The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case

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Episode 238-239
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Information

Title:

The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case

Japanese title:

大阪“3つのK”事件
(Ōsaka "Mittsu no K" Jiken)

Original airdate:

June 18, 2001 (Part 1)
June 25, 2001 (Part 2)

Season:

9

Manga source:

Volume 29: Files 9-11 (293-295)

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Heiji Hattori
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Kazuha Toyama
Goro Otaki
Yoko Okino
TWO-MIX
Shinichi Kudo

Case solved by:

Conan Edogawa
Heiji Hattori

Next Conan's Hint:

Gunpowder smoke reaction (Part 1)
Vehicle restroom (Part 2)

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Kenji Kodama

Organizer:

Chika Ichimaru

Storyboard:

Chika Ichimaru

Episode director:

238 Kazuo Nogami
239 Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Animation director:

238 Izumi Shimura
239 Masatomo Sudo

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1)
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1)
Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)
Norio Wakamoto as Goro Otaki
Guy Perryman as Ricardo Barreira
Michael Naishtut as Mike Norwood
Charles Glover as Ray Curtis
Jeff Manning as Ed McCay
Osamu Hosokawa as Presenter
Isshin Chiba as Forensics officer
Naoki Makishima as Customer
Katsuyuki Konishi as Staff A
Hiroyuki Yokoo as Staff B

Music

Opening song:

"destiny"

Closing song:

"always"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Heiji Hattori

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Kazuha Toyama

Goro Otaki

Yoko Okino

TWO-MIX

Shinichi Kudo
(background)

Gadgets

Gadgets

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

Part 1

Heiji Hattori invites Kogoro, Ran, and Conan to a celebration of the opening of the K3 Restaurant by three American celebrities: a boxer, a baseball player, and a soccer player who Conan admires. Later a murder occurs and Conan is acting strangely as the three celebrities are suspects.

Murder

Location: K3 Restaurant

Victim: Ed McCay

Cause of death: Gunshot wound

Suspects: Ricardo Barreira, Mike Norwood, and Ray Curtis

Part 2

Kogoro, Ran, and Kazuha are still at the party. Ran asks Kazuha where are Conan and Heiji and she told Ran that they are still investigating the case. Meanwhile, Heiji is still in the stairs investigating, trying to figure out who murdered Ed McCay. He checks the rooms and kept thinking. Conan suddenly appeared and talks to him about that all three sport celebrities are all innocent. Heiji and Conan found the mop in the hotel room. They figured out what the trick is and Conan couldn't believe it. Conan went out and found three sport celebrites going out of the restroom. Conan went to the restroom and found the needle from the trash. He heard Ran, Kazuha, and Kogoro coming. Kogoro is talking to Ran and Kazuha about what he had overheard it in the restaurant. He heard one of the employees saying that they understand what "Bando" means. Kogoro also said that Ed McCay was fluent in Japanese and knew a lot about Japanese food. Conan finally figured it out who the culprit is.

People

Ricardo Barreira
	36 years old Former pro boxer

Mike Norwood
	35 years old Major leaguer

Ray Curtis
	37 years old Pro soccer player

Ed McCay
	Victim (gunshot) 48 years old Journalist

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

Ray Curtis asked Otaki if they can go but Otaki refuses. Heiji tells Otaki to let them go because they didn't find anything on them. Heiji asks Ray a favor. He told Ray that someone's waiting for him in the hotel room where he stays. Heiji also told Ray that someone's a huge fan for him to see.

So Ray just went upstairs and found the door on the mop against the wall. He wondered who did it. Conan appeared and confronts Ray Curtis that he's the culprit. He first explains how Ray managed to switch on the light. He points out that the room that Ray switched on the light was right below the victim's room. He then kicks the soccer ball at the floor which the victim's room was on and the ball then hits the broom that is set up such that the cabinet door is supported by it. After the ball hits the mop, the cabinet door will fall and hit the switch, thus the light will switch on. Ray then asks for proof and pointed out that the police found no gunpowder on him and that even if the find that he had ask to wash his previous set of clothes it could be just because he sweats too much. Conan then asks about his shoes. He deduced that Ray had not taken off his shoes while committing the murder. Ray reveals that the victim created false rumors about him and destroyed his life. Also Ray's wife left him and committed a suicide. Ray couldn't take it anymore. Suddenly, Conan tells Ray to stop. He tells Ray that even if he is facing a bitter aspect of life, drugs and murder are foul without any excuse, deserve a red card, for a loser. Ray smiled and admits that he was a cheater. He said he was a bad player and lost a game. He also said he must be ejected for his late wife and his big fan like Conan. So now, Ray went downstairs and turned himself in to the police.

At Heiji's house, Conan felt so depressed but Heiji later cheers Conan up. Ran and Kazuha mention how they look like brothers.

Trivia

• In this case, a character named Ray Curtis, a professional soccer player. He got it's name of a popular detective named Rey Curtis from Law & Order series. The only difference is in first name where is "e" exchanged for "a". Conan is also his big fan.
• Also one of the famous people Kogoro mention was Mai Kuraki, the singer who does the opening and closing theme songs for the show.

Gallery

See also

• Season 9