Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case

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Episode 10 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case
Japanese title:	プロサッカー選手脅迫事件 (Puro Sakkā Senshu Kyōhaku Jiken)
Original airdate:	March 11, 1996 October 9, 2010 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	13.7%
Remastered rating:	8.4%
Manga case:	#19
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 7: File 8 (068) ~ Volume 8: File 1 (071)
English version
English title:	Deadly Game
Dubbed episode:	Episode 10
English airdate:	June 8, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Detective Boys Hiroshi Agasa Shinichi Kudo Hideo Akagi Naoki Uemura Takeshi Onimaru
Case solved by:	Shinichi Kudo (via Conan on phone)
Next Conan's Hint:	Video game Hideo Akagi (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Toshiki Inoue
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Akiko Hiramatsu as Ryoko Kazuki Yao as Naoki Uemura Koji Tsujitani as Hideo Akagi Mari Maruta as Mamoru Akagi Takumi Yamazaki as Announcer
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

Characters introduced

Hideo Akagi
	Tokyo Spirits soccer player

Naoki Uemura
	Tokyo Spirits soccer player

Ramus
	Big Osaka soccer player

Gadgets introduced

Portable Bento Box Fax
	Phone-fax machine disguised as a bento box

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Hiroshi Agasa Shinichi Kudo Takeshi Onimaru (DVD)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Missing Person
	Location: Akagi household Victim: Shinichi Kudo?! Suspects: Unknown A girl named Ryoko Akagi came to the Mouri Detective Agency asking for help to find her boyfriend who suddenly disappeared. The alleged 'boyfriend' in the photo is Shinichi! Meanwhile, in the Sunday Cup Finals, Tokyo Spirits' star soccer player, Hideo Akagi, misses easy shots seemingly on purpose.

People

Ryoko Akagi
	High school student

Hideo Akagi
	Tokyo Spirits soccer player

Mamoru Akagi
	Hideo's little brother

Naoki Uemura
	Tokyo Spirits soccer player Hideo's friend

Resolution

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• Evidence
  • There were marks on the front door lock of the Akagis' house indicating a forced entry.
  • The shoe rack contained men's and children's shoes only.
  • The way Ryoko rummaged through the cupboards was as if she didn't know where the utensils were.
  • One of the rooms was trashed. A picture of a man and a boy confirmed that its occupant was a child named Mamoru Akagi and a man.
  • The man who was with Mamoru in the picture was Hideo Akagi, the professional soccer player whom Ryoko was watching on TV.

• Conclusion

Conan knew that something was up because he didn't really know Ryoko. With the clues at hand, Conan pieced things together.

He immediately called Ryoko as Shinichi using the Voice-Changing Bowtie and the Portable Bento Box Fax. He confirmed that Mamoru was kidnapped. Mamoru was Hideo's little brother whom Hideo has been taking care of since their parents died two years ago. Hideo was ordered by the kidnapper to throw the game. Threatened that Mamoru would be hurt if the police was involved, Mamoru's babysitter Ryoko decided to pose as Shinichi's girlfriend to rope him into helping her find Mamoru before he's actually hurt.

When Ryoko came over to make breakfast, she found a letter left by the kidnapper and another which the kidnapper apparently made Mamoru wrote. Ryoko faxed Conan a ripped letter with the words: "Brother, resurrect me."

While trying to find more clues in Mamoru's room, Conan thought that it was just too messed up, even if the child retaliated. With further investigation, Conan found an empty game box called Onimaru Quest - a game where the hero has to be 'resurrected'. The main character in that game was named Mamoru. Another character in the game was named Naoki. Uemura Naoki was a soccer player who joined the Tokyo Spirits a year ago. He was also Hideo's good friend who lives nearby.

Conan deduced that Mamoru was with Naoki Uemura and that it was just made to look like it was a case of kidnapping. The note that Mamoru left must have been a part of the whole saying that he was going to Naoki's to have his character revived.

Conan, Ran and Ryoko rushed to Naoki's place and sure enough, they found Mamoru there unharmed. After everything was cleared up, Ran tried to find Shinichi since she thinks he's nearby, and Conan has to pull a trick with Agasa's help to make her believe he *is* there but cannot stay any longer.

• Motive

Naoki envied Hideo because even though their skills were pretty much the same, Hideo was still more popular than he was. He came close to surpassing Hideo, but during one of their practices, Hideo accidentally but gravelly injured his leg. Naoki thought that it was done on purpose so he wouldn't be able to play.

Naoki didn't plan to hurt Mamoru. He would send Mamoru home after the soccer finals and then disappear after getting back at Hideo. When he hears Hideo dedicate his goals of the night to him (without knowing that he was the kidnapper), however, Naoki realised that Hideo cherished him, and was brought to tears.

Remastered version

A remastered version of this case was aired on October 9, 2010.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Ryoko - Riana
• Mamoru Akagi - Matthias Acres
• Naoki Uemura - Nicholas Underwood
• Hideo Akagi - Harrison Acres

Manga to anime changes

• In the manga, the Detective Boys' conversation about the soccer match occurs while they are walking home from school, while the anime has them discussing it while sitting down on a park bench. Additionally, the scene in the manga ends on Conan reflecting how he'd be playing soccer on his high school fields if not for the men in black poisoning him, with a brief background appearance by Gin and Vodka.
• In the manga, the story ends with a narrative exposition of Conan mentioning that it took three days before Ran accepted Ryoko's explanation of Shinichi's presence. The anime ended with the narration following the discussion in question back at the Detective Agency.

Trivia

• This is the first time that Conan solved the case using Shinichi's voice, since he was shrunk in Roller Coaster Murder Case, however the police were not involved in this episode.
• This is the first time that Conan solved the case using the phone.
• This is the first time that the show hints out that Conan has 2 phones:

1. One for Conan Edogawa
2. Onw for Shinichi Kudo

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
2	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	毛利小五郎のテーマ （ファンキーver.）	Mōri Kogorō no Tēma (Fankii ver.)	Kogoro Mouri's Theme (Funky ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	犯人のアジト （いよいよver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
10	(Unreleased BGM 2)
11	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	対決のテーマ	Taiketsu no Tēma	Showdown Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13	コナンの夢 （夕暮れver.）	Konan no Yume (Yūgure ver.)	Conan's Dream (Twilight ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	(Unreleased BGM 2)
15	蘭のテーマ（涙ver.）	Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)	Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
17	それいけコナン （ミディアム・テンポver.）	Soreike Konan (Midiamu・Tenpo ver.)	Let's Go Conan (Medium Tempo ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	ابتزاز لاعب الكرة	Soccer Player's Blackmail
Basque	Xantaia futbol jokalariari
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas del xantatge a un futbolista	Soccer Player Blackmail Case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Xantatge en el futbol	Blackmail in Soccer
French	Conan marque au but	Conan Scores to the Goal
Galician	Chantaxe a un futbolista	Soccer Player Blackmail
German	Fair Play	Fair Play
Italian	Il calciatore ricattato	The Blackmailed Player
Portuguese	Chantage a um jogador de futebol	Soccer Player Blackmailed
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caso del chantaje al jugador de fútbol	Soccer Player Blackmail Case
Spanish (American dub)	El caso del chantaje al jugador de Fútbol Soccer	Football Soccer Player Blackmail Case
Thai	คดีข่มขู่นักฟุตบอลอาชีพ	The Threatening Pro Soccer Player Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án thư nặc danh gửi cầu thủ bóng đá chuyên nghiệp	Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case
China	足球选手恐吓事件	Football Player Blackmail Case

See also

• Season 1