Difference between revisions of "The Blind Spot in the Darkness"

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| image              = TV Episode 170-171.jpg
 
| image              = TV Episode 170-171.jpg
 
| title              = The Blind Spot in the Darkness
 
| title              = The Blind Spot in the Darkness
| english-title      =  
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| english-title      =
 
| japanese-title      = 暗闇の中の死角 <br> (Kurayami no Naka no Shikaku)  
 
| japanese-title      = 暗闇の中の死角 <br> (Kurayami no Naka no Shikaku)  
| rating              = 17.5%<br>17.9%
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| rating              = 17.5% <br> 17.9%
 
| Manga case number  = #67
 
| Manga case number  = #67
 
| season              = [[Season 7|7]]
 
| season              = [[Season 7|7]]
 
| manga              = [[Volume 24#Blackout Murder Case|Volume 24: Files 3-6 (234-237)]]
 
| manga              = [[Volume 24#Blackout Murder Case|Volume 24: Files 3-6 (234-237)]]
 
| airdate            = November 29, 1999 (Part 1) <br> December 6, 1999 (Part 2)
 
| airdate            = November 29, 1999 (Part 1) <br> December 6, 1999 (Part 2)
| english-airdate    =  
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| english-airdate    =
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]]<br>[[Ran Mouri]]<br>[[Kogoro Mouri]]<br>[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]<br>[[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]]<br>[[Eri Kisaki]] <br> [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Tomoaki Araide]]<br>[[Hikaru Yasumoto]]<br>[[Detective Kojima]]
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| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi]] <br> [[Eri Kisaki]] <br> [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Tomoaki Araide]] <br> [[Hikaru Yasumoto]] <br> [[Detective Kojima]]
 
| suspects            = Yoko Araide, [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Hikaru Yasumoto]], and Mitsu Araide
 
| suspects            = Yoko Araide, [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Hikaru Yasumoto]], and Mitsu Araide
 
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
 
| solved-by          = [[Kogoro Mouri]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint    = Fuse box (Part 1)<br>Burn injury (Part 2)
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| next-conan-hint    = Fuse box (Part 1) <br> Burn injury (Part 2)
| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]]<br>[[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]]<br>[[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]]<br>[[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]]<br>[[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]]<br>[[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint<br>[[Gara Takashima]] as [[Eri Kisaki]]<br>[[Toshihiko Kojima]] as Yoshiteru Araide<br>[[Kumiko Hironaka]] as Yoko Araide<br>[[Hideyuki Hori]] as [[Tomoaki Araide]]<br>[[Rin Mizuhara]] as Mitsu Araide<br>[[Akiko Hiramatsu]] as [[Hikaru Yasumoto]]<br>[[Keiko Sonoda]] as Masae<br>[[Akiko Koike]] as Nurse<br>[[Takashi Nagasako]] as Forensics officer, [[Detective Kojima]]
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| voice-cast          = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] <br> [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] <br> [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], Next Conan's Hint <br> [[Gara Takashima]] as [[Eri Kisaki]] <br> [[Toshihiko Kojima]] as Yoshiteru Araide <br> [[Kumiko Hironaka]] as Yoko Araide <br> [[Hideyuki Hori]] as [[Tomoaki Araide]] <br> [[Rin Mizuhara]] as Mitsu Araide <br> [[Akiko Hiramatsu]] as [[Hikaru Yasumoto]] <br> [[Keiko Sonoda]] as Masae <br> [[Akiko Koike]] as Nurse <br> [[Takashi Nagasako]] as Forensics officer, [[Detective Kojima]]
| director            = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]<br>[[Kenji Kodama]]
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| director            = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] <br> [[Kenji Kodama]]
| screenplay          =  
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| screenplay          =
 
| organizer          = [[Michiyo Sakurai]]
 
| organizer          = [[Michiyo Sakurai]]
 
| storyboard          = [[Michiyo Sakurai]]
 
