The Victim Who Came Back

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Episode 303
(Int. Episode 325)

Information

Title:

The Victim Who Came Back

Japanese title:

戻って来た被害者
(Modotte Kita Higaisha)

Original airdate:

December 9, 2002

Broadcast rating:

16.40%

Filler case number:

#102

Season:

11

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Detective Boys
Wataru Takagi
Juzo Megure

Case solved by:

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Conan Edogawa
Wataru Takagi

Next Conan's Hint:

Recycling

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Screenplay:

Nobuo Ogizawa
Masataka Tsukimawashi

Storyboard:

Kazuhito Kikuchi

Episode director:

Hideki Hiroshima

Animation director:

Masaki Kudo

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo
Junko Yamanaka and Kumiko Shishido (design works)

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Keiko Han as Sanae Hosono
Kozo Shioya as Masateru Hino
Masaharu Satō as Toshimichi Hirose
Katsumi Toriumi as Hisashi Makimura
Chisato Nakajima as Housewife A
Asako Dodo as Housewife B
Motomu Kiyokawa as Kazuhiro Tokunaga

Music

Opening song:

"I can't stop my love for you♥"

Closing song:

"Overture"

The Victim Who Came Back (戻って来た被害者 ,Modotte Kita Higaisha) is the 303rd episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Ayumi Yoshida

Wataru Takagi

Juzo Megure

Unnamed officer

Unnamed officer

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys while walking around town hear a woman in an apartment scream. They investigate the source of the screaming and find a dead old woman stuffed inside of a sofa.

Murder

Location: Apartment

Victim: Old lady

Cause of death: Blunt force trauma to head

Suspects: Sanae Hosono and Kazuhiro Tokunaga

The police arrive and interrogate Sanae Hosono, the woman who found the body, and learn that she recently bought the sofa from a flower shop. While the police question the inhabitants of the apartment, the Detective Boys along with Takagi, interrogate the employees of the flower shop who bought in the sofa. They learn that the sofa was found on the curbside of the apartment.

People

Sanae Hosono
	28 years old Apartment resident

Old lady
	Victim (bludgeoned) Moneylender

Kazuhiro Tokunaga
	39 years old Apartment resident Alcohol shop owner

Masateru Hino
	40 years old Recycle shop owner

Toshimichi Hirose
	50 years old Recycle shop deliveryman

Hisashi Makimura
	Recycle shop deliveryman

Resolution

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• Conclusion

Mitsuhiko concludes that the culprit is Kazuhiro Tokunaga due to his suspicious testimony about hearing people fighting in Sanae's room, despite the fact that Sanae herself had gone to the theatre during the time of murder which was confirmed by the theatre staffs and visitors, which means that he lied in order to shift the suspicion to her. The reason he hid the victim's body inside the sofa at the trash collecting area was because he feared that the cat burglar, who is known to roam in the area, may have broken into his room and found the body. Additionally, because of his hardworking personality, he has never missed going to work, thus fearing that he may arouse suspicion should he took a day off to dispose the body.

Although there is no concrete prove, the police are likely to find evidence remaining from the murder in his room, along with his relation to the victim once her identity is identified.

Motive

Tokunaga borrowed a large sum of money from the old lady but was unable to pay back in time. When he asked her for an extension, the lady threatened to take away the deed of his shop from him, caused Tokunaga to murder her in rage.

Trivia

• This is the second case that Mitsuhiko solved by himself before Conan and is correct, after The Secret of the High Sales.
• Toshimichi Hirose's truck is a 1993 Mitsubishi Fuso Canter.
• One of the paintings in the recycle shop reappears in Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces and Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Episode 303

Episode 469

Episode 487

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	行き止まり	Ikidomari	Dead End	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
4	蘭のテーマ （涙ver.）	Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.)	Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	少年探偵団のテーマ	Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	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
11	事件解明 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.)	Case Clarification (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	顛末（TENMATSU）	Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)	The Facts (TENMATSU)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
13	新一の事件解明	Shin'ichi no Jiken Kaimei	Shinichi's Case Clarification	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
14	Overture	Overture	Overture	Overture
15	恋のトランプゲーム占い	Koi no Toranpu Gēmu Uranai	Love's Fortune-Telling Card Game	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	عودة جثة الضحية	The Comeback of the Victim’s Corpse
Bahasa Melayu	Mangsa kembali	The Victim's Comeback
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El retorn de la víctima	The victim's comeback
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El retorn de la víctima	The victim's comeback
Galician	O regreso da vítima	The victim's comeback
German	Das Opfer, das wiederkam	The Victim Who Came Back
Italian	Il ritorno della vittima	The Victim's Comeback
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La víctima que vuelve	The victim that comes back
Thai	ผู้ตายที่หวนกลับมา	The victim who came back
Vietnamese	Nạn nhân đã quay trở lại	The Victim Who Came Back

See also

• Season 11