The Case On the Opposite Shore

Episode 978
Information
Title:	The Case On the Opposite Shore
Japanese title:	対岸の事件 (Taigan no Jiken)
Original airdate:	August 15, 2020
Broadcast rating:	7.6%
Filler case:	#333
Season:	28
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Detective Hirota Detective Sogawa Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	People watching
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Akatsuki Yamatoya
Storyboard:	Atsuko Kase
Episode director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto and Yorifusa Yamaguchi
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (supervisor) Akio Kawamura
Character Design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (design works) Rei Masunaga and Masanori Hashimoto
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 Isshin Chiba as Kazunobu Chiba Haruo Sato as Mr. Shibata Jun Endo as Tanaka Shuntaro Karato as Drowning man Daisuke Nakamura as Running man
Music
Opening song:	Makka na Lip
Closing song:	Hoshiai
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Broken Fishbowl
Next episode:	Leading a Detective Around By the Nose »
List of episodes

The Case On the Opposite Shore (対岸の事件 ,Taigan no Jiken) is the 978th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Ai Haibara Wataru Takagi Kazunobu Chiba Kogoro Mouri Detective Hirota Detective Sogawa Unnamed officer

Gadgets

Gadgets
Wristwatch Flashlight

Case

Situation

Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys are watching birds, but Conan proposes another game to them called "human watching". While teaching the Detective Boys how the game works, trying to determine people's jobs and occupations by watching them, they stumble upon detectives Takagi and Chiba apparently on a stakeout.

Kidnapping
	Location: Shibata house Victim: Mika Shibata Age: 5 years old Time: A day ago Suspects: People at the park The police officers are on a stakeout to watch Mr. Shibata carrying the ransom. They are waiting to see who will approach him and arrest that person, since it is likely to be the kidnapper.

People

Mr. Shibata
	Mika's father

Mika Shibata
	Victim (kidnapped) 5 years old Toddler

Tanaka
	Fraudster that tried to scam Mr. Shibata

Sayuri Iwabe
	Elderly woman whose account is registered at Beika Bank

Man A
	Suspicious sleeping man Office worker ?

Man B
	Suspicious man in yukata picking clovers

Man C
	Suspicious man exercising Boat captain ?

Man D
	Suspicious reading man

Man E
	Drowning man Hired by the culprit

Man F
	Running man Hired by the culprit

Woman A
	Woman in blue with a bag Ballerina

Man G
	Man near slide Doctor

Woman B
	Woman with husband and baby Police detective in disguise

Resolution

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The kidnapper is revealed to be the reading man. He tried to escape by reversing the jacket, so Chiba wouldn't be able to recognize him as per Conan instructions, but Conan remembered the branded shoes. Using that hint, Chiba caught the culprit.

Aftermath

In the end, the Detective Boys are watching people on top of the Mouri Detective Agency. Conan comments that the old man should do his job, as he sees Kogoro sleeping.

Trivia

• The birds observed by the Detective Boys are in order, a heron, a sandpiper, mallard ducks and a kingfisher.
• In the culprit's house, there are fake Adidas sports shoes and fake Nike soccer shoes.
• The fraudster's shirt has the word "scam" written on it, making an obvious hint to what he's doing.

See also

• Season 28