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| episode            = 71
 
| episode            = 71
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| int-episode        = 73
 
| image              = TV Episode 71.jpg
 
| image              = TV Episode 71.jpg
 
| title              = A Stalker's Murder Case
 
| title              = A Stalker's Murder Case
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| rating              = 13.2%
 
| rating              = 13.2%
 
| Filler case number  = #28
 
| Filler case number  = #28
| season              = [[Season 3|3]]
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| season              = [[Season 2|2]]
 
| manga              = '''TV Original'''
 
| manga              = '''TV Original'''
 
| airdate            = August 11, 1997
 
| airdate            = August 11, 1997
 
| dubbed-episode      = Episode 73
 
| dubbed-episode      = Episode 73
| english-airdate    =
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| english-airdate    = April 19, 2005 (DVD)
 
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Detective Boys]]
 
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Detective Boys]]
 
| suspects            = Miho Nishitani
 
| suspects            = Miho Nishitani
 
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])  
 
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])  
 
| next-conan-hint    = Adhesive
 
| next-conan-hint    = Adhesive
| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]], Next Conan's Hint <br> [[Miki Itou]] as Miho Nishitani <br> [[Isshin Chiba]] as Policeman <br> [[Naoki Makishima]] as Forensics officer <br> [[Toshihiko Nakajima]] as Middle-aged man
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] <br> [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]], Next Conan's Hint <br> [[Miki Itō]] as Miho Nishitani <br> [[Isshin Chiba]] as Policeman <br> [[Naoki Makishima]] as Forensics officer <br> [[Toshihiko Nakajima]] as Middle-aged man
 
| director            = [[Kenji Kodama]]
 
| director            = [[Kenji Kodama]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Kazunari Kouchi]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Kazunari Kouchi]]
| organizer          =
 
 
| storyboard          = [[Johei Matsuura]]
 
| storyboard          = [[Johei Matsuura]]
 
| producer            = [[Johei Matsuura]]
 
| producer            = [[Johei Matsuura]]
 
| animation-director  = [[Atsushi Aono]]
 
| animation-director  = [[Atsushi Aono]]
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| character-design    = [[Masatomo Sudo]] <br> [[Yasuhiro Moriki]] (design works)
 
| opening-song        = Nazo
 
| opening-song        = Nazo
 
| closing-song        = Kimi ga Inai Natsu
 
| closing-song        = Kimi ga Inai Natsu
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| footnotes          =
 
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{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|ストーカー殺人事件|Sutōkā Satsujin Jiken}} is the 71st episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].
  
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
 
{{Char Appearances|
 
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
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{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
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{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
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{{char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
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{{char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
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{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
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{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
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{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|EP71 Forensics|display=Forensic member}}
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{{char|Minor law enforcement#Anime|EP71 Forensics|display=Forensic member}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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== Case ==
 
== Case ==
 
=== Situation ===
 
=== Situation ===
The episode starts with Ran, Conan and Kogoro going on a hiking trip. While walking, Kogoro noticed a vending machine and decided to buy a bottle of "Guts-man" as he was suffering from a lack of sleep. He found an extra "Guts-man" bottle in the machine and decided to take it. After careful examination of the bottle, he decided to drink it. While he was drinking the extra bottle of "Guts-man" a scream was heard.
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Kogoro, Ran, and Conan go on a hiking trip. While walking, Kogoro noticed a vending machine and decided to buy a bottle of "Guts-man" as he was suffering from a lack of sleep. He found an extra bottle in the machine and decided to take it. After careful examination of the bottle, he decided to drink it. While he was drinking the extra bottle a passing woman screams.
  
 
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| victim              = Tatsuya Nagai
 
| victim              = Tatsuya Nagai
 
| age                = 26 years old
 
| age                = 26 years old
| cause-death        = Poisoned by phosphoric acid
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| cause-death        = Phosphoric acid poisoning
 
| suspects            = Miho Nishitani
 
| suspects            = Miho Nishitani
| suspects-label      = Culprit
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| description        = Tatsuya Nagai was found lying on the floor struggling, while foaming from his mouth. Conan noticed a bottle of "Guts-man" lying on the floor near the struggling Tatsuya, and pointed it out to Kogoro. Kogoro questioned Tatsuya if he had drank from the bottle, and Tatsuya nodded his head before one last struggle and died.
| description        = Tatsuya Nagai was found lying on the floor struggling, while foaming from his mouth. Conan noticed a bottle of "Guts-man" lying on the floor near the struggling Tatsuya, and pointed it out to Kogoro. Kogoro questioned Tatsuya if he had drank from the bottle of "Guts-man", and Tatsuya nodded his head before one last struggle and died.
 
