Inubushi Castle, The Ablazed Demon Dog

Episode 611-613 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Inubushi Castle, The Ablazed Demon Dog
Japanese title:	犬伏城 炎の魔犬 (Inubushi Jō Honō no Maken)
Original airdate:	April 16, 2011 (Will-o'-The-Wisp Chapter) April 23, 2011 (Footsteps Chapter) April 30, 2011 (Chapter of Princess)
Season:	20
Manga source:	Volume 70: Files 7-11 (736-740)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Misao Yamamura
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori
Next Conan's Hint:	Onion (Will-o'-The-Wisp Chapter) Prayer beads (Footsteps Chapter) Map (Chapter of Princess)
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	611 Seiki Taichuu 612 Shigenori Kageyama 613 Seiki Taichuu
Storyboard:	611 Seiki Taichuu 612 Shigenori Kageyama 613 Seiki Taichuu
Episode director:	611 Shigeru Yamazaki 612 Fumiharu Kamanaka 613 Tomomi Ikeda
Animation director:	611 Shinichiro Minami 612 Nobuyuki Iwai 613 Kana Miyai, Yumiko Ishii
Music
Opening song:	tear drops
Closing song:	Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahō
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Victim is Shinichi Kudo
Next episode:	The Secret Played by the Diary »
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Misao Yamamura

Case

Situation

Will-o'-The-Wisp Chapter

Kogoro takes Ran, Kazuha, Conan, and Heiji to the Inubushi household where they are introduced to the family. They learn about the legend passed down in the Inubushi family where their ancestor set his dog on fire after mistakenly assuming the dog killed his daughter while in reality, the dog saved his daughter. The ancestor was then killed in a house fire and the myth of the Inubushi curse was passed down. Conan and Heiji decide to investigate the headstone of the supposed dog when they witness Saki Inubushi fall from a cliff. Saki claims an ablaze demon dog chased her and dies shortly after.

Accident? (Past)
	Location: Near Fusatarou's grave Victim: Keiji Inubushi Cause of death: Fell from the cliff Suspects: Demon dog

Accident? (Past)
	Location: Near side of a lake Victim: Miwako Inubushi Cause of death: Drowning Suspects: Demon dog

Murder
	Location: Near Fusatarou's grave Victim: Saki Inubushi Cause of death: Fell from the cliff Suspects: Demon dog

Conan and Heiji discover flaming dog-prints atop the cliff establishing Saki's story. Inspector Misao Yamamura is called to the scene and joins them on their investigation. They discover that the other three victims had a pachinko ball, table tennis ball, and marble beside their bodies. Conan and Heiji return to Saki's crime scene to investigate. Ran and Kazuha feed the family dog and are confronted by the demon dog.

Footsteps Chapter

Ran and Kazuha retreat inside the house and discover the demon dog is gone. Conan and Heiji's investigation leads them to find conclusive evidence Saki's death was planned by the culprit. After hearing Ran and Kazuha's story, they realize the culprit is housing the inugami nearby and investigate an abandoned cabin. Inside the cabin yeilds evidence of a dog living there. Nearby, Tomoaki Inubashi is pounced by the demon dog and receives minor burns; nearby an onion is found.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Near the cabin Victim: Tomoaki Inubashi Suspects: Demon dog

Heiji asks Miyuki Inubashi about the family history and learns that Tsunechika had planned names for all eight of his illegitimate children which are based on the eight virtues of confucianism.

Chapter of Princess

Satomi attempts to leave her room and collapses; she is found holding onto a broken Buddhist prayer beads with a black bead four down from the top.

People

Tsunechika Inubushi
	Deceased (illness) Inubushi Group president

Shinichi Kudo
100px	Deceased (poison) 43 years old Adopted child of Inubushi

Miwako Inubushi
100px	Deceased (drowned) Adopted child of Inubushi

Keiji Inubushi
100px	Deceased (fell) Adopted child of Inubushi

Miyuki Inubushi
	28 years old Adopted child of Inubushi

Takako Inubushi
	47 years old Adopted child of Inubushi

Satomi Inubushi
	74 years old Head of the Inubushi family Tsunechika Inubushi's wife

Tomoaki Inubushi
	Victim (burned - injured) 42 years old Adopted child of Inubushi

Yoshiya Inubushi
	34 years old Adopted child of Inubushi

Saki Inubushi
100px	Victim (fell) 35 years old Adopted child of Inubushi

Resolution

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Later that night, they discover a letter signed by Miyuki confessing to the crime and is at the abandoned cabin. Conan and Heiji head there and discover the cabin covered in gasoline and the demon dog running towards it. Conan catches the demon dog revealing the fire effect was created by imitation fire clothing with remote controlled lights. The flaming dog-prints were caused by modified lighters placed on the ground and tied to a wire with a hoop at the end. The dog had a mesh-enclosed charcoal tied to its tail, and when passing over the lighters, ignited them. When the dog retrieved the hoop, the lighter came with it, explaining how the lighters were not found after creating the dog-prints. Heiji points out Tomoaki Inubushi as the culprit, evidenced by the demon dog recognizing him as his master, and Satomi's prayer beads. The beads indicated the fourth of the eight virtues which is found in Tomoaki's name. As Tomoaki is taken into custody, he reveals he wanted to increase his inheritance in order to maintain the Inubushi household for Satomi.

See also

• Season 20