On the Trail of a Silent Witness
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| Episode 307-308 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}}) | |
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| Title: | The Dark Footprint |
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| Original airdate: | January 27, 2003 (Part 1) February 3, 2003 (Part 2) |
| Season: | 11 |
| Manga source: | Volume 37: Files 5~7 |
| Cast: | Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure |
| Case solved by: | Kogoro Mouri (via Conan) |
| Director: | Yasuichiro Yamamoto |
| Organizer: | Yasumi Mikamoto |
| Storyboard: | Yasumi Mikamoto |
| Episode director: | 307 Yoshio Suzuki 308 Nana Harada |
| Animation director: | 307 Izumi Shimura 308 Hirobi Muranaka |
| Opening song: | Kaze no lalala |
| Closing song: | Ashita o yume mite |
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
Part 1
Three game designers arrive at Kogoro's agency to ask for his assistance to look for their game programmer Suguru Itakara. He was last heard in a video mail which shows him in a hotel with an Igo, Shogi, and Chess set. One of the game producers believe that a mysterious man may be the cause of Itakara's disappearance; Conan realizes from his description the man is Tequila from the Black Organization. Kogoro decides to call hotels and ask them if anyone rented a Shogi, Chess, and Igo set at once. After learning of Itakara's hotel and room number, they enter the apartment only to find out Itakara had died of a stroke.
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The police's investigation reveals that Itagara's body was tied up before his death; This means someone tied him up to prevent him from being able to take his medicine which would have prevented the stroke. Further investigation reveals that someone other then Kogoro also phoned the hotel asking for a person with a Shogi, Chess, and Igo set; Since the three producers are the only ones who knew Itakara had those three sets and was staying in a hotel, this makes them the prime suspects for murder.
Part 2
The three designers are: Katsumichi Sugai, Igo board game designer; Ryusuke Soma, Shogi board game designer; and Johei Naito, a chess game designer. While the police investigate, Conan attempts to steal a floppy disk containing Itakara's diary so he could investigate the Black Organization but to no avail. A forensic officer reveals that the body is missing a sock impression on the right ankle, this causes Conan to realize who the murderer is.
