The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy

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Episode 1070
(Int. Episode 1127)

Information

Title:

The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy

Japanese title:

サプライズは悲劇のはじまり
(Sapuraizu wa Higeki no Hajimari)

Original airdate:

January 21, 2023

Filler case number:

#385

Season:

31

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Detective Boys
Hiroshi Agasa
Wataru Takagi
Miwako Sato

Case solved by:

Hiroshi Agasa (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Handkerchief

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Nobuharu Kamanaka

Screenplay:

Tatsuro Inamoto

Storyboard:

Akihiro Okuzawa

Episode director:

Akira Yoshimura

Animation director:

Asuka Tsubuki
Yui Ushinohama
Miho Tanaka
Kana Aoki
FALCO Suzuki
Yoshitsugu Hatano
Joji Yanase

Character design:

Masatomo Sudo
Atsuya Miura (sub-character)
Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi
Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato
Sachi Kokuryu as Riko Totsuka
Yuto Suzuki as Yusuke Tsuda
Asami Sanada as Mai Takigawa

Music

Opening song:

"SPARKLE"

Closing song:

"Playmaker"

The Surprise That Leads to Tragedy (サプライズは悲劇のはじまり ,Sapuraizu wa Higeki no Hajimari) is the 1070th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Hiroshi Agasa

Genta Kojima

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Ayumi Yoshida

Wataru Takagi

Miwako Sato

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Mai Takigawa accidentally kills her boyfriend Yusuke Tsuda in self-defense after misunderstanding him as a burglar, but in reality he along with Mai's best friend Riko Totsuka planned a surprise party for her birthday.

Murder in self-defense?

Location: Apartment

Victim: Yusuke Tsuda

Age: 25 years old

Time: Evening

Cause of death: Blunt-force trauma

Culprit: Mai Takigawa

Takagi and Sato arrives to the scene to investigate and also does Conan, who was at the apartment complex at the time and heard the scream along with Agasa and the Detective Boys. Conan and the police discover clues that make them think that there's more behind this case.

People

Mai Takigawa
	25 years old Office worker

Yusuke Tsuda
	Victim (beaten) 25 years old Mai's boyfriend

Riko Totsuka
	25 years old Mai and Yusuke's best friend

Resolution

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Even though Riko Totsuka was the one who created the plan, the surprise party and suggested Mai to have a dangerous weapon as a self defense object, the one who manipulated Riko into creating the "murder in self-defense" plan was Mai Takigawa. She knew that Riko and Yusuke were lovers and took advantage of the plan to kill her boyfriend on purpose. She finally bursts out laughing because she was so dumb for trusting her best friend and her boyfriend.

Trivia

Miwako Sato appears in this episode, even if is a TV Original one, which is extremely rare. The most recent TV Original episode (without counting this one) where Sato appears is An Encouragement of the Perfect Crime

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See also

• Season 31