The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case

Episode 238-239 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The 3 "K"s of Osaka Case
Japanese title:	大阪“3つのK”事件 (Ōsaka "Mittsu no K" Jiken)
Original airdate:	June 18, 2001 (Part 1) June 25, 2001 (Part 2)
Season:	9
Manga source:	Volume 29: Files 9-11 (293-295)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Kazuha Toyama Goro Otaki Yoko Okino TWO-MIX Shinichi Kudo
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori
Next Conan's Hint:	Gunpowder smoke reaction (Part 1) Vehicle restroom (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	238 Kazuo Nogami 239 Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation Director:	238 Izumi Shimura 239 Masatomo Sudo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1) Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2) Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1) Yuko Miyamura as Kazuha Toyama, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2) Norio Wakamoto as Goro Otaki Guy Perryman as Ricardo Barreira Michael Naishtut as Mike Norwood Charles Glover as Ray Curtis Jeff Manning as Ed McCay Osamu Hosokawa as Presenter Isshin Chiba as Forensics officer Naoki Makishima as Customer Katsuyuki Konishi as Staff A Hiroyuki Yokoo as Staff B
Music
Opening song:	destiny
Closing song:	always
Chronology
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Heiji Hattori Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Kazuha Toyama Goro Otaki Yoko Okino TWO-MIX Shinichi Kudo (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

Part 1

Heiji Hattori invites Kogoro, Ran, and Conan to a celebration of the opening of the K3 Restaurant by three American celebrities: a boxer, a baseball player, and a soccer player who Conan admires. Later a murder occurs and Conan is acting strangely as the three celebrities are suspects.

Murder
	Location: K3 Restaurant Victim: Ed McCay Cause of death: Gunshot wound Suspects: Ricardo Barreira, Mike Norwood, and Ray Curtis

Part 2

Kogoro, Ran, and Kazuha are still at the party. Ran asks Kazuha where are Conan and Heiji and she told Ran that they are still investigating the case. Meanwhile, Heiji is still in the stairs investigating, trying to figure out who murdered Ed McCay. He checks the rooms and kept thinking. Conan suddenly appeared and talks to him about that all three sport celebrities are all innocent. Heiji and Conan found the mop in the hotel room. They figured out what the trick is and Conan couldn't believe it. Conan went out and found three sport celebrites going out of the restroom. Conan went to the restroom and found the needle from the trash. He heard Ran, Kazuha, and Kogoro coming. Kogoro is talking to Ran and Kazuha about what he had overheard it in the restaurant. He heard one of the employees saying that they understand what "Bando" means. Kogoro also said that Ed McCay was fluent in Japanese and knew a lot about Japanese food. Conan finally figured it out who the culprit is.

People

Ricardo Barreira
	36 years old Former pro boxer

Mike Norwood
	35 years old Major leaguer

Ray Curtis
	37 years old Pro soccer player

Ed McCay
	Victim (gunshot) 48 years old News reporter

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

Ray Curtis asked Otaki if they can go but Otaki refuses. Heiji tells Otaki to let them go because they didn't find anything on them. Heiji asks Ray a favor. He told Ray that someone's waiting for him in the hotel room where he stays. Heiji also told Ray that someone's a huge fan for him to see.

So Ray just went upstairs and found the door on the mop against the wall. He wondered who did it. Conan appeared and confronts Ray Curtis that he's the culprit. He first explains how Ray managed to switch on the light. He points out that the room that Ray switched on the light was right below the victim's room. He then kicks the soccer ball at the floor which the victim's room was on and the ball then hits the broom that is set up such that the cabinet door is supported by it. After the ball hits the mop, the cabinet door will fall and hit the switch, thus the light will switch on. Ray then asks for proof and pointed out that the police found no gunpowder on him and that even if the find that he had ask to wash his previous set of clothes it could be just because he sweats too much. Conan then asks about his shoes. He deduced that Ray had not taken off his shoes while committing the murder. Ray asked Conan to help suppress the gunpowder evidence on his shoes, but instead Conan kicked the soccer into his face and revealed Ray could no longer block even Conan's shot. Conan demanded to know why Ray could not move like a soccer player; and Ray explains the story behind his crime.

The motive was that Ray had been taking heroin and then marijuana to ease joint pain the heroin had caused which severely harmed his athletic ability and reduced his reaction time. Ray reveals that the victim, Ed McCay, created false rumors about him and his drug use. These rumors stressed his wife and she committed suicide. Ray explained that he decided to take revenge on Ed McCay after that. Suddenly, Conan tells Ray to stop. He tells Ray that even if he is facing a bitter aspect of life, drugs and murder are foul without any excuse, deserve a red card, for a loser. Ray smiled and admits that he was a cheater. He said he was a bad player and lost a game. He also said he must be ejected for his late wife and his big fan like Conan. So now, Ray went downstairs and turned himself in to the police.

At Heiji's house, Conan felt so depressed but Heiji later cheers Conan up. Ran and Kazuha mention how they look like brothers.

Trivia

• In this case, there is a character named Ray Curtis, a professional soccer player. He got his name of a popular detective named Rey Curtis from the Law & Order series. The only difference is in their first names where is "e" exchanged for "a". Conan is also his big fan.
• Also one of the famous people Kogoro mentioned was Mai Kuraki, the singer who does some of the opening and closing theme songs for the show.
• Two-Mix cameo as well since the case where they were kidnapped, but just appear only.

See also

• Season 9