Detective Conan Announces 3-Week Special "The Crimson Grand Finale": Will Heiji Finally Confess to Kazuha?

The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the hit anime series Detective Conan (known internationally as Case Closed) announced that the highly anticipated story arc “The Crimson Grand Finale” (Akane-iro no Senshuuraku) will air across three consecutive weeks starting Saturday, September 26, at 6:00 PM. The announcement of such a monumental episode, perfectly timed to celebrate the franchise's landmark 30th anniversary, has sparked widespread celebration and buzz across social media.

This upcoming arc is exceptionally popular among manga readers, primarily because it puts the spotlight on the long-standing romantic tension between Osakan high school detective Heiji Hattori and his childhood friend Kazuha Toyama—affectionately dubbed the “HeiWa” pairing by fans. Social media quickly flooded with enthusiastic comments such as, “Could this finally be Heiji's confession episode?” and “Are we finally getting an official couple? I cannot wait!”

Devoted fans also pointed out thematic parallels to the iconic “The Crimson School Trip” arc—where Ran Mouri famously answered Shinichi Kudo's romantic confession—noting shared motifs such as stage theater and rich crimson imagery. Many viewers eagerly declared that pairing the TV episodes with Nippon TV's Friday Roadshow broadcasts turns weekends into an extravagant “Conan festival,” while others admitted they have already started rereading the original manga chapters in eager anticipation.

Expectations are at an all-time high to see how the dramatic and emotional developments set against an autumn sunset will be brought to life in full animation. Fans will certainly not want to miss a single minute of this three-week television event.

The Context

Created by Gosho Aoyama and serialized since 1994, Detective Conan is one of Japan's most beloved and enduring pop-culture franchises. While the overarching mystery revolves around the teenage detective Shinichi Kudo tracking down the shadowy Black Organization that turned him into the child Conan Edogawa, the series is equally renowned for its high-stakes romantic subplots. Chief among these is the relationship between Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama. For years, Heiji has been determined to confess his feelings to Kazuha in a dramatic setting grand enough to rival Shinichi's romantic confession before Big Ben in London, resulting in a series of comedic near-misses and soaring fan anticipation whenever the two take center stage.

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