Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger

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Episode 487
(Int. Episode 530-531)

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Information
Title: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger
Japanese title: 本庁の刑事恋物語8 左手の薬指
(Honchō no Keiji Koi-monogatari 8: Hidarite no Kusuriyubi)
Original airdate: October 15, 2007 *
Broadcast rating: 10,90%
Manga case: #167
Season: 16
Manga source: Volume 56: Files 1-3 (576-578)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Wataru Takagi
Kogoro Mouri
Miwako Sato
Ran Mouri
Juzo Megure
Ninzaburo Shiratori
Yumi Miyamoto
Detective Fukui
Detective Kawanaka
Detective Horita
Detective Sogawa
Detective Sugita
Detective Hirota
Detective Nakamura
Detective Takikawa
Unnamed officer
Unnamed officer
Case solved by: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Wataru Takagi
Miwako Sato
Next Conan's Hint: Tightrope walking
Staff
Director: Masato Sato
Organizer: Minoru Tozawa
Masato Sato
Storyboard: Minoru Tozawa
Masato Sato
Episode director: Minoru Tozawa
Animation Director: Rei Masunaga
Character Design: Mari Tominaga
Keiko Sasaki (sub-character)
Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Music
Opening song: Glorious Mind
Closing song: Sekai wa Mawaru to Yū Keredo
Chronology
Prev episode: « Beckoning Cat from Right to Left
Next episode: The Devil of the TV Station »
List of episodes
* 1 Hour Special

Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger (本庁の刑事恋物語8 左手の薬指 Honchō no Keiji Koi-monogatari 8: Hidarite no Kusuriyubi?) is the 487th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Case

Situation

Sato is the talk of the police department after she is spotted wearing a new ring on her left-hand's ring finger. The other officers jealously corner Takagi thinking he got engaged to Sato and had been hiding it. Much to everyone's shock, Takagi did not give Sato the ring, which leads to even more speculation. Takagi is depressed and want to know who captured Sato's heart, but he isn't able to successfully ask her.

Meanwhile, Kogoro is invited to attend an interview of the mystery book writer Masataka Moroguchi. Masataka Moroguchi recently acquired a gaudy diamond ring embedded with dozens and dozens of small diamonds. The next day, Moroguchi is found dead from consumption of poison and his ring is gone.

Suicide?

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Location: Moroguchi household
Victim: Masataka Moroguchi
Age: 52 years old
Cause of death: Cyanide poisoning
Suspects: Kakuji Dejima, Wataru Tarumi, and Harue Anabuki
The locked room was inaccessible to an outsider except for a small window. The only key was in Masataka's palm.

The room was locked and the key was in Masataka's upward facing, open palm. The only opening to the room is a small window that a child would have trouble squeezing through. The body was on the opposite side of the room, quite a distance from the window. Sato and Takagi are called to the scene. Despite these circumstances, the two officers and Conan believe Masataka was murdered by one of his three interviewers.

People

  • Resolution

    Trivia

    • Detective Conan chief producer, Michihiko Suwa, voiced one of the police detectives in this episode.
    • This case featured an unique closing animation based on the case's police and ring theme. The unique opening animation was also based solely on this case. No other person was shown in this opening other than Sato, Takagi, Megure, and Shiratori, except for other Police officers behind Shiratori.
    • This case came out in both the manga and the anime, and it was brought up about cassette tape recorders being outdated, and most people are using digital recorders at this time.
    • When Conan remembered Sato fiddling with 'Sleeping Kogoro's' mouth, he was referring to The Shinkansen Transport Case, which is why he was hesitant to put Kogoro to sleep in this case, however in the The Photo Mail from the Clown he did put Kogoro to sleep in front of her without hesitation, however that case was a filler.
    • Many paintings in Moroguchi household are from Oikawa's house in Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces, and two of them are from the recycle shop in The Victim Who Came Back, from Kogoro Gets Drunk in Satsuma, and from Akagi Inn in Sonoko's Red Handkerchief. Open spoiler box to see images.

