E1102 - The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men

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SIGN    New Beika Modern Art Museum
[00:04] Dancers
    Akabeko Bekobe!
[00:10] Dancers
    Akabeko Bekobe! Akabeko Bekobe!
[00:17] Dancers
    Akabeko Bekobe! Akabeko Bekobe!
[00:24] Dancers
    Akabeko Bekobe! Akabeko Bekobe!
[00:28] Bekobe
    Thank you for coming to my exhibition today.
[00:34] Bekobe
    Please enjoy the world of akabeko art
    I've created to your heart's content.
SIGN    Bekobe Motoko (36)
    Akabeko Artist
[00:41] Dancers
    Akabeko Bekobe!
[00:46] [SONG] Sign
    Kuraki Mai
[00:47] Conan
    Detective skills glitter left and right
    as they unravel tangled threads.
[00:51] Conan
    A mysterious case brought on by art!
[00:53] Conan
    Irrefutable evidence is found
    in an unexpected place!
[00:55] Conan
    Always determining the one truth
[00:57] Conan
    with the body of a child
    and the mind of an adult,
[00:58] Conan
    his name is Detective Conan!
SIGN    The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men
[02:42] Conan
    "The Akabeko and the Three Lucky Men!"
SIGN    Bekobe Motoko Exhibit
SIGN    Akabeko Bekobe
[02:51] Sonoko
    This is an exhibit by up-and-coming
    artist Bekobe Motoko-san,
[02:55] Sonoko
    who's attracted international attention.
[02:58] Sonoko
    They say her avant-garde works that combine
    the traditional akabeko and modern art
[03:04] Sonoko
    make her the second coming
    of the genius Janksy.
[03:09] Ran
    Huh...
SIGN    Invitation
SIGN    Bekobe Motoko Exhibition Akabeko Bekobe
SIGN    Invitation
[03:11] Conan
    Akabeko Bekobe.
[03:13] Conan
    What does that even mean?
[03:15] Sonoko
    Hey, kid.
[03:17] Sonoko
    It's pretty rare to be invited to
    the opening reception of a show.
[03:22] Sonoko
    Show some gratitude.
[03:25] Conan
    Hey, Sonoko-neechan.
[03:27] Sonoko
    What?
[03:28] Sonoko
    This is supposed to be an akabeko exhibit,
    but there are hardly any red cows.
[03:33] Ran
    Now that you mention it, it is unusual.
[03:35] Sonoko
    Th-That's what you call art.
[03:38] Ran
    Akabeko are originally a folk craft
    from Fukushima, right?
[03:43] Ran
    With wobbling heads.
[03:45] Conan
    Yeah. They're a cow-shaped papier-mâché toy
    from the Aizu region of Fukushima.
[03:51] Conan
    During the Edo Period, the Enzo-ji Temple
    was destroyed in an earthquake,
[03:56] Conan
    and workers didn't have a way
    to transport reconstruction materials
[03:59] Conan
    to the top of the cliff.
[04:01] Conan
    That's when a red cow appeared out
    of nowhere to transport the materials.
[04:07] Conan
    Because of the akabeko, they
    were able to rebuild the temple.
[04:11] Conan
    They're also used to ward off misfortune.
[04:16] Ran
    Huh.
[04:17] Fukui
    S-Someone help!
[04:18] Sonoko
    What's going on?!
[04:20] Ran
    Wait, Conan-kun!
[04:21] Fukui
    Someone come quick! It's Bekobe-san!
[04:26] Conan
    What's wrong?
SIGN    Fuku
[04:35] Sonoko
    Bekobe Motoko-san!
[04:37] Conan
    It's no use. She's dead.
[04:40] Sonoko
    No way.
SIGN    Fuku
[04:51] Chiba
    The victim is Bekobe Motoko-san,
[04:54] Chiba
    real name Inaba Motoko-san, 34 years old.
