E98 - The Famous Potter Murder Case (Part 1)

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    Encounters are mysterious!
    But cases are even more so!
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    I'm so glad to have met you!
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    Today's earthenware
    is second to none!
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    And the mystery is on
    the national treasure level!
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    He sees the single
    truth for what it is,
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    and looks like a kid
    but has the mind of an adult!
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    His name? Detective Conan!
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    Mori Detective Agency
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    Eh?! You got a
    call from Kikuemon?!
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    Yep! From the very man himself!
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    Who's Kikuemon again?
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    You've never heard of Kikuemon,
    the living national treasure?
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    He's a potter, Ran-neechan.
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    O-Oh, I thought he was a
    kabuki actor or something!
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    Geez...
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    So, what did someone
    so great want with you, Dad?
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    He said he'd give
    details when we meet.
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    He wants me to visit him in
    West Tama this Sunday with my family.
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    With your family? I guess
    it's not about hiring you, then.
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    No, there's no telling.
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    Being with the family
    might be a type of camouflage.
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    Camouflage?
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    To keep others from realizing
    I'm investigating a case.
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    He probably wanted to come
    here himself, but he is almost 80!
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    Oh! You're so good at
    reading into things, Dad!
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    Of course I am!
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    If Kikuemon-san is a living
    national treasure of pottery,
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    I'm a living national
    treasure of detectiving!
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    Yeah, that optimistic personality
    is on the national treasure level...
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    "The Famous Potter Murder Case (Part 1)."
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    Wow! This color, this shape...
    it's a true masterpiece!
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    Just as I'd expect from the
    work of a living national treasure!
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    Please don't call me a national treasure.
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    I'm a person, not a thing.
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    Kikuemon (78) (Tsuchiya Mankichi) Ceramic Artist
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    Here you are!
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    Thank you!
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    Oh, this isn't much, but...
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    Oh, sponge cake! Wonderful!
    I just love it! Thank you!
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    So, what did you need to see me for?
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    Do you need me to see if
    your young wife is having an affair?
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    No, no. She's my son's wife.
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    She's been taking care
    of things for me for a while.
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    Sadly, my wife and son both died
    in a car accident two years ago.
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    I'm sorry to hear it...
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    I've asked you
    here for but one reason:
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    to ask the opinion of the great
    detective everyone is talking about!
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    I've noticed your deductions
    as of late have been so full of flaws!
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    F-Flaws?
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    That's right! For example,
    the case last month--
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    Now, now! Don't act haughty, Father!
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    Just be honest and say you're a big fan
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    Tsuchiya Masuko (42) Kikuemon's son's wife
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    of the great Mori Kogoro-san!
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    M-Masuko-san!
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    He's a big fan?!
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    Yes!
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    He gets so excited whenever
    Mori-san solves a case!
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    In fact, he just put up a big fuss
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    when I forgot to file an article
    from the other day about a case of his!
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    C-Come, now!
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    Okay, yeah, it's true!
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    Oh, he's here!
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    Wow! It's really him!
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    Who're those two?
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    My pupils. Let me introduce you.
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    This is Arita-kun.
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    Arita Yoshihiko (36) Kikuemon's pupil
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    His skill has made leaps and bounds,
    and his work shows promise.
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    Hi!
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    On the other hand is Seto-kun.
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    Seto Ryuichi (35) Kikuemon's pupil
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    His works have dropped in number,
    and he's stuck in a standstill.
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    I'm just in a slump, that's all!
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    That's what you get for
    always copying our master!
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    Aw, shut up!
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    Please, pull yourself
    together, Seto-san!
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    You're to be the sixth-generation
    Kikuemon, after all!
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    Sixth-generation?
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    The Kikuemon name has been
    passed down from master to pupil.
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    I'm the fifth.
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    Anyway, tell us what kind
    of pottery Detective Mori chose!
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    Yeah!
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    Hold your horses!
    I still haven't told him!
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    What are they talking about?
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    I want you to have one of my works.
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    I could've brought one to your office,
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    but I wanted you to choose one for yourself.
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    Well, make your choice.
    Any of the ones in this room.
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    Y-You're sure?
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    They're all masterpieces,
    worth millions of yen each!
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    M-Millions?
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    Hold on, Dad. This is too generous.
    Show some restraint, okay?
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    Yeah, I know.
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    In that case...
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    I guess I'll just choose this cup!
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    Just as I'd expect from a great
    detective! You have sharp eyes!
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    Looks like I win the bet!
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    Bet?
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    We all bet on
    what you would choose.
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    And, just as I expected
    you would, you chose that cup,
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    which is hailed the
    world over as a masterware!
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    It was just dumb luck...
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    Masterware indeed...
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    I never intended to give that away,
    but I don't mind in your case!
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    But, Father!
