Hooligan's Labyrinth

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Episode 279-280 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Hooligan's Labyrinth
Japanese title:	迷宮のフーリガン (Meikyū no Fūrigan)
Original airdate:	May 27, 2002 (Part 1) June 3, 2002 (Part 2) April 7, 2012 (Part 1) (Remastered version) April 14, 2012 (Part 2) (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	16.7% 17.1%
Remastered rating:	6.5% 9.8%
Manga case:	#100
Season:	10
Manga source:	Volume 34: Files 5-7 (344-346)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Hiroshi Agasa Hideo Akagi Naoki Uemura Ryusuke Higo Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Vermouth Yukiko Kudo
Case solved by:	Hiroshi Agasa (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Ticket (Part 1) Uniform (Part 2) Ticket (Part 1) (Remastered version) Goal scene (Part 2) (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	279 Toru Kitahata 280 Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	279 Toru Kitahata 280 Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	279 Toru Kitahata 280 Mashu Ito
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Junichi Sugawara as Kadotake Akano Mayumi Asano as Hasue Kira Shiro Saito as Mitsuaki Funato Mitsuru Miyamoto as Etsutoshi Oba Isshin Chiba as TV narration Yasuhiko Kawazu as Tanaka Ryuuzo Hasuike as Passenger Mami Koyama as Chris Vineyard
Music
Opening song:	I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song:	Yume Mita Ato de

Characters introduced

Ryusuke Higo
	Soccer player for Big Osaka

Sharon Vineyard
	Late actress?

Rikuo Endo
	Higo's half brother

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Hiroshi Agasa Hideo Akagi Naoki Uemura Ramus Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Chris Vineyard (flashback) Yukiko Kudo (silhouette only) Shinichi Kudo (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan, the Detective Boys, Haibara, and Professor Agasa are all watching a decisive, fever-pitched soccer game involving the Tokyo Spirits and Noir. While everyone walks out of the stadium, they see a game involving Big Osaka on a store television. Haibara takes special interest in a certain player on the team, Ryusuke Higo, because his situation in soccer closely mirrors her own situation with the Black Organization, though she never admits this. He is considered a "traitor" by fans, for going from one team to another, and even fans of his own team boo at him when he makes mistakes.

While Haibara and the Detective Boys are focused on the game, Conan asks Agasa about if he has new information on Chris Vineyard, and learns of a scandal which occured during the burial of her mother Sharon. While they watch the game on TV, they spot a man by the name of Kadotake Akano, a self-styled Noir Tokyo hooligan who takes pride on starting trouble and riots during soccer matches. Later on, while everyone is on a train packed with Noir and Tokyo supporters, the hooligan is suddenly murdered, stabbed inside of the train.

Murder
	Location: Train station Victim: Kadotake Akano Age: 48 years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Hasue Kira, Mitsuaki Funato, and Etsutoshi Oba

Inspector Megure and Detective Takagi arrive on the scene. Conan is able to narrow the suspects down to three people, but can he solve the case? And where did Haibara go? The last scene of the episode shows her walking away from everyone.

Part 2

After questioning the 3 suspects Conan still cannot determine who the culprit is, but notices that Haibara is watching the next soccer match on the subway's TV. She empathizes with the player Higo, who has changed from playing for Noir Tokyo to the Tokyo Spirits, but is now hated by both teams.

People

Kadotake Akano
	Victim (stabbed) 48 years old Noir Tokyo supporter Self-styled hooligan

Hasue Kira
	24 years old Noir Tokyo supporter

Mitsuaki Funato
	33 years old Tokyo Spirits supporter

Etsutoshi Oba
	29 years old Noir Tokyo supporter

Mr. Oba
	Deceased Etsutoshi's twin brother Noir Tokyo supporter

Mr. Oba
	Etsutoshi's father

Mrs. Oba
	Etsutoshi's mother

Nakata
	Stationmaster

Resolution

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The motive for the murder

The culprit is Etsutoshi Oba. A year ago, his younger twin brother was pushed down a stadium staircase by Akano during a Noir Tokyo game, because Oba had complained about the boastful tales of violence recounted on Akano's website, Tokyo Hooligan. Akano's misdeed caused the younger Oba's skull to be indented, resulting in his death three days later. Upon reading his brother's blog comments, Oba confronted Akano and thus confirmed him as his twin brother's killer because when Akano (who did not know about the existence of the twin brothers) reacted with a snide comment at Oba's apparent survival.

