Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night (黒の組織と真っ向勝負満月の夜の二元ミステリー ,Kuro no Soshiki to Makkou Shoubu Mangetsu no Yoru no Nigen Misuterii?) is the 345th episode of Detective Conan anime.
Cast
Introduced
Featured
Gadgets
Case
Situation
Kogoro receives a letter containing an invitation to an off-season Halloween party that will happen on the following day, and a mildly sarcastic letter from someone named Vermouth in Latin. Later that day, while Sonoko is seeking for a suitable makeup for Kogoro to show that Vermouth has underestimated his deductive skill at the party, Ran calls Agasa to ask him if he knows anyone named Vermouth, to which he denies. In addition, Ran also asks him if Shinichi received one similar to Kogoro, with Conan hearing nearby and holding that same invitation. Though the letter Conan received is for him, the letter was sent into Kudo’s residence, meaning that the party could potentially be a trap to lure Shinichi Kudo out and silence him once again? Conan then receives a message texting “OK” from someone that makes him smile, implying that he is ready for that specifically.
Meanwhile, Gin and Vodka are discussing that off-season Halloween party as Vodka was ordered by the organization to investigate, with Gin being extremely annoyed and ordering Vodka to kill her regardless of someone protecting her, if she is acting on her own again.
That night, Conan is seen at his residence, seeing that the readings of the electricity, water, and gas meters have all increased suddenly ever since he received the invitation, and he decides to go in the house, only to hear gun sounds getting ready at dark before the scene moves on into the next day.
The next day, the sickened Haibara also wakes up and notices that she is once again left alone out of Conan’s plan for the head-to-head match with them.
Kogoro and Sonoko are on a taxi to the location of the party and happen to know that their driver is also a guest of the party. In the reception desk outside of the Halloween cruise, Kogoro is surprised to learn that the crews in charge of the registration procedure have never seen that sarcastic letter. The surprise escalates as we hear the female receptionist asking if the Invisible Man is Shinichi, to which he confirms but tells the girl to keep silent about his participation. At the party, when most people have come, the Haunted Ghost Captain arrives and tells everyone to split based on a specific rule that has been determined earlier by the receptionists. The team Kogoro and Sonoko join includes people disguised as Medusa, Invisible Man, Mummy, Werewolf, and Frankenstein.
Meanwhile in Agasa’s residence, Tomoaki Araide calls Agasa’s desk phone offering to take Haibara to the hospital where a friend of his will be taking care of that night only, to which the left alone Haibara agrees, with Jodie Starling eavesdropping the conversation all along.
After Sonoko’s group gathered enough, she realizes that Frankenstein, Werewolf, and the Mummy have gone somewhere, with the two sooners are seen in the restroom. However, the Werewolf acts somewhat weirder than usual. The lights are off as the Captain starts the game intended from the beginning: Looking for the human who has been sneaking in the monsters and eating him as the trophy (no, we aren’t gonna eat him, right?).
Meanwhile, Araide is in his car to pick up Haibara when the road (which is later revealed to be deliberately laid out as the person blocking the way is seen contacting someone, signifying that Araide is the target) is jammed because some tools from the person’s truck have fallen, forcing Araide to wait as coincidentally, the alternative route has been blocked by a huge truck.
Back to the human tracing game, it appears that the Haunted Ghost Captain has been killed with a crossbow bolt hitting a card of a team member Kogoro and Sonoko as there are blood drops after everyone sees the hanged body of the Captain and thought it was for joking purpose.
Murder
Location: A cruise ship, where the "Off-Season Halloween Party" takes place
Victim: Haunted Ghost Captain (Senzo Fukura)
Cause of death: Arrow shot wound
Suspects: Party participants with the Devil's card including Medusa, Mummy, Werewolf, Invisible Man, and Frankenstein
The Haunted Ghost Captain was shot with a crossbow pierced by the devil's card while in the crow's nest of the ship.
