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| episode            = 379-380
 
| episode            = 379-380
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| int-episode        = 410-411
 
| image              = TV Episode 379-380.jpg
 
| image              = TV Episode 379-380.jpg
 
| title              = The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night
 
| title              = The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night
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| season              = [[Season 13|13]]
 
| season              = [[Season 13|13]]
 
| manga              = '''TV Original'''
 
| manga              = '''TV Original'''
| airdate            = November 22, 2004 (Part 1) <br> November 29, 2004 (Part 2)
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| airdate            = November 22, 2004 (Part 1)<ref>[https://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/archive/k1169174.html YTV]</ref> <br> November 29, 2004 (Part 2)<ref>[https://www.ytv.co.jp/conan/archive/k1169173.html YTV]</ref>
 
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| english-airdate    =
 
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Rina Aiuchi]]
 
| cast                = [[Conan Edogawa]] <br> [[Kogoro Mouri]] <br> [[Ran Mouri]] <br> [[Rina Aiuchi]]
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| director            = [[Masato Sato]]
 
| director            = [[Masato Sato]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]]
 
| screenplay          = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]]
| organizer          =
 
 
| storyboard          = [[Yasumi Mikamoto]]
 
| storyboard          = [[Yasumi Mikamoto]]
 
| producer            = 379 [[Minoru Tozawa]] <br> 380 [[Nana Harada]]
 
| producer            = 379 [[Minoru Tozawa]] <br> 380 [[Nana Harada]]
 
| animation-director  = 379 [[Rei Masunaga]] <br> 380 [[Akiko Kawashima]]
 
| animation-director  = 379 [[Rei Masunaga]] <br> 380 [[Akiko Kawashima]]
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| character-design    = [[Mari Tominaga]] <br> [[Keiko Sasaki]] (sub-character) <br> [[Kumiko Shishido]] (design works)
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| production-cooperation = 380 [[Sunshine Corporation]]
 
| opening-song        = START
 
| opening-song        = START
 
| closing-song        = Wasurezaki
 
| closing-song        = Wasurezaki
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{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|秘湯雪闇振袖事件|Hitō Yuki Yami Furisode Jiken}} is the 379th and 380th episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].
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{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|秘湯雪闇振袖事件|Hitō Yuki Yami Furisode Jiken}} is the 379th and 380th episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]]. With the first part airing on November 22, 2004 and the second part on the following week on November 29, 2004, it was storyboarded by [[Yasumi Mikamoto]], produced by [[Minoru Tozawa]] and [[Nana Harada]] and animated by [[Rei Masunaga]] and [[Akiko Kawashima]]. The story follows Conan, Ran and Kogoro at a hot springs inn in the moutainous Yamagata Prefecture where they meet a group of people producing a TV drama. Under a fake guise of collaboration, it seems tensions are high between the group and two members in particular are the cause of everyone's bad mood. A member of the group, Eri Akechi, whom Kogoro is a fan off, tells them about the local legend of a vengeful "Kimono Goddess". After an alcohol-infused party with the TV crew, the [[Mouri Family]] take a late night bath in the hot springs only to find the two aforementioned members stabbed to death in a similar fashion to the legend. Curse or not, Conan is determined to solve the case. The screenplay is written by [[Koujin Ochi]], known for his quality scenarios, while the animation offered extensive views of the local snowy nature and the traditional Japanese inn.
  
 
== Characters introduced ==
 
== Characters introduced ==
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{{newChar|[[Rina Aiuchi]]|Rina Aiuchi anime.jpg|link=Rina Aiuchi|
 
{{newChar|[[Rina Aiuchi]]|Rina Aiuchi anime.jpg|link=Rina Aiuchi|
 
* 24 years old
 
* 24 years old
* Singer}}
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* Real-life singer}}
 
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== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
 
{{Char Appearances|
 
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
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{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
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{{char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
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{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|EP182 Policeman1|display=Unnamed officer}}
 
{{Char|Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|EP182 Policeman2|display=Unnamed officer}}
 
 
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=== Situation ===
 
=== Situation ===
 
==== Part 1 ====
 
==== Part 1 ====
The episode starts with a flashback, set five years before the episode takes in. In the middle of a huge campus belonging to a women's college, a beautiful but despaired young woman climbs to a tower. After taking a good look at her surroundings, she sadly closes her eyes and throws herself off. The perspective switches to a bunch of students who witness the girl's suicide, and to a flock of doves that fly away.
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Five years ago, in the middle of a huge campus belonging to a college, a beautiful but despaired young woman climbs to a tower. After taking a good look at her surroundings, she sadly closes her eyes and throws herself off. The perspective switches to students who witness the girl's suicide, then to a flock of doves that fly away.
  
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Suicide (Past)
 
| crime              = Suicide (Past)
 
| image              = EP379-380 Case 1.jpg
 
| image              = EP379-380 Case 1.jpg
| location            = Oodou University
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| location            = Odo University
 
| victim              = Sakurako Suzuka
 
| victim              = Sakurako Suzuka
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| age                = 21 years old
 
| time                = 5 years ago
 
| time                = 5 years ago
 
| cause-death        = Free falling
 
| cause-death        = Free falling
 
| suspects            =
 
| suspects            =
| description        = A woman named Sakurako committed suicide by jumping from a high roof, in the middle of her college's main campus.
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| description        = A woman named Sakurako Suzuka committed suicide by jumping from a high roof, in the middle of her college's main campus.
 
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[[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], and [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] take a trip to a hot springs lodge, the Kotoya Inn, in a Yonezawa mountains village, Yamagata Prefecture, since Kogoro has had trouble with his shoulder and this may help. They find a group of people who work in the entertainement industry and are getting ready to film a TV special about Japanese young women who have reached fame stardom. The members of the crew are: the editor Yoriko Yasuda, the TV producer Kyoichi Bando, the novelist Eri Akechi (whom Kogoro is a fan of), the top model Asuka Shibasaki, the famous oil painter Ema Anzai, and the singer/songwriter Harumi Fukatsu (whom Ran fangirls). Yasuda and Bandou recognize Kogoro, so they approach him and explain the project to him, Ran and Kogoro. Asuka and Ema make bad impressions due to their snotty and bitchy behavior. On the other hand, Harumi (whom Asuka and Ema badmouth in front of everyone, calling her "one hit wonder" among other insults) and Eri are more modest and quiet.
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[[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] take a trip to a [[wikipedia:Ryokan|hot springs lodge]], the Kotoya Inn (琴屋旅館), in village deep in the [[wikipedia:Yonezawa, Yamagata|mountains of Yonezawa]], [[wikipedia:Yamagata Prefecture|Yamagata Prefecture]], to cure Kogoro's shoulder pain. Kotoya Inn is reputed for its host springs that can cure stiff shoulders. They find a group of people who work in the entertainement industry and are getting ready to film a TV special about Japanese young women who have reached fame and stardom. The members of the crew are: the editor Yoriko Yasuda from [[Daigakukan Publishing Company|Daigakukan Publishing]]<ref group="N">'''Daigakukan''' (大学館) is a pun to '''[[Shogakukan]]''' (小学館), who publishes the ''Detective Conan'' manga.</ref>, the TV producer Kyoichi Bando, the novelist Eri Akechi, whom Kogoro is a fan of, the top model Asuka Shibasaki, the famous oil painter Ema Anzai, and the singer/songwriter Harumi Fukatsu, whom Ran admires. Yasuda and Bando recognize Kogoro, so they approach him and explain the project to him, Ran and Conan. Asuka and Ema make bad impressions due to their snide behavior. On the other hand, Harumi, whom Asuka and Ema badmouth in front of everyone, calling her a "one hit wonder" among other insults, and Eri, are more modest and quiet. Harumi, Asuka and Ema all graduated from Odo University (王道大学), just like Yasuda, which is what prompted her to make a show about the three girls' success.
  
When Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are shown their room, Ran remarks on how many beautiful kimonos are hung around as part of the decoration. She asks why, and the owner explains that it's to give their respects to a local Shinto deity named the Kimono Goddess, whose shrine is located nearby. They later take a walk with Eri Akechi, an as they take a peek to a mini shrine to the Kimono Goddess, she tells about something she learned about: the Goddess's darker side, the Goddess of Vengeance.  
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When Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are shown their room, Ran remarks on how many beautiful kimonos are hung around as part of the decoration. She asks why, and the owner explains that it is to pay their respects to a local [[wikipedia:Shinto|Shinto]] deity named the "[[wikipedia:Furisode|Furisode]]-sama" (振袖様), the kimono goddess whose [[wikipedia:Shinto shrine|shrine]] is located nearby. They later take a walk with Eri Akechi, and as they take a peek to a [[wikipedia:Hokora|miniature shrine]] to the kimono goddess, she tells them about something she learned about: the Goddess's darker side, the Goddess of Vengeance.
  
According to the legend, centuries ago a sweet village girl named Ohana lived nearby, along with her old grandmother and her little sister, and after saving a very rich feudal lord's life, she was given a whole chest full of beautiful and incredibly pricy kimonos as a reward. However, the greedy daughters of the local leader wanted Ohana's wardrobe, so falsely accused Ohana of being a criminal and managed to get the poor woman executed, who was crucified and impaled crying out. The two girls got Ohana's gorgeous wardrobe just as they wanted, but as they were putting such lovely clothes on, the evil spirit of Ohana, reborn as an immortal demon with a cold breeze, with the executing white kimono and barefoot, taken her awful revenge brutally killing them both: the youngest sister was found under the kimonos, while the eldest was found in a pond under many obis (kimono sashes).  
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[[file:EP379-380 Past Case1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ohana's crucifixion.]]
  
Eri finishes the story via telling that, to placate Ohana's vengeful spirit, the villagers built a Shinto shrine and many smaller temples in her memory, and named her as their protector. Ran remarks on how much Eri knows about the legend, and Eri explains that she often comes into this lodge to make research for her novels.
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According to the legend, centuries ago, a sweet village girl named Ohana (お花) lived nearby, and after saving a very rich [[wikipedia:Daimyo|feudal lord]]'s life, she was given a whole chest full of beautiful and incredibly pricy kimonos as a reward. However, the greedy daughters of the local leader wanted Ohana's wardrobe, so they falsely accused Ohana of being a criminal and managed to get the poor woman executed, who was [[Wikipedia: Crucifixion#Japan|crucified and impaled]] crying out. The two girls seized Ohana's gorgeous wardrobe just as they wanted, but as they were putting such lovely clothes on, in darkness, the spirit of Ohana, a demon with cold breeze, had taken her revenge killing them both: the youngest sister was found suffocated to death under the kimonos, while the eldest was found drowned in a pond under many [[wikipedia:Obi (sash)|obis]] (kimono sashes).
  
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[[file:EP379-380 Past Case2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The first sister's death.]]
| crime              = Execution (crucifixion and impalement) (Legend)
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[[file:EP379-380 Past Case3.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The second sister's death.]]
| image              = EP379-380 Past Case1.jpg
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| location            =
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Eri finishes the story via telling that, to placate Ohana's vengeful spirit, the villagers built a Shinto shrine and many smaller temples in her memory, and named her as their protector. Ran remarks on how much Eri knows about the legend, and Eri explains that she often comes into this lodge to do research for her novels.
| victim              = Ohana
 
| age                =
 
| cause-death         =
 
| suspects            =
 
| description        = The daughters of a village leader accused a local woman named Ohana of being a criminal and got her executed, so they can gain possession of her beautiful kimonos.
 
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{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Murder (Legend)
 
| image              = EP379-380 Past Case2.jpg
 
| location            =
 
| victim              = Youngest sister
 
| age                =
 
| cause-death         = Devoured soul
 
| suspects            = Demon Ohana
 
| description        = After Ohana's execution, the culprits behind her unfair death found their own ends. As a demon with blood from her lips and crying out, Ohana cruelly devours the human souls, so she bites one of them on the neck until she had stopped breathing.
 
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{{InfoBox Crime
 
| crime              = Murder (Legend)
 
| image              = EP379-380 Past Case3.jpg
 
| location            =
 
| victim              = Eldest sister
 
| age                =
 
| cause-death        = Devoured soul
 
| suspects            = Demon Ohana
 
| description        = The other tries in vain to escape, but Ohana forcibly throws her in the garden pond and bites her in the chest.
 
}}
 
  
The group encounters Harumi at the temple, standing in front of the 500-year-old "Kimono Cherry Tree" (which looks like a kimono when it's in bloom). She esays that an old friend from her college who was very fond of the supernatural told her about said cherry tree. As Kogoro scolds Conan for running around, Eri adds that the Kimono Goddess is also a vengative deity: according to the legend, if someone clad in kimono comes to the shrine at midnight, they can ask the Goddess to punish someone or sponsor a punishment, and that people shall leave paper dolls as an offer to her.
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The group encounters Harumi at the temple, standing in front of the 500-year-old "Kimono Cherry Tree", which looks like a kimono when it is in bloom. She says that an old friend from her college who was very fond of the supernatural told her about said cherry tree. As Kogoro scolds Conan for running around, Eri adds that the Kimono Goddess is also a vindicative deity: according to the legend, if someone clad in kimono comes to the shrine at midnight, they can ask the Goddess to punish someone or sponsor a punishment, and that people shall leave paper dolls as an offer to her.
  
 
Eri opens a small wooden box containing the paper dolls, and she and Kogoro notice how there are two new dolls. Eri remarks that this means someone wants vengeance against two persons, which worries Conan.
 
Eri opens a small wooden box containing the paper dolls, and she and Kogoro notice how there are two new dolls. Eri remarks that this means someone wants vengeance against two persons, which worries Conan.
  
The group returns to the inn, and Kogoro tells a rather frightened Ran to not believe such legends. Conan notices that there's a small building in the inn's grounds, and Eri says it's likely another sanctuary to the Kimono Goddess. Ran is still very worried and asks Kogoro to check it out to see if there are more dolls inside, but neither he nor Conan find anything. They decide to relax and enjoy the famous springs, settled in a gorgeous mountain scenery.  
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The group returns to the inn, and Kogoro tells a rather frightened Ran to not believe such legends. Conan notices that there is a small building within the inn's grounds, and Eri says it is likely another shrine to the Kimono Goddess. Ran is still very worried and asks Kogoro to check it out to see if there are more dolls inside, but neither he nor Conan find anything. They decide to relax and enjoy the famous springs, settled in a gorgeous mountain scenery.
  
Later that night the TV crew is relaxing and drinking. Ema asks Eri to make a good character based on her despite how she still doesn't have the basics for the script planned, and Asuka makes snarky and hurtful comments when Bandou asks Harumi to write and sing the opening song. Meanwhile Kogoro is very drunk off sake in the nearby suite, asking a fastidiated Ran to fill up his cup. Soon, Harumi shows up and tells the that she has something to ask from Kogoro; she seems to be very worried and sad, and Conan wonders what's this about.
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Later that night, the TV crew and the Mouri Family are relaxing and drinking, while enjoying a succulent crab casserole dish. Ema asks Eri to make a good character based on her despite how she still does not have the basics for the script planned, and Asuka makes snarky and hurtful comments when Bando asks Harumi to write and sing the opening song. Meanwhile Kogoro is very drunk off sake in the nearby suite, asking a fastidiated Ran to fill up his cup. Soon, Harumi shows up and tells the two that she has something to ask from Kogoro. She seems to be very worried and sad, and Conan wonders what this is about.
  
