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{{InfoBox TV
 
{{InfoBox TV
 
| episode            = 687
 
| episode            = 687
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| int-episode        = 739
 
| image              = TV Episode 687.jpg
 
| image              = TV Episode 687.jpg
| title              = The Unsolvable Frozen Trap
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| title              = The Unsolvable Ice Trap
| english-title      =  
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| english-title      =
 
| japanese-title      = 誰にもとけない氷の罠 <br> (Darenimo Tokenai Kōri no Wana)
 
| japanese-title      = 誰にもとけない氷の罠 <br> (Darenimo Tokenai Kōri no Wana)
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| rating              = 10,40%
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| Filler case number  = #204
 
| season              = [[Season 22|22]]
 
| season              = [[Season 22|22]]
 
| manga              = '''TV Original'''
 
| manga              = '''TV Original'''
 
| airdate            = February 16, 2013
 
| airdate            = February 16, 2013
| english-airdate    =  
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| english-airdate    =
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] <br> [[Detective Boys]]
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| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Hiroshi Agasa]] <br> [[Detective Boys]] <br> [[Gomera]]
| suspects            = Mika Itakura, Tetsuya Shiota, and Kazuyuki Ogi  
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| suspects            = Mika Itakura, Tetsuya Shiota, and Kazuyuki Ogi
| solved-by          = [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
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| solved-by          = [[Hiroshi Agasa]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint    = Gypsum
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| next-conan-hint    = Will-o'-the-wisp
| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]]<br />[[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]<br />[[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]]<br />[[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]]<br />[[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]]<br />[[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]]<br />[[Takaharu Onishi]] as Akira Haraguchi<br />[[Akira Sasanuma]] as Forensics officer<br />[[Yasuo Muramatsu]] as Tarou Yamaguchi<br />[[Tokuyoshi Kawashima]] as Kazuyuki Ogi<br />[[Hitomi Nabatame]] as Mika Itakura<br />[[Kōsuke Meguro]] as Tetsuya Shiota
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] <br> [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]] <br> [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] <br> [[Takeharu Onishi]] as [[Minor law enforcement#Akira Haraguchi|Akira Haraguchi]] <br> [[Akira Sasanuma]] as Forensics officer <br> [[Yasuo Muramatsu]] as Tarou Yamaguchi <br> [[Tokuyoshi Kawashima]] as Kazuyuki Ogi <br> [[Hitomi Nabatame]] as Mika Itakura <br> [[Kōsuke Meguro]] as Tetsuya Shiota
 
| director            = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
 
| director            = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Asami Ishikawa]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Asami Ishikawa]]
| organizer          =
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| storyboard          = [[Masuku Taiga]]
| storyboard          = 大河桝玖
 
 
| producer            = [[Shigeru Yamazaki]]
 
| producer            = [[Shigeru Yamazaki]]
| animation-director  = [[Akio Kawamura]]<br />[[Masanori Hashimoto]]
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| animation-director  = [[Akio Kawamura]] <br> [[Masanori Hashimoto]]
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| character-design    = [[Masatomo Sudo]] <br> [[Kumiko Shishido]] (design works)
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| production-cooperation = [[BIG BANG]]
 
| opening-song        = TRY AGAIN
 
| opening-song        = TRY AGAIN
 
| closing-song        = Hitomi no Melody
 
| closing-song        = Hitomi no Melody
| prev-episode        = Car Carrying a Time Bomb
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| prev-episode        = A Car Carrying a Time Bomb
| next-episode        = Detective Takagi Found 30 Million Yen
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| next-episode        = Detective Takagi Finds 30 Million Yen
| footnotes          =  
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| footnotes          =
 
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{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|誰にもとけない氷の罠|Darenimo Tokenai Kōri no Wana}} is the 687th episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].
  
