo Shiratori Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Shizuka Ito as Harumi Sakaguchi Katsumi Toriumi as Shota Kikuchi, Masa, and Worker A Keiji Himeno as Receptionist A and Worker B Hidenari Ugaki as Construction site supervisor Yasuyuki Kase as Hitoshi Takahashi Takayuki Sugo as Yoshiyuki Yabusaki Ken Narita as Eiji Kaneko Tomo Sakurai as Yukari Shioji Yuji Ueda as Shinnosuke Iwami Mitsuaki Hoshino as Takuzo Minowa Eizo Tsuda as Takuya Hosoo
Music
Opening song:	Hane
Closing song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
Collectibles
Detective Conan Episode Novellization
* 1 Hour Special

Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery (コナンと海老蔵 歌舞伎十八番ミステリー ,Konan to Ebizō Kabuki Jūhachiban Misuterī) is the 804th and 805th episode in honor of 20th anniversary of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Juzo Megure Ninzaburo Shiratori Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Officer Tome (cameo) Ginzo Nakamori (journal background) Ryusuke Higo (phone silhouette)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Turbo Engine Skateboard Detective Boys Badge Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie Wristwatch Flashlight Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan, Mitsuhiko, and Genta were playing soccer while Haibara and Ayumi were sitting at a bench, watching them run around. At one point, the ball hit Mitsuhiko in the face as he was trying to volley a pass from Conan and it flew towards the fences. As Conan went to pick up the ball, a car passed by, making its way down a hill. He and Haibara noticed there were drops of brake fluid on the road and immediately realized that car was out of control. She tells him there is a railroad crossing up ahead and tosses his skateboard to him. As Conan skateboards down the hill to stop the car, she calls the police. At the crossing, Sonoko was in a pink Bentley Mulsanne using her phone when she heard that car honking. She turns around and sees Conan airborne with his skateboard, catching her by surprise. He manages to stop the car by wrapping his Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt around a railing and shooting a soccer ball, which inflated and redirected the car toward a pile of cardboard boxes at Tohto Paper Recycling Plant.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Tohto Paper Recycling Plant Victim: Takuya Hosoo Age: 47 years old Cause: Car collision Suspects: Unknown culprit Someone manipulated the brakes on his black Mercedes Benz C300 Advantage W205 so that they would not work, causing the car to go out of control on its way downhill.

The police arrive at the plant and tell Takuya Hosoo, that car's driver, that someone messed with its brakes. Takuya tells them he knew that but he had no choice since he had to hurry. He even says who does not have time to take any questioning from them. Soon after, Kogoro and Ran arrive at the scene to scold Conan, not knowing that the kid saved Takuya, and Sonoko came soon after. They misunderstood Conan's intentions because Sonoko told them the kid caused the car to crash, since she saw the car crash right after Conan flew onto the road.

As Takuya was opening the trunk of his car to look at a briefcase, which he had to deliver to someone, he turned his head and recognized Sonoko as President Suzuki's daughter. It turns out they meet each other often during kabuki after-parties, since her father is a huge fan of kabuki. Conan and Ran bugged out when Sonoko told them she dined with the famous kabuki theater actor Ichikawa Ebizo XI a bunch of times. Takuya tells them Ebizo is a big fan of Kogoro.

Takuya, Kogoro, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan are on Hitoshi Takahashi's car, heading toward a kabuki theater Ebizo is currently at. On the way there, Takuya and Hitoshi discuss the incident from earlier. Hitoshi tells Takuya that he did not see anyone suspicious near the garage of Takuya's house last night. At the theater, they see Ebizo and some other people practicing "Nanatsu Men" of the Jūhachiban Kabuki. After some practice, everyone gathers around to see Ebizo open the briefcase Takuya gave to him; inside, there was a two-faced mask. As everyone gazes at it in awe, Conan notices something peculiar about it.

When the president was shocked about the two-faced mask is gone, it was found on Hitoshi's car, but the two-faced mask is gone, only the briefcase is there.

Theft
	Location: Kabuki Theater Missing items: Two-faced mask Suspects: Ebizo Ichikawa, Takuya Hosoo, Yoshiyuki Yabusaki, Hitoshi Takahashi, Shinnosuke Iwami, Eiji Kaneko, and Yukari Shioji While the president is searching for the two-faced mask on early morning, it is now gone.

