The Lucky Cigar Case

2018-02-13T17:11:38Z

Kudoedogawa: /* Resolution */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 318-319
| image = TV Episode 318-319.jpg
| title = The Lucky Cigar Case
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 幸運のシガーケース (Kōun no Shigā Kēsu)
| rating = 14.60% 15.10%
| Filler case number = #105
| season = [[Season 12|12]]
| manga = '''TV Original'''
| airdate = May 5, 2003 (Part 1) May 12, 2003 (Part 2)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Sango Yokomizo]] [[Minor law enforcement#Anime-only based episodes|Policeman]] [[Minor law enforcement#Anime-only based episodes|Policeman]]
| suspects = Shiro Umetani, Haruo Nakano, and Eigo Kasahara
| solved-by = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint = Brake (Part 1) Cigar (Part 2)
| voice-cast =[[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akio Otsuka]] as [[Sango Yokomizo]] [[Kan Tokumaru]] as Shiro Umetani [[Masaharu Sato]] as Eigo Kasahara [[Nobuo Tobita]] as Haruo Nakano [[Katsumi Toriumi]] as Masaki Hiramatsu [[Takeshi Nagasako]] as [[Minor law enforcement#Anime-only based episodes|Policeman]] [[Akira Sasanuma]] as Policeman Shimada
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Masato Sato]] (asst.)
| screenplay = [[Shunsuke Ozawa]]
| organizer =
| storyboard = [[Chika Ichimaru]]
| producer = 318 [[Nana Harada]] 319 [[Kazuyoshi Yokota]]
| animation-director = 318 [[Izumi Shimura]] 319 [[Akiko Kawashima]]
| opening-song = Kaze no Lalala
| closing-song = Ashita o Yume Mite
| prev-episode = The Sullied Masked Hero
| next-episode = The Art of Ninja Alibi Craft
| footnotes =
}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Sango Yokomizo}}
{{Char|Minor law enforcement#Anime-only based episodes|EP589-590 Police Officer|display=Policeman}}
{{Char|Minor law enforcement#Anime-only based episodes|EP185-186 Police Officer|display=Policeman}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Wristwatch Flashlight}}
}}

== Case ==

=== Situation ===
==== Part 1 ====
Kogoro, Ran and Conan driving in a rented car late somewhere in the mountains when suddenly the car breaks down. Being all dark outside and with fog everywhere, Ran starts to freak out. Not long after, they notice a car right in front of them turning into a small passageway (through the mountains) which they haven't noticed before because of the fog. They decide to walk and take the passageway in the hope of finding help nearby. They eventually come across a building that belongs to a company named "Kuron Healthiness Instrument Stock Company". There are some cars in the parking lot and some of them are still hot (which Conan figures were recently used and that one of them is most certainly the car they noticed earlier). After ringing at the door, a man shows up but almost immediately asks them to leave in an unwelcoming tone. After locking the door and disappearing inside, another man shows up 15 seconds later telling them to come in. Once inside, the same man who tried to push them away loudly expresses his disapproval for letting them in saying they could be "spies". Suddenly, the company owner comes out of his office quite upset about all the noise. Kogoro quickly tries to reassure them all saying they're not suspects and that he's private detective, Kogoro Mouri. The owner immediately adopts a friendlier attitude and apologizes for being so ignorant. He then offers his business card to Mouri introducing himself as Meko, the owner of the Kuron Healthiness Instrument Stock Company.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = EP318-319a Case.jpg
| location = Kuron Health Appliances Company
| victim = Shiro Umetani
| cause-death = Stab Wound
| cause-death-label = Injury
| age = 45 Years old
| suspects = Masaki Hiramatsu
| description =
}}

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident?
| image = EP318-319b Case.jpg
| location = On a road in the mountains
| victim = Masaki Hiramatsu
| age = 33 Years old
| cause-death = Car accident (due to brake oil leak)
| suspects = Shiro Umetani, Haruo Nakano, and Eigo Kasahara
| description = Masaki Hiramatsu is found dead in a car accident.
}}

==== Part 2 ====

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Shiro Umetani|Shiro_Umetani.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed-injured)
* 45 years old
* President of Kuron Health Appliances Company
}}
{{People|Haruo Nakano|Haruo_Nakano.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Director of Development Department 1}}
{{People|Eigo Kasahara|Eigo_Kasahara.jpg|
* 42 years old
* Director of Development Department 2}}
{{People|Masaki Hiramatsu|Masaki_Hiramatsu.jpg|
* Victim (fell)
* 33 years old
* Director of Development Department 3}}
{{People|Shimada|Shimada.jpg|
* Policeman}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===

<spoiler>
The president, '''Shiro Umetani''' was found guilty.
He cut off the braking fluid of the victim's car and adjusted the position of a roadway mirror so that Hiramatsu would
be blinded by the reflection of his own headlights and fall to his death. To further ensure he died, all the other cars had their tires
punctured so that the victim could only use his. The competition for the model chair design of the company's was also delayed so tha
the murder could occur when there was fog (completely impairing the victim's vision).