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
 
{{Char Appearances|
 
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
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{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
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{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Professor Agasa}}
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{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
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{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
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{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
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{{char|Genta Kojima}}
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{{char|Gomera|display=Gomera<br>(ice sculpture)}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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== Case ==
 
== Case ==
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=== Situation ===
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At the Ice Festival in Yamakawa Village, under Shibata jurisdiction, Niigata Prefecture, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]], [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], and the [[Detective Boys]] are having a great time together. While in the festival, they meet the chairman of the executive committee of the Ice Festival named Mika Itakura. Her father, the former village head, was Agasa's old friend but unfortunately, he died in a car accident last year. While the detective boys and the others are walking together, they meet the ice engraver named Tetsuya Shiota who made an awesome ice sculptures. The Detective Boys are really impressed at him when he built an ice sculpture of a bear while using a chain saw. The people in the village also made an awesome work of the ice festival. Until sudden, the village head named Tarou Yamaguchi and the secretary named Kazuyuki Ogi appear and they both say that they are going to remove the ice sculptures so the hotels are going to be built soon. Yamaguchi has already signed the contract which make Mika and Shiota disappointed. Suddenly, the main gate collapses which makes Yamaguchi decide to cancel the festival but Mika and Shiota along with the other villagers insist on rebuilding it.
  
=== Situation ===
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Later at night, Shiota and Mika are taking the group to the Ice Hotel so they could sleep. In order to liven the festival up, Shiota suggested the idea of building the Ice Hotel. The village does have financial difficulties. Therefore, the chief is trying to attract people to Resort Toto. However, the village still can't attract much attention. The ice hotel they made then caught the eye of the chief. He negotiated and it shows an interest beyond. The ice hotel is made for the festival, but it's been reversed now, so they're forced to close it down. When they arrive, they see the beautiful view of the ice hotel. While walking around it, they witness Ogi being kicked out by Yamaguchi while he’s telling his secretary that he's useless. He then throws the papers at him and closes the door. Ogi picks up the papers and flees after insulting the village head and noticing the others looking at him.
At the Ice Festival, Conan, Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys are having a great time together. While in the festival, they meet the chairman of the Ice Festival named Mika Itakura. She and her father are Agasa’s old friends but unfortunately, Mika’s father died in a car accident last year and the brakes in the car malfunctioned. He was the father of the village. While they were walking together, they meet the ice engraver named Tetsuya Shiota who made an awesome ice sculptures. The Detective Boys are really impressed at him when he built an ice sculpture of a bear while using a chain saw. The people in the village also made an awesome work of the ice festival. Until sudden, the village head named Tarou Yamaguchi and the secretary named Kazuyuki Ogi appear and they both said that they are going to remove the ice sculptures so the hotels are going to be built soon. It’s chosen by the panchayat. Yamaguchi already signed the contract which made Mika and Shiota disappointed. The main gate suddenly collapsed and they’ll fix it back.
 
  
Later at night, Shiota and Mika are taking the group to the Ice Hotel so they could sleep. About the ice hotel, in order to liven the festival up, Shiota suggested it, but unfortunately, it’s backfired. The village does have financial difficulties. The chief is trying to attract people to Resort Toto and the village, there are no points to collect. The ice hotel they made then, it caught the eye of the chief. He negotiated and it shows an interest beyond. The ice hotel is made for the festival, but it’s been reversed now, so they’re forced to close it down. It’s their trump card. When they arrived, they see the beautiful view of the ice hotel. While walking around the ice hotel, they witnessed Ogi getting kicked out by Yamaguchi while he’s telling Ogi that he’s not helping him at all. Then he threw the papers at him and closes the door. Ogi picks up the papers and fled.
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Inside the ice cabin, the Detective Boys are enjoying lying down on the fluffy beds. Mika wishes them good night and closes the door. At 4:06 AM, Mitsuhiko comes out of the restroom and sees something that scares him. He goes back into the ice cabin trembling about what he saw.
  
While inside the ice cabin, the Detective Boys are enjoying lying down on the fluffy beds. Mika tells them good night and closes the door.
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The next morning, when Ogi come inside Yamaguchi's ice house, he screams and Yamaguchi is found dead with strangle marks on his throat. Conan tells Haibara to call the police immediately.
At 4:06 AM, Mitsuhiko came out of the restroom and saw something that scares him. He went back into the ice cabin and sleeps with other kids. Mitsuhiko is still scared unfortunately.
 