| storyboard          = [[Michiyo Sakurai]]
| producer            = 170 [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]]<br>171 [[Kazuo Nogami]]
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| producer            = 170 [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]] <br> 171 [[Kazuo Nogami]]
| animation-director  = 170 [[Atsushi Aono]]<br>171 [[Hiromi Muranaka|Hirobi Muranaka]]
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| animation-director  = 170 [[Atsushi Aono]] <br> 171 [[Hiromi Muranaka|Hirobi Muranaka]]
 
| opening-song        = Mysterious Eyes
 
| opening-song        = Mysterious Eyes
 
| closing-song        = Free Magic
 
| closing-song        = Free Magic
 
| prev-episode        = Venus' Kiss
 
| prev-episode        = Venus' Kiss
 
| next-episode        = The Revival of the Dying Message
 
| next-episode        = The Revival of the Dying Message
| footnotes          =  
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| footnotes          =
 
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{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
 
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
 
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
 
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure|display=Inspector Megure}}
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{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi|display=Detective Takagi}}
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{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
 
{{char|Detective Kojima}}
 
{{char|Detective Kojima}}
 
{{Char|Eri Kisaki}}
 
{{Char|Eri Kisaki}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo<br>(Background/Voice)}}
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{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (background/boice)}}
 
}}
 
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== Case ==
 
== Case ==
 
 
=== Situation ===
 
=== Situation ===
 
 
==== Part 1 ====
 
==== Part 1 ====
 
 
Conan as Shinichi calls Ran but she's got something do and someplace to go. Conan muses that Ran must have something going on, something that's making her happy with anticipation.  
 
Conan as Shinichi calls Ran but she's got something do and someplace to go. Conan muses that Ran must have something going on, something that's making her happy with anticipation.  
  
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| location            = Araide house bathroom
 
| location            = Araide house bathroom
 
| victim              = Yoshiteru Araide
 
| victim              = Yoshiteru Araide
| age                   = 51 Years old
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| age                 = 51 Years old
 
| cause-death        = Electrocution in bathtub
 
| cause-death        = Electrocution in bathtub
 
| suspects            = Yoko Araide, [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Hikaru Yasumoto]], and Mitsu Araide
 
| suspects            = Yoko Araide, [[Tomoaki Araide]], [[Hikaru Yasumoto]], and Mitsu Araide
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The Killer is '''Yoko Araide'''. Conan sets a trap for The Killer and The trick had involved stealthily putting the razor into the tub during the first short circuit; then, when Hikaru attempted to switch the light back on, Dr. Araide was electrocuted, causing the second power outage. Since the frail and gentle Hikaru had unintentionally murdered her employer and would undestandably have a huge freak out if she ever learned the truth, Conan (as Kogoro) and Yoko agree to change the details of the procession of events so that Hikaru would never be burdened by her conscience.
 
The Killer is '''Yoko Araide'''. Conan sets a trap for The Killer and The trick had involved stealthily putting the razor into the tub during the first short circuit; then, when Hikaru attempted to switch the light back on, Dr. Araide was electrocuted, causing the second power outage. Since the frail and gentle Hikaru had unintentionally murdered her employer and would undestandably have a huge freak out if she ever learned the truth, Conan (as Kogoro) and Yoko agree to change the details of the procession of events so that Hikaru would never be burdened by her conscience.
  
===Motive===
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=== Motive ===
 
Confronted with the tricks she had used, Yoko confesses. She explains that she murdered her husband because her predecessor and Tomoaki's mother Chiaki, who was also her best friend, had succumbed to depression, alcoholism and eventually committed suicide because of Dr. Araide's continuous acts of adultery. She didn't try to hurt Tomoaki not just because he was innocent, but because right before her death, Chiaki asked her to help him through his life.
 
Confronted with the tricks she had used, Yoko confesses. She explains that she murdered her husband because her predecessor and Tomoaki's mother Chiaki, who was also her best friend, had succumbed to depression, alcoholism and eventually committed suicide because of Dr. Araide's continuous acts of adultery. She didn't try to hurt Tomoaki not just because he was innocent, but because right before her death, Chiaki asked her to help him through his life.
  
