The Antique Collector Murder Case

Episode 16 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Antique Collector Murder Case
Japanese title:	Kottōhin Korekutā Satsujin Jiken (骨董品コレクター殺人事件)
Original airdate:	May 20, 1996
Season:	1
English version
English title:	A Loan Repaid
English airdate:	June 21, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Elevator girl
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Yasushi Hirano
Storyboard:	Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	Hirohito Ochi
Animation director:	Haruo Ogawara
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Yuji Suwa Ryuji Nakagi as Makoto Akutsu Shigeru Ushiyama as Ikuya Hatano Saburo Kamei as Denjiro Maru Naoko Koda as Inako Maru Rin Mizuhara as Saori Yukiko Iwai as Kumi Wataru Takagi as Police officer
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Doki Doki
Closing song:	Step by Step
Chronology
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Next episode:	Hijacked Department Store Case »
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Murder
	Location: Maru household Victim: Denjiro Maru Suspects: Ikuya Hatano, Yuji Suwa, and Makoto Akutsu Denjiro Maru, an antique collector, asks Kogoro to investigate his wife's affair. Denjiro is later found pinned to a wall with a katana. The crime scene has been shredded with a sword and clues point to different people who had scheduled meetings with the collector.

People

Denjiro Maru
	Victim 51 years old Chairman of the Maru Group

Ineko Maru
	34 years old Denjiro's wife

Ikuya Hatano
	37 years old Denjiro's physician

Makoto Akutsu
	48 years old Engraver

Yuji Suwa
	46 years old Instructor at the Suwa Dojo

Kumi
	Maru's house staff

Saori
	Maru's house staff

Resolution

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• Conclusion

Using his gadgets to use Kogoro, Conan reveals that the killer is Yuji.

While Yuji was fiddling with the answering machine to prove he wasn't the killer, with the last of his strength, Denjiro wrote Yuji's name on the drawers for a dying message to prove he was the killer. When Yuji noticed this, he shuffled the drawers then added a few more markings so it couldn't be recognized, and marked the rest of the room so it wouldn't stand out, to erased a dying message from the police's eyes.

Yuji then charged at Kogoro with a sword to kill him, but stopped just when the sword was about to hit deep into Kogoro's head. Yuji claims Kogoro must be very brave to just stay still in the face of death. After Yuji leaves however, Kogoro finally wakes up and notices a tiny cut on his head and freaks out.

• Motive

Yuji's family had an antique sword that was passed down from generation to generation, but Denjiro sold it. Yuji couldn't control his anger that Denjiro sold his family heirloom, so he gave him the kill.

See also

• Season 1