Jodie arrives at the Agasa’s residence and tells Haibara that Araide has been stuck in a traffic jam and has asked her to take the girl into the hospital for him. The scene where Jodie led Haibara into the car is witnessed by Araide, making him wonder why she is there.
Returning to the scene of the murder, Kogoro asks for a camera that can take pictures immediately for investigation purposes before he opens the mask of the captain and learns that the person is Senzo Fukura, also famous for the “Friday the Thirteen” series outside of the The Haunted Ship. The mask also has a microphone that is connected directly to the nearby speaker system.
Kogoro directs his suspicion toward the receptionists, but the suspicion cool down as:
- Kogoro remembered that all the guests were hearing the riddle given by The Captain, who stopped it midway, so they couldn’t shoot an arrow without being noticed. But there were some guests who were in another place to have a view of the sea, so they could still be potential suspects.
- Kogoro also assumes that they could have made extra tarot cards so that they can frame one of the guests, but the cards were made by the Captain himself and there were no spare ones as well.
Medusa suggests that the culprit must have been one of the people in the group. Kogoro decides to call Ran that he will be home late due to the case, but is unable to contact her. He then has everyone in the group hold out their tarot card, but the mummy is unable to for some reason.
In an attempt to prove his innocence, the mummy reveals that he and other mummies are the crew members of the film that were ordered by The Captain to sneak in the monsters and choose the best candidates. The mummies were also told to only consume a specific kind of food/drink, and to not communicate, until the victim was found dead as they will have to join the interrogation.
At the moment, the Invisible Man also tries to investigate the scene on his own, doing things of a detective that are very familiar to us. He happens to discover a rooster above the ship.
The mummy (one that is a suspect) also claims that he was absent along with the Werewolf and Frankenstein in the restroom. However, Frankenstein and Werewolf couldn’t confirm his appearance when the mummy got out of the restroom like us. There is much evidence that suggests the mummy with the devil tarot card is the culprit, but is he the one?
Meanwhile, Araide is pursuing Jodie as he did not call her for help when he was stopped due to the traffic jam, unlike what Jodie had told Haibara earlier. So what is the true purpose of Jodie?
People
Resolution
The Murder at the off-season Halloween Party
demonstration of "cocktail" which points to the drink Silver Bullet.
The Invisible Man gathers the party guests to the bow of the boat and reveals his identity as Shinichi and declares the Werewolf as the murderer. He reveals that the werewolf placed his mask on the Mummy to establish his own alibi evidenced when the Werewolf come out of the Mummy's bathroom stall. Shinichi speculates that he obtained sleeping gas from the organization beforehand and drugged the Mummy participant unconscious to perform this trick. To support this, Shinichi points to the fact that the Werewolf claimed he was busy concentrating on staying in character so he could be hired to star in the movie, yet the Mummy participant unknowingly disguised as him was drinking a cocktail, known as a "Silver Bullet" and this object being the only thing that could kill a werewolf brings suspicion to the Werewolf. This also means that he was the “human” in the human tracing game. Medusa asks for his permission to remove the bandage and verifies that this deduction was correct. As evidence, Shinichi reveals that there was glass shards on the balcony where the host was killed and that there should be glass shards between the soles of the Werewolf's shoes.
The Werewolf confesses blaming Vermouth for his ordeal and begging for help. He revealed that he expressed sentiments to kill Senzo Fukura on a hate forum because his taking over as the new producer of the "Ghost Captain" movie series completely ruined the show. Vermouth found this post and sent him threatening pictures of his house and family to blackmail him to kill the captain.
Pursuit for Haibara
As Araide’s car and Jodie’s car stop at the pier, Jodie asks Araide details about his father’s murder to help us realize that Araide is actually someone else in disguise, as based on what has been arranged in the event of The Blind Spot in the Darkness. Jodie then reveals to us that the person is Vermouth, who killed Jodie’s father and burned his house to ashes to stop an investigation against her.
