A spin-off of Detective Conan, The Criminal's Hanzawa-san, has been turned into an anime! Although the number of victims has continued to increase due to the long serialization, not even a year has passed in the story, so the town of Beika in this work is treated as the worst crime town, which would create a contradiction if it wasn't a crime town where a murder occurs once a day. This is the subject of a lot of jokes, and Beika Town in this work is treated as the worst crime town. I would like to thoroughly explain some common things about this crime town!
Those who step in are dead! Is Beika Town, the worst crime town, a new suicide spot! ?
The protagonist of the work, Hanzawa-san, is trying to get off at Beikacho station to achieve a certain purpose, but at that time, passengers are repeatedly saying things like "This is Beikacho!", "Do you want to die!?", and "No decent person would go near this town!". For decent ordinary people, Beikacho seems to be treated as a new suicide spot.
The rent is cheap and it's easy to live in! ? The real estate in Beikacho is full of accident properties! ?
Beikacho is in the center of Tokyo and people tend to think that rent is high. Surprisingly, the rent for real estate is low, so it seems to be a nice place to live in that respect. But then, most of the properties introduced to us are haunted houses. This is not because the real estate agents are harassing people, but in Beikacho, there are very few properties that are not haunted houses. Therefore, even rundown apartments that are not haunted are very expensive. Poor people with no money have no choice but to live in haunted houses.
The police officers in Beikacho are super good! ? But normal business is delayed...
The police in Beika Town are super excellent! Thanks to the well-built police inspector, the detective who keeps leaking information to elementary school students, and the children who hang around at the crime scene, the crime arrest rate is 100%. However, perhaps because there are so many murders, the number of murders is posted in the place where the number of traffic accidents in a day is usually posted, the number of murders is more than the number of traffic accident fatalities, and police officers are being called in to deal with murder cases, so normal business such as license renewal is delayed.
Explosions are common in Beika Town... Explosions are the seasonal word for spring
In Beika Town, there have been a series of crimes committed by bombers, and they have become a seasonal feature of spring. Since Hanzawa came to the town, he has encountered an explosion once when he went to renew his driver's license, once when Hanzawa's mother came to Tokyo, and once when he went to an amusement park. It seems that explosions are the seasonal word for spring in Beika Town. I think that's probably because bombs pop up all the time in the movie version! (Conan's movie version is released in spring)
It's dangerous at night in Beika Town! Don't go out!
Beika Town's convenience stores are not open 24 hours a day. They have become 7-Elevens that open at 7 and close at 11, which is unthinkable in the city. Beika Town at night has become a place with the worst security, with criminals rampant, to the point that it is even said that walking around at night is worse. Even so, the only stores that are open are rip-off bars and illegal weapon shops.
Making money is a life-threatening experience! The working conditions in Beika Town!
In Beika Town, working is a life-threatening job. There are part-time jobs that allow you to earn money in the short term, but they often involve risk to your life. For example, you might be a test subject for a super-powerful anesthetic developed by a stocky inventor wearing glasses, and be in a coma for three weeks. There are normal part-time jobs, but even there murders occur. There are some jobs such as temporary party girls who liven up the dark atmosphere, but they work with the tragic resolve that they could die at any time.
Kaitou Kid is the God of Survival in Beika Town!
Kaito Kid, who frequently appears in Detective Conan, is worshipped as the god of survival rates due to the jinx that there are few deaths in the episodes in which he appears. However, as soon as Fukazawa-san sees Kaito Kid, he reveals his murderous intent. It seems that Fukazawa-san's target is Kaito Kid? At first glance, it seems that he is the target, but it turns out to be a different person who looks very similar.
It's easy to get in, but hard to get out! Is Beika Town an antlion pit?
Beika Town has a very bad security situation, so to prevent fugitives and perpetrators of weapons smuggling from escaping, it is stipulated by ordinance that extremely complicated procedures must be followed. When traveling far away, a long-distance travel permit must be issued by the city hall, and the ticket prices for traveling far away from Beika Town are also ridiculously high. It's truly an ant hell that you can't get out of once you're in!
The Grim Reaper of Beika Town! ?
Beika Town has already become famous as a crime city, but perhaps the crimes are caused by the "Shinigami" who lives in Beika Town. Murders don't happen because it's Beika Town, but wherever the "Shinigami" is present, murders occur mercilessly regardless of Beika Town. If that wasn't the case, the original story wouldn't make sense, so it can't be helped, but the reason Beika Town is a crime city may be because of the "Shinigami".
For some reason, there was a child at the murder scene, so it's only natural for the police to leak information to the child! ?
Does the Grim Reaper invite incidents, or does the Grim Reaper appear where there is an incident, or is it both? The police in Beika Town are very competent, but for some reason, a child wearing glasses appears at the scene of the crime and starts wandering around. Furthermore, for some reason, the detective at the scene leaks important information about the incident to the child. However, no one tries to blame the child for approaching the corpse... but the great detective Kogoro Mori is the only one with common sense who tells the child not to wander around the crime scene!
[Detective Conan: The Criminal Hanzawa-san] Summary of the crime city, Beika-cho
I've put together a summary of Hanzawa-san and Beika-cho, the crime city that is the setting for the main story of Conan! It's a mystery genre that deals with murder cases, and if it continues to be serialized for a long time in the Sazae-san timeline, it's true that Beika-cho would have to become a place like this to create contradictions. However, I wonder if the author won't get angry no matter what. In fact, the original author, Gosho Aoyama, seems to have basically ignored it, only making corrections to the characters' expressions and small lines, even if he does say anything! Beika-cho may have been the worst crime city after all.
