Special Volume 2

Volume 2
Information
Release date:	October 28, 1997
Original Work:	Gosho Aoyama
Manga:	Eiichi Yamagishi
ISBN:	ISBN 4-09-142532-1
Publisher:	Shogakukan
Back Cover Image
Conan Side Image
Chronology
Prev volume:	« Special Volume 1
Next volume:	Special Volume 3 »
List of chapters

Special Volume 2 was released on October 28, 1997 in Japan.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ayumi Yoshida Ran Mouri Juzo Megure Eri Kisaki (background) Sumiko Kobayashi Kamen Yaiba (t-shirt)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Revenge

File 1

Murder
	Location: Kitaomote Island Victim: Shirou Kurokawa Cause of death: Pushed off cliff onto sharp tree stump Suspects: Hiroshi Naruse

Murder
	Location: Kitaomote Island Victim: Saburou Kurokawa Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Hiroshi Naruse

Murder (past)
290px	Location: Camellia Mansion, Kitaomote Island Victim: Gajirou's mistress Cause of death: Burning Culprit: Genzou Kurokawa After learning that his father Gajirou was going to give all his fortune to his mistress, Genzou went to her house and burned it with her inside. Rumors are that her child managed to escape it and is after the Kurokawa brothers.

Attempted murder
290px	Location: Kitaomote Island Victim: Ichirou Kurokawa Injury: Crossbow shot Suspects: Hiroshi Naruse

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

The culprit is the fourth brother Jirou Kurokawa. There was no way an outsider could have gone on the island when the ferry was not in use and when the harbour was the only possible way of berthing. Thus, it all made sense when the culprit was Jirou, who was unsuspected and could freely move around. The proof is the mist that disappeared on the window in Jirou's room, which proves he left his room to shoot Ichirou. His motive was that he was always bullied by his brothers and that he was the illegitimate son and that Naruse was just a scapegoat to him.

Attempted murder
290px	Location: Kurokawa Mansion - Kitaomote Island Victim: Ichirou Kurokawa Modus operandi: Stabbing Culprit: Jirou Kurokawa

Jirou attempts again to kill his brother, but is stopped by Conan's kick shoes. Afterwards, he is taken away and apologizes to his brother. Some time later, Kogoro and Conan visit him and prison and inform him that the real Naruse is living a happy life with his grandchildren, bringing some peace to Jirou.

People

Boat captain
	"Iroha" captain

Gajirou Kurokawa
	Deceased (natural causes) Kurokawa family previous head

Genzou Kurokawa
100px	Decased (natural causes) Gajirou's son Kurokawa family head

Shirou Kurokawa
	Victim (impaled) Kurokawa family fourth son

Saburou Kurokawa
	Victim (strangled) Kurokawa family third son

Jirou Kurokawa
	Kurokawa family second son

Ichirou Kurokawa
	Kurokawa family heir

Police officer
100px	Kitaomote Island station officer

Woman
100px	Deceased (fire) Gajirou's mistress

Hiroshi Naruse
100px	Gajirou's illegitimate son Status unknown

Remote Control

File 2

Murder
	Location: Train Victim: Takumi Cause of death: Neck broken by fallen luggage? Suspects: Wataru

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

Conan and the Detective Boys corner Wataru as Takumi's killer. He sat far away from his partner on purpose, so he could pull on a string he attached to the suitcase above Takumi when the train will make a sharp stop. The suitcase would then fall and break Takumi's neck and he would not be suspected since he is too far away. The proof is the marks on the suitcase handles and all the fishing line he has stuck inside his guitar. After the Detective Boys solve the case, they want to appear on the television as the case-solvers, but when the detective asks for their names, Conan, who fears Ran and Kogoro will see him on the television, runs away with the others back inside the train.

People

Takumi
	Victim (cervical fracture?) "Sulphur" vocalist

Wataru
	"Sulphur" guitarist

Man
100px	Train conductor

Detective
100px	Police detective

Hit-and-Run

File 3

Hit and Run
	Location: on the street Victim: Ran Mouri Hit and run situation where the victim survives. Ran is taken to the hospital.

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

It turns out the hit and run was not directed at Ran, but towards the clerk working at Handmade. Some time ago, she helped an old man and the old man wanted to thank her for her deed, so he left her a big chunk of his inheritance. Since the clerk kept refusing the inheritance, the old man wanted to come have her sign the papers the next day. The old man's relative, who was not happy with that, wanted to eliminate the clerk before she could get sign the papers the next day, but mistook Ran for her, since Ran bought her handmade only-one-in-the-world jacket.

Attempted murder
290px	Location: Hospital Victim: Ran Mouri Modus operandi: Stabbing Culprit: Old man's relative

Conan figures this out and goes back to the hospital, where he sees a lot of smoke coming from the men's bathroom. He finds a lot of used cigarettes in there, and figures out the culprit was waiting in the toilet for the curfew to come, so he could kill Ran without being seen, before she could sign the papers. Conan knocks him out before he can do so by kicking a hospital bed, hurting himself in the process. He thus ends up confined to a hospital bed, just like Ran.

People

Criminal
	Hit-and-runner

Woman A
100px	Hospital nurse

Takada
100px	Old man in the hospital

Woman B
100px	Hospital nurse

Woman C
100px	Hospital nurse

Woman D
100px	Hospital nurse

Woman E
100px	Hospital nurse

Woman F
100px	"Handmade" clothing store clerk

Man A
100px	Dying rich old man

Man B
100px	Rich old man's henchman

Pyromaniac

File 4

Serial arsons
290px	Location: Beika City Time: Every Tuesday Modus operandi: Burning Suspects: Unnamed serial pyromaniac

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

Conan figures out that the culprit must find a location to look at all his crimes happen. The only location that stood out was Beika Building, the tallest in the neighborhood. After gathering information from the security guard, he figures out that the culprit can only be part of the cleaning company, since the building is closed on Tuesday nights. The only employee that stood out was Shirou Namiki, a heavy smoker who often left during his shifts. At his apartment, Conan finds the evidence that pins him to the crime, newspaper clipouts of the arsons.

