Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest

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Episode 289-290
(Int. Episode 311-312)

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Information
Title: Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest
Japanese title: 迷いの森の光彦
(Mayoi no Mori no Mitsuhiko)
Original airdate: August 5, 2002 (Part 1)
August 12, 2002 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating: 15.00%
14.70%
Manga case: #104
Season: 11
Manga source: Volume 35: Files 8-10 (358-360)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Ai Haibara
Hiroshi Agasa
Detective Boys
Asami Tsuburaya
Misao Yamamura
Ki'ichiro Numabuchi
Mrs. Tsuburaya
Kamen Yaiba
Case solved by: Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint: Lemon scent (Part 1)
Historical names (Part 2)
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer: 289 Chika Ichimaru
290 Masakazu Amiya
Storyboard: 289 Chika Ichimaru
290 Masakazu Amiya
Episode director: 289 Mashu Ito
290 Hideki Hiroshima
Animation Director: 289 Atsushi Aono
290 Masaki Kudo
Character Design: Masatomo Sudo
Junko Yamanaka and Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Music
Opening song: I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song: Mushoku
Chronology
Prev episode: « Shinichi Kudo's New York Case
Next episode: Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace »
List of episodes

Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest (迷いの森の光彦 Mayoi no Mori no Mitsuhiko?) is the 289th and 290th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Characters introduced

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Part 1

It's summer vacation and the Detective Boys (along with Agasa) are gathered on the school ground for morning radio exercises. Professor Agasa had told the Detective Boys about these exercise once when they went to see the fireworks. When Mitsuhiko doesn't show up for the exercise, Conan, Genta, Ayumi, Haibara and Agasa decide to visit Mitsuhiko, believing that he was ill. Mitsuhiko's older sister, Asami Tsuburaya, tells them that he left saying that there was a "camping trip" with the Detective Boys, so Mitsuhiko prepaired his schoolbag to go with them and took some candies wrapped in bamboo leaves. Concerned, the kids and Agasa set off a journey into the forest in search of their best friend.

Missing Person

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Location: Gunma Forest
Victim: Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
When Mitsuhiko suddenly disappeared, it's up to the Detective Boys to find out where he is!

Asami told the Detective Boys that Mitsuhiko had borrowed from her a sunscreen that she had bought, which came from abroad. She also mentioned that her brother often saw a girl which worked at a flower shop, and probably was in love with her. The girl said she hadn't seen Mitsuhiko that morning, but then she realized she had seen him indeed about to take a bus. She called his name, but he didn't reply. The guys also heard from her that Mitsuhiko had been wearing his cap, smelled like lemons, and that she had seen him being warned by two men after mentioning the name of some samurais. She started wondering which they were, and she mentioned Uesugi, Takeda, Toyotomi and Takegawa.

With no more clues, the Detective Boys asked the bus driver about Mitsuhiko. He told them that he was in his bus and that he remembered him because he wasn't looking through the window but ahead, as if he was worried. He had got off the bus at a train station, so his friends went to look for him there. One of the employees there remembered him because he had bought an adult ticket by mistake and asked him to change it in a hurry. The ticket was 1,900 yen so it could be a ticket to Chiba or Gunma. A worker at Nakanojō Station in Gunma said he had seen Mitsuhiko hiding there for a while and then leaving. The Professor and the Detective Boys start looking for Mistuhiko in the Gunma Prefecture with Conan's tracking glasses... Where could he be?

Part 2

In the forest, the Detective Boys and Agasa run into officer Yamamura. He tells them that they have let loose a very dangerous criminal killer known as Ki'ichiro Numabuchi by accident, and that they were in search for him. Having met with this serial killer once before in Osaka, Conan knew how dangerous Numabuchi was already. He was there with the Gunma police because he testified that his fourth victim was buried there, as his mother was born in Gunma, but they haven't been able to find this corpse yet. Mistuhiko is in fact in the forest, but for some reason he can't pick the Detective Badge to talk to Conan. Everyone is afraid this serial killer could be targetting Mitsuhiko. After a long while of searching him, Conan starts deducing the truth.

The scent of lemon was nothing but just the sunscreen Mitsuhiko borrowed from Asami. It smelled like that because it also was an insect repelent. Suddenly, Ayumi spots Numabuchi up in a tree, but he flees. Haibara starts wondering why she can't feel people from the Black Organization anymore...