The next morning, when Ogi come inside Yamaguchi’s ice house, he screams and Yamaguchi is found dead with strangle marks on his throat.
 
  
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Murder
 
| crime              = Murder
| image              = EP687_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP687 Case.jpg
 
| location            = Ice Hotel
 
| location            = Ice Hotel
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| age                = 61 years old
 
| victim              = Tarou Yamaguchi
 
| victim              = Tarou Yamaguchi
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| time                = Around 2:00 AM
 
| cause-death        = Strangulation
 
| cause-death        = Strangulation
 
| suspects            = Mika Itakura, Tetsuya Shiota, and Kazuyuki Ogi
 
| suspects            = Mika Itakura, Tetsuya Shiota, and Kazuyuki Ogi
| description        =
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| description        = Ogi finds the corpse in a sleeping bag with strangle marks on his throat.
 
}}
 
}}
  
Conan tells Haibara to call the police afterwards.
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The police arrive at the Ice Hotel and investigate the crime scene. The police inspector from Niigata Prefecture, Akira Haraguchi, confirms that the cause of death was the suffocation by the compression of the airway. The estimated time of death is around 2 AM. Since the strangulation is not at the back of the neck, the culprit imposed a fine string-like weapon on the top of the sleeping bag which was burned around the neck.
The police arrive at the Ice Hotel and investigate the crime scene. The police inspector from Niigata Prefecture, Akira Haraguchi, confirms that the cause of death was the suffocation by the compression of the airway. The estimated time of death is around 2 AM. Since the strangulation is not at the back of the neck, the culprit was here, impose a fine string-like weapon on the top of the sleeping bag. The bag was burned around the neck.
 
 
   
 
   
Meanwhile, Inspector Haraguchi is questioning Mika. Mika was at the festival repairing the main gate with Shiota. Shiota was at overnight getting his tools. When Haraguchi asks Shiota what time did he leave the workplace, Shiota answers he was there at 12 and 4 AM. Both times for about ten minutes. Conan mentions that it seems like the entrance to the Yamaguchi’s ice house needs a key and wonders how would the culprit even get in. Haraguchi says that there can be many key duplicates. Mika knows that Ogi is the only one with duplicates. Because of a custom key, Shiota only was able to make two, including the master key. Haraguchi asks Ogi why does he have a duplicate and Ogi nervously answers that in the morning, he decided that he was going to wake him up. After the chief locked the entrance, only Ogi was able to enter and exit the dome. So Haraguchi asks Ogi where he was last night at 2 AM, Ogi said that he was making documents in the office. He swears that he didn’t kill Yamaguchi.
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Afterwards, Inspector Haraguchi is questioning Mika. She was at the festival repairing the main gate with Shiota, who left the workplace at 12 and 4 AM, each for 10 minutes. Conan mentions that it seems like the entrance to the Yamaguchi's ice house needs a key and wonders how the culprit would even get in. Haraguchi suggests that there can be many key duplicates, but Mika confirms that Ogi is the only one with duplicates. He then nervously claims that he is responsible for waking Yamaguchi up in the morning. Ogi actually doesn't have an alibi, as he was working alone on some documents at his office during the time of the crime.
  
While Conan walks at the side of the big ice house, he notices a small hole. He looks through it and he sees two crime scene investigators working. The Detective Boys runs to Conan but Ayumi accidentally slips. The reason why it’s slippery is because they’re on the ice rink. The water is to blame. Ice melts when pressure is applied. When you’re on the weight-bearing leg, you can melt the ice by stepping down. In fact, water is on the ice so the frictional force decreases. Mitsuhiko says he saw the chief last night. It was about 4 in the morning. He needed to use the bathroom. In the dome, he saw Yamaguchi’s flying soul. Conan finally figured who the culprit is after hearing Mitsuhiko’’s strange testimony.
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While Conan walks alone at the side of the big ice house, he notices a small hole. He looks through it and sees two crime scene investigators working around the bed. The Detective Boys run to Conan but Ayumi accidentally slips. The reason why the ice floor is slippery is because ice melts when pressure is applied. While Conan is explaining that fact, an idea occurs to him. Mitsuhiko comes and adds that he saw the chief's ghost last night, which makes Conan finally figures out who the culprit is after hearing Mitsuhiko's strange testimony.
  
