The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men

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Episode 1102
(Int. Episode 1160)

Information

Title:

The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men

Japanese title:

赤べこと3(さん)人の福男
(Akabeko to San'nin no Fukuotoko)

Original airdate:

November 4, 2023

Filler case number:

#405

Season:

TBD

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Sonoko Suzuki
Wataru Takagi
Kazunobu Chiba
Kamen Yaiba

Case solved by:

Sonoko Suzuki (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Festival

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Nobuharu Kamanaka

Screenplay:

Akatsuki Yamatoya

Storyboard:

Hiroaki Takagi

Episode director:

Minoru Tozawa

Animation director:

Keiko Sasaki

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo
Nariyuki Takahashi (sub-character)
Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki
Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi
Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba
Yuji Ueda as Toshiharu Fukumoto
Keiko Sakai as Hajime Fukura
Taishi Murata as Junya Fukui
Kaoru Morota as Motoko Bekobe

Music

Opening song:

"Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~"

Closing song:

"…and Rescue Me"

The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men (赤べこと3(さん)人の福男 ,Akabeko to San'nin no Fukuotoko) is the 1102nd episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ran Mouri

Sonoko Suzuki

Wataru Takagi

Kazunobu Chiba

Kamen Yaiba (book cover)

Gadgets

Gadgets

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Murder

Location: Motoko's resting room

Victim: Motoko Bekobe

Age: 36 years old

Cause of death: Strangulation

Suspects: Junya Fukui, Toshiharu Fukumoto and Hajime Fukura

The artist is found dead in her resting room after being strangled to death. Her dying message is the katakana word "Fuku".

People

Motoko Bekobe
	Victim (strangled) 36 years old Akabeko artist Real name: Motoko Inaba

Junya Fukui
	27 years old Dancer Motoko's ex-boyfriend

Toshiharu Fukumoto
	39 years old Head of office Motoko's business partner

Hajime Fukura
	42 years old Akabeko craftsman Motoko's former coworker

Resolution

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The meaning of the dying message

The culprit is Toshiharu Fukumoto, as the dying message "fuku" originally intended to indicate the place of origin of the culprit, that Motoko knew beforehand: Toshiharu mentioned earlier that he is from Fukuoka Prefecture, indicating that he is involved in the murder. It turns out the dying message can also be read as "akabeko", that in Fukuoka dialect means loincloth. Sonoko asks the suspects to remove their pants, to discover that the 3 are using loinclothes, except that Fukamoto's is much longer that the other ones, and like that the murder weapon is discovered. Fukumoto tries to defend himself, but the decisive proof is a bloodstain on his loincloth that got there during the murder.

Motive

Fukumoto finally surrenders and explain his motive: the one who originally came up with the idea of Akabeko Art was Fukumoto himself 10 years ago back in Fukuoka, and he convinced Motoko to promote the idea, and finally both of them became succesful. Things were going good, and they almost got married. Until Fukumoto discovered that she signed a contract to start a new business without him. As he confronted her, Motoko replied that Akabeko art was hers, and that Fukumoto should be grateful of not being kicked out. Fukumoto finally snapped and strangled her to death. He is finally arrested

Aftermath

Ran, Sonoko and Conan are at Mouri Detective Agency, as Sonoko shows off her detective skills after solving the case. It turns out that Akabeko were originally children's toys to not get the smallpox disease nad protect them. Conan thinks that if only the akabeko had protected Bekobe and Fukumoto, this case wouldn't have happened.

Trivia

• Sonoko compares Bekobe to "Janksy", a distortion of the famous British street artist Banksy.
• Hajime Fukura and Toshiharu Fukumoto's voice actors both come from the respective prefectures of their characters. Keiko Sakai comes from Fukushima Prefecture while Yuji Ueda comes from Kitakyushu (Fukuoka Prefecture).

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