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Detective Conan Episode 1186 – Girls’ Day Mystery 4

December 27, 2025

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

This Week’s Translation

ボクと阿笠博士が海釣りで遊んでる間、蘭姉ちゃんと園子姉ちゃん、灰原、歩美ちゃん、佐藤刑事の『探偵女子5』は、ホテルのレストランのスイーツ食べ放題に行ったんだって! でも突然、隣のテーブルの女の人2人が倒れて、1人は助からなくて1人は意識不明の重体で病院に運ばれたみたい。そして使われた毒と容疑者たちには妙な共通点が…?

TVオリジナル「女子会ミステリー４」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) December 27, 2025

While I was on a fishing trip with Agasa, the “Detective Girls Five” went to a hotel to enjoy some sweets. But then, two ladies at the next table collapsed! One couldn’t be saved while the other was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. And the poison that was used by the culprit leads to an odd connection.

Anime original “Girls’ Day Mystery 4” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victims

天利　里美（21）学生
Amari Satomi (21) Student

島村　尚子（21）学生
Shimamura Naoko (21) Student

容疑者　ー　Suspects

葛西　杏花（21）学生
Kasai Kyoka (21) Student

三田　隆一郎　（44）会社員
Mita Ryuichiro (44) Office Worker

吉村　俊介　（32）市役所職員
Yoshimura Shunsuke (32) Municipal Officer

Ending the year off with a girl’s day off episode is nice. Since this is the year of the snake it’s even better 🐍. We got the year of the horse 🐎next year, so maybe they’ll go horseback riding next year. Or maybe an episode with Kogoro losing it all at the races.

I wish that Sera could join the group but given her dynamic with Haibara in the first one, it’s understandable. Can’t have her pressing Haibara for questions.

Multiple suspects and other characters being introduced was a nice addition to this case. I’m not sure how relevant these new cops are going to be in future cases, but I guess we’ll see.

And of course this is Detective Girls Five’s time to shine. Love that Haibara’s not having any of it.

The Indiana Jones-esque scene was over the top as usual. Not sure crawling on the floor would have been a good way to be discreet about poisoning someone though.

And was not expecting the underground snake charmer idol bit. Who’s seeing that to the point where it gets popular?! Their reactions was hilarious.

I was thinking it was a double suicide done by one of the victims at the table. Micro-dosing venom in order to pull of a murder is crazy. And just to prove that snakes are cool or something… there’s gotta be a better motive right… right? Nope, that’s the only explanation we’re getting.

Plus, how the heck did they not see or hear the snakes on the floor (especially Haibara and Ayumi). Luckily The Snake Three are there to save the day.

On another note, someone should probably tell people not to fish in this location Conan and Agasa are at. There’s too many poisonous/venomous fish there 💀.

Plus them talking about “again with the snakes” reminded me of Samuel L. Jackson from Snakes on a Plane.

Next Episode is…

Went to an aquarium yesterday. Plus, I got a card related to this case for Christmas. Looking forward to the special adapting episodes 772 and 773.

Hopefully Crunchyroll gets this special. If not, there’s always the original episodes to go back and watch.

As for the Conan Hint: 30th Anniversary – ３０周年

Next year is going to be big for the series. We will be reaching the 30th anniversary for the anime series in 2026. I’m hoping we get a new OP and ED. Surely we’ll see Chihaya in the New year’s greeting as well.

The original Conan hints for this case were supposedly Cell Phone and Glove but Kaito Kid stole the hint for Part 2 back then.

Until next time 👋 and…

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Detective Conan Episode 1185 – The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper (Part Two)

December 13, 2025

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

This Week in Detective Conan

We have the title drop for the next movie: Detective Conan Highway Fallen Angel (名探偵コナンハイウェイの堕天使). Here’s a short PV.

And speaking of movies. Japan is releasing the next volume of this years movie in manga form, so I’m excited to read that. If you are interested, you can find the first volume on Bookwalker.

This Week’s Translation

学校帰りに見つけたボロボロのメモで誘拐に気が付いたボク達は、高木刑事達に連絡して、米花町で聞き込みをすることになったんだ! その誘拐犯を追ってた高木刑事と佐藤刑事は、神奈川県で千速さんと赤レンガ倉庫の店に入ったんだって!

そして米花町でボク達は怪しいサイコロ男の話を聞いて、そのサイコロの写真を見たんだけど…?

米花町と横浜、2つの場所でボクと千速さんが推理するよ!

「赤レンガ倉庫消えた誘拐犯(後編)」このあとすぐ!

