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| int-episode = 1169-1170
| image = TV Episode 1111-1112.jpg
| title = {{PAGENAME}}
| japanese-title = {{lang|ja|ルーブ・ゴールドバーグマシン}} (Rūbu · Gōrudobāgu Mashin)
| rating =
| Filler case number = #410
| airdate = January 20, 2024 (Part 1) January 27, 2024 (Part 2)
| season = [[Current Season|TBD]]
| manga = '''TV Original'''
| english-title =
| dubbed-episode =
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Misao Yamamura]]
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| next-conan-hint = Yangnyeom chicken (Part 1) Scarf (Part 2)
| case =
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| screenplay = [[Akatsuki Yamatoya]]
| storyboard = [[Atsuko Kase]]
| producer = 1111: [[Yosuke Fujino]] 1112: [[Tazumi Mukaiyama]]
| animation-director = 1111: [[Kaoru Nagakawa]] [[Zi Dengjia]] [[Michitaka Yamamoto]] [[FALCO Suzuki]] [[Joji Yanase]] 1112: [[Kosei Takahashi]]
| character-design = [[Masatomo Sudo]] [[Masanori Hashimoto]] (sub-character) [[Hiroshi Ogawa]] (design works)
| production-cooperation = 1111: [[Azeta Pictures]] 1112: [[Mouse]]
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Rikiya Koyama]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Toshio Furukawa]] as [[Misao Yamamura]] [[Yoshihisa Kawahara]] as Norihiro Shimada [[Yusuke Shirooka]] as Kohei Inoue [[Jiro Saito]] as Arata Kawamoto [[Wataru Hatano]] as Fuma Tanaka [[Yukana]] as Manami Teshima [[Sanae Kobayashi]] as Nanako Inoue [[Takayuki Ishii]] as Radio MC
| opening-song = Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~
| closing-song = You & I
| prev-episode = Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise
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{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|ルーブ · ゴールドバーグマシン|Rūbu · Gōrudobāgu Mashin}} is the 1111th and 1112th episode of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Cast ==
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{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{char|Ran Mouri}}
{{char|Misao Yamamura}}
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== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{gadget|Telescopic Lenses}}
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== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Part 1 ====
A morning in the dreary-but-peaceful forest kicked off with a customary morning radio - Moriyama Shu's Morning Frolic. The shabby machine still managed to work despite its treacherous vicinity; it was being wrapped upon one of the trees: with an alarm clock assigned to six o'clock straight. If it was propagating the radio programme, six o'clock must have arrived. Whilst broadcasting the programme, the machine seemed to possess a built-in feature that automatically distributed some bird food at that time. With the food loaded onto the plate, two birds who were resting on the branches swiftly dashed towards it, seizing the first pleasure of the day. Just as the two birds were rejoicing over their "breakfast", an atrocious crow cropped up, brutally blasting them away. For some reason, the excessive force exerted by the crow on the plate of that radio machine led the plank to fall apart - this activated a pulley-like wheel, resulting in several dominoes to fall, overalpping each other; afterwards, it pushed a tiny marble to slide down a pre-prepared track, whith all those momentum the ball gather along the long journing upon the track, it eventually rebounded at a metal can, bumping into a glass bottle which was attached with a rope; this then triggered a brick to be thrown onto a platform made out of wooden block, thereupon, the timber that were deposited on top of that platform fell accordingly, landing exactly at a lever device; finally, the axe that was originally quiet sitting on it ejected with a considerably amount of force. After all of those gimmicks, parts of a chimeny fell abruptly from a nearby villa, this was followed by a tragic scream.

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| crime = Murder
| image = EP1111 Case1.jpg
| location = Kohei Inoue's villa - Balcony
| victim = Kohei Inoue
| age = 46 years old
| cause-death = Blunt force trauma by falling chimney
| suspects = Fuma Tanaka, Norihiro Shimada, Arata Kawamoto, Nanako Inoue and Manami Teshima
| description =
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[[File:EP1111-1.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Yamamura reminding Ran that he is now an inspector, not a police detective.]]

Coincidentally, the Mouri family were lingering around the district as well. They were there because of Kogoro's affair: a client of his requested him to ascertain the identity of the intruder who has been on the rampage around his house; however, they managed to solve the mystery effortlessly, and the truth turned out to be that the intruder was merely a raccoon. As a result, they were on their way home, conversing jovially. After some minutes, they noticed Inspector Yamamura within a few miles, standing beside a huge mansion. Right after he saw them, he instantly waved at them. Kogoro thus inquired of him about what case he was investigating, and Yamamura responded that there seemed to be an accident that happened a while ago, with the outcome of having one deceased: a middle-aged man who got struck down by the fallen chimeny pipe, when he was drinking coffee on the deck of the mansion. Ran remarked that she has seen the victim already on TV, and Yamamura uttered that the victim is named Kohei Inoue, who is the chairman of the chain restaurant "Cheom Cheom". Even though the situation at the crime scene made several people, including Yamamura, believe that the victim lost his life in a sorrow accident, but Conan, who has perceptive insight, immediately realised that it was actually a murder! He then pointed out that at one end of the chimenry pipe, which took Inoue's life, the interface was apparently dented. With this detail recognised, he surmised that it must have been caused by mankind.

By adjusting the perspective to the case, Inspector Yamamura thus advanced on investigating some acquaintances of Inoue, and found out that there were four people who lived in the same mansion: Fuma Tanaka, the president and CEO of "Cheom Cheom"; Norihiro Shimada, an investor who invested on "Cheom Cheom"; Arata Kawamoto, another investor who has been friends with the victim since school; Nanako Inoue, the victim's second wife, meanwhile the person who discovered the body. In addition, everyone that Yamamura mentioned possessed an alibi, except Inoue's wife.

[[File:EP1111-2.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|Conan manifesting his deduction.]]

After hearing about the possible suspects in the case, Conan decided to look for some clues. He utilised his criminal tracking glasses and glanced around: he then noticed a wooden house with intricate types of objects and determined that it must have something to do with the crime. He also urged the others to tag along; as they arrived there, they saw the radio machine along with that fallen plate. Conan contemplated and gazed at the alarm display with the time "6AM". As Ran questioned him about the situation, he explained to her about the notion of the "Rube Goldberg Machine", which was basically a set of mechanisms that liaise altogether, performing a simple action but in countless different steps and fashions. He then deduced that most likely, the culprit also used this type of machine to set up this automated murder.

Puzzled, the four of them entered the mansion and began asking the victim's wife some questions. They then learned that the victim had always gotten the habit of drinking coffee in the morning, at the exact spot and time. Kogoro thus deduced that the culprit most likely took advantage over this habit, and devised this complicated mechanical trick, as it would work out quite impressively since the victim's lifestyle was rather fixed. Yamamura then exclaimed that this would make solving this case much easier since they could simply narrow down the suspect circle with only the personnel who knew this habit. However, the victim's wife's proceeding words splattered Yamamura's figments of fantasies - the victim just got to disclose this habit some months ago on the TV, so technically, most people would have known this habit he had.

[[File:EP1111-3.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Tanaka offering them some yangnyeom chicken to try.]]

