The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case

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Episode 150-151
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Information

Title:

The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case

Japanese title:

自動車爆発事件の真相
(Jidōsha Bakuhatsu Jiken no Shinsō)

Original airdate:

June 28, 1999 (Part 1)
July 5, 1999 (Part 2)

Broadcast rating:

17.2%
19.5%

Filler case number:

#55

Season:

6

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Miwako Sato
Detective Tomokawa
Detective Kobayashi

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri

Next Conan's Hint:

Car garage (Part 1)
Window (Part 2)

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Kazunari Kouchi

Storyboard:

150 Michiyo Sakurai
151 Kou Matsuzono

Episode director:

150 Hirohito Ochi
151 Minoru Tozawa

Animation director:

150 Kumiko Shishido
151 Keiko Sasaki

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1)
Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato
Keiko Han as Megumi Sakihara
Tohru Furusawa as Kazuo Sakihara
Shigenori Soya as Hiromasa Takahashi
Mari Tomokawa as Detective Tomokawa
Isshin Chiba as Detective A

Music

Opening song:

"Girigiri chop"

Closing song:

"Still for your love"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Juzo Megure

Miwako Sato

Wataru Takagi

Detective Tomokawa

Detective Kobayashi (cameo)

Gadget

Gadgets

Wristwatch Flashlight

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro reveals that he tutored in his youth, and resolves to meet up with one of his students. However, when they go see her, her car suddenly explodes as her sister drives it out of the driveway.

Bombing - Murder

Location: Tanaka household

Victims: Hiromi Tanaka and Megumi Sakihara (non-fatal)

Age: 32 years old (Hiromi) and 35 years old (Megumi)

Cause of death: Explosion (Car Bomb)

Suspects: Hiromasa Takahashi

Hiromi Tanaka activates the gear switches, which triggers the bomb and the car and explodes it, killing her instantly. Megumi, who was just behind the car, suffers minor injuries.

Kogoro is determined to solve the case and find the murderer as soon as possible. At the end, he appears to solve the case, but Conan believes there is a little more to it than the simple explanation he gives.

Part 2

With some prodding by Conan, Kogoro surprisingly finds the truth of the case himself.

People

Megumi Sakihara
	Victim (explosion-injured) 35 years old Housewife Kogoro's former student Investment agency former employee

Hiromi Tanaka
	Victim (explosion) 32 years old Birth date: May 17, 1967 Megumi's younger sister Part-time worker

Kazuo Sakihara
	37 years old Megumi's husband Investment agency employee

Hiromasa Takahashi
	33 years old Chemical laboratory employee

Sachiko Takahashi
	Deceased (stabbed) 27 years old Hiromasa's wife Housewife

Mr. Tanaka
	Deceased (car accident) Megumi and Hiromi's father Lawyer

Mrs. Tanaka
	Deceased (car accident) Megumi and Hiromi's mother Housewife

Mr. Sakihara
File:Mr Sakihara.jpg	Kazuo's father

Resolution

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Kogoro confronts the criminal, Megumi Sakihara, and with some help from Conan, he overcomes his ideals and gets to the heart of the matter.

• Some time ago, Megumi was suspicious of Kazuo's affair with Hiromi and bought a wiretapping device and secretly installed it in her husband's study. What she discovered however, was far more frightening as Kazuo planned an exchange murder with Hiromasa in order to gain their wives' insurance money, and in Kazuo's case, to go be with Horomi and financially support her boutique shop. Realizing that her husband had already murdered Hiromasa's wife Sachiko, Megumi decided to use their own plan against them by using it to kill Hiromi and punish the men. With this knowledge in mind, Megumi was very careful to not let her guard down as she knew that Hiromasa was presumbly stalking her, thought she never saw him in face directly.

• On the day of the crime, Megumi told Kazuo that she planned to visit Hiromi at her parents' former house, knowing fully well that the men wouldn't miss this opportunity to kill her, as they had to make sure that the police couldn't trace the crime back to them. Once Megumi left her house, Kazue went outside and used public phone to call Hiromasa about Megumi's whereabout. Hiromasa then tailed Megumi to her parents' former house, and used the time that she was inside to plant a bomb in her car, which will explode the moment that Megumi back the car out of the house's garage. Unknown to him, Megumi was spying on his entire action through the storeroom's window and saw his face. When it's time to leave, Megumi pretended to not be skilled in backing her car out and asked Hiromi to do it. Hiromi fell for the trick, and thus was killed in the explosion. Once Megumi herself was hospitalized for the injury, she would then provide a sketch of Hiromasa's face, allowing the police to track him and eventually her husband down and arrest them.

