Cactus's Flower Murder Case

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Episode 37
(Int. Episode 38)

Information

Title:

Cactus's Flower Murder Case

Japanese title:

サボテンの花殺人事件
(Saboten no Hana Satsujin Jiken)

Original airdate:

November 11, 1996
January 23, 2016 (Remastered version)

Broadcast rating:

18.5%

Remastered rating:

8%

Filler case number:

#13

Season:

1

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Detective Boys

Case solved by:

Conan Edogawa

Next Conan's Hint:

Portrait
Plastic container (Remastered version)

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Kazunari Kouchi

Storyboard:

Kuchiru Kazehara

Episode director:

Susumu Ishizaki

Animation director:

Hirotoshi Takaya

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo
Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint
Emi Shinohara as Noriko Okaya
Rintaro Nishi as Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
Jurota Kosugi as Saeki
Hirohiko Kakegawa as Detective

Music

Opening song:

"Feel Your Heart"

Closing song:

"Meikyū no Lovers"

Cactus's Flower Murder Case (サボテンの花殺人事件 ,Saboten no Hana Satsujin Jiken) Known in English as Prickly Past, is the 37th episode of Detective Conan anime.

It is the 13th anime-original episode, written by Kazunari Kouchi. It was first aired November 11, 1996, while the remastered was aired January 23, 2016.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Ayumi Yoshida

Genta Kojima

Case

Situation

When a pretty girl hires Kogoro to help her find an old flame, it seems like a routine case. But when Conan finds out that the man she is looking for was responsible for the death of her fiancé, he realizes that romance is the farthest thing from her mind. What is she planning to do?

Accident (Past)

Location: Near Shinshūshin town

Victim: Tatsuo Yamaguchi

Time: 6 months ago

Cause of death: Car crash and explosion from gasoline

Culprits: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa and Naomi

Noriko and Tatsuo were hounded by a red sports car (Toyota Celica Liftback) while driving on some cliffs. The driver, Tatsuo, lost control of his Green Mitsubishi Libero Monte. After wrecking, the gas tank exploded. A group of bystanders managed to help Noriko escape in time, but Tatsuo was burnt alive.

People

Noriko Okaya
	Commercial company former employee

Tatsuo Yamaguchi
	Deceased (car explosion) Commercial company employee Noriko's fiancé

Saeki
	Hospital doctor Noriko's friend Tatsuo's best friend

Tsuyoshi Kitagawa
	Artist

Naomi
	Tsuyoshi's fiancée Artist

Policeman
	Nagano Prefectural Police detective

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

Conan is showing the cactuses to Noriko Okaya.

It's revealed that Noriko Okaya planned to kill Tsuyoshi Kitagawa and his fiancée, to punish them for causing the death of her lover Tastsuo. Dr. Saeki, the late Tatsuo's best friend and Noriko's treating doctor, explains her past to Conan and the Mouris. It is revealed that when they Noriko and Tatsuo had been driving on a mountain highway, Tsuyoshi and his fiancée had been driving erratically on the road and in an attempt to get ahead of them to ignore them Tatsuo accidentally crashed their car.

The rowdy couple just laughed and sneered while driving off without stopping to help or check to see if they were alright or not. Luckily some Good Samaritans came and helped pull Noriko out of the wreckage, however before they could get to Tatsuo their car exploded leaving Noriko to watch in horror as she watched the man she loved die in right in front of her eyes.

While recovering in the hospital Noriko learned that it was very unlikely that the rowdy couple would be convicted or sent to prison. Instead she worked herself to the bone to get back on her feet all to get revenge on the ones that killed her beloved.

Attempted Murder/Suicide

Location: Roof of a building

Victims: Tsuyoshi Kitagawa and his fiancée

Crime: Arson

Culprit: Noriko Okaya

Having found Kitagawa and his fiancé working on a sculpture in a rooftop, Noriko attacks them with pepper gas and then douses the two of them with gasoline. Kitagawa tells her to stop and warns her that she'll burn to death too, but Noriko doesn't care and says that she'll burn with them so she can be with Tatsuo again.

Conan, however, appears with Dr. Saeki and brings her beautiful cacti that belonged to Tatsuo, and now are kept safe by Dr. Saeki. They manage to convince Noriko to not kill the Kitagawas and herself.

Remastered version

A remastered version of this case was aired on January 23, 2016.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Noriko Okaya - Nora Odell
• Tatsuo Yamaguchi - Terry York
• Saeki - James Soto
• Tsuyoshi Kitagawa - Trent Cook
• Naomi - Olivin

Trivia

• Insert song: Yume o Tomenaide Ite, by VELVET GARDEN.
• Noriko Okaya drives a silver metallic 1996 Toyota Starlet [P90], Tatsuo Yamaguchi a kielder green Mitsubishi Libero Monte, Saeki a white Toyota Crown, and Tsuyoshi Kitagawa a red Toyota Celica Liftback. Kitagawa's car's license plate is 新宿 57, は 33-96 (Shinjuku 57, Ha 33-96) and Yamaguchi's is 新宿 57, い 11-36 (Shinjuku 57, I 11-36).

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
00:00	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart
01:45	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ (タイトルver.)	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Taitoru ver.)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Title ver.)	Unreleased
02:50	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
03:34	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
05:00	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
06:32	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
08:56	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10:45	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12:12	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
12:40	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
15:18	夢をとめないでいて	Yume o Tomenaide Ite	Don't Stop Dreaming	Yume o Tomenaide Ite
17:01	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
19:00	事件の謎	Jiken no Nazo	Mystery of the Case	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
20:46	蘭のテーマ （涙ver.）	Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)	Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
21:58	迷宮のラヴァーズ	Meikyū no Lovers	Lovers' Labyrinth	Meikyū no Lovers
23:47	はずむ蘭	Hazumu Ran	Bouncing Ran	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	قضية زهرة الصبار	Cactus Flower Case
Basque	Eguberriko kaktusa eta mendekua	The Christmas cactus and revenge
Catalan (Balearic dub)	S'assassinat des cactus	Cactus murder
Catalan (Catalonia dub)	El cas de l'assassinat del cactus	Cactus murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El cas de l'assassinat del cactus	Cactus murder case
French	Meurtre au cactus	Murder With a Cactus
Galician	O asasinato da flor do cacto	Cactus flower murder
German	Der Kaktusblütenmord	The Cactus Blossom Murder
Italian	Mistero a tutta velocità	Mistery at Full Speed
Korean	선인장꽃 살인 사건	Cactus's Flower Murder Case
Polish	Sprawa morderstwa z kaktusem w tle	Murder Case with a Cactus in the Background
Spanish (American dub)	El caso de los cactus navideños	Christmas cactus case
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El asesinato y la flor de cactus	Murder and cactus flower
Thai	คดีฆาตกรรมดอกกระบองเพชร	Cactus's flower murder case
Traditional Chinese	仙人掌花殺人事件	Cactus's Flower Murder Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án hoa xương rồng giáng sinh	The Christmas Cactus's Flower Case

See also

• Season 1