The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven

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Episode 257 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mysterious Punishment From Heaven
Japanese title:	世にも奇妙な天罰 (Yonimo Kimyō na Tenbatsu)
Original airdate:	November 12, 2001
Season:	10
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi Detective Boys Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi Detective Boys
Next Conan's Hint:	Strap
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard:	Kazuo Nogami
Episode director:	Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	Keiko Sasaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Taro Arakawa as Rokusuke Urasawa Masaaki Tsukada as Shinto priest Hiroshi Yanaka as Takeo Takenaka Megumi Ikura as Yuki Togawa Kouki Miyata as Officer Otani
Music
Opening song:	destiny
Closing song:	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Inspector Megure

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Detective Boys Badge Earring Cellphone

Case

Situation

A robbery of the temple and Takenaka's concussive injury is reported when the earthquake stroke Tokyo, how can Takagi deduce that one man wanted to perform two crimes in one night?

Grave Physical Injury - Robbery
	Location: Takenaka household Victim: Takeo Takenaka Suspects: Rokusuke Urasawa

People

Takeo Takenaka
	Victim (blunt trauma) 33 years old

Yuki Togawa
	25 years old

Officer Otani
	Policeman

Rokusuke Urasawa
	35 years old

Resolution

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The culprit is Rokusuke Urasawa. He mistook that he have murdered Takenaka through a blunt trauma and afraid of serving long prison terms, he decided to rob the temple then intentionally knock himself unconscious with the bells. After being so desperate, he prayed and offered 200k yen--which he stole from Takenaka, in hopes of forgiveness. He believed that charged with a robbery would be a minor offense and shorten his release, but nonetheless he confesses with Takagi's disapproval.

Trivia

• During the conte section that takes place after the next episode preview Genta and Conan speak (mostly) in English.

See also

• Season 10