The First Errand Murder Case

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Episode 59 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The First Errand Murder Case
Japanese title:	初めてのお使い殺人事件 (Hajimete no Otsukai Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	May 19, 1997
Season:	3
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Shopping Can Be Murder
Dubbed episode:	Episode 61
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Shinichi Kudo
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Contact lens set
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Shinichi Kudo (young) Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Tetsuo Kaneo as Murase Isshin Chiba as Liquor store clerk Shoko Kikuchi as Clerk Yasuhiro Takato as Driver Mika Watanabe as Hiroshi
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Hikari to Kage no Roman

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Ayumi Yoshida

Genta Kojima

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Shinichi Kudo (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys is back on the case when a young boy finds himself the unknowing target of a killer! Conan and his friends must use all their deductive powers to protect the tiny tot and bring a murderer to justice before he strikes again.

Murder

Location: Abandoned building

Victim: The broker

Cause of death: Blunt force trauma

Culprit: Abandoned building owner

Attempted Murder

Location: Abandoned building

Victim: Hiroshi

Culprit: Abandoned building owner

People

Hiroshi
	Victim (abducted) Shopping for his first errand

Man
	Abandoned building owner

Man
	Victim (beaten) Broker

Resolution

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The kid was on his way shopping when he was on his way he stopped in a abandoned place and he accidentally saw the man killing the broker and that made him the target of the man, but Conan is finding a way to save the child and knowing why the man wants to kill the child. After some time Conan revealed that the child didn't accidentally stopped on the abandon place but because the child remembers that the old abandoned place was once a famous shopping store and the kid went there to buy the stuffs he need not knowing that the store already bankrupted. The man is the owner of the store but the broker wants to demolish it and that is the reason why the man killed the broker.

Trivia

• "Hajimete no Otsukai" ("The First Errand") is actually a TV program broadcast in Japan since 1991 that goes quite similarly to the event shown in this case.

Dub changes

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

• Hiroshi - Christopher Lenarden
• First Errand Contest - Toddler Shopping Challenge

• In the Funimation Dub, the abandoned building owner is credited as Archie Gailand

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	はずむ蘭	Hazumu Ran	Bouncing Ran	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
5	事件解決（意気揚々ver.）	Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)	Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	少年探偵団のテーマ	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
9	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
10	悪のテーマ （パート３）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 3)	Theme of Evil (Part 3)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
12	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
13	犯人のアジト （いよいよver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	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
15	サスペンス～危機感	Sasupensu ~ Kikikan	Suspense ~ Impending Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
16	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
18	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	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20	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
21	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
22	それいけコナン （哀愁ヴァージョン）	Soreike Konan (Aishū Vājon)	Let's Go Conan (Sorrow ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
23	前話回想	Zenwa Kaisō	Previous Story Recollection	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
24	光と影のロマン	Hikari to Kage no Roman	Romance of Light and Shadow	Hikari to Kage no Roman
25	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

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See also

• Season 3