Detective Conan 716

Chapter 716

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Title: File 716 The Bird Fair
Text: Does it look good on me?

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Sonoko: Ohh!

Sonoko: They're selling so many different bamboo rakes!

Sonoko: As expected of the Bird Fair!
Ran: It sure is crowded!
Mouri: But what rake did you come here to buy?

Mouri: I mean, don't they usually give a store good business or something?
Ran: Eh?

Right margin: The bird fair reminds one of the late autumn in Kanto. What have Ran and Sonoko come here for...?

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Sonoko: Ran's about to participate in a karate tournament, right?
Ran: Th-that's right! I want one that'll help me win...
Mouri: Huh? Do they have any that beneficial?
Conan: Yeah!

Conan: Long ago, after Yamatotakerunomikoto won a war, he visited a shrine on November's Bird Day.
Conan: Because he leaned his rake weapon up against the shrine's tree, the Great Bird Festival is held.
Conan: The fair held on the day of that festival is known as the Bird Fair!

Mouri: Oh...
Conan: There are other theories like that a bodhisattva came shining down from the stars on that day...
Conan: or that the Bird Fair has its origins in the farmers' Harvest Festival...

Conan: The rakes that are made into lucky charms are said to do beneficial things like giving fortune in battles, business, or just general luck!
Mouri: Did you see all this on a TV show?

Conan: Uh, yeah...
Sonoko: Ran, here it is, here it is!

Sonoko: The famous item of Ranburi Shrine...

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Sonoko: The Lovely Fortune!
Right of sign: For Girls
Middle of sign: Lovely Fortune
Left of sign: 300 yen a fortune
Bottom sign: Lovely Fortune

Sonoko: You can only get this fortune at the Bird Fair...
Sonoko: It let's you know what the guy you like's ideal type of woman is!
Ran: Sonoko, you're seeing too much in this! It's just a fortune.

Sonoko: Didn't you know? Sawako-chan from Class C went along with the fortune and got confessed to!
Ran: Eh, really?
Mouri: What are they doing?
Conan: Who knows...

Sonoko: All right, I've got my fortune!

Sonoko: Now, let's see what Kyougoku-san's ideal type is...
Ran: Sh-Shinichi-san's ideal type...

Ran: Come to think of it, he said before...
Shinichi: I have things I want to ask you and say to you, too...
Shinichi: So please wait...

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Shinichi: According to my reasoning, most likely...
Shinichi: What you want to ask me is what I want to ask you...

Ran: Do you know, Shinichi...?
Ran: What I wanted to ask you is what you think of me.

Ran: If that's the same...
Ran: Then maybe, maybe...
Sonoko: Augh. Of course I get this...

Sonoko: Huh...?
Sonoko: You're not opening yours?
Ran: N-no...
Ran: I'll do it once I get home...

Sonoko: Nope!!
Ran: Ah, wait...

Sonoko: Okay, let's see...
Sonoko: Shinichi-kun's ideal type is...
Ran: Waah!! Waah!!

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Sonoko: As he is the sensitive and old-fashioned type, a woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan will get to him...
Sonoko: Showy fashion or strong-minded actions are off limits! If you can appeal to him as a neat and clean woman...
Sonoko: you will definitely get closer to him.

Sonoko: That's what it says.
Ran: B-but...is this really accurate?
Ran: Like the whole sensitive and old-fashioned thing...

Sonoko: C'mon, Shinichi-kun always notices the smallest things, so he must be sensitive, right?
Ran: I-I guess...
Ran: And is he old-fashioned because he seems pretty indifferent to what's popular?

Sonoko: Oh, miss... Did you just casually admit that you like Shinichi-kun?
Ran: N-no!!
Ran: I was just...

Sonoko: Okay, okay!
Sonoko: Make sure to check later!

Sonoko: Check to see what our detective in love's ideal type is.

Sonoko: I'm going to the bathroom!
Ran: Geez!

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Sonoko: Ah...

Sonoko: Stop!
Sonoko: Thief!!

Sonoko: Ran!!
Sonoko: Get him!!
Ran: Eh?

Ran: *inhale*

Text over Ran: Aaaaah

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Text: Showy fashion or strong-minded actions are off limits! If you can appeal to him as a neat and clean woman
[TN: The highlighted text is "strong-minded actions are off limits!"]

Ran: Ah!

Sonoko: Geez...
Sonoko: You should've just taken him out with your karate like usual...
Ran: S-sorry...

Sonoko: Well, as long as you're alright, it's fine. There wasn't anything too important in my bag...