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    0:13 - 1:20 蘭・愛のテーマ Ran・Ai no Tēma Ran's Love Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    1:28 - 2:18 とっておきクイズ Totte Oki Kuizu Take the Quiz Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    3:13 - 3:16 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
    3:17 - 3:48 のんびり気分 Nonbiri Kibun Carefree Feeling Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    3:50 - 3:56 エスケープ! Esukēpu! Escape! Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    4:46 - 5:40 ワッツ ハプニング Wattsu Hapuningu What's Happening Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    6:12 - 6:34 アレステッド Aresuteddo Arrested Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    6:46 - 7:27 ブロークン Burōkun Broken Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    9:48 - 11:24 のんびり気分 (アナザーver.) Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.) Carefree Feeling (Another ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    12:01 - 13:40 尋問 Jinmon Interrogation Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    13:58 - 14:06 カギを探せ! Kagi o Sagase! Search for the Key! Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    14:37 - 15:10 エントランス Entoransu Entrance Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    16:08 - 16:27 フォース Fōsu Force Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    17:00 - 18:08 謎解き(その1) Nazotoki (Sono 1) Riddle Solution (Part 1) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    18:39 - 19:35 緊迫 Kinpaku Tension Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    20:01 - 21:03 推理1 Suiri 1 Deduction 1 Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    22:02 - 23:09 事件現場 (謎ver.) Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.) Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    23:26 - 24:07 陰謀 Inbō Conspiracy Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    25:04 - 26:23 インターナショナル ケース(インシデント) Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento) International Case (Incident) Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    26:50 - 28:09 迷路 Meiro Labyrinth Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    28:28 - 28:29 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
    28:30 - 28:55 小五郎の検証 Kogorō no Kenshō Kogoro's Inspection Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
    29:06 - 29:44 何だこの痕跡は?」 Nanda Kono Konseki wa? What Is This a Trace Of? Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    29:58 - 30:37 シンクロ ワーズ Shinkuro Wāzu Synchronized Words Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    30:53 - 31:02 コンシダレーション Konshidarēshon Consideration Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
    31:03 - 32:05 謎解き(その2) Nazotoki (Sono 2) Riddle Solution (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    33:08 - 33:17 小さな巨人 Chiisa na Kyojin A Small Great Person Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    33:35 - 33:46 古城のテーマ Kojō no Tēma The Old Castle's Theme Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    33:54 - 35:37 少年探偵団のテーマ (摩天楼ヴァージョン) Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma (Matenrō Vājon) The Detective Boys' Theme (Skyscraper Version) Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    35:45 - 36:21 古城のテーマ Kojō no Tēma The Old Castle's Theme Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    36:50 - 38:16 少年探偵団のテーマ (摩天楼ヴァージョン) Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma (Matenrō Vājon) The Detective Boys' Theme (Skyscraper Version) Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    38:40 - 38:51 古城のテーマ Kojō no Tēma The Old Castle's Theme Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    39:01 - 40:22 対決のテーマ Taiketsu no Tēma Showdown Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    40:43 - 41:06 コナン推理 Konan Suiri Conan's Deduction Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    41:12 - 42:04 5・4・3・2・1! 5・4・3・2・1! 5・4・3・2・1! Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    42:32 - 43:51 暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手 Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    45:19 - 45:47 蘭のテーマ Ran no Tēma Ran's Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    46:03 - 46:24 陽気な仲間 Yōki na Nakama Cheerful Friends Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    46:33 - 46:56 ほのぼの Honobono Heartwarming Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    47:03 - 47:24 事件解決 Jiken Kaiketsu Case Resolution Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

    Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) La història d'amor dels inspectors de la comissaria central de policia 8.
    El dit anular de la mà esquerra
    The love story of the police HQ investigators 8. The ring finger at the left hand
    Flag of Indonesia Indonesian (subbed) Kisah Cinta Markas Polisi 8. Jari Manis Tangan Kiri Love Story at Police Headquarters 8. Left Hand Ring Finger
    Flag of Italy Italian Il mistero dell'anello The ring mystery
    Flag of Thailand Thai นิยายรักตำรวจนครบาล ภาค 8
    ตอน นิ้วนางข้างซ้าย (ตอนพิเศษ 1 ชั่วโมง)
    Metropolitan Police Love Story - Part 8:
    The Left Hand's Ring Finger (One Hour Special)
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Câu chuyện tình yêu ở trụ sở cảnh sát 8: Ngón tay đeo nhẫn ở bàn tay trái Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger

    See also

    Episodes of Season 16
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