Detective Conan Wiki:Article of the month/June 2023

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Hand-drawn poster of movie 21 by Gosho Aoyama, author of the original manga.

The Crimson Love Letter (から(くれない)恋歌(ラブレター) Karakurenai no Raburetā?) is the 21st movie of the Detective Conan franchise. It was first released during Golden Week of 2017 on April 15th. Directed by Kobun Shizuno and written by Takahiro Okura, it was released following Movie 21: The Darkest Nightmare. It is the second movie focused on Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama, particularly on Kazuha. Its main theme is the Japanese card game of karuta. It is also the introduction of Momiji Ooka, a karuta champion from Kyoto and Heiji's self-declared future wife, and her butler Muga Iori. In Kyoto, the incubent karuta champion of the high-school Satsuki Cup Toshiya Yajima is killed in his mansion by a black figure. Later that day, Conan, Ran, Kogoro, the Detective Boys and Heiji and Kazuha attend the filming of a karuta TV program in Osaka along with Kazuha's friend Mikiko Hiramoto. They meet the organizer of the Satsuki Cup Kensuke Achiwa. However, they are the target of a vicious bombing, which they narrowly survive. In these two crimes, the culprit left a mysterious karuta card, hinting to further crimes. At the same time, Satsuki Cup finalist Koji Sekine is seen in front of Yajima's body. Moreover, Togo Kaieda, Achiwa's secretary is moving in the shadows. Heiji and Conan are ready to solve the crime, but it takes more than brains to go against a very calculating serial killer. Will they be able to stop him ?! ...

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