The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden

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Episode 282-283 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden
Japanese title:	水流るる石庭の怪 (Mizu Nagaruru Sekitei no Kai)
Original airdate:	June 17, 2002 (Part 1) June 24, 2002 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	16.50% 16.60%
Filler case:	#96
Season:	10
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Detective Yokomizo
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Beautiful rock garden (Part 1) Draining of the water (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Yoshifumi Fukushima
Storyboard:	282 Yasumi Mikamoto 283 Takaaki Ishiyama
Episode director:	282 Minoru Tozawa 283 Shintaro Itoga
Animation director:	282 Keiko Sasaki 283 Hirobi Muranaka,　Izumi Shimura
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1) Akio Otsuka as Detective Yokomizo, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2) Takeshi Watabe as Michiyoshi Majima Takashi Matsuyama as Masayuki Hashimoto Takashi Taguchi as Nobuaki Endo Rikiya Koyama as Tomonori Kiyama Ai Uchikawa as Ayaka Honjo Isshin Chiba as Detective
Music
Opening song:	I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song:	Yume Mita Ato de

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Detective Yokomizo

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro, Conan, and Ran are driving in the mountains when they run out of gas and are kindly picked up by Michiyoshi Majima, the director of Kiyama Furniture Company where they saw the rock garden made by the former director of the company, and met Ayaka Honjo, the housekeeper of Majima's mansiom, Masayuki Hashimoto, his private secretary, Nobuaki Endo, director of Kiyama Interior, and Tomonori Kiyama, a freelance writer of a travelling magazine and director Kiyama's son. Most of the people that work for him and live with him seem to hate him, seem might revenge for Director Kiyama's death, so it isn't a surprise when Majima turns up dead the next morning in the beautiful house rock garden.

Murder

Location: Majima Household Victim: Michiyoshi Majima Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Ayaka Honjo, Masayuki Hashimoto, Nobuaki Endo, and Tomonori Kiyama Director Majima is found dead by Honjo, who is cleaning the rock garden using the picking rod. The mystery is that there is not a single foot print around the body. And one of them might murder him for just revenge for Director Kiyama's death and is Director Majima responsible for this or is it accident?

However, by the dead body, there are no footprints. Could this be an impossible crime?

Part 2

Inspector Sango Yokomizo arrives on the scene, and begins an investigation. Kogoro accuses one of Majima's friends and workers, Masayuki Hashimoto who was in debt, but is quickly proven wrong. He then accuses Endo, one of Majima's company managers. The police find a threatening note in the trash from Endo to Majima saying to meet on the roof which seems to implicate Endo further. Kogoro says that if Endo tied a rope around the body and used a bow and arrows, it would have been possible to lower the body without a trace. The police go to look for evidence of the arrows and rope, and Conan is shocked when they actually find it because the position the body is in makes it impossible for that trick to have been used.

People

Michiyoshi Majima
	Victim (strangled) 50 years old Kiyama Furniture director

Ayaka Honjo
	24 years old Housekeeper

Masayuki Hashimoto
	37 years old Director Majima's private secretary

Nobuaki Endo
	45 years old Director of Kiyama Interior

Tomonori Kiyama
	28 years old Freelance writer

Resolution

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After this fails, Conan stuns Kogoro with his watch, and tells everyone the real trick. The crime was probably committed around 8:30 PM, the culprit tied a rope to the air mat, and floated Majima's body on the water. Soon after, drainage began and the water receded and right before the air mat hit the sand, they shoved Majima's body with the picking rod, while pulling back the air mat with all their might. With that, it was possible to place the corpse in the middle of the rock garden without a trace. Incidentally, marks were left on the rocks at the edge of the pool when the air mat was dragged out and at that time it was probably washed out from Majima's pocket and a ticket to the photo exhibition ended up stuck in the drain. The culprit probably panicked when they suddenly came by, if Endo cancelled his plans it would have been all for nothing that was why when Endo was supposed to meet with Majima, the culprit took them outside, and declares Tomonori Kiyama did it. After Kiyama left the dining hall, he did not return to his room but went to the main wing of the house and killed Majima. Ayaka was still in the dining hall, so there was no worry that he would be seen and to float the body in the rock garden, Kiyama just kept waiting for Endo to close Ayaka's curtains. In brief, Endo intended to conceal Majima's movements but had assisted in Kiyama's criminal act instead. And on the air mat, there's something on it, it was from the momento that he said never left his side ink from his father's fountain pen.

Kiyama confesses and reveals Majima murdered his father, the previous director of the company, Majima messed with the brakes and had his father fall to his death and while his away, he made himself the director and took over his father's company, When he learned of that, he thought he would kill Majima one day, with his own hands. Endo gave him the perfect opportunity to do so, and he consecrated his corpse to the rock garden that his father loved.

Trivia

• This is the last episode to use hand-colored cells (traditional animation). Starting with the next episode, all episodes will be digitally animated.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	蘭のお姉さんぶり	Ran no Onēsan Buri	Ran's Elder Sister Style	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
3	１０年後の歩美	10 Nengo no Ayumi	Ayumi 10 Years Later	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
4	想い出	Omoide	Memories	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
5	昼下がりの天使たち （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
6	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	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
8	尋問	Jinmon	Interrogation	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
9	新少年探偵団のテーマ	Shin Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The New Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
10	記憶喪失（光）	Kiokusōshitsu (Hikari)	Amnesia (Light)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
11	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
13	夢みたあとで	Yume Mita Ato de	After I've Been Dreaming	Yume Mita Ato de

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	小五郎の推理	Kogorō no Suiri	Kogoro's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
5	雄大な富士山	Yūdai na Fujisan	Grand Mt. Fuji	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
6	日本画の紹介	Nihonga no Shōkai	Introducing the Japanese Painting	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
7	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
10	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
12	犯人（スナイパー）の正体	Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai	The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	漆黒の殺意	Shikkoku no Satsui	Jet Black Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
14	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
15	容疑者は？	Yōgisha wa?	The Suspect Is?	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
16	雄大な富士山	Yūdai na Fujisan	Grand Mt. Fuji	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
17	第３の犠牲者	Dai 3 no Giseisha	The Third Victim	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
18	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
19	暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki	Assassin's Theme - Sniping	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
20	映画BGM	Eiga BGM	Movie BGM	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
21	事情聴取	Jijōchōshu	Police Interrogation	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
22	夢みたあとで	Yume Mita Ato de	After I've Been Dreaming	Yume Mita Ato de
23	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

See also

• Season 10