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{{InfoBox TV
 
{{InfoBox TV
 
| episode            = 11
 
| episode            = 11
| image              = EP11_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP11 Case.jpg
 
| title              = Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
 
| title              = Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
 
| english-title      = The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
 
| english-title      = The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
| japanese-title      = {{lang|ja|ピアノソナタ「月光」殺人事件}} <br /> (Piano Sonata "Gekkō" Satsujin Jiken)
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| japanese-title      = {{lang|ja|ピアノソナタ「月光」殺人事件}} <br> (Piano Sonata "Gekkō" Satsujin Jiken)
 
| rating              = 12.9%
 
| rating              = 12.9%
 
| Manga case number  = #18
 
| Manga case number  = #18
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| dubbed-episode      = Episode 11-12
 
| dubbed-episode      = Episode 11-12
 
| season              = [[Season 1|1]]
 
| season              = [[Season 1|1]]
| airdate            = April 8, 1996 *<br /> September 22, 2003 '''(Rerun)''' *
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| airdate            = April 8, 1996 * <br> September 22, 2003 '''(Rerun)''' *
| english-airdate    = June 9, 2004 (Part 1) <br /> June 10, 2004 (Part 2)
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| english-airdate    = June 9, 2004 (Part 1) <br> June 10, 2004 (Part 2)
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]]
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| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Officer Tome]]
 
| suspects            = Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, Reiko Kuroiwa, and Narumi Asai
 
| suspects            = Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, Reiko Kuroiwa, and Narumi Asai
 
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
 
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint    = Sheet music <br /> N/A '''(Rerun)'''
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| next-conan-hint    = Sheet music <br> Fluorescent paint '''(Rerun)'''
| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Shozo Iizuka]] as Tatsuji Kuroiwa <br> [[Shigezo Sasaoka]] as Hideo Kawajima <br> [[Ikuya Sawaki]] as Masato Shimizu <br> [[Atsushi Ii]] as Kazuaki Hirata <br> [[Ai Orikasa]] as [[List of notable case characters#Seiji Asoh|Narumi Asai]] <br> [[Kei Hayami]] as Reiko Kuroiwa <br> [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] as Ken Nishimoto <br> [[Masuo Amada]] as Shuichi Sawamura <br> [[Yukimasa Natori]] as Manager <br> [[Yasuhiro Takato]] as Clerk <br> [[Yuichi Nagashima]] as Policeman <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as Election car <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as Next Conan's Hint
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Shozo Iizuka]] as Tatsuji Kuroiwa <br> [[Shigezo Sasaoka]] as Hideo Kawajima <br> [[Ikuya Sawaki]] as Masato Shimizu <br> [[Atsushi Ii]] as Kazuaki Hirata <br> [[Ai Orikasa]] as [[Seiji Asoh|Narumi Asai]] <br> [[Kei Hayami]] as Reiko Kuroiwa <br> [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] as Ken Nishimoto <br> [[Masuo Amada]] as Shuichi Sawamura <br> [[Yukimasa Natori]] as Manager <br> [[Yasuhiro Takato]] as Clerk <br> [[Yuichi Nagashima]] as [[Unnamed law enforcers#Police Officer (Episode 11)|Police Officer]] <br> [[Yukiko Iwai]] as Election car <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as Next Conan's Hint
 
| director            = [[Kenji Kodama]]
 
| director            = [[Kenji Kodama]]
 
| organizer          = [[Kenji Kodama]] <br> [[Kuchiru Kazehara]]
 
| organizer          = [[Kenji Kodama]] <br> [[Kuchiru Kazehara]]
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== Characters introduced ==
 
== Characters introduced ==
{{NewChar|name = [[List of notable case characters#Seiji Asoh|Asai Narumi]]|image = Asai Narumi.jpg|description =  
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{{NewChar|name = [[Seiji Asoh]]|image = Asai Narumi.jpg|description =
* 26 years old
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* 24 years old
* Tsukikage island doctor
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* Tsukikage island doctor}}
* From Tokyo}}
 
