The Strange Family's Request

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Episode 398-399
(Int. Episode 432-433)

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Information
Title: The Strange Family's Request
Japanese title: 奇妙な一家の依頼
(Kimyō na Ikka no Irai)
Original airdate: May 16, 2005 (Part 1)
May 23, 2005 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating: 12.7%
12.2%
Manga case: #138
Season: 14
Manga source: Volume 46: File 11 (479) ~
Volume 47: File 3 (482)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Shinichi Kudo
Ai Haibara
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Hiroshi Agasa
The Boss
Gin
Vodka
Vermouth
Case solved by: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Next Conan's Hint: Cell phone lock (Part 1)
The event from 12 years ago (Part 2)
Staff
Director: Masato Sato
Organizer: 398 Yuzo Aoki
399 Roko Ogiwara
Storyboard: 398 Yuzo Aoki
399 Roko Ogiwara
Episode director: 398 Minoru Tozawa
399 Roko Ogiwara
Animation Director: 398 Rei Masunaga
399 Hirobi Muranaka
Character Design: Mari Tominaga
Keiko Sasaki (sub-character)
Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Music
Opening song: Hoshi no Kagayaki yo
Closing song: June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~
Chronology
Prev episode: « Hot, Bitter, Sweet Soup
Next episode: Ran's Suspicions »
List of episodes

The Strange Family's Request (奇妙な一家の依頼 Kimyō na Ikka no Irai?) is the 398th and 399th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Case

Situation

Part 1

Ran sends a message to Shinichi's phone only to find Conan's phone has also received the message causing her to suspect Conan calling Shinichi for help on cases. A woman named Tomoko Kariya hires Kogoro to search for her cellphone which contains messages of her affair. She attempted to call her phone and someone always hangs it up. She suspects that her either her father-in-law, brother-in-law, or husband has her phone. After questioning the three, Tomoko shows up with her phone, saying that she has found it on her own and sends Kogoro away promising to pay for his time. While heading to Professor Agasa's house to tell him about Ran's suspicion of Conan being Shinichi (despite Ran suspecting Conan calling Shinichi for help on cases), Conan learns from the news that Tomoko was found dead in her car after being stabbed and bludgeoned.

Murder

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Location: Temuzu River
Victim: Tomoko Kariya
Age: 39 years old
Cause of death: Stab wound on abdomen and blunt-force trauma
Suspects: Daisaku Kariya, Shigehide Kariya, and Tsugutaka Kariya
She was stabbed and then killed by a blow to the head, same as a case twelve years earlier.

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan return to the Kariya home with the police to investigate. The three have established alibis: The father was heard behind the shōji, the brother's shadow was seen by the shōji, and the husband's pipe smoking was smelt. After ruling out the man having an affair with Tomoko, the police's investigation leads them to believe the case is somehow related to a murder twelve years ago which was done by Eisuke Kariya, the third family son who disappeared after being suspected for the murder of his fiancé. The man, who Tomoko had an affair with, turns out to have an alibi. Strange things had been happening in the house lately. An old friend of Eisuke had called Tomoko, to ask about phone calls he has been getting from her cellphone. With Conan's help the police concluded that the thief, who took the phone, must have been someone who wouldn't be disturb for a long time, which is needed to figure out the password to the phone. While Conan is thinking, Ran waits for Conan to call Shinichi and when he does Ran would get the phone and talk with Shinichi.

Part 2

Murder (Past)

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Location: Phone-booth
Victim: Motoka Aida
Cause of death: Stab wound on abdomen and blunt-force trauma
Suspects: Eisuke Kariya
She was stabbed and then killed by a blow to the head twelve years ago. Her fiancé Eisuke disappeared and has not yet been found.

Ran begins to think about Conan's personality and ends up suspecting that Conan is Shinichi. Then another doorbell prank happened. The maids reveal that twenty years ago, Eisuke called the family, asking to let Motoka stay for the night, since she miss her train, but his father Daisaku began yell at Motoka in the phone, accusing her of being unfaithful. No one knows how he found out about it, but Daisaku is very strict about infidelity, because his wife had been unfaithful to him, which resulted in a divorce. The maids tells the police that Tsugutaka gets really upset about the doorbell pranks and of phone call prank, but strangely there is no call in the log. That get Conan thinking. He asks Ran if she had send a message. When Ran, in suspicious mode, says yes, Conan asks if she check the number before sending it. Ran says that she didn't need to check, since she was just re-sending the message she send this morning, but as she takes out her phone to and realize that she actually send a message to a completely different address, and Conan realize how Tomoko was able to find her phone. Conan reveals that the person who has the cellphone is obviously inexperienced with one. Since cellphones weren't popularized until a decade ago, the one who had the phone is Eisuke. Conan reveals that one of the three is hiding Eisuke.

