A Course Without Protest

Episode 371-372 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	A Course Without Protest
Japanese title:	物言わぬ航路 (Mono Iwanu Kōro)
Original airdate:	August 23, 2004 (Part 1) August 30, 2004 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	11.8% 13.1%
Manga case:	#134
Season:	13
Manga source:	Volume 45: Files 6-8 (463-465)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Vermouth Eri Kisaki
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri
Next Conan's Hint:	Tennis ball (Part 1) Chart (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Organizer:	Rokou Ogiwara
Storyboard:	Rokou Ogiwara
Episode director:	Rokou Ogiwara
Animation Director:	Akira Watanabe
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Koji Ishii as Toshizo Nose Kazuo Oka as Inspector Tokashiki Tomoya Kawai as Officer Inabu Isshin Chiba as Teranishi Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi as Announcer Yasuhiro Takato as Forensics officer Takeharu Onishi as Producer Naoki Bandō as Masaharu Motoyama
Music
Opening song:	START
Closing song:	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o
Chronology
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Eri Kisaki (background) Heiji Hattori (background) Vermouth (Conan's memory) Hirofumi Kogure (on TV)

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan fly to Okinawa to attend an interview with a famous baseball player, Toshio Nose. On the way there, they witness the player dead on the street.

Murder
	Location: Okinawa (Naha City) Victim: Toshizo Nose Cause of death: Stab wound Culprit: Masaharu Motoyama

Conan suspects Motoyama, since he urged his companions to call not just an ambulance but also the police, suggesting that Motoyama knew that Nose would be beyond help, but Motoyama has apparently an alibi. He came off his flight to Okinawa at about 9:50 am, while the murder was committed about twenty minutes earlier. Conan begins also to suspect him to be part of the Black Organization.

People

Toshizo Nose
	Victim (stabbed) Professional baseball player

Masaharu Motoyama
	Sports reporter Former professional baseball player with Nose

Inspector Tokashiki
	Okinawa Police inspector

Officer Inabu
	Okinawa Police detective Inspector Tokashiki's assistant

Teranishi
	Nichiuri TV sales rep Okinawa branch Former high-school baseball player

Announcer A
	Sports News announcer

Announcer B
	Sports News announcer

Forensics officer
	Okinawa Prefecture police forensics officer

Producer
	TV Producer from 〜10 years ago

Security Guard
	Okinawa Naha Airport security guard

Resolution

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After investigating, it is revealed the culprit (Masaharu Motoyama) took two plane rides to create his alibi. Instead of taking the direct route from Miyazaki to Okinawa, Motoyama had taken a plane to Tokyo first, then a retour flight (Flight JAL 931) to Okinawa, where he arrived at 9:20 am, precisely 10 minutes before he committed the murder. He then returned to the airport, pretending that he had just come off the direct Miyazaki-Okinawa flight. Hence Motoyama's cryptic historical reference to him being Hideyoshi and Noze being Mitsuhide, as Hideyoshi had caught up with Mitsuhide much quicker than anticipated.

Motoyama was incidentally on the same flight Conan, Ran and Kogoro had boarded and, in disguise, had caught one of the balls Ran had inadvertently dropped. While the tennis ball's felt coating could not retain Motoyama's fingerprints, Kogoro has suggested otherwise in order to have Motoyama guide him and the police to the location of the bloodstained raincoat and murder knife, still hidden in the trunk of the car Motoyama rented for the deed. Another clue was that, when he first met the Moris, he already knew that Conan, who stood apart from Kogoro and Ran at that time, was part of their company, proving that he had seen them together before, i.e. on Flight JAL 931.

The reason behind the murder was that Nose had suggested to Motoyama, who was a celebrated baseball pitcher himself at that time, that his throwing technique was flawed, prompting Motoyama to practice his pitching obsessively until his throwing arm was ruined. While Nose subsequently used his contacts to get Motoyama the sports reporting job, a shocked Motoyama learned later, through an unedited studio recording of a sports talkshow, that Nose had intentionally caused Motoyama to drop out of active sports in order to get rid of, what he considered, his competitor for fame.

After solving the case, Kogoro wonders how he can pass the autographed baseball to his wife, now that her favorite player is dead, but then realizes that with Nose's demise, the baseball has now become a collectors item.

Trivia

• In the manga Japanese version, the hiragana ideograms on Motoyama's first name meaning "Seiji" and not "Masaharu".
• Officer Inabu's vehicle is a Cyan Toyota Estima XR40.
• Masaharu Motoyama's car in airport is a Dark Blue 1993 Toyota Crown Sedan S140. The license plate number is 琉球 300, わ 72-65 (Ryukyu 300, Wa 72-65).
• This is the first case since Conan's showdown with Vermouth, that when Conan saw someone, and in this case, the suspect with his cellphone, he had a strong vision of Vermouth with her cellphone, and was momentarily wide-eyed and frightened.
• This is one of the first cases that shows that Eri Kisaki may be into baseball.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	START	START	START	START
2	テーブルの下に爆弾～急げ （音響調整バージョン）	Tēburu no Shita ni Bakudan ~ Isoge (Onkyō Chōsei Vājon)	Bomb Under the Table ~ Hurry (Acoustic Tuning Version)
3	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
4	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
5	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	事件一件落着	Jiken Ikken Rakuchaku	The End of a Case	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
7	阿笠博士のテーマ	Agasa Hakase no Tēma	Professor Agasa's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	ジンのテーマＦ	Jin no Tēma F	Gin's Theme F	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
9	コナン推理	Konan Suiri	Conan's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
10	映画BGM	Eiga BGM	Movie BGM	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
11	「何だこの痕跡は？」 （未収録ヴァージョン）	"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)	"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)
12	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
13	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
14	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
16	シンドラーのサスペンス	Shindorā no Sasupensu	Schindler's Suspense	Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
17	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
18	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
19	眠る君の横顔に微笑みを	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o	The Feeling When I See Your Smile While Sleeping	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	START	START	START	START
2	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	赤い光のスナイパー２	Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2	The Sniper's Red Light 2	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
4	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	ジンのテーマＣ	Jin no Tēma C	Gin's Theme C	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
7	逆探知	Gyakutanchi	Phone Trace	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
8	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	(Unreleased BGM 3)
12	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
13	小五郎の推理	Kogorō no Suiri	Kogoro's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
14	対決のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Showdown Theme (Skyscraper Version)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
15	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	コナン組曲－Captured In Her Eyes	Konan Kumikyoku - Captured in Her Eyes	Conan Suite - Captured in Her Eyes	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
17	コナンの夢 （夕暮れver.）	Konan no Yume (Yūgure ver.)	Conan's Dream (Twilight ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
18	眠る君の横顔に微笑みを	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o	The Feeling When I See Your Smile While Sleeping	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o
19	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	الطريق الصامت	The Silent Way
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La ruta del silenci	The Silent Way
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La ruta del silenci	The Silent Way
German	Die stille Route	The silent way
Italian	Strike! Battitore eliminato	Strike! Batter eliminated
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La ruta silenciosa	The Silent Way

See also

• Season 13