The victim's wife, Nanako, accused the president of "Cheom Cheom", Tanaka, for this murder. So they visited the restaurant where Tanaka worked. Tanaka kept insisting on his innocence, and relunctantly denying the accusation. After some questioning, he revealed that he really did undergone some unpleasant arguments with the victim not long ago, but that was concerning the Yangnyeom chicken sauce: the restaurants sold yangnyeom fried chicken, and the meal had to be laced with a special sauce that is sweet and spicy. Tanaka then explained that the sauce that he currently uses was invented by the founder of the restaurant, and he had no access to the secret recipe. He begged the victim many times for this recipe, just in case something would happen to him, but his request was being remorselessly turned down by the victim, who was obstinately against offering the recipe to Tanaka.

After visiting the "Cheom Cheom" president, Tanaka, everyone decided to have a word with Kawamoto, an unemployed investor who was friends with the victim. In front of Inspector Yamamura, he justified his integrity by demonstrating to everyone that there was literally no reason for him to murder Inoue, as they were not at odds, or any of the kind. After some unproductive talks, Kawamoto introduced them to another person who has a relationship to the victim - the proprietress of Club Rokumaikai, Manami Teshima. He claimed her to be Inoue's mistress. Accordingly, hoping to gather some useful information, rushed to find her, and fortunately, she was also in the snow resort, so meeting her came very handy in this scenario. Yamamura began to ask her questions. Teshima declared that the victim helped her open the club she now owned. Seeing how close Teshima was to the victim, Kogoro proceeded with his inquiry, asking if she knew who would hold grudges against the victim. Teshima thus responded to him that she in fact could relate to a person - Norihiro Shimada, one of the investors in the "Cheom Cheom" restaurant. Evidently, he had just had a tremendous quarrel with the victim few days back, and it happened to take place within her club. Afterwards, the police brought to them some finidngs regarding this investor. This proved that Teshima was not lying to them: Shimada had a fatal argument with the victim with respect to some company management policy; however, Shimada went too far by pointing finegrs at the victim and roaring cruel words such as "I'll kill you". With this piece of information, Kogoro speculated that most likely their fight had escalated into a murder.

At the same time, within Shimada's lodging, a sense of malice was lurking among the room... Just as Shimada was taking a shower, there was a balck silhoute acting suspiciously within his house.

Back to Kogoro's end, Conan looked up Shimada on the internet and found out that he was previously a passionate member of the Rube Goldberg Machine Club from the Haido University; and according to the website Conan searched, Shimada was precisely the president of the club that year, which could testify his ability of making Rube Goldberg machines. This did not wash up his innocence but seemed to append a further evidence for him being the murderer. While Yamamura and Kogoro were discussing and considering talking with Shimada, Conan stolled out and peered at the frozen lakes, where the snow was ubiquitous. Teshima showed up behind him and talked with Conan proactively. She told Conan that if he genuinely solved this puzzling Rube Goldberg Machine case, she would love to treat Conan a meal at her club, and Conan chuckled. All of a sudden, Kawamoto interrupted their conversation and started to overwhelm her with harsh words. Teshima, on the other hand, obviously was unwilling to back down, and stuck him with even more aggressive sentences - she declared that Kawamoto had a motive to kill the victim since Kawamoto nearly married Nanako, so in a way, Inoue "stole" a girl out of Kawamoto. Nevertheless, Kawamoto then began to suspect Teshima as the cilprit simultaneously, since she had some affairs with Shimada as well, apparently.

[[File:EP1111-6.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|The Rube Goldberg machine plan that Conan found in Shimada's room.]]

Conan heard all of that, and timely, Ran came to pick him up because Kogoro and Inspector Mamamura decided to pursue the prime suspect they currently had, Norihiro Shimada. They went to his lodging community but heard the news that Shimada was out. Conan thus began investigating Shimada's house alone, trying to dig up some valuable clues. He approached his house from the back side, where those big windows were installed. He noticed a pair of footsteps leading to that glass door upon the huge window. Conan was able to enter Shimada's house through that glass window. Within his room, there was an opened liquor and some left-over yanghyeom chicken on the table, and on the floor, right next to Shimada's bed, Conan found a sheet of paper that had the structure of the Rube Goldberg machine drawn on it. Conan promptly understood it was the plan for the complex Rube Goldberg mechanism they saw this morning. This further suggested that it was Shimada who plotted this murder, since he was quite into the Rube Goldberg machine itself.

Yamamura, Kogoro, and Ran got to Shimada's room too. Conan received another prominent clue from Yamamura: Shimada was sketching that Rube Goldberg machine plan in a public area and was apparently showing off to other people, and numerous witnesses could verify this fact. This precisely matched the tossed Rube Godlberg Machine plan paper in Shimada's house.

Yamamura then received a phone call from an anonymous user. The content of this call was that they saw Shimada buying mitarashi dango at a certain outlet mall; although this statement was doubted by Kogoro, they still attempted to go around and search for him. But then, Yamamura received another phone call, informing him that Shimada was also seen in a shop, eating tenzaru soba; but after some time, another phone call claimed Shimada to be buying homemade sausages in a shopping centre. This made Yamamura and Kogoro question the validity of the eyewitness information. With this predicament, they have been mandering around the area like a manipulated marionette. At last, Yamamura was told that a body was found, under the bridge that they were about to cross, and judging by the body's clothes and appearance, that was definitely Norihiro Shimada.

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| crime = Murder
| image = EP1111 Case2.jpg
| location = Next to a frozen lake?
| victim = Norihiro Shimada
| age = 32 years old
| cause-death = Strangling?
| suspects = Fuma Tanaka, Arata Kawamoto, Nanako Inoue and Manami Teshima
| description =
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==== Part 2 ====

=== People ===
=== People ===
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{{people|Kohei Inoue|Kohei Inoue.jpg|
* Victim (bludgeoned)
* 46 years
* Chairman of "Cheom Cheom" Restaurant}}
{{people|Fuma Tanaka|Fuma Tanaka.jpg|
* 30 years
* President and CEO of "Cheom Cheom" Restaurant}}
{{people|Norihiro Shimada|Norihiro Shimada.jpg|
* Victim (strangled?)
* 32 years
* Investor}}
{{people|Arata Kawamoto|Arata Kawamoto.jpg|
* 46 years
* Investor}}
{{people|Nanako Inoue|Nanako Inoue.jpg|
* 35 years
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* 28 years
* Kohei's Mistress}}
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=== Resolution ===
<spoiler></spoiler>

