The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box

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Episode 507-508 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Blind Spot in the Karaoke Box
Japanese title:	カラオケボックスの死角 (Karaoke Bokkusu no Shikaku)
Original airdate:	June 30, 2008 (Part 1) July 7, 2008 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	6,30% 7,90%
Manga case:	#179
Season:	17
Manga source:	Volume 59: File 11 (619) ~ Volume 60: File 2 (621)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Eisuke Hondou Sonoko Suzuki Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Officer Tome Ai Haibara Detective Boys Shinichi Kudo Gin Vodka Shuichi Akai Miss Tome
Case solved by:	Sonoko Suzuki (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Eisuke Hondou (Part 1) Suspects' shoes (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Storyboard:	507 Hidetoshi Namura 508 Yoshihisa Matsumoto
Episode director:	507 Masahiro Hosoda 508 Shigeru Yamazaki
Animation director:	507 Noriyoshi Yamazaki 508 Masaki Abe, Nobuyuki Iwai
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Junko Noda as Eisuke Hondou Wataru Takagi (voice actor) as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima Toshihiko Nakajima as Officer Tome Chafurin as Juzo Megure Emi Motoi as Phone Voice Kosei Hirota as Konji Arimoto Yonehiko Kitagawa as Kunio Tamai Kiyonobu Suzuki as Kyota Honma Masaharu Sato as Tatsumi Moniwa Katsumi Toriumi as Clerk Akeno Watanabe as Arimoto's girlfriend
Music
Opening song:	Ichibyōgoto ni Love for you
Closing song:	Summer Memories

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Eisuke Hondou Sonoko Suzuki Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Officer Tome Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Shinichi Kudo (voice/background) Gin (background) Vodka (background) Rena Mizunashi (background) Shuichi Akai (background) Miss Tome

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Eisuke returns to school and Ran and Sonoko take him to karaoke to celebrate his return. Conan notices that there is a strange man following them and presumes he is an FBI agent sent to keep an eye on Eisuke. While there, Eisuke disappears to the bathroom for a suspiciously long time, and returns with a horrified expression. Shortly after the strange man is found dead from repeated beatings to the head with a blunt weapon.

Murder
	Location: Karaoke Box Victim: Tatsumi Moniwa Age: 46 years old Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Kyota Honma, Konji Arimoto, Kunio Tamai, and Eisuke Hondou Eisuke Hondou is scared by seeing Tatsumi dead in the karoke box. He is the first discoverer and alerts the others.

Conan suspects Eisuke to be the murderer due to his strange behavior after returning from the bathroom. However, Eisuke explains that the reason he was so horrified was that while he was heading back to their karaoke room, he stumbled into the wrong room and found two men kissing. The other man whom he saw kissing is revealed to be a woman who looks masculine since she is a body builder. The woman gets mad over the mistake, while Arimoto seems more understanding over that someone could mistake her for a man. The police decide to interrogate the four suspects, including Eisuke, for the murder.

Part 2

The police search the rooms of the four suspects for the blunt weapon used to murder Tatsumi Moniwa. The pictures on Moniwa's cameras were developed revealing pictures of Sonoko. Conan realizes that the man is not an FBI but a stalker who was targeting Sonoko.

People

Tatsumi Moniwa
	Victim (bludgeoned) 46 years old

Kyota Honma
	32 years old Room #2 customer

Konji Arimoto
	34 years old Room #4 customer

Kunio Tamai
	63 years old Room #1 customer

Woman
	Konji's lover Looks like a man

Clerk
	Karaoke Box clerk

Resolution

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Upon investigation, Conan realizes who the murderer is; He tranquilizes Sonoko and impersonates her voice to reveal the culprit to be Kyota Honma. Conan reveals that Honma used a sock stuffed with coins to create a Blackjack. After murdering Moniwa, Honma used the coins to buy cartons of cigarettes from a vending machine. As evidence, Conan reveals that Honma's shoes have become tighter after the murder due to the fact he is now wearing two pairs of socks. He tells the police the blood sample from the sock or coins in the vending machine will convict Honma of murder. Moreover the victim was no stranger to him. The victim's given name could as well be a woman's name, but Homna said that he could only have ran into the victim in the men's restroom without checking the gender. Honma confesses and reveals that Moniwa kidnapped his four year old son and murdered him but was released from the authorities due to the lack of evidence and fueled by hatred, committed the murder. Homna guessed that Moniwa was likely planning to kidnap Sonoko judging from those photos he had been taking. While walking home, Eisuke asks Conan to contact Shinichi so he could ask permission to take Ran with him to America. Conan reveals his identity as Shinichi and denies Eisuke's request. Eisuke admits that he knew Conan was Shinichi since the beginning and asks him to take care of Ran while he goes to America to pursue his career in the CIA.