Shirou Namiki
100px	Cleaning employee Lives in Haido

Conan then finds Shirou trying to light a fire, but stops him by kicking a ball in his face. The next day, Conan and Ran comment on the man's arrest, while Kogoro burns himself by dropping his cigarette on his newspaper.

People

Man
	Pyromaniac

Woman
100px	Lives in house burned by the pyromaniac

Takashi
100px	Victim (fire - survived) Woman's son

Man
100px	Beika Building security guard

Actor

File 5

Accident?
	Location: Film set Victim: Seiji Gajo Cause of death: shooting Suspects: Kenji Tokiwa, Yuji Watanabe and Akiko Kanai During a movie filming, someone has switched a prop gun with a real gun. When the actor pulled the trigger, the other actor was shot for real.

Resolution

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Seiji Gajo changed the gun himself in order to commit suicide. He had few time to live, as proved with the pills Conan saw him take, and decided to go out with a scandal, just as he likes. The proof of that is the fingerprints of his found on the inside of the grip, which normally nobody would change. As Conan exposes the solution, a stage hand informs the people that the mass media is gathering in lots in front of the stage set, while Tokiwa admits losing to the old man's stubbornness.

People

Seiji Gajo
	Victim (gunshot) Veteran film actor Role of the villain

Kenji Tokiwa
	Actor Role of Detective Joe

Yuji Watanabe
	Props artist

Akiko Kanai
	Actress Gajo's ex-girlfriend

Man A
100px	Film producer

Man B
100px	Stage hand

Man C
100px	Stage hand

Man D
100px	Director of photography

Man E
100px	Cameraman

Inspector
100px	Police inspector

Officer
100px	Police officer

Forensics
100px	Forensics officer

Alibi

File 6

Murder
290px	Location: Okamoto's apartment, Beika City Victim: Nihei Okamoto Age: 68 years old Time: Between 12:30 and 2 PM Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Makoto Hiiragi

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

It turns out that Makoto Hiiragi used an alibi trick to kill Okamoto. First, he invited his girlfriend to watch a movie and had her fall asleep with the sleeping pills he put in her soda. Afterwards, he would then leave and kill Okamoto and return as if nothing happened. Since his girlfriend remembered the scenes that happened just before she slept and right after she woke up, it would seem that she only slept for a small window of 15 minutes, but this is not true, since she in fact slept for two more hours and was only woken up during the second screening of the same movie, which would give Hiiragi enough time to move around. The proof of this is that there was an altercation between a drunk man and the staff during the first screening, which both Hiiragi and his girlfriend didn't know about. After Kogoro wakes up, he comments how the day passes quickly when he makes good deductions.

People

Nihei Okamoto
100px	Victim (blunt force trauma) 68 years old Retired

Makoto Hiiragi
100px	Okamoto's nephew

Woman A
100px	Okamoto's maid

Woman B
100px	Hiiragi's girlfriend

Kidnapping

File 7

Kidnapping / Hostage situation
290px	Location: Ehara House Victim: Sachiko Ehara Kidnapper's location: Log cabin at campsite Suspects: Unknown

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

It turns out that Sachiko Ehara faked her own kidnapping in the hope that his husband would notice her and come back to reality, after spending the last few years just working and travelling for work. Conan figures this out and confronts her along with Ai and Ran, and the group decides to wait for Ai's father to prove that he still cares for them. At dusk, the father ends up coming and the family reunites. It is later revealed that Conan had left a note to the father, clueing him about his wife's situation.

People

Ai Ehara
100px	Masao and Sachiko's daughter

Sachiko Ehara
100px	Housewife

Masao Ehara
100px	Company worker

Man
100px	Train station attendant

Weapon

File 8

Murder
290px	Location: Iwai House Victim: Ryuichi Iwai Cause of death: bled to death Suspects: Kiyomi Kataoka, Tetsuya Kataoka and Masami Iwai

Resolution

  Show spoilers »

Even after the body search, the mysterious blade could not be found. However, it was hidden as something else and then modified. Conan realizes this when he notices metallic powder on the ground. It comes from Masami Iwai's tape measurer, which he trimmed into a sharp blade with his nail file. When the police pull the whole measurer out, they notice droplets of blood still on it. It turns out that he killed Ryuichi since he wanted to break their father's precious ceramic pot, which is in fact valued at 10 million yen. He hated the fact that their father liked Ryuichi the most when he was born from another mother. When Ran and Conan come back home, they hear Kogoro complain about adults who cannot leave their parents' home, but as he asks for beer, the two go away from him, saying that parents that cannot let go of their children are the same.

People

Kiyomi Kataoka
100px	Iwai family eldest child

Tetsuya Kataoka
100px	Kiyomi's husband

Ryuichi Iwai
100px	Victim (blood loss) Company worker Iwai family youngest child

Masami Iwai
100px	Iwai family middle child Interior designer

Mr. Iwai
	Deceased Iwai family head

Police detective
100px	Police detective

Police officer A
100px	Police officer

Police officer B
100px	Police officer

Police officer C
100px	Police officer

Cover in other countries

China

Germany

Hong Kong

Indonesia

Italy

Korea

Malaysia (Chinese)

Malaysia (Malay)

Rep. of China (Taiwan)

Singapore (Chinese)

Spain (Spanish)

Thailand

Vietnam

See also

• Detective Conan Special
• Special Volume 1-10