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

On our way home from school, we found a torn up note about a kidnapping. So we got in contact with Takagi and started our own investigation. Takagi and Sato raced after the kidnapper to Kanagawa where Chihaya saw the culprit duck into the red brick warehouse!

Back in Beika City, we heard about the suspicious Dice Man and saw a picture of the dice!

Beika City and Yokohama: Together, Chihaya and I will solve the case!

“The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper (Part Two)” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

シオリ

容疑者　ー　Suspects

The paper plane trick was very intricate. Love the how-to guide on making it so I might try it out one day. There was a trick in a previous case to make floating will-o-wisp flames.

The culprit wasn’t too hard to figure out this time. Then again, luckily they decided to have consistency with the color of the culprit’s shoes. Unfortunately, we won’t get to know about that business man’s wild fashion sense. I wish that we got more detail on why the kidnappers did this in the first place. The fact that they kidnapped her and put her in the attic is a bit weird as well. Sure the grandmother probably cannot hear her, but surely when her parents came back, they would catch on. At least I hope so.

The dice used the pig pen cipher. Good to learn another cipher. Would be great to see more codes in the future.

And Bourbon… dude… what the heck?!
That old guy did say to look into Conan a few canon cases back but yikes. Luckily, Conan’s cautiousness won in the end.

Shiori was saved, the kidnappers are going to jail, and we are probably heading into a face off with Bourbon. And of course, Takagi is going to be in so much hot water with Sato (;^ω^).

Next Episode is…あれれれ?

We got a remaster for next week but we have a Girl’s Day Mystery coming to wrap up the year. That will be out December 27th.

Until next time 👋

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Detective Conan Episode 1184 – The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper (Part One)

December 6, 2025
Welcome! MeitanteiBunshou here with some thoughts on today’s Detective Conan.

This Week in Detective Conan

We have the title drop for the next movie: Detective Conan Highway Fallen Angel (名探偵コナンハイウェイの堕天使). Here’s a short PV.

And speaking of movies. Japan is releasing the next volume of this years movie in manga form, so I’m excited to read that. If you are interested, you can find the first volume on Bookwalker.

This Week’s Translation

学校帰りにボク達が野良猫を見に行ったら、その猫がくわえてた紙に女の子からのSOSが! その頃、バイクで逃げた誘拐犯を追っていた高木刑事と佐藤刑事達は、神奈川県に入ってしまった上に犯人を見失っちゃったんだって!

そこに偶然、赤レンガ倉庫に逃げ込む犯人を見た神奈川県警の千速さんが現れて…!?

「赤レンガ倉庫消えた誘拐犯(前編)」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) December 6, 2025

On our way home from school, we found a cat holding a piece of paper in it’s mouth. It ended up being a SOS message from a girl that was kidnapped! Takagi and Sato had a car chase with the kidnapper who fled on motorcycle. Unfortunately, they lost sight of the culprit in Kanagawa Prefecture.

And by chance, Chihaya of the Kanagawa Police Force saw the criminal duck into the red brick warehouse!

“The Red-Brick Warehouse and the Vanishing Kidnapper (Part One)” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

シオリ

容疑者　ー　Suspects

This will most likely be the last canon case we get for the year. Nice to see Chihaya again. She’ll be in next year’s movie, so this is a fitting return for the Goddess of the Wind. Also it doesn’t feel as if they just forced her in. Her knowledge and quick thinking is helping out in this case. Plus, saving that kid from becoming street pizza was awesome.

We have three unidentified suspects:
- A stylish guy with a high body temp,
- A older man who seems like he’s forcing himself to eat pancakes
- A business man with a wild fashion sense.
If we are going off the color of the shoes in the picture above, I’m certain it’s the first guy. On top of that, the older guy has scratches on his left hand. Considering the bike fell to the right I don’t think it is him. I am curious about the business man though. The jacket contrasts with his demeanor.

Curious who is working with the kidnapper in that house. And the dice look unique. Some kind of code between the accomplice and the kidnapper?

On another note, Takagi is going to be in so much hot water with Sato after this (;^ω^).

Another interesting thing about this episode is the restaurant they went into. It seems as though it is based off of a real cafe called Bills in Japan. I’m more of a waffle kind of guy but the pancakes look good 😋.