== Trivia ==
[[File:EP1111-0.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Conan explaining the "Rube Goldberg machine".]]
* The "[[wikipedia:Rube Goldberg machine|Rube Goldberg machine]]" referred to in the title originates from the American cartoonist, [[wikipedia:Rube Goldberg|Rube Goldberg]]'s works. This term manifests mechanical combinations that are designed to be overly complex and complete simple actions in a circuitous manner.
* The convoluted mechanical tricks rendered as the main theme of the case, in fact resemble a type of mystery school named Shinhonkaku Detective Fiction (新本格派推理):
** The case character Norihiro Shimada (島田典弘)'s surname, was obviously inspired by the renowned mystery writer, {{nihongo|[[wikipedia:Soji Shimada|Soji Shimada]]|島田荘司|Shimada Sōji}}, a mystery writer who has written several Shinhonkaku mysteries;
** Likewise, the guest speaker that appeared on the radio goes by the name "Mitarashi Dango-san". The surname Mitarashi is exactly the surname of the fictional detective that Soji Shimada created, named {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia:ja:御手洗潔|Kiyoshi Mitarai]]|御手洗潔|Mitarai Kiyoshi}}.
* Just like other episodes written by Yamatoya, many of the names featured in this episode have some relation to horse racing
** Norihiro Shimada (島田典弘) comes from Japanese jockey {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia:ja:横山典弘|Norihiro Yokoyama]]|横山典弘|Yokoyama Norihiro}};
** Fuma Tanaka (田中風馬) comes from Japanese jockey {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia:ja:松若風馬|Fuma Matsuwaka]]|松若風馬|Matsuwaka Fūma}};
** Arata Kawamoto (河本新) comes from Japanese jockey {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia:ja:斎藤新|Arata Saito]]|斎藤新|Saitō Arata}};
** Manami Teshima (手島まなみ) comes from Japanese jockey {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia:ja:永島まなみ|Manami Nagashima]]|永島まなみ|Nagashima Manami}};
** Nanako Inoue (井上奈々子) comes from Japanese jockey {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia:ja:藤田菜七子|Nanako Fujita]]|藤田菜七子|Fujita Nanako}};
** Kohei Inoue (井上浩平) comes from Japanese jockey {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia:ja:松山弘平|Kohei Matsuyama]]|松山弘平|Matsuyama Kōhei}}.
** "Morning Frolic" radio show, "Lokomaikai" club, and "Taigen" investment fund, all are names of horse.
* The children program mentioned by Conan refers to [[Wikipedia:PythagoraSwitch|''PythagoraSwitch'']], an educational program produced by NHK. During the beginning and ending of each episode, and between each segment, there are {{nihongo|Pythagorean Devices|ピタゴラ装置|Pitagora Sōchi}}. "Pythagorean device" is the equivalent Japanese colloquialism for the American "Rube Goldberg machine".
** During the joke card segment, Kogoro is about to say "Pythagorean device", but Conan stopped him.

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== See also ==
* [[Current Season]]

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| episode = 1108
| int-episode = 1166
| image = TV Episode 1108.jpg
| title = {{PAGENAME}}
| japanese-title = {{lang|ja|カードに伏せられた秘密}} (Kādo ni Fusera Reta Himitsu)
| rating =
| Filler case number = #409
| airdate = December 23, 2023
| season = [[Current Season|TBD]]
| manga = '''TV Original'''
| english-title =
| dubbed-episode =
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kamen Yaiba]]
| solved-by = [[Hiroshi Agasa]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint = Fire alarm
| case =
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| screenplay = [[Tatsuro Inamoto]]
| storyboard = [[Sumio Watanabe]]
| producer = [[Minoru Tozawa]]
| animation-director = [[Keiko Sasaki]]
| character-design = [[Masatomo Sudo]] [[Rei Masunaga]] (sub-character) [[Hiroshi Ogawa]] (design works)
| production-cooperation =
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Daisuke Sakaguchi]] as Osamu Kuno [[Nobuaki Kanemitsu]] as Daigo Zaizen [[Hayato Taya]] as Naoto Masaki [[Makoto Ishii]] as Tsukasa Nitta [[Hikaru Yoshihara]] as Manager [[Takahiro Shibano]] as Clerk
| opening-song = Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~
| closing-song = You & I
| prev-episode = I Was Set Up
| next-episode = Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise
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{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|カードに伏せられた秘密|Kādo ni Fusera Reta Himitsu}} is the 1108th episode of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Cast ==
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{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{char|Kamen Yaiba|display=Kamen Yaiba (trading cards)}}
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== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
Within a certain bookstore, the [[Detective Boys]] were playing trading cards - [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] was having a confrontation with [[Genta Kojima|Genta]]. While they play, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]], [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] were watching nearby. On the other side of the table, stood two mystical people... also watching their games in silence.

[[File:EP1108-2.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|The "trading card" area in the bookstore.]]

Mitsuhiko dispatched a rare card called "Shake My Hand" and defeated Genta effortlessly. Agasa then explained that the bookstore used to only sell books exclusively, but now, since those Yaiba trading cards have increased in popularity, some parts of the bookstore are used for playing these trading cards. In addition, they discussed the fact that "some trading cards may become exceedingly expensive", and all of a sudden, the two mystical people who were initially observing on the side interjected with the protagonist group. Apparently, these two people were rather famous in the trading card circle: one of them was named Naoto Masaki; and the other one was named Tsukasa Nitta. Notably, Tsukasa, a lot of people showed esteem to him since he is able to win the trading card games with those cheap cards, whereas his opponents use expensive ones (even though he claimed that it was by virtue of not having money to purhase the expensive ones). As their discussion progressed, another trading card expert appeared - Daigo Zaizen. He is literally the "antonym" of Tsukasa, since he won several games by using ridiculously expensive cards. They seemed to have some arguments, but still decided to have a match with them. Just as they were pleased to begin the game, Daigo went to the toilet. He urged his entourage, Osamu Kuno, to keep an eye on his luxury cards and not let other people touch them.

Seeing Daigo's temporary leave, everyone looked rather inscened due to his inappropriate attitude. Tsukasa proposed that everyone ought to stay away from the table, as it would be annoying if Daigo accused anybody after his return. As such, he told the Detective Boys to go away, and he left the table as well, in the opposite direction.

[[File:EP1108-12.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Tsukasa giving Conan a hand during the fire alarm commotion.]]

Surprisingly, while most of the people had their backs facing towards the trading card table, one of the bookshelves (the one right behind Naoto) fell somehow. Immediately afterwards, the fire alarm was activated, and everyone who was inside the bookstore began to panic, raoring and dashing out of the premises. Nevertheless, the bookstore owner declared to everyone that it was a hoax after all - no fire.

However, when they returned to that trading card table, they saw Naoto being crushed under the massive and heavy bookshelf that accidentally fell during the commotion. Professor Agasa examined the body and found that he was dead.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident?
| image = EP1108 Case.jpg
| location = Unknown bookstore
| victim = Naoto Masaki
| age = 28 years old
| cause-death = Collapsed bookshelf
| suspects = Tsukasa Nitta, Daigo Zaizen and Osamu Kuno
| description =
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[[File:EP1108-14.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|The clue on the bookshelf that Conan found.]]

Detective [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] and [[Kazunobu Chiba|Chiba]] arrived immediately to analyse the crime scene. Conan then saw that Daigo's entourage, Osamu, was looking for something next to the fallen bookshelf. Conan went to inquire of him about it, but he glossed it over and said it was nothing. Conan then scrutinised the bookshelf more closely and saw a bent nail attached to the top of that bookshelf.

On the other hand, Daigo was acting weird. He kept insisting and misleading the police to make them think that the incident was an accident and excluded the possibility of homicide. This made Conan point it out and ask him the intention behind it. Daigo then confessed - he was being blackmailed by the victim regarding how he cheated in one of his trading card games by peeking at his opponent's card beforehand; this was filmed by Naoto and was constantly brought up. What's more, Naoto did the exact same thing to Daigo's entourage, Osamu, as well. Therefore, Daigo possessed a valid motive for murdering Naoto; however, he kept denying committing the crime. Afterwards, Conan almost got slipped while stepping on a Yaiba trading card; Tsukasa helped him by raising him up in the air. At that instant, what Conan saw was the key to solving this case.

