The Mysterious Boy (不思議な少年 ,Fushigi na Shōnen?) is the 829th episode of the Detective Conan anime.
Cast
Case
Situation
Murder
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Location:
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Kometo Bridge
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Victim:
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Tsutomu Oshiro
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Cause of death:
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Blunt force trauma
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Culprit:
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Tokujiro Nagai
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People
Resolution
The culprit is
Tokujiro Nagai, and his motive was the death of his wife. Mrs. Nagai was hospitalized due to a serious sickness, but Tokujiro's earnings were too modest to afford her treatments, so he was forced to borrow money from Kuromaru Finance. Oshiro, whenever he came by to check on the investment, callously bullied Nagai, which the old man endured for the sake of his wife. But then Oshiro decided to demand the repayment from Mrs. Nagai, uncaring of her condition; when she heard that her husband had plunged himself into serious debts, she became despondent, causing her to have a breakdown which contributed to her death soon afterwards.
Due to that revelation, Nagai remembers Conan - or rather, Shinichi - from an incident ten years ago, when one of a group of children had dropped a toy engine to the floor, breaking it. Shinichi found out which child had done it, but Nagai kindly refused to punish the offender for this accident. The startlement from this revelation convinces Nagai to turn himself over to the police, and Megure orders an investigation of Kuromaru's dubious business practices. When Megure asks Nagai why he has decided to turn himself in, Nagai replies that a "mysterious boy who has remained unchanged for ten years" (Shinichi) has influenced him into doing so.
Trivia
Gallery
For the full gallery see:
The Mysterious Boy/Gallery
See also