People

  • Resolution

    Trivia

    • Tomoko Kariya's car is an Iris Red Pearl 2001 Honda Fit (Honda Jazz) [GD].
    • This is the first case that shows Conan's soccer ball cell phone strap.
    • Sometimes in this case, Conan's cell phone appeared red, and other times, grayish.

    Manga to anime changes

    The censored scene.
    • The scene of Ran's imagination of Shinichi and his "secret girlfriend" is changed to avoid sexual content: the manga has Shinchi and the girl sleeping naked in the same bed, while the anime has him goes out to buy a snack while the girl is in the car. Both scenes featuring the girl checking out Shinichi's cellphone. Also, the anime cut out the part at the Temuzu River in which Ran, in bad mood after Kogoro keep repeating the word "cheating", screams at him that it is not cheating because (she and Shinichi) are not married.
    • The "secret girlfriend"'s appearance appears to be an amalgamation of Ai Haibara (upper hair) and Vermouth (long wavy hair).
    • The anime doesn't include a moment during the car ride home in the end of the case, where Ran suggest that maybe Tomoko's husband had known about his wife having an affair, since he always got in a bad mood, whenever those 'pranks' happened.

    Gallery

    BGM listing

    Part 1

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 星のかがやきよ Hoshi no Kagayaki yo The Brilliance of the Stars Hoshi no Kagayaki yo
    2 ワインをのんで Wain o Nonde Drinking Wine Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    3 陽気な仲間 Yōki na Nakama Cheerful Friends Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    4 (Unreleased BGM 15)
    5 のんびり気分 Nonbiri Kibun Carefree Feeling Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    6 西の名探偵 Nishi no Meitantei The Great Detective of the West Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    7 西の名探偵 Nishi no Meitantei The Great Detective of the West Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    8 西の名探偵 Nishi no Meitantei The Great Detective of the West Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    9 事件解決 (意気揚々ver.) Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.) Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    10 何かが起きる… Nanika ga Okiru... Something Happened... Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    11 事件現場 (謎ver.) Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.) Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    12 事件解明 (オリジナルver.) Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.) Case Clarification (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    13 コナンの直感 Konan no Chokkan Conan's Intuition Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    14 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    15 Need not to know. Need not to know. Need not to know. Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    16 推理 (オリジナルver.) Suiri (Orijinaru ver.) Deduction (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    17 ジューンブライド~あなたしか見えない~ Jūn Buraido ~Anata Shika Mienai~ June Bride ~Only You I See~ June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~

    Part 2

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 星のかがやきよ Hoshi no Kagayaki yo The Brilliance of the Stars Hoshi no Kagayaki yo
    2 コナン推理 Konan Suiri Conan's Deduction Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    3 推理 (オリジナルver.) Suiri (Orijinaru ver.) Deduction (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    4 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
    5 迷路 Meiro Labyrinth Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    6 陰謀 Inbō Conspiracy Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    7 忍び寄る影 Shinobiyoru Kage Creeping Shadow Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    8 カギを探せ! Kagi o Sagase! Search for the Key! Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    9 捜査会議 Sōsa Kaigi Investigation Meeting Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    10 夜の探索 Yoru no Tansaku Night Search Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    11 小さな巨人 Chiisana Kyojin A Small Great Person Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    12 緊迫 Kinpaku Tension Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    13 小さな巨人 Chiisana Kyojin A Small Great Person Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    14 推理 (オリジナルver.) Suiri (Orijinaru ver.) Deduction (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    15 Need not to know. Need not to know. Need not to know. Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    16 ジャック・ザ・リッパーの生い立ち Jakku・Za・Rippā no Oitachi Jack the Ripper's Upbringing Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
    17 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
    18 それいけコナン (哀愁ヴァージョン) Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon) Let's Go Conan (Sorrow Version) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    19 ジューンブライド~あなたしか見えない~ Jūn Buraido ~Anata Shika Mienai~ June Bride ~Only You I See~ June Bride ~Anata Shika Mienai~
    20 驚愕の真実 Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu Surprising Truth Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic حادثة وفاة غريبة A Strange Death Incident
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) La petició d'una família estranya The strange family's request
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) La petició d'una família estranya The strange family's request
    Flag of China Chinese (Simplified) 奇妙家族的委托 The strange family's request
    Flag of Germany German Die Anfrage einer seltsamen Familie The strange family's request
    Flag of Italy Italian La strana famiglia The Strange Family
    Flag of Thailand Thai การจ้างวานจากครอบครัวพิลึก The Weird Family's Commission
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Ủy thác kì lạ của một gia đình The Strange Family's Request

    See also

    Episodes of Season 14
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