[04:57] Chiba
    Her profession was akabeko artist.
[04:59] Chiba
    This show is an exhibition of her work,
[05:02] Chiba
    which just opened today at
    the New Beika Modern Art Museum.
[05:09] Takagi
    I see. And you just happened to be
    at the scene of the murder again?
[05:16] Sonoko
    I suppose so.
[05:18] Chiba
    Cause of death is strangulation.
[05:20] Chiba
    The marks on her neck indicate
    she was strangled using something,
[05:23] Chiba
    but we haven't identified the weapon yet.
[05:26] Chiba
    In her left hand is an akabeko,
[05:29] Chiba
    and written next to her right hand
    are letters spelling out "fuku."
SIGN    Fuku
[05:32] Takagi
    A dying message, huh?
[05:34] Sonoko
    That must be it.
[05:36] Ran
    Sonoko?
[05:37] Sonoko
    The culprit must be someone
    with "fuku" in their name.
[05:41] Takagi
    Well, actually...
[05:44] Chiba
    The thing is...
[05:48] Chiba
    We questioned people in the area,
[05:52] Chiba
    and learned those three may
    have had issues with Bekobe-san.
[05:58] Chiba
    First, there's the dancer Fukui Junya-san,
SIGN    Fukui Junya (27)
    Dancer
[06:00] Chiba
    her ex-boyfriend and the man
    who discovered the body.
[06:04] Sonoko
    It must be him. He's got "fuku" in his name.
[06:07] Chiba
    To his left...
[06:09] Chiba
    is Fukumoto Toshiharu-san,
    the head of Bekobe-san's office.
SIGN    Fukumoto Toshiharu (39)
    Head of Office
[06:13] Chiba
    He'd been her business partner
     long before she became famous.
[06:18] Sonoko
    What?
[06:19] Chiba
    The last person is akabeko
    craftsman Fukura Hajime-san.
SIGN    Fukura Hajime (42)
    Akabeko Craftsman
[06:24] Chiba
    They once worked at the same akabeko
    workshop when Bekobe-san was a student.
[06:29] Sonoko
    Uh... What?
[06:30] Ran
    They all have "fuku" in their names.
[06:33] Sonoko
    Seriously? Now we don't
    know who the culprit is!
[06:39] Takagi
    Fukui Junya-san, you
    and Bekobe-san used to date.
[06:44] Fukui
    Well, yeah.
[06:46] Fukui
    But that was a long time ago.
[06:49] Fukui
    Now I work for her as a dancer.
[06:52] Fukui
    Our relationship is strictly professional.
[06:54] Ran
    Were you dancing in the opening act earlier?
[06:58] Fukui
    You saw that? Thank you.
[07:02] Takagi
    Why are you working for her
    when you broke up?
[07:06] Fukui
    Because it's a job, obviously.
[07:09] Fukui
    Despite how it seems, I actually don't
    mix business with personal affairs.
[07:13] Takagi
    Fukumoto Toshiharu-san,
    you're the head of Bekobe-san's office.
[07:18] Sonoko
    In other words, you're like
    Bekobe-san's right-hand man.
[07:22] Fukui
    I suppose. I've always run everything
    for her besides her art,
[07:28] Fukui
    like handling negotiations,
    acquiring materials, managing her schedule.
[07:32] Fukui
    Simply put, I handle odd jobs.
[07:36] Takagi
    Did anything unusual happen recently?
[07:41] Fukui
    Since this exhibition is in a large space,
    I was quite busy with preparations,
[07:47] Fukui
    but aside from that,
    I didn't notice anything unusual.
[07:50] Ran
    Fukumoto-san, are you from Hakata?
[07:53] Fukui
    What?
[07:54] Ran
    You spoke in your dialect just now.
[07:56] Fukui
    I try to speak standard Japanese as much
    as possible, but sometimes it slips out.
[08:01] Fukui
    That's correct. I'm originally
    from Kurume in Fukuoka.