=== People ===
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{{people|Naoto Masaki|Naoto Masaki.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* 28 years old
* Part time worker
* [[wikipedia:Collectible card game|TCG]] Player}}
{{people|Tsukasa Nitta|Tsukasa Nitta.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Part time worker
* TCG Player}}
{{people|Osamu Kuno|Osamu Kuno.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Office worker
* TCG Player}}
{{people|Daigo Zaizen|Daigo Zaizen.jpg|
* 30 years old
* Young Entrepreneur
* TCG Player}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>Via Professor Agasa, Conan was able to convey that the culprit is '''Tsukasa Nitta'''.

=== The Mechanical Gimmick ===
[[File:EP1108-3.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|The diagonal path that Tsukasa took to activate the trick.]]
Tsukasa used a string of nylon to carry out the murder; he fixed one end of the string to the back of his belt, passing the other end over the nail on the top of that collapsed bookshelf beforehand. By doing this, he could make the bookshelf collapse at anytime, as long as he intends to. How? By leaving the trading card table, as he leaves the area, he is exerting a force on that bookshelf to make it collapse towards the trading card table.

That was the reason why he left the trading card area in the other direction and diagonally, even bumping into Genta and Professor Agasa, who were midway down the diagonal path. Only going diagonally would cause an appreciable effect and crush the victim below the heavy bookshelf; if he walked sideways, he would be exerting a force perpendicular to the desired direction, which means he wouldn't be doing useful work.

=== The Evidence and Motive ===
Nevertheless, Naoto did not die due to the fallen bookshelf. Since the strength from the fall would not cause a person to die, logically speaking. Thus, the culprit must have gone to the crime scene when everyone in the bookstore were escaping. In other words, Tsukasa murdered him manually afterwards.

Professor Agasa then revealed the evidence that may verify Tsukasa carrying out the murder: in order to make a bookshelf collapse, considerable strength must be applied; therefore, traces are bound to be left.

[[File:EP1108-4.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|The outcome of luminol test on Tsukasa.]]

Another piece of evidence would be the blood that remained on Tsukasa's trousers. The police did a luminol test on Tsukasa's trousers and found the blood stains. This proves that he was actually murdering the victim.

Tsukasa admitted everything Agasa said after confronting the firm evidence. The reason that he murdered Naoto was because that - not only did Naoto blackmail Daigo, but also Tsukasa. Tsukasa claimed that he could not withstand playing with cheap cards anymore. Since he didn't have money to purchase more expensive ones, he decided to steal some at nighttime. However, his behaviour was then filmed by Naoto. To end everything right there, Tsukasa decided to murder him.

=== Aftermath ===
Tsukasa kneeled down and felt rather regretful, since Agasa had taught him a lesson: A card game can be played over again, but human life cannot be. He rumbled with a repentful voice. Right beside him, there was a card of Kamen Yaiba, who always upholds justice, contaminated with blood...</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
* In this episode, trading cards are featured, sharing similarity with the series ''[[wikipedia:Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
* On the back of the Kamen Yaiba trading cards, its official English name is visible as "Masked Yaiber".

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== Quotes ==
* '''Hiroshi Agasa (to the culprit):'''
{{quote|Is that why you plotted to kill someone? The moment you did that, you failed, both as a TCG player and at life. {{font color|#00008B|({{lang|ja|だから人を殺める策を巡らせたというのか？その時点で失格じゃよ、カードゲームのプレイヤーとしてはもちろん、人としてもな。}})}}}}

== In other languages ==

== See also ==
* [[Current Season]]

{{Current Season}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Anime Exclusive]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]]

[[de:Episode 1108]]
[[zh:TV1108]]

The Secret Hidden By the Cards

2023-12-24T21:08:37Z

AConanLover: /* People */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 1108
| int-episode = 1166
| image = TV Episode 1108.jpg
| title = {{PAGENAME}}
| japanese-title = {{lang|ja|カードに伏せられた秘密}} (Kādo ni Fusera Reta Himitsu)
| rating =
| Filler case number = #409
| airdate = December 23, 2023
| season = [[Current Season|TBD]]
| manga = '''TV Original'''
| english-title =
| dubbed-episode =
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kamen Yaiba]]
| solved-by = [[Hiroshi Agasa]] (via [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]])
| next-conan-hint = Fire alarm
| case =
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]] [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| screenplay = [[Tatsuro Inamoto]]
| storyboard = [[Sumio Watanabe]]
| producer = [[Minoru Tozawa]]
| animation-director = [[Keiko Sasaki]]
| character-design = [[Masatomo Sudo]] [[Rei Masunaga]] (sub-character) [[Hiroshi Ogawa]] (design works)
| production-cooperation =
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Daisuke Sakaguchi]] as Osamu Kuno [[Nobuaki Kanemitsu]] as Daigo Zaizen [[Hayato Taya]] as Naoto Masaki [[Makoto Ishii]] as Tsukasa Nitta [[Hikaru Yoshihara]] as Manager [[Takahiro Shibano]] as Clerk
| opening-song = Unraveling Love ~Sukoshi no Yūki~
| closing-song = You & I
| prev-episode = I Was Set Up
| next-episode = Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|カードに伏せられた秘密|Kādo ni Fusera Reta Himitsu}} is the 1108th episode of the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Cast ==
{{char Appearances|
{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{char|Kamen Yaiba|display=Kamen Yaiba (trading cards)}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
Within a certain bookstore, the [[Detective Boys]] were playing trading cards - [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] was having a confrontation with [[Genta Kojima|Genta]]. While they play, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]], [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]], and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] were watching nearby. On the other side of the table, stood two mystical people... also watching their games in silence.

[[File:EP1108-2.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|The "trading card" area in the bookstore.]]

Mitsuhiko dispatched a rare card called "Shake My Hand" and defeated Genta effortlessly. Agasa then explained that the bookstore used to only sell books exclusively, but now, since those Yaiba trading cards have increased in popularity, some parts of the bookstore are used for playing these trading cards. In addition, they discussed the fact that "some trading cards may become exceedingly expensive", and all of a sudden, the two mystical people who were initially observing on the side interjected with the protagonist group. Apparently, these two people were rather famous in the trading card circle: one of them was named Naoto Masaki; and the other one was named Tsukasa Nitta. Notably, Tsukasa, a lot of people showed esteem to him since he is able to win the trading card games with those cheap cards, whereas his opponents use expensive ones (even though he claimed that it was by virtue of not having money to purhase the expensive ones). As their discussion progressed, another trading card expert appeared - Daigo Zaizen. He is literally the "antonym" of Tsukasa, since he won several games by using ridiculously expensive cards. They seemed to have some arguments, but still decided to have a match with them. Just as they were pleased to begin the game, Daigo went to the toilet. He urged his entourage, Osamu Kuno, to keep an eye on his luxury cards and not let other people touch them.

Seeing Daigo's temporary leave, everyone looked rather inscened due to his inappropriate attitude. Tsukasa proposed that everyone ought to stay away from the table, as it would be annoying if Daigo accused anybody after his return. As such, he told the Detective Boys to go away, and he left the table as well, in the opposite direction.

[[File:EP1108-12.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Tsukasa giving Conan a hand during the fire alarm commotion.]]

Surprisingly, while most of the people had their backs facing towards the trading card table, one of the bookshelves (the one right behind Naoto) fell somehow. Immediately afterwards, the fire alarm was activated, and everyone who was inside the bookstore began to panic, raoring and dashing out of the premises. Nevertheless, the bookstore owner declared to everyone that it was a hoax after all - no fire.

