The Naniwa Serial Murder Case

2021-03-22T05:46:10Z

Kim Se Jeong: /* Characters introduced */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 118
| image = TV Episode 118.jpg
| title = The Naniwa Serial Murder Case
| english-title = License to Die
| japanese-title = 浪花の連続殺人事件 (Naniwa no Renzoku Satsujin Jiken)
| rating = 21.2%
| Manga case number = #54
| season = [[Season 5|5]]
| manga = [[Volume 19#Stabbed Wallet Case|Volume 19: Files 5-8 (185-188)]]
| airdate = September 23, 1998 * July 19, 2004 '''(Rerun)''' *
| dubbed-episode = Episode 124-125
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Heiji Hattori]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kazuha Toyama]] [[Heizo Hattori]] [[Ginshiro Toyama]] [[Goro Otaki]] [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] [[Shinichi Kudo]]
| suspects = Unknown serial killer
| solved-by = [[Heiji Hattori]]
| next-conan-hint = Car mirror N/A '''(Rerun)'''
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]], Next Conan's Hint [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]], Next Conan's Hint [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ryo Horikawa]] as [[Heiji Hattori]] [[Yuko Miyamura]] as [[Kazuha Toyama]] [[Takehiro Koyama]] as [[Heizo Hattori]] [[Masato Sako]] as [[Ginshiro Toyama]] [[Norio Wakamoto]] as [[Goro Otaki]] [[Kazuya Ichijou]] as Yusuke Sakata [[Yukiko Hattori]] as Sumie Okazaki [[Takaya Hashi]] as Sotaro Goshi [[Naoki Tatsuta]] as [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]] [[Yukimasa Natori]] as Teahouse owner [[Hitoshi Horimoto]] as Secretary [[Katsumi Suzuki]] as Newscaster [[Kazunari Tanaka]] as Policeman A [[Nobuaki Kanemitsu]] as Policeman B
| director = [[Kenji Kodama]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Michiyo Sakurai]]
| storyboard = [[Michiyo Sakurai]]
| producer = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| animation-director = [[Keiko Sasaki]] [[Hiroto Yokote]]
| opening-song = Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
| closing-song = Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni
| prev-episode = The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case
| next-episode = The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case
| footnotes = * 1 Hour Special
}}
{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|浪花の連続殺人事件|Naniwa no Renzoku Satsujin Jiken}} is the 118th episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Goro Otaki]]|image = Goro Otaki.jpg|link = Goro Otaki|description =
* Inspector from Osaka Prefecture Police}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kazuha Toyama]]|image = Kazuha Toyama.jpg|link = Kazuha Toyama|description =
* 17 years old
* Heiji's friend and love interest}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Ginshiro Toyama]]|image = Ginshiro Toyama.jpg|link = Ginshiro Toyama|description =
* Detective from Osaka Prefecture Police
* Kazuha's father}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]]|image = Kichiro Numabuchi.jpg|link = Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|description =
* Serial hold-up murderer}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Heiji Hattori}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Heizo Hattori}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (background)}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
Heiji invites Conan, Ran, and Kogoro to visit him in Osaka, taking them on a sightseeing tour. In a restaurant, they run into Kazuha Toyama, Heiji's childhood friend, who appears to be jealous of Ran, asking her if she's "that Kudo girl" that Heiji keeps talking about and telling Ran to back off, because Heiji and her have been "joined by steel" for ages. Ran laughs and explains herself and the two girls hit it off. After finishing their meal, Kazuha joins them on their exploration of the city, but, as they leave the restaurant, a dead body falls from the roof of the building, hitting Kogoro's rental car.

