The Similar Princesses (似た者プリンセス ,Nitamono Purinsesu?) is the 333rd and 334th episode of Detective Conan anime.
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
Part 1
Kogoro is hired by the wife of a rich man named Mikio Fujieda to find out who wants to kill him and had been promised ¥10 million after solving the case. Kogoro however spends ¥8 million(¥3 million from three days of party, another ¥5 from horse race and gambling in order to find money to pay back the former cost) and is unable to solve the case. Ran decides to call her mother, Eri Kisaki, to help solve the mystery. Conan, Ran, and Eri head to Fujieda's mansion to investigate only to run into Conan's mother, Yukiko who is investigating the mystery in place of her husband Yusaku. The two mothers reminiscence about a high-school pageant and how it ended in a tie due to a person not handing in their ballot. Ran reveals that Kogoro has an unhanded ballot from the contest which sparks the interest of the two. Later that night, Fujieda is caught on a camera after being shot.
Murder
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Location:
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Fujieda Household Study Room
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Victim:
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Mikio Fujieda
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Age:
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58 years old
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Cause of death:
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Three gunshot wounds
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Suspects:
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Sohachi Ueki, Kozo Doi, Shigeru Fujieda, and Motoka Fujieda
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While Conan, Ran, Eri and Yukiko along with Ueki and Motoka are watching Mikio in the security room, Mikio is threatened by someone with a gun and is shot! Shortly later, when the former four are able to enter the study he is shot two more times! As everyone has alibis during each of the gun shots, who's the true culprit?
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Part 2
Conan investigates and realizes who the murderer is after receiving a hint from his father.
People
Resolution
Conan reveals the murderer to be the butler,
Sohachi Ueki. Conan reveals that Fujieda was drugged with Isoprenaline causing him to be stunned and dazed when he stood up to stretch causing them to believe that the culprit was in the room at the time of the murder. Conan explains that Fujieda was shot from outside the room. Another complication involves how three shots were heard but that the gardener Kozo Doi testified that he only heard two with the first sound being glass shattering. Megure realizes after a hint from Eri and Yukiko that Ueki must have used a silencer, for the first shot (also explaining why on the surveillance footage there was an absence of a gunshot). It also explains why the gunshot wound was shallow in nature according to Chiba's report.
As evidence, Conan reveals that the coffee the butler served should contain traces of Isoprenaline and that the butler should have the silencer on him. Ueki confesses and reveals he murdered Fujieda in order to preserve the garden his former mistress cherished and worked so hard to build. Mikio's will was then read that he will not give his inheritance to those who could not protect his life and Motoka was forced to sell her possession to pay Eri, Kogoro, and Yukiko for total of 10 million yen according to laws No. 415.
At the Mouri Detective Agency, Yukiko and Eri ask Kogoro whom he voted for in their high-school pageant. Kogoro reveals he voted for Eri since he thought "Miss" meant "mistake" and that it was a mistake for Eri to have entered the competition. Kogoro told that he would vote for Yukiko if he realized "Miss Teitan" was a beauty contest. Much to Eri's dismay, she took 10% (1 million yen) of Kogoro's payment for solving the case and Ran took some to pay for Kogoro's debts, for their expenses, and payment for the laundry (since Kogoro peed his pants) leaving Kogoro less than 5000 yen.
Manga to anime changes
- In the manga, Yukiko wears a cross necklace as an accessory. This is changed to a silver "l" in the anime to avoid doing any religious reference.
Trivia
- Detective Takagi's appearance changes a bit starting from this episode, most notably his shirt (from sky blue to light grey) and necktie (from blue to bluish dark gray).
- This case marks Midori Kuriyama's first canon appearance.
- This case also revealed that Yukiko was already a gifted actress, and Eri, even at the age of 16, received an offer to study at Harvard.
- This is one of the first cases, of not the only case, where Yukiko almost blew Conan Edogawa's identity.
- Yukiko quickly covered it up by saying, "My Grandpa's sister's daughter's cousin's uncle's grandson."
- In The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases, she told Ran that Conan "happens to be my grandfather's older brother's daughter's cousin's uncles' grandson."
Gallery
BGM listing
Part 1
Part 2
In other languages
Language |
Title |
Translation
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Catalan (Catalan dub) |
Dues princeses pastades |
Two identical princesses
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Catalan (Valencian dub) |
La reina i la princesa |
The queen and the princess
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Filipino |
Ang Magkatulad na mga Prinsesa |
The Similar Princesses
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German |
Zwei ähnliche Prinzessinnen |
Two similar princesses
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Italian |
Cronaca di una morte annunciata |
Foretold Death's Chronicle
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Spanish (Castilian dub) |
Dos princesas tal para cual |
Two princesses made each for other
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Thai |
ปริ๊นเซสที่คล้ายกัน |
Alike Princesses
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Vietnamese |
Những nàng công chúa tài năng |
Talented Princesses
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See also