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== BGM listing ==
 
== BGM listing ==
===Part 1===
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=== Part 1 ===
 
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
 
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
 
{{BGMListingItem|1|Mysterious Eyes|Mysterious Eyes|Mysterious Eyes|[[Mysterious Eyes]]}}
 
{{BGMListingItem|1|Mysterious Eyes|Mysterious Eyes|Mysterious Eyes|[[Mysterious Eyes]]}}
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{{EndTable}}
 
{{EndTable}}
  
===Part 2===
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=== Part 2 ===
 
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
 
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
 
{{BGMListingItem|1|Mysterious Eyes|Mysterious Eyes|Mysterious Eyes|[[Mysterious Eyes]]}}
 
{{BGMListingItem|1|Mysterious Eyes|Mysterious Eyes|Mysterious Eyes|[[Mysterious Eyes]]}}
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* People's names are associated with light.
 
* People's names are associated with light.
**Yoshi''teru'' Araide - Radiance
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** Yoshi''teru'' Araide - Radiance
**''Yo''ko Araide - Sun
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** ''Yo''ko Araide - Sun
**Tomoaki Araide - Dawn
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** Tomoaki Araide - Dawn
**''Hikaru'' Yasumoto - Light
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** ''Hikaru'' Yasumoto - Light
**''Mitsu'' Araide - Light
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** ''Mitsu'' Araide - Light
**Chi''aki'' Araide - Sparkle
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** Chi''aki'' Araide - Sparkle
  
 
== In other languages ==
 
== In other languages ==
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
 
* [[Season 7]]
 
* [[Season 7]]
  

Revision as of 07:01, 2 April 2018

Episode 170-171
(Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})

TV Episode 170-171.jpg

Information
Title: The Blind Spot in the Darkness
Japanese title: 暗闇の中の死角
(Kurayami no Naka no Shikaku)
Original airdate: November 29, 1999 (Part 1)
December 6, 1999 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating: 17.5%
17.9%
Manga case: #67
Season: 7
Manga source: Volume 24: Files 3-6 (234-237)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Eri Kisaki
Shinichi Kudo
Tomoaki Araide
Hikaru Yasumoto
Detective Kojima
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Fuse box (Part 1)
Burn injury (Part 2)
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Kenji Kodama
Organizer: Michiyo Sakurai
Storyboard: Michiyo Sakurai
Episode director: 170 Hirohito Ochi
171 Kazuo Nogami
Animation Director: 170 Atsushi Aono
171 Hirobi Muranaka
Music
Opening song: Mysterious Eyes
Closing song: Free Magic
Chronology
Prev episode: « Venus' Kiss
Next episode: The Revival of the Dying Message »
List of episodes


Characters introduced

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Part 1

Conan as Shinichi calls Ran but she's got something do and someplace to go. Conan muses that Ran must have something going on, something that's making her happy with anticipation.

Next, Kogoro Mouri gets Ran and Conan in the car and drives them to the office of his doctor, Yoshiteru Araide, who had insisted that he bring his family. While they're all in the doctor's home-based office, Ran asks the doctor's wife to use their bathroom. On the way there, she bumps into the doctor's young, altruistic, brilliant and very handsome son; she knocks a sheaf of papers from his hands, and experiences a significant touch from his hand to the top of hers when picking up the papers.

Later, after accepting an invitation to dinner there, both Kogoro and the doctor's wife Yoko cheerfully suggest that the son, Tomoaki Araide, and Ran marry. Logically, Conan gets jealous BIG time!

However, Dr. Araide Sr. gets electrocuted to death when taking a bath...

Accident?

EP170 Case.jpg

Location: Araide house bathroom
Victim: Yoshiteru Araide
Age: 51 Years old
Cause of death: Electrocution in bathtub
Suspects: Yoko Araide, Tomoaki Araide, Hikaru Yasumoto, and Mitsu Araide
Yoshiteru Araide leaves to take his habitual bath before dinner. A blackout occurs while Yoshiteru Ariade is in the bath. The maid Hikaru Yasumoto resets the circuit breaker once, and then once again when the lights go back out. Yoko Araide and Hikaru go to check on Yoshiteru... and find him dead in the full bathtub, with a submerged electric razor.