The police arrive and quickly realise that this newest victim, a man in his forties, has been killed in the same fashion as two other people who died a few days earlier, by being stabbed in the heart through their wallets.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder (Past)
| image = EP118a Case.jpg
| location = [[Wikipedia: Toyonaka|Toyonaka City]]
| victim = Hidetoshi Nagao
| age =
| time =
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects =
| description =
| footnotes =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder (Past)
| image = EP118b Case.jpg
| location = [[Wikipedia: Hirakata|Hirakata City]]
| victim = Tayo Nishiguchi
| age =
| time =
| cause-death = Stab wound
| suspects =
| description =
| footnotes =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP118c Case.jpg
| location = [[Wikipedia: Shinsaibashi|Shinsai Bridge]]
| victim = Kazuto Noyasu
| age = 41 years old
| time =
| cause-death = Fell off the window and stab wound
| suspects =
| description =
| footnotes =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Murder
| image = EP118d Case.jpg
| location = Public toilet near the Seito condo
| victim = Sumie Okazaki
| age = 39 years old
| time =
| cause-death = Strangulation and stab wound
| suspects =
| description =
| footnotes =
}}

A careful study of the victims' driver records reveals they all attended the same driving school. Heiji is the first one to learn of this and decides to confront the Congressman about it. Meanwhile Conan rejoins Ran and Kogoro only to be swooped away to a hidden shack where a serial killer is believed to be, but with a photo of the driving record and the testimony of the serial killer it appears two mysteries are about to be solved.

=== People ===
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{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Hidetoshi Nagao]]|Hidetoshi Nagao.jpg|fsize=0.80em|
* Deceased (stabbed)
* Department store manager
* Goshi's former personal secretary}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Tayo Nishiguchi]]|Tayo Nishiguchi.jpg|
* Deceased (stabbed)
* Bar owner}}
{{People|[[Minor law enforcement#Yusuke Sakata|Yusuke Sakata]]|Yusuke Sakata.jpg|
* 26 years old
* Osaka police detective from Investigation Unit 1, Tojiri Station}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Kazuto Noyasu]]|Kazuto Noyasu.jpg|fsize=0.80em|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 41 years old
* Taxi driver
* Goshi's former personal chauffeur}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Sotaro Goshi]]|Sotaro Goshi.jpg|
* Assemblyman}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Sumie Okazaki]]|Sumie Okazaki.jpg|
* Victim (strangled & stabbed)
* 39 years old
* Office worker}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Chef]]|https://imgbox.com/GAwExg2p|
* Osakan Chef at Restaurant}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Man]]|https://imgbox.com/TEr7GnHi|
* Man on Roof of Restaurant}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Man 2]]|https://imgbox.com/fAyyjzdI|
* Man who found body}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Policeman]]|https://imgbox.com/EPkyWtUW|
* Policeman}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Paramedic]]|https://imgbox.com/EoipwvtF|
* Paramedic}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Policeman]]|https://imgbox.com/2oSE4ZCa|
* Policeman}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Paramedic]]|https://imgbox.com/iBxFsLFF|
* Paramedic}}
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=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Tetsujii Inaba]]|https://imgbox.com/bimctcLS|
* Driving Instructor
* Yusuke's father}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Mrs. Inaba]]|https://imgbox.com/9O4lvcld|
* TetsuJii's wife
* Yusuke's mother}}

The killer was '''Yusuke Sakata''', one of the detectives. His real name is Yusuke Inaba, and twenty years ago his father, a very strict driving instructor, was killed when a tasteless prank involving alcohol and his car went too far, and it was performed by the four victims plus the serial killer Numabuchi and Assemblyman Goshi.