[08:04] Takagi
    Fukura Hajime-san,
    you're a akabeko craftsman.
[08:09] Takagi
    We'd like to ask you about your
    relationship with Bekobe-san.
[08:13] Fukura
    We used to work at the art workshop.
[08:17] Conan
    If it was an akabeko workshop,
    does that mean you're from...
[08:22] Fukura
    The Aizu region of Fukushima, of course.
[08:25] Chiba
    Were you and Bekobe-san always close?
[08:29] Fukura
    I couldn't say.
[08:34] Takagi
    All of them sound like they have motive
    after just a short conversation.
[08:38] Sonoko
    Especially that last guy, Fukura.
[08:41] Sonoko
    His attitude was obviously terrible.
[08:44] Ran
    In that case, Fukui-san's attitude
    was questionable, too.
[08:47] Ran
    I'm not sure how I'd feel about working so
    closely with someone you broke up with.
[08:53] Chiba
    I'm curious about that dying message, too.
[08:56] Takagi
    Is "fuku" part of a person's name, the name
    of a prefecture, or something else entirely?
[09:02] Takagi
    And what does the akabeko
    Bekobe-san had in her left hand mean?
[09:07] Conan
    Or maybe...
[09:09] Conan
    It doesn't mean anything at all.
[09:16] Culprit
    I must hurry.
[09:19] Culprit
    Before anyone else interferes.
[09:22] Conan
    Time to conduct my own investigation.
[09:28] Fukui
    Hello?
[09:30] Fukui
    What? Oh, no.
[09:32] Fukui
    Yes. I'm sorry. If you could wait
    a little longer...
[09:37] Fukui
    No, it's not like that.
[09:40] Fukui
    Yes, I promise I'll pay it back.
[09:43] Fukui
    Yes. Yes.
[09:45] Conan
    Debt, huh? I see.
[09:48] Conan
    They say necessity knows no law.
[09:52] Conan
    Fukumoto-san?
[09:58] Conan
    Where is he headed?
[10:15] Ran
    Conan-kun, where have you been?
[10:18] Ran
    You'll never believe what Sonoko found.
[10:19] Sonoko
    I found a clue.
[10:22] Conan
    A clue?
[10:23] Sonoko
    Look at this.
SIGN    Akabeko Workshop Protecting Traditions Akabeko Workshop
[10:27] Conan
    The website for Bekobe-san's
    akabeko workshop?
[10:31] Conan
    "Protecting traditions."
SIGN    A Message From Workshop Representative Fukura Hajime
[10:34] Conan
    "The warmth of traditional handmade crafts."
[10:37] Conan
    It's pretty conservative.
[10:39] Sonoko
    Right? It's the complete opposite
    of Bekobe-san.
[10:42] Sonoko
    Something must've happened
    between those two.
[10:45] Ran
    Huh? Come to think of it,
    where is Fukura-san?
[10:48] Sonoko
    Wasn't he around there until a moment ago?
[10:51] Ran
    Yeah, but I don't see him now.
[10:54] Conan
    Could it be?
[10:56] Ran
    Wait, Conan-kun! Where are you going?
[10:59] Sonoko
    Oh, come on!
[11:06] Culprit
    Damn these things!
[11:10] Conan
    Hold it right there!
[11:13] Conan
    You shouldn't break those,
[11:15] Conan
    Fukura-san.
[11:26] Conan
    You looked rather distressed.
    I knew you were up to something.
[11:30] Sonoko
    What's going on?
[11:32] Ran
    Fukura-san.
[11:34] Fukura
    Don't try to stop me!
[11:36] Fukura
    These things shouldn't exist.
[11:38] Fukura
    These things... Bekobe's work...
[11:42] Fukuya
    They defile tradition!
[11:47] Takagi
    Stop what you're doing, Fukura-san.
[11:50] Takagi
    I'll have to arrest you for property damage.
