Keeping a museum from shutting down with 事件

Kanji Explanation: Continuation and connection with 続

Following the solving of a murder case, Detective Mouri reads an article about the museum where the murder took place.

蘭(らん):: 「へーーー　あの美術館(びじゅつかん)続(つづ)けることになったんだ…」; “Wow... So they decided to keep the art museum open after all...”
毛利(もうり):: 「ああ…　事件(じけん)のせいで美術館(びじゅつかん)を存続(そんぞく)させようという市民(しみん)の声(こえ)が上(あ)がったからな…」; “Yeah... Because of the incident, there was a public outcry to keep the art museum open...”

Key Points

存続(そんぞく)させよう = “try to keep it going”
- 存続(そんぞく) means continued existence, so 美術館(びじゅつかん)を存続(そんぞく)させる is “to keep the museum going” or “to keep it from shutting down”.
〜ようという marks the content of the public demand
- 美術館(びじゅつかん)を存続(そんぞく)させよう uses the volitional form and means “let’s keep the museum open” or “we should preserve the museum”.
- With という市民(しみん)の声(こえ), that quoted idea becomes the thing people were saying: “public voices calling for the museum to stay open”.
事件(じけん)のせいで = “because of the incident”
- 〜のせいで gives the cause behind what followed. The incident triggered the reaction from the public.
- In context, the murder case made people pay attention to the museum and speak up to save it.
続(つづ)けることになった = “it was decided to continue”
- In Ran’s line, 美術館(びじゅつかん)続(つづ)けることになった means “it ended up being decided that they would keep it open”.
- ことになった often presents a decision or outcome rather than a personal choice made on the spot.