Valentine Murder Case

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Information

Title:

The Valentine Murder Case

Japanese title:

Barentain Satsujin Jiken
(バレンタイン殺人事件)

Original airdate:

February 12, 1996

Season:

1

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Bar code

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Toshiki Inoue

Storyboard:

Shigeru Morikawa

Episode director:

Yuji Yamaguchi

Animation director:

Takashi Hyoudo

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Chafurin as Inspector Megure
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Ryo Horikawa as Katsuhiko Minagawa
Tomoyuki Dan as Toshihide Wakamatsu
Nobuo Tobita as Naomichi
Sakiko Tamagawa as Yoshimi Watanabe
Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki
Kazue Ikura as Kaori Sekiya
Chiyoko Kawashima as Minagawa's Mother
Chiaki Morita as Susumu Minagawa

Music

Opening song:

"Mune ga Doki Doki"

Closing song:

"Step by Step"

Characters and gadgets introduced

Sonoko Suzuki
	17 years old Ran's best friend

Stun-Gun Wristwatch
	A watch with a tranquilizer dart

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ran Mouri

Kogoro Mouri

Inspector Megure

Dr. Agasa

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Ayumi Yoshida

Shinichi Kudo (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Murder

Location: Minagawa household

Victim: Katsuhiko Minagawa

Cause of death: Poison

Suspects: Toshihide Wakamatsu, Kaori Sekiya, Yoshimi Watanabe, "Naomichi", and Minagawa's Mother

Katsuhiko collapsed dead onto the ground from poison outside his house after eating a piece of Yoshimi's chocolate.

People

Katsuhiko Minagawa
	Victim (poison) Captain of the Beika University tennis club

Toshihide Wakamatsu
	Member of the Beika University tennis club

Kaori Sekiya
	Member of the Beika University tennis club

Yoshimi Watanabe
	Member of the Beika University tennis club

"Naomichi"
	Member of the Beika University tennis club

Minagawa's Mother
	Katsuhiko and Susumu's mother

Susumu Minagawa
	Katsuhiko's younger brother

Resolution

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• Evidence
  • Katsuhiko’s heart literally stopped on Valentines Day. And beside his dead body, a cigarette and a chocolate bar were found among his usual items.
  • Before the tragedy, he was in his small party where they ate and drank. In lieu with Valentine’s day, each girl gives a guy a bar of chocolate, to which the guy would consume preferentially.
  • Conan noticed that even though her son died, Katsuhiko's mother is doing the dishes.
  • Susumu drank the coffee, which makes his mother mad, but she suddenly had a change of heart and gave him some cake.

• Conclusion

After putting Inspector Kogoro to sleep with the Stun-Gun Wristwatch, Conan, using the Voice-Changing Bowtie, revealed how Katsuhiko’s real killer was his mother.

Katsuhiko does not smoke with filters, that’s why Naomichi’s attempt to poison him through this, failed. Meanwhile, his mother knew his habits, and put poison in his coffee, knowing that he wouldn’t eat the antidote in the cake. The reason she had a change of heart when Susumu drank the coffee is because he is drinking the poison, so she quickly gave him the antidote in the cake so he wouldn't die. She also framed Yoshimi by switching the chocolates she gave him with a half-eaten bar that Katsuhiko apparently ate. Though his mother immediately washed all the cups and switched the chocolates, poison lingers much deeper than the naked eye could see.

• Motive

When her husband’s business took a turn for the worse, Katsuhiko's mother had to think of the quickest way to acquire Katsuhiko’s estate, and save the house.

Katsuhiko is an orphan who was adopted by his only living relative when he was a kid. His foster mother knew he fell in love with Yoshimi since she closely resembled his deceased mother, so she framed her.

See also

• Season 1