 
{{clearleft}}
 
{{clearleft}}
  
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{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
 
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
 
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
 
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
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{{Char|Officer Tome|display=Officer Tome (cameo)}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
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{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Suicide? (Past)
 
| crime              = Suicide? (Past)
| image              = EP11e_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP11e Case.jpg
 
| location            = Keiji Asoh's house on Tsukikage Island
 
| location            = Keiji Asoh's house on Tsukikage Island
 
| victim              = Keiji Asoh and his family
 
| victim              = Keiji Asoh and his family
 
| cause-death        = Burning
 
| cause-death        = Burning
| suspects            =  
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| suspects            =
 
| description        = Keiji Asoh killed his family, set his house on fire, and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as his house burnt around him.
 
| description        = Keiji Asoh killed his family, set his house on fire, and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as his house burnt around him.
 
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{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Murder? (Past)
 
| crime              = Murder? (Past)
| image              = EP11f_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP11f Case.jpg
 
| location            = Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
 
| location            = Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
 
| victim              = Isamu Kameyama
 
| victim              = Isamu Kameyama
 
| cause-death        = Heart attack
 
| cause-death        = Heart attack
| suspects            =  
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| suspects            =
 
| description        = Two years ago, a passerby heard the Moonlight Sonata playing from the community center and discovered the body of the mayor slumped over the piano. Although he died from a heart attack, the similarity to the death of Keiji Asoh caused the islanders to think the piano has been cursed.  
 
| description        = Two years ago, a passerby heard the Moonlight Sonata playing from the community center and discovered the body of the mayor slumped over the piano. Although he died from a heart attack, the similarity to the death of Keiji Asoh caused the islanders to think the piano has been cursed.  
 
}}
 
}}
 
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Murder
 
| crime              = Murder
| image              = EP11a_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP11a Case.jpg
 
| location            = Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
 
| location            = Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
 
| victim              = Hideo Kawashima
 
| victim              = Hideo Kawashima
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| age                = 56 years old
 
| cause-death        = Drowning
 
| cause-death        = Drowning
 
| suspects            = Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, Reiko Kuroiwa, Ken Nishimoto, and Narumi Asai
 
| suspects            = Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, Reiko Kuroiwa, Ken Nishimoto, and Narumi Asai
 
| description        = Hideo Kawashima's sodden body found slumped over the cursed community piano as the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played in the background. Water marks show the body had been dragged to the piano through a back door in the piano room which leads to the sea.
 
| description        = Hideo Kawashima's sodden body found slumped over the cursed community piano as the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played in the background. Water marks show the body had been dragged to the piano through a back door in the piano room which leads to the sea.
 
}}
 
}}
 
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Murder
 
| crime              = Murder
| image              = EP11b_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP11b Case.jpg
 
| location            = Community center broadcasting room on Tsukikage Island
 
| location            = Community center broadcasting room on Tsukikage Island
 
| victim              = Tatsuji Kuroiwa
 
| victim              = Tatsuji Kuroiwa
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| age                = 56 years old
 
| cause-death        = Stab wound
 
| cause-death        = Stab wound
 
| suspects            = Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, and Ken Nishimoto
 
| suspects            = Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, and Ken Nishimoto
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{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Attempted Murder
 
| crime              = Attempted Murder
| image              = EP11d_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP11d Case.jpg
 
| location            = Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
 
| location            = Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
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| age                = 27 years old
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| cause-death        = Blunt Force Trauma
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| cause-death-label  = Injury
 
| victim              = Shuichi Murasawa
 
| victim              = Shuichi Murasawa
 
| suspects            = Kazuaki Hirata
 
| suspects            = Kazuaki Hirata
 
| description        = When the gang returned to the city hall after the second murder, there was someone in the piano room who jumped out the window and Murasawa was found unconscious on the floor.
 
| description        = When the gang returned to the city hall after the second murder, there was someone in the piano room who jumped out the window and Murasawa was found unconscious on the floor.
 
