Once-A-Month Present Threat Case

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Episode 7
(Int. Episode 7)

Information

Title:

Once-A-Month Present Threat Case

Japanese title:

月いちプレゼント脅迫事件
(Tsukiichi Purezento Kyouhaku Jiken)

Original airdate:

February 19, 1996

Broadcast rating:

12.7%

Manga case:

#8

Season:

1

Manga source:

Volume 3: Files 7-10 (026-029)

English version

English title:

The Case of the Mysterious Gifts
The Case of the Threatening Monthly Presents!

English airdate:

June 2, 2004 (Adult Swim)
November 1, 2025

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Hiroshi Agasa
Detective Boys
Shinichi Kudo
Gin
Vodka
Hitomi
Reiko
Yuko Ikezawa
Jumbo
Yaiba Kurogane 
Takeshi Onimaru

Case solved by:

Conan Edogawa

Next Conan's Hint:

Bar code

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Junichi Miyashita

Storyboard:

Hirohito Ochi

Episode director:

Hirohito Ochi

Animation director:

Haruo Ogawara

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Shin Aomori as Ogawa
Mugihito as Ogino
Kumiko Watanabe as Yuta Ogawa
Yoshiko Okamoto as Mrs. Ogawa

Music

Opening song:

"Mune ga Dokidoki"

Closing song:

"STEP BY STEP"

Once-A-Month Present Threat Case (月いちプレゼント脅迫事件 ,Tsukiichi Purezento Kyouhaku Jiken), known in English as The Case of the Mysterious Gifts in Funimation's English release and as The Case of the Threatening Monthly Presents! in Studio Nano release, is the 7th episode of Detective Conan anime.

It adapts the Monthly Presents Case^{(ch 26-29)} of the Detective Conan manga. It was first aired in February 19, 1996.

In this episode, Kogoro is tasked to investigate the unknown person who's been giving toys and money once a month to the client. This is the episode where Ran starts to become suspicious about Conan, as she thinks he might be Shinichi.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Hiroshi Agasa

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Shinichi Kudo

Gin
(background)

Vodka
(background)

Hitomi
(flashback)

Reiko
(flashback)

Yuko Ikezawa (flashback)

Jumbo
(flashback)

Yaiba Kurogane (game console)

Takeshi Onimaru (game console)

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

For the past two years, surgeon Masayuki Ogawa has been receiving anonymous toys and money once a month. He asks Kogoro to determine who's the one sending the gifts. During the investigation, Ran begins to suspect that Conan is actually Shinichi.

Sending Presents

Location: Beika City

Person: Masayuki Ogawa

Suspects: Taro Tanaka

For two years, Ogawa has been receiving toys and one million yen once a month from an unknown sender. In total, he have received 25 million yen worth of money.

People

Masayuki Ogawa
	Beika General Hospital surgeon

Yuta Ogawa
	5 years old Birth date: December Masayuki's son

Mrs. Ogawa
	Masayuki's wife Yuta's mother Housewife

Kishida
	Teitan High School teacher

Resolution

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Evidence

• Two years ago, an anonymous person started sending Ogawa boxes full of toys, along with one million yen, on the first day of each month. And on Feburary 19, Morning Glory flowers get delivered to the hospital where he worked.
• Usually, the money came with the toys, but on the 25th time, the money came separately in an envelope alongside a letter. Saying they have paid off 25 million yen, and is going to complete their side of the transaction.
• The toys did not have barcodes on it, and the fact that some of them were beat up and broken when Ogawa recieved them. Suggested all the toys are at least a few years old.
  • Coincidentally, as Conan was playing with one of the toys: a handheld video game system, he discovered that there were save files in the Onimaru video game that was named Tomoya Ogino.

Conan deduced that the presents were not given to Ogawa in gratitude, but with grudge and hate. The toys belonged to Tomoya and the flowers were sent as a memento of the boy. The meaning of the letter is that they will take the life of Ogawa's son as well.

After calling Ogawa's wife, they found out someone else had picked up Yuta instead of her. They rushed out to find him and eventually found him in a park near his kindergarten school with an unknown man. It turns out that this man was Tomoya's father, Ogino, who planned to end Yuta's life on the same day, at the same age that Tomoya died. Ogino was paying Ogawa by using Yuta's life insurance money.

