The Convenience Store Trap (コンビニの落とし穴 ,Konbini no Otoshiana?) is the 343rd and 344th episode of Detective Conan anime.
Characters introduced
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
Part 1
Jodie is planning to leave, and Ran and Sonoko, stunned by the news, decide to throw her a going away party. They go into the store and find young woman named Aya being accused of shoplifting by her boss. They manage to come up with three possible suspects. Ran attempts to call Shinichi or Conan for help, since both are better at solving mysteries, but surprisingly, Jodie stops her and tells her to use her own deduction.
Shoplifting
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Location:
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Sunday Mart
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Suspects:
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Aya Nanakawa, Game maniac, Salaryman, and the Old lady
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Part 2
Aya's boss threatens to fire her and call the police if the case isn't solved, leaving Ran as her only hope. Ran speaks to Shinichi before sharing her deduction.
People
Resolution
Ran, per suggestion by Shinichi (in which the technique is inspired from Sherlock Holmes'
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder), yells about a fire, forcing the culprit, who was hiding in the store, to reveal himself as the
salaryman. From there, Ran explains her theory.
Evidence
- The reason why none of the security cameras wasn’t able to capture an intruder was because the thief was residing within the store's restroom air ventilation system, and the thefts were conducted after the store had closed.
- Although Aya only works 2-3 shifts per week, the man was able to sustain himself by stealing a sizable amount of foods to survive for 2-3 days. Additionally, the reason that he chose the day of Aya's shift to steal was because the supply boxes that always blocked the passage between the toilet and the main store on the days that Aya didn't work: if he moved the boxes by himself, the other employees might have suspect that someone was hiding in the store.
- The man himself only bought towel and toiletries to go take a bath outside. If he didn't take care of his hygiene, then he would never be able to leave his hideout or the shop.
- The expired foods were taken for daily meals, while the Game CDs would be sold outside the shop for money to be used at the barber and bathhouse.
- In order for no one to notice him hiding in the shop, the man was always last in line to enter the bathroom and waited until the store was full of customers to leave.
- Lastly, the reason that the theft had stopped for quite a while was because the man realized that he had been causing trouble for Aya and almost got her fired after hearing her being reprimanded by the owner, but eventually had to resume the theft due to the fact that the stolen foods had run out. Additionally, the reason that only expired foods were taken was to reduce the damage to the store as low as possible. Nevertheless, Ran proclaims that she cannot forgive him for that as a thief is a thief no matter the reason.
Motive
He confesses and says he got trapped in the store after closing hours after having been fired. With no way to sustain himself, he decided to stake out the store for food and other daily necessities though he genuinely regretted getting Aya involved and refrained from stealing for a week as well as taking only near expiration bentos to eat. The manager has a change of heart after the confession and hires him as a new store employee. Both he and the thief give Aya their deepest apologies. Later, Ran discovers pictures of Shinichi, Conan, herself and other acquaintances at Jodie's house.
Manga to anime changes
- The anime failed to draw the irregular borders of Jodie's pictures correctly for a second time after the first omission in English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective. This time, Araide's face was hidden completely under other pictures, making this clue, once again, useless.
Trivia
- This is the second case to meet a former classmate or schoolmate of Shinichi, Ran, and Sonoko. The first one was Asami Uchida, from middle school, who is now in college in The Memories of First Love Case, however in this case it is Aya Nanakawa, who is also from middle school.
- Professor Agasa drinks from a white coffee cup with an H on it.
- This is the second case that Ran solved the crime. The Invisible Weapon, Ran's First Investigation was the first.
Gallery
BGM listing
Part 1
Part 2
In other languages
Language |
Title |
Translation
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Catalan (Catalan dub) |
El parany del supermercat |
The supermarket trap
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Bahasa Melayu |
perangkap kedai serbaneka |
The supermarket trap
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Catalan (Valencian dub) |
La trampa del supermercat |
The supermarket trap
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Chinese (Simplified) |
便利商店的陷阱 |
The convenience store trap
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German |
Die Supermarktfalle |
The supermarket case
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Italian |
Caccia al ladro |
To Catch a Thief
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Spanish (Castilian dub) |
La trampa del pequeño supermercado |
The little supermarket trap
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Thai |
กับดักในร้านสะดวกซื้อ |
The Convenience Store Trap
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Vietnamese |
Cái bẫy trong cửa hàng tiện lợi |
The trap in the convenience store
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See also