Magic Lover's Murder Case
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| Episode 132-134 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}}) | |
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| Title: | Magic Lover's Murder Case |
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| Original airdate: | January 25, 1999 (The Murder) February 1, 1999 (The Suspicion) February 8, 1999 (The Resolution) |
| Season: | 5 |
| Cast: | Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki |
| Case solved by: | Sonoko Suzuki (via Conan) |
Cast
Plot
The Murder
Sonoko invites Ran, to attend a meeting full of avid magic fans she met online. After dropping her off at the snow lounge, Conan and Kogoro return home. During the ride, they hear on the radio that one of the members, Tatsuo Nashiyama, is found dead in his home and that his dying message was the name Dark Master, one of the members of the club. Conan rushes back to the lounge only to find out the only bridge across is on fire. Conan rushes through the bridge before it collapses and arrives at the lounge. Toshiya Hamano is later found dead ten metres from the lounge. Conan wonders how the murder was done since no footprint was found in the snow.
The Suspicion
The members of the lounge decide to leave the Hamano's body untouched to preserve the crime scene and retreat back into the lounge. They discuss among themselves and believe that the club member with the Username Dark Master is the murderer. Conan, Ran, Kihisae Tanaka, and Katsuki Doi, head upstairs to retrieve a sweater. While upstairs, an arrow breaks through the window and almost hits them. At the same time, another arrow breaks through the window on the bottom floor. The people of the lounge head outside to investigate and find a crossbow on the ground. The people begin to believe that the culprit is an outsider of the club. Conan investigates and notices that there was evidence that something was stapled to the outside of the house. Conan realizes how the murders are done.
The Resolution
Conan recreates the crossbow attack on the top floor and lures everyone outside. Using a tranquilizer, Conan knocks Sonoko out and reveals the culprit to be Kihisae Tanaka. Conan reveals that the crossbow incident was simple, Kihisae pulled a string with an object at the end to break the window, and fired a concealed crossbow to create the idea the attack was coming from the outside. She did the same for the bottom window but had the arrow stuck to the mirror prepared beforehand. As for Hamano's murder, Kihisae strangled him, and using resilient strings, fired them from the balcony to the forest until there was enough to support Hamano's weight. She then tied a string around Hamano's body and used the positioned string to slide the body downwards. She then tied all the strings into another arrow and fired it off. As evidence, Conan reveals that the arrows were specialized to have string connected to them and that they should be found on Tanaka's body somewhere. Tanaka confesses to the murder and reveals that the group members online prompted her grandfather, a famous magician, to attempt a dangerous trick which resulted in his death. Conan meanwhile confronts Katsuki Doi and reveals that his name is the anagram for Kaito Kid. Kaito reveals that he saw that someone was on the magician's account and wanted to investigate it and escapes the lounge with the use of his hang glider.