However, when they returned to that trading card table, they saw Naoto being crushed under the massive and heavy bookshelf that accidentally fell during the commotion. Professor Agasa examined the body and found that he was dead.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident?
| image = EP1108 Case.jpg
| location = Unknown bookstore
| victim = Naoto Masaki
| age = 28 years old
| cause-death = Collapsed bookshelf
| suspects = Tsukasa Nitta, Daigo Zaizen and Osamu Kuno
| description =
}}
[[File:EP1108-14.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|The clue on the bookshelf that Conan found.]]

Detective [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]] and [[Kazunobu Chiba|Chiba]] arrived immediately to analyse the crime scene. Conan then saw that Daigo's entourage, Osamu, was looking for something next to the fallen bookshelf. Conan went to inquire of him about it, but he glossed it over and said it was nothing. Conan then scrutinised the bookshelf more closely and saw a bent nail attached to the top of that bookshelf.

On the other hand, Daigo was acting weird. He kept insisting and misleading the police to make them think that the incident was an accident and excluded the possibility of homicide. This made Conan point it out and ask him the intention behind it. Daigo then confessed - he was being blackmailed by the victim regarding how he cheated in one of his trading card games by peeking at his opponent's card beforehand; this was filmed by Naoto and was constantly brought up. What's more, Naoto did the exact same thing to Daigo's entourage, Osamu, as well. Therefore, Daigo possessed a valid motive for murdering Naoto; however, he kept denying committing the crime. Afterwards, Conan almost got slipped while stepping on a Yaiba trading card; Tsukasa helped him by raising him up in the air. At that instant, what Conan saw was the key to solving this case.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{people|Naoto Masaki|Naoto Masaki.jpg|
* Victim (Beaten)
* 28 years old
* Part time worker
* [[wikipedia:Collectible card game|TCG]] Player}}
{{people|Tsukasa Nitta|Tsukasa Nitta.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Part time worker
* TCG Player}}
{{people|Osamu Kuno|Osamu Kuno.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Office worker
* TCG Player}}
{{people|Daigo Zaizen|Daigo Zaizen.jpg|
* 30 years old
* Young Entrepreneur
* TCG Player}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>Via Professor Agasa, Conan was able to convey that the culprit is '''Tsukasa Nitta'''.

=== The Mechanical Gimmick ===
[[File:EP1108-3.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|The diagonal path that Tsukasa took to activate the trick.]]
Tsukasa used a string of nylon to carry out the murder; he fixed one end of the string to the back of his belt, passing the other end over the nail on the top of that collapsed bookshelf beforehand. By doing this, he could make the bookshelf collapse at anytime, as long as he intends to. How? By leaving the trading card table, as he leaves the area, he is exerting a force on that bookshelf to make it collapse towards the trading card table.

That was the reason why he left the trading card area in the other direction and diagonally, even bumping into Genta and Professor Agasa, who were midway down the diagonal path. Only going diagonally would cause an appreciable effect and crush the victim below the heavy bookshelf; if he walked sideways, he would be exerting a force perpendicular to the desired direction, which means he wouldn't be doing useful work.

=== The Evidence and Motive ===
Nevertheless, Naoto did not die due to the fallen bookshelf. Since the strength from the fall would not cause a person to die, logically speaking. Thus, the culprit must have gone to the crime scene when everyone in the bookstore were escaping. In other words, Tsukasa murdered him manually afterwards.

Professor Agasa then revealed the evidence that may verify Tsukasa carrying out the murder: in order to make a bookshelf collapse, considerable strength must be applied; therefore, traces are bound to be left.

[[File:EP1108-4.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|The outcome of luminol test on Tsukasa.]]

Another piece of evidence would be the blood that remained on Tsukasa's trousers. The police did a luminol test on Tsukasa's trousers and found the blood stains. This proves that he was actually murdering the victim.

Tsukasa admitted everything Agasa said after confronting the firm evidence. The reason that he murdered Naoto was because that - not only did Naoto blackmail Daigo, but also Tsukasa. Tsukasa claimed that he could not withstand playing with cheap cards anymore. Since he didn't have money to purchase more expensive ones, he decided to steal some at nighttime. However, his behaviour was then filmed by Naoto. To end everything right there, Tsukasa decided to murder him.

=== Aftermath ===
Tsukasa kneeled down and felt rather regretful, since Agasa had taught him a lesson: A card game can be played over again, but human life cannot be. He rumbled with a repentful voice. Right beside him, there was a card of Kamen Yaiba, who always upholds justice, contaminated with blood...</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
* In this episode, trading cards are featured, sharing similarity with the series ''[[wikipedia:Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
* On the back of the Kamen Yaiba trading cards, its official English name is visible as "Masked Yaiber".

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== Quotes ==
* '''Hiroshi Agasa (to the culprit):'''
{{quote|Is that why you plotted to kill someone? The moment you did that, you failed, both as a TCG player and at life. {{font color|#00008B|({{lang|ja|だから人を殺める策を巡らせたというのか？その時点で失格じゃよ、カードゲームのプレイヤーとしてはもちろん、人としてもな。}})}}}}

== In other languages ==

== See also ==
* [[Current Season]]

{{Current Season}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Anime Exclusive]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]]

[[de:Episode 1108]]
[[zh:TV1108]]

Special Volume 7

2023-12-21T20:14:11Z

AConanLover: /* The Haunted Mansion Murder Case */

{{InfoBox SpecialVolume
| volume = 7
| image = Specialvolume7.jpg
| releasedate = April 26, 1999
| originalwork = [[Gosho Aoyama]]
| manga = [[Masaru Ohta]], [[Ekoda Detective Group]]
| isbn = 4-09-142537-2
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| prev-volume = Special Volume 6
| next-volume = Special Volume 8
| footnotes =
}}
'''Special Volume 7''' was released on April 26, 1999 in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koware.net/data_room/b_tokubetsuhen_data/tokubetsu_top.htm|accessdate=2010-06-26|publisher=Koware Site Detective Conan Branch|title=名探偵コナン　特別編コミックス}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://conan.aga-search.com/501-33-3tokubetsuhen.html|accessdate=2010-06-26|publisher=Mouri Kogoro Detective Agency|title=名探偵コナン特別編コミックリス}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Mrs. Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mr. Yoshida}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (background)}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Turbo Engine Skateboard}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Button Speaker}}
}}

== The Locket's Secret ==
=== File 1 - Part 1 ===

=== File 2 - Part 2 ===

== The Message is Three...! ==
=== File 3 - Part 1 ===
A young woman named Ami discovers her grandfather, a famous photographer, murdered in his own house while visiting him. After the fire on the estate is put out, Ami gives an omamori charm containing a puzzle to Korogo per her grandfather's will. With Ran and Conan's help, they and the police discover three secret photos hidden by the victim in three separate locations inside the estate which resembles a large camara, corresponding to the puzzle. The photos reveal that the victim had been continuously blackmailed three famous individuals for hefty a sum of money: Junko Takehara the actress for her having undergone plastic surgery, Yota Umishima the secretary of a politician for his involvement in election fraud, and Yukio Takayama the doctor for his adultery. Meanwhile, Conan has found another clue that the victim had left: a mark on his chair containing the letter "Z/B".

