Ramen So Good, It's to Die For

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Episode 644-645
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Information

Title:

Ramen So Good, It's to Die For

Japanese title:

死ぬほど美味いラーメン
(Shinu Hodo Umai Rāmen)

Original airdate:

February 4, 2012 (Part 1)
February 11, 2012 (Part 2)

Broadcast rating:

9,60%
10,40%

Manga case:

#222

Season:

20

Manga source:

Volume 73: Files 3-5 (765-767)

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Inspector Megure
Wataru Takagi
Ran Mouri

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Napkin (Part 1)
Glasses (Part 2)

Staff

Director:

Koujin Ochi

Organizer:

Umesaburo Sagawa

Storyboard:

Umesaburo Sagawa

Episode director:

644 Minoru Tozawa
645 Tomomi Ikeda

Animation director:

644 Chiemi Hironaka
645 Kana Miyai, Miho Tanaka

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri
Chafurin as Inspector Megure
Wataru Takagi as Detective Takagi
Ken Uo as Katsumasa Ogura
Akiko Hiramatsu as Sayo Ohashi
Katsumi Suzuki as Atsushi Taninaka
Yu Shimaka as Tokumori Saizu
Takao Sugiyama as Forensics officer

Music

Opening song:

"Miss Mystery"

Closing song:

"Kanashii Hodo Kyō no Yūhi Kirei da ne"

Characters introduced

Katsumasa Ogura
	49 years old "Ramen Ogura" owner

Sayo Ohashi
	28 years old Part-time worker

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Inspector Megure

Wataru Takagi

Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

When Conan came back home at the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro learns that Ran is going to sleep over at school for karate practice. Kogoro asks Ran about dinner but is told to go to the Poirot Café. However, the café is closed. Kogoro checks others restaurants but all are closed. In the end, Kogoro reserves to eat a place called Ramen Ogura.

As Conan went to the restroom to wash his hands but he suddenly heard Ogura telling a man named Tokumori Saizu to get out of his restaurant. Saizu retorts and pokes fun at the restaurant's slow business. It turns out that Ogura and Sayo hates Saizu since Saizu hires men cause trouble at their shop, resulting in their poor reputation and business. Saizu's plan was to put the ramen shop out of business, and build his own plans in place.

Meanwhile, Saizu sits down next to Conan and orders some ramen to eat. Another man named Atsushi Taninaka enters and takes a seat to order a ramen as well.

Sayo brought the Death Lord ramen for Kogoro and Conan. Sayo also gave the Death Lord ramen to Saizu, who picks up the chopsticks with his left hand. When he's about to eat, he mentions that if someone died after eating the ramen, the shop would consequently go out of business. This would do him a big favor. After hearing the statement, Kogoro gets mad and told him that he should stop being so disrespectful, but Saizu didn't answer. Kogoro grabs Saizu's collar in his anger and suddenly Saizu collapses and dies.

Suicide?

Location: Ramen Ogura

Victim: Tokumori Saizu

Cause of death: Potassium cyanide poisoning

Suspects: Katsumasa Ogura, Sayo Ohashi, and Atsushi Taninaka

Strong poison traces are found on Saizu's left hand thumb and index finger, and dilute traces of the cyanide are found on his chopsticks and the table. Cyanide powder is found in Saizu's coat pocket. No cyanide was found on or in the victim's ramen, the dishes, or the extra chopsticks.

Kogoro tells Sayo to call an ambulance but Conan tells her to call the police also. Someone poisoned him. Inspector Megure and Detective Takagi have arrived and gets the information from Kogoro of what happened. After the conversation of the case, Taninaka told Inspector Megure that Kogoro grabbed Saizu's collar so he told him to get out with the other people while the police will investigate. Conan is sure that one of the three people had the chance to poison Saizu.

Part 2

The police reveal poison was only found on the victim's left thumb and forefinger causing them to be dumbfounded on how poison was applied. Conan asks the police on what possessions the suspects have and eventually realizes how Saizu was killed.

People

Katsumasa Ogura
	49 years old "Ramen Ogura" owner

Sayo Ohashi
	28 years old Part-time worker

Tokumori Saizu
	Victim (poison) 51 years old Real estate company president

Atsushi Taninaka
	47 years old Barbershop owner

Ohashi
	Deceased (illness) Sayo's father Lawyer

Resolution

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Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and reveals Atsushi Taninaka, Saizu's barber, as the culprit. Taninaka took advantage of Saizu's glasses which he left on the counter while Taninaka was cutting Saizu's hair. Taninaka applied cyanide to Saizu's glasses on the left side where the temple meets the frame, expecting that Saizu would need to remove them when they became fogged up while entering the steamy ramen shop. Saizu removed the glasses, holding them with his left hand while wiping the lenses with a handkerchief in his right, thus poisoning his left hand. The poison was transferred to the chopsticks and then to his mouth when Saizu broke them apart with his teeth. After Saizu died, Taninaka exchanged his glasses with the victim's to hide the evidence. Taninaka confesses and reveals he murdered Saizu in the restaurant in order to have it close down and remodeled for greater success. A month later, the ramen restaurant reopens in Beika City and becomes popular after changing its slogan.

Gallery

• 
  The Ramen
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  Conan and Kogoro staring at the Ramen bowl
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  Conan and Kogoro staring at each other
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  Conan and Kogoro get ready to eat
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  Conan and Kogoro can't believe how delicious the Ramen is, "it's to die for"

See also

• Season 20