The Betrayal's Stage

Episode 866-867 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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Information
Title:	The Stage of Betrayal
Japanese title:	裏切りのステージ (Uragiri no Sutēji)
Original airdate:	July 15, 2017 (Part 1) July 22, 2017 (Part 2)
Manga case:	#276
Season:	26
Manga source:	Volume 90: Files 6-9 (954-957)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Subaru Okiya Shuichi Akai Rei Furuya Vermouth Scotch Shinichi Kudo Azusa Enomoto Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Masumi Sera Ai Haibara Gin Vodka
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Subaru Okiya Rei Furuya
Next Conan's Hint:	Rope (Part 1) Folding chair (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Ryotaro Okiayu as Subaru Okiya Shuichi Ikeda as Shuichi Akai Tohru Furuya as Tooru Amuro Hikaru Midorikawa as Scotch Mami Koyama as Vermouth Mikiko Enomoto as Azusa Enomoto Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Detective Takagi Toshimitsu Oda as Policeman A Yoshihito Sasaki as Policeman B Akiko Muta as Kanae Enjo Ryūzaburō Ōtomo as Okuyasu Fuse Shirō Saitō as Hirokazu Kajiya Eiji Yanagisawa as Forensics A Kozo Mito as Forensics B Atsushi Taniguchi as Staff
Music
Opening song:	Ikusen no Meikyuu de Ikusen no Nazo wo Toite
Closing song:	Yume Monogatari
Chronology
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Next episode:	The Whistling Bookstore »
List of episodes

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Subaru Okiya Shuichi Akai (flashback) Rei Furuya Vermouth Scotch (flashback) Shinichi Kudo (background) Azusa Enomoto (disguise) Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Masumi Sera (background) Ai Haibara (flashback) Gin (background) Vodka (background)

Case

Situation

Part 1

Murder (Past)
	Location: Unknown Victim: Scotch Age: Unknown Cause of death: Gunshot wound Suspects: Rye

Murder
	Location: Stage Victim: Rokumichi Hado Age: 39 Years old Cause of death: Hanging Suspects: Kanae Enjo, Okuyasu Fuse and Hirokazu Kajiya

People

Rokumichi Hado
	Victim (hanged) 39 years old Rock musician

Kanae Enjo
	40 years old Rokumichi's manager

Okuyasu Fuse
	58 years old Record label president Rokumichi's friend

Hirokazu Kajiya
	51 years old Magazine reporter

Resolution

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Rokumichi Hado's death is in reality a suicide, but his manager Kanae Enjo tried to make it look like a murder. Rokumichi killed himself after being overwhelmed with the regret of having accidentally caused his old girlfriend to miscarry their unborn child; said girlfriend was Kanae, who found his corpse and desperately tried to make it look like a murder, in hopes of distracting others and not have their sad past revealed. The song ASACA is spelt with a "CA" instead of a "KA" because of their unborn child, he heard about her pregnancy in a "CAFE at dawn ("Asa"), combining the words ASA and CA from café to make ASACA, which proves the song unrelated to the Case from 17 years ago. Scotch's death is revealed to be a suicide, Akai convinced him not to, but after hearing Rei's approaching footsteps, believing them to be of one of the Organisation's members, he chose to commit suicide, destroying his cellphone to prevent anyone from discovering his identity as well as to protect his family and friends. At the end of the case, Rei seems getting close to discovering Subaru's identity as he told him he can't wait to fold down his turtleneck after he obtains real proof. Meanwhile, Ran told Azusa (Vermouth) that she isn't the real Azusa, and asks her if she is the same woman who called here Angel before. Vermouth simply warned Ran to not get involved in the Organisation's matters because she considers Ran along with Conan, the only 2 treasures she has in the world.

Manga to anime changes

• In the manga, it’s mentioned that Rokumichi would habitually pull all-nighters to work on song lyrics. He would make a conscious effort to stay up long enough to watch the sunrise with a coffee in hand. Okuyasu notes that he and Rokumichi bonded over mountain climbing. Following a concert, the two would set up camp after climbing and later watch the morning sunrise. These conversations are omitted from the anime.
• Despite his membership in a mountain climbing club, Hirokazu claims he never learned how to tie a knot. His inability to tie a knot was not established in the anime version.
• In the manga, Rokumichi's eyes are shown to be open after the body has been brought down. The medical examiner can be seen physically inspecting the body for rigor mortis and the eye for dilution. In the anime, his eyes are shut during examination and no mention is made of rigor mortis.
• In the manga, it’s mentioned that Rokumichi had a blog. Hirokazu notes that the popular musician wrote about his desire to “die on stage” when his time came, suggesting that the murder was perhaps committed by a devoted fan. No mention of a blog is made in the anime.

Gallery

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  Vermouth disguised as Azusa Enomoto.

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  Conan and Subaru Okiya thinks that Black Organization already knows about the song ASACA.

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  Tooru Amuro and Subaru Okiya.

• Vermouth, Ran and Conan EP867.jpg

  Vermouth looking at Ran and Conan.

See also

• Season 26