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The Case
Conan along with Heiji, Ran, and Kogoro visit the Isle of Mermaids looking for Saori, who had sent a letter to Heiji and Kogoro asking them to save her from being killed by a mermaid, but when they try to look for her she has been reported missing. Kimie is the elder's great-granddaughter. Rokuro Fukuyama the fisherman is Toshimi's fiancé. Every year on this island a festival is held were three locals win the Dungong Arrow that is said to wield immortality to its carrier. The festival is brought to a disastrous end when one of the winners is found dead hanging down the waterfall.
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Waterfalls
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Toshimi Ebihara
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Hanging
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Naoko Kuroe, Kimie Shimabukuro, Rokuro Fukuyama, Mikoto Shimabukuro, and Benzo Kadowaki
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| Toward the end of the festival, one of the supposed winner, Toshimi, was found hanged over the waterfall like the mermaid of the legend.
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The Deduction
Conan and Heiji investigate the area and history of Mermaids Grave, a forest on mermaid island. They learn that an elder who is over 130 years old is a holder of the arrow and the head of the festival. While investigating two more murders occur. Conan reveals to Heiji he knows who the murderer is and to meet him later, but later he and Kazuha fall off a cliff.
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Ebihara Household
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Naoko Kuroe
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Strangulation
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Kimie Shimabukuro, Rokuro Fukuyama, and Benzo Kadowaki
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| During Toshimi's funeral, Naoko was found murdered by someone at the fishing net. The foot prints of the criminal went toward the ocean and vanished. Is Naoko murdered by the mermaid!?
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| Murder
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Shimabukuro's warehouse
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Kimie Shimabukuro
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Burning
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Saori Kadowaki, Rokuro Fukuyama, and Benzo Kadowaki
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| Not long after Ran and Kazuha saw a strange woman resemble Saori, the warehouse was set on fire! The burnt body was identified as Kimie. From circumstances, everything pointed to Saori being the true mastermind of the three murders. Was she really is? Or it's the other two suspects, her father and Rokuro?
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The Resolution
Heiji saves Kazuha and they're still having trouble. While everyone is waiting for the deduction of Sleeping Kogoro, Ran arives with Lady Mikoto. Sleeping Kogoro is now going to present a deduction.
People
Resolution
Evidence and Clues
- Benzo sold an arrow to a couple for one million yen.
- Rokuro doesn't have feelings for Toshimi but for Kimie.
- A swimming ring is found at the end of Mermaid Fall.
- On Naoko's body has several fish scales and her arrow is nowhere to be found.
- The only thing that was able to identifies that the burned body is Kimie is her dental record from three days ago, the same day that Saori disappeared.
- The notebook that show festival participant number was stolen by someone.
- Saori's "something" is nowhere to be found.
- Saori and Kimie both got award for best director and makeup artist respectively.
- Heiji and Kazuha found the mermaid's grave on the mountain but fall off the cliff!
Conclusion
- Benzo was caught, but his only crime is that he stole the arrow from his daughter. He found Toshimi's number from the end of Mermaid Fall and the reason that he stole the notebook is because he didn't want the police to think he killed Toshimi for her number. Also, Naoko doesn't trust him so there is no way for him to call her to the fishing net and that his target doesn't have to be Naoko, it could be Kazuha if he just want to steal the arrow.
- Despite having motive for killing Toshimi, Rokuro has no motive at all to murder Kimie. Also he doesn't need swiming ring to murder her.
Motive
Conan reveals that the murderer is Mikoto Shimabukuro. He then reveals the rumor of Mikoto being 130 years old is a lie and that the "Elder" is just a fictional identity assumed by the Shimabukuro lineage to continue the tradition of the Dugong Arrow. The elder's true identity is Kimie Shimabukuro being the only one to pull of a disguise as she used to work as a cosmetic artist. She was able to move around at such a restricted height by attaching roller blade wheel guards to her calves. Her mother who was the previous "Elder" moved in the same way and only half of her corpse was found because the bones of her lower-body easily degrade when she dies in such a position. She faked her death and the burnt corpse they found in the warehouse was actually Saori Kadowaki who was already murdered a long time ago. Kimie fooled the authorities by tampering with Saori's denture records. The scene where Kimie's voice was heard in front of the elder was just a tape recording she played in advance. She killed Ebihara by chloroforming her and placing her on a dinghy with her neck tied to shore rock with rope. The current would drive her off the falls and effectively hang her. She established an alibi for Naoko's murder by disguising herself as the missing Saori Kadowaki.
Her motive for the murder was revenge. Her three friends failed to win the Dugong Arrow lottery when her mother assumed the "Elder" title and in rage burned her alive in one of the warehouses. Kimie discovered her mother's killers when Saori asked to borrow Kimie's arrow for the next lottery, unknowingly insulting her mother as she becomes drunk by the prospect of immortality and shows a psychotic demeanor. She continued the "Elder" tradition for her mother, but finds out all the middle aged denizens of the Isle know her secret and that the half demolished mermaid corpse is her mother. All the town people bow their heads and apologize for not telling her sooner as she cries due to her guilt.
Aftermath
Remastered version
On November 5, 2007, a remastered version of the case was aired. All three episodes were heavily edited and combined into one hour long special, and scenes were edited out to fit the timeslot. However, exclusive to the remastering new scenes were added to this version. This was called a "Fall Mystery Version" of the episodes. "Glorious Mind" was used as the opening, with different shots from various openings before it being used.
Trivia
- Shiho Miyano's name shows up in one of the guestbooks logging past contestants for the arrows.
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