And Then There Were No Mermaids

Episode 222-224 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	And Then There Were No Mermaids
Japanese title:	そして人魚はいなくなった (Soshite Ningyou wa Inakunatta)
Original airdate:	January 29, 2001 (The Murder) February 5, 2001 (The Deduction) February 12, 2001 (The Resolution) November 5, 2007 (Remastered version)
Season:	9
Manga source:	Volume 28: Files 6-10 (279-283)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Shinichi Kudo Ai Haibara Yukiko Katsuragi Takayoshi Tsujimura
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan) Heiji Hattori
Next Conan's Hint:	Mermaid's grave (Part 1) Insurance card (Part 2) Palm reading (Part 3)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Hirohito Ochi
Storyboard:	Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	222 Eiichi Kuboyama 223 Kazuo Nogami 224 Minoru Tozawa
Animation Director:	222 Izumi Shimura 223 Atsushi Aono 224 Keiko Sasaki
Music
Opening song:	Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
Closing song:	Start in my life
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Client Full of Lies
Next episode:	The Secret of the High Sales »
List of episodes

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Shinichi Kudo (background) Ai Haibara (background) Yukiko Katsuragi Takayoshi Tsujimura

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch Earring Cellphone

Case

Situation

The Murder

Conan along with Heiji, Ran, and Kogoro visit the Isle of Mermaids looking for Saori, who had sent a letter to Heiji and Kogoro asking them to save her from being killed by a mermaid, but when they try to look for her she has been reported missing. Kimie is the elder's great-granddaughter. Rokuro Fukuyama the fisherman is Toshimi's fiancé. Every year on this island a festival is held were three locals win the Dungong Arrow that is said to wield immortality to its carrier. The festival is brought to a disastrous end when one of the winners is found dead hanging down the waterfall.

Accident?
	Location: Waterfalls Victim: Toshimi Ebihara Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Naoko Kuroe, Kimie Shimabukuro, Rokuro Fukuyama, Mikoto Shimabukuro, and Benzo Kadowaki Toward the end of the festival, one of the supposed winner, Toshimi, was found hanged over the waterfall like the mermaid of the legend.

The Deduction

Conan and Heiji investigate the area and history of Mermaids Grave, a forest on mermaid island. They learn that an elder who is over 130 years old is a holder of the arrow and the head of the festival. While investigating two more murders occur. Conan reveals to Heiji he knows who the murderer is and to meet him later, but later he and Kazuha fall off a cliff.

Murder
	Location: Ebihara Household Victim: Naoko Kuroe Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Kimie Shimabukuro, Rokuro Fukuyama, and Benzo Kadowaki During Toshimi's funeral, Naoko was found murdered by someone at the fishing net. The foot prints of the criminal went toward the ocean and vanished. Is Naoko murdered by the mermaid!?

Murder

Location: Shimabukuro's warehouse Victim: Kimie Shimabukuro Cause of death: Burning Suspects: Saori Kadowaki, Rokuro Fukuyama, and Benzo Kadowaki Not long after Ran and Kazuha saw a strange woman resemble Saori, the warehouse was set on fire! The burnt body was identified as Kimie. From circumstances, everything pointed to Saori being the true mastermind of the three murders. Was she really is? Or it's the other two suspects, her father and Rokuro?

The Resolution

Heiji saves Kazuha and they're still having trouble. While everyone is waiting for the deduction of Sleeping Kogoro, Ran arives with Lady Mikoto. Sleeping Kogoro is now going to present a deduction.

People

Naoko Kuroe
	Victim (strangled) 28 years old Saori's childhood friend Souvenir shop clerk

Kimie Shimabukuro
	Victim (burned) 27 years old Saori's childhood friend Bikuni Shrine maiden

Saori Kadowaki
	27 years old Benzo's daughter

Toshimi Ebihara
	Victim (hanged) 27 years old Saori's childhood friend Daughter of the head of the fishing union

Rokuro Fukuyama
	28 years old Saori's childhood friend Fisherman

Mikoto Shimabukuro
	130 years old Lady Mikoto

Benzo Kadowaki
	52 years old Saori's father Fisherman

Resolution

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Evidence and Clues

• Benzo sold an arrow to a couple for 1 millions yen.
• Rokuro doesn't have a feeling for Toshimi but for Kimie.
• A swimming ring is found at the end of Mermaid Fall.
• On Naoko's body are several fish scales and her arrow is nowhere to be found.
• The only thing that was able to identifies that the burned body is Kimie is her dental record from three days ago, the same day that Saori disappeared.
• Heiji and Kazuha found the mermaid's grave on the mountain but fall off the cliff.

Conclusion

Motive

Conan reveals that the murderer is the elder. He reveals that the elder were people who dressed up as her to continue the story of the arrow. Heiji and Kazuha arrive at the house in time to confirm the story. The culprit, Kimie Shimabukuro reveals that her mother was the previous elder who were killed by the three victims. She continued the elder story for her mother, but finds out the whole town knew she was the elder and that her mother was the mermaid's corpse. All the town people bow their heads and apologize for not telling her sooner as she cries due to her guilt.

Aftermath

Remastered version

On November 5, 2007, a remastered version of the case was aired. All three episodes were heavily edited and combined into one hour long special, and scenes were edited out to fit the timeslot. However, exclusive to the remastering new scenes were added to this version. This was called a "Fall Mystery Version" of the episodes. "Glorious Mind" was used as the opening, with different shots from various openings before it being used.

Trivia

• Shiho Miyano's name shows up in one of the guestbooks logging past contestants for the arrows.

See also

• Season 9