Detective Conan (名探偵コナン)

Hey, Mizusawa.

Well, Umeki-san? Did you get in touch with the police?

Umeki Hiromichi (45) Kanoya Construction Company President

Sorry. My signal's weak, so I couldn't reach them.

Mizusawa Sho (25) Nonogaki Real Estate Employee

Could you try yours?

Got it.

Be careful. It's slippery.

Aye-aye, sir.

The worst drought in 50 years, huh.

Right now at this moment, light pierces the darkness!

Overcome all limits with your cool reasoning skills!

A skeleton is discovered at the bottom of a dam!

A drama spanning time and space begins!

Always determining the one truth

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

his name is Detective Conan!

The Cursed Tears of Borgia (Part One)

"The Cursed Tears of Borgia, Part One!"

Do you remember the case of the Cursed Tears of Borgia?

Forty years ago, while Beika City-based Yamato TV was

Old Yamato TV

filming a show to commemorate their fifth anniversary,

the leading lady went missing while wearing a prop ring set

with the jewel known as the Tears of Borgia.

Suspect is Asahina Nagisa's assistant Saeki Yuri (30)?!

"Ran Off With the Tears of Borgia?!"

Shock Leaves Asahina Nagisa Bedridden

However, suspect Saeki Yuri-san has been discovered after 40 years

as a skeleton at the bottom of a dried up dam.

"I Killed Them."

What?

It was the title of the drama they were filming

Saeki Sumire (20) Saeki Yuri's Granddaughter

when my grandmother allegedly ran off with the ring that was discovered.

I see...

At the time, my grandmother was living here in Beika City,

but after the case, the family fled

under cover of night because of the abuse they suffered from the media.

But the ring wasn't in the car my grandmother was found in!

On top of that, she...

Died after being stabbed in the stomach with a fruit knife.

What? Really?

They didn't mention that on the news.

Yeah.

Mizusawa, the man who found the body, is one of my drinking buddies.

My grandmother is a victim!

Someone must've stolen the ring from her and killed her!

Of course, it's a 40-year-old case.

I know it will be difficult.

But if you could at least clear my grandmother's name...

Very well.

Mori Detective Agency

Yes.

Yes. I thought so.

I understand.

Thank you, Inspector.

Goodbye.

What did the police say?

Like you said, it's a 40-year-old case.

Not only that, but during that time, it was underwater.

There's very little evidence.

As it stands, they're unable to conclude that your

grandmother Saeki Yuri-san was murdered.

B-But the knife...

That knife undoubtedly took Saeki Yuri-san's life.

But it's possible that, for example,

she regretted running off with the ring and committed suicide.

No...

It's a damn shame.

I'm sorry we couldn't help, Sumire-san.

It's okay. I understand what Mori-san said.

But when I think of how disappointed my mother will be...

Hey, Sumire-san.

Why was your grandmother suspected of running off with the ring?

Hey, Conan-kun.

It was my grandmother's job to transport the ring from the

Yamato TV studio in Beika City to the dam where they were filming.

She went missing after she left the studio.

Yamato TV was inside the aerial lighthouse

building that's being demolished right now, right?

Why don't we head there now?

Safety First

Beika Tower Building Redevelopment Construction

There's no trace of it left.

Yeah.

My mother would be sad if she found out.

Excuse me.

Yuri-chan!

What?

Excuse me. You looked like an old acquaintance.

By Yuri-chan, did you mean Saeki Yuri?

What?

Saeki Yuri was my grandmother.

Kanoya Tatsuma (72) Kanoya Construction Advisor

What a coincidence.

I can't believe we ran into an acquaintance of your grandmother.

I know.

Yuri-chan's—rather,

your grandmother's body was discovered by my nephew Umeki.

I thought it might be fate,

so I came to see the Yamato TV building being demolished.

How did you know my grandmother?

I actually used to work for Yamato TV.

So that's how.

Yuri-chan was a great assistant.

Hey.

Do you remember the drama "I Killed Them"?

Hey, Conan-kun.

But doesn't Sumire-san want to know if her grandmother was innocent?

Yeah, but...

It's all right. None of the staff believed that Yuri-chan took the ring.

What?

I was part of the main staff.

I know it was so.

What? It was broadcast live?

How can a drama be broadcast live?

At the time, small stations like Yamato TV

didn't know much about video recording.

So they turned that lack of knowledge on its head

by calling "Killed 'Em" a "five year anniversary special live drama."

"Killed 'Em?"

That must be short for "I Killed Them."

You figured it out.

This industry has a habit of abbreviating everything.

Yamato TV

This is how we shot it.

I was the one behind the camera.

Everyone's so young.

That's her! That's my grandmother!

She looks just like you.

Yuri-chan and Asahina Nagisa-chan were like sisters.

How long did the actress Asahina Nagisa-san appear on TV?

She disappeared right after "Killed 'Em."

She only debuted because she was a sponsor's daughter.

Nagisa-chan wasn't a bad girl, but she had terrible stage fright.

I Killed Them

I... I...

I killed them. I killed them.

Asahina Nagisa (22) Actress

Here, Nagisa-chan.

Saeki Yuri (30) Nagisa's Assistant

What about apples?

She always had her peel them to help her calm down.

Short strokes meant she was still anxious.

Long strokes meant she'd managed to calm down.

My grandmother was a good assistant.

But on that day, she traveled separately from Nagisa-chan

because she had to transport the ring.

How did that happen?

Because there were rumors the Asahina family had purchased

counterfeit Tears of Borgia.

The Asahina family requested that Western history Professor Senju proclaim it

was genuine before the drama.

The jewel had to be left at the studio to accommodate the professor's schedule.

Yuri-chan would bring it to the filming location once he gave his testimony.

They could've rescheduled filming.

They can't do that, Ran-neechan.

That's right, because it was broadcast live.

I was at the filming location as a cameraman.

Yamato TV

Nagisa-chan was the only actress there.

As long as the Tears of Borgia arrived by 20:20, it would be in time for the broadcast.

It must've been an important prop.

It was. It needed to arrive in time for its close-up during the climax.

Yamato TV

Kanoya Tatsuma (32) Cameraman

Switching from studio to filming location in three, two, one.

We did it with one camera.

It was a chance to show off my skills,

until she started slowly peeling apples.

She peeled apples in the drama?

Yeah. It was Yuri-chan's idea to help her calm down.

Being an assistant sounds like hard work.

Some actors even had her make cheat sheets.