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Detective Conan cases are always fun to watch unfold, so when I remembered that this was the next case, I knew it was going to be a good time, as I remember this case being a fun time both when I first watched the anime and when I read the manga version of this case. But the question here is will this case still hold up after a third experience of it? That’s for me to know and you to find out.

EPISODE 8: The Murder of the Art Museum Owner

Anime Original or Manga Sourced?: Manga sourced, Chapters 30 through 32

Is this my first time experiencing this story?: No

We’re back in a story from Volume 4, guys! Aren’t you excited? Let’s all just casually ignore the fact that we haven’t even touched anything from Volume 2 yet! Because it seems TMS is still scared of touching Volume 2! Why, TMS? Why?!

*ahem*

Sorry about that. This is probably the only anime blog on the internet where you’ll find someone so in awe at the ordering decisions that TMS made back in the day for Detective Conan, despite the anime being ongoing for almost 30 years at the time this post is being written.

Anyway, the episode begins with two security guards walking through a museum, only to see a suit of armor move. Very scary, I know. We then go to the Mori Detective Agency. Ran wants to visit a museum, and while initially both Kogoro and Conan show no interest in attending the museum, Ran showing the strength she gained from karate by punching an object that very few ordinary humans can make a dent in and actually making a dent quickly changes their tune.

While at the museum, Conan, Ran, and Kogoro witness one of the staff members being a bit careless with one of the items that’s supposed to be part of an exhibit, which someone who works above him chastises him for it. However, it is also during this visit that it gets revealed that this museum is going to be closing its door eventually, as some business man had bought it and was planning on closing it and putting something else in its place.

While their visit originally was going to skip one of the galleries due to it being closed at the time they had originally passed by it, they end up visiting it since it reopened…only to find the new owner dead within. And thus, the investigation starts. I like how this case utilizes security camera footage, especially with how the murderer was dressed at the time they committed the murder to be able to still do it in front of the camera without revealing who they are.

And this episode has given me one of my current favorite Conan screenshots.

This is nothing more than peak performance of a high school detective needing to play the role of an elementary schooler. 10/10, would watch again.

Personally, I think that the victim 100% had this coming for them, and I actually felt bad for the culprit in this case. I think that’s as much as I can say for all of the pre-ending credits stuff, without nosediving too far into spoiler territory.

However, yet again, this case falls into the trope of “sliding the Detective Boys into a case where they weren’t there before”, even if they were reserved for the post-credits scene and not the actual mystery. You see, in the manga, this case ends with Kogoro reading about his exploits in the papers, thus showing that Kogoro’s starting to make it big in the detective world.

The anime version, however, ends with Conan discussing the aftermath of the case with the Detective Boys…though they’re more interested in investigating a moving skeleton. Ah, kids will be kids. Even if they plan on breaking into school at night.

This is another case that I find to be really impactful from my original watch through of Detective Conan, mainly with who the culprit of this case was. But it’s also one of many examples where culprits aren’t portrayed stereotypically. I also remember the next episode (though moreso because I’ve read its manga equivalent during 2025), so that should be another fun episode for me to talk about.

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