}}
 
}}
 
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Murder
 
| crime              = Murder
| image              = EP11c_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP11c Case.jpg
 
| location            = Community center storage room on Tsukikage Island
 
| location            = Community center storage room on Tsukikage Island
 
| victim              = Ken Nishimoto
 
| victim              = Ken Nishimoto
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| age                = 55 years old
 
| cause-death        = Hanging
 
| cause-death        = Hanging
 
| suspects            = Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, and Shuichi Murasawa
 
| suspects            = Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, and Shuichi Murasawa
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* Deceased (burned)
 
* Deceased (burned)
 
* World-renowned pianist}}
 
* World-renowned pianist}}
{{People|[[List of notable case characters#Seiji Asoh|Narumi Asai]]|Asai Narumi.jpg|
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{{People|[[Seiji Asoh|Narumi Asai]]|Asai Narumi.jpg|
 
* 26 years old
 
* 26 years old
 
* Island doctor
 
* Island doctor
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* 55 years old
 
* 55 years old
 
* Unemployed}}
 
* Unemployed}}
{{People|[[Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Policeman]]|EP11 Policeman.jpg|
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{{People|[[Unnamed law enforcers#Police Officer (Episode 11)|Police Officer]]|EP11 Policeman.jpg|
 
* Tsukikage Island police officer}}
 
* Tsukikage Island police officer}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
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=== Resolution ===
 
=== Resolution ===
 
<spoiler>
 
<spoiler>
*'''Evidence'''
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* '''Evidence'''
 
 
 
:'''First Murder'''
 
:'''First Murder'''
 
::Victim: Hideo Kawashima
 
::Victim: Hideo Kawashima
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::Time of Death: 30 minutes – 1 hour before being found
 
::Time of Death: 30 minutes – 1 hour before being found
  
:*The first movement of the Moonlight Sonata was played from a tape recorder.
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:* The first movement of the Moonlight Sonata was played from a tape recorder.
:*There was a sea water trail from the door to Kawashima's body and he has dirt and sand on the back of his shirt.
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:* There was a sea water trail from the door to Kawashima's body and he has dirt and sand on the back of his shirt.
:*Kawashima's jacket was found on the beach.
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:* Kawashima's jacket was found on the beach.
:*The doors and windows of the piano room were locked from the inside.  
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:* The doors and windows of the piano room were locked from the inside.  
:*There were several minutes of silence at the beginning of the tape.
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:* There were several minutes of silence at the beginning of the tape.
:*The Moonlight Sonata sheet music was found, but the notes in the fourth bar were “strange”.
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:* The Moonlight Sonata sheet music was found, but the notes in the fourth bar were “strange”.
:*Conan decoded that the “strange” notes actually say: "The hellfire of hatred made you pay."
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:* Conan decoded that the “strange” notes actually say: "The hellfire of hatred made you pay."
  
 
:'''Second Murder'''
 
:'''Second Murder'''
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::Time of Death: 5 minutes and 30 seconds before being found
 
::Time of Death: 5 minutes and 30 seconds before being found
  
[[Image:MoonlightSonataCode.gif|500px|thumb|right|G A G A E E C♯ D F B♭ A E D♯ F D♯ F E A B A A C♯ B♭ B B♭ A B♭ C A<br>"You realize it don't you? You're next." ("Wakatteru na? Tsugi ha omae no ban da.")]]
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[[Image:MoonlightSonataCode.gif|thumb|right|200px|G A G A E E C♯ D F B♭ A E D♯ F D♯ F E A B A A C♯ B♭ B B♭ A B♭ C A<br>"You realize it don't you? You're next." ("Wakatteru na? Tsugi ha omae no ban da.")]]
:*The second movement of the Moonlight Sonata was played.
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:* The second movement of the Moonlight Sonata was played.
:*Nishimoto discovered the body.
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:* Nishimoto discovered the body.
:*The tape has 5 minutes and 30 seconds lead in silence.  
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:* The tape has 5 minutes and 30 seconds lead in silence.  
:*Music notes written with the victim's blood were found.
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:* Music notes written with the victim's blood were found.
:*Conan decoded the music notes: "You realize it don't you? You're next."
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:* Conan decoded the music notes: "You realize it don't you? You're next."
  