While they are on Hoaji Hospital, Iwami almost commits suicide, but the nurse Harumi Sakaguchi stops him.

Attempted Suicide
	Location: Hoaji Hospital Victim: Shinnosuke Iwami Age: 29 years old Cause: Free-fall He almost jumped by the hospital, but stopped by Ebizo.

Murder
	Location: Near the Kabuki Theater Victim: Hitoshi Takahashi Age: 40 years old Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Ebizo Ichikawa, Takuya Hosoo, Yoshiyuki Yabusaki, Shinnosuke Iwami, Eiji Kaneko, and Yukari Shioji Hitoshi Takahashi was found strangulated in his white Toyota Vellfire (second generation).

Part 2

While Conan is talking to Kaneko, he was kidnapped. And they are wondering where's Conan.

Kidnapping and Attempted Murder
	Location: Basement of the abandoned building Victim: Conan Edogawa Crime: Left in the demolishing Suspects: Ebizo Ichikawa, Takuya Hosoo, Yoshiyuki Yabusaki, Shinnosuke Iwami, Eiji Kaneko, and Yukari Shioji Someone use a black fabric wrap and shocked Conan in the abandoned building while looking.

They found Conan in the basement.

Murder
	Location: Building Victim: Eiji Kaneko Age: 37 years old Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Ebizo Ichikawa, Takuya Hosoo, Yoshiyuki Yabusaki, Shinnosuke Iwami, and Yukari Shioji He was killed in the abandoned building being demolished.

People

Ichikawa Ebizo XI
	38 years old Real-life famous Kabuki Theater actor Kogoro's big fan

Takuya Hosoo
	47 years old HO Holdings president Acquaintance of the Suzukis

Hitoshi Takahashi
	Victim (strangled) 40 years old Hosoo's secretary

Yoshiyuki Yabusaki
	57 years old Kabuki Theater president

Shinnosuke Iwami
	29 years old Kabuki Theater playwright

Eiji Kaneko
	Victim (beaten) 37 years old Cameraman

Yukari Shioji
	32 years old HO Holdings accounting secretary Takahashi's girlfriend

Takuzo Minowa
	55 years old Kabuki Theater security guard

Harumi Sakaguchi
	Hoaji Hospital nurse Ebizo's big fan In love with Iwami

Shota Kikuchi
	Hoaji Hospital doctor

Richard
	Hosoo's American client Hotel New Baker guest

Terashima
	Hoaji Hospital doctor Kikuchi's assistant

Man A
	Demolition site supervisor Ebizo's big fan

Masa
	Demolition site worker Excavator driver

Man B
	Kabuki center receptionist

Man C
	Kabuki center receptionist

Man D
	Demolition site employee

Man E
	Demolition site employee

Resolution

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The culprit is Takuya Hosoo. His motive is:

• First, he killed his secretary and stole the two-faced mask just to create an alibi, broken it at the murder scene of Kaneko.
• Second, Kaneko kidnapped Conan only to stop his investigation and Hosoo killed him because the cameraman had been threatening him at the basement of his abandoned building being torn down, and left Conan here to die because he could be a witness althought not having seen his kidnapper's face or their secret meeting.

What he did to complete the crime:

• First, he was the one who manipulated his brakes, not his secretary, just to make an alibi to himself. He was supposed to have crashed into a safety barrels, but ended up in the paper station due to Conan's intervention. That way, he looked like he was being threatened by someone.
• Second, Shioji was the one who replaced the mask, the real one is secured at Haneda Airport. Hosoo killed Takahashi just to get his life insurance policy from him.
• Third, he was wearing gloves, according to Officer Tome, if that was fiber they would find some leather on the gloves, but he used vinyl gloves to complete the crime, but failed, why? He said that it would be visible to see.
• Fourth, he asked Richard, the foreigner, to pay a million yen for the two-faced mask.
• Fifth, while he was committing the murder, a button fell from his sleeve and was later found in the car engine, he was supposed to have changed his polo at the Hotel New Baker in Ginza, but was found by Shioji and Conan.
• Sixth, he knows the code given by the security guard.
• Seventh, he wasn't seen in the surveillance footage stealing the two-faced mask.

