The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case

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Episode 52 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case
Japanese title:	霧天狗伝説殺人事件 (Kiri-tengu Densetsu Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	March 17, 1997 * June 28, 2004 (Rerun) *
Broadcast rating:	17.9%
Manga case:	#30
Season:	2
Manga source:	Volume 11: Files 8-10 (108-110)
English version
English title:	The Mist Goblin Murder
Dubbed episode:	Episode 53-54
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Shinichi Kudo Juzo Megure Hiroshi Agasa Gin Vodka Seiji Asoh Officer Tome
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Cherry blossom N/A (Rerun)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Organizer:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Storyboard:	Kazuo Nogami Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	Kazuo Nogami Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation director:	Izumi Shimura Keiko Sasaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Jouji Yanami as Priest Tenei Kihachiro Uemura as Kannen Naoki Makishima as Tonnen Shunsuke Sakuya as Mokunen Masaki Kawanabe as Shunen Yukiko Iwai as Kikuno Isshin Chiba as Policeman A Wataru Takagi as Policeman B, Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Feel Your Heart
Closing song:	Hikari to Kage no Roman
* 1 Hour Special

Gadgets introduced

Button Speaker
	Miniature speaker May be used with the Voice-Changing Bowtie

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Gin (flashback) Vodka (flashback) Juzo Megure Hiroshi Agasa (flashback/background) Seiji Asoh (flashback) Officer Tome

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

A baffling and seemingly impossible murder is committed at a secluded Mount Takao temple. Luckily Conan and Kogoro are on the scene! It is believed that the terrible Mist Goblin (Kiritengu), a creature with super strength, haunts the temple. Conan doesn't believe in goblins, but he may have to change his tune as the evidence suggests that the Mist Goblin may be more than just a legend.

Suicide? (Past)
	Location: Sandei Temple Victim: Chunen Time: 2 Years ago Cause of death: Hanging

Suicide?
	Location: Sandei Temple Victim: Priest Tenei Age: 71 years old Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Kannen, Tonnen, Mokunen, and Shunen Priest Tenei was found hanged dead, the same way Chunen was found 2 years ago.

People

Priest Tenei Oshou
	Victim (hanged) 71 years old Sandei Temple highpriest

Kannen
	21 years old Monk

Tonnen
	19 years old Monk

Mokunen
	19 years old Monk

Shunen
	18 years old Monk

Chunen
	Deceased (hanged) Former monk

Kikuno
	21 years old Tenei's grand-daughter Chunen's friend

Kikuno's Husband
	Kikuno's husband Former monk

Resolution

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Young Shunen is the killer, as well as the younger brother of the deceased monk Chunen. Some time ago Chunen was in love with Tenei's granddaughter Kikuno, who not only was the heiress to the temple but had just accepted to marry another Buddhist monk from a very important monastery. Tenei was so upset at such an affair, that when he learned that Chunen and Kikuno were about to elope, he killed Chunen using exactly the same trick that Shunen later used on him, which is described below, managing to strangle the guy and then set the scene in such a way that it looked like a perfect killing by the Mist Goblin.

Murder (Past)
	Location: Temple Victim: Chunen Cause of death: Strangulation Culprit: Tenei Oshou The head priest killed him because of an affair with his grand-daughter Kikuno.

Shunen was always suspicious of Tenei and the other monks, so he hid his identity and entered the monastery to gain their trust and learn what had happened to his brother. He spent six months quietly snooping around, managing to more or less figure out how the murder was committed, but not the identity of the killer.

Shunen confronted Tenei right after the Mouris and Conan had gone to bed, having noticed how he had openly spoken about the Chunen incident when prior to that no one had ever mentioned it; under the effects of alcohol, Tenei told Shunen everything. The young novice begged his superior to turn himself in, but Tenei refused and said he'd rather let everyone think the Mist Goblin took Chunen's life, since such a "mystery" had let him raise the fame of the monstery. Shunen then lost it and used his new found knowledge to kill Tenei in the same way Chunen died: he grabbed a rope, wrapped it around Tenei's neck, and pulled it as if he was carrying a heavy bag on his back: the "bag" being, of course, Tenei.