Mouri: What happened?
Sonoko: It was a purse snatcher!

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Sonoko: He cut my bag's strap with a knife and took it!
Ran: And he was wearing a mask...

Mouri: A mask?
Ran: Yeah, a Hyottoko mask!
Conan: I saw that on the news last week...

News: The Tori Man appeared at the Bird Fair again!!
News: The Tori Man, who wears a Hyottoko mask, appeared at the First Bird Fair at Sandei Shrine last week and this week he appeared at the Second Bird Fair at Ranburi Shrine...

News: Each time he appears he steals the hand bags of people visiting the shrines!
News: The name Tori Man comes from him appearing at the Bird Fair and stealing things. It is expected that this purse snatcher will strike again.
[TN: "Bird Fair" is "tori no ichi" in Japanese and stealing is "mono tori".]
Text on TV: The Tori Man Strikes Again

News: The police say they plan on increasing security and the number of officers at the Third Bird Fair being held at the end of the month...
Mouri: But, y'know...
Mouri: There are at least 30 shrines near Tokyo alone doing the Bird Fair...

Mouri: There have gotta be at least 50 in Kanto...
Mouri: Can they really catch him?
Ran: But Sonoko said that...

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Ran: She wants to get revenge, so she's going to Ranburi Shrine for the next Bird Fair...
Ran: She said she was going for sure!

Mouri: Huh?
Mouri: How does she know he'll appear at the same shrine again?
Ran: I don't know...but she seemed pretty confident...

Ran: Maybe she thinks he'll show up there again to trick people.
Conan: well, it's true he might be trying to take advantage of the fact people assume a criminal won't go back to where they've already appeared...

Mouri: Just go by yourselves!
Mouri: I'm not going!
Ran: Ehh!?
Conan: It's true that...

Conan: someone called Tori Man...
Conan: doesn't give much motivation...

Box: And at the Third Bird Fair...
Sonoko: Oh...?
Sonoko: What's going on, Ran?

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Sonoko: Your skirt's longer than usual!
Ran: Oh, it was just a bit cold today...

Ran: And Sonoko, you're wearing much more mature clothing than usual.
Sonoko: A-am I?

Sonoko: Well, anyway, it's time for revenge!
Ran: You know where the Tori Man is?

Sonoko: Not that!
Sonoko: I'm gonna get another one of those!
Ran: Th-that's what you're getting revenge on?
Conan: The Lovely Fortune...

Sonoko: I'm gonna get a good one this time!
Conan: Doesn't that defeat the entire purpose of a fortune?

Text in last panel: Kyaaaah

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Woman: It's the Tori Man!!
Woman: The Tori Man is here again!!
Ran: Eh?

Sonoko: Really?
Ran: He really came again?

Conan: What's with this day pack?
Man: It's the Tori Man's!
Man2: He threw it at the people chasing after him!

Ran: Which way did he go?
Man: He ran towards the park over there...

SFX: *grab*

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Ran: Wait, Conan-kun!?

Conan: Is the bag stolen from Sonoko-neechan here?

Sonoko: Ah! This is it!
Conan: That means this wasn't a copy cat criminal...

Conan: Hm?
Conan: There are blood stains on the day pack's shoulder strap...

Conan: Hey, which direction did the Tori Man come from?
Man: Look...
Man: Over there where those people are gathered...

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Man: C'mon, stay with us!
Man2: We've called an ambulance!
Injured Man: Haa
Injured Man: Haa

Conan: Hey, was he attacked by the Tori Man?
Man2: Yeah...
Injured Man: Haa
Injured Man: Haa

Man2: We heard some groaning, so we looked over here...
Man2: and saw a man wearing a Hyottoko mask running away from him.

Man2: The Tori Man was probably trying to steal something from him and he resisted, so he got stabbed...
Injured Man: N...
Injured Man: Not Tori...

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Injured Man: Mon...key...
Injured Man: Haa
Injured Man: Haa
Injured Man: Haa

Conan: Monkey?

Man: Hey, what are you talking about?
Conan: What do you mean by monkey?
Man2: You weren't stabbed by the Tori Man?

Man2: I-it looks like he's trying to say something...
Man: But there's no voice...
SFX: *mouth moving*

Conan: Eh?
SFX: *mouth moving*

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Conan: Nine?

Man2: Hey, stay with us!!
Man: Hey!?

Conan: Nine...
Conan: monkeys?

Right margin: If it was the Tori Man, why "nine monkeys"? This case has taken a strange turn... More next chapter!!