Oba decided to kill Akano to avenge his brother, but he was incriminated because he wore his brother's Noir Tokyo T-shirt with the name Higo, which would have earned him the Noir fans' undivided wrath if he had actually attended the game as a live spectator while wearing it. Oba had overlooked that fact because he wasn't an avid soccer fan and had followed the match via radio to avoid having Akano disappear into the crowd. Another evidence to incriminate him was an imprint of the knife's sheath on the inside of his upper arm, where Oba had kept it hidden in readiness to deliver his deathblow to Akano. Oba wonders that if a Noir Tokyo fan had notice the T-Shirt and had called out to him, maybe it would have put a stop to his murder plans. If someone just had said: 'What do you think you are doing?'

Trivia

• After wryly reassuring him that she hasn't run away, Haibara refers to Conan's admonishment to her to not run away from her fate.
• Hasue Kira and Mitsuaki Funato's character designs are re-used for two people photos named "NAOMI TSUKU" and "WAKA SAITOU" on Suehiko Itoh's laptop in The Private Eyes' Requiem. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Hasue Kira

Mitsuaki Funato

Remastered version

A remastered version of the episode aired on April 7, and April 14, 2012.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	ドライブ気分	Doraibu Kibun	Driving Feeling	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
3	古城の探索	Kojō no Tansaku	Exploration of the Old Castle	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
4	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
5	過去のあやまち	Kako no Ayamachi	Error of the Past	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
6	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	犯人の謎	Hannin no Nazo	The Mystery of the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
8	ジンのテーマＦ	Jin no Tēma F	Gin's Theme F	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
9	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	ゲームスタート～ピッタリ賞	Gēmu Sutāto ~ Pittari Shō	Game Start ~ Exact Prize	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
11	新少年探偵団のテーマ	Shin Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The New Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
12	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13	暗号トリックの解読	Angō Torikku no Kaidoku	The Trick to Deciphering the Code	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
14	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
15	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	キーワードの謎解き	Kiiwādo no Nazotoki	Keyword to the Riddle Solution	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
17	犯人（スナイパー）の正体	Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai	The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
18	夢みたあとで	Yume Mita Ato de	After I've Been Dreaming	Yume Mita Ato de

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	ドライブ気分	Doraibu Kibun	Driving Feeling	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
3	暗殺者のテーマ─狙撃	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Sogeki	Assassin's Theme - Sniping	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
4	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	黒い影─挑戦	Kuroi Kage - Chōsen	Black Shadow - Challenge	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
8	容疑者は？	Yōgisha wa?	The Suspect Is?	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
9	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	怒りのメッセージ	Ikari no Messēji	Message of Anger	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
13	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ （ヴォーカル・ヴァージョン)	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Vōkaru・Vājon)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Vocal Version)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
14	蘭の決意～ホースに火が	Ran no Ketsui ~ Hōsu ni Hi ga	Ran's Decision ~ Hose and Fire	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
15	夢みたあとで	Yume Mita Ato de	After I've Been Dreaming	Yume Mita Ato de
16	コナンの決断	Konan no Ketsudan	Conan's Decision	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack

In other languanges

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	El misteri indexifrable del Hooligan
Galician	O seareiro no labirinto	The Hooligan in the Labyrinth
German	Der falsche Fan	The Fake Fan
Italian	Hooligan nel labirinto	Hooligan's Labyrinth
Spanish	La misteriosa muerte del hooligan
Vietnamese	Rắc rối của gã Hooligan	Hooligan's Trouble

See also

• Season 10