The Case of the Lucky Calico

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Episode 751-752 (Int. Episode 804-805)
Information
Title:	The Case of the Lucky Calico
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) June 20, 2020 (Part 1) (Remastered) June 27, 2020 (Part 2) (Remastered)
Broadcast rating:	10.80% (Part 1) 9.00% (Part 2)
Remastered rating:	7.3% (Part 1) 8.4% (Part 2)
Manga case:	#250
Season:	24
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 Hiroshi Agasa Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Juzo Megure Eri Kisaki
Case solved by:	Tooru Amuro (x1) Conan Edogawa (x2)
Next Conan's Hint:	Taii (Part 1) Wrapping (Part 2) Taii (Remastered version Part 1) Wrapping (Remastered version Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Masaharu Okuwaki
Storyboard:	Masaharu Okuwaki
Episode director:	751 Takanori Yano 752 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	Masatomo Sudo and Seiji Muta (supervisors) 751 Akio Kawamura, Naoko Soeda 752 Keiko Sasaki
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production cooperation:	751 BIG BANG
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Tooru Furuya as Tooru Amuro Mikiko Enomoto as Azusa Enomoto Aya Fujita as Taii Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Chafurin as Juzo Megure Mitsuaki Hoshino as Teishi Masuko Kyosei Tsukui as Shogo Amesawa Hiroko Mori as Mutsumi Shagawa Masaharu Tahara as Manager Ryota Takeuchi as Resident Sumako Nomura as Furuyo Tsuyuguchi Mamiko Noto as Mari Asoh Shigenori Soya as Rinpei Urushiya
Music
Opening song:	Greed
Closing song:	Muteki na Heart

The Case of the Lucky Calico (招き三毛猫の事件 ,Maneki Mikeneko no Jiken) is the 751st and 752nd episode of the Detective Conan anime. It comprises two cases, namely Who is Taii's Owner? and Teishi Masuko's Accident.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Tooru Amuro

Azusa Enomoto

Taii

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Ai Haibara

Hiroshi Agasa

Miwako Sato

Wataru Takagi

Juzo Megure

Eri Kisaki (background)

Goro

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

Situation

Lost Cat

Location: Mouri Detective Agency

Name: Taii

Suspects: Shogo 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

Shogo Amesawa
	36 years old Freeter

Teishi Masuko
	54 years old Company president

Mutsumi Shagawa
	61 years old Housewife

Girl
	Mutsumi's granddaughter

Mrs. Masuko
	Deceased Teishi's wife

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 and they can even be sold at 20 million yen.

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

Situation

Accident?

Location: Teishi Masuko's apartment

Victim: Teishi Masuko

Age: 54 years old

Injury: Blunt force trauma

Suspects: Furuyo Tsuyuguchi, Mari Asoh, 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 Asoh
	28 years old Ex-office worker

Rinpei Urushiya
	53 years old Novelist Teishi's friend

Man #1
	Apartment building manager

Man #2
	Teishi's next-door resident

Mrs. Masuko
	Deceased Teishi's wife

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.

At the end, we see Mutsumi with her daughter riding in the street with their cat, Mugi-chan that they finally found.

Mugi
	Female calico cat Smaller than Taii Mutsumi and her daughter's cat

Trivia

• The Cheetah Delivery Service is featured in a flashback in this case.
• The name of the suspects come from cat breeds:
  • Mutsumi Shagawa (舎川 睦実) comes from siamese cats (シャム猫 ,shamu-neko);
  • Teishi Masuko (益子 貞司) comes from scottish folds (スコティッシュフォールド ,sukotisshufōrudo);
  • Shugo Amesawa (雨澤 章吾) comes from american shorthairs (アメリカンショートヘア ,amerikanshōtohea);
  • Furuyo Tsuyuguchi (露口 降代) comes from russian blues (ロシアンブルー ,roshianburū);
  • Mari Aso (麻生 茉莉) comes from somali cats (ソマリ猫 ,somari-neko);
  • Rinpei Urushiya (漆屋 倫平) comes from persian cats (ぺルシャ猫 ,perusha-neko).