People

  • Resolution

    Manga to anime changes

    • The anime shows the train arriving to Gunma, following with the Detective Boys asking the train station employee there about Mitsuhiko. The manga just transitions to the group just having arrived at Gunma after hearing about that he might have gone there.
    • After learning that Ki'ichiro Numabuchi is loose in the forest, Conan has a flashback in the anime to his previous encounter with Numabuchi.
    • Episode 289's ending adds a scene with Numabuchi continuing to evade the police after Mitsuhiko discovers Conan and company are trying to contact him.

    Trivia

    BGM listing

    Part 1

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥
    2 ラジオ体操 第一 Rajio Taisō Daiichi Radio Gymnastics Number One
    3 ラジオ体操 第一 Rajio Taisō Daiichi Radio Gymnastics Number One
    4 とっておきクイズ Totte Oki Kuizu Take the Quiz Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    5 カギを探せ! Kagi o Sagase! Search for the Key! Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    6 キーワードの謎解き Kiiwādo no Nazotoki Keyword to the Riddle Solution Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    7 暗号トリックの解読 Angō Torikku no Kaidoku The Trick to Deciphering the Code Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    8 犯人のアジト (いよいよver.) Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.) The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    9 小五郎の推理 Kogorō no Suiri Kogoro's Deduction Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    10 雄大な富士山 Yūdai na Fujisan Grand Mt. Fuji Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    11 ターゲット サスペンスD Tāgetto Sasupensu D Target Suspense D Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    12 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
    13 新少年探偵団のテーマ Shin Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma The New Detective Boys' Theme Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    14 男の心情 Otoko no Shinjō A Man's Feelings Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    15 コナンの決断 Konan no Ketsudan Conan's Decision Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    16 哀の予感~ジンのテーマE Ai no Yokan ~ Jin no Tēma E Ai's Premonition ~ Gin's Theme E Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    17 無色 Mushoku Colourless Mushoku

    Part 2

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥ I can't stop my love for you♥
    2 謎解き (その2) Nazotoki (Sono 2) Riddle Solution (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    3 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
    4 小五郎の推理 Kogorō no Suiri Kogoro's Deduction Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    5 とっておきクイズ Totte Oki Kuizu Take the Quiz Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    6 ジンのテーマF Jin no Tēma F Gin's Theme F Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    7 コナン組曲-Captured In Her Eyes Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    8 コナン組曲-Captured In Her Eyes Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    9 犯人(スナイパー)の正体 Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    10 漆黒の殺意 Shikkoku no Satsui Jet Black Murderous Intent Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    11 哀が電話を…~ジンのテーマA Ai ga Denwa o... ~ Jin no Tēma A Ai's Phonecall to... ~ Gin's Theme A Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    12 ジンのテーマC Jin no Tēma C Gin's Theme C Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    13 謎解き (その1) Nazotoki (Sono 1) Riddle Solution (Part 1) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    14 飛び立つ鳩 (歌:菅井えり) Tobitatsu Hato (Uta: Sugai Eri) Flying Doves (Sung By: Eri Sugai) Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    15 オセンチな歩美 Osenchina Ayumi Sentimental Ayumi Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    16 無色 Mushoku Colourless Mushoku
    17 蘭のテーマ (摩天楼ヴァージョン) Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon) Ran's Theme (Skyscraper Version) Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack

    Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic البحث عن ميتسو Searching for Mitsu
    Flag of Malaysia Bahasa Melayu Kehilangan mitsuhiko di hutan Missing Mitsuhiko in the forest
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) En Mitsuhiko es perd al bosc Mitsuhiko lost in the forest
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) Mitsuhiko es perd en el bosc Mitsuhiko lost in the forest
    Flag of Galicia Galician Mitsuhiko desaparece no monte Mitsuhiko disappears in the forest
    Flag of Germany German Wo ist Mitsuhiko? Where is Mitsuhiko?
    Flag of Italy Italian Mitsuhiko sparisce nel bosco Mitsuhiko Disappears in the Forest
    Flag of Spain Spanish (Castilian dub) Mitsuhiko perdido en el bosque Mitsuhiko lost in the forest
    Flag of Thailand Thai มิสึฮิโกะในป่าวงกต Mitsuhiko in a maze forest
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Mitsuhiko và khu rừng bí ẩn Mitsuhiko and the Mystifying Forest

    See also

    Episodes of Season 11
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