The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime

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Episode 996
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Information

Title:

The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime

Japanese title:

能ある鷹は罪を隠す
(Nō aru taka wa tsumi o kakusu)

Original airdate:

January 30, 2021

Season:

29

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Puffed rice

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Screenplay:

Akatsuki Yamatoya

Animation director:

Seiji Muta and Nobuyuki Iwai (supervisors)

Character design:

Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi

Music

Opening song:

"JUST BELIEVE YOU"

Closing song:

"Reboot"

The Skilled Hawk Hides His Crime (能ある鷹は罪を隠す ,Nō aru taka wa tsumi o kakusu) is the 996nd episodes of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Juzo Megure

Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Conan, Kogoro and Ran are in the mountains when they see a hawk, Kogoro disturb the hawk but is stopped by a falconer called Tetsu Akashiba. Angry, he yells at him to be careful with hawks. Later, they are at Takehara Cafe, a cafe managed by Genichi Takehara and his wife Satoko. They also know a local farmer called Masahiko Ishima. The cafe owner goes hiking to later start the cafe event with the puffed rice preparation: The main event consists that the hawk flies a long distance. When the hawk was arriving to the finish, the hawk falls down to later hear a gunshot and find Genichi Takehara dead.

Accident?

Location: Forest

Victim: Genichi Takehara

Age: 37 years old

Cause of death: Gunshot wound on chest

Suspects: Tetsu Akashiba, Satoko Takehara and Masahiko Ishima

When the hawk almost finish the race, it falls to the floor to later hear a gunshot sound and see the cafe owner falling dead onto the floor.

The police arrives and investigates, it seems to be an accident, but is this true? After finding a few clues, Conan discovers the culprit and the trick behind this murder.

People

Tetsu Akashiba
	28 years old Falconer

Satoko Takehara
	35 years old Genichi's wife

Masahiko Ishima
	50 years old Farmer

Genichi Takehara
	37 years old Victim (gunshot) Takehara café owner

Resolution

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Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and reveals that Genichi was murdered, and the culprit is Satoko Takehara. First, she murdered her husband when the puffed rice exploded in the machine to camouflage the sound. Later, she tied a fishing line to the hawk's foot and the gunshot trigger to fire the gun, the fishing line was wrapped to a drum to later be dropped to the ravine and fall with a wood plank with Genichi's body, to make appear that he was murdered when he fell onto the floor. The supposed Genichi saw by the people was also Satoko, who disguised herself at him to make her alibi. The proof is a blood stain in her neck that also matchs with a stain in Genichi's neck. She confesses with a creepy face that her husband planned to sell the cafe and leaving not only the cafe, but also her.

Gallery

See also

• Season 29