After recovering his senses and seeing that he had murdered Tenei, Shunen decided to use the same tricks Tenei used on Chunen to throw suspicions off himself: placing the body in a lifeboat, using the nearby cascade water to slowly fill up the room, hanging Tenei's body from the ceiling, and then breaking the wooden wall (most of it was done naturally from the internal water pressure). The room was easily filled with water by taping the priest hole with wooden planks and a tool board was used to divert the waterfall cascade. This explains why no hanging marks were left on the ceiling beam. Shunen, however, failed to dispose of the duct tape he used to tape the hole, which contained his fingerprints. When all of this is revealed, Shunen is arrested promptly and offers no resistance, only saying that he wishes Kogoro had been there to solve his brother's murder.

Manga to anime changes

• The anime version starts off with Conan, Ran and Kogoro looking at the cherry blossom trees, as well as Conan recaps his first encounter with Gin and Vodka. The scene ends with Conan, Ran, and Kogoro having their picture taken.

Translation changes

Anime

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

• Priest Tenei - Bonzai Tenei
• Kikuno - Caitlin
• Sandei Temple - Bendei Temple

Rerun

The episode was rerun on June 28, 2004. It was unchanged except for the addition of a new scene at the beginning.

Trivia

• In the international version, not only the episode was split up into two parts, but the second part also used Nazo and its opening animation as the opening song instead of Feel Your Heart's.
• This is the first case to take place at a temple.
• This is the first episode to have a location that involves Tengus or Demons as a backstory.
• The Mist Goblin or Kiritengu Legend is connected to this unique temple and location.
• This is the first case in the English subtitled version where they name Gin and Vodka, when he is talking about what happened at Tropical Land, although this version has not named them at all, even though he should not know their names yet in the anime yet.
• Kogoro's rental car managed to obtain two flat tires.
• This is the first case to feature a flower viewing holiday for Cherry Blossoms.
• This is the episode that Kogoro slid on a watery floor, and hit his head, knocking himself unconscious, so Conan did not require his Stun-Gun Wristwatch this time.
• Conan placed the button speaker on Kogoro's forehead.
• This is the first episode that a monk and head priest were culprits, one in the backstory, and one in the plot story.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart
2	昼下がりの天使たち	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi	Early Afternoon Angels	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	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
5	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
7	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
8	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	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
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	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
16	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
17	名探偵コナン～新メイン・テーマ	Meitantei Konan ~ Shin Mein・Tēma	Detective Conan ~ New Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
18	捜査開始	Sōsa Kaishi	The Investigation Begins	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
19	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
20	少年探偵団のテーマ	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
21	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
22	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
23	コナンの夢 （夕暮れver.）	Konan no Yume (Yūgure ver.)	Conan's Dream (Twilight ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
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
26	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	أزهار الكرز	The Cherry Flowers
Basque	Lainoarteko Iratxoaren hilketak	Mist goblin´s murders
Catalan (Catalonia dub)	El cas de l'assassinat del follet de la boira	Mist goblin murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	L'assassinat del monstre de la boira	Mist monster murder
French	Le Démon du monastère	The Demon of the Monastery
Galician	O asasinato do tardo da néboa	The Mist Goblin's Murder
German	Der Nebelkobold	The Mist Goblin
Italian	Il mistero del tempio	The Mystery of the Temple
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caso del monstruo de la niebla	The Mist Monster Case
Spanish (American dub)	Muerte en el templo	Dead in temple
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมตำนานคิริเทนงู	The Kiritengu legend murder case
Vietnamese	Án mạng ở Kiritengu	The Kiritengu Murder Case

See also

• Season 2