 
:'''Third Murder'''
 
:'''Third Murder'''
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::Time of Death: 30 minutes before being found
 
::Time of Death: 30 minutes before being found
  
:*The third movement of the Moonlight Sonata was set to play.
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:* The third movement of the Moonlight Sonata was set to play.
:*Sheet music that looked liked a suicide note was found under his feet. The decoded note said he regretted killing Kawashima and Kuroiwa and that he didn't want people to find out the wrongdoing they did years ago.
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:* Sheet music that looked liked a suicide note was found under his feet. The decoded note said he regretted killing Kawashima and Kuroiwa and that he didn't want people to find out the wrongdoing they did years ago.
:*There was no chair or anything to stand on, so Nishimoto couldn't hang himself.
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:* There was no chair or anything to stand on, so Nishimoto couldn't hang himself.
:*No one would bother writing a suicide note in code.
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:* No one would bother writing a suicide note in code.
  
 
:'''Other incriminating evidence:'''
 
:'''Other incriminating evidence:'''
:*The dusty piano in the city hall was tuned perfectly.
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:* The dusty piano in the city hall was tuned perfectly.
:*After the first murder, there was someone outside the piano room whom Conan and Kogoro failed to catch.
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:* After the first murder, there was someone outside the piano room whom Conan and Kogoro failed to catch.
:*When the gang returned to the city hall after the second murder, there was someone in the piano room who jumped out the window and Murasawa was found unconscious on the floor.
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:* When the gang returned to the city hall after the second murder, there was someone in the piano room who jumped out the window and Murasawa was found unconscious on the floor.
:*After the third murder, Conan returned to the piano room and found a tuning hammer for the piano.
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:* After the third murder, Conan returned to the piano room and found a tuning hammer for the piano.
:*Under the piano was a secret drawer with cocaine in it.
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:* Under the piano was a secret drawer with cocaine in it.
:*Upon looking at the pictures of the crime scene where Kuroiwa was murdered, there was a button with its red light on near the victim's neck.
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:* Upon looking at the pictures of the crime scene where Kuroiwa was murdered, there was a button with its red light on near the victim's neck.
:*Conan found that Hirata has powder-like substance under his sleeves and his left hand was bandaged. He also had lots of foreign money with him.
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:* Conan found that Hirata has powder-like substance under his sleeves and his left hand was bandaged. He also had lots of foreign money with him.
:*Keiji Asoh left sheet music in his safe to which it read: “To my son, Seiji”. Asoh had a son who became ill when he was a child and had to be hospitalized, meaning he was NOT killed in the incident that took the lives of the Asoh family.   
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:* Keiji Asoh left sheet music in his safe to which it read: “To my son, Seiji”. Asoh had a son who became ill when he was a child and had to be hospitalized, meaning he was NOT killed in the incident that took the lives of the Asoh family.   
 
 
*'''Conclusion'''
 
  
The person who knocked out Murasawa in the piano room was '''Hirata Kazuaki''''. The bandage on his left hand was the result of smashing the window when he was trying to escape. He was also the one that Kogoro and Conan chased outside the piano room. The piano room was his meeting place with Kawashima when doing business: dealing drugs. He was using the piano's secret compartment as a hiding place for cocaine he got from overseas to which he exchanged later for large sums of money. The reason why he was always talking about the cursed piano was because he wanted to keep everyone in the town away from it. Murasawa saw the drugs that he had left in there earlier so he hit him. Still, he was unrelated to the murders because he wouldn't have related the piano to the crimes.
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* '''Conclusion'''
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The person who knocked out Murasawa in the piano room was '''Kazuaki Hirata'''. The bandage on his left hand was the result of smashing the window when he was trying to escape. He was also the one that Kogoro and Conan chased outside the piano room. The piano room was his meeting place with Kawashima when doing business: dealing drugs. He was using the piano's secret compartment as a hiding place for cocaine he got from overseas to which he exchanged later for large sums of money. The reason why he was always talking about the cursed piano was because he wanted to keep everyone in the town away from it. Murasawa saw the drugs that he had left in there earlier so he hit him. Still, he was unrelated to the murders because he wouldn't have related the piano to the crimes.
  
