Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Detective Conan Episode 789 "The Queen's Weather Forecast"

Nichiuri TV Office

It's going to stop drizzling soon?

Yes. We've calculated the wind, temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure.

The results say the skies should clear in an hour.

Detective versus Weather Reporter

That's a bold claim.

It's no wonder they call you the 100% accurate beautiful weather forecaster.

I'm impressed.

Don't you solve cases in a similar fashion?

O-Of course!

In order to expose the ingenious trips of criminals, I...

Uh, trips?

Sheesh!

I'm sorry. He'll get it eventually.

No problem. It's funny.

Right?

Yes. This will make a good show.

He's wonderful.

T-Tricks!

Yes, I will solve any trick and any suspicions within an hour.

Propelled forward by the years spent together.

Charging full speed ahead without slowing the pace.

Not even this popular weather forecaster can predict if it's an accident or a case.

Always determining the one truth with the body of a child and the mind of an adult,

his name is Detective Conan!

The Queen's Weather Forecast

"The Queen's Weather Forecast!"

Sheesh.

Solve any suspicion or trick in an hour?

I know she's beautiful, but you need to calm down.

Huh? Where did the kid go?

An hour might not be enough for the old man.

What did you say?

I heard with my own ears.

I'm sure of it.

Sekine Yasumi (27) Charismatic Weather Forecaster

Really?

Got it. Thanks.

That's that.

Kodama Yukio (49) Nichiuri TV Producer

Oh, right. I'll send you the proposal for your next show soon.

I look forward to it.

Yamaguchi Takuya (35) Yasumi's Manager

Shinohara-san, did you check the stage?

Shinohara Hiroko (28) Nichiuri TV Assistant Director

Yes! Everything looks good.

We're restricting access to the stage so no one goes near it.

Really? Good work.

Would you like to check?

No, I trust you.

Mori-sensei, I hope you'll appear on my show again.

Sure, gladly!

There you are.

Yasumi-san, we start shooting right after the break.

Very well. Excuse me.

Good work.

Here, mister. I bought you a drink.

Thanks.

This is your backwash.

Yasumi-san still has work?

Yup. She's shooting a video next door.

This is what she's shooting.

She's appearing on a misty stage as snow falls steadily all around her.

How wonderful!

It's meant to invoke images of a weather forecast.

She's the queen of weather forecasts.

I bet she's quite popular.

Shall we go?

Yeah.

What?

Mister, over there!

Yasumi-san!

Sekine-san!

Yasumi-san!

Don't move!

Stay where you are!

The left side of her hair...

Mister, look at that.

What is this?

Hold on.

Is this a... d-dying message?!

Which means...

Get the police!

Call the police!

This is...

Yasumi-san's hair accessory.

What's it doing over here?

She died immediately from the fall.

Why, though?

Was there something wrong with the set?

You were the last one to check it, right?

I was, but nothing stood out.

Producer Kodama Yukio-san.

Victim Sekine Yasumi-san's manager Yamaguchi Takuya-san.

AD Shinohara Hiroko-san.

The three of them were near the scene.

According to the staff, this structure was deteriorating,

and they planned to tear it down next year.

I see.

Inspector, I got it.

After meeting with me, Yasumi-san took a break.

Then she had plans to shoot a video.

But before her break, she decided to come check this stage.

She leaned against the railing,

but a section had deteriorated, and she fell to the first floor.

So it was an accident?

Yes, it's likely.

Looks like we didn't need to call you.

Then what about Yasumi-san's dying message?

She scratched it on the floor with her bloody hand while writhing in her final moments!

Ouch!

I pricked myself on the roses' thorns.

What are you doing there, kid?

Sorry.

Now I'm tangled in the tinsel.

What are you doing?

Huh?

There's a popped balloon over here.

Come to think of it, didn't you hear a popping sound before the scream?

Yeah, a loud popping...

What? Balloon, tinsel, roses.

What is it?

Are we through?

We need to switch out the studio set.

Besides, we were all over there when Sekine-san fell.

We've got nothing to do with this.

Right?

Yes.

Very well. Everyone—

No!

What?

You can't fool Mori Kogoro.

This may look like an accident, but it's not.

What do you mean, Mori-kun?

Someone set a trap for Yasumi-san.

A trap?

Yes. Look at the stage's decorations.

First, you tie this tinsel to one of the stage's supports.

Then you tie this end to the opposite side of the stage.

There.

Ran, walk across the stage.

What?

Right here, please.

Okay.

Didn't you hear this sound before Yasumi-san's scream?

Yes.

That's right.

She came to check the stage and fell for this malicious trap.

Shocked, she staggered to the railing, and...

Which means it was murder.

No, this isn't enough to make her fall.

The trap was simply set to frighten her.

And it led to this tragedy.

Then who did this?

When did you finish setting up the stage?

Yamaguchi-san, you said you'd be here until the early morning, right?

What? Uh, yes.

Is something wrong?

I actually fell asleep.

By the time I woke up, they had just started recording.

You fell asleep?

Yes, but I couldn't tell Yasumi-san.

I'm sorry.

Then we still don't know who set the trap or when.

Who was the last person to check the stage?

I was the last one.

But I didn't notice anything.

You said you didn't see anything then.

Are you sure?

Y-Yes.

The truth is this was stuck to the tinsel.

D-Duct tape?

You could find that anywhere!