• Megumi's miscalculation was that Kogoro happened to pass by her parents' former house on that day. Though she feared his detective reputation, she decided to go with her plan as that was the last opportunity for her to kill her hated sister.

At this point, Megumi then asks Kogoro what crime she would be charged for as she was neither the perpetrator nor the accomplice in the murder, and she only let Hiromi drove in a car that had a possibility of being bombed. Kogoro however, calmly replies that it might be the case normally, except that in this case she let her sister drove in a car that had a high or 100% possibility of being bombed, meaning that she could be charged for first degree murder.

• The concrete evidence of Megumi knowing that a bomb was planted in her car is that the sketch of Hiromasa doesn't feature a pair of sunglasses: Hiromasa was always careful when stalking Megumi and always wore a pair of sunglasses to conceal his face, and he stated in his testimony that Megumi never saw him prior to the crime. The only time for Megumi to see his face without sunglasses was when she was spying on him at the garage from the storeroom's window, as Hiromasa had to remove it for his own safety prior to installing the bomb.

Motive

Confronted with the evidence, Megumi tearfully confesses to the crime as she wanted to punish her unfaithful husband for wanting her to die in order to go be with her backstabbing sister. She also expresses that she wishes her life would be like the time that Kogoro was her tutor, as it was the most happiest year of hers. Kogoro comforts her and apologizes that apart from education he should've taught her an important life lesson as well, but he also feels that he's in no position to tell that right now as he's also currently separated from his wife Eri. Nevertheless, he tell Megumi that he will be waiting for her until the day of her release after serving for her crime, bringing smile to Megumi.

Trivia

• Megumi Sakihara and Hiromi Tanaka's car is a light blue Volkswagen Polo III [Typ 6N].
• Kazuo Sakihara's car is a gray Mitsubishi Libero Monte [CB5W].
• Hiromasa Takahashi's off-road is a 1994 red Honda Crossroad Series I [LJ].
• The man with sunglasses drives a 1996 blue Audi A4 Avant B5 [Typ 8D].
• This is the first case that brought up a murder exchange between suspects, even if it was only a theory to explain the two crimes, and a possible connection.
• This is the case that Kogoro mentioned that he used to tutor while he was in college.
• Kogoro used to tutor Megumi Sakihara for 3 years.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
3	蘭・愛のテーマ	Ran・Ai no Tēma	Ran's Love Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
5	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
6	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
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	真相究明	Shinsō Kyūmei	Investigating the Truth	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	コナンが通る	Konan ga Tōru	Conan Passes By	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
11	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
12	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
13	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	ギリギリchop	Girigiri chop	On the edge chop	Girigiri chop
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
4	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
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	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
7	殺意	Satsui	Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
8	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	謎の解明 （ターゲット サスペンスＫ）	Nazo no Kaimei (Tāgetto Sasupensu K)	Clearing the Mystery (Target Suspense K)	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
12	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 Version)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love	Still for your love
14	事件解決	Jiken Kaiketsu	Case Resolution	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La veritat del cas de l'explosió de l'automòbil	The truth of the automobile explosion case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	L'atemptat amb cotxe bomba	The attack with a car bomb
French	Meurtre à la voiture piégée	The Bombed Car Murder
Galician	Asasinato con coche bomba	Murder with a car bomb
German	Ungleiche Schwestern	Dissimilar Sisters
Italian	Esplosione mortale	Deadly Explosion
Spanish (American dub)	La verdad del caso de la explosión del auto	The truth of the car explosion case
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El atentado en el coche	The attack in the car
Thai	ความจริงในคดีรถระเบิด	The truth of the car explosion case
Vietnamese	Chân tướng đằng sau vụ xe hơi phát nổ	The Truth Behind the Car Explosion Case

See also

• Season 6