The Mystery Weapon Murder Case

Episode 53 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mystery Weapon Murder Case
Japanese title:	謎の凶器殺人事件 (Nazo no Kyouki Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	April 7, 1997
Season:	2
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Weapon of Choice
Dubbed episode:	Episode 55
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri
Next Conan's Hint:	Numbered cloakroom tokens
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Hanae Otani
Episode director:	Hirohito Ochi
Animation Director:	Haruo Ogawara
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Masahiko Tanaka as Ryuusuke Imoto Yorie Terauchi as Takako Imoto Toshiya Ueda as Tetsuo Dobashi Yutaka Nakano as Norio Terasawa Toshihiko Nakajima as Tsuji Wataru Takagi as Next Conan's Hint
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Hikari to Kage no Roman
Chronology
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Inspector Megure

Case

Situation

After finding a wounded bird on the ground Conan, Kogoro, and Ran hear a loud scream coming from the building next to them. Once upon entering the building they find a terrified woman in the hall, screaming about how she has just found her husband dead. The murder victim on the balcony, believed to have been killed by a plant pot...

Murder
	Location: Apartment Room 701 - Balcony Victim: Ryuuske Imoto Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Takako Imoto, Tetsuo Dobashi, and Norio Terasawa

People

Ryuusuke Imoto
	Victim (bludgeoned) 39 years old President of Real Estate Agency

Takako Imoto
	37 years old Ryuusuke's wife

Tetsuo Dobashi
	55 years old Owner of general goods import business

Norio Terasawa
	43 years old Ex-owner of fishing tackle shop

Tsuji
	Mansion manager

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

The culprit is Norio Terasawa. He uses the fishing rod as a murder weapon, using its sinker to smash Imoto's head. Sunflower pots were broken in the process and so the illusion the murder was created by physical bludgeoning was created. Evidence to his crime includes the deep imprint he left on the abandoned apartment next-door to the victim's (an imprint that in these circumstances could only be caused by a whip fishing stance) and that could be examined with the murderer's own shoes. Also in the process of the murder a stray bird accidentally got hit in the weapon's line of fire and a mark from the sinker was formed on the veranda railing. The final decisive evidence was the grip rod found in the building that had his fingerprints on it.

His motive for killing Imoto was that he shut down a fishing tackle shop he owned which the victim was going to renovate into company property. The last straw came when he rejected Terasawa's pleas and broke one of his precious fishing rods.

Dub changes

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Ryuusuke Imoto - Rob Monroe
• Takako Imoto - Tracy Monroe
• Tetsuo Dobashi - Dexter Reynolds
• Norio Terasawa - Nick Weldon

• In the Funimation Dub, the landlord of the building (Tsuji) is named Mr. Thompson

Trivia

• This episode features the first use of the show's fourth post-credits stinger image, featuring an unknown person looking at Conan through a magnifying glass.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
3	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
4	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	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
6	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
7	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
8	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
10	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	サスペンス～危機感	Sasupensu ~ Kikikan	Suspense ~ Impending Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	事件解明 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Kaimei (Orijinaru ver.)	Case Clarification (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
14	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 ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
15	光と影のロマン	Hikari to Kage no Roman	Romance of Light and Shadow	Hikari to Kage no Roman
16	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Vietnamese	Vụ án giết người bằng hung khí bí ẩn	The Mystery Weapon Murder Case

See also

• Season 2