Harumi starts speaking about her college times. Five years ago, there was a very popular drug in the college circles frequented by Harumi and her best friend, a girl named Sakurako Suzuka; several drug doses were found in Sakurako's locker, and after being unable to prove her innocence, Sakurako fell into deep depression and commited suicide by jumping off the main campus's building (as seen in the initial flashback). Sakurako was the college student who told Harumi about the Kimono Goddess, and Harumi believes that she actually was innocent from the drug selling charges.
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Harumi starts speaking about her college times. Five years ago, there was a very popular [[Wikipedia: Methamphetamine|drug]] in the college circles frequented by Harumi and her best friend, a girl named Sakurako Suzuka. Several [http://www.tofugu.com/japan/drug-laws-in-japan/ drug doses] were found in Sakurako's locker, and after being unable to prove her innocence, Sakurako fell into deep depression and committed suicide by jumping off the main campus's building, as seen in the initial flashback. Sakurako was the college student who told Harumi about the Kimono Goddess, and Harumi believes that she was actually innocent from the drug-selling charges.
  
When done with her story, Harumi asks Kogoro to re-open the case. Kogoro says he isn't sure if he can actually do it, since the case happened five years ago already. Harumi adds more info: there were other suspects among the students, but they weren't investigated due to being from rich families, and they were actually Asuka Shibasaki (daughter of a politician from Kishi) and Ema Anzai (eldest child of the Anzai Global Enteprises's president), who both disliked Sakurako because she was straightforward, naive and a strong believer in justice. Harumi again asks Kogoro to investigate, and he accepts to do so. Ran remarks on how fond Harumi was of Sakurako; she explains that they bonded over both being orphans (Harumi was raised by her uncle and aunt), and became very close.
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When done with her story, Harumi asks Kogoro to re-open the case. Kogoro says he is not sure if he can actually do it, since the case happened five years ago already. Harumi adds more info: there were other suspects among the students, but they were not investigated due to being from rich families, and they were actually Asuka Shibasaki, daughter of a politician, and Ema Anzai, eldest child of the Anzai Global Enteprises's president, who both disliked Sakurako because she was straightforward, naive and a strong believer in justice. Harumi again asks Kogoro to investigate, and he accepts to do so. Ran remarks on how fond Harumi was of Sakurako. She explains that they bonded over both being orphans (Harumi was raised by her uncle and aunt), and became very close.
  
 
During the night, Asuka skips out of the crew's suite and goes out to take a soak. Ema finds a note on a desk and frowns.
 
During the night, Asuka skips out of the crew's suite and goes out to take a soak. Ema finds a note on a desk and frowns.
  
Kogoro, Ran, Conan, and Harumi go to have a soak, and find Eri getting out of the springs. She declines a drinking invitation from Kogoro since she says she has a heavy workload, so the group goes into the springs without her. To Ran's disappointment, the women's side of springs are reserved for an hour, so she and Harumi decide to go play ping-pong while Conan and Kogoro bathe. They go out and sees the girls playing; Conan sees that Harumi is wearing glasses, and she says she normally uses contacts except for then she's in a bath.  
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[[file:EP379-11.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Kogoro, Ran, and Conan, as well as Harumi have a night dip in the springs.]]
  
At 23:30, Ran and Harumi stop playing and go check on the womens's side, which is still closed. They find a small doll on the floor, which wasn't there when they got in, and it's wearing a small demon mask. Conan then asks Kogoro to open the door by force, and he does so but the door falls on him; Conan runs in and finds Asuka inside the spring, surrounded by luxurious obi sashes. Kogoro also gets inside the spring and quickly checks on her: she's dead, and her cause of death is a stab wound in the chest.  
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Kogoro, Ran, Conan, and Harumi go to have a soak, and find Eri getting out of the springs. She declines a drinking invitation from Kogoro since she says she has a heavy workload, so the group goes into the springs without her. To Ran's disappointment, the women's side of springs are reserved for an hour, from 22:00 to 23:00, so she and Harumi decide to go play ping-pong while Conan and Kogoro bathe. They later finish their bath and see the girls playing. Conan sees that Harumi is wearing glasses, and she says she normally wears contacts except for when she is in a bath.
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At 23:30, Ran and Harumi stop playing and go check on the womens's side, which is still closed. They find a small doll on the floor, which was not there when they got in, and it is wearing a small demon mask. A worried Conan then asks Kogoro to open the door by force, and he does so but the door falls on him. Conan runs in and finds Asuka inside the spring, surrounded by luxurious obi sashes. Kogoro also gets inside the spring and quickly checks on her: she is dead, and her cause of death is a stab wound in the chest.
  
 
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| image              = EP379-380 Case.jpg
 
| image              = EP379-380 Case.jpg
 
| location            = Women's Hot Spring
 
| location            = Women's Hot Spring
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| time                = Between 22:30 and 23:00
 
| victim              = Asuka Shibasaki
 
| victim              = Asuka Shibasaki
 
| age                = 26 years old
 
| age                = 26 years old
 
| cause-death        = Stab wound in the chest and drowning in hot spring
 
| cause-death        = Stab wound in the chest and drowning in hot spring
 
| suspects            = Yoriko Yasuda, Kyoichi Bando, Eri Akechi, and Harumi Fukatsu
 
| suspects            = Yoriko Yasuda, Kyoichi Bando, Eri Akechi, and Harumi Fukatsu
| description        = Ran sees a small demon mask near women's hot spring room. It's a Hannya mask, representing jealous spirits. Asuka is dead in the hot spring, surrounded by the inn's luxurious obi sashes.
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| description        = Ran sees a small demon mask near the women's hot spring room. It is a [[wikipedia:Hannya|Hannya]] mask, representing jealous spirits. Asuka is dead in the hot spring, surrounded by the inn's luxurious obi sashes.
 
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Conan remembers the legend and rushes to the shrine, mentally recalling the legend of the Goddess. They find Bando, Yasuda and Eri in the lounge, and the girls tell them about Asuka's murder. Conan asks about Ema and Yasuda says she left a while ago; he opens the sliding door and finds footsteps in the snow, which lead to the small shrine in the inn grounds. Kogoro and Conan walk in the snow to the mini-shrine, whose door is also closed: when they open it, they find Ema dead in the middle of a pile of kimonos, also stabbed to death and with a vengeance doll on her pierced chest.
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Conan remembers the legend and rushes to the shrine, mentally recalling the legend of the Goddess. They find Bando, Yasuda and Eri in the lounge, and the girls tell them about Asuka's murder. Conan asks about Ema and Yasuda says she left a while ago. He opens the sliding door and finds footsteps in the snow, which lead to the small shrine in the inn grounds. Kogoro and Conan walk in the snow to the mini-shrine, whose door is also closed: when they open it, they find Ema dead in the middle of a pile of kimonos, also stabbed to death and with a vengeance doll on her pierced chest.
  
 
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| location            = Shrine
 
| location            = Shrine
 
| victim              = Ema Anzai
 
| victim              = Ema Anzai
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| time                = Around 22:30
 
| age                = 26 years old
 
| age                = 26 years old
 
| cause-death        = Stab wound in the chest
 
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Conan again thinks of the myth of the Kimono Goddess, as he can only see Ema's footsteps aside of Kogoro's and his own, which means the place was closed due to the snow.
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Conan again thinks of the myth of the Kimono Goddess, as he can only see Ema's footsteps aside of Kogoro's and his own, which means this is an impossible crime due to the culprit's missing footsteps.
  