[11:55] Fukura
    No! I have to do it!
[11:58] Fukura
    I have to break them!
[12:05] Takagi
    Fukura Hajime, you're under arrest
    for interference of public duties.
[12:13] Fukura
    Damn it!
[12:16] Fukura
    That akabeko was originally made by me.
[12:21] Fukura
    Akabeko should be red.
[12:23] Fukura
    Akabeko aren't akabeko unless they're red!
[12:29] Sonoko
    So you started by taking Bekobe-san's life.
[12:33] Fukura
    What?
[12:34] Fukura
    N-No, I didn't kill her.
[12:38] Fukura
    I just wanted to destroy my akabeko...
[12:40] Sonoko
    That's what all culprits say.
[12:43] Sonoko
    You were jealous of Bekobe-san's
    success, weren't you?
[12:46] Sonoko
    Honestly, you're just a loser!
[12:52] Ran
    Come on, Sonoko. Do you
    have to call him a loser?
[12:58] Sonoko
    What are you talking about?
[13:00] Sonoko
    No matter how much you sugar-coat them,
    words only mean one thing.
SIGN    Akabeko Workshop
SIGN    Fukushima
SIGN    Akabeko
SIGN    Fukuoka
[13:11] (Flashback) Sonoko
    Words only mean one thing.
SIGN    Fuku
[13:19] Conan
    So that's how it is.
[13:23] Conan
    Hey, Detective Chiba.
[13:26] Chiba
    What is it, Conan-kun?
[13:27] Conan
    Have there been any developments
    in the investigation?
[13:30] Chiba
    Developments? Let's see.
[13:33] Chiba
    Only Bekobe-san's fingerprints
    were on the akabeko.
[13:38] Chiba
    And the "fuku" was written
    using blood from her nose
[13:43] Chiba
    when it bled after she was initially struck.
[13:45] Chiba
    Also, she was strangled
    using some kind of cloth.
[13:52] Conan
    I see.
[13:53] Chiba
    We still haven't found the weapon.
[13:58] Conan
    I'm sure you haven't.
[13:59] Chiba
    What?
[14:00] Conan
    By the way, there's something
    I'd like you to look into.
[14:05] Chiba
    Huh?
[14:06] Conan
    It's actually a request from Sonoko-neechan.
[14:11] Conan
    She wants you to search
    Bekobe-san's home right away.
[14:19] Conan
    Around here.
[14:21] Conan
    Found it. That's it.
[14:23] Conan
    There's no mistaking it. That settles it.
[14:26] Fukura
    Don't be ridiculous! I didn't do it!
[14:29] Fukumoto
    Then why are you wearing those handcuffs?
[14:32] Fukura
    These are for something else.
[14:35] Takagi
    Everyone, we've gathered you here so—
[14:39] Sonoko
    So that I, high school detective
    Suzuki Sonoko, can solve the case.
[14:55] Sonoko
    There are two keys to this case.
[14:59] Sonoko
    The first is the dying message.
[15:02] Sonoko
    The second is the weapon
    used to kill the victim.
[15:08] Sonoko
    An akabeko in her left hand,
    the letters "fuku" by her right.
[15:12] Sonoko
    If we directly interpret the
    akabeko Bekobe-san was holding,
[15:18] Sonoko
    it would seem to indicate
    akabeko craftsman Fukura-san.
[15:22] Fukui
    See? So Fukura-san did it after all.
[15:25] Sonoko
    You're wrong.
[15:26] Fukui
    What?
[15:26] Sonoko
    That akabeko was a key item
    for converting her dying message.
[15:33] Sonoko
    Bekobe-san ran out of strength
    after writing only "fuku,"
[15:38] Sonoko
    making it even more difficult
    to decipher her indirect message
[15:42] Sonoko
    that used a special meaning for the akabeko.
[15:45] Chiba
    You mean you've already deciphered it?