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    Oh, yes. I'd also like Mori-san to
    see the Fusui-maru, my latest work.
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    Could you bring it from the storeroom?
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    Y-Yes. Right away.
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    Oh, come to think of it,
    I don't see Otani-kun...
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    Yes, he's by the kiln.
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    Perfect!
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    Mori-san! Won't you come see the kiln?
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    Oh, sure.
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    Umm, about how much is that cup worth?
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    Hmm. If it had a price, it'd maybe
    go for about 10 million yen?
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    10 million?!
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    You're such a joker!
    You already knew that!
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    I shouldn't have made that bet...
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    It's worth 10 million...
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    T-That's a thousand 10,000 yen bills...
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    What a big kiln!
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    How is it going, Otani-kun?
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    Oh, I should be able to fire it before dinner.
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    Otani Kaoru (36) Kikuemon's Pupil
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    Say, what is this pile of broken pieces?
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    The remains of pottery that the
    lady of the house demolished.
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    D-Demolished? By that woman?
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    Yes. Despite how she seems,
    she has a very sharp eye.
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    So, our master won't look at anything
    that doesn't meet her standards.
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    After all, she has the eyes that my son,
    who was to be my successor,
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    fell in love with.
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    That's why I've left
    her in charge of deciding
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    who will succeed the
    Kikuemon name after I die.
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    But hasn't she been a bit strict lately?
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    You have it good! She only okayed
    two of my wares this month!
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    She hasn't okayed one
    of mine in three months...
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    I guess I'm at my limit now...
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    Any uncertainty in the heart
    soon shows up in earthenware.
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    Any pottery made with such
    feelings will also be bent out of shape.
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    Calm your mind like the water
    of a still lake, and it will naturally--
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    Hey! Was that her just now?!
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    It came from the storeroom...
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    I-It couldn't be!
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    The Fusui-maru!
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    I can't believe this!
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    I-I'm so sorry! It tumbled down
    when I went to climb the ladder!
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    U-Uhh, really, I didn't mean to...
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    No matter. All that has
    shape will someday break.
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    The Fusui-maru has
    simply returned to the earth.
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    You students can take care of this.
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    Masuko-san, you can start
    on the nice meal for Mori-san.
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    R-Right.
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    I'm a tad exhausted.
    Please don't wake me until dinner.
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    This must be Otani's
    "everything gets broken" curse!
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    No, it's not!
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    Umm, do you need any help?
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    Oh, we'll clean up here.
    You can relax in the living room.
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    I-I see.
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    What's this?
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    A marble?
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    I haven't had enough to drink!
    Keep it coming!
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    Is she a bad drunk?
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    Yes, her personality
    changes whenever she drinks!
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    But, is it really okay to
    accept something so valuable?
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    You don't need to act reserved!
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    He isn't long for this world, anyway!
    He can't make much anymore!
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    Isn't that right, Father?
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    M-Madam!
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    Now, now.
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    It's true, I'm up there in age.
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    I can only make two or
    three decent things a year now.
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    Huh? I seem to recall you
    exhibited ten or so items last year...
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    Never mind pottery! Let's hear
    about some more of your cases!
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    Yes, good idea!
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    Then tell us about
    the Tsukikage Island case!
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    I wanna hear about the Kiri Tengu!
[12:32] ---
    Then how about the incident that
    happened during my class reunion?
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    You just told us that one!
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    And the art museum
    one and magician one!
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    Let's see... That leaves...
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    Those were the only three that
    you actually solved while conscious...
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    Umm, you'll catch
    cold if you sleep here...
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    It's no use. She's not easily
    woken once she falls asleep drunk.
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    Oh well. I guess I'll carry her to her room.
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    Hey! Hurry back!
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    Yeah, I know!
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    After that, the party
    continued late into the night.
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    The seven people in the
    stateroom forgot all their worries,
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    drank up, and made merry.
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    Little did we know that a horrible
    incident we'd never forget
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    would be waiting for
    us in a few hours' time...
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    What? It's already 8:00!
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    I hate to ask, but could
     you go wake Masuko-san?
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    I'd like to have some rice and tea.
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    Yes.
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    You slept here too, Ran-neechan?
[14:15] ---
    Something wrong with that?
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    Mori-san! It's morning!
    Mori-san!
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    He's deep asleep...
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    It's only natural, Master.
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    After all, he is "Sleeping Kogoro"!
[14:28] ---
    Yes, that's a good point!
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    Umm, her futon is empty...
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    That's odd. Where could she
    have gone this early in the morning?
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    Maybe she went to buy
    some things for breakfast?
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    Should we give her a call?
    She did have a cell phone with her...
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    Yes, please do.
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    I can't have anything too
    heavy first thing in the morning.
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    That's strange. She's not answering.
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    W-What was that?!
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    It sounded like pottery breaking!