 
=== People ===
 
=== People ===
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{{People|Mika Itakura|Mika Itakura.jpg|
 
{{People|Mika Itakura|Mika Itakura.jpg|
 
* 27 years old
 
* 27 years old
* Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Ice Festival}}
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* Ice Festival executive committee chairman}}
 
{{People|Tetsuya Shiota|Tetsuya Shiota.jpg|
 
{{People|Tetsuya Shiota|Tetsuya Shiota.jpg|
 
* 43 years old
 
* 43 years old
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* Victim (strangled)
 
* Victim (strangled)
 
* 61 years old
 
* 61 years old
* Village head}}
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* Yamakawa Village head}}
 
{{People|Kazuyuki Ogi|Kazuyuki Ogi.jpg|
 
{{People|Kazuyuki Ogi|Kazuyuki Ogi.jpg|
 
* 34 years old
 
* 34 years old
* Secretary}}
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* Tarou's secretary}}
{{People|Akira Haraguchi|Akira Haraguchi.jpg|
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{{People|[[Minor law enforcement#Akira Haraguchi|Akira Haraguchi]]|Akira Haraguchi.jpg|
 
* 31 years old
 
* 31 years old
 
* Inspector from Niigata Prefecture Police}}
 
* Inspector from Niigata Prefecture Police}}
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{{People|Mr. Itakura|No face.jpg|
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* Deceased (car accident)
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* Mika's father
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* Agasa's old friend
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* Yamakawa Village former head}}
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{{people|Female forensics officer|forensicsfemale.png|
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* Niigata Prefecture CSI officer}}
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{{people|Police detective|niigatapolice.png|
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* Niigata Prefecture police detective}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
{{EndBox}}
  