 
In the second murder, they found that he had been dead for only a few minutes but when Conan fell on the code of blood, it didn't smear when it takes 25-30 minutes for human blood to dry. It was just a trick that the killer used to manipulate the time of death of the victim. Upon looking at the pictures, there was a button that was lighted near Kuroiwa's neck.  But after the body was moved, the light was turned off. This was actually the reverse button. While the police weren't looking, the killer turned off the light. The killer used the reverse side (the blank side that didn't have the song), which played for over 30 min and then it reversed. That was when the 5 minutes and 30 seconds of gap played before the music started.
 
In the second murder, they found that he had been dead for only a few minutes but when Conan fell on the code of blood, it didn't smear when it takes 25-30 minutes for human blood to dry. It was just a trick that the killer used to manipulate the time of death of the victim. Upon looking at the pictures, there was a button that was lighted near Kuroiwa's neck.  But after the body was moved, the light was turned off. This was actually the reverse button. While the police weren't looking, the killer turned off the light. The killer used the reverse side (the blank side that didn't have the song), which played for over 30 min and then it reversed. That was when the 5 minutes and 30 seconds of gap played before the music started.
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{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Suicide
 
| crime              = Suicide
| image              = EP11g_Case.jpg
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| image              = EP11g Case.jpg
 
| location            = Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
 
| location            = Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
 
| victim              = Seiji Asoh  
 
| victim              = Seiji Asoh  
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| age                = 26 years old
 
| cause-death        = Burning
 
| cause-death        = Burning
| suspects            =  
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| suspects            =
 
| description        = Seiji then committed suicide by dying like his father. Conan failed to stop him, but he played one last music code message in the burning flames: "Thank you, little detective."
 
| description        = Seiji then committed suicide by dying like his father. Conan failed to stop him, but he played one last music code message in the burning flames: "Thank you, little detective."
 
}}
 
}}
  
*'''Motive'''
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* '''Motive'''
 
 
 
Seiji's motive dated back when his father, the pianist Keiji Asoh, and his family was murdered. Kawashima, Nishimoto, Kuroiwa, and Kameyama used Asoh's international concerts as a front for their international drug trade. When Asoh stated that he wouldn't cooperate any longer, they got scared that their secret might be exposed, so they locked the family in their home and set it on fire, . This was all written in the sheet music that he left behind in the safe as his confession to his remaining son. Seiji was hospitalized in Tokyo at the time of the murder, and later was adopted by a friend of the Asoh family.  
 
Seiji's motive dated back when his father, the pianist Keiji Asoh, and his family was murdered. Kawashima, Nishimoto, Kuroiwa, and Kameyama used Asoh's international concerts as a front for their international drug trade. When Asoh stated that he wouldn't cooperate any longer, they got scared that their secret might be exposed, so they locked the family in their home and set it on fire, . This was all written in the sheet music that he left behind in the safe as his confession to his remaining son. Seiji was hospitalized in Tokyo at the time of the murder, and later was adopted by a friend of the Asoh family.  
  
 
Seiji went back to the island, under his "Narumi" disguise, bewcause he never believed the official "Keiji Asoh killed his family and himself" version and wanted to find out the truth. As said above, when he told Kameyama that he was Asoh's son, the late mayor was terrified and told him everything an then had a fatal heart attack. Seiji played the Moonlight Sonata that his father loved so much upon seeing the mayor dead, and ultimately that gave him the idea of taking justice in his own hands.  
 
Seiji went back to the island, under his "Narumi" disguise, bewcause he never believed the official "Keiji Asoh killed his family and himself" version and wanted to find out the truth. As said above, when he told Kameyama that he was Asoh's son, the late mayor was terrified and told him everything an then had a fatal heart attack. Seiji played the Moonlight Sonata that his father loved so much upon seeing the mayor dead, and ultimately that gave him the idea of taking justice in his own hands.  
  
