The Pop-up Book Bomber

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Episode 883-884 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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Information
Title:	The Pop-up Book Bomber
Japanese title:	絵本から飛び出す爆弾魔 (Ehon Kara Tobidasu Bakudan Ma)
Original airdate:	December 2, 2017 (Part 1) December 9, 2017 (Part 2)
Season:	25
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Pop-up book (Part 1) Seven (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Music
Opening song:	Lie, Lie, Lie,
Closing song:	Togetsukyō ~Kimi Omou~

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba

Case

Situation

Part 1

A package consisting of a smartphone and a print proof of a book entitled Grandpa Tick Tock and the Three Clocks by Kenichi Imai was deivered to the Mouri Detective Agency. Meanwhile, an explosion on a pachinko named Sandcastle happened on a gloomy weather.

Explosion
	Location: Sandcastle Pachinko (Unknown location) Victim: None Suspects: Unknown An explosion on a pachinko named Sandcastle. This event was reported on television.

The connecion of the seemingly unrelated explosion and the delivery was revealed to be related after a call on that smartphone mocked Kogoro and hints again on another bomb at a certain block in Haido City. The book has a riddle that is related to the case: on a bus station, five people are waiting. A bus with three passengers arrived. Two passengers get off the bus at the next stop while a passenger rode the bus. How many are the people on the bus when it arrived at its destination?

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The answer is three. Although there are five people waiting on the first station, it is not stated that they rode that particular bus. As there are three passengers and the driver is in the bus intially, there are four people on the first stop. On the second stop, there are two passenger who left and a new passenger who rode the bus, which means on the final destination there are three people on the bus. (3 intial passengers + 1 driver = 4 people. 4 people - 2 passengers = 2 people. 2 people + 1 passenger = 3 people)

Kogoro then called Inspector Megure about the issue, and Kogoro, Ran and Conan went into the place. Immediately after they arrived, Inspector Megure asked the police to find the said bomb and called Inspector Takagi, showing a possible suspect: a bomber named Tajuki Hirakuwa. Then, Inspector Chiba, with the publisher named Hiroyuki Tomonaga, checked the book which was stolen and narrated what happened. The author of the book, Kenichi Imai tried to enter a book contest when a rumor about his half-brother, identified as Tajuki, was posted to the internet causing him to withdraw the contest. After his death, Hiroyuki have tried to publish the book, however the print proof was retrieved by his half-brother, who attacked him to make the attempt successful.

Attempted Explosion
	Location: Block 3, Haido City (found); Kanematsu Park, Haido City (disarmed) Victim: None Suspects: Tajuki Hirakuwa An attempted explosion that was apparently made due to hatred at the "detective" who posted incriminating information about him and his half-brother. The bomb was disposed safely by Kogoro before it was apparenlty stopped.

Part 2

Attempted Explosion?
	Location: Haido/Beika City? Victim: None? Suspects: Tajuki Hirakuwa Three bombs...

People

Kenichi Imai
	Deceased Created the book Grandpa Tick Tock and the Three Clocks

Tajuki Hirakuwa
100px	38 years old Known to be a bomber

Hiroyuki Tomonaga
	45 years old Publisher of Kenichi Imai

Resolution

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See also

• Season 26