 
=== Resolution ===
 
=== Resolution ===
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<spoiler>The police are about to take Ogi to the station but stopped by Conan using Agasa's voice with the Voice-Changing Bowtie. Conan says he finally understands the whole truth of the case. He explained that there's no need to enter the dome because the murder weapon killed Yamaguchi by itself.
The police are about to take Ogi to the station but stopped by Conan using Agasa’s voice with the voice changing bowtie and Agasa has to make mouth movement to make it look like what Conan says. Conan says he finally understand the whole truth of the case. You don’t need to enter the dome but there is a weapon that did tighten his neck. The Detective Boys brought a big block of ice and two PET bottles. The description of the trick: the village chief died, using PET bottles and string, which is what Agasa is about to show. Conan tied a string with two PET bottles and puts the string on top of the block of ice. The string slowly goes down. When pressure is applied to ice, it melts. Ice melts when there is pressure applied, but it soon re-freezes. The culprit tried to do this when the chief was sleeping. The trick works outside the dome. With this, they’re able to kill him from anywhere around. Genta brought the small block of ice which is the weight that was used by the culprit. When Haraguchi tries to pull the cord out of the ice, it won’t budge because it freezes. The culprit uses the lighter to burn the string. That’s why there were scotch marks by the neck. The string in ice won’t burn so easily but actually it is not burning. The culprit actually used the magnesium ribbon and it burns intensely. When Agasa uses the lighter, the ribbon creates a will-o’-the-wisp which is what Mitsuhiko saw. This must have burned the bag. The magnesium compound is burned and it’s magnesium oxide. The same thing was observed in the dome. It clears up in less than five minutes and Mika is not the culprit. For the success of this trick, one must go to the position of the sleeping chief. Like if they sleep anywhere else besides in the bed. Then Conan only knows of one person to whom it can be, the man who designed the ice hotel. The culprit is '''Tetsuya Shiota'''. Suddenly, Shiota asks how he knows where Yamaguchi sleeps. Agasa answers that the VIP bed was the perfect size for the chief. It certainly was strange, for an entire dome to have such small bed. The bed was made to fit his body. As evidence, there should be white powder on Shiota’s sleeve. It adheres when using the murder weapon, it’s the magnesium oxide. Shiota confesses to his crime and reveals Yamaguchi made Shiota sick to his stomach. Shiota was running errands to the office the other day and he heard that Yamaguchi and Ogi are talking. Yamaguchi said he reached the agreement and claims that it’s about time limit of the village’s money. Also Ogi said that he’s the one who worked the car to make it look like an accident. The expenses of the festival had been embezzled by Yamaguchi. Shiota used the long-awaited ice hotel as a murder weapon and he played the waiting game to get an iron-clad alibi. He waited for the best possible time to kill him, to create an alibi so that Mika takes no sin. Also Shiota was the one who made the main gate collapsed. Shiota wanted to protect Mika.
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</spoiler>
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To help Conan, The Detective Boys bring a big block of ice, two PET bottles, and a string. Conan ties the string with the two PET bottles and puts the string on top of the block of ice. The string slowly goes down as the ice melts with the help of the bottles' weight on both sides of the big ice cube, but the ice soon re-freezes. The culprit tried to do this trick outside of the dome when the chief was sleeping.
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Haraguchi declares that Mika is most suspicious, but Shiota defends her claiming that being a woman, she can't get rid of such a weight in a short time. To support Conan's conclusion, Genta brings a small block of glass that looks like icewhich is the weight that was actually used by the culprit. When Haraguchi tries to pull the cord out of the ice, he can't because the cord has already frozen. In order to make the string burn easily inside the ice, the culprit used a magnesium tape along with a lighter, which explains the scorch marks that were made on the sleeping bag.
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When Agasa uses the lighter, the ribbon creates a will-o'-the-wisp which is what Mitsuhiko saw last night. After magnesium burned, a white matter appears behind it which is called magnesium oxide. The same thing was observed in the dome. In addition, for the success of this trick, one must know the position of the sleeping village head. There's only one person that knows that. It is '''Tetsuya Shiota''' who designed the ice hotel.
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As evidence, there should be magnesium oxide, white powder, on Shiota's sleeve; it adheres when using the murder weapon. Shiota confesses to his crime, He reveals that he always believed that Mr. Itakura's (Mika's father) death was suspicious and one day he was able to confirm this. He overheard Yamaguchi and Ogi talking about how they had tampered with Mr. Itakura's car brakes and that ended up leading to his death.
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They did this because Yamaguchi embezzled the expenses of the festival and Mr. Itakura learned about this and was going to expose him. Shiota also made Ogi the prime suspect as he's the one who tampered with the brakes of Mr. Itakura's car to make it look like an accident. Shiota used the ice hotel to get an iron-clad alibi. He waited for the best possible time to kill the village head, as well as causing the gate to collapse in order to create an alibi for Mika.</spoiler>
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== Trivia ==
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* The location is modeled after Tomamu ice village, in Hokkaido.
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== BGM listing ==
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{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
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{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 1:01|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |3:04 - 3:29|????}}
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{{BGMListingItem |3:44 - 4:33|リトミック ノイズ|Ritomikku Noizu|Rhythmic Noise|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |4:58 - 6:02|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |7:17 - 7:55|ベルモット|Berumotto|Vermouth|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |7:59 - 8:21|なじむ想い|Najimu Omoi|Familiar Feelings|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |9:02 - 9:32|温かいページ|Atatakai Pēji|Warm Page|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |10:38 - 11:01|シャーク フィアー|Shāku Fiā|Fear Shark|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |11:06 - 12:33|????}}
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{{BGMListingItem |12:51 - 13:45|????}}
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{{BGMListingItem |14:04 - 14:21|ゲンタくん|Genta-kun|Genta-kun|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |14:46 - 15:01|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |15:49 - 16:10|コゴロー2|Kogorō 2|Kogoro 2|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |16:16 - 17:12|コナンクリアランス1|Konan Kuriaransu 1|Conan Clearance 1|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |18:03 - 19:01|????}}
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{{BGMListingItem |19:31 - 20:15|????}}
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{{BGMListingItem |20:51 - 21:57|ピュアソウル|Pyua Sōru|Pure Soul|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |23:20 - 23:40|なじむ想い|Najimu Omoi|Familiar Feelings|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{BGMListingItem |23:51 - 23:58|コゴロー1|Kogorō 1|Kogoro 1|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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{{EndTable}}
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
{{main gallery}}
 
