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

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Episode 263 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Osaka Double Mystery - The Naniwa Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle
Japanese title:	大阪ダブルミステリー 浪花剣士と太閤の城 (Ōsaka Daburu Misuterii: Naniwa Kenshi to Taikō no Shiro)
Original airdate:	January 7, 2002
Season:	10
Manga source:	Volume 31: File 8 (314-317) ~ Volume 32: File 4 (318-321)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Goro Otaki Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Shizuka Hattori Ginshiro Toyama Heizo Hattori Professor Agasa
Cases solved by:	Heiji Hattori (x2) Conan Edogawa Heizo Hattori
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Kenji Kodama
Storyboard:	Kenji Kodama
Episode director:	Akira Shimizu
Animation director:	Maki Fujioka Tomoyuki Matsumoto Takahiro Kagami (aux.)
Music
Opening song:	Winter Bells
Closing song:	Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Heiji Hattori

Kazuha Toyama

Goro Otaki

Ran Mouri

Kogoro Mouri

Shizuka Hattori

Ginshiro Toyama

Heizo Hattori

Professor Agasa

Gadgets

Gadgets

Earring Cellphone

Wristwatch Flashlight

Case 1:

Situation

Murder

Victim: Atsushi Tarumi

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

Okita
	Kyoto High representative

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 Kotegawa, a friend of Tarumi. Heiji explains that in the storage room, Kotegawa 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 Kotegawa. 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 Kotegawa is arrested, Heiji and Conan explore the town.

Case 2:

Situation

Murder

Location: Osaka Castle

Victim: Yuji Kato

Cause of death: Set on fire and fell from a great height

Suspects: Arihiro Kasuya, Toshiaki Fukushima, Maho Katagiri, and Shigehiko Wakisaka

Murder

Location: Bridge near Osaka Castle

Victim: Maho Katagiri

Cause of death: Blunt force trauma to head

Suspects: Arihiro Kasuya, Toshiaki Fukushima, and Shigehiko Wakisaka

People

Arihiro Kasuya
	64 years old Tourist Role of Tokugawa Ieyasu

Toshiaki Fukushima
	32 years old Tourist Role of Akechi Mitsuhide

Maho Katagiri
	Victim (bashed) 39 years old Tourist Role of Nene

Shigehiko Wakisaka
	35 years old Tourist Role of Oda Nobunaga

Yuji Kato
	Victim (burned) 36 years old Tourist Role of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

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