 
}}
 
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=== People ===
 
=== People ===
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Tatsuya Nagai]]|Tatsuya Nagai.jpg|
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{{People|Tatsuya Nagai|Tatsuya Nagai.jpg|
 
* Victim (poison)
 
* Victim (poison)
 
* 26 years old
 
* 26 years old
* Birth date: May 27, 1971}}
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* Birth date: May 27, 1971
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Miho Nishitani]]|Nishitani.jpg|
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* Graduate student}}
* Stalked by Nagai}}
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{{People|Miho Nishitani|Nishitani.jpg|
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Policeman]]|EP71 Policeman.jpg|
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* Family restaurant worker
* Tokyo policeman}}
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* Tatsuya's stalking victim}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Lady with Dog]]|https://imgbox.com/K3p08MTG|
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{{People|[[Minor law enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|Police officer]]|EP71 Policeman.jpg|
* Lady walking her dog
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* Tokyo MPD police officer}}
* Saw Tatsuya collapse}}
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{{People|Woman|EP71 Woman.jpg|
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Dog]]|https://imgbox.com/DldSkAYE|
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* Woman walking her dog
* Dog with Lady
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* Witness}}
* Out for a walk}}
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{{People|Dog A|EP71 Woman's dog.jpg|
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Man with Dog]]|https://imgbox.com/CYmuBrBq|
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* Woman's dog
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* Witness}}
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{{People|Man|EP71 Man.jpg|
 
* Man walking his dog}}
 
* Man walking his dog}}
{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Dog 2]]|https://imgbox.com/niEcK2HD|
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{{People|Dog B|EP71 Man's dog.jpg|
* Dog with Man
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* Man's dog}}
* Out for a walk}}
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{{People|Mr. Nagai|No face.jpg|
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* Tatsuya's father
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* Ironworks manager}}
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{{People|Mrs. Nagai|No pic female.jpg|
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* Tatsuya's mother}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
{{EndBox}}
  
 
=== Resolution ===
 
=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>'''Miho Nishitani''' used a poisoned Gutsman drink to kill Tatsuya Nagai; he had pushed her down a set of stairs in public after she called the cops on him for stalking her. Worrying for her life, she knew a stalker would even want to drink what she did, purchasing a Gutsman drink in advance and putting poison in it. She did purchase another bottle from the machine, but pretended to get it, taking out the poisoned bottle instead and pretending to drink it. She left it behind on a fence for Tatsuya to drink. However, two things were wrong with the plan: a sticker on the bottle containing the poison advertised a contest that was already over, and the machine would not likely still have any left. Secondly, Kogoro found the bottle she actualy paid for, but mistook it for a machine error of getting a second one free.
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<spoiler>'''Miho Nishitani''' used a poisoned Guts-man drink to kill Tatsuya Nagai. He had pushed her down a set of stairs in public after she called the cops on him for stalking her. Worrying for her life, she knew a stalker would even want to drink what she did, purchasing a Guts-man drink in advance and putting poison in it. She did purchase another bottle from the machine, but pretended to get it, taking out the poisoned bottle instead and pretending to drink it. She left it behind on a fence for Tatsuya to drink. However, two things were wrong with the plan: a sticker on the bottle containing the poison advertised a contest that was already over, and the machine would not likely still have any left. Secondly, Kogoro found the bottle she actually paid for, but mistook it for a machine error for getting a second bottle for free. Another thing she not expect was that Nagai had made a hidden camera, hidden in his lighter which he used to take pictures of her actually committing the murder in the exact way Conan described.
  
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime            = Attempted Murder (Past)
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| crime            = Assault (Past)
 