A local officer named Ogura is sent to help Kogoro investigate, saying that the prefect cannot come until the next morning due to the snow. Kogoro asks the landlady to bring some towels and then tells the TV crew to stay put; he and Omura place the towels over Ema's footsteps, while Conan takes pictures and checks on the surroundings of the main building. He cannot find any footsteps first, but his camera says otherwise and he checks underneath the towels.
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A local officer named Ogura is sent to help Kogoro investigate, saying that the prefectural police cannot come until the next morning due to the snow. Kogoro asks the landlady to bring some towels and then tells the TV crew to stay put; he and Ogura place towels over Ema's footsteps, while Conan takes pictures and checks on the surroundings of the main building. As he takes pictures of the footprints in the snow, he realizes something and lifts the towels.
  
Kogoro, Conan, and Ogura go meet up with Eri, Yasuda, and Bando. He asks Yasuda what Ema was doing in the lounge around 22:30 and if she saw somebody else, but she denies it. Kogoro explains the deal with Ema's footsteps being the only ones in the minishrine path, adding that they couldn't ind any killing weapon; he then mentions that Asuka was found dead in the bath, but that one was connected to the games room and thus someone should've seen something odd, but his group didn't see anybody. Bando asks if the killer could have used the mountain path, but Kogoro says he checked around and there was no cliff in the surroundings. Also, he and Omura found a taser and a dagger in the springs: this means that the killer first tasered Asuka to stun her, and then stabbed her, but the dagger had some odd markings, and apparently was a sacred weapon donated alongside the shrine. Not only that, but they also found a headscarf that Ema wore in the bath, and it was stained with blood. This means: both women were stabbed with the same sacred dagger, Ema died before Asuka did, and Ema died around 22:30 with Asuka perishing shortly afterwards.
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Kogoro, Conan, and Ogura go meet up with Eri, Yasuda, and Bando. He asks Yasuda what Ema was doing in the lounge around 22:30 and if she saw somebody else, but she denies it. Kogoro explains the deal with Ema's footsteps being the only ones on the path to the sub-shrine, adding that they could not find any murder weapon; he then mentions that Asuka was found dead in the bath, but that one was connected to the games room and thus someone should have seen something odd, but his group did not see anybody. Bando asks if the killer could have used the mountain path, but Kogoro says he checked around and there was no cliff in the surroundings. Also, he and Omura found a taser and a dagger in the springs: this means that the killer first tasered Asuka to stun her, and then stabbed her, but the dagger had some odd markings, and apparently was a sacred weapon donated alongside the shrine. Not only that, but they also found a headscarf that Ema wore in the bath, and it was stained with blood. This means: both women were stabbed with the same sacred dagger, Ema died before Asuka did, and Ema died around 22:30 with Asuka perishing shortly afterwards.
  
 
Bando, Yasuda, and Eri speculate about the lack of footsteps, and then Harumi openly states that it was all due to the Kimono Goddess's curse. As she explains the deal with the two dolls in the shrine, Conan thinks that curses are not possible, wondering what trick could have been used in the double murder.
 
Bando, Yasuda, and Eri speculate about the lack of footsteps, and then Harumi openly states that it was all due to the Kimono Goddess's curse. As she explains the deal with the two dolls in the shrine, Conan thinks that curses are not possible, wondering what trick could have been used in the double murder.
  
 
==== Part 2 ====
 
==== Part 2 ====
Conan notices that the footprints outside the shrine are too shallow and sees that there is a crack in the ceiling in front of the hot spring; from these and other clues he is able to deduce how the culprit faked an alibi. Conan finds out the identity of the culprit and their relationship to the case that happened five years ago.
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[[file:EP380-2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The interrogation.]]
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The next morning, Inspector Minoru Masaki from the Yamagata Prefectural Police, along with his assistant Tamura, arrive. He confirms that the murder weapon in both murders was the holy knife. It is also discovered that Ema is missing an earring. This is a very expensive earring from a special brand. Harumi admits to having the same ones, but she does not wear them so as not to upset Ema.
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Everyone present gives their alibi at the time of the crime. Eri was at the springs before the crime and then went to her room. She ran into Conan and the others. Yoriko confirms that Eri came from the spring and Asuka went there after her. Meanwhile, Yoriko sat in the lobby sorting out interviews. Masaki asks about any special incidents while bathing and Conan interjects that they heard a loud splashing noise coming from the ladies' spring next door. Ran and Harumi were in the break room at the time. Harumi was only gone for ten minutes to get her glasses. Conan also wants to know why Ema went to the shrine in the first place. Masaki shows a note that claims to be from Kyoichi. However, he denies having written it. In addition, he has no alibi because he only came to the lobby where Yoriko was after the time of the crime. Harumi, on the other hand, is the only one who has a motive.
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A little later, a report comes from the forensics department, who found no fingerprints on any of the evidence. In the evening, Conan sits with Ran at a bar where he watches a television report about a sled race. He has a rough idea of ​​how the crime could have happened and looks at the crime scene again. Back at the inn, he discovers Kyoichi's business card, but a second later Ran scolds him because his socks are wet. He realizes that the footprints outside the shrine are way too shallow if someone actually walked over them. Conan now knows the perpetrator, but does not yet understand his motive. As he continues to look around the inn, Conan discovers a slit in the ceiling at the entrance to the spring. He calls [[Wataru Takagi|detective Takagi]] in Kogoro's voice and asks for more information. He also asks officer Ogura for a favor on behalf of Kogoro.
  
 
=== People ===
 
=== People ===
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{{People|Yoriko Yasuda|Yoriko Yasuda.jpg|
 
{{People|Yoriko Yasuda|Yoriko Yasuda.jpg|
 
* 37 years old
 
* 37 years old
* Daigakukan Publishing editor}}
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* [[Daigakukan Publishing Company]] editor}}
 
{{People|Kyoichi Bando|Kyochi Bando.jpg|
 
{{People|Kyoichi Bando|Kyochi Bando.jpg|
 
* 48 years old
 
* 48 years old
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{{People|Eri Akechi|Eri Akechi.jpg|
 
{{People|Eri Akechi|Eri Akechi.jpg|
 
* 34 years old
 
* 34 years old
* Romance stories writer}}
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* Love story writer
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* Yoriko's best friend}}
 
{{People|Asuka Shibasaki|Asuka Shibazaki.jpg|
 
{{People|Asuka Shibasaki|Asuka Shibazaki.jpg|
 
* Victim (stabbed)
 
* Victim (stabbed)
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* Victim (stabbed)
 
* Victim (stabbed)
 
* 26 years old
 
* 26 years old
* Up-and-Coming oil painter}}
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{{People|Harumi Fukatsu|Harumi Fukatsu.jpg|
 
{{People|Harumi Fukatsu|Harumi Fukatsu.jpg|
 
* 25 years old
 
* 25 years old
* Singer/Songwriter}}
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{{People|[[Minor law enforcement#Officer Ogura|Officer Ogura]]|Omura.jpg|
 
{{People|[[Minor law enforcement#Officer Ogura|Officer Ogura]]|Omura.jpg|
 
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* Yonezawa mountains village patrolman}}
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{{People|[[Detective Tamura (Yamagata)|Detective Tamura]]|Officer Tamura.jpg|
 
* Detective from Yamagata Prefecture Police
 
* Detective from Yamagata Prefecture Police
* Masaki's assistant}}
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{{People|Sakurako Suzuka|Sakurako Suzuka.jpg|
 
{{People|Sakurako Suzuka|Sakurako Suzuka.jpg|
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* Deceased (fell)
* Law student
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* 21 years old (5 years ago)
* Harumi's friend}}
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{{People|[[Rina Aiuchi]]|EP380-Rina Aiuchi.jpg|
 
{{People|[[Rina Aiuchi]]|EP380-Rina Aiuchi.jpg|
 
* 24 years old
 
* 24 years old
* Singer}}
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{{people|Man|EP379 Owner.jpg|
 
