The Broken Horoscope

Episode 512 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Broken Horoscope
Original airdate:	August 11, 2008
Season:	17
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Chronology
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Chiba Officer Tome

Case

Situation

Kogoro is invited by a famous fortune teller named Reika Shiijou for an interview. Ran asks Shiijou to read her fortune; Shiijou tells her she will read it later and gives Ran her room key's diamond keychain as compensation. Later that evening, Shiijou's guests realize she has been in her room for far too long. Unable to open her door, they see her through the outside window dead. One of her guests, Kensuke Katsuragi, climbs to the top of Shiijou's room and breaks through the glass ceiling and unlocks the door. The police arrive and their investigation reveals that Shiijou's room contained a specialized key which could not be copied.

Murder
	Location: Reika Shirou's residence Victim: Reika Shirou Suspects: Kensuke Katsuragi, Machio Tamura, Yuuka Shiraishi and Kurara Midorikawa Reika Shirou was murdered in a sealed room.

People

Reika Shijo
	Victim 38 years old Astrologist

Kensuke Katsuragi
	45 years old President of "Starry Sky Weekly"

Machio Tamura
	32 years old Editor

Yuuka Shiraishi
	26 years old Reika's apprentice

Kurara Midorikawa
	28 years old Actress

Resolution

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Conans investigates and after finding a few clues, tranquilizes Kogoro and impersonates his voice to reveal Katsuragi to be the culprit. Conan reveals that Katsuragi met with Shiijou in her room and murdered her. After doing so, he took the key to her rooms, locked it, and climbed from the outside to the top of Shiijou's room, cracked a small piece of the ceiling, and dropped the keys into the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that despite the key being mixed in a pile of other keys, Katsuragi was able to find out which key opened the door in his first try. Katsuragi replies that he knew the key with the sapphire keychain was the one for the door; Conan reveals that the key was originally connected to a diamond keychain which is now in Ran's possession. This means that Katsuragi was the last person to meet Shiijou before her death. Katsuragi confesses revealing that Shiijou was extorting money from him. After the police arrest Katsuragi, Conan ask Ran what she wanted Shiijou to read for her to which she replies Shinichi's current whereabouts.

See also

• Season 17