Umetani pretended that he would refuse to auction the Aimizu model and keep the victim
as his subordinate but the deal had already been made. Umetani could not resist selling such a well designed chair and Hiramatsu blackmailed the president to let him leave the company having already preprogrammed the chair to self detonate after midnight.

In the surveillance video, Hiramatsu was talking to the president about the password necessary to stop the detonation. He later impulsively stabs Umetani twice, the first out of blind rage that his initial murder plan failed and second because he was goaded by Umetani to finish the job (lest the president come after him with a warrant) Specifically Umetani tells Hiramatsu to stab him at the letter O of the massage chair apparatus to fatally kill him. However he prepared the cheap cigar case to block the stab beforehand. The fact that the Umetani model refuses to self-destruct confirms the transaction in the mute video and that the president killed Hiramatsu. A digital recording of Hiramatsu's voice entailing the deal seals the case.

Umetani's motive to kill was how Hiramatsu intended to murder him then inherit his assets using a fake will indicating suicide. Hiramatsu besides being sick of the president's harsh work ethic left the company out of spite to let it fail after the Aimizu chair loses all popularity upon release.
</spoiler>

== BGM listing ==
===Part 1===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|風のららら|Kaze no Lalala|The Wind's Lalala|[[Kaze no Lalala]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|元太のテーマ（未収録ヴァージョン）|Genta no Tēma (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|Genta's Theme (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|シンドラーのサスペンス|Shindorā no Sasupensu|Schindler's Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|シンドラーのサスペンス|Shindorā no Sasupensu|Schindler's Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|カギを探せ！（未収録ヴァージョン）|Kagi o Sagase! (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|Search for the Key! (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|のんびり気分（アナザーver.）|Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)|Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|過去のあやまち|Kako no Ayamachi|Error of the Past|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|「何だこの痕跡は？」（未収録ヴァージョン）|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|脅迫（パート２）|Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)|Threat (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|事件現場（オリジナルver.）|Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)|Scene of the Case (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|悪のテーマ（パート１）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)|Theme of Evil (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|ジンのテーマＦ|Jin no Tēma F|Gin's Theme F|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|明日を夢見て|Ashita o Yume Mite|Dreaming of Tomorrow|[[Ashita o Yume Mite]]}}
{{EndTable}}

===Part 2===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|風のららら|Kaze no Lalala|The Wind's Lalala|[[Kaze no Lalala]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|謎解き（その２）|Nazotoki (Sono 2)|Riddle Solution (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|悪のテーマ（パート２）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|「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~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|黒い影─挑戦|Kuroi Kage - Chōsen|Black Shadow - Challenge|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|真相究明|Shinsō Kyūmei|Investigating the Truth|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|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|10|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|小五郎の推理|Kogorō no Suiri|Kogoro's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|事件現場（ショートver.）|Jiken Genba (Shōto ver.)|Scene of the Case (Short ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|暗殺者のテーマ─事件の予感|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Jiken no Yokan|Assassin's Theme - Foreboding Case|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|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]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|明日を夢見て|Ashita o Yume Mite|Dreaming of Tomorrow|[[Ashita o Yume Mite]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|THE END（あれまぁ～）|THE END (Aremā~)|THE END ("Good Heavens!")|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}
<gallery perrow="6">
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*Eigo Kasahara's car is a black Jaguar XJ [X300]. The license plate number is 静300, い 31-19 (Shizu 300, I 31-19).
*Haruo Nakano's car is a 1998 Gray Volkswagen New Beetle [Type 9C].
*Masaki Hiramatsu's car is a 1991 Green Mitsubishi Pajero [V20]. The license plate number is 静300, に 11-74 (Shizu 300, Ni 11-74).

==In other languages==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|La petaca de la sort|}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Il portasigari portafortuna|The Lucky Cigar Case}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|La pitillera de la buena suerte|}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==

* [[Season 12]]

{{Season 12}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Anime Exclusive]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Izumi Shimura]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Akiko Kawashima]]

Detective Conan Wiki - User contributions [en]

The Lucky Cigar Case