The Deadly Pork Soup Signal

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Episode 1044 (Int. Episode 1101)
Information
Title:	The Deadly Pork Soup Signal
Japanese title:	豚汁は命がけの合図 (Tonjiru wa Inochigake no Aizu)
Original airdate:	May 21, 2022
Broadcast rating:	6.6%
Filler case:	#368
Season:	31
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Ryusuke Higo
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Vegetables
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Akatsuki Yamatoya
Storyboard:	Masaharu Okuwaki
Episode director:	Sumito Sasaki
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (supervisor) Marie Nagano Yuka Sato Zhang Yi Anna Li Liangpeng Zheng Feng Xie Mei Yu Huihai
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Rei Masunaga (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Production cooperation:	Studio Leo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Aya Endo as Mihoko Komaki Nobuhiko Okamoto as Takashi Hara Ryota Takeuchi as Satoshi Komaki
Music
Opening song:	SLEEPLESS
Closing song:	Karappo no Kokoro

The Deadly Pork Soup Signal (豚汁は命がけの合図 ,Tonjiru wa Inochigake no Aizu) is the 1044th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Ryusuke Higo (phone silhouette)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Telescopic Lenses Criminal Tracking Glasses Detective Boys Badge Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

Kogoro and Conan are walking around, when they see some police cars in front of a apartment. They decide to help the investigation.

Murder
	Location: Apartment Victim: Lisa Hewitson Age: 25 years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Satoshi Komaki

Conan, Kogoro, Takagi, and Chiba later go to Takashi Hara's apartment, who is Lisa's boyfriend. Hara says that Satoshi Komaki, the owner of the bar where Lisa worked, might be responsible for the murder, because Lisa always complained about Satoshi hitting on her.

Later, they go to see Satoshi, who revealed that he has a private relationship with Lisa. However, he refuse to tell his alibi, instead he ask the police if they should investigate the murder weapon, fingerprints on wine bottle, or the jacket the culprit wearing. Satoshi then says that Hara might be the culprit, because Hara always making eyes at his employees. He later tell the police that he was at home when the crime happened, and ask them to ask his wife Mihoko to proof the alibi.

The police then go to Komaki's apartment, and ask Mihoko about Satoshi's alibi. Later, Conan notices that there is a mic on the figurines on the table. Kogoro then ask how Mihoko married to Satoshi. Two years ago, he was engaged to Ryohei Oi. However, Ryohei was stabbed by unknown assailant. A suspect was arrested for the murder, but they died in prison, and it seems like it was a wrongful arrest.

Murder (past)
	Location: Wedding hall Victim: Ryohei Oi Time: December 7 (2 years ago) Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Satoshi Komaki

Turns out after that incident, the company she worked at suddenly went bankrupt, her sister was being stalked, her father's factory caught fire, and her mother fell off a train platform. After the series of unfortunate events, she meet Satoshi and got married.

Conan realizes that Mihoko is lying. He then search for the incident that happened on December 7, before telling Takagi and Chiba through messages that the room is bugged, and because of that, Mihoko can't tell the truth. Takagi decides to use eye blinking as a signal for "yes" or "no" for Mihoko. After they get the real answer thorough blinking, Takagi whispers to Mihoko that the police will ensure her safety.

Later, Mihoko says that she should cook for her husband. When Kogoro see some vegetables, he deduces that she want to cook pork soup, or rather signaling morse code through chopping the vegetables. They then observe if there is a hint she try to make.

Suddenly, Satoshi comes in with his bodyguard, and force the police to leave the apartment. Before leaving, Conan gives a good luck charm to Mihoko.

People

Lisa Hewitson
	Victim (stabbed) 25 years old Floor staff

Satoshi Komaki
	47 years old Bar owner

Mihoko Komaki
	28 years old Satoshi's wife

Takashi Hara
	23 years old Office worker Lisa's boyfriend

Ryohei Oi
	Deceased (stabbed) Artist Mihoko's fiancé

Man A
	Satoshi's bodyguard

Man B
	Satoshi's bodyguard

Resolution

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In the car, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and reveals that the culprit is Satoshi Komaki. Turns out that the evidence collected from the murder case which killed Ryohei Oi is exactly the same as what Satoshi mentioned at the bar, which also means that Satoshi is the one who murdered Ryohei. This time, Satoshi killed Lisa and left the same evidence to frame Hara.

However, the evidence was later missing. Satoshi suspects that after he left Lisa's apartment, Mihoko snuck back inside and took the evidence with her. It is also revealed that beside the microphone, Satoshi has installed a camera in the stuffed bear on the sofa, which means he knows that Mihoko tried to tell the truth to the police. Conan through Kogoro then tells Takagi and Chiba that when Satoshi learned about Mihoko's betrayal, Mihoko and her family would be harmed.

It is true that Mihoko is trying to say something through the vegetables. Green onions, burdock, and daikon radishes are long and thin, but in order to to make clearer, she started choping them. The result is a shape of ballpoint pen. At the crime scene, a cleaning receipt is found inside the ballpoint pen. Later, the police obtains a shirt with bloodstain, which could be a concrete evidence to arrest Satoshi. Suddenly, Chiba receives a call that Satoshi is missing.

Satoshi plans to kill Mihoko because of her betrayal. Satoshi also confesses that he killed Lisa because Lisa rejected Satoshi's offer and prefer to be with Hara.

Attempted murder
	Location: Port in Tokyo Victim: Mihoko Komaki Age: 28 years old Modus operandi: Left to drown Culprits: Satoshi Komaki and his henchmen

Fortunately, the police arrives quickly. It is revealed that Conan gave Mihoko the Detective Boys Badge, which can be tracked through his glasses. Mihoko is saved and Satoshi is arrested.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
French (Subbed)	Le tonjiru sonne l'alerte	The Tonjiru sounds the alarm
Thai	The pork soup is the signal with life at stake
Vietnamese	Món súp thịt heo ám chỉ cái chết

See also

• Season 31