Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace

Episode 291-293 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace
Original airdate:	August 19, 2002 (The Murder) August 26, 2002 (The Investigation) September 2, 2002 (The Resolution)
Season:	11
Manga source:	Volume 35: File 11~Volume 36: File 4
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori
Chronology
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Sonoko Suzuki

Plot

The Murder

Conan visits the Southern Island with Mouri, Ran, Heiji and Kazuha, only to realize that yet another case was available for them to solve and this time, it was a case written in the beach.

Heiji and Kogoro are invited to Okinawa to solve the case of a body that was found on Onikame (鬼亀?, lit. Demon Turtle) island alongside a mysterious carved message by the body. The deduction battle between the two shall be televised in order to boast the declining tourism of Okinawa. Heiji, Conan, Ran, and Kazuha head to the island to investigate and are accompanied by four TV station employees. They find the mysterious message as "The sleeping place of a princess shall be Kō and not Otu" where Kō and Otu could stand for multiple meanings. When Yoshie Taira is found strangled, the dying message "I am a Servitor of Goosoh", Heiji realizes she must have found something and dives into the water only to find an anchor. When they prepare to head back, they find out the captain left with the boat, stranding them on the Onikame. They decide to wait in an abandoned house until a rescue boat arrives.

Dead Man and His Mysterious Message
	Location: Onikame Island Cause of death: Starvation

Murder
	Location: Onikame Island Victim: Yoshie Taira Cause of death: Strangulation

The Investigation

Heiji tells them the Anchor he found was approximately four to five years old, the same time period on which the strange events have been occurring on Onikame. It began with the mayor's daughter, Miyako Kenshiro, who was kidnapped and a year after that, burglars broke into the mayor's house stealing his byōbu and murdering a maid. They decide to search the house in case the culprit was hiding in one of the rooms and come upon evidence that Miyako lived in the house when she was young. After finding the house secure, they await for a boat. In the middle of the night, a boat crashes onto the pier. They investigate and find out it was their boat from before and that the captain was beaten to death. They find out the boat was set on autopilot and realize that the culprit of the murders is actually one of the four TV staff members with them.

Murder
	Location: Onikame Island Victim: Takashi Shimoji Cause of death: Bashed

The Resolution

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When Conan and Heiji find the name "Kaa" and "Chi" written by Miyako many years ago, they realize who the names are referring to. Conan and Heiji have an epiphany and realize the culprit faked Tiara's time of death. Heiji then calls Yoshitsuga Kume, one of the Staff members, so they could privately. Later Kume escapes and everyone splits up and searches for him on the island. Elsewhere, the culprit attempts to strangle Kume, but it is revealed to be Heiji wearing Kume's clothes. He reveals the culprit to be Daito Mikihiko. Heiji reveals that Taira actually died much later. He reveals that the message written in sand was actually in a place the waves never reached. He reveals that the water, creating the idea that the message would be washed away when the tides raised, was from the boat which was searching around the island. Heiji reveals the man who was found dead on the island was part of the robber who invaded the Mayor's house and the dying message refers to the treasure and Kō and Otsu refer to the folklore Urashima Tarō where Kō stands for the turtle while Otu stands for princess. The princess the inscription refers to is the stolen byōbu. Heiji also reveals Tiara was actually Miyako Kenshiro in disguise. Daito confesses to the murder revealing that the maid the robbers murdered was his fiance. Daito also revealed that Miyako was testing her father's love for her who was revealed to be her step-father, and when she faked the kidnapping and her father refused to pay the ransom, stole the byōbu in vengeance.

People

Masao Taketomi
	43 years old TV director

Yoshitsugu Kume
	25 years old Crew

Noburo Ikema
	24 years old Crew

Yoshie Taira
	Victim (strangled) 26 years old Crew

Mikihiko Daito
	47 years old Crew

Takashi Shimoji
	Victim (bashed) 38 years old Crew

Hyogo Kaneshiro
	63 years old Mayor

See also

• Season 11