The Osaka Double Mystery - The Naniwa Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle

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Information
Title:	The Osaka Double Mystery - The Naniwa Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle
Original airdate:	January 7, 2002
Season:	10
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Heizo Hattori
Case solved by:	Heiji Hattori (2x) Conan Edogawa Heizo Hattori
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Kenji Kodama
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	Akira Shimizu
Animation director:	Maki Fujioka, Tomoyuki Matsumoto
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night
Next episode:	Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro »
List of episodes

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Goro Otaki Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Shizuka Hattori Detective Toyama Heizo Hattori Dr. Agasa

Case 1:

Situation

Heiji invites Conan to his kendo tournament but a drunk man named Atsushi Tarumi is found dead in the storage room. Heiji comes to investigate only to find that the body had somehow been moved to the shower room without anyone noticing.

People

Atsushi Tarumi
	Victim (slashed) 22 years old Senpo (First Up), Shinnai University

Mineo Omotani
	22 years old Jiho (Second Up), Shinnai University

Noriyuki Doguchi
	21 years old Chuken (Middle Position), Shinnai University

Takashi Kotegawa
	22 years old Fukusho (Vice-Captain), Shinnai University

Masamichi Hakamada
	22 years old Taisho (Captain), Shinnai University

Resolution

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After a thorough investigation, Heiji reveals the culprit to be Takashi Kategawa, a friend of Tarumi. Heiji explains that in the storage room, Kategawa drugged Tarumi into a drunken slumber and put red paint on Tarumi to imply he was killed. After everyone leaves, he sets the scene to create the idea Tarumi committed a murder in his drunken frenzy. Tarumi heads for the shower room, suited in Tsuba Zeriai, in order to hide what he believed to be blood from the murder where he is then killed by Kategawa. As evidence, Heiji reveals that the mannequin that was used to trick Tarumi into believing he committed a murder was covered in red paint. After Tarumi is arrested, Heiji and Conan explore the town.

Case 2:

Situation

Later a man is set ablaze atop Osaka Castle.

People

Arihiro Kasuya
	64 years old Tourist

Toshiaki Fukushima
	32 years old Tourist

Maho Katagiri
	Victim (bashed) 39 years old Tourist

Shigehiko Wakisaka
	35 years old Tourist

Yuji Kato
	Victim (burned) 36 years old Tourist

Resolution

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After investigating thoroughly, Heiji and Conan concludes the murderer to be Shigehiko Wakisaka, one of the tour guides at the castle who committed the murders through the use of self-destructing flashlights. Wakisaka confesses and reveals that he was murdering his fellow tour guides who murdered his grandfather thirteen years ago. Arihiro Kasuya, one of the tour guides, confesses to have murdered Wakisaka's grandfather and prepares to kill Heiji but is apprehended by the police.

See also

• Season 10