A harrowing story shared by an X user in Japan has gone viral after an unlikely piece of anime knowledge helped them survive a car crash.
The user said their vehicle overturned and plunged into a river following a collision. As water began flooding the car and panic set in, they suddenly remembered a scene from Detective Conan explaining how to escape a submerged vehicle. The technique helped them get out alive, leaving police officers and medical personnel stunned.
The user explained that their car had flipped over and landed in the river. As the vehicle filled with water and began to sink, a Detective Conan scene about escaping from a submerged car suddenly flashed through their mind. That memory ultimately helped them make it out alive. They added that they did not know how they could ever thank the creator of Detective Conan.
According to the user, they had already accepted that they might die during the first 20 seconds after the crash. Then the scene suddenly came back to them, allowing them to escape safely. Even the doctors, police officers, and paramedics were baffled, asking, “How did you get out of a car that was underwater? It would not have been surprising if someone had died in that situation.” Their mother had a more straightforward reaction: “This kid is seriously hard to kill!”
The Detective Conan scene in question features FBI agent Andre Camel sinking underwater inside a car, with the water pressure preventing him from opening the door.
Conan tells Camel to unfasten his seat belt and float upward to breathe the air trapped near the roof. Once the cabin has completely filled with water and the pressure inside and outside the vehicle has equalized, the door should become much easier to open.
Social media users were amazed by the story. When things get desperate, it turns out Detective Conan really can teach you something useful.
The user also joked that, as their life flashed before their eyes, the image they saw was somehow Conan. Fortunately, that memory ended up saving them.
Detective Conan may get a little over-the-top at times, but in this case, one of its scenes proved useful at the most critical possible moment. It was an extraordinary stroke of luck in an otherwise terrifying accident.