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 1:25	のんびり気分	Nonbiri Kibun	Carefree Feeling	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
2:34 - 2:48	????
4:56 - 6:06	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6:18 - 6:47	のんびり船	Nonbiri Fune	Carefree Ship	Detective Conan "Private Eye in the Distant Sea" Original Soundtrack
6:59 - 7:09	ブリッジE	Burijji E	Bridge E	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
7:15 - 8:16	犯人のアジト（忍び）'07	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobi) '07	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping) '07	Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best
8:19 - 9:34	ワッツ ハプニング	Wattsu Hapuningu	What's Happening	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
9:42 - 10:36	ミニサス3	Minisasu 3	Mini Suspense 3	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
10:55 - 11:24	イエローカード	Ierō Kādo	Yellow Card	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
11:33 - 12:04	サイレントスノー	Sairento Sunō	Silent Snow	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
12:11 - 12:19	ミニサス4	Minisasu 4	Mini Suspense 4	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
14:15 - 15:35	忍び寄る影'07	Shinobiyoru Kage '07	Creeping Shadow '07	Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best
17:20 - 18:50	アラベスク タッチ	Arabesuku Tacchi	Arabesque Touch	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
19:18 - 20:42	コナンの夢'07	Konan no Yume '07	Conan's Dream '07	Detective Conan TV Original Soundtrack Selection Best
22:27 - 23:09	アイコンタクト	Ai Kontakuto	Eye Contact	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
23:34 - 23:44	オーバーウェッジ	Ōbā Wejji	Over Wedge	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:13	コアクセント タッチ～コンティニュー	Akusento Tacchi ~ Kontinyū	Accent Touch ~ Continue	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
0:25 - 0:32	オーバーウェッジ	Ōbā Wejji	Over Wedge	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
2:35 - 3:40	サスキーロ	Sasu Kiiro	Yellow Suspense	Detective Conan "The Lost Ship in the Sky" Original Soundtrack
4:15 - 4:50	イエローカード	Ierō Kādo	Yellow Card	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
5:07 - 6:23	コンシダレーション	Konshidarēshon	Consideration	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
7:10 - 7:43	ダークな予感	Dāku na Yokan	Foreboding Darkness	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
7:47 - 8:40	不透明な果実1	Futōmeina Kajitsu 1	Opaque Fruit 1	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
8:49 - 11:33	融合	Yūgō	Fusion	Detective Conan "Private Eye in the Distant Sea" Original Soundtrack
12:45 - 12:49	犯人が、、、	Han'nin ga...	The Culprit is...	Detective Conan "Dimensional Sniper" Original Soundtrack
12:55 - 13:23	????
13:40 - 14:04	ゲンタくん	Genta-kun	Genta-kun	Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack
14:29 - 15:25	ペナルティ モード	Penaruti Mōdo	Penalty Mode	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
16:36 - 18:04	????
18:26 - 19:36	サスベージュ	Sasu Bēju	Beige Suspense	Detective Conan "The Lost Ship in the Sky" Original Soundtrack
19:54 - 20:40	クローズドスキル	Kurōzudo Sukiru	Closed Skill	Detective Conan "The Eleventh Striker" Original Soundtrack
20:59 - 21:40	迷いの海	Mayoi no Umi	Sea of Illusion	Detective Conan "Private Eye in the Distant Sea" Original Soundtrack
23:00 - 23:43	ケースクローズド	Kēsu Kurōzudo	Case Closed	Detective Conan "Private Eye in the Distant Sea" Original Soundtrack

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas del gat de tres colors que porta sort	The case of the three-color cat that brings good luck
Thai	คดีแมวกวักสามสี	The Beckoning Calico Cat Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án mèo tam thể chiêu tài

See also

• Season 24