Meitantei Bunshō's Reviews

Last Dance

Welcome. MeitanteiBunshou here with thoughts on today’s episode of Detective Conan.

But first, I’d like to talk about the opening (OP).

The new OP has been a breath of fresh air for the series. Mai Kuraki was doing the OP and ending (ED) for a long time, so I’m happy they changed it.

The OP is sung by Rainy。There seems to be a lot going on. I am not caught up on the manga, but I’m looking forward to the canon episodes coming out this year.

She also did a Haibara focused ED last year.

Alright, so back to today’s episode.

This is an anime original episode. It has nothing to do with the canon plot. Beware of spoilers for this episode.

The twitter account called conan_file likes to make a summary about the episode when it airs. They also tell this in Conan’s point of view.

As practice, I’ll translate these for every episode going forward.

知り合いの社長さんのお家で社交パーティーがあるって園子姉ちゃんに誘われて、蘭姉ちゃんとボクもついていくことにしたんだ。 パーティー中、社長さんは服にワインがかかって着替えに行ったんだけど、戻ってこないみたい。 すると中庭の方から悲鳴が! ボクが足跡を見つけてたどっていくと、崖下に社長さんが倒れてて…!? TVオリジナル 「ラストダンス」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) February 8, 2025

A manager that Sonoko happened to know invited her to a party at his house. Ran and I went with her as guests. During the party, he got wine on his clothes and went to go change but he never came back. And then a scream rang out from the courtyard! As I followed the footprints, it led to where the manager had fell off the cliff…!

Anime Original “Last Dance” coming up next!

被害者　ー　Victim
高田　健作（45）不動産会社経営 – Takada Kensaku (45) Real Estate Manager

容疑者　ー　Suspects
高田　此乃美 （28）健作の妻 – Takada Konomi (28) Kensaku’s Wife

山里　梨香　（22）高田家のメイド – Yamazato Rika (22) Takada Family’s Maid

吉岡　悟　（36）健作の知人 – Yoshioka Satoru (36) Kensaku’s Acquaintance

The case was simple, and it was obvious who was going to be murdered. I do like the set-up of how they killed him though. Just by looking at the footprints you can tell that this wasn’t a struggle. Someone was dancing with the victim before he plunged to his death.

At first, I didn’t get Konomi’s decision to have Rika go with her husband. He was about to hit her in front of all these guests. So, I didn’t know what made her think that he wouldn’t hit her when they were alone. Perhaps, she was going to use the maid as another foil in case framing Yoshioka didn’t work.

This Episode’s Conan Hint: Shoelaces. The etiquette for the event also helped piece this together. Switching to dancing shoes and taking off large accessories while dancing. I understand that it was dark, and he had been drinking. However, I would have found it strange if she was not wearing her dancing shoes.

I sympathized with Konomi’s motive. Being seen as nothing but a decoration. As if she was another accessory that Kensuke put on just to make himself look good. As usual, I wish there was another way to resolve it instead of murder.

Nonetheless, that was indeed one heck of a “Last Dance“.

Next Episode is…

屋久島の山姫（全編）The Yamahime of Yakushima (Part One)

The official Detective Conan YouTube channel promoted this anime original a couple of weeks ago. It seems like it will be promising.

As for the Conan Hint: 縄文杉 – Ancient Jomon Cedar

Until next time 👋