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

This Week’s Translation

歩美ちゃんが散歩中にすれ違った男の人は、交番の手配写真の人だったんだって!
それでボクたち少年探偵団は、その男の人が入って行ったアパートに行ったんだ。
部屋の表札にはすごく偽名らしい「山田太郎」…。

でも見張ってたら、元太が通りすがりの人に「指名手配犯を見つけた」って言っちゃったんだ!
その人とボクが部屋の窓から男の人の顔を確かめてから、アパートから出かける男の人の追跡をみんなで始めたんだけど…!?

TVオリジナル「その顔を捕まえろ」 このあとすぐ!
— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) November 15, 2025

Ayumi was walking passed a man who looked like a person in a wanted poster at a police box!
So we headed over to check out the apartment the man went into.
The name on the name plate looked like it was an alias “Yamada Taro”.

But, while we were staking out the apartment, Genta blurted out to a passerby that “we found a wanted criminal”! The passerby and I checked if it’s the right guy when he looked out the window. So, the chase was on when he left his apartment until…?!

Anime original “Arrest That Face” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

山田　太郎（?）
Yamada Taro (?)

容疑者　ー　Suspect

田中　光二 （36）鬼頭　謙 ―　指名手配犯
Tanaka Koji (36)　Kito Ken　― Wanted Criminal

Back with another episode with the Detective Boys. Starting off with a notice at a police box. Glad that they haven’t had any deaths （死亡・しぼう） since yesterday. And luckily no is getting murdered in this episode. We do have a killer/robber on the loose with a 3 million yen bounty on their heads. I guess Ayumi is trying to take the Detective Boys into the bounty hunting business with this one.

On another note, I do like that they have notices about the オレオレ詐欺 (おれおれさぎ・ore ore sagi) scam. They also have a poster that informs people on what to report to the police when calling.

Detective Boys episodes can be a hit or miss at times. Still, I think this is one of the good ones. It was clear from the start that Tanaka had some motives. The guy was no where near the trash can to be knocking it over like that. Luckily Yamada got caught on some debris and the kids were there to get him out of the water. A quarter of a way through, I thought, “Wouldn’t it be funny if this is something like face/off?” Half of that came true XD.

The fingerprinting was an interesting rabbit hole to go down. I didn’t know the Japanese words for the 3 basic types of fingerprints so this was fun.

• Arch 弓状紋・きゅうじょうもん・kyujyoumon
• Loop 蹄状紋・ていじょうもん・teijyoumon
• Whorl 渦状紋・かじょうもん・kajyoumon

There was even a graphic on fingerprints in Osaka, Japan at Hirakata Park. Note: the blog post is in Chinese but they have a lot of photos from the Detective Conan event. Feel free to check them out here.

Alas, I don’t know if I should be glad that the Detective Boys stick their noses into too much though. Then again if it wasn’t for Genta’s nose for food, they would have still been looking for the guy.

I still think it would be best if they stick to school mysteries. However, we know that’s not going to happen.

On another note, I feel bad about Yamada being mistaken for a criminal all the time. Luckily, they found the true culprit and maybe he can live a quieter life. As for the Detective Boys, some things don’t change (;^ω^).

Next Episode is…?

Time for another break from episodes.

Until next time 👋

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