The Case of the Lucky Calico

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Episode 751-752
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Information

Title:

The Beckoning Calico Cat Case

Japanese title:

招き三毛猫の事件
(Maneki Mikeneko no Jiken)

Original airdate:

September 20, 2014 (Part 1)
September 27, 2014 (Part 2)

Broadcast rating:

10,80%
9,00%

Manga case:

#250

Season:

23

Manga source:

Volume 82: Files 4-7 (865-868)

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Detective Boys
Azusa Enomoto
Tooru Amuro
Taii
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Ai Haibara
Professor Agasa
Detective Sato
Detective Takagi
Inspector Megure
Eri Kisaki

Case solved by:

Tooru Amuro (x1)
Conan Edogawa (x2)

Next Conan's Hint:

Taii (Part 1)
Wrapping (Part 2)

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Organizer:

Seiki Taichuu

Storyboard:

Seiki Taichuu

Episode director:

751 Takanori Yano
752 Minoru Tozawa

Animation director:

751 Masatomo Sudo (supervisor), Seiji Muta (supervisor), Akio Kawamura, Naoko Soeda
752 Masatomo Sudo (supervisor), Seiji Muta (supervisor), Keiko Sasaki

Music

Opening song:

"Greed"

Closing song:

"Muteki na Heart"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Azusa Enomoto

Tooru Amuro

Taii

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Ai Haibara

Professor Agasa

Detective Sato

Detective Takagi

Inspector Megure

Eri Kisaki (background)

Goro

Case 1: Who is Taii's Owner? (Part 1)

Situation

Lost Cat

Location: Mouri Detective Agency

Suspects: Shougo Amesawa, Teishi Masuko, and Mutsumi Shagawa

Three different people have come forward claiming Taii belongs to them. Now it's up to the group to determine who is telling the truth.

People

Shougo Amesawa
	36 years old Freeter

Teishi Masuko
	54 years old Company president

Mutsumi Shagawa
	61 years old Housewife

Girl
File:EP751-752 Girl.jpg	Mutsumi's granddaughter

Teishi's Wife
	Deceased Wife of Company President

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

Evidence

• Mutsumi claims that her granddaughter's cat had stitches and they couldn't take off the dressing bandages until a week later after a castration operation.
• Goro ignores Mutsumi after she calls for him and Goro goes towards Kogoro instead.
• Teishi started sneezing when Goro was held near him.
• Teishi claims that his deceased wife's cat had to wear something that looked like a parabolic antenna after its castration operation.
• Both Goro and Taii leap immediately into Shougo's arms upon seeing him and act really energetic. When Conan has Shougo do the open door test much later, Taii ignores him completely.
• Shougo seems to have doubts about Taii being his cat when Conan claims Taii is a girl. The Detective Boys then correct Conan and say Taii is a boy, after which Shougo tells Conan not to confuse him.

Conclusion

Teishi Masuko is Taii's real owner. Conan and Amuro explain that Mutsumi's granddaughter's cat is female and therefore isn't Taii. They point out that the operation the granddaughter's cat went into was spaying, not castration. Shougo had put catnip in his clothing to attempt to get Taii to like him, but it wore off. When Teishi does Conan's door test, Taii looks directly at him and pays attention because Taii recognized the sound of Teishi's footsteps.

Motive

Mutsumi was trying to get Taii because her granddaughter's cat went missing and Mutsumi had looked all over her house for it but had no luck. Shougo was trying to get money by selling Taii away, knowing that male calico cats are extremely rare.

Case 2: Teishi Masuko's Accident (Part 2)

Situation

Accident?

Location: Teishi Masuko's apartment

Victim: Teishi Masuko

Suspects: Furuyo Tsuyuguchi, Mari Asou, and Rinpei Urushiya

After unlocking the door, Conan runs into the bedroom to find Teishi barely breathing after apparently falling off a chair and hitting his head while fixing a light, but something doesn't seem quite right...

People

Teishi Masuko
	Victim (bludgeoned - injured) 54 years old Company president

Furuyo Tsuyuguchi
	41 years old Snack bar owner

Mari Asou
	28 years old Ex-office worker

Rinpei Urushiya
	53 years old Novelist

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

The culprit is Rinpei Urushiya. Urushiya bashed his friend’s head in not realizing how valuable Taii is and that the victim was actually doing an extremely nice thing in returning Taii to him.

Gallery

See also

• Season 23