The First Errand Murder Case

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Episode 59 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The First Errand Murder Case
Japanese title:	初めてのお使い殺人事件 (Hajimete no Otsukai Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	May 19, 1997
Broadcast rating:	19.2%
Filler case:	#22
Season:	3
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Shopping Can Be Murder
Dubbed episode:	Episode 61
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Shinichi Kudo
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Roadside corner mirror
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Shinichi Kudo (young) Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Tetsuo Kaneo as Murase Isshin Chiba as Liquor store clerk Shoko Kikuchi as Izumi Yasuhiro Takato as Driver Mika Watanabe as Hiroshi
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Hikari to Kage no Roman

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Shinichi Kudo (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys are back on the case when a young boy finds himself the unknowing target of a killer. Conan and his friends must use all their deductive powers to protect the tiny tot and bring a murderer to justice before he strikes again.

Murder
	Location: Abandoned building Victim: The broker Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Culprit: Abandoned building owner

Attempted murder and building demolition
	Location: Abandoned building Victim: Hiroshi Crime: Left to demolished Culprit: Abandoned building owner The culprit have to demolished the building to kill them but escaped from underground water drain.

People

Hiroshi
	Victim (abducted) Shopping for his first errand Boy in group 2

Murase
	Abandoned building owner

Man
	Victim (beaten) Broker

Wataru
	Shopping for his first errand Boy in group 1

Man B
	Liquor store clerk and deliverer

Izumi
	Stationery store owner

Man C
	Broken car's owner

Resolution

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Hiroshi was on his way shopping when he stopped at an abandoned building. A man thought Hiroshi saw him killing the broker and that made him the target of that man, but Conan is finding a way to save the child, bringing along the Detective Boys. After some time, Conan revealed that the child didn't accidentally stop at the abandoned place. He remembered it was once a famous shopping store, and went there to buy the stuff he needs, not knowing that the store was shut down. The man is the owner of the store, but the broker wants to demolish it and that is the reason why the man killed the broker. Had the man not been paranoid about Hiroshi seeing him commit a murder (Hiroshi didn't, he only saw the man), he may have gotten away with it.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Hiroshi - Christopher Lenarden
• First Errand Contest - Toddler Shopping Challenge

• In the Funimation Dub, the abandoned building owner is credited as Archie Gailand.

Trivia

• Hajimete no Otsukai ("The First Errand") is actually a TV program broadcast in Japan since 1991 that goes quite similarly to the event shown in this case.
• Much like Ran in Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case, this little boy is a target of a determined murderer on the offchance that he child actually saw him; he did not. He only saw a man, without knowing that he was a murderer.
• There is a First Errand Contest being held by the Beika Shopping District, and the little kid contestants are leaving from Beika Park.
• Conan is stuck watching over their assigned contestant, due to the Detective Boys accepting this job request, although the other three begged really hard to get this job, according to Ayumi.
• In short, Conan thought it was a request, when there is not, and no client. The OTHER children: Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi Want to do this, unlike him.
• The Detective Boys are tasked with recording the event, and neither the recorders or parents can help or talk to the children at all as the rules for this competition, although the Detective Boys can act as bodyguards to their charge, but they really can only follow from a distance.
• Ran and Kogoro are apparently sitting with VIPs, with Kogoro acting as bored as Conan is.
• Out of the first 5 contestants, the Detective Boys film and watch over Wateru, and then Hiroshi.
• Ayumi acts as a reporter, Genta and Mitsuhiko are filming their contestant, and Conan wishes he was elsewhere since he does not want to do this anyway.
• Hiroshi is tasked with finding a toothbrush, fried bean curd, and a shuugi bag, also called a congratulatory gift bag.
• Conan noticed Hiroshi tends to do what he did, and that is play by themselves a lot, since they are both only children.
• Ayumi claimed that Hiroshi lives near her.
• The culprit tried to kill Hiroshi 2 twice before abducting him, and placing him in and abandoned building, about to be demolished.
• This is the first episode that a victim was left in an abandoned building, about to be demolished.
• This is the first episode that the culprit attempted to murder someone by placing them in a basement of an abandoned building, about to be demolished, and in this case, a very little boy.
• The culprit tried to kill Hiroshi a total of 3 times, and even the Detective Boys, who found Hiroshi in the basement of an about to be demolished building.
• Interesting Note: One would think that after Conan found out the building was scheduled to be demolished today, he would have ordered the other 3 Detective Boys to remain outside, call the police, and tell the Demolition Workers that 1 child, and maybe 2 kids are inside of the building, effectively holding it off, until the building is checked. They may be children, but the Demolition Workers would most likely want to wait until they no that no kids are inside, plus the police would check the place over to look for any kids who might be inside, since 3 kids can vouch that their friend Conan went in there to look for another little boy, who may be inside, plus here is this little boy's hat.
• This is the first episode that someone attempted to kill Mitsuhiko and Genta.
• This is the first episode that Conan, Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta were trapped in a basement of an abandoned building, about to be demolished, and after demolition began.
• Hiroshi managed to buy a shuugi bag, and was still working on the list on the last scene.
• The Detective Boys lost Hiroshi 3 times.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	はずむ蘭	Hazumu Ran	Bouncing Ran	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
5	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	少年探偵団のテーマ	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
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３）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 3)	Theme of Evil (Part 3)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
12	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
13	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
14	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
15	サスペンス～危機感	Sasupensu ~ Kikikan	Suspense ~ Impending Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
16	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
18	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
19	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
21	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
22	それいけコナン （哀愁ヴァージョン）	Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)	Let's Go Conan (Sorrow ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
23	前話回想	Zenwa Kaisō	Previous Story Recollection	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
24	光と影のロマン	Hikari to Kage no Roman	Romance of Light and Shadow	Hikari to Kage no Roman
25	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	الضحية البريئة	The Innocent Victim
Basque	Hilketa erosketa jolas egunean
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de la primera compra	First buy murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de la primera compra	First buy murder case
French	Une première fatale	A fatal first
Galician	O asasinato da primeira experiencia de compras	First buying experience murder
German	Lästiger kleiner Zeuge	An Annoying Little Witness
Italian	Shopping che passione!	Shopping, What a Passion!
Spanish (American dub)	El crimen perfecto	The perfect crime
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Asesinato en el centro comercial	Murder in the mall
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมเด็กเดินจ่ายตลาด	A kid's shopping errand murder case
Vietnamese	Vụ án mạng trong cuộc thi lần đầu đi chợ giúp mẹ	The First-Errand-for-Mom Contest Murder Case

See also

• Season 3