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Situation
A young and beautiful woman named Mitsuko Sekine is found by a reef drowned in what appears to be a suicide. When information that the town's doctor had been intimate with her in the past is revealed, and Mitsuko's best friend Tomoko insists it was murder, both Conan and Kogoro suspect she is right and that suicide is impossible. Now the two must find the clues before his drinking alibi fully comes through... but what to do when Tanaka was actually drinking with Kogoro himself?
| Suicide?
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| Location:
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Underwater
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| Victim:
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Mitsuko Sekine
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| Age:
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24 years old
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| Cause of death:
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Drowning
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| Suspects:
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Dr. Tanaka
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People
Resolution
Tomoko tearfully said that she suspected Dr. Tanaka of being the killer, and she was right. Tanaka killed poor Mitsuko since she was his girlfriend at the time, but he had been offered a very good arranged marriage to his boss's daughter. Thinking that Mitsuko's presence would ruin an alliance that would further his career, he decided to get her out of the way definitely.
Tanaka brought a swim ring and hid it, then called Mitsuko for a date. He drugged Mitsuko and took her to the seaside; then he tied up a boulder to her bare feet, put the swim ring around her and left her ashore. The waves took the still unconscious Mitsuko inside the sea and soon she was at the bottom of the sea, unable to escape and ultimately drowning. Meanwhile, Tanaka was out drinking with other friends of his (and with Kogoro, Ran, and Conan around as well), and this was his alibi.
The biggest mistakes that Tanaka commited were:
- Buying the swim ring in the village. Conan asked around and easily found the person who sold it to Tanaka, who was told by him that he'd give it to a friend's child as a gift; he also shwed around some photos, with the seller recognizing the ring.
- Tying Mitsuko's feet in a way that, when photos were compared to Ran doing likewise under orders of Kogoro-via-Conan, was highly suspicious. They were tied up with the string's ends towards her toes, instead of the other way round; that was a proof that she had not tied the boulder to her own body, but somebody else had done so.
Dub changes
- The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:
- Tanaka - Dr. Marshal Kennedy
- Tomoko Yamada - Liv Collins
- Mitsuko Sekine - Annie Evans
- Policeman - Police Chief Takai
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In other languages
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Translation
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 Vietnamese |
Vụ giết người trên bãi cát trắng |
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 Arabic |
جريمة قتل على الشاطئ الرملي الأبيض |
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