Next Episode is…

As for the Conan Hint: Dice – サイコロ

Until next time 👋

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Detective Conan Episode 1183 – The Interrogation Room 3

November 29, 2025

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

This Week’s Translation

小五郎のおじさんの依頼人の映画監督さんが殺されちゃったから、容疑者の人の取り調べの立ち会いにボクも一緒に行ったんだ。監督さんはオーディションが行われた会議室で1人で選考中にナイフで刺されたみたいで、助監督がその部屋から飛び出してきた人を見たんだって。

その人に聞いたら容疑を認めたんだけど、取調室で自分はやってないって言いだしたんだ! でも佐藤刑事はこの人が犯人だと確信しているみたいで…!?

TVオリジナル「ザ・取調室３」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) November 29, 2025

Kogoro and I came to the police station to witness an interrogation. One of Kogoro’s clients who was a film director was murdered and now they questioning a prime suspect. He was stabbed in the audition room while making a decision on casting. The assistant director spotted someone leaving the scene of the murder.

That person in question admitted to the murder, but then denies they killed him!

But Sato is not convinced!

Anime original “The Interrogation Room 3” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

川島　雄介（45）映画監督
Kawashima Yusuke (45) Film Director

容疑者　ー　Suspects

渚　ハルコ（21）若手女優
Nagisa Haruko (21) Young Actress

城野　みゆき（40）スター女優
Jono Miyuki (40) Star Actress

久保寺　陽人　（35）助監督
Kudodera Akito (35) Assistant Director

Love the fact that Sato saw through the culprit from a mile a way. If only if Haruko would have left it at assuming the girl was a witness. She could have played this game out longer. Then again, there’s her tendency to make assumptions. The police gave her info about a maid almost getting hit by a motorcycle. Wouldn’t be hard to believe that Haruko thought this was the maid employee who almost got ran over. Unfortunately for her, she kept talking only to dig the hole deeper.

But dang. This was one hell of a misunderstanding to be killed over. I am curious who they ended up killing in the wreck. And the fact that they took a group photo right outside the interrogation room was nuts.

Wonder if the title of the movie was going to be “I Know What You Did Last Summer”.

On another note, when is Yoko going to make another appearance? Feels like it has been ages.

Next Episode is…

We are getting one more canon case before the year is over. Chihaya plays a big role in the movie next year so this is a great way to reintroduce her.

As for the Conan Hint: Motorcycle – バイク

Until next time 👋

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Detective Conan Episode 1182 – Arrest That Face

November 15, 2025
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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Detective Conan Episode 1181 – Buchi Returns a Favor

November 8, 2025

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

This Week in Detective Conan

The Episode Zero special has announced when it will be releasing: January 3, 2026! It will be covering the aquarium case.

In other news, One Piece has decided to go seasonal. It was surprising to see it go on hiatus last year and start back up this April. With that being said, I wonder if Detective Conan (another monolith in Japan) will go down the same route.

Also we have a new collection of Detective Conan episodes out on Crunchyroll. They have it underneath Conan vs The Black Organization now. I guess to distinguish it from the subtitled episodes. Hopefully they change it something else.

This Week’s Translation

毛利探偵事務所に来てた高木刑事に、“ブチ”って名前の人から「恩返しで情報提供したい」っていう電話が来たんだって! 待ち合わせの公園にボクと小五郎のおじさんも行ってみたら、包丁が刺さった男の人の遺体が! この人が“ブチ”って人みたいなんだけど、強盗計画が記されたメモを持ってたんだ! それで目暮警部の判断で強盗を止めるために張り込みを始めたんだけど…!?

TVオリジナル「ブチの恩返し」このあとすぐ!

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

Takagi, who was visiting the detective agency, got a call tipping him off about a crime. It was from a man named Buchi who owed a favor. Kogoro and I tagged along to meet with Buchi at a park, only to find a man stabbed to death! The man turned out to be Buchi and we found a note about a potential robbery! And so Inspector Megure decided to prevent it but an unexpected turn for the worse occurred!

Anime original “Buchi Returns a Favor” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

岩淵　克也（25）工場勤務
Iwabuchi Katsuya (25) Factory Worker

容疑者　ー　Suspects

中竹　巡（24）強盗事件被疑者
Nakatake Jun (24) Robbery Suspect

小梅　美奈代（21）強盗事件被疑者
Koume Minayo (21) Robbery Suspect

大松　正義　（38）元服役囚
Daimatsu Masayoshi (38) Ex-convict

Once again we got a lot of characters introduced adding to the complexity of who killed Buchi. As soon as we get to Jun and Minayo, they had the true culprit pinned. So we have an ex-convict out for revenge on the police and the man that ratted him out. His plan was not well thought out and it was too easy to catch him. The guy was so cocky. He even claimed that someone framed him for the robbery despite his accomplices having already pointed him out.