[15:49] Sonoko
    Of course.
[15:51] Fukura
    What does it mean?
[15:54] Sonoko
    Akabeko.
[15:55] Ran
    Akabeko?
[15:57] Fukui
    Akabeko? Then it really was Fukura-san.
[16:02] Fukura
    N-No!
[16:03] Sonoko
    That's not what I mean.
[16:05] Sonoko
    Akabeko has another meaning.
[16:08] Sonoko
    Sometimes the same word has a different
    meaning when you go to another place.
[16:14] Ran
    I've heard of that.
[16:15] Ran
    Like how in Tohoku, "nageru" (to throw)
    means "suteru" (to throw away),
[16:18] Ran
    and in Hokkaido "kowai" (scared)
    means "tsukareta" (tired), right?
[16:22] Sonoko
    Yes, that.
[16:24] Sonoko
    By the way, what does akabeko mean
    in the Fukuoka dialect,
[16:30] Sonoko
    Fukumoto Toshiharu-san the culprit?
[16:38] Sonoko
    If I recall correctly,
    I believe akabeko is a red loincloth.
[16:45] Takagi
    A loincloth?
[16:47] Fukumoto
    What does that have to do with me?
[16:51] Sonoko
    I had Detective Chiba look into it.
[16:54] Sonoko
    It seems you and Bekobe-san had been
    living together for a long time.
[16:58] Both
    What?
[16:59] Sonoko
    I can imagine plenty of reasons
    you might've argued.
[17:02] Fukutomo
    Enough jokes! I didn't do it!
[17:07] Sonoko
    Then why did Bekobe-san leave the dying
    message "red loincloth" in the Fukuoka dialect?
[17:15] Fukutomo
    I don't know.
[17:17] Sonoko
    No, you do know.
[17:19] Fukumoto
    I told you, I don't.
[17:22] Sonoko
    Oh, really? I see you're
    determined to play innocent.
[17:26] Sonoko
    Then I have my own ideas.
[17:29] Sonoko
    Everyone, please remove
    your pants this instant.
[17:34] All
    What?
[17:46] Fukumoto
    What does this prove?
[17:49] Fukumoto
    We're all wearing loincloths.
[17:58] Takagi
    What's this?
[17:59] Chiba
    Could it be?
[18:00] Sonoko
    Your loincloth is exceptionally long.
[18:04] Sonoko
    It looks long enough to use
    for other purposes.
[18:08] Chiba
    That loincloth is the weapon?
[18:10] Sonoko
    Yes, that's right.
[18:12] Sonoko
    The "fuku" of her dying message meant
    Fukuoka, identifying the culprit,
[18:17] Sonoko
    and the akabeko statue identified
    the murder weapon.
[18:22] Fukumoto
    That's ridiculous! That's just speculation!
[18:27] Sonoko
    I looked at your social media.
[18:30] Sonoko
    I found several photos of you attending
    festivals in nothing but a loincloth.
SIGN    Ran again this year
[18:36] Sonoko
    You've known and loved loincloths
    for a long time, haven't you?
[18:39] Fukutomo
    I like loincloths, but I didn't do it.
[18:43] Fukutomo
    There's no proof.
[18:45] Sonoko
    Then shall we examine that loincloth?
[18:49] Sonoko
    Somewhere on it is a bloodstain
    from Bekobe-san's nose
[18:53] Sonoko
    that got on it during the murder.
[18:59] Chiba
    I found it. It's small, but there's
    what looks like a bloodstain.
[19:03] Sonoko
    Give it up already.
    You can't talk your way out of this.
[19:10] Fukumoto
    It's her fault.
[19:14] Fukumoto
    I originally came up with the concept
    for akabeko art ten years ago.
[19:20] Fukumoto
    But she was an attractive
    woman from Fukuoka.
[19:24] Fukumoto
    Rather than doing it myself,
[19:27] Fukumoto
    I knew it'd be a success if we
    promoted her, so I proposed the idea.