After Seiji's death and the end of the case, Conan and Ran talked about him. They wondered why did Seiji summon Kogoro when he knew how risky that would be for his plan, and Conan speculated that it wasn't just a challenge - that deep down, Seiji ''wanted'' Kogoro to stop him.
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After Seiji's death and the end of the case, Conan and Ran talked about him. They wondered why did Seiji summon Kogoro when he knew how risky that would be for his plan, and Conan speculated that it wasn't just a challenge - that deep down, Seiji ''wanted'' Kogoro to stop him.</spoiler>
</spoiler>
 
  
 
== Rerun ==
 
== Rerun ==
 
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The episode was rerun on September 22, 2003. It was unchanged except for the addition of a footage of Gosho Aoyama talking at the beginning. It's also the first rerun aired on TV.
The episode was rerun on September 22, 2003. It was unchanged except for the addition of a footage of Gosho Aoyama talking at the beginning.
 
  
 
== Translation changes ==
 
== Translation changes ==
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* The names of the characters and places in the [[Funimation]] Dub are:
 
* The names of the characters and places in the [[Funimation]] Dub are:
 
:* Keiji Asoh - Casper Austin
 
:* Keiji Asoh - Casper Austin
:* Narumi Asai (former name Seiji) - Nadia Adams (former name Simon)
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:* Narumi Asai (former name Seiji) - Nadia Adams (former name Simon Austin)
 
:* Isamu Kameyama - Kirkpatrick
 
:* Isamu Kameyama - Kirkpatrick
 
:* Tatsuji Kuroiwa - Theodore Kinsella
 
:* Tatsuji Kuroiwa - Theodore Kinsella
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
<spoiler>[[Image:MoonlightSonataKeyboardCode.jpg|500px|thumb|left|The code as laid out on an 88 key grand piano keyboard]]{{clear}}
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[[Image:MoonlightSonataKeyboardCode.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The code as laid out on an 88 key grand piano keyboard.]]
*The keyboard code presented in this case is usable despite minor errors made by the animation staff.
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* The keyboard code presented in this case is usable despite minor errors made by the animation staff.
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* The piano song in case is [[Wikipedia: Piano_Sonata_No._14_(Beethoven)|Piano Sonata No. 14 in C♯ minor "Quasi una fantasia" (Beethoven)]] by Ludwig van Beethoven.
  
 
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== In other languages ==
 
== In other languages ==
 
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|سمفونية ضوء القمر|Moonlight Sonata}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|سمفونية ضوء القمر|Moonlight Sonata}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Basque Country|Basque|Hilketa Beethovenen Ilargiarte Argitan|}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|El cas de l'assassinat de la sonata "Clar de lluna"|The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|Els assassinats de la sonata "Clar de Lluna"|The Moonlight Sonata's Murders}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=France|French|Sonate pour crime au clair de lune|A Sonata For a Crime Under the Moonlight}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=France|French|Sonate pour crime au clair de lune|A Sonata For a Crime Under the Moonlight}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Galicia|Galician|Os asasinatos da Sonata ao Luar|Moonlight Sonata's Murders}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Galicia|Galician|Os asasinatos da Sonata ao Luar|The Moonlight Sonata's Murders}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Mord bei Mondschein|Murder in the Moonlight}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Mord bei Mondschein|Murder in the Moonlight}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Il caso della sonata al chiaro di luna|The Moonlight Sonata Case}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Il caso della sonata al chiaro di luna|The Moonlight Sonata Case}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Portugal|Portuguese|Sonata ao Luar|Moonlight Sonata}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Castilian dub)|Sonata a la luz de la luna|Sonata under the Moonlight}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=US|Spanish (American dub)|Asesinato a la luz de la luna|Murder under moon light}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|คดีฆาตกรรมเปียโนโซนาต้า แสงจันทร์|The Moonlight Sonata Piano Murder Case}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Vụ án bản Sonata ánh trăng|The Moonlight Sonata Case}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Vụ án bản Sonata ánh trăng|The Moonlight Sonata Case}}
 