| image            = EP71 Case2.jpg
 
| image            = EP71 Case2.jpg
 
| time              = Last week
 
| time              = Last week
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Sympathetic as Miho is, a self-defense plea will '''not''' count in her case: self-defense can only be invoked if there's no premeditation, and since Miho made a whole plan to kill Nagai, it doesn't apply. However, there ''is'' evidence in Miho's favor: a bag containing harmful tools was found by Conan in the bushes outside her home, with Tatsuya's fingerprints. This means, he had been planning on breaking into her home and killing her. Due to this evidence, Miho will likely receive a light sentence: self-defense may not be technically appliable, but she ''was'' in a desperate enough situation to warrant killing Tatsuya to save herself.</spoiler>
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Miho says that she was too afraid knowing Tatsuya had planned to kill her eventually and the police would not help her so she decided to take matters into her own hands. Sympathetic as Miho is, a self-defense plea will '''not''' count in her case: self-defense can only be invoked if there's no premeditation, and since Miho made a whole plan to kill Nagai, it doesn't apply. However, there ''is'' evidence in Miho's favor: a bag containing an assortment of harmful tools was found by Conan in the bushes outside her home, with Tatsuya's fingerprints. This means, he had been planning on not only killing her but also torturing her in ways too gruesome to imagine. Due to this evidence, Miho will likely receive a light sentence: self-defense may not be technically appliable, but she ''was'' in a desperate enough situation to warrant killing Tatsuya to save herself.
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Afterwards, Kogoro, Ran, and Conan discuss the case and how Miho had feared for life so much that she resorted to committing murder. Kogoro comments that had she not killed Tatsuya, they would have been investigating her murder instead. Ran also comments how this could happen to any woman at any time, but Kogoro laughs this off saying no one obsess over her. Insulted, Ran slices off the top of the Guts-man Soda bottle Kogoro is holding with a karate chop, frightening both Conan and Kogoro.</spoiler>
  
 
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== Translation changes ==
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* This episode features the first use of the show's fifth post-credits stinger image, featuring Ran and Conan rushing toward the foreground, with a grim-looking Shinichi in the background.
 
* This episode features the first use of the show's fifth post-credits stinger image, featuring Ran and Conan rushing toward the foreground, with a grim-looking Shinichi in the background.
* This is the first case of an actual stalker.
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* This episode was likely inspired by the real life Vending Machine Killer, an unidentified serial killer or killers in Japan who tampered with drinks from vending machines. Around the time of the initial murders, the culprit was targeting vending machines that had no CCTV cameras and tampered with a specific type of energy drink, and the poison used was a pesticide that is lethal in humans and currently has no know treatment or antidote for, and the anime similarly identifies the poison as being a phosphoric acid compound typically used in pesticides. The company in the episode is similarly running a contest, which Conan realizes is a clue to identifying the culprit, and the energy drink targeted in real life was running a "Buy 1 get 1 free" promotion at the time, and since many people were only wanting 1 drink, they would leave the extra bottles in the pickup slot at the vending machine or next to the machine. Given that this was the early to mid 80's, and that compared to western countries like the United States or Canada, Japan has a low crime rate and typically people there wouldn't be as suspicious of a free full bottle by a vending machine, this likely is why there were so many victims. Kogoro even finds an extra bottle in the pickup slot but is cautioned against drinking it by Ran and Conan.
* This is the first death of '''phosphoric acid'''.
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** The drink in the real life cases is known as Paraquat, and is also an energy drink. In the episode, just like in the real life cases, the culprit bought a beverage from a vending machine that had no CCTV cameras near it so as to avoid being caught easily, though it should be mentioned that the Paraquat murders were indiscriminate homicides, while in the episode there's a specific target in mind that the culprit intended to kill.
* There were 2 different people walking their dogs in this episode.
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* While the poison used in the episode is determined to be a phosphoric acid compound, this is actually a bit ironic, as plenty of soft drinks like Coca-Cola use phosphoric acid as an ingredient, though in very small amounts.
  
 
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== Gallery ==
 
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== In other languages ==
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
* [[Season 3]]
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* [[Season 2]]
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{{Season 2}}
  
{{Season 3}}
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[[Category:Episodes]]
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[[Category:Anime Exclusive]]
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[[Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]]
  
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Revision as of 18:01, 11 December 2025

Chronology
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Episode 71
(Int. Episode 73)

TV Episode 71.jpg

Information
Title: A Stalker's Murder Case
Japanese title: ストーカー殺人事件
(Sutōkā Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate: August 11, 1997
Broadcast rating: 13.2%
Filler case: #28
Season: 2
Manga source: TV Original
English version
English title: The Stalker
Dubbed episode: Episode 73
English airdate: April 19, 2005 (DVD)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri
Juzo Megure
Detective Boys
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Adhesive
Staff
Director: Kenji Kodama
Screenplay: Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard: Johei Matsuura
Episode director: Johei Matsuura
Animation director: Atsushi Aono
Character design: Masatomo Sudo
Yasuhiro Moriki (design works)
Music
Opening song: Nazo
Closing song: Kimi ga Inai Natsu

A Stalker's Murder Case (ストーカー殺人事件 Sutōkā Satsujin Jiken?) is the 71st episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan go on a hiking trip. While walking, Kogoro noticed a vending machine and decided to buy a bottle of "Guts-man" as he was suffering from a lack of sleep. He found an extra bottle in the machine and decided to take it. After careful examination of the bottle, he decided to drink it. While he was drinking the extra bottle a passing woman screams.