Murder (Past)
Location: Jodie Starling's father's house
Victim: Jodie Starling's father
Culprit: Vermouth
Jodie noticed that Vermouth's cover actress, Chris Vineyard, was visiting Araide's clinic regularly and realized that she was going to eliminate him and his family to impersonate the doctor. Fortunately, FBI intervened in a way so it went ahead as usual, except for the elimination part, and the Araide family are safe for now.
Attempted Murder (Past)
Location: Road trip
Victim: Tomoaki Araide and family members
Cause: Car Crash & Drowning
Culprit: Vermouth
Vermouth planned to crash Araide's car in the ocean and make it look like an accident. The Araide family, knowing that in advance, prepared diving equipment and oxygen tanks to escape safely after the car crashed.
One time when Jodie sneaked into Vermouth's hideout, she discovered a brown-haired girl picture was torn apart, while Ran and Conan were seen by her as Angel and Cool Guy, respectively. Jodie also wonders what Vermouth wants to do with the girl in the torn picture that looks similar to Haibara, why Araide protected Conan in The Mysterious Passenger, and why hasn’t Vermouth aged since their last encounter.
However, unbeknownst to her, Vermouth had disguised as Jodie and lured the FBI agents away. Jodie was then shot by Vermouth's accompanying partner, Calvados. Vermouth also reveals that she stole all files of cases that involved Kogoro Mouri so that the FBI couldn’t figure out why Vermouth did that, and to reveal the position of FBI agents. One mystery that Vermouth couldn’t figure out is how Jodie knew the truth of Araide's father murder. The latter explains that she was informed and told to do that.
Attempted Murder
Location: Container port, Odaiba, Tokyo
Victim: Jodie Starling
Injury: Gunshot Wound to Abdomen
Culprit: Calvados
Calvados shot Jodie's abdomen to render her useless and help Vermouth gain upper hand in the duel.
Back at the party once again before the scene focuses on the pursuit for Haibara, Shinichi is revealed to be Heiji in disguise, while upon seeing the situation change, Haibara reveals herself to be Conan in disguise. The person Conan encountered the night before the party is actually Yukiko Kudo. The whole disguise plan was done to distract Vermouth from noticing Conan's absence, as the whole party was the way for Vermouth to distract Shinichi, who had shrunk into Conan, away from Haibara so that she can approach Haibara and eliminate her as Araide. However, the real Haibara arrives at the pier and is narrowly saved from death by Ran's timely appearance.
Attempted Murder
Location: Container port, Odaiba, Tokyo
Victims: Ai Haibara and Ran Mouri
Attack Types: Shooting
Culprits: Calvados and Vermouth
As Haibara was ready to be killed by Vermouth, Ran jumped out of the car and protected her. Vermouth was not willing to kill Ran, and tried to stop Calvados from shooting to Ran. Vermouth also repeatedly fired bullets to Ran's direction, trying to make Ran abandon Haibara.
The last character then entered the scene. Akai Shuichi, revealed to be an FBI agent, shot Calvados to render him useless. Calvados then committed suicide.
Suicide
Location: Container port, Odaiba, Tokyo
Victim: Calvados
Cause of death: Gunshot wound
Calvados shot himself with his gun to avoid revealing Black Organization's identity upon being captured.
Seeing the situation is disadvantaged on her side, Vermouth fled away, capturing unconscious Conan as hostage.
Kidnapping
Location: Container port, Odaiba, Tokyo
Victim: Conan Edogawa
Culprit: Vermouth
Cornered, Vermouth sees her chance, and stuns Conan Edogawa with his own tranquilizer watch, and takes him hostage into a Bleu Abysse Nacre Peugeot 607 after she is shot.
Conan reveals to Vermouth he has a covert listening device on him that will send everything that was said to the authorities in the event of his death. Vermouth exhales a sleeping gas on Conan and tells him she will postpone her plan on murdering Haibara for now. Conan awakens to find out the device has been destroyed and no evidence of the Black Organization remain.
Summary
- Vermouth was disguised as Tomoaki Araide.
- Vodka was disguised as Zombie.