=== File 4 - Part 2 ===
Despite admitting that they were blackmailed by Ami's grandfather, the three suspects all deny in killing the victim. Noticing the suspects' unusual action and realizing what the clue truly mean, Conan stunts Kogoro and reveals the culprit identity.

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>The victim's dying message isn't Z/B, but actually 2/3, meaning to convey that his killer is his second blackmailed victim of the three people: '''Yota Umishima'''. The proofs that he was the murderer are the unusual burn wounds on both of his bandaged hand, which he had gotten when he tried to escape from the burning estate despite claiming to never had set a foot in here.

==== Motive ====
As stated, Ami's Grandfather had discovered about his involvement in an election fraud and blackmailed him. However, he only intended to threaten the victim into giving the incriminating photo back, with the entire murder being unplanned.

==== Aftermath ====
Kogoro refuses the pay from Ami, in order to help her returning the blackmailed money back to the three victims, although Conan accuses him of the fact that he also helped her due to her prettiness in addition to good will.</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Ami|Ami Manga Special 7.jpg|
* 22 years old}}
{{People|Ami's Grandfather|Ami's Grandfather Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (heart attack)
* Retired photographer}}
{{People|Junko Takehara|Junko Takehara Special 7.jpg|
* 29 years old
* Actress}}
{{People|Yota Umishima|Yota Umishima Special 7.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Politician's secretary}}
{{People|Yukio Takayama|Yukio Takayamar Special 7.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Doctor}}
{{EndBox}}

== The Dissimilar Sisters ==
=== File 5 - Part 1 ===
Kogoro and Conan accompany Ran for her shopping spree at the mall in the city. There, they met a beautiful pianist Kiwako Matsumoto who is on the stage performing, which Kogoro flirts with her by giving her a plastic flower from the bush. Though noticing her strange hand movement, Conan is forced to leave with Ran and Kogoro.

After they returned to the Beika, the three ran into a murder Shigekazu Yagi, the principal of the nearby Music School. Due to the lack of trace of the victim fighting, the police conclude that the murderer must be one of the teachers or employees in the school. The suspicion falls on the discoverer, Masao Ichikawa, but he reveals that the victim himself had made a lot of enemies in the past. Two more suspects, Kiwako the pianist, who is also a teacher at the school, and introverted incompatible her sister Chieko the piano tuner, have solid alibi during the time of the murder, with Kiwako performing at the mall, while Chieko had been tuning a piano at her client's house until shortly before the murder. However, the sisters begin to fight in front of everyone, with Ichikawa confirming that the sisters always fought together at the school due to their different and incompatible personalities. Conan, noticing their actions, concludes that one of the sisters must be the murderer but he has yet to find the trick that she had used.

=== File 6 - Part 2 ===
The sisters' differences as night and day causes Conan to become suspicious. Realizing the trick that the culprit had used, he tricks her into revealing a vital information that would soon incriminate her, and reveals the truth through the stunned Kogoro.

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>The culprits are the '''Matsumoto sisters''', who actually are an '''identical twin sisters'''. After Chieko had finished tuning piano at the client's house, she headed to the mall, disguised herself as Kiwako, and performed on the stage to create alibis for both of them, while Kiwako committed the murder. Conan notices the three facts that Kiwako at the mall was an imposter: the real Kiwako claimed to have left Kogoro's plastic flower inside a vase filled with water at the mall, the fake Kiwako's strange action at the mall is Chieko's unconscious habit of trying to adjust her glasses, and the fact that Kiwako claims to know that the victim was stabbed, despite that police have not yet told her such information.

==== Motive ====
The sisters' motive is revenge. Many years ago, Yagi tricked their father and stole the music school that he had built, claiming the ownership for himself, and drove their father into committing suicide. One year ago, the sisters came to this school, pretending to be incompatible with each others to throw off suspicion, in order to commit the murder. However, at the end, Chieko breakdowns as she had to lie to herself and pretend to be someone who hates her sister whom she really cares for. Kiwako, realizing what Chieko went through, admits that perhaps in the end, the revenge was all for nothing except costing them a year of lie and suffering for both of them.

==== Aftermath ====
Kogoro asks Ran wither or not should would consider revenge if he went through the same ordeal as the sisters' father, which Ran cheerfully replies that she rather use her precious time to do something else, much to Kogoro's dismay.</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kiwako Matsumoto|Kiwako Matsumoto Special 7.jpg|
* 26 years old
* Pianist and music teacher
* Chieko's sister}}
{{People|Shigekazu Yagi|Shigekazu Yagi Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 45 years old
* Principal of music school}}
{{People|Masao Ichikawa|Masao Ichikawa Special 7.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Administration department staff}}
{{People|Chieko Matsumoto|Chieko Matsumoto Special 7.jpg|
* 26 years old
* Piano tuner
* Kiwako's sister}}
{{EndBox}}

== Murder in the Wind ==
=== File 7 - Part 1 ===
Conan, Kogoro, Ran and Sonoko are invited by real-estate company president Natsuko Ninomiya to her vacation villa. There, the group meets Natsuko's older brother Toshiya and Natsuko's childhood friend Yoshio. The leisure time and relax turn into tragedy when Natsuko is found dead.
=== File 8 - Part 2 ===
Conan discovers the truth and instead of sleeping Kogoro, he sleeps Sonoko

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler> Behind the murder there is a carefully planned trick: when Natsuko would turn on the lights, a wooden block would fall above her from the veranda. The culprit that made the trick is '''Yoshio Iso''', as his footprints shouldn't be there, as he never was seen on the balcony. He finally confesses that even if Natsuko was his friend, he couldn't accept how she was against nature and biodiversity, and wanted to destroy it. To prevent the destruction of the surrounding nature, Yoshio had to kill her. </spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Natsuko Ninomiya|Natsuko Ninomiya SV7.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* Real-estate company president}}
{{People|Toshiya Ninomiya|Toshiya Ninomiya SV7.jpg|
* 38 years old
* Natsuko's older brother}}
{{People|Yoshio Iso|Yoshio Iso SV7.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Natsuko's childhood friend}}
{{EndBox}}

== The Haunted Mansion Murder Case ==
=== File 9 - Part 1 ===
Kogoro, Ran and Conan visit the "Haunted Mansion", a popular attraction where they encounter spooky ghosts such as a crying woman and a hanging man. They finally encounter a buried head in the ground, that it turns out to be a real body! The police are immediatly and arrive to the scene. The deceased's identity is revealed as Takashi Ogino, an employee of the attraction. The suspects are the deceased's fiancee Yamanashi who also was the crying woman ghost from before, another coworker named Yada who was the hanging man from before and the deceased's best friend Yokoi who also works there. It turns out there is a love triangle involving the deceased's fiancee with both Ogino and Yokoi, as they were both attracted to her but in the end Ogino stayed with her, meaning that there are motives behind the murder.
=== File 10 - Part 2 ===
Conan finally discovers the truth and sleeps Kogoro to start his deduction.
=== Resolution ===
<spoiler> The culprit is '''Hidetaka Yada'''. He killed the victim from a long distance using a lantern and a rope. As he is the "Hanging Ghost", when the rope is tense enough with weight applied, the lantern attached to the other side of the rope would fall to the edge and hit the victim's head as a pendulum. The evidence is hidden in Yada's back, as he hid rope traces left in the scene. He finally confesses that he also had a crush on Yamanashi, but didn't intenfere between Yokoi and Ogino's love triangle, but enraged when Ogino and Yamanashi engaged. The only way that he could have a chance with her was by murdering Ogino and framing Yokoi, that's why he elaborated this plan. He then tries to kill Miho but is apprehended by Ran using a karate kick. </spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Takashi Ogino|Takashi Ogino SV7.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* "Haunted Mansion" worker}}
{{People|Miho Yamanashi|Miho Yamanashi SV7.jpg|
* Takashi's fiancee
* "Haunted Mansion" worker}}
{{People|Hidetaka Yada|Hidetaka Yada SV7.jpg|
* "Haunted Mansion" worker}}
{{People|Kenji Yokoi|Kenji Yokoi SV7.jpg|
* Takashi's best friend
* "Haunted Mansion" worker}}
{{EndBox}}