Attempted Murder

Location: Beika City

Victim: Yuta Ogawa

Culprit: Mr. Ogino

Ogino attempted to murder young Yuta, so that he would be with his own son, but was foiled by Conan.

Mr. Ogino
	Tomoya's father

Tomoya Ogino
	Deceased (appendicitis) 5 years old (3 years ago) Birth date: January 20th, 1988 Ogino's son

Conclusion

Conan was able to stop the murder by using his Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to kick a nearby soccer ball towards Ogino. After Ogino saw Yuta's gratitude for the toys, he was reminded of his own son, causing him to break down and admit that he knows Tomoya's death wasn't really the doctor's fault. Ogawa, however, forgave Ogino and decided not call the police, citing that as a father, he understood how devastating it is to lose a son.

After the case, Conan asked Professor Agasa to call Ran as Shinichi later using the Voice-Changing Bowtie to deceive her to into believing that Shinichi and Conan are not the same person. It works but Ran did notice that Shinichi was talking like an old man.

Manga to anime changes

• In the manga, this story takes place after the Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case, as Ran gets a letter from Natsue who mentions that she and Takeshi are living a more quiet life on the ranch. Natsue tells Ran to give her regards to her "detective boyfriend", which sets up the story. The anime instead starts with Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta asking Ran about Shinichi and whether he is her boyfriend.
  • Additionally, Ran's recollection of the past cases included a flashback to "Luxury Liner Serial Murder Case" in the manga only.

Trivia

• This episode marks canon day 10 of Shinichi's life as Conan.
• The Game Man video game system is a parody of Nintendo's Game Boy system.
  • Futhermore, the game that Conan plays is based off on Yaiba, which it's a manga series written by Gosho Aoyama. Both Yaiba Kurogane and Takeshi Onimaru appears in the game. This is the first time Yaiba is referenced in Detective Conan anime.
• This is the first case Ran gets suspicious of Conan. The second case this happens is in The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases.

Translation changes

Funimation dub

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Masayuki Ogawa - John Woodman
• Mr. Ogino - Mr. Oswald
• Tomoya Ogino - Tommy Oswald
• Yuta Ogawa - Joseph Woodman

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
00:00	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
01:45	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ (タイトルver.)	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Taitoru ver.)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Title ver.)	Unreleased
01:52	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
04:37	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
05:51	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
10:27	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13:17	1996 Unreleased BGM 1 犯人現わる！	- Hannin Arawaru!	- The Culprit is Revealed!	- Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13:55	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14:30	事件発生！	Jiken Hassei!	A Case Springs Forth!	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15:29	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17:16	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
19:06	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ（バラードバージョン）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Barādo ver.)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Ballad ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20:43	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
22:35	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
23:21	毛利小五郎のテーマ （ファンキーver.）	Mōri Kogorō no Tēma (Fankii ver.)	Kogoro Mouri's Theme (Funky ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	هدايا للانتقام	Gifts for Revenge
Bahasa Melayu	Kes Ugutan yang Hadir Sebulan Sekali	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat Case
Basque	Opari! Mehatxua hilero
Catalan (Catalan dub)	L'amenaça del regal mensual	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El misteri dels regals mensuals	The Once-A-Month Present's Mistery
Chinese (Simplified)	每月一礼物威胁事件	Once-a-month Present Threat Case
France	Le Mystérieux expéditeur	The Mysterious Sender
Galician	A ameaza mensual dos agasallos	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat
German	Späte Rache	Late Revenge
Italian	Un regalo al mese	A Gift a Month
Korean	매달 보내는 선물 협박 사건	Once-A-Month Present Threat Case
Polish	Comiesięczne zagrożenie	Monthly Danger
Portuguese	A ameaça do presente mensal	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat
Spanish (American dub)	Un obsequio amenazante	A threatening gift
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La amenaza del regalo mensual	The Once-A-Month Present's Threat
Thai	คดีของขวัญอันตราย	The Dangerous Present Case
Vietnamese	Món quà hăm dọa	The Threat Present

See also

• Season 1