Misfortune of the Positive Man

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Episode 1134 (Int. Episode 1192)
Information
Title:	Misfortune of the Positive Man
Japanese title:	ポジティブ男の災難 (Pojitibu Otoko no Sainan)
Original airdate:	September 14, 2024
Broadcast rating:	5.2%
Filler case:	#425
Season:	29
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Ai Haibara Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Fingerprint
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Nobuo Ogizawa
Storyboard:	Masaki Ozora
Episode director:	Yoshitsugu Kimura
Animation director:	Asuka Tsubuki Yoshitsugu Hatano FALCO Suzuki
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Masanori Hashimoto (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Chafurin as Juzo Megure Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shokichi Hazama, Daikichi Hazama Fuminori Komatsu as Nenji Kodakara Hiroko Emori as Teruyo Imaizumi Yuki Hoshi as Yasushi Tarao Takahiro Yoshino as Detective Akira Kuwabara as Woman
Music
Opening song:	Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~
Closing song:	Yume de Aimashō

Misfortune of the Positive Man (ポジティブ男の災難 ,Pojitibu Otoko no Sainan) is the 1134th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ayumi Yoshida

Genta Kojima

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Ai Haibara

Juzo Megure

Wataru Takagi

Case

Situation

An aspiring novelist named Shokichi Hazama is carrying the items bought from the shop and talking to Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys when he notices the conversation between Teruyo Imaizumi and Nenji Kodokara, the apartment landlady and neighbor, respectively. It turns out that Kodokara’s apartment has been stolen but Imaizumi does not let him call the police because it would affect the reputation of the apartment, they decide to call them, nonetheless.

Robbery

Location: Kodakara's apartment, Beika Town

Victim: Nenji Kodakara

Age: 32 years old

Suspects: Unknown

The police suspicion quickly rises toward Hazama as he is Kodokara’s neighbor, and Hazama suggests taking his fingerprint if they think he is the robber.

The next day, the boys return to the apartment to check if the robber had been caught or not when they meet Takagi and Megure, which makes them wonder if the two are also responsible for this case. The two state that there was a murder that happened 1 week ago and suspect Hazama to be the murder as for the following reason:

• There was a nylon string that could’ve been used to kill Tarao found near the scene, and the fingerprint test matched with the one collected from Hazama yesterday. He states that the nylon string might be his but it was when he opened the food package he received from his grandma 10 days ago.
• Tarao graduated at the same place as Hazama one year earlier and began to blackmail others, with Hazama might have been one of his victims, according to Takagi. But Hazami states that he has never met with him at all.
• Even if the camera recorded him at the Dorubako Tengoku, it could’ve been his twin brother who was there as a way to help Hazama cover his crime, but the two brothers haven’t met for a few years.

So he is taken to the police for interrogation, which upsets Imaizumi and the boys since for them, he is too friendly to be the murder.

Murder (Past)

Location: Tarao's apartment, Kuroganedai

Victim: Yasushi Tarao

Age: 30 years old

Time: 1 week ago

Cause of death: Strangulation

Suspects: Shokichi Hazama and Nenji Kodakara

The nylon string found near the scene that could be the weapon had a fingerprint but couldn’t be identified, until yesterday’s report from Beika’s headquarter showed that it coincides with the fingerprint they collected from Hazama.

Later, the boys begin suspecting of the coincidences surrounding the incident and think that Kudokara could've been involved in these, so they begin asking others about him but find out that he is not related to the case after he answers the call from police. After that, Conan goes to the MPD to ask Takagi about the situation, to which he replies that there is no one in Beika that used to be Taro’s victim; and there is no one with the intention to frame Hazama as well, which means that he just happens to be the suspect. Then, after asking Imaizumi again about the day he went out, Conan notices a twist in the case, so he tells others to investigate again based on that. And in the afternoon, after the police release Hazama because there is no effective evidence, the boys begin to reveal the truth behind.

People

Shokichi Hazama
	29 years old Aspiring novelist

Teruyo Imaizumi
	66 years old Apartment landlady

Nenji Kodakara
	Victim (robbed) 32 years old Shokichi's neighbor

Yasushi Tarao
	Deceased (strangled) 30 years old Serial blackmailer

Daikichi Hazama
	29 years old Shokichi's twin brother

Mr. Imaizumi
	Deceased (fell) Teruyo's husband

Police Detective
	Tokyo MPD Police detective

Woman
	Resident living in Shokichi's neighborhood

Man
	Resident living in Shokichi's neighborhood Produce store owner

Resolution

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The culprit of the murder is Teruyo Imaizumi. For her, Tarao was the one to cause her misery due to the accidental loss:

• Her niece had been blackmailed by Tarao and was probably feeling empty when she was hit by a car.
• Tarao laughed at her when questioned about the first incident, her husband was disappointed because there was no effective proof against him, and went out drinking, leading to another accidental death.

Accident (Past)

Victim: Imaizumi

Time: 2 Years ago

Cause of death: Hit by a car

Culprit: Yasushi Tarao

Accident (Past)

Victim: Mr. Imaizumi

Time: 2 Years ago

Cause of death: Blunt head trauma after falling

Imaizumi
	Deceased (car hit) Teruyo's niece

Aftermath

Before being taken away, Imaizumi apologizes for causing him multiple badlucks even though she has tried to do the opposite, to which he replies that she should turn herself in to the police so she might get a chance to rebuild her life after finishing her sentence. Later, his twin brother Daikichi appears and wonders why he is here, much to Shokichi's shock as his appearance has changed drastically since their last meeting.

Daikichi Hazama's new appearance

Trivia

• Anime-original locations: Kuroganedai (黒金台) and Kezuka Town (毛塚町).

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	مأساة الرجل المتفائل	The Misfortune of the Optimistic Man
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Els infortunis d'un optimista	The misfortunes of an optimist
French (Subbed)	L'infortune d'un optimiste	The misfortune of an optimistic man
Thai	ภัยพิบัติของชายคิดบวก	Misfortune of a Positive Man

See also

• Season 29