Holmes Freak Murder Case

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Episode 57-58 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Holmes Freak Murder Case
Japanese title:	ホームズフリーク殺人事件 (Hōmuzu Furīku Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	May 5, 1997 (Part 1) May 12, 1997 (Part 2)
Season:	3
Manga source:	Volume 12: File 7 (117-120) ~ Volume 13: File 1 (121)
English version
English title:	Footsteps of the Hero
Dubbed episode:	Episode 59-60
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Heiji Hattori (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	The Holmes test (Part 1) Roadside corner mirror (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	57 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 58 Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	57 Keiko Sasaki 58 Hiromi Muranaka, Asako Nishida
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori Kazuhiko Kishino as Toshiaki Fujisawa Shinobu Satou as Nanako Shimizu Hidenari Ugaki as Ikuo Kawatsu Yukiko Iwai as Hitomi Iwai Kiyoshi Kawakubo as Hiroyuki Kanaya Miyuki Ichijou as Maria Toda Katsumi Toriumi as Kento Togano Yurika Hino as Ayako Oki Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Hikari to Kage no Roman

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan is walking on air when an invite to an elite Sherlock Holmes tour has him rubbing elbows with some fellow Holmes freaks. It should be a weekend of mystery nirvana, but when one of the guests is murdered it becomes a nightmare of survival. Can this group of mystery lovers solve the case before the killer strikes again? Their lives depend on it!

Murder
	Location: Side of cliff Victim: Hiroyuki Kanaya Cause of death: Fell with car and explosion Suspects: Ikuo Kawatsu, Toshiaki Fujisawa, Nanako Shimizu, Hitomi Iwai, Maria Toda, Kento Togano, and Ayako Oki He appeared to drive the car off the cliff, but when Conan and Heiji looked inside the window before he was about to drive it off, they noticed a lot of things strange.

Murder
	Location: In the back of the car Victim: Ayako Oki Cause of death: Burned to death Suspects: Ikuo Kawatsu, Toshiaki Fujisawa, Nanako Shimizu, Hitomi Iwai, Maria Toda, and Kento Togano Ayako goes to get something in the back of a car. The murderer told her to get it. The car ignites and explodes with her in it.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Dining room Victim: Toshiaki Fujisawa Suspects: Ikuo Kawatsu, Nanako Shimizu, Hitomi Iwai, Maria Toda, and Kento Togano A fuse breaks and the lights go off. Conan and Heiji barely notice an item (ice pick) about to hit the victim. They dive and knock him Toshiaki over so it doesn't kill him but hit him in the arm.

Part 2

The murderer is still on the loose and his methods have even the most diehard Holmes fans completely baffled. Is the killer a greedy guest with his sights on the coveted Conan Doyle first edition? Or did the host of the tour fake his own death so he could go on a mad killing spree? The mystery thickens as Conan tries to crack the case!

People

Ikuo Kawatsu
	25 years old High school gym teacher

Toshiaki Fujisawa
	Victim (stabbed) 47 years old Train station employee

Nanako Shimizu
	24 years old Librarian

Hitomi Iwai
	24 years old Inn employee

Maria Toda
	43 years old Fortune-teller

Hiroyuki Kanaya
	Victim (exploded) 51 years old Inn owner

Kento Togano
	22 years old University student President of the Mystery Club

Ayako Oki
	Victim (burned) 21 years old University student Member of the Mystery Club

Resolution

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After tranquilizing Heiji instead of Kogoro, he then declares Kento Togano is the culprit, the boyfriend of Ayako Oki. He reveals that the second incident was not for Ayako but for Toshiaki Fujisawa, the train station employee. The reason why Ayako knew that Kento was the culprit is because she decided to cheat off his Holmes test, but when she saw his test, it was blank, because he knew it would never be graded and he was busy preparing for the killing of the host. Kento confesses and reveals Toshiaki was the publisher of a Holmes book he didn't like, so he did this for Holmes. After Heiji woke up, he reveals that he was spying on Conan during the deduction (at some point Kogoro hit him upside the head, which woke Heiji up but he pretended to still be asleep), so now he knows the truth about Conan's identity.

Dub changes

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

• Ikuo Kawatsu - Burt Bledsoe
• Toshiaki Fujisawa - Ernie Bower
• Nanako Shimizu - Nancy Schmit
• Hitomi Iwai - Betsy
• Maria Toda - Moira Krupp
• Hiroyuki Kanaya - Harry Kanucka
• Kento Togano - Alex Carr
• Ayako Oki - Sheila Sands

• In the Funimation Dub, Heiji states that he was conscious the entire time and makes no mention of Conan speaking without an accent, whereas in the Japanese Version he specifies when he became conscious and noted that Conan didn't mimic his accent (Which the Funimation Dub never incorporated into Heiji).

See also

• Season 3