And the nail in the coffin was due to him not picking up on the idiosyncrasies of Buchi’s writing. Luckily, his neighbor had the turtle kanji in his name.

On another note, I’m glad that Kaneko Jewelry Store wasn’t targeted this time.

Next Episode is…

As for the Conan Hint: Takoyaki – たこ焼き

Until next time 👋

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Detective Conan Episode 1180 – The Lucky Cat Saw Everything

November 1, 2025

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

This Week’s Translation

ボクと蘭姉ちゃん、小五郎のおじさんでバードウォッチングに来たんだ! でもおじさんが双眼鏡であたりを見回してたら、道路の向こうの家から怪しい人が出て来たのを見つけたみたい。ボクも見てみたら、電気屋さんの車で走って行っちゃったんだ! その家に行ってみたらリビングで胸を刺された男の人が! 電気屋さんの警察の捜査について行こうとしたら、玄関に倒れていた招き猫にも血痕があって…!?

TVオリジナル「招き猫は見ていた」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) November 1, 2025

Ran, Kogoro and I went bird-watching together. But while Kogoro was looking around with his binoculars, he spotted someone suspicious leaving a house. I took a look and noticed it was an electrician’s truck driving away from the scene. And when I looked in the house, there was a man that was stabbed in the living room! The cops began an investigation into the electrician and we found a lucky cat by the entrance splattered with blood?!

Anime original “The Lucky Cat Saw Everything” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

黒滝　志郎（29）
Kurotaki Shirou (29)

容疑者　ー　Suspects

黒滝　明彦　（33）志郎の兄
Kurotaki Akihiko (33) Shiro’s Big Brother

庄山　拓郎　（52）電器店経営
Shoyama Takuro (52) Electronics Store Manager

庄山　緒里恵　（26）拓郎の娘
Shoyama Orie (26) Takuro’s Daughter

夢村　草介　（29）志郎の親友
Yumemura Sosuke (29) Shiro’s Friend

The case was good. We had several potential culprits and added some complexity in this one part episode. Really wonder who suggested to go bird-watching. Out of all of them, I’m putting my money on Ran. But of course, they end up discovering a dead body instead.

Sucks to come home, find out your friend has been selling your guitars and then get killed by said friend. On top of that, the dude was impersonating him and dating women his friend’s name. That just doesn’t make any sense to go that far. Could understand a little if Shiro was an up and coming rock star, but even then he would have to resemble him to pull this off. Furthermore, how much money did Shiro have to go to America for 2 years and still pay for his place back in Japan? So many questions.

I did find it strange for Shiro to go to the US, just to hone his guitar skills. Practicing and joining a band in Japan would have helped for sure. The more I think about it, I would have liked to know more about Shiro the guitarist. I’m also curious of how that conversation between Shiro and his impersonator Yumemura went before the murder.

Not only did Yumemura impersonate then kill his “friend”, he pushed his girlfriend off of the second floor of a building. Like what the heck?! Good thing Ran knows basic life support. And with Conan’s trap set, they were able to find out Yumemura was the killer. It’s hilarious how they walk right into a set-up and try to play it off like they are innocent. All’s well that ends well.

During the end credit scene, I found it funny that Conan is calling out Kogoro for impersonating someone. And to end the episode Ran gives him a little advice.

Oh, Ran. If only if you knew… if only if you knew (;^ω^)

Next Episode is…

Got another anime original on our hands next time.

As for the Conan Hint: Turtle – 亀

Until next time 👋

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Detective Conan Episode 1179 – The Crimson Skeleton of Mt. Washio (Part Two)

October 18, 2025

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

This Week’s Translation

大阪から来た平次兄ちゃん、和葉姉ちゃんと一緒に、ボクと蘭姉ちゃん、小五郎のおじさんで鷲尾山を登ってたら、途中で雨が降ってきたんだ!

近くのお寺で雨宿りさせてもらってる間に、お坊さんに紅蓮髑髏っていう魔物の言い伝えを聞いたんだ。

そしたら本当に人魂が出て、その先で行方をくらましてたお坊さんの遺体が…!
そしたら小五郎のおじさんもいなくなってて…
まさか紅蓮髑髏にさらわれちゃった!?

「鷲雄山の紅蓮髑髏(後編)」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) October 18, 2025

While Heiji, Kazuha, Ran, Kogoro and I were heading up Mt. Washio, it started to rain.