Conan is quick to discover the cause for Dr. Araide's death: his electric razor has fallen into the filled tub, electrocuting him. Though it seems that Dr. Araide must have dropped the razor himself, Conan notices that some things don't quite add up: Why was Dr. Araide sitting with his back to the mirror mounted at the end of the bathtub when he was shaving? And where did Hikaru get the burn mark on her arm? But what distracts Conan from the case is that Ran and Tomoaki seems strangely drawn to each other, and a disconcerting thought dawns inside him: Could Ran have become interested in Tomoaki now? He is a rather handsome and popular fellow, after all...

Part 2

While Kogoro, Megure, and Takagi test all possible scenarios, Conan discovers several clues missed by the police and adds them up to the solution of the case. And as usual, he stuns Kogoro to use him as a mouthpiece to deliver his conclusions. But poor Tomoaki vehemently protests the questionings, claiming that none of his family could have done such a thing...!

People

  • Resolution

    BGM listing

    Part 1

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 Mysterious Eyes Mysterious Eyes Mysterious Eyes Mysterious Eyes
    2 犯人のアジト (忍び込みver.) Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.) The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    3 新一の名推理 Shin'ichi no Meisuiri Shinichi's Great Deduction Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    4 昼下がりの天使たち (摩天楼ヴァージョン) Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon) Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper Version) Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    5 想い出 (摩天楼ヴァージョン) Omoide (Mantenrō Vājon) Memories (Skyscraper Version) Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    6 謎解き (その1) Nazotoki (Sono 1) Riddle Solution (Part 1) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    7 緊迫 Kinpaku Tension Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    8 真相究明 Shinsō Kyūmei Investigating the Truth Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    9 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    10 犯人のアジト Hannin no Ajito The Culprit's Hideout Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    11 Free Magic Free Magic Free Magic Free Magic

    Part 2

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 Mysterious Eyes Mysterious Eyes Mysterious Eyes Mysterious Eyes
    2 謎解き (その2) Nazotoki (Sono 2) Riddle Solution (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    3 犯人のアジト (忍び込みver.) Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.) The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    4 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    5 事件解明 (オリジナルver.) Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.) Case Clarification (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    6 推理 (オリジナルver.) Suiri (Orijinaru ver.) Deduction (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    7 少年探偵団のテーマ (摩天楼ヴァージョン) Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon) The Detective Boys' Theme (Skyscraper Version) Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    8 犯人からの電話 Hannin Kara no Denwa Phone Call From the Culprit Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    9 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
    10 陰謀 (摩天楼ヴァージョン) Inbō (Mantenrō Vājon) Conspiracy (Skyscraper Version) Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    11 怪人包帯男2 Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2 The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2 Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    12 挫折 Zasetsu Frustration Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    13 蘭のテーマ (優しさver.) Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.) Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    14 Free Magic Free Magic Free Magic Free Magic
    15 毛利小五郎のテーマ (ファンキーver.) Mōri Kogorō no Tēma (Fankii ver.) Kogoro Mouri's Theme (Funky ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    16 蘭・愛のテーマ Ran・Ai no Tēma Ran's Love Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    17 別居の真相 Bekkyo no Shinsō The Truth Behind the Separation Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack

    Gallery

    Trivia

    • People's names are associated with light.
      • Yoshiteru Araide - Radiance
      • Yoko Araide - Sun
      • Tomoaki Araide - Dawn
      • Hikaru Yasumoto - Light
      • Mitsu Araide - Light
      • Chiaki Araide - Sparkle

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan Un angle mort en la foscor The Blind Spot in the Darkness
    Flag of France French Un Bain néfaste The Harmful Bath
    Flag of Galicia Galician Cegado na escuridade
    Flag of Germany German Dunkel wars... 'Twas Dark...
    Flag of Italy Italian Assassinio al buio Murder in the Darkness
    Flag of Spain Spanish El ángulo muerto en la oscuridad The Blind Spot in the Darkness
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Điểm mù trong bóng tối The Blind Spot in the Darkness

    See also

    Episodes of Season 7
    Episode 163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183184185186187188189190191192193