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Shinji Inui
	55 years old; Reiko's secretary;

Reiko Mutsu
	42 years old; Politician;

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Chronology

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Best Husband (ベストハズバンド ,Besuto Hazubando^?) is the 1133rd episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Kogoro was invited by Reiko Mutsu to come to her residence, with Ran and Conan tagging along. They are welcomed by Reiko’s secretary Shinji Inui upon arriving. Suddenly, the four are alerted by a scream, and go to the source to check it out. There, they find a mysterious man threatening Reiko with a knife, but he starts to run away as soon as he sees the four.

Attempted Murder

Location: Mutsu Residence - Main Entrance

Victim: Reiko Mutsu

Age: 42 years old

Attack Types: Stabbing

Culprit: Takeshi Akamatsu

Kogoro and Conan chase the man, but he manages to get into the Annex–where Reiko’s husband Taro resides. It is at this point that everyone becomes concerned, as Reiko reveals how weak her husband is, only for everyone to learn that Taro somehow retaliates against the man and kills him.

Self-Defense?

Location: Mutsu Residence - Annex

Victim: Takeshi Akamatsu

Age: 37 years old

Cause of death: Stab wound to the chest

Suspects: Taro Mutsu

The man is Takeshi Akamatsu, a rough who will do anything for money. The police initially think that Akamatsu climbed through the wall to sneak attack Reiko following someone's request, but was discovered by the Mouris and the secretary, so he ran away. Unfortunately, he went into Taro’s room and was killed as an act of self-defense.

Nonetheless, he is still taken away for further investigation. Conan suddenly smiles and admits Reiko’s bravery when she was worrying about Taro's well-being. Later, at Taro's room, Kogoro finds pictures in the trash bin, convincing himself that the case has a different culprit upon finding Akamatsu's fingerprints in the pictures.

People

Taro Mutsu
	42 years old Reiko's husband

Takeshi Akamatsu
	Victim (stabbed) 37 years old Criminal-for-hire

Forensics Officer
	Tokyo MPD CSI officer

Mr. Mutsu
	Deceased Former Mutsu family head

Mr. Mutsu
	Mutsu family member

Mrs. Mutsu
	Mutsu family member

Resolution

Show spoilers »

Trivia

During the TV broadcast of the episode, there was a running text reporting about the death of Atsuko Tanaka, who voiced Mary Sera and Chihaya Hagiwara. She passed away on August 20, 2024.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	في قبو القصر	In the palace basement
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El millor marit	The best husband
French (Subbed)	Best Husband	Best Husband
Thai	สามีดีเด่น	A Great Husband