Honma
	Kyota's 4 year old son Deceased (kidnapped then killed)

Trivia

• Ran, Sonoko, and Conan are seen at the karaoke box singing opening 20. As usual, Conan's hilariously awful singing confused Ran and Sonoko.
• In this case, Eisuke reveals that he does not like sweet or spicy food.
• In Clash of Red and Black, it was confirmed that Conan had Jodie's cell phone number, although near the end of that story arc, Jodie had to borrow Conan's phone since hers was not working well at the time, and in this case, Conan tried to call Jodie, but his replacement phone was not connecting to her phone, which goes to state, that her phone is still not working at optimum level.
• This is the first time that Conan begins speaking in Sonoko's voice before he tranquilized her at all yet.
• This case really makes Eisuke the second person to deduce Conan's identity, the first being Heiji Hattori in Holmes Freak Murder Case.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1:55 - 2:17	はずむ蘭	Hazumu Ran	Bouncing Ran	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
2:27 - 3:00	恋のトランプゲーム占い	Koi no Toranpu Gēmu Uranai	Love's Fortune-Telling Card Game	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
4:07 - 4:38	怒りのメッセージ	Ikari no Messēji	Message of Anger	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
5:03 - 5:32	昼下がりの天使たち（摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi(Matenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels(Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
6:04 - 6:36	コナン推理	Konan Suiri	Conan's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
7:43 - 8:10	事件現場３	Jiken Genba 3	Scene of the Case 3	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9:13 - 9:28	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10:40 - 11:21	シャーク フィアー	Shāku Fiā	Fear Shark	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
11:23 - 12:19	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
12:30 - 13:56	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
14:00 - 15:50	ワッツ ハプニング	Wattsu Hapuningu	What's Happening	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
16:13 - 17:20	コンシダレーション	Konshidarēshon	Consideration	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
17:39 - 18:09	シンクロ ワーズ	Shinkuro Wāzu	Synchronized Words	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
18:38 - 18:49	オセンチな歩美	Osenchina Ayumi	Sentimental Ayumi	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
18:59 - 21:25	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
21:34 - 22:33	顛末（TENMATSU）	Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)	The Facts (TENMATSU)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1:55 - 2:05	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
2:06 - 2:26	悪のテーマ１	Aku no Tēma 1	Theme of Evil 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
2:35 - 4:11	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4:21 - 5:18	推理１	Suiri 1	Deduction 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5:30 - 5:58	事件現場３	Jiken Genba 3	Scene of the Case 3	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6:03 - 7:09	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
7:18 - 7:54	謎解き（その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8:00 - 9:08	コナンの直感	Konan no Chokkan	Conan's Intuition	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
9:36 - 9:52	Need not to know.	Need not to know.	Need not to know.	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
9:57 - 12:26	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12:48 - 14:00	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
15:04 - 16:57	事件解明 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.)	Case Clarification (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17:01 - 17:52	蘭・愛のテーマ （ギターver.）	Ran・Ai no Tēma (Gitā ver.)	Ran's Love Theme (Guitar ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
18:34 - 19:48	のんびり気分１	Nonbiri Kibun 1	Carefree Feeling 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20:06 - 21:38	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
21:46 - 21:58	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
23:37 - 23:59	ターゲット サスペンスＤ	Tāgetto Sasupensu D	Target Suspense D	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	L'angle mort del Karaoke	The blind spot in the Karaoke
Italian	Karaoke con sorpresa	Karaoke with surprise
Thai	มุมอับในร้านคาราโอเกะ	The Blind Corner in the Karaoke Box
korea	노래방의 사각지대	The Blind spot of the Karaoke Box

See also

• Season 17