[19:32] Fukumoto
    I was right, and we were successful.
[19:35] Fukumoto
    Things began going according to plan,
    and we started making a lot of money.
[19:39] Fukumoto
    We were supposed to get married
    and share everything together, but...
[19:47] Fukumoto
    Then she betrayed me.
[19:51] Fukumoto
    At some point, she signed a contract
    without my knowledge
[19:56] Fukumoto
    and started a new business.
[19:59] Fukumoto
    When I complained about it, she said...
[20:04] (Flashback) Bekobe
    You're complaining now?
[20:06] (Flashback) Bekobe
    Akabeko art belongs to me.
[20:09] (Flashback) Bekobe
    You should be grateful I don't
    kick you out of the house.
[20:17] Fukumoto
    She betrayed me.
[20:21] Fukumoto
    So I taught her a lesson.
[20:28] Fukumoto
    Yeah, that's right. I killed Motoko.
[20:32] Takagi
    Fukumoto Toshiharu,
    you're under arrest for murder.
[20:38] Takagi
    Suspect arrested at 16:23.
[20:43] Fukumoto
    How did you know?
[20:46] Sonoko
    The kid gave me the idea.
[20:48] Sonoko
    When he went to the bathroom,
    he happened to see you enter.
[20:55] Sonoko
    Because the cloth rustling sounds
    went on for so long in your stall,
[21:00] Sonoko
    he realized you were doing
    something with a loincloth.
[21:04] Sonoko
    From there, when I thought the murder
    weapon might be a loincloth,
[21:08] Sonoko
    I realized what that dying message meant.
SIGN    Akabeko [akabeko] 1. A red cow-shaped papier-mâché toy from the Aizu region of Fukushima. 2. A red loincloth in the Fukuoka dialect.
[22:39] Sonoko
    Another case solved by high
    school detective Suzuki Sonoko.
[22:44] Sonoko
    Not that I remember it at all.
[22:47] Ran
    You were amazing, Sonoko.
[22:51] Ran
    Akabeko were originally
    children's toys, right?
[22:55] Conan
    Yeah.
[22:57] Conan
    By the way, those black spots
    are apparently smallpox spots.
[23:01] Ran
    Smallpox?
[23:03] Ran
    That's an old infectious disease, right?
[23:06] Conan
    Yeah. They say children who had
    akabeko didn't get smallpox.
[23:13] Conan
    Akabeko were toys made to protect children.
[23:17] Ran
    Huh.
[23:20] Conan
    If only the akabeko's protection had worked
    for Bekobe-san and Fukumoto-san.
[23:27] Ran
    Akabeko Bekobe.
[23:33] Sonoko
    Akabeko Bekobe.
[23:38] Conan
    Akabeko Bekobe.
SIGN    Episode Preview
[23:46] Goatee
    Their friends and acquaintances.
[23:48] Goatee
    Especially if they have any questionable ones.
[23:52] Kogoro
    Are you all right, Masamura-san?
[23:55] Kogoro
    Who's there?
[23:57] Kogoro
    It's a case of middle-aged man hunting.
SIGN    Consider your life forfeit! Consider their lives forfeit!
SIGN    Kataoka Hiroki Haido City Assembly Member
SIGN    A new face with a young perspective joins city government
[24:03] Kogoro
    Then that just leaves their alibi.
[24:08] Conan
    Found it.
SIGN    The Teen Novel That Smells Like Guilt
[24:09] Conan
    The next episode of Conan is
    "The Teen Novel That Smells Like Guilt!"
[24:30] Both
    Next Conan's hint!
SIGN    Stuffed Animal
[24:33] Conan
    A stuffed animal!
[24:34] Sonoko
    Halloween is over.
SIGN    Don't miss the next episode
[24:36] Ran
    Halloween, huh?
[24:37] Conan
    That was a rough time.