The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird

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Episode 865
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Information

Title:

The Foul-Mouthed Myna Bird

Japanese title:

口の悪い九官鳥
(Kuchi no Warui Kyūkanchō)

Original airdate:

July 8, 2017

Season:

25

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Detective Boys
Ai Haibara
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Potted plant

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi
Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara
Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Haruka Tomatsu as Emi Yahagi
Emi Fukasawa as Naoko Kokubo
Kentaro Ito as Mamoru Kokubo
Fushigi Yamada as Seikyo Bird
Keisuke Ota as Police Officer A
Toshiya Chiba as Police Officer B
Shin Mori as Yotaro Sayama

Music

Opening song:

"Ikusen no Meikyuu de Ikusen no Nazo wo Toite"

Closing song:

"Yume Monogatari"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Juzo Megure

Wataru Takagi

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Ayumi Yoshida

Ai Haibara

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Murder

Location: Naoko Kokubo's house

Victim: Naoko Kokubo

Age: 70 Years old

Cause of death: Strangulation

Suspects: Mamoru Kokubo, Emi Yahagi and Yotaro Sayama

People

Naoko Kokubo
	Victim (strangled) 70 years old Picture book author

Nine
	Naoko Kokubo's pet myna

Mamoru Kokubo
	30 years old Fledgling children's book author Naoko Kokubo's nephew

Emi Yahagi
	18 years old Naoko Kokubo's hired maid

Yotaro Sayama
	60 years old Used book store owner

Resolution

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Naoko Kokubo was murdered by Yotaro Sayama, and the motive was her demand for restitution against Sayama for inadvertently selling her the fake book. The monetary recompensation, however, was not enough for her; she chose to humiliate him in any way she could think of, by forcing him to attend to her petty needs despite his arm injury and continually posting public apologies for his mishap. This finally pushed him over the edge, and when he saw the chance to rid himself of her, he killed her, inadvertently also causing Nine to escape from his cage. Sayama's alibi through his telephone call with Mrs. Kokubo was established because he kept walking towards her home while maintaining his conversation with her, instead of staying at the station where he received her call. She let him in through the side entrance to the house.

The decisive pieces of evidence for Sayama's guilt are:

• His statement that he saw the myna trailing a red string behind him, whereas Mrs. Kokubo had attached that piece of string to Nine's leg just on this very morning, and Nine later left his leg ring and the string in Kogoro's hands when he escaped from the police box.
• The flowerpot found near the door was carried inside by Sayama himself, after Mrs. Kokubo had ordered him to do so after opening the side entrance for him. Since Mrs. Kokubo was confined to her wheelchair, and since Mamoru und Emi were obviously surprised to see the pot at its odd location, this left Sayama as the only person who could have moved it.
• Sayama's complaint that something stinks in the living room - a phrase Nine has picked up before the murder occured - stems from Kokubo having ordered him to stir the odorous pickles she kept in her cellar. When Sayama returned and saw her sitting with her back to the trap door, he seized her stole from behind and strangled her with only needing one healthy hand.

Trivia

• A slight production mistake occurs in the second part of the episode, right after Ai and Ayumi have presented themselves as Emi Yahagi's witnesses. When Kogoro is seen chuckling at Megure's perplexity, the fluttering of Nine's wings can still be heard, but at the same time the myna's feet are already resting on the top of Kogoro's head.

See also

• Season 25