# 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!
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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*?
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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"!
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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!
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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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