{{people|Man|EP379 Owner.jpg|
 
* Kotoya Ryokan owner}}
 
* Kotoya Ryokan owner}}
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* Kotoya Ryokan landlady
 
* Kotoya Ryokan landlady
 
* Owner's wife}}
 
* Owner's wife}}
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{{people|Announcer|EP379 Announcer.jpg|
 
 
* TV newscaster}}
 
* TV newscaster}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
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=== Resolution ===
 
=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>The culprit was '''Eri Akechi (Chieri Ake)''', the romance novel writer. She and the dead Sakurako were sisters, whose parents died in a fire. While the Suzuka family only adopted Sakurako, the sisters managed to keep close contact during their childhood/teenage/young adult years until Eri, now a promising writer, moved to Boston for some time: the kind but frail Sakurako was framed for [[Wikipedia: Illegal drug trade|drug trade]] and commited suicide during these days, and Eri only found out a year later.
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<spoiler>The group is later gathered at the spring where Asuka died, and are met with the legendary "Sleeping Kogoro". The first piece of evidence are the shallow footprints at Ema's crime scene were too shallow and were probably made by pressing the victim's in the snow, while the culprit moved around by using two planks that would be alternated as they moved in the snow. Sleeping Kogoro then points at the real culprit, '''Eri Akechi''', the romance novel writer. She had actually killed Asuka Shibasaki first and later Ema Anzai, so after she killed Asuka, she froze a set of obis and put the murder weapon and the doll on the frozen obis, which she let slide down the slope from the inn to the pond, which officer Ogura just demonstrates. This was why Kogoro and Conan heard a splashing sound during their late-nate bathing. The doll found in front of the women's bath was also a trick, and it was kept in place in the ceiling where there was a crack using dry ice, and after the dry ice melted, the doll would fall on the floor. When Eri protests and ask for evidence, Kogoro asks the police to examine her foot to find a bloodstain, which was caused by her stepping on Ema's earring, which is why it went missing.
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Finally found out, Eri Akechi, whose real name is '''Chieri Ake''' (the kanji 明智 恵理 becomes 明 智恵理) confesses and explains what led her to commit the unthinkable. She and the dead Sakurako were sisters, whose parents died in a fire. While the Suzuka family only adopted Sakurako, the sisters managed to keep close contact during their childhood/teenage/young adult years until Eri, now a promising writer, moved to Boston for some time: the kind but frail Sakurako was framed for [[Wikipedia: Illegal drug trade|drug trade]] and committed suicide during these days, and Eri only found out a year later.
  
 
Deeply hurt by Sakurako's death and how her younger sister never told her that she was in deep trouble, Eri made more research on the circumstances surrounding her suicide, finding out about her devotion to the Kimono Goddess and about Ema and Asuka. She then contacted her university classmate Yoriko to arrange a meeting between them, and then she killed the two as punishment for causing the death of her sister, using the Kimono Goddess legend not just to cover her tracks, but as a symbol of her revenge. Like the selfish girls from the legend who got Ohana executed to steal her kimonos and later were killed by her spirit, Asuka and Ema lost their lives for having used Sakurako as a scapegoat for their own crimes.
 
Deeply hurt by Sakurako's death and how her younger sister never told her that she was in deep trouble, Eri made more research on the circumstances surrounding her suicide, finding out about her devotion to the Kimono Goddess and about Ema and Asuka. She then contacted her university classmate Yoriko to arrange a meeting between them, and then she killed the two as punishment for causing the death of her sister, using the Kimono Goddess legend not just to cover her tracks, but as a symbol of her revenge. Like the selfish girls from the legend who got Ohana executed to steal her kimonos and later were killed by her spirit, Asuka and Ema lost their lives for having used Sakurako as a scapegoat for their own crimes.
  
Conan-through-Kogoro bitterly asks Eri if she believes that the kind Sakurako would've been satisfied with her revenge. He then adds that Sakurako's best friend Harumi was mourning for her death too but Eri didn't take ''her'' feelings into consideration, when in fact Sakurako would've loved it if they had become friends. In front of a sobbing Harumi, Eri falls to her knees and breaks down in tears.
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Conan-through-Kogoro bitterly asks Eri if she believes that the kind Sakurako would have been satisfied with her revenge. He then adds that Sakurako's best friend Harumi was mourning for her death too but Eri did not take ''her'' feelings into consideration, when in fact Sakurako would have loved it if they had become friends. In front of a sobbing Harumi, Eri falls to her knees and breaks down in tears.
  
 
Kogoro eventually wakes up and, being disorientated due to the heat and the effects of the dart, falls into the hot spring.</spoiler>
 
Kogoro eventually wakes up and, being disorientated due to the heat and the effects of the dart, falls into the hot spring.</spoiler>
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== Analysis ==
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The plot of the story is one of Koujin Ochi's strengths, known notably for [[A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs]] and [[The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case]], and although the identity of the culprit can be deduced quickly by the viewers, and evidence pointing to the culprit remains flimsy, the impossible crime aspect of the case cannot be refuted. Ochi manages here to bring two impossible situations together, the footprints in the snow, as well as Asuka's murder with Ran and Harumi in the next room, using a single theme, which is also strongly present in the story and the backstory leading to the main plot<ref>[https://ho-lingnojikenbo.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-twin-dilemma.html Ho-Ling "The Twin Dilemma"]</ref>.
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An other key aspect that was well incorporated in the case was the relationship between the main cast, which is often looked over<ref>[https://conan.aga-search.com/anime/2004/379_380.php 毛利小五郎探偵事務所]</ref>. The notable scene where Ran scolds Kogoro for drinking shows well the dynamics between both characters. Furthermore, a serious Ran playing ping-pong, while a relaxed Conan in the bath, which are rare sights even in the main manga, were added by the production team.
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
* On the television in the hotel bar, the singer Rina Aiuchi sings the opening theme of episode 380.
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[[file:EP380-1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rina Aiuchi on TV.]]
* The Kotoya Inn's van is a 2000 Dark Blue Toyota HiAce Commuter.
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* This is [[Koujin Ochi]]'s last case written under his real name, Hirohito Ochi.
* Ran keeps her hair rolled while she is in the public baths, whereas in cases at the spa her hair is left loose or gathered in a headset, except in this episode and [[The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History]].
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* The producer of the ''Detective Conan'' anime, [[Michihiko Suwa]], disclosed in an interview with [[Minami Takayama]], that the original author, [[Gosho Aoyama]] thinks the trick used in this case is fairly interesting.
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* On the television in the hotel bar, the singer Rina Aiuchi sings [[START]].
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* The Kotoya Inn's van is a 2000 dark blue Toyota HiAce Commuter.
 
* The writers of this episode just came up with Eri Akechi's name by just using [[Eri Kisaki]]'s given name and then [[Kogoro Akechi]]'s family name. This is why Eri makes a comment about being embarrassed when she's called "Akechi-sensei" since it sounds like people are referring to the fictional detective.
 
* The writers of this episode just came up with Eri Akechi's name by just using [[Eri Kisaki]]'s given name and then [[Kogoro Akechi]]'s family name. This is why Eri makes a comment about being embarrassed when she's called "Akechi-sensei" since it sounds like people are referring to the fictional detective.
* "Daigakukan" is a pun of "Shogakukan", the publishers of ''Detective Conan''. The pun involves the words "daigaku" ("college") and "shogakko" ("elementary school").
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* The legend used to depict the series of murders is modeled from the [[Wikipedia: Hannya|Hannya]] legend and [[Wikipedia: Lafcadio Hearn|Yakumo Koizumi]]'s ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/igj/igj04.htm Furisode]''.
* Ohana's execution is by [[Wikipedia: Crucifixion#Japan|crucifixion and impalement]], a method used in Japan from the Sengoku to the Meiji eras. i.e., the [[Wikipedia: 26 Martyrs of Japan|26 Martyrs of Japan]] (a group of Catholic priests and laymen, led by St. Paul Miki) were executed like this in Nagasaki in 1627. In Ohana's case she was likely executed like this because she was (falsely) accused of stealing from people seen as all-powerful authority figures that were owed near.complete loyalty, which would make her the lowest of the low in her townspeople's eyes.
 
