The Tense Tea Party

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Episode 770-771
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Information

Title:

The Tense Tea Party

Japanese title:

ギスギスしたお茶会
(Gisugisu Shita Ochakai)

Original airdate:

March 7, 2015 (Part 1)
March 14, 2015 (Part 2)

Season:

24

Manga source:

Volume 84: Files 6-8 (888-890)

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Tōru Amuro
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Eri Kisaki
Inspector Megure
Wataru Takagi

Case solved by:

Conan Edogawa
Tōru Amuro

Next Conan's Hint:

Lemons (Part 1)
Cell phone (Part 2)

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Organizer:

Umesaburo Sagawa

Storyboard:

Umesaburo Sagawa

Episode director:

770 Takanori Yano
771 Kouichirou Kuroda

Animation director:

770 Seiji Muta (supervisor), Akio Kawamura
771 Masatomo Sudo (supervisor), Seiji Muta (supervisor), Michitaka Yamamoto

Music

Opening song:

"DYNAMITE"

Closing song:

"Kimi e no Uso"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Tooru Amuro
Tooru Amuro

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Eri Kisaki

Inspector Megure

Wataru Takagi

Rikumichi Kusuda (background)

Hidemi Hondou
(background)

Elena Miyano
(flashback)

Case

Situation

Murder

Location: Haido Central Hospital

Victim: Reina Sutou

Cause of death: Cyanide poisoning

Suspects: Katsuki Beppu, Tokie Happou, and Juri Kousaka

After taking a sip from her cup, Reina fell on the floor and died from the poison inside her tea! The suspicion immediately falls upon her three friends but they all deny being the murderer as they have no way to poison the tea without being discovered.

Part 1

The police interrogates each on the suspects one by one which reveals their possible motive; Tokie's former boyfriend was stolen by Reina and became her current husband, Katsuki lost large amount of money because of the stock that Reina recommended, and Juri's son failed an exam because he caught a cold from Reina's son. The three of them denies wanting to kill the victim, since it is not possible to switch a teacup with different colors to poison her.

People

Katsuki Beppu
	41 years old Visitor

Tokie Happou
	42 years old Visitor

Juri Kousaka
	42 years old Hospitalized patient

Reina Sutou
	Victim (poison) 42 years old Visitor

Tsuneo Sutou
	Reina's son

Gallery

Resolution

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The culprit is Juri Kousaka. Prior to event, Juri invited Reina and suggested her to have a tea party among friends. After Reina chose the Hibiscus Tea, Juri switched the tea with Butterfly Pea Tea and put a lemon on it, turning it slightly pinkish-red in order to trick Reina that the tea is Hibiscus Tea. During the time that the three friends were looking at Reina's cellphone, Juri switched her own Butterfly Pea Tea disguised as Hibiscus Tea with lemon that she applied poison on the rim in advance with Reina's cup, Afterward, she removes the lemon from the cup and adds baking soda inside to complete the trick. The evidence is a stain of lipstick on her finger, and that her tea contains high amount of baking soda.

Juri's motive however, is not because her son failed an exam due to that he caught a cold from Reina's son (who Reina forced to come study at the Kousaka House to spread cold to reduce opponent in the exam), but because that she was pregnant at the time. Juri had a miscarriage due to the cold and after hearing a confession from Tsuneo, decided to take revenge for Reina's selfishness.

See also

• Season 24