The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies

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Episode 577
(Int. Episode 628)

Information

Title:

The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies

Japanese title:

ホタルが灯した真実
(Hotaru ga Tomoshi ta Shinjitsu)

Original airdate:

June 19, 2010
July 13, 2024 (Remastered version)

Broadcast rating:

5,80%

Remastered rating:

4.3%

Filler case number:

#177

Season:

15

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Ai Haibara
Detective Boys
Hiroshi Agasa

Case solved by:

Hiroshi Agasa (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Drink bottle
Flashlight (Remastered version)

Staff

Director:

Koujin Ochi

Screenplay:

Masaki Tsuji

Storyboard:

Shigenori Kageyama

Episode director:

Masakazu Yamazaki

Animation director:

Kana Miyai
Masakazu Yamazaki

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo
Seiji Muta (sub-character)
Kumiko Shishido (design works)

Production cooperation:

Kagura Co., Ltd.

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa
Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima
Jin Yamanoi as Michitake Owada
 Hiroko Taguchi as Aoi Owada
Hideyuki Umezu as Tokuro Nakamine
 Akio Suyama as Shuichiro Tarumi
Satoshi Hino as Tatsuma Kashiwa
Ryusuke Obayashi as Soichi Narutaki 
 Natsumi Sakuma as Mrs. Kashiwa

Music

Opening song:

"As the Dew"

Closing song:

"Hello Mr. my yesterday"

The Truth Lit Up By the Fireflies (ホタルが灯した真実 ,Hotaru ga Tomoshi ta Shinjitsu) is the 577th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ai Haibara

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Ayumi Yoshida

Hiroshi Agasa

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Wristwatch Flashlight

Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Case

Situation

Professor Agasa, Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys attend a firefly festival to commemorate a shinto shrine in a small mountain village of Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture. The truck soon arrives with the fireflies and they are released into the fields. Later one of the truck drivers, Tokuro Nakamine, is found murdered and three of the villagers are the prime suspects.

Murder

Location: Eboshi Rock

Victim: Tokuro Nakamine

Age: 28 years old

Cause of death: Cyanide poisoning

Suspects: Aoi Owada, Tatsuma Kashiwa, and Shuichiro Tarumi

Professor Agasa drives the Beetle with Conan, Tarumi, and Michitake to the Eboshi rock, founding Tokuro is dead in his Lancer EVO X.

Conan notices a flashlight Genta found inside the truck and realizes who the murderer is.

People

Michitake Owada
	47 years old Chief priest Agasa's friend

Tokuro Nakamine
	Victim (poison) 28 years old Village head's son Youth group's leader

Aoi Owada
	22 years old Michitake's daughter

Tatsuma Kashiwa
	26 years old Old village family's eldest son Aoi's boyfriend

Shuichiro Tarumi
	26 years old Tokuro's friend Youth group's member

Soichi Narutaki
	59 years old Yamanashi Prefectural police, Kofu station detective

Mayu Narutaki
	Deceased (landslide accident) Soichi's granddaughter Haibara's look-alike

Mrs. Kashiwa
	Tatsuma's mother

Mr. Kashiwa
	Tatsuma's late father Village's oldest noble family former head

Mr. Nakamine
	Tokuro's father Village head Company owner

Resolution

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Using Professor Agasa's voice, Conan reveals the second truck driver, Shuichiro Tarumi, to be the murderer. Conan reveals that Tarumi murdered Nakamine in a desolated location near the village before turning the truck around and meeting with the other villagers.

Attemped Murder

Location: Old village

Victim: Soichi Narutaki and Tatsuma Kashiwa

Age: 26 years old

Injury: Stab wound

Culprit: Shuichiro Tarumi

Hostage Situation

Location: Village forest

Victim: Ai Haibara

Age: 7 years old

Culprit: Shuichiro Tarumi

As evidence, Conan reveals the flashlight Genta found was actually a dictation machine with Nakamine's voice recorded on it. Tarumi takes Haibara as hostage and attempts to flee but is eventually stopped by Conan with a ball on his face and apprehended by Narutaki. Conan reveals that Tarumi's motive was fear of being exposed by Nakamine for embezzling money from the firefly project and stealing money from Nakamine's father's company. After the fall, Aoi and Tatsuma have become a couple and spend a lot of time together since then, with her father approval.

Trivia

• Beginning with this episode, Junko Yamanaka is no longer credited as character designer.
• Nakamine's truck is a white Suzuki Carry. The license plate number is 甲府 430, ほ 78-90 (Kofu 430, Ho 78-90).
• Nakamine's car is a 2007 Rally Red Mica Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X [CZ4A].
• The temple poster in Owada Shrine reappears in Kobo Inn from The Scenario of the Steaming Locked Room. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Episode 577

Episode 597

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:19	ディスティニー アイランド	Disutinii Airando	Destiny Island	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
3:01 - 4:03	????
4:40 - 5:16	????
5:20 - 5:54	マインド ピアノ	Maindo Piano	Mind Piano	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
6:00 - 6:31	ライク セレナード	Raiku Serenādo	Like Serenade	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
6:54 - 7:23	????
7:40 - 8:18	どこだどこだ!!	Doko da Doko da!!	Where is it Where is it!!	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
8:24 - 9:15	ラルゴ サスペンス	Rarugo Sasupensu	Largo Suspense	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
9:36 - 10:38	ドライ エレジー	Dorai Erejii	Dry Elegy	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
13:38 - 14:43	????
14:48 - 15:26	????
15:30 - 15:38	エグザミネ	Eguzamine	Examine	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
16:00 - 16:44	????
16:51 - 18:40	????
18:54 - 19:52	どこだどこだ!!	Doko da Doko da!!	Where is it Where is it!!	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
20:21 - 21:09	ダークな予感	Dāku na Yokan	Foreboding Darkness	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
21:10 - 21:35	重なる色彩	Kasanaru Shikisai	Overlapping Colours	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
21:36 - 22:03	夕暮れ色のメロディ	Yūgure Iro no Merodi	Melody of the Evening Colours	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
23:24 - 23:58	レガート エピローグ	Regāto Epirōgu	Legato Epilogue	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Les cuques de llum que il·luminen la veritat	The fireflies that lighten the truth
Indonesian (subbed)	Kunang-kunang Menyinari Kebenaran	The Fireflies Shine Light on the Truth
Italian	La cerimonia delle lucciole	The fireflies ceremony
Thai	ความจริงจากแสงหิ่งห้อย	The Truth from Firefly Light
Vietnamese	Sự thật được đom đóm soi sáng	The Truth Illuminated Up By the Fireflies

See also

• Season 15