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    Hey, now! Don't tell me someone's
    inside the storeroom?!
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    K-Kid!
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    M-Madam!
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    She hanged herself just now!
    She might survive if we get her down!
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    Hurry!
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    I'll get her legs!
    Otani, hold her steady!
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    Right!
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    I'll undo the rope!
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    Hurry!
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    Lay her down here!
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    We're too late! She's dead!
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    Master. Contact the police.
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    Yes.
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    That's strange! Those are missing, yet...
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    Could this mean...
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    The deceased is Tsuchiya Masuko, age 42.
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    The wife of the son of Kikuemon-san,
    the head of this house...
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    And you were all in the stateroom
    when you heard something break?
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    Y-Yes. We had partied
    late into the night yesterday.
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    She went to sleep first,
    so I carried her to her room.
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    Her futon was empty when
    I went to wake her this morning.
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    Just before we went to look
    for her, we heard something break,
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    and when we rushed here, we found her...
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    The sound was of the pottery
    that's lying in pieces on the floor.
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    She had probably stood
    on it when hanging herself.
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    It's been trampled on quite a bit...
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    S-Sorry, Inspector. We stepped on it.
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    That little boy said she might
    live if we brought her down quickly...
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    H-Hold on!
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    What do you think you're doing?
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    And, soundly asleep as always
    despite just happening to be present...
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    ...is you again, Mori-kun?!
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    P-Please don't shout. I have
    a hangover and my head is killing me...
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    This isn't funny!
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    Every place you go, there's a
    pile of dead bodies! Do you get it?!
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    I-I'm sorry?
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    Inspector. There are no signs
    that anyone climbed onto the beams.
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    That so?
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    That ladder doesn't
    reach to the roof beams, either;
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    something must've been tied to
    the end of the rope and thrown over.
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    And there seem to be plenty
    of things to tie to it here...
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    But would anyone use
    such important works of art?
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    The shelves don't hold just
    the master's work, but ours as well.
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    If she had used anything,
    it probably would've been ours.
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    Still, these certainly are immaculate...
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    We did spring cleaning not too long ago...
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    Which means the last remaining issue...
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    ...is this open cut on her calf.
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    There seems to have
    been quite a lot of blood, too.
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    She probably messed up
    and fell to the floor the first time.
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    When she did, she cut
    her leg on a piece of the pot
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    but ignored it and tried again.
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    It's not uncommon for a noose
    to be so big that the head slips out,
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    or for a weak knot to come undone.
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    There's blood everywhere
    because she probably writhed around.
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    But I'm pretty sure we
    only heard one pot break...
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    Then her first attempt must've
    been while you were still asleep.
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    If the rope had come untied,
    it would've taken too long to fix it.
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    But why would she commit suicide?
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    She didn't seem like the type at all...
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    Can you think of any reasons?
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    She was drinking so
    happily just last night...
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    The Fusui-maru.
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    She most likely did this out of
    regret for breaking the Fusui-maru.
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    The poor woman...
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    Fusui-maru?
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    The master's latest pot, which was
    to be put on exhibition soon.
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    She broke it yesterday when
    she came to get it from the storeroom.
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    If she had been
    deeply troubled by it, then...
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    Then, it's not out of the question?
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    Yes, she had the motive and
    circumstances for this to be a suicide.
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    But...
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    Examiner.
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    Please compare the cut with
    the shapes of the broken pieces.
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    Yes, sir.
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    But the pieces have
    been trampled quite a lot,
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    so I can't say if any will match the cut...
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    A match would make
    this question go away, but...
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    Suicide! It's clearly a suicide!
[21:11] ---
    Hey, now!
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    Ouch!
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    What's wrong, Conan-kun?!
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    I stepped on a broken piece...
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    What's with you? You aren't
    wearing anything on your feet...
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    I can't help it! I rushed here!
    That lady's the same way!
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    Come to think of it,
    I don't see her footwear anywhere...
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    But it's strange.
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    If she came barefoot, the bottoms
    of her feet should be dirty like mine.
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    Eh?!
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    Now that you mention it,
    the bottoms of her feet aren't dirty!
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    Oh! Then maybe
    someone carried her here?
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    Eh?!
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    Y-You're not saying--
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    She was murdered, then?!
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    If so, then that places
    the suspicion on all of you,
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    as you were in the nearby stateroom
    just before the body was found!
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    Could it be?!
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    Yes! This is it!
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    I finally found a trace
    that the killer failed to hide!
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    Using this method, you wouldn't
    need to be in the room to kill her!
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    Just what did you find?
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    Evidence that the killer
    failed to hide completely!
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    On the next Conan...
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    The Famous Potter Murder Case (Part 2).
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    Next Conan's hint:
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    Lipstick.
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    Next episode features a hidden pitfall.
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    You can't know it's there if you can't see it.
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