The Dangerous Melon Field

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Episode 1121 (Int. Episode 1179)
Information
Title:	The Dangerous Melon Field
Japanese title:	あぶなすぎるメロン畑(ばたけ) (Abuna Sugiru Meron Batake)
Original airdate:	April 27, 2024
Filler case:	#417
Season:	TBD
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Fluorescent tape
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Akatsuki Yamatoya
Storyboard:	Masaki Ozora
Episode director:	Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	Masatomo Sudo (supervisor) Keiko Sasaki
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Masanori Hashimoto (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Otoya Kawano as Manabu Inose Hiroshi Shirokuma as Kazuki Kumagai Eiji Miyashita as Kanta Shikado Nobuyuki Kobushi as Takezo Arai Junichi Sugawara as Police officer
Music
Opening song:	Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~
Closing song:	You & I

The Dangerous Melon Field (あぶなすぎるメロン畑(ばたけ) ,Abuna Sugiru Meron Batake) is the 1121st episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Assault

Location: Kazuki Kumagai's melon field

Victim: Manabu Inose

Age: 49 years

Injury: Blunt-force trauma

Suspects: Kazuki Kumagai, Kanta Shikado and Takezo Arai

People

Kazuki Kumagai
	38 years old Melon farmer

Kanta Shikado
	43 years old Melon farmer

Takezo Arai
	43 years old Melon farmer

Manabu Inose
	Victim (shoved-injured) 49 years old Melon farmer

Yukie
	Bar Snack Nanako owner's assistant

Nanako
	Bar Snack Nanako owner

Man
	Police officer

Resolution

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Manabu Inose was the one vandalizing Kazuki Kumagai's fields in the hopes his crops would be destroyed before harvesting season. He was the one who cut the fences and destroyed the scarecrows. He later planned to release wild animals so they would rampage through Kumagai's fields, by using his expertise in hunting. He managed to release the raccoon, but his planned failed when the wild boar he released and starved for several days rammed through him instead of the melons, causing him to fall and go unconscious. The boar then dug a hole in the ground and escaped.

After the big reveal, the police officer receives a call from the local hospital saying that Inose regained consciousness, and the three other farmers decide to come see him and knock some sense into him, but promise they will help him with his crops, as jealousy was most likely the cause of his wrongdoings. Sleeping Kogoro however reveals that the case is not finished. Later at night, a black van stops in front of the fields and five thieves come out and prepare themselves to steal Kumagai's melons, but the lights turn on and they are intercepted by Kogoro, the police and the three farmers, who decide to beat them. Conan reveals that "Sleeping Kogoro" had noticed the suspicious van earlier that day and also saw fluorescent tape on the greenhouse's door, and since neither Inose nor the animals would need to use it, it was most likely used by robbers who wanted to come at night.

Attempted Melon Theft

Location: Kazuki Kumagai's melon field

Victim: Kazuki Kumagai

Age: 38 years

Culprits: A group of masked thieves

Trivia

• The suspects have names related to wild animals :
  • Manabu Inose (猪瀬 学) comes from boar (猪 ,inoshishi) ;
  • Kazuki Kumagai (熊谷 一樹) comes from bear (熊 ,kuma) ;
  • Kanta Shikado (鹿戸 貫太) comes from deer (鹿 ,shika) ;
  • Takezo Arai (新井 猛三) comes from raccoon (洗熊 ,araiguma).

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
French (Subbed)	Un champ de melons trop dangereux	A too dangerous melon field

See also

• Current Season