The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary

Episode 989 (Int. Episode 1046)
Information
Title:	The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary
Japanese title:	歩美の絵日記事件簿 (Ayumi no Enikki Jiken-bo)
Original airdate:	December 5, 2020
Broadcast rating:	7.9%
Season:	30
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary
Dubbed episode:	989
English airdate:	March 15, 2023 (Tubi)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Wataru Takagi Hiroshi Agasa Miwako Sato
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Remodeling
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Screenplay:	Akatsuki Yamatoya
Storyboard:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Episode director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Animation Director:	Seiji Muta and Nobuyuki Iwai (supervisors) Kenichi Otomo
Character Design:	Masatomo Sudo Rei Masunaga (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Wataru Takagi Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Koji Ochiai as Keita Kaneko Hiroshi Naka as Sadaharu Nishimura Noriko Uemura as Masako Ogino Makoto Furukawa as Yuji Fujioka
Music
Opening song:	JUST BELIEVE YOU
Closing song:	Hoshiai
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Feuding Girls
Next episode:	The Automatic Tragedy »
List of episodes

The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary (歩美の絵日記事件簿 ,Ayumi no Enikki Jiken-bo) is the 989th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Characters introduced

Keita Kaneko
	57 years old Kaneko Jewelry Store owner

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ai Haibara Wataru Takagi Hiroshi Agasa (picture) Miwako Sato (picture)

Case

Situation

One day, Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys are walking to school, when they notice Sadaharu Nishimura, Masako Ogino, and Yuji Fujioka admiring an expensive watch displayed at Kaneko Jewelry Store. The watch itself is only one of five produced around the world.

After school, they meet Takagi, who is handing out leaflets about robbery around the district. Conan then start thinking about the possibility of the watch being stolen.

(Potential) Robbery
	Location: Kaneko jewelry store Target: "Blue Diamond Limited Tourbillon Cage No.3" watch Suspects: Keita Kaneko, Sadaharu Nishimura, Masako Ogino, Yuji Fujioka, and Kumazawa Construction employees

Several days later, Ayumi shows her picture diary book to Conan. After seeing the pictures in the diary, Conan deduces the culprit.

People

Keita Kaneko
	57 years old Kaneko Jewelry Store owner

Sadaharu Nishimura
	65 years old Café Haronbo manager

Masako Ogino
	38 years old Ogino Produce Store owner

Yuji Fujioka
	28 years old Cheetah delivery employee

Mr. Kumazawa
	65 years old Kumazawa Construction president Sadaharu's middle school friend

Kumazawa
	Kumazawa Construction employee Kumazawa's first son

Kumazawa
	Kumazawa Construction employee Kumazawa's second son

Michiyo Ogino
	Masako's daughter Teitan elementary school student

Mr. Ogino
	Masako's husband Michiyo's father

Man
	Cheetah Transport company owner

Resolution

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The culprit is Yuji Fujioka. He digs an underground tunnel from Ogino's shop while Masako and her family are having holiday at Hawaii. The digging sound is hidden by renovation sound at Cafe Haronbo. After five days, he managed to steal the watch, but then got caught by Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys. Later, he is arrested by Takagi.

Trivia

• The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 2 and The Case of Ayumi's Illustrated Diary 3 are the sequel of this episode.
• Kaneko Jewelry Store and its owner, Café Haronbo, and Ogino Produce Store reappear in The Lost Article That Smells Like a Case. The same jewelry store also reappears in My Beloved Dog Pan-kun Is a Good Boy.
• Like The Secret of the High Sales, this episode has an element of Red-Headed League from Sherlock Holmes short story.
• The spa's painting in Ogino Produce Store is the next hint from The Ventriloquist's Illusion. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Episode 807

Episode 989

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas del diari dibuixat de l'Ayumi	The case of Ayumi's illustrated diary
French (Subbed)	Le Journal d'enquête d'Ayumi	Ayumi's investigation diary
Thai	คดีสมุดภาพของอายูมิ	The case of Ayumi's drawing notebook
Vietnamese	Hồ sơ vụ án trong nhật ký hình ảnh của Ayumi

See also

• Season 30