{{main gallery}}
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<gallery widths=180px perrow=5>
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File:EP687-sculpture.jpg|
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File:EP687-gomera.jpg|
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File:EP687-bear.png|
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File:EP687-bear2.jpg|
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File:EP687-Female CSI.jpg|
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</gallery>
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== In other languages ==
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{{BeginTable EpLang}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|La misteriosa trampa de gel|The Mysterious Ice Trap}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Il mistero della trappola di ghiaccio|The Ice Trap Mystery}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|กับดักน้ำแข็งที่ไม่มีใครละลายได้|The Unsolvable Frozen Trap}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Cạm bẫy băng giá không ai phá giải được|The Unsolvable Ice Trap}}
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{{EndTable}}
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Season 22]]
 
* [[Season 22]]
  
[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Anime Exclusive]][[Category:Animation directed by Akio Kawamura]][[Category:Animation directed by Masanori Hashimoto]]
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{{Season 22}}
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[[Category:Episodes]]
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[[Category:Anime Exclusive]]
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[[Category:Animation directed by Akio Kawamura]]
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[[Category:Animation directed by Masanori Hashimoto]]
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[[Category:Niigata Prefecture]]
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Latest revision as of 04:19, 2 January 2024

Episode 687
(Int. Episode 739)

TV Episode 687.jpg

Information
Title: The Unsolvable Ice Trap
Japanese title: 誰にもとけない氷の罠
(Darenimo Tokenai Kōri no Wana)
Original airdate: February 16, 2013
Broadcast rating: 10,40%
Filler case: #204
Season: 22
Manga source: TV Original
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Ai Haibara
Hiroshi Agasa
Detective Boys
Gomera
Case solved by: Hiroshi Agasa (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Will-o'-the-wisp
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay: Asami Ishikawa
Storyboard: Masuku Taiga
Episode director: Shigeru Yamazaki
Animation director: Akio Kawamura
Masanori Hashimoto
Character design: Masatomo Sudo
Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production cooperation: BIG BANG
Music
Opening song: TRY AGAIN
Closing song: Hitomi no Melody
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The Unsolvable Ice Trap (誰にもとけない氷の罠 Darenimo Tokenai Kōri no Wana?) is the 687th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

At the Ice Festival in Yamakawa Village, under Shibata jurisdiction, Niigata Prefecture, Conan, Haibara, Professor Agasa, and the Detective Boys are having a great time together. While in the festival, they meet the chairman of the executive committee of the Ice Festival named Mika Itakura. Her father, the former village head, was Agasa's old friend but unfortunately, he died in a car accident last year. While the detective boys and the others are walking together, they meet the ice engraver named Tetsuya Shiota who made an awesome ice sculptures. The Detective Boys are really impressed at him when he built an ice sculpture of a bear while using a chain saw. The people in the village also made an awesome work of the ice festival. Until sudden, the village head named Tarou Yamaguchi and the secretary named Kazuyuki Ogi appear and they both say that they are going to remove the ice sculptures so the hotels are going to be built soon. Yamaguchi has already signed the contract which make Mika and Shiota disappointed. Suddenly, the main gate collapses which makes Yamaguchi decide to cancel the festival but Mika and Shiota along with the other villagers insist on rebuilding it.

Later at night, Shiota and Mika are taking the group to the Ice Hotel so they could sleep. In order to liven the festival up, Shiota suggested the idea of building the Ice Hotel. The village does have financial difficulties. Therefore, the chief is trying to attract people to Resort Toto. However, the village still can't attract much attention. The ice hotel they made then caught the eye of the chief. He negotiated and it shows an interest beyond. The ice hotel is made for the festival, but it's been reversed now, so they're forced to close it down. When they arrive, they see the beautiful view of the ice hotel. While walking around it, they witness Ogi being kicked out by Yamaguchi while he’s telling his secretary that he's useless. He then throws the papers at him and closes the door. Ogi picks up the papers and flees after insulting the village head and noticing the others looking at him.