We ended up staying at a temple that was close by, where we heard the tale of the Crimson Skeleton from one of the monks.

Afterwards, the ghostly flames from the tale led us to a corpse of the monk that disappeared!
Then Kogoro vanished… Was he spirited away by the Crimson Skeleton?!

“The Crimson Skeleton of Mt. Washio (Part Two)” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

かんてつ（?）昇楽寺僧侶
Kantetsu (?) Shogakuji Temple Monk

容疑者　ー　Suspects

哲進　和尚　（70）昇楽寺住職
Priest Tetsushin (70) Shogakuji Temple Head Priest

賢哲　（28）昇楽寺僧侶
Kentetsu (28) Shogakuji Temple Monk

頓哲　（31）昇楽寺僧侶
Tontetsu (31) Shogakuji Temple Monk

It’s moments like this where you see how Ran feels about her dad. It was sad seeing Ran not knowing what to do. I did wish that Conan reassured her that Kogoro was fine and that they would find him for sure. Then again, solving the case and having Heiji have his time in the sun took priority this time. Besides when these two are stuck on a case, it’s hard for them to focus on anything else. In the end, solving the case faster will get Kogoro back, so I it’s fine.

The trick was cool, so I tried it out of curiosity. The trick seems to work on the concept of paper lanterns where it rises into the sky. Used sticky notes at first but it didn’t work. Thought I needed to have a bigger size of paper for it to actually work, but that didn’t work out either 😓.

Halloween is just around the corner, so this would have been nice trick for Halloween. Did find some people using newspaper and a different shape.

On another note, Kogoro judo throwing the culprit was fantastic. Had to get him back for the cheap stun gun maneuver in the last episode. And to top off the episode we have these two…

Alas, the Heiji x Kazuha train has no signs of leaving the station. Ran tried her best to put this together but reminding Heiji to confess to Kazuha would have made the chances of it actually happening go up. Ah, well matchmaker Ran isn’t giving up so there’s hope for these two… right?

Next Episode is…?

We have a remaster of the Houseboat Fishing Shock Case next week.

Until next time 👋

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Detective Conan Episode 1178 – The Crimson Skeleton of Mt. Washio (Part One)

October 11, 2025

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

This Week’s Translation

大阪から来た平次兄ちゃんと和葉姉ちゃんと一緒に、ボクと蘭姉ちゃん、小五郎のおじさんと鷲雄山を登ってたんだ! 蘭姉ちゃんは2人を絶景スポットに連れて行きたいみたい…。

でも途中で雨になって、お寺で雨宿りさせてもらうことに。お寺には住職さんと3人のお坊さんがいて、なんだか気になることが…。

そしたらお坊さんから山に伝わる魔物・紅蓮髑髏の話を聞いたんだ。そのあと小五郎のおじさんが突然姿を消して、そこでボクたちが見たのは…!?

「鷲雄山の紅蓮髑髏(前編)」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) October 11, 2025

We were climbing Mt. Washio with Heiji and Kazuha who came from Kyoto, Kogoro, Ran, and myself. Looks like Ran plans to take the two of them to see a romantic view.

But on the way, we got caught in the rain and ended up staying at a temple. At the temple, there was a head priest and three monks, but something’s off…

And then one of the monks began to tell the chilling tale of the Crimson Skeleton. Right after that, Kogoro went missing and we saw bursts of flames climbing the stairs!

“The Crimson Skeleton of Mt. Washio (Part One)” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

かんてつ（?）昇楽寺僧侶
Kantetsu (?) Shogakuji Temple Monk

容疑者　ー　Suspects

哲進　和尚　（70）昇楽寺住職
Priest Tetsushin (70) Shogakuji Temple Head Priest

賢哲　（28）昇楽寺僧侶
Kentetsu (28) Shogakuji Temple Monk

頓哲　（31）昇楽寺僧侶
Tontetsu (31) Shogakuji Temple Monk

Ran’s playing matchmaker, Kogoro is tied up somewhere and someone killed a monk.

Surprised that Ran hasn’t told Kazuha that she’s dating Shinichi until now.

They have had many canon interactions with each other. How long has it been since the London case and the Kyoto case anyway… 2011 and 2019?!

The rate things are going, Kazuha and Heiji are not getting together any time soon (;^ω^). How many times have we been in a situation where Heiji is trying to set up something to one-up Shinichi’s “Big Ben Confession” to Ran. These two are the next definition of “Just go out already” after Ran and Shinichi. Hopefully Kazuha’s wingwoman Ran can help.