* Sakurako Suzuka commited suicide after being framed for drug trade ([[Wikipedia: Methamphetamine|Crystal Meth]]) by Ema and Asuka. While such a situation is already very bad in the West, it's even worse in Japan where [http://www.tofugu.com/japan/drug-laws-in-japan/ drug laws] are infamously severe and being caught with anything similar to illegal drugs can end a person's whole career (i.e, the sumo wrestler [[Wikipedia: Wakakirin Shinichi|Shinichi "Wakakirin" Suzukawa]] and the singer [[Wikipedia: Noriko Sakai|Noriko "Nori-P" Sakai]]) and even their life. For an idealistic and intensely emotional law student like Sakurako, losing the chance to become a lawyer for a serious crime ''that she never commited'' was the worst things that could've happened to her, and something that could easily drive a person like her to kill herself.
 
* The legend used to depict the series of murders is derivated from the [[Wikipedia: Hannya|Hannya]] legend, which is portrayed in many Noh plays as an evil spirit mask. It represents jealousy and lust that a woman has for other women who had better things than them. Another representation of the mask is used as the culprit wore it in [[Dancing Demon at the Noh Mask Mansion]]. It is also modeled from [[Wikipedia: Lafcadio Hearn|Yakumo Koizumi]]'s ''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/igj/igj04.htm Furisode]''.
 
 
* The vehicle that Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are riding in the first scene has a license plate of 38-66.
 
* The vehicle that Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are riding in the first scene has a license plate of 38-66.
  
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|El cas del dimoni del quimono a la foscor de les termes nevades|The kimono devil in the dark of the snowy baths case}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|El cas del dimoni del quimono a la foscor de les termes nevades|The kimono devil in the dark of the snowy baths case}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|El cas del dimoni del quimono|The kimono devil case}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|El cas del dimoni del quimono|The kimono devil case}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Einer heißen Quelle, Schnee und ein langärmliger Kimono|A hot springs, snow and a kimono with long sleeves}}
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Eine heiße Quelle, Schnee und ein langärmliger Kimono|A hot springs, snow and a kimono with long sleeves}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Omicidio alle terme|Murder at the Hot Springs Lodge}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Omicidio alle terme|Murder at the Hot Springs Lodge}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|คดีฟุริโซเดะในบ่อน้ำแร่กลางหิมะ|Case of the Long Sleeved Kimono at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|คดีฟุริโซเดะในบ่อน้ำแร่กลางหิมะ|Case of the Long Sleeved Kimono at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Bí mật vụ án Kimono tại suối nước nóng|Secret of the Kimono case at the hot spring}}
 
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Bí mật vụ án Kimono tại suối nước nóng|Secret of the Kimono case at the hot spring}}
 
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Season 13]]
 
* [[Season 13]]
  
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Latest revision as of 04:25, 3 December 2023

Episode 379-380
(Int. Episode 410-411)

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Information
Title: The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night
Japanese title: 秘湯雪闇振袖事件
(Hitō Yuki Yami Furisode Jiken)
Original airdate: November 22, 2004 (Part 1)[1]
November 29, 2004 (Part 2)[2]
Broadcast rating: 13.5%
11.8%
Filler case: #123
Season: 13
Manga source: TV Original
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Rina Aiuchi
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Open air bath (Part 1)
Obi sash (Part 2)
Staff
Director: Masato Sato
Screenplay: Hirohito Ochi
Storyboard: Yasumi Mikamoto
Episode director: 379 Minoru Tozawa
380 Nana Harada
Animation Director: 379 Rei Masunaga
380 Akiko Kawashima
Character Design: Mari Tominaga
Keiko Sasaki (sub-character)
Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production Cooperation: 380 Sunshine Corporation
Music
Opening song: START
Closing song: Wasurezaki
Chronology
Prev episode: « Momotarou Mystery Solving Tour
Next episode: Which One's Deduction Show »
List of episodes

The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night (秘湯雪闇振袖事件 Hitō Yuki Yami Furisode Jiken?) is the 379th and 380th episode of Detective Conan anime. With the first part airing on November 22, 2004 and the second part on the following week on November 29, 2004, it was storyboarded by Yasumi Mikamoto, produced by Minoru Tozawa and Nana Harada and animated by Rei Masunaga and Akiko Kawashima. The story follows Conan, Ran and Kogoro at a hot springs inn in the moutainous Yamagata Prefecture where they meet a group of people producing a TV drama. Under a fake guise of collaboration, it seems tensions are high between the group and two members in particular are the cause of everyone's bad mood. A member of the group, Eri Akechi, whom Kogoro is a fan off, tells them about the local legend of a vengeful "Kimono Goddess". After an alcohol-infused party with the TV crew, the Mouri Family take a late night bath in the hot springs only to find the two aforementioned members stabbed to death in a similar fashion to the legend. Curse or not, Conan is determined to solve the case. The screenplay is written by Koujin Ochi, known for his quality scenarios, while the animation offered extensive views of the local snowy nature and the traditional Japanese inn.

Characters introduced

Cast

Gadgets

Case

Situation

Part 1

Five years ago, in the middle of a huge campus belonging to a college, a beautiful but despaired young woman climbs to a tower. After taking a good look at her surroundings, she sadly closes her eyes and throws herself off. The perspective switches to students who witness the girl's suicide, then to a flock of doves that fly away.

Suicide (Past)

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Location: Odo University
Victim: Sakurako Suzuka
Age: 21 years old
Time: 5 years ago
Cause of death: Free falling
A woman named Sakurako Suzuka committed suicide by jumping from a high roof, in the middle of her college's main campus.

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan take a trip to a hot springs lodge, the Kotoya Inn (琴屋旅館), in village deep in the mountains of Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, to cure Kogoro's shoulder pain. Kotoya Inn is reputed for its host springs that can cure stiff shoulders. They find a group of people who work in the entertainement industry and are getting ready to film a TV special about Japanese young women who have reached fame and stardom. The members of the crew are: the editor Yoriko Yasuda from Daigakukan Publishing[N 1], the TV producer Kyoichi Bando, the novelist Eri Akechi, whom Kogoro is a fan of, the top model Asuka Shibasaki, the famous oil painter Ema Anzai, and the singer/songwriter Harumi Fukatsu, whom Ran admires. Yasuda and Bando recognize Kogoro, so they approach him and explain the project to him, Ran and Conan. Asuka and Ema make bad impressions due to their snide behavior. On the other hand, Harumi, whom Asuka and Ema badmouth in front of everyone, calling her a "one hit wonder" among other insults, and Eri, are more modest and quiet. Harumi, Asuka and Ema all graduated from Odo University (王道大学), just like Yasuda, which is what prompted her to make a show about the three girls' success.

When Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are shown their room, Ran remarks on how many beautiful kimonos are hung around as part of the decoration. She asks why, and the owner explains that it is to pay their respects to a local Shinto deity named the "Furisode-sama" (振袖様), the kimono goddess whose shrine is located nearby. They later take a walk with Eri Akechi, and as they take a peek to a miniature shrine to the kimono goddess, she tells them about something she learned about: the Goddess's darker side, the Goddess of Vengeance.

Ohana's crucifixion.

