[SPOILER DISCUSSION] File 1,027–File 1,031: Four Guests in the Nagano Snow

[DCUniverseAficionado 215]

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1. Please use spoiler boxes until a full English translation is available.

2. NO DIRECT LINK to any Japanese scans (RAWs) or English scans (Japanese spoiler images are allowed as long as the amount and quality of which are very far away from a full scan).

 

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Summaries of 1,027 are now out:

 

From Manaphy:

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"Kogoro decides to go to Nagano after receiving a request/job !
With Amuro & Co, Conan goes to where the sender is, but...!?
The exciting long series starts !"

From Anthony:

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"In this chapter, the Mouri family (supposedly Kogorou, Ran & Conan) go to somewhere by train. Kogorou, Conan, Amuro & the small-moustache ojisan wearing the eye patch (Wakita Kanenori) are seen together. After arriving at an annex (hotel), 5 key side characters of the new case are introduced."

 

And spoiler pics are now out:

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6029815221

 

No break next week—we can expect 1,028 spoiler pics this time next week.

 

Speaking of 1,028, a preview is already out, courtesy of Holmes [真呈亜]:

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"Conan and Amuro getting a gorgeous magazine cover!"

 

"Melting the snow, too...
...that burning couple..."

"In the snow, trapped in the church building in Nagano, the four—Conan, Kogoro, Amuro and Wakita—at first request to be picked up...!?"

 

[Kurara-chan 13]

Nagano case! This won't be a case in the border between Nagano-Gunma again, right?

 

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There is Wakita in this case, then probably Wakana and or Kuroda next case?

 

[Corti 0]

36 minutes ago, Kurara-chan said:

Nagano case! This won't be a case in the border between Nagano-Gunma again, right?

 

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There is Wakita in this case, then probably Wakana and or Kuroda next case?

 

 

 

But could also be Revealing of RUM‘s Identity, because it seems suspicious what kind of Hat Wakita is wearing. I dont belive that this is just random. 

Not saying that he is RUM, but it could be a Hint.

[Kurara-chan 13]

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I finally able to load the pictures. The hat is indeed suspicious.

 

[Corti 0]

I forgot to put spoilers :/ how do you edit a post ib Safari ?

 

[DCUniverseAficionado 215]

Here's a more detailed summary of the case, courtesy of Spimer:

 

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"Well, basically, Kogoro got a letter and emails from a guy who told him to solve a friend's suicide which might be a murder since there's this mysterious cypher found at the feet of the hung man. For some reason, he's told to bring 4 people with him. Initially, Ran and Sonoko were going to come along but Sonoko suddenly got fever so Ran stays to keep her company. She suggested to Amuro to replace her since the Café Poirot owner and Azusa were going on a trip and the café would be closed in the meanwhile. Wakita suddenly appears, saying he wants to come along with his "master" too. 

The 4 of them pick the "Super Azusa" train to go to Nagano and reach and an abandoned church where the client cited them at. There they find a group of 5 who were in the same high school and who've gathered to say farewell to someone. But when Kogoro announces the name of his client, they are startled because the name is that of the person who suicided in the same church 2 months before

Suddenly, the wooden platform that served as parking creaks and breaks, dropping the cars parked there to the valley below. Kogoro and co find that the "parking" sign looks too new compared to the rest of the church so they suspect someone purposely did that to isolate the group there

Also, each group member claims that one of them told them to come but they begin to accuse each other of having sent the email telling them so and come full circle which means that one or more among them are lying. Wakita saying he's getting excited because this feels like the ideal conditions for serial murders to happen


Sheet with the "code" (6x6 grid filled with katakana)
Top row: "Ru-Ki-Se-Da-Ya-su
2nd row: "Fu-Ra-Re-Ya(small)-Pu-Do"
3rd row: "Shi-Bo-Pi-Mi-U-Ku"
4th row: "ーBa-Ki-Sa-Shi-Ka"
5th row: "Chi-I-N-Yu(small)-Ta-Tsu(small)"
Bottomost row: "To-Pa-E(small)-A(small)-Yo(small)-A"

Case characters:
Nichihara Taisei AKA Nicchi (Age unknown) (Supposedly the client, actually suicided by hanging in the old church 2 months before)
Fujide Raito (27) High school teacher
Wada Kouhei (28) Salaryman
Koura Ikue (27) OL (Office Lady)
Kawasaki Yousuke (28) Bank teller
Nishino Sumiya (28) Bartender
Location: abandoned church somewhere in Nagano"

 

[DCUniverseAficionado 215]

Apologies for the double post.

 

1,028 spoiler pics are now out:

https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6036494167?pn=2

 

And a summary (courtesy of Baka):

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"That paper with the floor plan was stuck in the inner side of the chapel and has a message signed by the dead Nichihara
Also, the Nagano police can't get to the building because the tunnel has been blocked by a avalanche
The paper says the following: "If you want to hold a memorial service, go to the places indicated below, and one by one, gather words of condolence"
Also, Amuro suggests using the cards to allow people to choose where they want to go to
If they all pick the same numbers they'll go by the order of the decks (spade, heart, diamond, club)"

 

No break next week—we can expect 1,029 spoiler pics this time next week.

 

EDIT:
And here's a very likely solution to the case, for those interested (this Japanese fan deduction was imparted to us by Mycroft):

https://justpaste.it/67412