Inside the ice cabin, the Detective Boys are enjoying lying down on the fluffy beds. Mika wishes them good night and closes the door. At 4:06 AM, Mitsuhiko comes out of the restroom and sees something that scares him. He goes back into the ice cabin trembling about what he saw.

The next morning, when Ogi come inside Yamaguchi's ice house, he screams and Yamaguchi is found dead with strangle marks on his throat. Conan tells Haibara to call the police immediately.

Murder

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Location: Ice Hotel
Victim: Tarou Yamaguchi
Age: 61 years old
Time: Around 2:00 AM
Cause of death: Strangulation
Suspects: Mika Itakura, Tetsuya Shiota, and Kazuyuki Ogi
Ogi finds the corpse in a sleeping bag with strangle marks on his throat.

The police arrive at the Ice Hotel and investigate the crime scene. The police inspector from Niigata Prefecture, Akira Haraguchi, confirms that the cause of death was the suffocation by the compression of the airway. The estimated time of death is around 2 AM. Since the strangulation is not at the back of the neck, the culprit imposed a fine string-like weapon on the top of the sleeping bag which was burned around the neck.

Afterwards, Inspector Haraguchi is questioning Mika. She was at the festival repairing the main gate with Shiota, who left the workplace at 12 and 4 AM, each for 10 minutes. Conan mentions that it seems like the entrance to the Yamaguchi's ice house needs a key and wonders how the culprit would even get in. Haraguchi suggests that there can be many key duplicates, but Mika confirms that Ogi is the only one with duplicates. He then nervously claims that he is responsible for waking Yamaguchi up in the morning. Ogi actually doesn't have an alibi, as he was working alone on some documents at his office during the time of the crime.

While Conan walks alone at the side of the big ice house, he notices a small hole. He looks through it and sees two crime scene investigators working around the bed. The Detective Boys run to Conan but Ayumi accidentally slips. The reason why the ice floor is slippery is because ice melts when pressure is applied. While Conan is explaining that fact, an idea occurs to him. Mitsuhiko comes and adds that he saw the chief's ghost last night, which makes Conan finally figures out who the culprit is after hearing Mitsuhiko's strange testimony.

People

  • Resolution

    Trivia

    • The location is modeled after Tomamu ice village, in Hokkaido.

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    0:01 - 1:01 のんびり気分 Nonbiri Kibun Carefree Feeling Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    3:04 - 3:29 ????
    3:44 - 4:33 リトミック ノイズ Ritomikku Noizu Rhythmic Noise Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
    4:58 - 6:02 夜の探索 Yoru no Tansaku Night Search Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    7:17 - 7:55 ベルモット Berumotto Vermouth Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
    7:59 - 8:21 なじむ想い Najimu Omoi Familiar Feelings Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
    9:02 - 9:32 温かいページ Atatakai Pēji Warm Page Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
    10:38 - 11:01 シャーク フィアー Shāku Fiā Fear Shark Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    11:06 - 12:33 ????
    12:51 - 13:45 ????
    14:04 - 14:21 ゲンタくん Genta-kun Genta-kun Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
    14:46 - 15:01 サイレントスノー Sairento Sunō Silent Snow Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
    15:49 - 16:10 コゴロー2 Kogorō 2 Kogoro 2 Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
    16:16 - 17:12 コナンクリアランス1 Konan Kuriaransu 1 Conan Clearance 1 Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
    18:03 - 19:01 ????
    19:31 - 20:15 ????
    20:51 - 21:57 ピュアソウル Pyua Sōru Pure Soul Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
    23:20 - 23:40 なじむ想い Najimu Omoi Familiar Feelings Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
    23:51 - 23:58 コゴロー1 Kogorō 1 Kogoro 1 Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack

    Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) La misteriosa trampa de gel The Mysterious Ice Trap
    Flag of Italy Italian Il mistero della trappola di ghiaccio The Ice Trap Mystery
    Flag of Thailand Thai กับดักน้ำแข็งที่ไม่มีใครละลายได้ The Unsolvable Frozen Trap
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Cạm bẫy băng giá không ai phá giải được The Unsolvable Ice Trap

    See also

    Episodes of Season 22
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