The Victim is Shinichi Kudo

Episode 610 (Int. Episode 661)
Information
Title:	The Victim is Shinichi Kudo
Japanese title:	被害者はクドウシンイチ (Higaisha wa Kudō Shin'ichi)
Original airdate:	April 9, 2011
Broadcast rating:	9,40%
Manga case:	#215
Season:	20
Manga source:	Volume 70: Files 5-6 (734-735)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Kazuha Toyama Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori
Next Conan's Hint:	Charcoal stove
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	Shigenori Kageyama
Storyboard:	Shigenori Kageyama
Episode director:	Koichiro Kuroda
Animation Director:	Michitaka Yamamoto Masashi Hasegawa
Character Design:	Masatomo Sudo Miharu Nagano (sub-character) Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production Cooperation:	Azeta Pictures
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri  Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri  Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori Wataru Takagi (voice actor) as Wataru Takagi as Chafurin as Juzo Megure   Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama Keiko Kyomyoji as Funae Abukawa Ken Uo as Clerk Hayato Nakata as Forensics officer
Music
Opening song:	tear drops
Closing song:	Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahō
Chronology
Prev episode:	« White Day of Betrayal
Next episode:	Inubushi Castle, The Ablazed Demon Dog »
List of episodes

The Victim is Shinichi Kudo (被害者はクドウシンイチ ,Higaisha wa Kudō Shin'ichi) is the 610th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Kazuha Toyama Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi

Case

Situation

Heiji was invited to go to a real demon dog extermination, and invites Conan, Kogoro, and Ran to come with him and Kazuha.

Five years ago, the womanizing chairman of the Inubushi group, Tsunechika Inubushi, died of terminal cancer. Due to his past habits, several people appeared, claiming to be related to Inubushi by presenting a picture of their mother with the president. Without the president or their mothers to confirm whether the claims were true or not, it became impossible to confirm or deny their claims. Regardless, the president's wife took in all eight people as her own adopted children. And now, with the president's wife ill herself, the inheritance is to be divided amongst the eight children.

However, two out of eight died in strange ways recently. One fell off a cliff, and just before dying claimed that a fiery monster had assaulted him prior to the fall. Another had been assaulted by a dog on fire.

Heiji and Conan head to the apartment of Shinichi Kudo (one of the adopted children, who, after learning about the two deaths, decided that his life was more important than the inheritance and thus left the Inubushis), but end up unable to meet with him because he is asleep. Thirty minutes later, they return to his room upon hearing a musical timer supposedly meant to wake him up, only to find his door sealed and Shinichi dead.

Murder
	Location: Shinichi Kudo's room Victim: Shinichi Kudo Age: 43 Years old Cause of death: Carbon monoxide poisoning Suspects: Funae Abukawa Shinichi Kudo was found dead due to carbon monoxide poisoning in his room, the door and windows sealed shut via duct tape. Carbon monoxide was produced by a burning charcoal grill.

People

Tsunechika Inubushi
	Deceased Inubushi Group president

Funae Abukawa
	39 years old Home helper

Shinichi Kudo
	Victim (poison) 43 years old Adopted son of Inubushi

Clerk
	Fish store clerk

Forensics officer
	Tokyo MPD CSI officer

Resolution

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Evidence

• The books stacked near the window (serving as a makeshift footstool) in a room of a man with a bad back.
• The charcoal wasn't hot even when held, indicating that it had already finished burning a while ago.
• The set-up would have logically taken longer than the thirty minutes.
• The jaw had already began to stiffen, indicating that the man had been dead for longer than an hour.

Motive

• A picture of Abukawa's son was found inside the wardrobe door, and the culprit insisted Abukawa follow their orders lest her son meet the same fate as Kudo.

Conclusion

Abukawa breaks down, claiming that Kudo was already dead by the time she came in the afternoon. Abukawa had answered the phone and heard a voice telling to her that she'd better hurry and save Kudo, locked in the wardrobe in his room. She did so, only to find the dead Kudo and a picture of her son. Shortly later, the mysterious person claiming to be a vengeful spirit called back to threaten Fubukawa into cooperating.

Takagi and Megure arrive, and Abukawa informs them that when she found Kudo's body, he was dressed in a suit and necktie with its pin removed. In addition, from Kudo's mouth fell a pearl, supposedly from the necktie pin, which could be Kudo's dying message.

Trivia

• The episode was scheduled to be aired on March 19, 2011. However, due to 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, it was postponed to April 9, 2011.
• "Inubushi" is the romanization of "犬伏", a real Japanese surname. The first character literally means "dog", and the second contains the character "犬", and (at least in Chinese) is a verb meaning "to lie down" or "to infiltrate (the enemy ranks and wait for a good opportunity to do damage)". The second meaning is similar to the victim's belief that one of the adopted children is not from the Inubushi family and infiltrates so that when there is a suitable opportunity he or she can kill the Inubushis off.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:16 - 0:47	?????
3:26 - 4:31	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.)	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4:36 - 5:57	ワッツ ハプニング	Wattsu Hapuningu	What's Happening	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
6:39 - 6:45	記憶の色	Kioku no Iro	Colour of Memory	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
9:13 - 10:08	次のターゲット！	Tsugi no Tāgetto!	The Next Target!	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10:43 - 11:00	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11:05 - 12:13	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12:30 - 13:56	インターナショナル ケース(インシデント)	Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)	International Case (Incident)	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
14:10 - 15:30	グラーヴェ サイド	Gurāve Saido	Grave Side	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
15:57 - 16:23	?????
16:25 - 18:12	ワッツ ハプニング	Wattsu Hapuningu	What's Happening	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
19:18 - 21:32	?????
21:47 - 22:39	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La víctima es diu Shinichi Kudo	The victim's name is Shinichi Kudo
Chinese (Simplified)	被害者是工藤伸壹	The victim is Shinichi Kudo
Indonesian (subbed)	Korbannya adalah Shinichi Kudo	The Victim is Shinichi Kudo
Italian	La vittima è Shinichi Kudo	The victim is Shinichi Kudo
Thai	ผู้เคราะห์ร้ายคือคุโด้ ชินอิจิ	The victim is Shinichi Kudo
Vietnamese	Nạn nhân là Kudo Shinichi	The victim is Shinichi Kudo

See also

• Season 20