Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes 2

Episode 1096 (Int. Episode 1154)
Information
Title:	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes 2
Japanese title:	円谷光彦の探偵ノート2(ツー) (Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko no Tantei Nōto Tsū)
Original airdate:	September 9, 2023
Filler case:	#401
Season:	31
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Ai Haibara
Case solved by:	Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Next Conan's Hint:	Birdhouse
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Chisato Matsuda
Storyboard:	Hatsuki Tsuji
Episode director:	Tazumi Mukaiyama
Animation director:	Masatomo Sudo (supervisor) Kosei Takahashi Eiichi Tokura Jiu Ri
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Rei Masunaga Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Production cooperation:	Mouse
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yusuke Kobayashi as Police officer Yukiya Matsui as Police officer Yumika Yano as Woman Megumi Sano as Housewife Nobuyori Sagara as Satoshi Kimishima Hinata Tadokoro as Nozomu Katsumi Chie Arikawa as Sumie Midorikawa Tetsu Inada as Hayato Izumiya
Music
Opening song:	RAISE INSIGHT
Closing song:	…and Rescue Me
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Missing Man's Dream
Next episode:	Did I Do It? »
List of episodes

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes 2 (円谷光彦の探偵ノート2(ツー) ,Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko no Tantei Nōto Tsū) is the 1096th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ai Haibara

Case

Situation

After a long day of helping to clean and tidy the birdhouses at the park shed, the Detective Boys inquired of the park warden, Satoshi Kimishima, if he had more work to deploy to them. Fearing that he would not trust their abilities, they introduced themselves. After that, Kimishima finally asked them if they could find the owner of a hat that had stayed in the lost-and-found box for so long that it was time to dispose of it. After the Detective Boys had accepted the offer, the park warden walked towards another man, Hayato Izumiya, who was handing Kimishima a big purse filled with stuff. According to the park warden, there are many visitors that give the birds food, so it must be a bag full of food.

Mitsuhiko, using his perceptive observation skills, along with his astonishing deduction skills, managed to find the hat owner. Evidently, the owner of that hat is named Nozomu Katsumi. He was also surprised when Mitsuhiko handed him the hat and inquired how he knew it was his. Since the symbol on the hat looked custom-made, it was most likely an amateur baseball team. In addition, they contacted the hat manufacturer, following the clues, which helped them find Katsumi's teammates - that was how he found the hta owner. After that, Mitsuhiko disclosed that he actually consulted the "canon" of Sherlock Holmes Stories. And this time it was "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle".

When the Detective Boys left Katsumi's premise, they found out by questioning some regular park visitors that most of their (or their friend's) jewels were stolen by the new burglar. That was infamously known in the entire district, and a police officer the Detective Boys met informed every resident and strengthened their awareness of it. At the same time, Haibara showed a police officer a sketch book that a female old lady gave her. There were a lot of drawings she drew within this park, and after the police officer had seen it, he pointed at a man drawn on the sketch book, which was apparently the park warden, Kimishima, and said that he had questioned him three times already because he felt him being somewhat suspicious, however, no falws were found on him. This sentence gave Conan a clearer idea of what was going on. And combining the discovery Mitsuhiko found, which all of the people who got robbed were regular park visitors, Conan figured out the culprit's trick of stealing jewels.

Conan claimed Kimishima was the burglar, who knew the park visitors' time out. With this information, he could steal the jewels when the visitors were strolling out in the park. Moreover, to avoid any evidence being left on himself, he decided to take advantage of the pigeons he raised. With some practice, it should not be difficult to make them steal the jewels. He knew very well that pigeons have "homing instincts", which are their ability to return to their nests. But when the Detective Boys went to see Kimishima, they found Kimishima struggling in the head with tonnes of blood. What happened to him?

The Detective Boys analysed the situation of this attempted murder: there were leather shoeprints on the floor, which were apparently not the victim's since Kimishima wore sneakers; and the weapon to strike the victim's head was the bat left in the lost-and-found box. In other words, the culprit was someone Kimishina knows, probably an accomplice or a robbery-related person. The mess in the shed might not be the result of their tussling, but Conan deduced that the culprit must have been searching the shed to find someone. Most likely flee away when seeing the arrival of the Detective Boys, they must be hiding somewhere in this park to watch out for another opportunity to sneak in once again. Later on, the Detective Boys began their investigation into "finding the culprit". When the sun was about to set, all of the members of Detective Boys had gathered together, except Mitsuhiko, who was still poking around in the park.

Inside the restroom, Mitsuhiko was washing his hands. When he lifted his hands upward, he recalled himself carrying the birdhouse this morning, which made him think of something. He swiftly ran out of the restroom and went to the shed, seemingly understanding the truth of the case. On the other hand, the culprit was watching him at the back of the tree trunk. Thus, what did Mitsuhiko find out? And who is the culprit?

People

Satoshi Kimishima
	Victim (beaten-injured) 32 years old Park warden

Nozomu Katsumi
	28 years old Amateur baseball team member

Hayato Izumiya
	42 years old Park visitor

Sumie Midorikawa
	72 years old Park visitor

Policeman
	Beika City policeman

Resolution

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The culprit

Mitsuhiko deduces something when he enters the park's toilet, so he immediatly goes to the warden's cabin. When he enters, he retrieves something from the purse the park visitor from before gave to Kimishima. At the same time, Conan and Haibara deduces that Hayato Izumiya, the park visitor from before was wearing leather boots, just like the footprints outside the cabin, meaning that he is the only possible culprit. When Mitsuhiko enters the cabin, he confronts Izumiya, who was waiting for him. It's revealed that he was doing shady business by trading jewels with the help of Kimisihima, but after Kimishima said he didn't want to do business with him anymore, he got furious and attacked him. Izumiya threats Mitsuhiko to give him the jewels back. Just in time, the Detective Boys arrive to rescue him, but Izumiya already left, only to be captured by the police, as they called the police beforehand as they knew he was the culprit. Mitsuhiko also reveals that the jewels he gave him were in fact marbles, as he hid them in the lost-and-found box

Aftermath

The Detective Boys are watching Nozomu's baseball game, and Mitsuhiko praises himself about solving the case, and saying "he's one step closer to become Watson", probably indicating that Conan is Holmes.

Trivia

• This episode is a sequel of Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's Detective Notes.

See also

• Season 31