== Kaitou #808's Collection ==
=== File 11 - Part 1 ===

=== File 12 - Part 2 ===

== The Christmas Murder Case ==
=== File 13 - Part 1 ===
Kogoro, Ran and Conan are celebrating Christmas along with some acquaintances from a nearby law firm. When director Yonezawa that manages the law firm is murdered, Conan and Kogoro are in charge of investigating who is behind it.

=== File 14 - Part 2 ===

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler> The culprit is '''Taichi Akatani'''. </spoiler>
=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Masayoshi Yonezawa|Masayoshi Yonezawa Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 60 years old
* Yonezawa law firm director
* Lawyer}}
{{People|Taichi Akatani|Taichi Akatani Special 7.jpg|
* 35 years old
* Yonezawa law firm lawyer}}
{{People|Yutaka Nagai|Yutaka Nagai Special 7.jpg|
* 62 years old
* Yonezawa's friend}}
{{People|Sakiko Yamanishi|Sakiko Yamanishi Special 7.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Yonezawa law firm office worker}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cover in other countries ==
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|China]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7g.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Germany]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7hkcw.jpg|148px|thumb|left|Hong Kong]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7bi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Indonesia]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7i.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7k.jpg|165px|thumb|left|Korea]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7ct.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Chinese)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7m.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Malay)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rep. of China (Taiwan)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cy.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Singapore (Chinese)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7sp.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Spain (Spanish)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7th.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Thailand]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</div>
{{clear}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Detective Conan Special]]
* [[Special Volume 1-10]]

{{Special Volumes}}

[[Category:Detective Conan Special]]

[[de:Band 7 (Short Stories)]]

Special Volume 7

2023-12-21T19:38:25Z

2023-12-21T19:29:54Z

AConanLover: /* People */

{{InfoBox SpecialVolume
| volume = 7
| image = Specialvolume7.jpg
| releasedate = April 26, 1999
| originalwork = [[Gosho Aoyama]]
| manga = [[Masaru Ohta]], [[Ekoda Detective Group]]
| isbn = 4-09-142537-2
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| prev-volume = Special Volume 6
| next-volume = Special Volume 8
| footnotes =
}}
'''Special Volume 7''' was released on April 26, 1999 in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koware.net/data_room/b_tokubetsuhen_data/tokubetsu_top.htm|accessdate=2010-06-26|publisher=Koware Site Detective Conan Branch|title=名探偵コナン　特別編コミックス}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://conan.aga-search.com/501-33-3tokubetsuhen.html|accessdate=2010-06-26|publisher=Mouri Kogoro Detective Agency|title=名探偵コナン特別編コミックリス}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Mrs. Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mr. Yoshida}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (background)}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Turbo Engine Skateboard}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Button Speaker}}
}}

== The Locket's Secret ==
=== File 1 - Part 1 ===

=== File 2 - Part 2 ===

== The Message is Three...! ==
=== File 3 - Part 1 ===
A young woman named Ami discovers her grandfather, a famous photographer, murdered in his own house while visiting him. After the fire on the estate is put out, Ami gives an omamori charm containing a puzzle to Korogo per her grandfather's will. With Ran and Conan's help, they and the police discover three secret photos hidden by the victim in three separate locations inside the estate which resembles a large camara, corresponding to the puzzle. The photos reveal that the victim had been continuously blackmailed three famous individuals for hefty a sum of money: Junko Takehara the actress for her having undergone plastic surgery, Yota Umishima the secretary of a politician for his involvement in election fraud, and Yukio Takayama the doctor for his adultery. Meanwhile, Conan has found another clue that the victim had left: a mark on his chair containing the letter "Z/B".

=== File 4 - Part 2 ===
Despite admitting that they were blackmailed by Ami's grandfather, the three suspects all deny in killing the victim. Noticing the suspects' unusual action and realizing what the clue truly mean, Conan stunts Kogoro and reveals the culprit identity.

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>The victim's dying message isn't Z/B, but actually 2/3, meaning to convey that his killer is his second blackmailed victim of the three people: '''Yota Umishima'''. The proofs that he was the murderer are the unusual burn wounds on both of his bandaged hand, which he had gotten when he tried to escape from the burning estate despite claiming to never had set a foot in here.

==== Motive ====
As stated, Ami's Grandfather had discovered about his involvement in an election fraud and blackmailed him. However, he only intended to threaten the victim into giving the incriminating photo back, with the entire murder being unplanned.

==== Aftermath ====
Kogoro refuses the pay from Ami, in order to help her returning the blackmailed money back to the three victims, although Conan accuses him of the fact that he also helped her due to her prettiness in addition to good will.</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Ami|Ami Manga Special 7.jpg|
* 22 years old}}
{{People|Ami's Grandfather|Ami's Grandfather Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (heart attack)
* Retired photographer}}
{{People|Junko Takehara|Junko Takehara Special 7.jpg|
* 29 years old
* Actress}}
{{People|Yota Umishima|Yota Umishima Special 7.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Politician's secretary}}
{{People|Yukio Takayama|Yukio Takayamar Special 7.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Doctor}}
{{EndBox}}

== The Dissimilar Sisters ==
=== File 5 - Part 1 ===
Kogoro and Conan accompany Ran for her shopping spree at the mall in the city. There, they met a beautiful pianist Kiwako Matsumoto who is on the stage performing, which Kogoro flirts with her by giving her a plastic flower from the bush. Though noticing her strange hand movement, Conan is forced to leave with Ran and Kogoro.

After they returned to the Beika, the three ran into a murder Shigekazu Yagi, the principal of the nearby Music School. Due to the lack of trace of the victim fighting, the police conclude that the murderer must be one of the teachers or employees in the school. The suspicion falls on the discoverer, Masao Ichikawa, but he reveals that the victim himself had made a lot of enemies in the past. Two more suspects, Kiwako the pianist, who is also a teacher at the school, and introverted incompatible her sister Chieko the piano tuner, have solid alibi during the time of the murder, with Kiwako performing at the mall, while Chieko had been tuning a piano at her client's house until shortly before the murder. However, the sisters begin to fight in front of everyone, with Ichikawa confirming that the sisters always fought together at the school due to their different and incompatible personalities. Conan, noticing their actions, concludes that one of the sisters must be the murderer but he has yet to find the trick that she had used.

=== File 6 - Part 2 ===
The sisters' differences as night and day causes Conan to become suspicious. Realizing the trick that the culprit had used, he tricks her into revealing a vital information that would soon incriminate her, and reveals the truth through the stunned Kogoro.