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Revision as of 17:52, 2 June 2020

Moonlight Sonata Murder Case is a featured article This is a featured article on the Detective Conan Wiki. This article was featured on September 7, 2019


Episode 11
(Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})

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Information
Title: Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
Japanese title: ピアノソナタ「月光」殺人事件
(Piano Sonata "Gekkō" Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate: April 8, 1996 *
September 22, 2003 (Rerun) *
Broadcast rating: 12.9%
Manga case: #18
Season: 1
Manga source: Volume 7: Files 2-7 (062-067)
English version
English title: The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
Dubbed episode: Episode 11-12
English airdate: June 9, 2004 (Part 1)
June 10, 2004 (Part 2)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Juzo Megure
Officer Tome
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Sheet music
Fluorescent paint (Rerun)
Staff
Director: Kenji Kodama
Organizer: Kenji Kodama
Kuchiru Kazehara
Storyboard: Kenji Kodama
Kuchiru Kazehara
Episode director: Ikuro Sato
Yuji Yamaguchi
Animation Director: Masatomo Sudo
Hirotoshi Takaya
Music
Opening song: Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song: STEP BY STEP
Chronology
Prev episode: « Pro Soccer Player Blackmail Case
Next episode: Ayumi-chan Kidnapping Case »
List of episodes
* 1 Hour Special


Characters introduced

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Kogoro Mouri received a strange cut-and-paste letter from a client called Keiji Asoh asking him investigate something on Tsukikage Island. He then found out that the man requesting for the investigation, Keiji Asoh, has been dead for 12 years. He was a world-renowned pianist who suddenly killed his family, set his house on fire, and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as his house burnt around him.

Suicide? (Past)

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Location: Keiji Asoh's house on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Keiji Asoh and his family
Cause of death: Burning
Keiji Asoh killed his family, set his house on fire, and played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata as his house burnt around him.

Despite thinking the letter is a poor prank, Kogoro decides to investigate anyway and finds the island is holding elections for mayor. Two years ago, a passerby heard the Moonlight Sonata playing from the community center and discovered the body of the mayor slumped over the piano. Although he died from a heart attack, the similarity to the death of Keiji Asoh caused the islanders to think the piano has been cursed.

Murder? (Past)

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Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Isamu Kameyama
Cause of death: Heart attack
Two years ago, a passerby heard the Moonlight Sonata playing from the community center and discovered the body of the mayor slumped over the piano. Although he died from a heart attack, the similarity to the death of Keiji Asoh caused the islanders to think the piano has been cursed.
Murder

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Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Hideo Kawashima
Age: 56 years old
Cause of death: Drowning
Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, Reiko Kuroiwa, Ken Nishimoto, and Narumi Asai
Hideo Kawashima's sodden body found slumped over the cursed community piano as the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata played in the background. Water marks show the body had been dragged to the piano through a back door in the piano room which leads to the sea.
Murder

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Location: Community center broadcasting room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Tatsuji Kuroiwa
Age: 56 years old
Cause of death: Stab wound
Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, Shuichi Murasawa, and Ken Nishimoto
Tatsuji Kuroiwa was found stabbed in the broadcasting room. The body was discovered by Ken Nishimoto soon after the second movement of the Moonlight Sonata began playing over the sound system. At the dead man's feet is sheet music inscribed in blood.

Both Reiko and Narumi were excluded from the suspect list due to that they have alibi during the time of murder. Conan manage to decode the musical notes which were from the murderer about revenge from 12 year ago.

