Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

A man named Kadowaki Eiji-san was murdered.

Eiji-san was a man with a bad reputation who was often taken into police custody.

He also allegedly abused his mother,

while his older brother Kadowaki Yuichi-san protected her.

He was suspected of killing his younger brother

to protect his mother from his repeated acts of violence,

but his alibi was verified, and Yuichi-san was released.

Meanwhile, another suspect emerged.

This is Takase-kun.

Takase Rintaro-san, one of Yasuko-san's students from when she was a teacher.

Kadowaki Yasuko-sensei?

Yeah, of course I remember her.

I was a rowdy kid.

She scolded me all the time.

Honestly, I hated her.

But that was twenty years ago.

What? He has an alibi?

Yes, sir.

I see.

I told you so.

I didn't do it.

Well, I'm leaving now. Good luck with your job.

Wait a minute.

Megure here.

What? A fire at the Kadowaki family residence?

That night, there was a fire at the Kadowaki family residence,

and the mother Yasuko-san was killed.

Right now at this moment, light pierces the darkness!

Overcome all limits with your cool reasoning skills!

A complicated family situation and a former student and suspect.

With a fire layered on top of that, the truth is hard to see.

Always determining the one truth

with the body of a child and the mind of an adult,

his name is Detective Conan!

The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi

"The Mystery-Solving Water Taxi, Part Two!"

I told the cops who came yesterday about that customer.

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He sat in that corner seat for the three-hour all you can eat and drink.

You're sure it was from eight to eleven?

Yeah. We even checked the security cameras.

Hey.

Which side was Takase-san sitting on?

I think it was that side.

What does it matter?

So his back was facing the other customers.

We should check the security cameras next, right?

Yeah. Can we?

Sure.

That's definitely Takase.

And the time is 8:01.

Next let's check three hours later at 11.

Yeah.

Hey, can't you make it go any faster?

Yeah, but...

What?

Oh, sorry. Wrong person.

Jeez.

Their builds looked similar.

Idiot.

He's wearing totally different clothes.

He's got glasses, too.

Look closely.

Okay. Huh?

What now?

Look. He came back out in less than ten minutes.

It seemed like he was meeting someone.

He checked inside the shop, but no one was there.

He said he'd come again and left immediately.

He came back about an hour and a half later, but there was still no one there.

He said he got the date wrong and left.

Huh. Sounds like a real scatterbrain.

Right? Isn't it funny?

Come to think of it, we got an even stranger customer the other day.

Look at this.

What? Did you find something?

Yeah.

This is the second time that person came,

and this is when he left.

What about it?

I'll play it again. Watch his face.

This is when he came after nine. You can see his face, right?

And this is when he left. He's facing downwards so you can't see it.

This is when he came back an hour and a half later.

You can't see his face clearly here either.

And this is the last time he left.

You can clearly see his face, and he seems to have a satisfied smile.

Isn't it strange for him to be satisfied if he got the day of his meet-up wrong?

When did he first leave and return?

He first left at 9:08 and came back at 10:35.

9:08 to 10:35.

That's about an hour and a half.

Hey.

From here to the crime scene...

It's about a thirty minute walk.

So that's how it is.

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Hello, Inspector?

He had an accomplice.

Yes, the store's security cameras caught him.

Yes.

I'll tell the waiter to expect you.

Bye.

Now we just need evidence that Takase-san did it.

We don't need evidence.

If we tell him we've disproved his alibi, he'll give it up.

Safety First

Later.

Takase Rintaro (32) Construction Site Worker

Is that...?

What's he doing here?

Damn it.

The water taxi for Asakusa is departing.

Sucks for the great detective.

So you thought you got away.

The fact that you fled when you saw me proves it.

Takase Rintaro-san, you're the culprit.

I fled?

I just wanted to try riding the water taxi.

You only have forty more minutes to crack jokes.

Then this boat will arrive in Asakusa.

Yes, Inspector. Mori here.

Yes. I'd like to turn over Kadowaki Eiji-san's murderer.

Could you come to the water taxi pier in Asakusa? Yes.

I'll tell you more then. Bye.

The alibi you've been relying on to prove your innocence

is easily constructed if you have, for example, a friend to help you.

Bingo.

You used a person with a build similar to yours as a stand-in.

Ten katsu skewers and a large beer!

Ten katsu skewers and a large beer!

Welcome.

I'm meeting a friend. Can I look inside?

Go right ahead.

You swapped places with your friend in the bathroom,

Spirit, spirit!

Looks like he's not here. I'll be back.

Okay.

left the store, and murdered Eiji-san.

Then you returned to the restaurant and swapped places with your friend again,

creating your fake alibi.

Unfortunately, this is the end of the line for you.

Right. There's a fireworks show today.

Listen, Takase-kun.

It would be best if you came clean and turned yourself in.

Where's the proof?

Not good.

You were just saying how I could've killed him, too, weren't you?

What proof do you have that I did it?

Well...

I think I'll go have a beer downstairs,

until the great detective remembers what proof he has.

I told you we needed evidence.

Shut up.

He's not getting away, damn it.

Jeez...

But now that we've started this, we have to do whatever it takes to get him.

A man as kind-hearted as me could never kill a man.

You called yourself rowdy just yesterday.

Hey, mister.