A Present from the True Culprit

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Episode 526 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	A Present from the True Culprit
Japanese title:	真犯人からの届け物 (Shinhannin Kara no Todokemono)
Original airdate:	February 23, 2009
Season:	17
Manga source:	Volume 61: File 11 (641) ~ Volume 62: File 1 (642)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Azusa Enomoto Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi Detective Chiba Inspector Megure Miwako Sato
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Stone coffin
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	Hideaki Oniwa
Storyboard:	Hideaki Oniwa
Episode director:	Masahisa Koyata
Animation director:	Masakazu Yamazaki
Music
Opening song:	Revive
Closing song:	Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Azusa Enomoto Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi 100px Detective Chiba Inspector Megure Miwako Sato

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are at their usual diner but learn that their waitress' brother is a suspect in a murder.

Murder (Past)
	Location: Apartment Victim: Takafumi Torihira Cause of death: Gunshot wound? Suspects: Sugihito Enomoto

The waitress, Azusa Enomoto, is interrogated by the authorities about her brother Sugihito Enomoto. When a package containing cookies is delivered to Azusa, she leaves to go shopping while Takagi accompanies her. Takagi returns revealing Azusa escaped from him and is deduced to be meeting her brother.

People

Sugihito Enomoto
	28 years old Azusa's older brother

Takafumi Torihira
	Deceased (gunshot?) Securities trader

Touji Kawase
	28 years old Securities company employee

Resolution

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Conan reveals that Touji Kawase is the murderer by revealing how Touji knew that the man was beaten to death with a rifle and not shot by it. Conan then reveals that there was a message on the ribbon of the package. Conan explains Touji sent the message to Azusa in order to take her phone which holds a photo confirming Sugihito's allibi. Azusa finds her brother in a warehouse and is knocked unconscious by Touji. Touji confesses to the murder and reveals it was to cover up the money he lost in the stock market. Touji attempts to force Sugihito to commit suicide in exchange for his sister's life. At that moment, Sato arrives and arrests him. After the case, the police detectives start coming to Cafe Poirot frequently because they like the restaurant's special pasta, which bothers Kogoro.

Gallery

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  Takagi disguised

See also

• Season 17