The Secret of the Red Tear

TV Special The Secret of the Red Tear
Information
Title:	The Secret of the Red Tear
Japanese Title:	レッド・ティアーの秘密 (Reddo Tiā no Himitsu)
Original airdate:	August 11, 2012
Manga source:	Volume 4: Chapter 2
Story
Cast:	Kaito Kuroba Kaitou Kid Aoko Nakamori Akako Koizumi Saguru Hakuba Spider Toichi Kuroba Ginzo Nakamori Snake Konosuke Jii Conan Edogawa
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"The Secret of the Red Tear" (レッド・ティアーの秘密 ,Reddo Tiā no Himitsu) is an animated special for Magic Kaito based on the second chapter from the fourth Magic Kaito volume. It aired in August as part of the 2012 Kaitou Kid's Summer Festival (夏の怪盗キッド祭り ,Natsu no Kaitō Kiddo Matsuri) event.

Cast

Characters
Kaito Kuroba Kaitou Kid Aoko Nakamori Akako Koizumi Saguru Hakuba Spider (background) Toichi Kuroba (flashback) Ginzo Nakamori Snake Konosuke Jii Conan Edogawa (introduction/cameo)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Card Gun

Plot

Story

The Red Tear ruby goes on tour with the Hopper Magic Show owned by Judy Hopper, granddaughter to famed magician James Hopper.

Heist
	Thief: Kaitou Kid Target: Red Tear Owner: Jody Hopper The world's largest ruby.

Kid also annouces that he will not be going through with his heist of the Red Tear. Judy expesses distain to magic as her life has had many tragadies from magic: both of her parents died in an accident on stage, and her grandfather passed away a couple of years prior. Kaito also notices Snake tailing Judy after seeing her on the streets.

People

Jody Hopper
	Magician James Hopper's granddaughter

James Hopper
	Deceased Magician Jody Hopper's grandfather

Paul
	Magician

Resolution

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The Organization has a goon disguised as Kid to distract security while Snake and some other thugs try to steal the ruby after the Hopper Magic Show concludes. Paul takes a hit aimed for Judy, and reveals he is wearing a vest. Paul is actually Kid who disguised himself as Paul after the real one performed- for Judy's attention to continue the show- and tries to get Judy upstairs. Kid and Judy run to the rotating observation restaurant on the roof where Kid tries to tell Snake that the jem isn't Pandora before Jii sets the restaurant to rotate at full speed causing Snake to be thrown against the windows due to G-forces. Kid uses his card-gun to break the glass so Snake is ejected and crashes into the Kid-decoy. Kid mentions to Judy that the Ruby isn't cursed, but a final trick left by her grandfather, James, full of pictures of her childhood- one of which had Kaito's father in the background. Judy thanks Kid and when Paul arrives tells him that she plans to continue the Hopper Magic Show, much to Paul happiness. Kid vanishes before Judy could epress her gratitude for saving the show, the Ruby, and her life. The Organization flees before the police arrive, Aoko sees Kaito did show up, and Kaito remembers his father telling him the truth of the Red Tear.

Gallery

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  Kaito investigates the layout of the Minato Hotel.

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  Paul does a spectacular performance.

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  The Organization crashes the show.

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  Jody attacks Snake with fiery breath.

• MK8 Red Tear Pictures.PNG

  The Red Tear shows images of Jody's childhood.

Trivia

• The English text from the magazine article that Hakuba is reading at the beginning of the episode is from a July 11, 2012 Asahi Shimbun article written about radiation exposure from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in children's thyroids.

See also

• TV Specials
• Magic Kaito Volume 4