Murder
EP71 Case.jpg
Location: Town
Victim: Tatsuya Nagai
Age: 26 years old
Cause of death: Phosphoric acid poisoning
Suspects: Miho Nishitani
Tatsuya Nagai was found lying on the floor struggling, while foaming from his mouth. Conan noticed a bottle of "Guts-man" lying on the floor near the struggling Tatsuya, and pointed it out to Kogoro. Kogoro questioned Tatsuya if he had drank from the bottle, and Tatsuya nodded his head before one last struggle and died.

People

  • Resolution

    Translation changes

    Anime

    • The names of the characters and places in the Funimation Dub are:
    • Tatsuya Nagai - Cary Mantle
    • Miho Nishitani - Quinly Peartree
    • Guts-man - Shugi Soda
    • Midori Dai, 3rd District - 1774 Perrybolt LN, Polbe District 55478
    • Haido- chou Family Restaurant - Greasy Meat Diner

    Trivia

    • This episode features the first use of the show's fifth post-credits stinger image, featuring Ran and Conan rushing toward the foreground, with a grim-looking Shinichi in the background.
    • This episode was likely inspired by the real life Vending Machine Killer, an unidentified serial killer or killers in Japan who tampered with drinks from vending machines. Around the time of the initial murders, the culprit was targeting vending machines that had no CCTV cameras and tampered with a specific type of energy drink, and the poison used was a pesticide that is lethal in humans and currently has no know treatment or antidote for, and the anime similarly identifies the poison as being a phosphoric acid compound typically used in pesticides. The company in the episode is similarly running a contest, which Conan realizes is a clue to identifying the culprit, and the energy drink targeted in real life was running a "Buy 1 get 1 free" promotion at the time, and since many people were only wanting 1 drink, they would leave the extra bottles in the pickup slot at the vending machine or next to the machine. Given that this was the early to mid 80's, and that compared to western countries like the United States or Canada, Japan has a low crime rate and typically people there wouldn't be as suspicious of a free full bottle by a vending machine, this likely is why there were so many victims. Kogoro even finds an extra bottle in the pickup slot but is cautioned against drinking it by Ran and Conan.
      • The drink in the real life cases is known as Paraquat, and is also an energy drink. In the episode, just like in the real life cases, the culprit bought a beverage from a vending machine that had no CCTV cameras near it so as to avoid being caught easily, though it should be mentioned that the Paraquat murders were indiscriminate homicides, while in the episode there's a specific target in mind that the culprit intended to kill.
    • While the poison used in the episode is determined to be a phosphoric acid compound, this is actually a bit ironic, as plenty of soft drinks like Coca-Cola use phosphoric acid as an ingredient, though in very small amounts.

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 Nazo Mystery Nazo
    2 昼下がりの天使たち (摩天楼ヴァージョン) Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon) Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper ver.) Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    3 謎解き (その1) Nazotoki (Sono 1) Riddle Solution (Part 1) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    4 事件現場 (謎ver.) Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.) Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    5 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
    6 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
    7 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    8 犯人のアジト Hannin no Ajito The Culprit's Hideout Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    9 小さな巨人 Chiisana Kyojin A Small Great Person Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    10 悪のテーマ (パート1) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1) Theme of Evil (Part 1) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    11 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
    12 捜査開始 Sōsa Kaishi The Investigation Begins Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    13 西の名探偵 Nishi no Meitantei The Great Detective of the West Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    14 沈む夕陽 Shizumu Yūhi Depressing Sunset Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    15 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
    16 君がいない夏 Kimi ga Inai Natsu The Summer Without You Kimi ga Inai Natsu
    17 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
    18 事件解決(意気揚々ver.) Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.) Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

    Gallery

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    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic خطوات مريضة Ill Steps
    Flag of Basque Country Basque Jazarlearen hilketa
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) El cas de l'assassinat de l'assetjador Stalker murder case
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) El cas de l'assassinat de l'assetjador Stalker murder case
    Flag of France French Filature ratée A Failed Tailing
    Flag of China Chinese 自动贩卖机杀人事件 Automatic Vending Machine Murder Case
    Flag of China Chinese 米花之狼杀人事件 Wolf of Beika Murder Case
    Flag of Galicia Galician O asasinato do acosador The murder of the stalker
    Flag of Germany German Gift im Energy-Drink Poison in the Energy Drink
    Flag of Italy Italian Lo spione The Stalker
    Flag of US Spanish (American dub) Un caso de muerte en defensa propia A death case in self-defense
    Flag of Spain Spanish (Castilian dub) El asesinato del mirón The murder of the voyeur
    Flag of Thailand Thai คดีฆาตกรรมนักตื้อ A stalker murder case
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Kẻ theo dõi bị đầu độc A Stalker Being Poisoned

    See also

    Episodes of Season 2
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