According to the legend, centuries ago, a sweet village girl named Ohana (お花) lived nearby, and after saving a very rich feudal lord's life, she was given a whole chest full of beautiful and incredibly pricy kimonos as a reward. However, the greedy daughters of the local leader wanted Ohana's wardrobe, so they falsely accused Ohana of being a criminal and managed to get the poor woman executed, who was crucified and impaled crying out. The two girls seized Ohana's gorgeous wardrobe just as they wanted, but as they were putting such lovely clothes on, in darkness, the spirit of Ohana, a demon with cold breeze, had taken her revenge killing them both: the youngest sister was found suffocated to death under the kimonos, while the eldest was found drowned in a pond under many obis (kimono sashes).

The first sister's death.
The second sister's death.

Eri finishes the story via telling that, to placate Ohana's vengeful spirit, the villagers built a Shinto shrine and many smaller temples in her memory, and named her as their protector. Ran remarks on how much Eri knows about the legend, and Eri explains that she often comes into this lodge to do research for her novels.

The group encounters Harumi at the temple, standing in front of the 500-year-old "Kimono Cherry Tree", which looks like a kimono when it is in bloom. She says that an old friend from her college who was very fond of the supernatural told her about said cherry tree. As Kogoro scolds Conan for running around, Eri adds that the Kimono Goddess is also a vindicative deity: according to the legend, if someone clad in kimono comes to the shrine at midnight, they can ask the Goddess to punish someone or sponsor a punishment, and that people shall leave paper dolls as an offer to her.

Eri opens a small wooden box containing the paper dolls, and she and Kogoro notice how there are two new dolls. Eri remarks that this means someone wants vengeance against two persons, which worries Conan.

The group returns to the inn, and Kogoro tells a rather frightened Ran to not believe such legends. Conan notices that there is a small building within the inn's grounds, and Eri says it is likely another shrine to the Kimono Goddess. Ran is still very worried and asks Kogoro to check it out to see if there are more dolls inside, but neither he nor Conan find anything. They decide to relax and enjoy the famous springs, settled in a gorgeous mountain scenery.

Later that night, the TV crew and the Mouri Family are relaxing and drinking, while enjoying a succulent crab casserole dish. Ema asks Eri to make a good character based on her despite how she still does not have the basics for the script planned, and Asuka makes snarky and hurtful comments when Bando asks Harumi to write and sing the opening song. Meanwhile Kogoro is very drunk off sake in the nearby suite, asking a fastidiated Ran to fill up his cup. Soon, Harumi shows up and tells the two that she has something to ask from Kogoro. She seems to be very worried and sad, and Conan wonders what this is about.

Harumi starts speaking about her college times. Five years ago, there was a very popular drug in the college circles frequented by Harumi and her best friend, a girl named Sakurako Suzuka. Several drug doses were found in Sakurako's locker, and after being unable to prove her innocence, Sakurako fell into deep depression and committed suicide by jumping off the main campus's building, as seen in the initial flashback. Sakurako was the college student who told Harumi about the Kimono Goddess, and Harumi believes that she was actually innocent from the drug-selling charges.

When done with her story, Harumi asks Kogoro to re-open the case. Kogoro says he is not sure if he can actually do it, since the case happened five years ago already. Harumi adds more info: there were other suspects among the students, but they were not investigated due to being from rich families, and they were actually Asuka Shibasaki, daughter of a politician, and Ema Anzai, eldest child of the Anzai Global Enteprises's president, who both disliked Sakurako because she was straightforward, naive and a strong believer in justice. Harumi again asks Kogoro to investigate, and he accepts to do so. Ran remarks on how fond Harumi was of Sakurako. She explains that they bonded over both being orphans (Harumi was raised by her uncle and aunt), and became very close.

During the night, Asuka skips out of the crew's suite and goes out to take a soak. Ema finds a note on a desk and frowns.

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan, as well as Harumi have a night dip in the springs.

Kogoro, Ran, Conan, and Harumi go to have a soak, and find Eri getting out of the springs. She declines a drinking invitation from Kogoro since she says she has a heavy workload, so the group goes into the springs without her. To Ran's disappointment, the women's side of springs are reserved for an hour, from 22:00 to 23:00, so she and Harumi decide to go play ping-pong while Conan and Kogoro bathe. They later finish their bath and see the girls playing. Conan sees that Harumi is wearing glasses, and she says she normally wears contacts except for when she is in a bath.

At 23:30, Ran and Harumi stop playing and go check on the womens's side, which is still closed. They find a small doll on the floor, which was not there when they got in, and it is wearing a small demon mask. A worried Conan then asks Kogoro to open the door by force, and he does so but the door falls on him. Conan runs in and finds Asuka inside the spring, surrounded by luxurious obi sashes. Kogoro also gets inside the spring and quickly checks on her: she is dead, and her cause of death is a stab wound in the chest.

Murder

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Location: Women's Hot Spring
Victim: Asuka Shibasaki
Age: 26 years old
Cause of death: Stab wound in the chest and drowning in hot spring
Suspects: Yoriko Yasuda, Kyoichi Bando, Eri Akechi, and Harumi Fukatsu
Ran sees a small demon mask near the women's hot spring room. It is a Hannya mask, representing jealous spirits. Asuka is dead in the hot spring, surrounded by the inn's luxurious obi sashes.

Conan remembers the legend and rushes to the shrine, mentally recalling the legend of the Goddess. They find Bando, Yasuda and Eri in the lounge, and the girls tell them about Asuka's murder. Conan asks about Ema and Yasuda says she left a while ago. He opens the sliding door and finds footsteps in the snow, which lead to the small shrine in the inn grounds. Kogoro and Conan walk in the snow to the mini-shrine, whose door is also closed: when they open it, they find Ema dead in the middle of a pile of kimonos, also stabbed to death and with a vengeance doll on her pierced chest.

Murder

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Location: Shrine
Victim: Ema Anzai
Age: 26 years old
Time: Around 22:30
Cause of death: Stab wound in the chest
Suspects: Yoriko Yasuda, Kyoichi Bando, Eri Akechi, and Harumi Fukatsu
Kogoro uses a flashlight as he enters the shrine, and finds Ema dead from a stab wound and over a pile of kimonos.

Conan again thinks of the myth of the Kimono Goddess, as he can only see Ema's footsteps aside of Kogoro's and his own, which means this is an impossible crime due to the culprit's missing footsteps.

A local officer named Ogura is sent to help Kogoro investigate, saying that the prefectural police cannot come until the next morning due to the snow. Kogoro asks the landlady to bring some towels and then tells the TV crew to stay put; he and Ogura place towels over Ema's footsteps, while Conan takes pictures and checks on the surroundings of the main building. As he takes pictures of the footprints in the snow, he realizes something and lifts the towels.

Kogoro, Conan, and Ogura go meet up with Eri, Yasuda, and Bando. He asks Yasuda what Ema was doing in the lounge around 22:30 and if she saw somebody else, but she denies it. Kogoro explains the deal with Ema's footsteps being the only ones on the path to the sub-shrine, adding that they could not find any murder weapon; he then mentions that Asuka was found dead in the bath, but that one was connected to the games room and thus someone should have seen something odd, but his group did not see anybody. Bando asks if the killer could have used the mountain path, but Kogoro says he checked around and there was no cliff in the surroundings. Also, he and Omura found a taser and a dagger in the springs: this means that the killer first tasered Asuka to stun her, and then stabbed her, but the dagger had some odd markings, and apparently was a sacred weapon donated alongside the shrine. Not only that, but they also found a headscarf that Ema wore in the bath, and it was stained with blood. This means: both women were stabbed with the same sacred dagger, Ema died before Asuka did, and Ema died around 22:30 with Asuka perishing shortly afterwards.

Bando, Yasuda, and Eri speculate about the lack of footsteps, and then Harumi openly states that it was all due to the Kimono Goddess's curse. As she explains the deal with the two dolls in the shrine, Conan thinks that curses are not possible, wondering what trick could have been used in the double murder.

