Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case (堀田三兄弟殺人事件 ,Hotta Sankyōdai Satsujin Jiken?) is the 44th episode of Detective Conan anime.
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
A lazy drive through Chiyoda mountain, Tokyo, lands Kogoro, Ran, and Conan in the middle of a murder mystery surrounding the death of billionaire industrialist, Kosaku Hotta. As Conan tries to unravel the clues before the killer can strike again, he faces one disturbing reality. The prime suspects are the victim's children. It's an explosive whodunit you won't want to miss.
Suicide (Past)
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Location:
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Road
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Victim:
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Kentaro
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Cause of death:
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Drowning
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He committed suicide because Fumiko's father turned him down.
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Bombing - Murder
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Location:
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Hotta household
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Victim:
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Kosaku Hotta
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Age:
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58 years old
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Cause of death:
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Explosion in wooden wine box
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Suspects:
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Masahiro Yamauchi, Koichi Hotta, Harumi Hotta, Ryoji Hotta, and Fumiko Hotta
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People
Resolution
The killer is
Masahiro Yamauchi. The man who was Fumiko's lover was his son,
Kentarou Yamauchi. He was a deceased piano player. When he and Fumiko got in a relationship and Hotta Sr. objected, they tried to convince him otherwise, but in reply Hotta broke the younger Yamauchi's hand which left him unable to play anymore. The younger Yamauchi fell into despair and killed himself by driving into a nearby cliff. His father then became the family butler only to get revenge, preparing the bomb that killed Hotta Sr.
The bomb used was the wine container that Ryoji was intending to give to her father. Yamauchi added an unstable components of garden fertilizer, which contained sulfur, and friction matches and a striking pad, so that when the wine container lid was slid open, the matches would rub again the pad and ignite, causing the mixture to explode and to kill Kosaku Hotta. Being a gardener/butler means that Yamauchi is the only individual who could prepare the bomb.
Yamauchi had also planned to kill Fumiko by tampering with her car, mistakenly thinking that she had rejected his son after the incident. In reality, Fumiko was very traumatized as well: she showed it by dressing in black like a widow and wearing a pendant with a photo of her lost love. Fortunately, Yamauchi's trap failed because Conan alerted Fumiko and she returned to the mansion, making Yamauchi break down in tears for misjudging her.
Translation changes
Anime
- The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:
- Kosaku Hotta - Oscar Hotta
- Masahiro Yamauchi - Barnaby Arbington (Jason Barnaby)
- Koichi Hotta - Kevin Hotta
- Harumi Hotta - Karen Hotta
- Ryoji Hotta - Ryan Hotta
- Fumiko Hotta - Famke Hotta
- Kentarou Yamauchi - Jason Arbington II
Trivia
- Ryoji Hotta's car is a 1978 red Porsche 928.
- Kentaro's car is a 1983 Nissan Bluebird [U11].
- Yamauchi's car in the garage is a 1963 Mazda Carol 360.
- Fumiko drives a 1984 white Citroen BX.
- In the Venus Arabic dub, the whiskey bottle was called perfume instead to avoid showing alcohol to children.
BGM listing
Gallery
In other languages
Language |
Title |
Translation
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Arabic |
العطر القاتل |
The Deadly Perfume
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Basque |
Hotta familiako hilketak |
Hotta family murders
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Catalan (Catalonia dub) |
L'assassinat del cap de la família Hotta |
The Murderer of the Head of the Family Hotta
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Catalan (Valencian dub) |
El crim de la família Hotta |
Hotta family crime
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French |
L'Anniversaire de monsieur Hotta |
The Birthday of Mister Hotta
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Galician |
Os asasinatos da familia Hotta |
Hotta family crimes
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German |
Ein Unglück kommt selten allein |
Misfortune Seldom Comes Alone
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Italian |
Un compleanno esplosivo |
An Explosive Birthday
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Polish |
Zabójstwo w rodzinie Hotta |
Homocide in the Hotta Family
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Spanish (American dub) |
El caso del asesinato del señor Ortiz |
Mr. Ortiz (Kosaku) murder case
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Spanish (Castilian dub) |
Los crímenes de la familia Hotta |
Hotta family crimes
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Thai |
คดีฆาตกรรมสามพี่น้องฮอตตะ |
Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case
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Vietnamese |
Vụ án mạng ở nhà Hotta |
The Hotta's House Murder Case
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See also