The Famous Potter Murder Case

Episode 98-99 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Famous Potter Murder Case
Original airdate:	April 20, 1998 (Part 1) April 27, 1998 (Part 2)
Season:	4
Manga source:	Volume 16: File 10~Volume 17: File 2
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette mawashite
Closing song:	Negai goto hitotsu dake
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Farewell Wine Murder Case
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Cast

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

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

When a fan of Kogoro's work invites the family out to his place for the weekend, Kogoro wins a cup of pottery. After a long night of drinking the group awakes and finds a murder has taken place. Megure thinks it may be more than coincidence, but what is the real case behind this mystery?

Murder
	Location: Tsuchiya household Victim: Masuko Tsuchiya Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Kikuemon, Yoshihiko Arita, Ryuichi Seto, and Kaoru Otani

Part 2

Despite most proof pointing to a suicide, Conan is convinced that a murder has taken place and begins looking for additional proof he can use to prove it was murder with the sleeping detective.

People

Kikuemon
	78 years old (Birth name: Mankichi Tsuchiya) Ceramic artist

Masuko Tsuchiya
	Victim (hanged) 42 years old Wife of Kikuemon's late son

Yoshihiko Arita
	36 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Ryuichi Seto
	35 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Kaoru Otani
	36 years old Kikuemon's apprentice

Resolution

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The killer is Ryuichi Seto. He had discovered that Masuko was falsifying several of Kikuemon's prized pottery pieces and selling them for huge prizes, making them pass as the real deal. He attempted to disuade her, but she harshly rebuffed her; Ryuichi was enraged both due to this and to his own pride, and decided to kill her.

When Masuko got drunk, Ryuichi took the sleeping woman to the storage room, placing her inside a drawer and putting a hanging loose rope around her neck. After this he put Masuko's cellphone next to her, since she used it as an alarm clock; when the still drunk Masuko woke up with the cellphone alarm and tried to "get off bed", she ended up hanging herself instead. The blood came from a wound caused by a metal nail sticking out of the drawer.

See also

• Season 4