Welcome! MeitanteiBunshou here with some thoughts on today’s Detective Conan.

This Week’s Translation

京都の港町で起きた殺人事件の調査依頼は、浦島太郎の呪いだってうわさされてるんだって。

港で浦島太郎の歌が聞こえて、その方向か流れて来たボートには探してた友達の白髪になった遺体と、亀の甲羅、玉手箱が! さらに容疑者の一人だった女の人の遺体も!

連続殺人を止められなかったボクたちの前に、警備艇に乗ってシマリスを連れた綾小路文麿警部が現れて…!?

TVオリジナル 「ガラスの水面(後編)」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) September 13, 2025

A murder case centered around a legend about Urashima Taro brought us to a port town in Kyoto.

They could hear Urashima Taro’s song coming from the water. A boat drifted to the coast and it had their missing friend who now had a head full of snow white hair, a turtle shell on his back, and a jeweled box!

But then one murder became two – a body of one of the female suspects was found!

And just as we failed to stop the killer from taking another life, Inspector Ayanokoji appeared on a patrol boat with his chipmunk!

Anime original “The Glassy Water’s Surface (Part Two)” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victims

山岡　武史（25）漁師
Yamaoka Takeshi (25) Fisherman

富樫　瞳　（24）カフェ経営
Togashi Hitomi (24) Cafe Manager

容疑者　ー　Suspects

松山　博信 （28）漁師
Matsuyama Hironobu (28) Fisherman

西野　美駒　（26）旅館経営
Nishino Miku (26) Ryokan Manager

上川　明秀　（53）神主
Kamikawa Akihide (53) Head Priest

Another sad case. It was an unexpected turn for it to be suicide. To go that far to prove that your brother was murdered. There had to be a better way. And the fact that she had her husband’s corpse in the wall reminds me of another anime original case a while back (The Detective Boys and the Traditional Dream House Case)😱.

Surely they could have nailed her for the murder by taking down the wall but for the chocolate syrup to play a part in Nishino’s downfall was good. I do wonder why she didn’t notice it and cleaned it off. You’d think that she’d be smart to get rid of any traces of her killing Togashi given that she has been hiding her husbands body in the ryokan this whole time.

I do like the escape attempt. Her tenacity is quite rare in this anime. Usually the culprit collapses to the ground with guilt but no, she doubles down and tries to escape. Even tries to take her own life in the process. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) for her, Conan was there to stop her. At first, I was wondering why he didn’t think to just use the soccer ball gadget like he has done several times in the movies and the anime itself. I did find it a bit funny that he tried to do something on his own at first. Kudos to Ayanokoji attempting to go in and save them though.

The Conan hint was not helpful this time. I thought they’d bring up something about red tide or something about the bioluminescence to help solve the case but nope. If anything the chocolate syrup should’ve been the hint.

The port town they visited this time is based off of a real town in Kyoto called Inechō (伊根町). So in a way that’s probably why these episodes felt like a mystery tour. We also got some interesting lore behind the Tale of Urashima Taro so that was nice.

On another note, there was something in the end scene that had me curious.

What is Yatsuhashi and why is it a traditional Kyoto souvenir? There seemed to be a few legends about it so I’ll briefly go into a one here.

八つ橋 (literally eight bridges) is a rice cracker seasoned with cinnamon named after a koto (琴・こと) player Kengyo Yatsuhashi (八橋 検校・やつはし　けんぎょう). The snack does resemble the koto.

Yatsuhashi seems to have caught on in Kyoto during the Edo period (江戸時代・えどじだい・Edo jidai) from 1600 to 1868 when Japanese confections ( 和菓子・わがし・wagashi) were rising in popularity. As more roads were made and travel became more prominent, Yatsuhashi became a staple souvenir for Kyoto due to its long shelf life and affordability. More people could travel far and wide sharing the delicious treat across Japan without it going bad on the road while also not putting a damper on their coin purse.

Not sure if the raw yatsuhashi (生八つ橋・なまやつはし・nama yatsuhashi) could have survived back then but they look good as well. Plus, yatsuhashi come in many different flavors these days like matcha.

Next Episode is…

As for the Conan Hint: Monument – モニュメント

Until next time 👋

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