v • d • e Season 29 (2024)
#1109: Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 1) #1110: Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise (Part 2) #1111: Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 1) #1112: Rube Goldberg Machine (Part 2) #1113: Last Dinner For You #1114: The Holed-Up Sensation #1115: Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party (Part 1) #1116: Chihaya and Jugo's Matchmaking Party (Part 2) #1117: Karate Teacher Ran Mouri #1118: Girls Day Mystery 2 #1119: The Four-Person Class Reunion #1120: Mystery of the Lost Treasure #1121: The Dangerous Melon Field #1122: Stakeout 3 #1123: The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 1) #1124: The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border (Part 2) #1125: The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 4 #1126: The Detective Who Lost His Mind #1127: The Interrogation Room 2 #1128: Conan and Megure's Two Hostages (Part 1) #1129: Conan and Megure's Two Hostages (Part 2) #1130: The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab (Part 1) #1131: The Suspected Infidelity of the Triple Collab (Part 2) #1132: Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes 3 #1133: Best Husband #1134: Misfortune of the Positive Man #1135: Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 1) #1136: Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap (Part 2) #1137: The Secret of the Popular Restaurant's Changing Flavor #1138: The Moving Police Box #1139: The Sister Troubled By Her Naughty Brother #1140: Girls Day Mystery 3 #1141: The Mouri Family House Sits #1142: The Ranpo Mansion Murder Case (Part 1) #1143: The Ranpo Mansion Murder Case (Part 2) #1144: The Hotel Serial Bombing Case (Part 1) #1145: The Hotel Serial Bombing Case (Part 2) #1146: The Whistling Bookstore 4 #1147: Stakeout 4
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 == Case ==
 === Situation ===
-Kogoro is hired by a woman rumoured to be the first female prime minister named Reiko Mutsu to discuss something, with Ran and Conan following him as usual. They are welcomed by her secretary named Shinji Inui when they arrive. Later, when the family goes out to check after hearing Reiko’s scream, they see a mysterious man holding a knife who is later running away.
+Kogoro was invited by Reiko Mutsu to come to her residence, with Ran and Conan tagging along. They are welcomed by Reiko’s secretary Shinji Inui upon arriving. Suddenly, the four are alerted by a scream, and go to the source to check it out. There, they find a mysterious man threatening Reiko with a knife, but he starts to run away as soon as he sees the four.
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-Conan and Kogoro chase after him but he manages to get in the room of Taro, who is Reiko’s husband. Surprisingly, Taro somehow manages to defend against that mysterious man, but results in that man’s death.
+Kogoro and Conan chase the man, but he manages to get into the Annex–where Reiko’s husband Taro resides. It is at this point that everyone becomes concerned, as Reiko reveals how weak her husband is, only for everyone to learn that Taro somehow retaliates against the man and kills him.
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-The mysterious man’s identity is confirmed to be Takeshi Akamatsu. Police investigation shows that Akamatsu apparently had climbed through the fence to sneak in to attack Reiko but he was discovered by Mouri’s family and the secretary as well, so he tried to escape but he got in Taro’s room and somehow got stabbed by him, leading to his death.
+The man is Takeshi Akamatsu, a rough who will do anything for money. The police initially think that Akamatsu climbed through the wall to sneak attack Reiko following someone's request, but was discovered by the Mouris and the secretary, so he ran away. Unfortunately, he went into Taro’s room and was killed as an act of self-defense.
-They add that Akamatsu is a rough who will do anything for money, which implies to us that he was hired by someone to attack Reiko for money. The problem was why couldn’t Akamatsu just simply escape when the plan failed instead of going to the outhouse basement, besides it’s summer and why is Taro Mutsu using the fireplace to warm himself up just for listening to the music while working. This is explained by the secretary and Reiko as he is a mentally weak person and usually forgets things when he is shocked.
+Nonetheless, he is still taken away for further investigation. Conan suddenly smiles and admits Reiko’s bravery when she was worrying about Taro's well-being. Later, at Taro's room, Kogoro finds pictures in the trash bin, convincing himself that the case has a different culprit upon finding Akamatsu's fingerprints in the pictures.
-Nonetheless, he is still taken away for further investigation under everyone’s understanding, even though it was self-defense. Suddenly Conan smiles and admits Reiko’s bravery when she was worrying about Taro’s well-being. Later, when they are at Taro’s room, however, Kogoro finds some pictures that contains Akamatsu’s fingerprint in the trash bin, which lets Kogoro deduce the truth about the case, but is it true?
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 === Resolution ===
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-==== Kogoro's deduction and the motive he believes ====
+==== Kogoro's deduction ====
-Kogoro deduces that the mysterious man we saw at the beginning was '''Taro in disguise''', because there is a watch in Akamatsu’s left hand, implying that he is right-handed, while the man they saw earlier is left-handed as he was holding the knife with his left hand, like what Taro did earlier when trying to clean up his room. And the fireplace he lit up was meant to burn the disguise costume, thus warming Akamatsu’s body and messing up the investigation.
+Kogoro notices that Akamatsu’s watch was on his left hand, which most likely means he is right-handed. However, the moment Akamatsu attempted to attack Reiko showed the opposite, as he was holding the knife in his left hand–similar to what Taro did to prepare before being taken to the station. Kogoro believes that Akamatsu got angry when he learned of Kogoro’s arrival, so he came to Mutsu residence to attack Reiko, only to be killed by her as an act of self-defense. Taro learned about the incident and decided to cover up her crime by pretending to be Akamatsu.
-The motive Kogoro believes was to protect the real culprit, who is '''Reiko'''. The reason she killed him was for self-defense when Akamatsu got angry upon hearing that Kogoro would be here, Taro later knew this so he tried to protect her by doing what Kogoro is deducing. She is taken later, but Conan notices something strange around. Has the case ended already?
-==== The truth of the case ====
-At night, Taro looks at the portrait of him, his wife, and Mr.Mutsu, and suddenly laughs out loud, only to be revealed as the '''true culprit''' of the murder by Sleeping Kogoro. Kogoro begins saying he is the one to redirect others’ deduction by holding that knife when in his room. Taro was the '''one to hire Akamatsu''' to attack Reiko and pretended to be stabbed by her as a self-defense, later, when the plan made to conceal that truth was done and Reiko left with the secretary, Akamatsu changed his outfit one more time just to be killed by him.
-==== Evidence ====
+Moments later, Ran notices that Reiko’s nails in all pictures have different colors compared to what she is using now, thus making Conan understand what truly happened.
-*Reiko painted a new darker nail polish to hide her murder, so there must be traces of Akamatsu’s fake blood left on her nail.
-*He just accidentally reveals his motive without knowing that Takagi, Megure, Reiko and her secretary are hiding somewhere to record it.
+==== The truth ====
+As the sky turns night, Taro is seen looking at portraits before laughing out loud, only to be denounced by Sleeping Kogoro as the one responsible for Akamatsu’s death. In fact, Taro hired Akamatsu to fool his wife into believing that she killed Akamatsu in self-defense, and betrayed him after the plan succeeded. Reiko actually tried to cover her crime by painting her nail with a dark color, suggesting that there is some fake blood that she couldn't wash away. Moreover, he reveals the motive to Kogoro without knowing that his words have been recorded by everyone else, which means he's in big trouble!
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