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{{InfoBox TV
| episode             = 357
| image               = TV Episode 357.jpg
| title               = Sweetheart is an Illusion of Spring
| english-title       =
| japanese-title      = 恋人は春のまぼろし <br> (Koibito wa Haru no Maboroshi)
| rating              = 12.4%
| Filler case number  = #113
| season              = [[Season 13|13]]
| manga               = '''TV Original'''
| airdate             = April 26, 2004
| english-airdate     =
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Kazunobu Chiba]]
| suspects            =
| solved-by           = [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]]
| next-conan-hint     = Two-person portion meal
| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] <br> [[Michiyo Yanagisawa]] as Sachiko Nishimura <br> [[Junko Midori]] as Mrs. Henmi <br> [[Naomi Kusumi]] as Hiroyuki Henmi <br> [[Yasuhiko Kawazu]] as Butcher <br> [[Chika Okuhara]] as Kyoko Kawamura <br> [[Tomoko Ishimura]] as Shigeko <br> [[Takezumi Nishimura]] as Izaki <br> [[Mitsuaki Madono]] as Kenji Suenaga
| director            = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay          = [[Nobuo Ogizawa]]
| organizer           =
| storyboard          = [[Masahiro Hosoda]]
| producer            = [[Katsuyoshi Yatabe]]
| animation-director  = [[Katsunori Enokimoto]]
| opening-song        = START
| closing-song        = Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o
| prev-episode        = Kaitou Kid's Miraculous Midair Walk
| next-episode        = Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5
| footnotes           =
}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
Ran and Conan run into Sachiko, an acquaintance of Ran's, while shopping. She says she is buying steak and wine for dinner with her lover who's visiting. Ran is impressed that Sachiko has someone she wants to cook for. The next day Ran and Conan find that Sachiko is murdered. Kogoro gets permission to take a look, since Sachiko was a friend of Ran.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime               = Murder-Robbery
| image               = EP357 Case.jpg
| location            = Beika
| victim              = Sachiko Nishimura
| age                 = 29 years old
| time                = 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM
| cause-death         = Blow to the back of the head
| suspects            = Sachiko's lover
| description         = Sachiko was about to call the police when she was bludgeoned with a bronze statue. Money and jewels are missing from the apartment.
| footnotes           =
}}

Everyone suspects Sachiko's lover, who is nowhere to be found. The place has been robbed of money and jewels. But only Sachiko's steak had been eaten and there were no prints besides Sachiko's found on any of the items on the table. Ran can't believe that someone who Sachiko loved would do such a thing remembering how happy Sachiko had seemed the day before. Other odd points comes to light. Why does this lover only visit on 25th every month? Why didn't Sachiko tell her close friend from her school day about him? Why didn't this lover touch his food? All they find out is that the relationship began a year and a half ago, and that Sachiko would be excited when 25th would come around.
A witness, who Sachiko had brought wine from, claims to have seen the lover leaving her building, recognizing him from a month ago, and agrees to provide a sketch. Just as Ran is about to give up hoping for the lover's innocent, she starts to realize the truth with hints from Conan. She and Conan questions a friend of Sachiko and thereafter an elder lady. Then they go to Takagi, convinced that the lover isn't the killer.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Sachiko Nishimura|Sachiko Nishimura.jpg|
* Victim (bludgeoned)
* 29 years old
* Company employee}}
{{People|Muramatsu|EP357 Man1.jpg|
* Butcher}}
{{People|Shigeko|EP357 Woman.jpg|
* Witness
* Sachiko's neighbor}}
{{People|Kyoko Kawamura|Kyoko Kawamura.jpg|
* 29 years old
* Sachiko's friend}}
{{People|Kenji Suenaga|Kenji Suenaga.jpg|
* 26 years old
* Liquor shop worker
* Witness}}
{{People|Izaki|EP357 Izaki.jpg|
* Kenji's friend}}
{{People|Man #2|EP357 Man2.jpg|
* Liquor shop owner
* Kenji's boss}}
{{People|Hiroyuki Henmi|EP357 Henmi1.jpg|
* Deceased (5 years ago)
* Mountaineer
* Sachiko's lover}}
{{People|Mrs. Henmi|EP357 Henmi2.jpg|
* Hiroyuki's mother}}
{{People|Kawamura|EP357-Kawamura.jpg|
* Kyoko's son}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>It's later revealed that Sachiko's lover died in a tragic climbing accident, and every month on the 25th for the last year and a half she has honored his memory with making dinner for them both, because the lover had, before he went away, promised to come back on 25th. The mother of the lover had given Sachiko pictures, that had been found, on the 25th an year and a half ago, which Sachiko took as a sign that her lover had come back. The murderer, '''Kenji Suenaga''' is confronted by Takagi, Ran and Conan; he eventually admits to killing Sachiko for rejecting him. He thought at she made up the lover to reject him and killed her in anger. He then stole her money and jewel to make it look like money was the motive for the murder and gave a false testimony to the police to mislead them. And the evidence? Kenji gave the stolen money to a friend, who he had borrowed money from. The money still had the fingerprints from both him and Sachiko. The friend also informed Takagi that Kenji had asked Sachiko out, but was rejected, and that he has complained about it for the last month.
When the killer insults the victim, Conan points out that if Sachiko only intended to reject Kenji with this 'lover', then there had been no need for buying the wine and make the dinner for two. Ran explains the story of Sachiko's late lover to Kenji's shock.</spoiler>

== BGM listing ==
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|START|START|START|[[START]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|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|3|コナンの勝利 （夜空ver.）|Konan no Shōri (Yozora ver.)|Conan's Victory (Night Sky ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|推理 （不気味ver.）|Suiri (Bukimi ver.)|Deduction (Ominous ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|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|7|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|蘭のテーマ （涙ver.）|Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)|Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|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|10|前話回想|Zenwa Kaisō|Previous Story Recollection|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|沈む夕陽|Shizumu Yūhi|Depressing Sunset|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|漆黒の殺意|Shikkoku no Satsui|Jet Black Murderous Intent|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|コナンの直感|Konan no Chokkan|Conan's Intuition|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|「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|15|眠る君の横顔に微笑みを|Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o|The Feeling When I See Your Smile While Sleeping|[[Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|コナンの勝利 （夜空ver.）|Konan no Shōri (Yozora ver.)|Conan's Victory (Night Sky ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|THE END（あれまぁ～）|THE END (Aremā~)|THE END ("Good Heavens!")|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
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== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|L'amant és una il·lusió de la primavera|Sweetheart is a spring illusion}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|L'amant és una il·lusió de la primavera|Sweetheart is a spring illusion}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Ihr Freund ist eine Frühlingsillusion|His sweetheart is a spring illusion}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Un fidanzato misterioso|A Mysterious Boyfriend}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Castilian dub)|El falso novio de primavera|The spring fake boyfriend}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Tình nhân ảo của mùa xuân}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 13]]

{{Season 13}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Anime Exclusive]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Katsunori Enokimoto]]