Sakata always had doubts about Inaba's death, as he was a very careful and responsible man. When investigating the case with Numabuchi, however, Numabuchi started screaming and begging for "Instructor Inaba"'s forgiveness, due to their noticeable physical resemblance. Ever since then, he kept Numabuchi hidden in the forest, but was planning to kill him and frame him for the murders he'd commit as revenge for his father's death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = EP118e Case.jpg
| location = Abandoned shack
| victim = [[Ran Mouri]] and [[Conan Edogawa]]
|victim-label = Victims
| age =
| cause-death = Stabbing
| cause-death-label = Attack Types
| suspects = Kiichiro Numabuchi
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = When he was located in a shack outside of Osaka, Kiichiro Numabuchi lost it and attempted to stab the closest person with a knife, then run away. Ran Mouri was said "closest person", but Conan jumped in front to block the blow. The knife caught on Hattori's omamori which he lent Conan earlier; Conan was in pain and out of breath, but after resting a little he was fine.
| footnotes =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = EP118 Case5.jpg
| location = Near the shack
| victim = [[Hattori Heiji]] and Yusuke Sakata
| victim-label = Victims
| age = 26 years old (Yusuke)
| cause-death = Gunshot Wound (Heiji) and Burnt Alive
| cause-death-label = Cause
| suspects = Yusuke Sakata
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = Sakata's soon-to-be target was the Congressman, but he failed. By that time, Heiji had realized on his own that he was the killer and confronted him. Yusuke explained why did he kill several people and intended to kill Numabuchi and the Congressman, then got ready to shoot himself dead with his service gun; Heiji tried to stop him and empty the gun itself, but in the struggle he got shot, and the rest of the projectiles hit a fas tank and the place caught fire.
}}</spoiler>

== Manga to anime changes ==
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
* In the manga, Heiji remarks that the trick that was used to make the corpse of the third victim fall to the ground is the same as [[Volume 13#Illustrator Murder Case|the one]] used in a case that Kogoro (or rather, Conan) solved before. This part was removed in the anime.

== Translation changes ==
=== Anime ===
* The names of the characters in the [[Funimation]] Dub are:
:* Yusuke Sakata - Truman Salinger
:* Sotaro Goshi - Congressman Grady
:* Tayo Nishiguchi - Tammy Nightengale
:* Hidetoshi Nagao - Nathan Tollingsworth
:* Kazuto Noyasu - Castron Odalis
:* Sumie Okazaki - Susan Connely

== Rerun ==
* The episode was rerun on July 19, 2004. It was unchanged except for the addition of a new scene at the beginning.

== Trivia ==
* When [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] explains at the end why he put himself in danger to prevent the culprit from committing suicide, he cites [[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi's]] principle, enunciated in [[Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case]], that a detective should never force the culprit into suicide in the process of deducing their identity.
* This is the episode that [[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]] first mistook [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] for Heiji's ''''Kudo'''," and presumed love interest.
* This is the first case that takes place in Heiji Hattori's home town of Osaka.
* This is the case that Hattori is worried about a nightmare that he had, where Kudo/[[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] ends up dying.
* Kazuha and Heiji's "bond of steel" is when they were little kids they were handcuffed together once.
* Kazuha keeps the link of the handcuffs as a momento around her neck, and gave one to Heiji with the handcuff key as an amulet, which protects him.
* This is the case that Hattori smuggled Conan inside of his jacket.
* This is the episode that Hattori places his amulet around Conan's neck to keep him safe.
* This is the first episode that Ran almost got stabbed, however Conan jumped in the way of the knife.
* In a way, this is the first case where Conan gets stabbed, however, thanks to Hattori's amulet, which completely protected him from the knife, he was only temporarily breathless, but okay. In short, Conan had his first near miss with being stabbed, but he was not really stabbed, however, it was a near miss.
* This is the first episode that Kazuha uses her aikido to take down a culprit, in short the serial killer who stabbed Conan.
* This is the first episode that Hattori got shot, although accidentally, since he fought to avoid a culprit's suicide.

