The story begins when Conan, Ran, and Kogoro visit the Kurata family estate—a traditional Japanese mansion built around a legend. A local folktale speaks of a “Demon of Hades” who unleashes flaming arrows from the sky to punish the wicked. Within hours, this myth becomes terrifyingly real.
The episode picks up immediately after the cliffhanger of Episode 716. Conan and Heiji have been invited to a rural village famous for its traditional windmills. They are accompanying a traveling drama troupe, but what began as a cultural excursion turns deadly. In Part 1, the troupe’s arrogant actor, Hideo Ogami, is found dead in a locked-room scenario inside a windmill. Detective Conan Episode 717
The anime adaptation is remarkably faithful to Gosho Aoyama’s manga. The only difference is the pacing. Episode 717 adds an extra 90 seconds of scenery shots, emphasizing the windmill as a silent witness to the crime—a technique Aoyama himself praised. The story begins when Conan, Ran, and Kogoro
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