Regarding to Hosoo and Iwami, they were threatened by Kaneko, how?

Iwami:

• First, Kaneko saw Iwami going inside the Kabuki museum, he threatened and blackmailed him, but Kaneko knew that he didn't steal the mask. He was seen on the surveillance camera giving money to Kaneko.

Hosoo:

• Hosoo was going to buy the memory card for a higher price, he was going to threaten him once again with the photos on his computer so Hosoo killed him to avoid this.

Motive

Hosoo company was going under so he needed the money. He decided to take out an life insurance policy for his secretary and then killed him to get the money. He also stole the two faced mask and made replicas deciding to keep the original so that he continue to profit from the fakes. As for Kaneko, he had started to blackmail Hosoo using incriminating photos he had taken of him. Hosoo payed him for the memory card, but he ultimately decided to kill him to keep him quiet. However, unbeknownst to Hosoo, Kaneko had kept a copy of the pictures so that he could continue to blackmail him, but this action ultimately helped Conan to solve this case.

Trivia

The real-life Ichikawa Ebizo XI in the recording room.

The cup from movie 15.

• This is the first episode to use the new updated character designs by Masatomo Sudo and Nobuyuki Iwai. Moreover, along with The Scarlet School Trip, the first one hour and half special episode, transmitted in two parts.
• In the intro to the viewers, Conan and Ebizo wished them a Happy New Year themselves. Mitsuhiko remembers that in the same intro for next year Conan Cornered in the Darkness.
• In the second part, Sumiko Kobayashi has given to Shiratori the coffee mug with love symbols that Haibara and the Detective Boys have bought for her in Quarter of Silence.
• Detective Chiba's first name is revealed to be "Kazunobu".
• The sea sweatshirt wearing by Sonoko in the first episode is the same from The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop, Private Eye in the Distant Sea, and A Dispute Over a Platinum Ticket, and later in Mysterious Case in a Hot Air Balloon, The Sun Sets in Tangerine Fields, The Glamping Mystery, and The Feuding Girls.
• Sonoko's car is a pink Bentley Mulsanne. It reappears in the end of Mysterious Case in a Hot Air Balloon, where its license plate number is revealed: 新宿 300, す 4 04 (Shinjuku 300, Su 4 04).
• Ebizo Ichikawa's car is a red Audi Q7 V12 TDI Typ 4L. The license plate number is 新宿 337, ほ 71-26 (Shinjuku 337, Ho 71-26).
• Takuya Hosoo's car is a black Mercedes Benz C class (W205). The license plate number is 新宿 332, め 41-41 (Shinjuku 332, Me 41-41).
• Hitoshi Takahashi's car is a 2015 white Toyota Vellfire [GH30W] (second generation). The license plate number is 新宿 334, た 11-04 (Shinjuku 334, Ta 11-04).
• The Nichiuri Shinbun newspaperman's bike is a Honda Super Cub 50 Pro.
• Several different companies holding shares in the HO Trading: Micah Clarke Trading (マイカクラーク商事 ,Maikakurāku shōji), TMS (ティエムエス ,Tiemuesu), Rodney S Company (ロドニーS カンパニー ,Rodonī Esu kanpanī), Nigel Construction (ナイジェル建設 ,Naijeru kensetsu), and Bernac (べるなっく ,Beru nakku). Of course not TMS, but they're all named after Conan Doyle's novels: Micah Clarke, Rodney Stone, Sir Nigel, and Uncle Bernac.

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• Examining Kaneko's chip, Conan and Haibara are surprised to see someone. Conan asks her if she has seen him before, and Haibara responds that she doesn't know him, but she'll look it up and Conan thanks her. Judging her behavior, he could be the boss, whom the cameraman was interested in.

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El misteri teatral d'en Conan i l'Ebizo	Conan and Ebizo's theatrical mystery
Thai	โคนันกับเอบิโซ ปริศนาคาบูกิหมายเลข 18 (ตอนพิเศษ 2 ชั่วโมง)	Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery
Vietnamese	Conan và Ebizo: Bí ẩn màn kịch Kabuki số 18	Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Jūhachiban Mystery

See also

• Season 25