Once-A-Month Present Threat Case

Chronology
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Episode 7 (Int. Episode 7)
Information
Title:	Once-A-Month Present Threat Case
Japanese title:	月いちプレゼント脅迫事件 (Tsukiichi Purezento Kyouhaku Jiken)
Original airdate:	February 19, 1996
Broadcast rating:	12.7%
Manga case:	#8
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 3: Files 7-10 (026-029)
English version
English title:	The Case of the Mysterious Gifts
Dubbed episode:	Episode 7
English airdate:	June 2, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Detective Boys Shinichi Kudo Gin Vodka Hitomi Reiko Yuko Ikezawa Jumbo Yaiba Kurogane  Takeshi Onimaru
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Bar code
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	Hirohito Ochi
Animation director:	Haruo Ogawara
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Shin Aomori as Ogawa Mugihito as Ogino Kumiko Watanabe as Yuta Ogawa Yoshiko Okamoto as Mrs. Ogawa
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

Once-A-Month Present Threat Case (月いちプレゼント脅迫事件 ,Tsukiichi Purezento Kyouhaku Jiken) is the 7th episode of Detective Conan anime. In this episode, Kogoro is tasked to investigate the unknown person who's been giving toys and money once a month to the client. This is the episode where Ran starts to become suspicious about Conan, as she thinks he might be Shinichi.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Shinichi Kudo Gin (background) Vodka (background) Hitomi (flashback) Reiko (flashback) Yuko Ikezawa (flashback) Jumbo (flashback) Yaiba Kurogane (game console) Takeshi Onimaru (game console)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

For the past two years, surgeon Masayuki Ogawa has been receiving anonymous toys and money once a month. He asks Kogoro to determine who's the one sending the gifts. During the investigation, Ran begins to suspect that Conan is actually Shinichi.

Sending Presents
	Location: Beika City Person: Masayuki Ogawa Suspects: Taro Tanaka For two years, Ogawa has been receiving toys and one million yen once a month from an unknown sender. In total, he have received 25 million yen worth of money.

People

Masayuki Ogawa
	Beika General Hospital surgeon

Yuta Ogawa
	5 years old Birth date: December Masayuki's son

Mrs. Ogawa
	Masayuki's wife Yuta's mother Housewife

Kishida
	Teitan High School teacher

Resolution

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Evidence

• Two years ago, an anonymous person started sending Ogawa boxes full of toys, along with one million yen, on the first day of each month. And on Feburary 19, Morning Glory flowers get delivered to the hospital where he worked.
• Usually, the money came with the toys, but on the 25th time, the money came separately in an envelope alongside a letter. Saying they have paid off 25 million yen, and is going to complete their side of the transaction.
• The toys did not have barcodes on it, and the fact that some of them were beat up and broken when Ogawa recieved them. Suggested all the toys are at least a few years old.
  • Coincidentally, as Conan was playing with one of the toys: a handheld video game system, he discovered that there were save files in the Onimaru video game that was named Tomoya Ogino.

Conan deduced that the presents were not given to Ogawa in gratitude, but with grudge and hate. The toys belonged to Tomoya and the flowers were sent as a memento of the boy. And the meaning of the letter is that they will take the life of Ogawa's son as well.

After calling Ogawa's wife they found out someone else had picked up Yuta instead of her, they rushed out to find him, they eventually did find him in a park near his kindergarten school with an unknown man. It turns out that this man was Tomoya's father, Ogino. Who planned to end Yuta's life on the same day, at the same age that Tomoya died. And paying Ogawa by using Yuta's life insurance money.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Beika City Victim: Yuta Ogawa Culprit: Mr. Ogino Ogino attempted to murder young Yuta, so that he would be with his own son, but was foiled by Conan.

Mr. Ogino
	Tomoya's father

Tomoya Ogino
	Deceased (appendicitis) 5 years old (3 years ago) Birth date: January 20th, 1988 Ogino's son

Conclusion

Conan was able to stop the murder by using his Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to kick a nearby soccer ball towards Ogino. And after Ogino seeing Yuta's gratitude for the toys, was reminded of his son causing him to break down and admit that he knows Tomoya's death wasn't really the doctor's fault. Ogawa however forgave Ogino and decided not call the police, citing that, as a father, he understood how devastating it is to lose a son.

After the case, Conan asked Professor Agasa to call Ran as Shinichi later using the Voice-Changing Bowtie to deceive her to into believing that Shinichi and Conan are not the same person. It works but Ran did notice that Shinichi was talking like an old man.

Manga to anime changes

• In the manga, this story takes place after the Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case, as Ran gets a letter from Natsue who mentions that she and Takeshi are living a more quiet life on the ranch. Natsue tells Ran to give her regards to her "detective boyfriend", which sets up the story. The anime instead starts with Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta asking Ran about Shinichi and whether he is her boyfriend.
  • Additionally, Ran's recollection of the past cases included a flashback to "Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case" in the manga only.

Continuity

• This is the first case Ran gets suspicious of Conan. The second case this happens is in The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases.

Trivia

• This episode marks canon day 10 of Shinichi's life as Conan.
• The Game Man video game system is a parody of Nintendo's Game Boy system.

Translation changes

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Masayuki Ogawa - John Woodman
• Mr. Ogino - Mr. Oswald
• Tomoya Ogino - Tommy Oswald
• Yuta Ogawa - Joseph Woodman

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
00:00	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
01:45	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ (タイトルver.)	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Taitoru ver.)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Title ver.)	Unreleased
01:52	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
04:37	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
05:51	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.)	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10:27	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13:17	1996 Unreleased BGM 1 犯人現わる！	- Hannin Arawaru!	- The Culprit is Revealed!	- Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13:55	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14:30	事件発生！	Jiken Hassei!	A Case Springs Forth!	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15:29	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17:16	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
19:06	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ（バラードバージョン）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Barādo ver.)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Ballad ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20:43	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
22:35	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13:21	毛利小五郎のテーマ （ファンキーver.）	Mōri Kogorō no Tēma (Fankii ver.)	Kogoro Mouri's Theme (Funky ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	هدايا للانتقام	Gifts for Revenge
Bahasa Melayu	Kes Ugutan yang Hadir Sebulan Sekali	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat Case
Basque	Opari! Mehatxua hilero
Catalan (Catalan dub)	L'amenaça del regal mensual	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El misteri dels regals mensuals	The Once-A-Month Present's Mistery
Chinese (Simplified)	每月一礼物威胁事件	Once-a-month Present Threat Case
France	Le Mystérieux expéditeur	The Mysterious Sender
Galician	A ameaza mensual dos agasallos	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat
German	Späte Rache	Late Revenge
Italian	Un regalo al mese	A Gift a Month
Polish	Comiesięczne zagrożenie	Monthly Danger
Portuguese	A ameaça do presente mensal	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat
Spanish (American dub)	Un obsequio amenazante	A threatening gift
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La amenaza del regalo mensual	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat
Thai	คดีของขวัญอันตราย	The Dangerous Present Case
Vietnamese	Món quà hăm dọa	The Threat Present

See also

• Season 1