Attempted Murder

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Location: Community center piano room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Shuichi Murasawa
Age: 27 years old
Injury: Blunt Force Trauma
Suspects: Kazuaki Hirata
When the gang returned to the city hall after the second murder, there was someone in the piano room who jumped out the window and Murasawa was found unconscious on the floor.
Murder

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Location: Community center storage room on Tsukikage Island
Victim: Ken Nishimoto
Age: 55 years old
Cause of death: Hanging
Suspects: Masato Shimizu, Kazuaki Hirata, and Shuichi Murasawa
Ran found Ken Nishimoto's hanged body in the storage room. At his feet was coded sheet music purporting to be his will. Although it wasn't playing, the third movement of Moonlight Sonata was recorded on the tape cassette nearby.

People

  • Resolution

    Rerun

    The episode was rerun on September 22, 2003. It was unchanged except for the addition of a footage of Gosho Aoyama talking at the beginning. It's also the first rerun aired on TV.

    Translation changes

    Anime

    • The names of the characters and places in the Funimation Dub are:
    • Keiji Asoh - Casper Austin
    • Narumi Asai (former name Seiji) - Nadia Adams (former name Simon Austin)
    • Isamu Kameyama - Kirkpatrick
    • Tatsuji Kuroiwa - Theodore Kinsella
    • Reiko Kuroiwa - Rene Kinsella
    • Kazuaki Hirata - Kevin Hadley
    • Shuichi Murasawa - Steven Mulholland
    • Hideo Kawashima - Henry Kavanagh
    • Masato Shimizu - Matthew Schumacher
    • Ken Nishimoto - Ken Nicholson
    • Tsukikage Island - Moonlight Island (The Viz Media translation of the manga gives another alternate name Moon Shadow Island)
    • Other Changes:
    • At the end when it says "Thank you little detective", Nadia will actually say it at the end.

    Trivia

    The code as laid out on an 88 key grand piano keyboard.

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 胸がドキドキ Mune ga Dokidoki The Pounding of My Heart Mune ga Dokidoki
    2 ("Moonlight Sonata" First Movement)
    3 ("Moonlight Sonata" First Movement)
    4 (Unreleased BGM 1)
    5 (Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
    6 ("Moonlight Sonata" First Movement)
    7 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    8 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
    9 事件現場 (謎ver.) Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.) Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    10 (Unreleased BGM 1)
    11 ("Moonlight Sonata" Second Movement)
    12 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
    13 犯人のアジト (いよいよver.) Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.) The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    14 緊迫 Kinpaku Tension Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    15 脅迫 (パート2) Kyōhaku (Pāto 2) Threat (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    16 コナンのテーマ Konan no Tēma Conan's Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    17 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
    18 犯人のアジト Hannin no Ajito The Culprit's Hideout Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    19 沈む夕陽 Shizumu Yūhi Depressing Sunset Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    20 ("Moonlight Sonata" First Movement)
    21 (Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
    22 STEP BY STEP STEP BY STEP STEP BY STEP STEP BY STEP

    Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic سمفونية ضوء القمر Moonlight Sonata
    Flag of Basque Country Basque Hilketa Beethovenen Ilargiarte Argitan
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) El cas de l'assassinat de la sonata "Clar de lluna" The Moonlight Sonata Murder Case
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) Els assassinats de la sonata "Clar de Lluna" The Moonlight Sonata's Murders
    Flag of France French Sonate pour crime au clair de lune A Sonata For a Crime Under the Moonlight
    Flag of Galicia Galician Os asasinatos da Sonata ao Luar The Moonlight Sonata's Murders
    Flag of Germany German Mord bei Mondschein Murder in the Moonlight
    Flag of Italy Italian Il caso della sonata al chiaro di luna The Moonlight Sonata Case
    Flag of Portugal Portuguese Sonata ao Luar Moonlight Sonata
    Flag of Spain Spanish (Castilian dub) Sonata a la luz de la luna Sonata under the Moonlight
    Flag of US Spanish (American dub) Asesinato a la luz de la luna Murder under moon light
    Flag of Thailand Thai คดีฆาตกรรมเปียโนโซนาต้า แสงจันทร์ The Moonlight Sonata Piano Murder Case
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Vụ án bản Sonata ánh trăng The Moonlight Sonata Case

    See also

    Episodes of Season 1
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