On another note, it’s a good thing that Momiji wasn’t tagging along. I do like that Ran thought climbing a mountain would stop her from being a third wheel. If she ended up getting tired, I’m sure Iori wouldn’t mind packing her up the trail. Thankfully, Karuta calls.

Love that the monks all have iron（鉄・てつ・tetsu）/sage（哲・てつ・tetsu） in their names. Wonder if they have some other wordplay going on there.

Speaking of names, rare for them not to have a character card for the victim.

Speaking of being forgetful of a character, even the monks went 5 whole days and didn’t think to report that Kantetsu has gone missing to the police. This week’s conan hint was bucket, so I’m guessing the bucket was placed there to hide the evidence of oil or something on the stairs.

The killer seems to have used the same trick to kill that renowned statue researcher. Probably was killed because he noticed something was off about the statue. Considering all those statues where Kogoro was tied up, I’m guessing someone is making a quick buck on selling the shrine’s stuff. And that bucket getting knocked over… was it an accident or intentional? I think we have the culprit.

Next Episode is…

It seems as though we have the culprit in our sights but more importantly… how will matchmaker Ran get these two together and who is going to save Kogoro?

I do fear that 2026 (The 30th anniversary for the anime) isn’t going to have as many canon cases as we got this year. We seem to be in the back half of volume 105. Volume 106 released in 2024 while 107 released this year in April 😓.

As for the Conan Hint: Sunset – 夕焼け

Until next time 👋

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Detective Conan Episode 1177 – Find the Phantom Giant

September 27, 2025

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

This Week’s Translation

少年探偵団の3人が昨日、逃げちゃった猫探しを引き受けたんだって。でも猫の足あとが途中で消えちゃって見つからなかったみたいで、今日はボクと灰原も一緒に探す事になったんだ。

そしたら取調べ中の重要参考人のアリバイ確認に来た高木刑事たちと会ったんだけど、高木刑事たちの言う作業着の大きな男の人は昨日、探偵団の3人は見てなかったみたいで…?

TVオリジナル「幻の大男を探せ」このあとすぐ!

— 江戸川コナン (@conan_file) September 27, 2025

Genta, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko were looking for a cat yesterday, but the trail went cold when the cat’s paw prints disappeared. So, Haibara and I decided to help out with the investigation.

While looking for the cat, we ran into Takagi and Chiba who were checking a suspect’s alibi. Supposedly the suspect saw a tall man in work clothes yesterday, but Mitsuhiko and the others didn’t see anyone like that. What’s going on here?

Anime original “The Phantom Giant” coming up next!

Today’s Episode

被害者　ー　Victim

條島　史緒里（34）的井の元交際相手
Jojima Shiori (34) Matoi’s Ex-girlfriend

容疑者　ー　Suspects

的井　高宏（35）建設会社員
Matoi Takahiro (35) Construction Company Employee

條島　円加（30）史緒里の妹
Jojima Madoka (30) Shiori’s Little Sister

湯村　翔平　（28）的井の後輩
Yumura Shohei (28) Matoi’s Junior

夏原　茂樹　（49）的井の上司
Natsuhara Shigeki (49) Matoi’s Boss

This was a fun little mystery. The Phantom Giant ending up being Mitsuhiko on Genta’s shoulders, finding the true culprit, the black mail that did Shiori in and even finding the cat at the end. Everything wrapped up nicely. Ironic how the cat is found after they stop looking for the little guy. He was even trolling his owner in one scene.

I get people have different sides to them, but I’m surprised that Madoka didn’t know how greedy her sister was. Unfortunately, all that greed is what did her in. You would think that blackmailing someone is a bad idea given that if you push them too far, they’ll take any chance to get rid of the person causing it.

Yumura could have brushed her deduction off with a “it was just a guess” instead of caving in. Nonetheless, pretty crappy thing to embezzle funds and even crappier to blackmail someone over it.

Unfortunately for Yumura he’s not that bright. Conan yelling about the bag from a distance was a clear way to lure out the culprit. Then he tries to defend himself when they pin him as the true culprit…

while he is breaking into Matoi’s apartment…

with a similar bag to do a switcheroo and take down Matoi’s alibi…

Okay, I believe you.

On that note, I’ll leave this photo of how ridiculous his plan was to me.
And I’m with Genta. Question marks… question marks everywhere.

Finally learned what this trope is called.

Next Episode is…???

No new episode next week.

Looks like there will be a remastered episode of the The Meguro Sanma Case instead.

Until next time 👋

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