The Shaking Restaurant

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Episode 260 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Shaking Restaurant
Japanese title:	揺れるレストラン (Yureru Resutoran)
Original airdate:	December 3, 2001
Season:	10
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Takeo Ohno
Storyboard:	Mashu Ito
Episode director:	Mashu Ito
Animation director:	Hirobi Muranaka Atsushi Aono (asst.)
Music
Opening song:	Winter Bells
Closing song:	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are all walking and are very hungry, so they stop by at a restaurat that Kogoro frequently visits, where they meet Shigeru Hanaoka, owner of "Karantei" Restaurant, Reiko Hanaoka, Shigeru's wife, Saki Yoshizawa, waitress of "Karantei" Restaurant, and Minoru Wada, cook of "Karantei" Restaurant. There is construction work going on next door, so the restaurant constantly shakes from the work, causing spills and broken plates. They go back the next day only to find Shigeru Hanaoka dead.

Murder
	Location: "Karantei" Restaurant Victim: Shigeru Hanaoka Cause of death: Blunt head trauma Suspects: Reiko Hanaoka, Saki Yoshizawa, Minoru Wada, and Koichi Yamamoto

At first it looks like the construction made a vase fall over and hit him on the head, killing the owner, however, the construction wasn't happening at the estimated time of death. Could this be more than just an accident?

People

Shigeru Hanaoka
	Victim (beaten) 40 years old "Karantei" Restaurant owner

Reiko Hanaoka
	30 years old Shigeru's wife

Saki Yoshizawa
	20 years old Waitress

Minoru Wada
	35 years old "Karantei" cook

Koichi Yamamoto
	40 years old Photographer

Resolution

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After a further investigation and stuns Kogoro and says that when the vase fell, Hanaoka was already dead. The culprit knew of their plan and used it to his own advantage. For their plan to succeed, Hanaoka must sit at the exact spot. That's why the real culprit chose a more reliable method. He approached Hanaoka from behind and, using the frozen sea bream hit him on the head. After the culprit killed Hanaoka, he rushed to return the sea bream to the refrigerator and removed the gloves, this is because the murderer had to go somewhere as fast as possible more specifically, to where Ran and Conan were, the video shop and declares the real culprit to be Saki Yoshizawa. The gloves wore by Yoshizawa has a red lipstick stain on the tip of a finger and its the same color as Saki worn yesterday. Since she was in a rush to get back, she wanted to removed the gloves as fast as possible.

Yoshizawa confesses and reveals twenty years ago, Hanaoka was a fisherman living on Hachijo Island there, he swore a girl named Aiko Morimura, to share their future together. But Hanaoka said that he wanted to study cooking, so he abandoned Aiko and left the island, Aiko sends him off in silence, not even telling him about her pregnancy, Aiko waited she gave birth to their child alone, and kept waiting Hanaoka's return while bringing up her child. Then, after waiting for so long, she died last spring. She's reveals to be the daughter that Hanaoka never known that he has, Saki Morimura.

Quotes

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“	Saki-san, I don't know that reason why Hanaoka-san didn't contact your mother. But no matter what Hanaoka-san had done in the past, there must be other ways to convey your feelings. Other ways beside as abominable one like murder...	„

See also

• Season 10