Part 2

The interrogation.

The next morning, Inspector Minoru Masaki from the Yamagata Prefectural Police, along with his assistant Tamura, arrive. He confirms that the murder weapon in both murders was the holy knife. It is also discovered that Ema is missing an earring. This is a very expensive earring from a special brand. Harumi admits to having the same ones, but she does not wear them so as not to upset Ema.

Everyone present gives their alibi at the time of the crime. Eri was at the springs before the crime and then went to her room. She ran into Conan and the others. Yoriko confirms that Eri came from the spring and Asuka went there after her. Meanwhile, Yoriko sat in the lobby sorting out interviews. Masaki asks about any special incidents while bathing and Conan interjects that they heard a loud splashing noise coming from the ladies' spring next door. Ran and Harumi were in the break room at the time. Harumi was only gone for ten minutes to get her glasses. Conan also wants to know why Ema went to the shrine in the first place. Masaki shows a note that claims to be from Kyoichi. However, he denies having written it. In addition, he has no alibi because he only came to the lobby where Yoriko was after the time of the crime. Harumi, on the other hand, is the only one who has a motive.

A little later, a report comes from the forensics department, who found no fingerprints on any of the evidence. In the evening, Conan sits with Ran at a bar where he watches a television report about a sled race. He has a rough idea of ​​how the crime could have happened and looks at the crime scene again. Back at the inn, he discovers Kyoichi's business card, but a second later Ran scolds him because his socks are wet. He realizes that the footprints outside the shrine are way too shallow if someone actually walked over them. Conan now knows the perpetrator, but does not yet understand his motive. As he continues to look around the inn, Conan discovers a slit in the ceiling at the entrance to the spring. He calls detective Takagi in Kogoro's voice and asks for more information. He also asks officer Ogura for a favor on behalf of Kogoro.

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    Analysis

    The plot of the story is one of Koujin Ochi's strengths, known notably for A Cursed Mask Coldly Laughs and The Séance's Double Locked Room Mystery Case, and although the identity of the culprit can be deduced quickly by the viewers, and evidence pointing to the culprit remains flimsy, the impossible crime aspect of the case cannot be refuted. Ochi manages here to bring two impossible situations together, the footprints in the snow, as well as Asuka's murder with Ran and Harumi in the next room, using a single theme, which is also strongly present in the story and the backstory leading to the main plot[3].

    An other key aspect that was well incorporated in the case was the relationship between the main cast, which is often looked over[4]. The notable scene where Ran scolds Kogoro for drinking shows well the dynamics between both characters. Furthermore, a serious Ran playing ping-pong, while a relaxed Conan in the bath, which are rare sights even in the main manga, were added by the production team.

    Trivia

    Rina Aiuchi on TV.
    • This is Koujin Ochi's last case written under his real name, Hirohito Ochi.
    • The producer of the Detective Conan anime, Michihiko Suwa, disclosed in an interview with Minami Takayama, that the original author, Gosho Aoyama thinks the trick used in this case is fairly interesting.
    • On the television in the hotel bar, the singer Rina Aiuchi sings START.
    • The Kotoya Inn's van is a 2000 dark blue Toyota HiAce Commuter.
    • The writers of this episode just came up with Eri Akechi's name by just using Eri Kisaki's given name and then Kogoro Akechi's family name. This is why Eri makes a comment about being embarrassed when she's called "Akechi-sensei" since it sounds like people are referring to the fictional detective.
    • The legend used to depict the series of murders is modeled from the Hannya legend and Yakumo Koizumi's Furisode.
    • The vehicle that Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are riding in the first scene has a license plate of 38-66.

    BGM listing

    Part 1

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 START START START START
    2 犯人の謎 Hannin no Nazo The Mystery of the Culprit Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    3 蘭のテーマ (優しさver.) Ran no Tēma (Yasashisa ver.) Ran's Theme (Gentle ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    4 カギを探せ! (未収録ヴァージョン) Kagi o Sagase! (Mi Shūroku Vājon) Search for the Key! (Unreleased Version)
    5 蘭のテーマ (涙ver.) Ran no Tēma (Namida ver.) Ran's Theme (Tearful ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    6 シンドラーのサスペンス Shindorā no Sasupensu Schindler's Suspense Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
    7 蘭・愛のテーマ (ギターver.) Ran・Ai no Tēma (Gitā ver.) Ran's Love Theme (Guitar ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    8 元気をだして~時計の針が… Genki o Dashite ~ Tokei no Hari ga... Cheer Up ~ The Clock's Hand is... Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
    9 蘭のお姉さんぶり Ran no Onēsan Buri Ran's Elder Sister Style Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    10 10年後の歩美 10 Nengo no Ayumi Ayumi 10 Years Later Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    11 迷路 Meiro Labyrinth Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
    12 ターゲット サスペンスC Tāgetto Sasupensu C Target Suspense C Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    13 のんびり気分(アナザーver.) Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.) Carefree Feeling (Another ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    14 元気をだして~時計の針が… Genki o Dashite ~ Tokei no Hari ga... Cheer Up ~ The Clock's Hand is... Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
    15 何かが起きる… Nanika ga Okiru... Something Happened... Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    16 犯人(スナイパー)の正体 Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
    17 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    18 ジャック・ザ・リッパーの考察 Jakku・Za・Rippā no Kōsatsu Jack the Ripper's Consideration Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
    19 忍び寄る危機 Shinobiyoru Kiki Incoming Crisis Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    20 忘れ咲き Wasurezaki Forget-Me-Not Wasurezaki

    Part 2

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 START START START START
    2 コナンの直感 Konan no Chokkan Conan's Intuition Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    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 小五郎の推理 Kogorō no Suiri Kogoro's Deduction Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    5 START START START START
    6 古城の探索 Kojō no Tansaku Exploration of the Old Castle Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    7 陰謀 Inbō Conspiracy Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    8 ターゲット サスペンスD Tāgetto Sasupensu D Target Suspense D Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    9 推理 (オリジナルver.) Suiri (Orijinaru ver.) Deduction (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    10 緊迫 Kinpaku Tension Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    11 赤い光のスナイパー1 Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1 The Sniper's Red Light 1 Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    12 古城の探索 Kojō no Tansaku Exploration of the Old Castle Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    13 トリック Torikku Trick Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    14 ジンのテーマF Jin no Tēma F Gin's Theme F Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
    15 犯人の謎 Hannin no Nazo The Mystery of the Culprit Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    16 コナンのテーマ (バラード・ヴァージョン) Konan no Tēma (Barādo・Vājon) Conan's Theme (Ballad Version) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    17 忘れ咲き Wasurezaki Forget-Me-Not Wasurezaki
    18 THE END(あれまぁ~) THE END (Aremā~) THE END ("Good Heavens!") Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack

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    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arab League Arabic انتقام الينابيع The Revenge of the Springs
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) El cas del dimoni del quimono a la foscor de les termes nevades The kimono devil in the dark of the snowy baths case
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) El cas del dimoni del quimono The kimono devil case
    Flag of Germany German Eine heiße Quelle, Schnee und ein langärmliger Kimono A hot springs, snow and a kimono with long sleeves
    Flag of Italy Italian Omicidio alle terme Murder at the Hot Springs Lodge
    Flag of Thailand Thai คดีฟุริโซเดะในบ่อน้ำแร่กลางหิมะ Case of the Long Sleeved Kimono at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Bí mật vụ án Kimono tại suối nước nóng Secret of the Kimono case at the hot spring

    Notes and references

    Notes

    1. ^ Daigakukan (大学館) is a pun to Shogakukan (小学館), who publishes the Detective Conan manga.

    References

    See also

    The Case of the Furisode at the Hidden Hot Spring on a Snowy Night is a featured article This is a featured article on the Detective Conan Wiki. This article was featured on December 2, 2023


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