The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail

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Episode 438
(Int. Episode 476)

Information

Title:

The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail

Japanese title:

お魚メールの追跡
(Osakana Mēru no Tsuiseki)

Original airdate:

May 15, 2006

Broadcast rating:

11.0%

Manga case:

#149

Season:

11

Manga source:

Volume 51: Files 2-3 (523-524)

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Azusa Enomoto
Ran Mouri
Eri Kisaki
Café Poirot Master

Case solved by:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri

Next Conan's Hint:

Three fish

Staff

Director:

Masato Sato

Organizer:

Yuu Hatanaka

Storyboard:

Yuu Hatanaka

Episode director:

Takashi Sudo

Animation director:

Ayako Tauchi

Character design:

Mari Tominaga
Keiko Sasaki (sub-character)
Kumiko Shishido (design works)

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Mikiko Enomoto as Azusa Enomoto
 Yoko Teppozuka as Mitsuru Osabe
Ako Mayama as Nakarai Fishing Inn Ryokan landlady
Takashi Taguchi as Fishing Inn clerk
 Masuo Amada as Fishing Hall owner
Shin Goto as Fisherman A
 Kozo Mito as Fisherman B
Hiroshi Kawaguchi as Mr. Osabe
Miki Ito as Mrs. Osabe

Music

Opening song:

"100 Mono Tobira"

Closing song:

"Mō Kimi Dake o Hanashitari wa Shinai"

The Pursuit of the Fish E-mail (お魚メールの追跡 ,Osakana Mēru no Tsuiseki) is the 438th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Azusa Enomoto

Ran Mouri

Eri Kisaki

Café Poirot Master

Case

Situation

The waitress of Café Poirot, Azusa Enomoto, reported she received strange messages from a boy, suggesting he might be kidnapped or trapped in a location without food and water. The only way to find him is by reading his text messages. The boy only knows how to send, but does not know how to receive. Conan must combine the clues he's given to find out his location.

People

Mitsuru Osabe
	5 years old Toddler

Mr. Osabe
	Mitsuru's father

Mrs. Osabe
	Mitsuru's mother

Resolution

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The meaning of the texts

• The boy's first text mentioned a lot of people wearing hats and fish being caught in a net, implying that he is near a fishing spot.
• Since the boy's following texts mentioned a restaurant sign, people wearing hats, and people peering down at him, he must be in a position which requires him to look up. Also, because no one has yet to show concern for a boy left alone without his father for a long period of time, he must be inside a car.
• The fifth text about there actually being three fish in the sky, not just one refers to Koinobori, carp streamers. Since one streamer became three, that implies that wind has picked up, and thus Mitsuru's location is Komaezaki.
• The fourth text referring to fish being in a net is because a large net surrounding a practice golf course had overlapped with the carp streamers, thus seeming like a giant net in the sky with fish in it.

Conclusion

Conan and the others find Mitsuru passed out in the car. He comes to just before Ran kicks the door open, and agrees after persuasion to come out of the car. Kogoro overhears two men speaking about a fight that occurred earlier, with one ending up with an injury to the head. Shortly afterward, Mitsuru's father comes running. As it turns out, he had attempted to break up a fight, got knocked out and ended up in the hospital. Mitsuru's mother also arrives--as it turns out, she was hospitalized and had just been discharged. Mitsuru's father had come to Komaezaki together with Mitsuru to pick her up. Mitsuru was left without any knowledge of the true reason in order to keep it as a surprise and to prevent him from worrying about his mother.

At the end, Ran hints to Kogoro about how she wishes that she too wants to become a family of three.

Trivia

• Mitsuru's father's van is a 2005 Honda Airwave [GJ].
• Azusa has a pink cell phone with three cell phone strap attachments. One is a fluffball with a fish, another is a teddy bear, and the third is a sneaker.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	100もの扉	100 Mono Tobira	100 Doors	100 Mono Tobira
2	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	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~
4	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	「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~
8	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	コナンと警備員	Konan to Keibiin	Conan and the Guard	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
10	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	対決のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Showdown Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
12	暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki	Assassin's Theme - Sniping	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	コナンと警備員	Konan to Keibiin	Conan and the Guard	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
15	絆	Kizuna	Bonds	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	もう君だけを離したりはしない	Mō Kimi Dake o Hanashitari wa Shinai	I'll Never Let You Go	Mō Kimi Dake o Hanashitari wa Shinai
17	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
18	エンディング	Endingu	Ending	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	رسالة السمكة الطائرة	The Message of the Flying Fish
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Seguint la pista del missatge del peix	Following the fish message clue
German	Die Rückverfolgung der Fisch-Nachrichten	The back pursuit of the fish message
Italian	Messaggi in codice	Coded message
Thai	ตามรอยจากเมลเรื่องปลา	Tracing from the mail about fish
Vietnamese	Lần Theo Tin Nhắn Liên Quan Đến Cá	The Tracking of the Fish Message

See also

• Season 11