Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

I'll send that miserable bastard to hell

I've come up with a plan so I won't get caught

Nichiuri TV Radio Division "Nino-chan's Until Noon Show" Questions and Concerns Corner

Nothing will happen if this doesn't get picked up first.

I hope they decide to use it.

Just kidding.

Challenging all cops and detectives

You'll never catch me!

Now let me show you exactly what will happen

Right now at this moment, light pierces the darkness!

Overcome all limits with your cool reasoning skills!

It all begins with a letter with dancing characters!

A suspicious contribution makes huge waves!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Radio Questions and Concerns Show

"The Radio Questions and Concerns Show, Challenge Arc!"

Nichiuri TV

I've visited Nichiuri TV several times,

but this is the first invitation I've received from Nichiuri Radio.

I'm Manda, the world's greatest producer.

What? Th-The best in the world?

Manda Teruomi (40) Nichiuri TV & Radio Production Unit Producer

Oh, please. I can't believe you took me seriously, Mori-chan.

It's a joke.

I'm actually only the second greatest in the world.

What's with this guy?

And this is the world's greatest director, Kujirai-chan.

Kujirai Mamoru (35) Nichiuri TV & Radio Production Unit Director

I'm Kujirai Mamoru. Nice to meet you.

And beside him is the world's greatest writer, Yashiro-chan.

I'm broadcast writer Yashiro Kaede. I've been looking forward to today.

Yashiro Kaede (32) Broadcast Writer

Nice to meet you.

Finally, there's Nichiuri TV's poster-boy presenter, Nino-chan.

I'm Inuyama Ninosuke. Thank you for coming today.

Inuyama Ninosuke (38) Nichiuri TV Presenter

No, thank you.

So, Mori-chan, you got any alcohol in your system?

Alcohol? No, of course not.

What?

World's greatest AD Abe-chan,

Abe Rie (24) Nichiuri TV & Radio Production Unit AD

ask him what he'd like to drink and have it delivered to his greenroom!

Got it.

Are you sure? We're about to start.

What? But isn't it true?

They say Mori-san performs better when he's had a drink or two.

I suppose they're not wrong.

Then it's decided.

Mori-chan, we'll be heading into the studio now.

We'll see you later.

All right.

Is that Manda guy always like that?

I guess so.

Really?

Anyway, what would you like to drink?

Today's concern comes from TM-san of Tokyo.

"I don't know what to do about the crazy woman

living in the apartment directly above mine."

"She's noisy, and she throws cigarette butts and empty cans onto my balcony."

"I have no idea what to do."

I see. This is a truly pressing concern.

Today's guest Mori-san, what advice do you have as a detective?

It makes you angry because you think of her as human.

That obnoxious woman is nothing more than trash!

What?

I-I don't think it's right to treat people like garbage...

TM-san, you should give her a taste of her own medicine!

Throw trash back onto her balcony!

Burnable trash, non-burnable trash!

Even your food scraps!

Mori-chan's the best.

No, food scraps aren't enough!

I told you this would happen! What are we supposed to do now?

Mori-san, you're the best!

Throw your extra large trash!

Play the jingle!

Show some backbone!

Jingle

He's still going!

Nino-chan's Until Noon Show!

If you don't get her back, then you'll be on the losing side!

Detective Mori's comments Truly nice

The curtains are now rising on my plan

Several Hours Later

Answer the door, you harlot!

What's all this about?

I could ask you the same thing!

You're the one who picked a fight with me!

Kijima Kumi (38) Housewife

You trash talked me on the radio!

What? I don't know what you're talking about.

Manda Towako (31) Housewife

It must've been someone else.

Don't play dumb!

Hey, stop!

I can't believe you used the radio!

That hurts!

They don't even know they're being manipulated.

It's all going exactly according to plan.

You'll pay for this! Don't think you'll get way with it!

Move out of here already, you nuisance!

Mori Detective Agency

Yes, Inspector.

I did appear on a radio show yesterday. What about it?

I told you, I've got nothing to do with it!

Just come to Nichiuri TV.

You're a witness.

A witness? Witness to what?

A murder!

A-A murder?

Hurry.

The victim is Manda Towako-san, thirty-one years old,

a resident of a nearby apartment building.

She was killed late last night around 12 AM.

She must've been struck with this metal pipe.

Ow!

We didn't find any fingerprints on the weapon,

and there wasn't any blood at the crime scene.

I see.

So, why am I a witness?

Because the murderer's motive

may have had something to do with the radio show you appeared on.

What? How is that radio show the motive?

Yesterday evening, the victim and Kijima Kumi-san,

who lives above her, argued about the show.

The listener's concern was about the obnoxious behavior

of the woman who lived above her.

I believe the listener's name was TM-san...

TM?

Those are the same initials as the victim Manda Towako-san's.

I see. Then the obnoxious woman must be...

Of course I'm angry!

When I came home from work yesterday, I found a note in my mailbox...

Nuisance

and a recording of the radio show.

Now the whole world's laughing at you.

It makes you angry because you think of her as human.

That obnoxious woman is nothing more than trash!

So I went to yell at her!

Mister, you said those cruel things?

Well, you know...

I have no excuse.

I had a little too much of the drink I was offered.

I'm sorry!

No, no, no, no. It's not your fault.

Anyway, the building manager intervened

and was able to calm things down.

You'll pay for this! Don't think you'll get way with it!

Move out of here already, you nuisance!

What?

Then you did invite the victim out later that night...

I told you, I didn't do it.

Now, now.

But immediately after the victim wrote in about her concern...

It's not that simple, Mori-kun.

Yashiro-san.

Yes.

The listener TM-san isn't the victim Manda Towako-san.

What?

Morikawa Tsugumi

It's someone completely different named Morikawa Tsugumi-san.

But you received a CD recording of the show in your mailbox, right?

That's it.

Manda Towako-san, who happened to share the same concern,

heard the show on the radio and recorded it onto a CD.

She put it in Kijima-san's mailbox out of spite.

When Kijima-san heard it, she thought it was about her.

I told you...

But, Mori-kun,

it wasn't the victim who put the CD in her mailbox.

What?

I'm having Takagi look into it.

Isn't this case a little too convenient for someone?

It may be a coincidence, but the victim is the victim.

What do you mean?

We learned this when we arrived,

but the victim Manda Towako-san is the wife of Producer Manda.

They're currently separated.

Your wife?

Oh, but don't worry about it, Mori-chan.

I was going to divorce that thing.

But your wife was firmly against divorce, wasn't she?

What does that have to do with this case?

But since your wife is gone, that means your wish came true, right?

Oh, please. Don't say such strange things, Kujirai-chan and Nino-chan.

The conversation's gone in a strange direction.

Yeah. It sounds like he's grateful for what the culprit did.