- Conan Edogawa was disguised as Ai Haibara.
- Heiji Hattori was disguised as Shinichi Kudo underneath the Invisible Man costume.
- Yukiko Kudo was disguised as Medusa.
- The murderer which Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri encountered in New York was actually Vermouth.
- The given codename for Vermouth in the FBI was "Rotten Apple".
- Shuichi Akai was previously considered by Vermouth as the Black Organization's "Silver Bullet", but from the end of this episode onwards (even up to The Raven Chaser) she finally thought the organization's real downfall would be Shinichi Kudo.
Manga to anime changes
- In the anime, in the flashback to Vermouth killing Jodie's father Vermouth has a bruise/or dirt/or a scratch of some kind on one side of her face that is consistent across several frames looking like a defensive mark. This mark is not present in the manga at all.
- Akai is shown to cock and fire the shotgun singlehandedly, having his other hand in his pocket, in the manga and in the anime they show him using both hands.
Trivia
- This case is the first two and a half hour special.
- In the post-credit scene, Gin is now driving a Porsche with the license plate of 43-68, in stead of the 48-69, which it was in Reunion with the Black Organization.
- The type of vehicles shown in this episode are:
- Jodie's car is a white Peugeot 607 with the license plate of .823.
- Araide's car is a Toyota Prius with the license plate of .323.
- Calvados had a rifle, a shotgun, and three handguns, although Akai missed his pocket pistol, which was used to commit suicide.
- When Jodie was talking with Araide about an upcoming trial, she was referring to The Blind Spot in the Darkness case, where he is expected to testify at, only she now knows the truth about that case.
- Yukiko revealed that it took her six hours to perfect Heiji's disguise.
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BGM listing
The Invitation from Hades
In Order to Advance
The Spooks' Feast
| # |
Song Title |
Romaji |
Translation |
OST
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| 11 |
小五郎の推理～シマリス （音響調整バージョン） |
Kogorō no Suiri ~ Shimarisu (Onkyō Chōsei Vājon) |
Kogoro's Deduction ~ Chipmunk (Acoustic Tuning Version) |
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| 12 |
(Unreleased BGM 2) |
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Departure for Darkness
The Phantom Ship
Signature of Devil
The Great Detective Appears
The Great Detective Guesses
Rotten Apple
Truth Under the Mask
Sherry
Silver Bullet
In other languages
| Language |
Title |
Translation
|
 Arabic |
دعوة من مجهول |
An invitation from an anonymous
|
 Catalan (Catalan dub) |
Confrontació amb l'Organització negra. El misteri dual de la nit de lluna plena |
Confrontation with the Black Organization: The dual mystery of a full moon night
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 Catalan (Valencian dub) |
Confrontació amb l'Organització dels Homes de Negre. Misteri doble en una nit de lluna plena |
Confrontation with the Man in Black Organization: Double mystery on a full moon night
|
 Chinese (traditional) |
滿月之夜的雙重謎題 |
Double Mystery on a Full Moon Night
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 French |
Confrontation avec l'organisation des hommes en noir – Deux mystères sous une nuit de pleine lune |
Confrontation with the organization of the men in black – Two mysteries under a full moon night
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 German |
Direkte Konfrontation: Zwei Mysterien in einer Vollmondnacht |
Direct confrontation: Two mysteries in a full moon night
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 Italian |
Misteri in una notte di luna piena |
Mysteries on a full moon night
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 Korean |
만월의 밤의 이원 미스터리 |
Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night
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 Spanish (Castilian dub) |
Confrontación con la Organización: el doble reto de Vermouth |
Confrontation with the Organization: Vermouth double challange
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 Thai |
ปะทะองค์กรชุดดำ ปริศนาคูณสองในคืนเดือนเพ็ญ |
Clash with the Black Organization; Double mysteries on a full moon night
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 Vietnamese |
Chạm trán với băng Áo đen: Hai bí mật trong đêm trăng tròn |
Head-to-Head with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night
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