Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces

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Information

Title:

Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces

Original airdate:

April 16, 2007 (Part 1)
April 23, 2007 (Part 2)

Season:

16

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Kaitou Kid

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Kaitou Kid

Inspector Megure

Wataru Takagi

Miwako Sato

Officer Chiba

Ginzo Nakamori

Plot

Part 1

Takeyori Oikawa claims that Kaitou Kid is targeting his painting which is to be unveiled to the world live that day. The painting is a final part of a set of four. He hires Kogoro to protect the painting from Kid. They place the painting in a secluded room with guards at the door and outside the window. When a black out occurs, the painting is stolen and Oikawa's father, who was in the room, is murdered.

Murder

Victim: Haruhito Kanbara

Suspects: Kaitou Kid

While the police speculate how the murder was done and whether Kid is the culprit, Oikawa receives a letter from Kid which claims he will steal the truth of him. Oikawa disfigures the letter to incriminate Kid for the murder and hands it to Conan. Conan who had suspected Oikawa murdered his father is now certain he is the culprit.

People

Takeyori Oikawa
	59 years old Artist

Haruhito Kanbara
	Victim 82 years old Takeyori's father-in-law

Resolution

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After a thorough investigation, Conan concludes there was never a painting behind the cloth and that it was suspended by a fishing line. Conan reveals that when the police broke into the room, the fishing line, which was held by a rock at the end, was pulled outside the window creating the sense that a person jumped out the window. Oikawa confesses and reveals that he had only planned a set of three but his father scammed the customers into buying the third painting into paying extra so that he would make a fourth painting. Oikawa, unable to paint due to the death of his wife, planned to pretend his painting was stolen to save his career. However, Oikawa thought his father would reveal Oikawa's plan to the world and thus ruining his career as an artist. Conan reveals that Oikawa's father had been practicing on imitating Oikawa's style and had the fourth painting finished and his plan was to give Oikawa his painting. Oikawa then laments over the death of his father due to a misunderstanding. Later on, Takagi is revealed to be Kid and leaves the mansion upon helping with the investigation and having his name cleared.

See also

• Season 16