The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case

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Episode 13 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case
Japanese title:	奇妙な人捜し殺人事件 (Kimyō na Hitosagashi Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	April 22, 1996
Broadcast rating:	12.7%
Manga case:	#5
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 2: Files 4-7 (013-016) (h.a.)
English version
English title:	Mystery Mastermind
Dubbed episode:	Episode 14
English airdate:	June 15, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Hiroshi Agasa Akemi Miyano
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	¥1,000,000,000
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Yuuichi Higurashi
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Chafurin as Juzo Megure Masako Katsuki as Masami Hirota Hideaki Tezuka as Akira Hirota Kan Tokumaru as Detective Ryûzaburô Ôtomo as Okita Rin Mizuhara as Landlady Isshin Chiba as Cloak checker Takumi Yamazaki as TV Announcer Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

Characters introduced

Akemi Miyano/Masami Hirota
	Mysterious client

Gadgets introduced

Criminal Tracking Glasses
	Uses radar to locate transmitters (e.g. location of the Detective Boys' badges)

Transmitter
	Sends real time location to the Criminal Tracking Glasses

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Hiroshi Agasa

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

A woman named Masami Hirota shows up at Kogoro's Detective Agency and asks him to find her father, Kenzo Hirota. She is reunited with her father when they located him in a horse racing track. The next day, Kenzo is found dead and Masami missing. Meanwhile, another detective is tracking Kenzo down for his client, Akira Hirota.

Missing Person - Murder
	Location: Apartment Victim: Kenzo Hirota Age: 48 years old Cause of death: Strangulation via hanging Suspects: Akira Hirota

Murder
	Location: Hotel Room 804 Victim: Akira Hirota Age: 28 years old Cause of death: Coughing up blood from cyanide poisoned in drink Suspects: Masami Hirota Kogoro calling Akira and, when the light opened, they shocked Akira is dead by poisioned drink.

People

Kenzo Hirota
	Victim (strangled) 48 years old 170 cm tall Believed to be Masami's father and Akira's brother Has four cats: Kai, Tei, Gou, Ou

Landlady
	Kenzo's apartment landlady

Detective
	Hired by Akira Hirota to find Kenzo Hirota

Akira Hirota
	Victim (poison) 28 years old Believed to be Kenzo's brother and Masami's uncle Over 1.90m tall

Resolution

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Conan found the criminal mastermind, Okita.

• Evidence
  • Masami had make-up on and wore more formal, adult clothing when reunited with Kenzo, despite having presented herself as a highschool student from the countryside at first.
  • Every night, Kenzo would run the same taxi route over and over, even without customers, and at high speed. Also, he suddenly paid several months worth of rent to his landlady, who then told Kogoro that he did so in fresh and new cash.
  • Judging from the bruises from Kenzo's neck, the killer was a large man.
  • Masami's glasses were found in the crime scene.
  • Because of Conan's tracking button believed to be in Masami's watch, Akira was found dead due to cyanide poisoning (Sleeping pills) in the hotel.

• Resolution

The three Hirotas were the criminals involved in the 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case. The route Kenzo drove at night was the practice route of the getaway. But Kenzo betrayed his partners, running away and taking the money for himself. In order to find him, his partners made fake identities - Masami and Akira. When found, Akira killed Kenzo and made it look like suicide. He broke his watch while doing so that's why Masami gave him hers. But the real mastermind of the 1 Billion Yen Robbery Case was Okita. The poison that killed Akira may have originally been intended for Masami.

• Motive

Okita planned to kill the three from the very beginning. Kenzo realized this before the other two did, which is the true reason why he ran away with the money.

• Conclusion

While investigating near the hotel where Akira was found dead, Conan and the others run into a pretty lady in elegant red clothes who carries several suitcases. They don't pay lots of attention to her at first, but Conan soon realises that she is Masami Hirota, carrying the stolen money in said suitcases and probably about to meet the mastermind.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Wharf Victim: Masami Hirota Attack types: Shooting Culprit: Okita

Masami confronts Okita and angrily asks him why did he trick her into giving Akira the poisoned drink and kill him. Okita says Akira was too dumb to handle such a large quantity of money, and after drawing his gun he adds that he will also kill Masami to silence her and take all the money. Then Conan steps in and uses his Power Shoes to kick a can into Okita's face, capturing and knocking him out. Masami asks him who he is, and Conan calmly tells her "I'm Conan Edogawa, and I'm a detective!".

Manga to anime changes

In the manga version of the story Gin and Vodka are the masterminds of the case rather than Okita, and they end up killing Masami Hirota/Akemi Miyano who informs Conan of the organization's existence and that they dress in black. Her death is the motive of Shiho Miyano's defection which leads to Ai Haibara's appearance later in the series. Furthermore, Shiho makes a silhouetted appearance when Akemi is demanding for herself and her sister to be free of the organization, which is also omitted. To repair the storyline, episode 128 The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case was written with a similar ending to the manga version.

In 2016, the anime special Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small was released. It finishes with a rendition of Akemi's death that follows the manga rather than the anime.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Masami Hirota - Michelle Hamlin/Kendra Miyano
• Kenzo Hirota - Kent Hamlin
• Kenzo's cats: Kai, Tei, Gou & Ou - Kent's cats: Tea, Pair, Eyes & Prose
• Akira Hirota - Aaron Hamlin
• Okita - O'Brien

Trivia

• This episode marks the introduction of a new image for the "next episode" preview. The image features the Detective Boys looking at a painting hanging on the wall, which has the title of the next episode written on it.
• The spy's car is a gray Toyota Corolla AE100.
• Kenzo Hirota drives a white Toyota Crown taxi.
• At the end of the episode, Conan's transmitter was still on the watch that the dead guy was wearing, so Agasa probably had to make a new transmitter for future uses.
• This is the first episode of cyanide poisoning.
• Although the Black Organization was involved in the manga version of this episode, the anime version has Okita take over Gin and Vodka's role, and therefore cutting out the Black Organization involvement for a second time, since this anime episode did not give away that she was affiliated with them in any way, although it did give her real name.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
2	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.)	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	(Unreleased BGM 2)
5	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	犯人のアジト （いよいよver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
9	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
10	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
11	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
15	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	جرائم القتل المتلاحقة	The Consequent Murders
Basque	Aztarna faltsuen atzetik	Behind the fake footprints
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de la desaparició misteriosa	The Case of the Mysterious Disappearence
Catalan (Valencian dub)	L'estrany cas de la recerca doble	The double search strange case
French	Le Meurtre déconcertant	The Unsettling Murder
Galician	O roubo dos cen millóns de dólares	100 Million Dollars' Robbery
German	Masamis Armbanduhr	Masami's Wristwatch
Italian	Dov'è papà?	Where is Dad?
Portuguese	O caso da investigação desconcertante	The upsetting investigation case
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caso de la investigación desconcertante	The upsetting investigation case
Spanish (American dub)	El caso de la búsqueda frustrada	The unsuccessful search case
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมบุรุษลึกลับ	The Mysterious Person Murder Case
Vietnamese	Vụ tìm người kỳ lạ	The Strange Person Hunt Case

See also

• Season 1