== BGM listing ==
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{{BGMListingItem|1|運命のルーレット廻して|Unmei no Roulette Mawashite|Spinning the Roulette of Destiny|[[Unmei no Roulette Mawashite]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|犯人の謎|Hannin no Nazo|The Mystery of the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|昼下がりの天使たち|Hirusagari no Tenshitachi|Early Afternoon Angels|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|蘭のテーマ（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)|Ran's Theme (Skyscraper ver.)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|少年探偵団のテーマ|Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma|The Detective Boys' Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|蘭・愛のテーマ|Ran・Ai no Tēma|Ran's Love Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|ターゲットサスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|ターゲットサスペンスＧ|Tāgetto Sasupensu G|Target Suspense G|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|コナンの大作戦１|Konan no Daisakusen 1|Conan's Big Battle 1|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|犯人の謎|Hannin no Nazo|The Mystery of the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|蘭・愛のテーマ（ギターver.）|Ran・Ai no Tēma (Gitā ver.)|Ran's Love Theme (Guitar ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|ターゲットサスペンスＣ|Tāgetto Sasupensu C|Target Suspense C|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|ターゲットサスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|ターゲットサスペンスＢ|Tāgetto Sasupensu B|Target Suspense B|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|コナンの大作戦２|Konan no Daisakusen 2|Conan's Big Battle 2|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|ターゲットサスペンスＢ|Tāgetto Sasupensu B|Target Suspense B|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|21|ターゲットサスペンスＣ|Tāgetto Sasupensu C|Target Suspense C|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|22|犯人の謎|Hannin no Nazo|The Mystery of the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|23|殺意|Satsui|Murderous Intent|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|24|ターゲットサスペンスＣ|Tāgetto Sasupensu C|Target Suspense C|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|25|コナンが通る|Konan ga Tōru|Conan Passes By|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|26|ターゲットサスペンスＪ|Tāgetto Sasupensu J|Target Suspense J|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|27|何かが起きる…|Nanika ga Okiru...|Something Happened...|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|28|ターゲットサスペンスＣ|Tāgetto Sasupensu C|Target Suspense C|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|29|ターゲットサスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|30|ターゲットサスペンスＣ|Tāgetto Sasupensu C|Target Suspense C|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|31|蘭・愛のテーマ（ギターver.）|Ran・Ai no Tēma (Gitā ver.)|Ran's Love Theme (Guitar ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|32|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|33|殺意|Satsui|Murderous Intent|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|34|ターゲットサスペンスＤ|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|35|ターゲットサスペンスＧ|Tāgetto Sasupensu G|Target Suspense G|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|36|ターゲットサスペンスＩ|Tāgetto Sasupensu I|Target Suspense I|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|37|挫折|Zasetsu|Frustration|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|38|「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ（バラードver.）|"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Barādo ver.) |"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Ballad ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|39|氷の上に立つように|Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni|Like Standing on Ice|[[Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|40|名探偵コナン・メインテーマ（ヴォーカル・ヴァージョン)|Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Vōkaru・Vājon)|Detective Conan Main Theme (Vocal ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|41|蘭のテーマ|Ran no Tēma|Ran's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
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== Gallery ==
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== In other languanges ==
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|خوف الشمال|Fear of the North}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|El cas dels assassinats en serie de Naniwa|The serial murders in Naniwa case}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|Els assassinats en sèrie d'Osaka|The Osaka serial murders}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|浪花連續殺人事件|The Naniwa Serial Murder Case}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=France|French|Meurtres en série à Osaka|Serial Murder in Osaka}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Galicia|Galician|Os asasinatos en serie de Osaka|The Osaka serial murders}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Der Serienmörder von Osaka|The Serial Killer of Osaka}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Venti anni fa|Twenty Years Ago}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=US|Spanish (American dub)|La misteriosa serie de asesinatos|The mysterious serial of murders}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Castilian dub)|Los asesinatos en serie de Naniwa|The Naniwa serial murders}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|คดีฆาตกรรมต่อเนื่องแห่งนานิวะ|The Naniwa serial murder case}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Vụ án giết người hàng loạt ở Naniwa|The Naniwa Serial Murder Case}}
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== See also ==
* [[Season 5]]

{{Season 5}}

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[[Category:Rerun episode]]

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