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>The culprits are the '''Matsumoto sisters''', who actually are an '''identical twin sisters'''. After Chieko had finished tuning piano at the client's house, she headed to the mall, disguised herself as Kiwako, and performed on the stage to create alibis for both of them, while Kiwako committed the murder. Conan notices the three facts that Kiwako at the mall was an imposter: the real Kiwako claimed to have left Kogoro's plastic flower inside a vase filled with water at the mall, the fake Kiwako's strange action at the mall is Chieko's unconscious habit of trying to adjust her glasses, and the fact that Kiwako claims to know that the victim was stabbed, despite that police have not yet told her such information.

==== Motive ====
The sisters' motive is revenge. Many years ago, Yagi tricked their father and stole the music school that he had built, claiming the ownership for himself, and drove their father into committing suicide. One year ago, the sisters came to this school, pretending to be incompatible with each others to throw off suspicion, in order to commit the murder. However, at the end, Chieko breakdowns as she had to lie to herself and pretend to be someone who hates her sister whom she really cares for. Kiwako, realizing what Chieko went through, admits that perhaps in the end, the revenge was all for nothing except costing them a year of lie and suffering for both of them.

==== Aftermath ====
Kogoro asks Ran wither or not should would consider revenge if he went through the same ordeal as the sisters' father, which Ran cheerfully replies that she rather use her precious time to do something else, much to Kogoro's dismay.</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kiwako Matsumoto|Kiwako Matsumoto Special 7.jpg|
* 26 years old
* Pianist and music teacher
* Chieko's sister}}
{{People|Shigekazu Yagi|Shigekazu Yagi Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 45 years old
* Principal of music school}}
{{People|Masao Ichikawa|Masao Ichikawa Special 7.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Administration department staff}}
{{People|Chieko Matsumoto|Chieko Matsumoto Special 7.jpg|
* 26 years old
* Piano tuner
* Kiwako's sister}}
{{EndBox}}

== Murder in the Wind ==
=== File 7 - Part 1 ===
Conan, Kogoro, Ran and Sonoko are invited by real-estate company president Natsuko Ninomiya to her vacation villa. There, the group meets Natsuko's older brother Toshiya and Natsuko's childhood friend Yoshio. The leisure time and relax turn into tragedy when Natsuko is found dead.
=== File 8 - Part 2 ===

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler> Behind the murder there is a carefully planned trick: when Natsuko would turn on the lights, a wooden block would fall above her from the veranda. The culprit that made the trick is '''Yoshio Iso''', as his footprints shouldn't be there, as he never was seen on the balcony. He finally confesses that even if Natsuko was his friend, he couldn't accept how she was against nature and biodiversity, and wanted to destroy it. To prevent the destruction of the surrounding nature, Yoshio had to kill her. </spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Natsuko Ninomiya|Natsuko Ninomiya SV7.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* Real-estate company president}}
{{People|Toshiya Ninomiya|Toshiya Ninomiya SV7.jpg|
* 38 years old
* Natsuko's older brother}}
{{People|Yoshio Iso|Yoshio Iso SV7.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Natsuko's childhood friend}}
{{EndBox}}

== The Haunted Mansion Murder Case ==
=== File 9 - Part 1 ===

=== File 10 - Part 2 ===

== Kaitou #808's Collection ==
=== File 11 - Part 1 ===

=== File 12 - Part 2 ===

== The Christmas Murder Case ==
=== File 13 - Part 1 ===
Kogoro, Ran and Conan are celebrating Christmas along with some acquaintances from a nearby law firm. When director Yonezawa that manages the law firm is murdered, Conan and Kogoro are in charge of investigating who is behind it.

=== File 14 - Part 2 ===

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler> The culprit is '''Taichi Akatani'''. </spoiler>
=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Masayoshi Yonezawa|Masayoshi Yonezawa Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 60 years old
* Yonezawa law firm director
* Lawyer}}
{{People|Taichi Akatani|Taichi Akatani Special 7.jpg|
* 35 years old
* Yonezawa law firm lawyer}}
{{People|Yutaka Nagai|Yutaka Nagai Special 7.jpg|
* 62 years old
* Yonezawa's friend}}
{{People|Sakiko Yamanishi|Sakiko Yamanishi Special 7.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Yonezawa law firm office worker}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cover in other countries ==
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|China]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7g.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Germany]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7hkcw.jpg|148px|thumb|left|Hong Kong]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7bi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Indonesia]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7i.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7k.jpg|165px|thumb|left|Korea]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7ct.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Chinese)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7m.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Malay)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rep. of China (Taiwan)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cy.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Singapore (Chinese)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7sp.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Spain (Spanish)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7th.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Thailand]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</div>
{{clear}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Detective Conan Special]]
* [[Special Volume 1-10]]

{{Special Volumes}}

[[Category:Detective Conan Special]]

[[de:Band 7 (Short Stories)]]

File:Yoshio Iso SV7.jpg

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File:Toshiya Ninomiya SV7.jpg

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AConanLover:

File:Natsuko Ninomiya SV7.jpg

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AConanLover:

Special Volume 7

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AConanLover: /* File 13 - Part 1 */

{{InfoBox SpecialVolume
| volume = 7
| image = Specialvolume7.jpg
| releasedate = April 26, 1999
| originalwork = [[Gosho Aoyama]]
| manga = [[Masaru Ohta]], [[Ekoda Detective Group]]
| isbn = 4-09-142537-2
| publisher = [[Shogakukan]]
| english-releasedate =
| english-isbn =
| english-publisher =
| prev-volume = Special Volume 6
| next-volume = Special Volume 8
| footnotes =
}}
'''Special Volume 7''' was released on April 26, 1999 in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koware.net/data_room/b_tokubetsuhen_data/tokubetsu_top.htm|accessdate=2010-06-26|publisher=Koware Site Detective Conan Branch|title=名探偵コナン　特別編コミックス}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://conan.aga-search.com/501-33-3tokubetsuhen.html|accessdate=2010-06-26|publisher=Mouri Kogoro Detective Agency|title=名探偵コナン特別編コミックリス}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Mrs. Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mr. Yoshida}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (background)}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Turbo Engine Skateboard}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Button Speaker}}
}}

== The Locket's Secret ==
=== File 1 - Part 1 ===

=== File 2 - Part 2 ===

== The Message is Three...! ==
=== File 3 - Part 1 ===
A young woman named Ami discovers her grandfather, a famous photographer, murdered in his own house while visiting him. After the fire on the estate is put out, Ami gives an omamori charm containing a puzzle to Korogo per her grandfather's will. With Ran and Conan's help, they and the police discover three secret photos hidden by the victim in three separate locations inside the estate which resembles a large camara, corresponding to the puzzle. The photos reveal that the victim had been continuously blackmailed three famous individuals for hefty a sum of money: Junko Takehara the actress for her having undergone plastic surgery, Yota Umishima the secretary of a politician for his involvement in election fraud, and Yukio Takayama the doctor for his adultery. Meanwhile, Conan has found another clue that the victim had left: a mark on his chair containing the letter "Z/B".

=== File 4 - Part 2 ===
Despite admitting that they were blackmailed by Ami's grandfather, the three suspects all deny in killing the victim. Noticing the suspects' unusual action and realizing what the clue truly mean, Conan stunts Kogoro and reveals the culprit identity.

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>The victim's dying message isn't Z/B, but actually 2/3, meaning to convey that his killer is his second blackmailed victim of the three people: '''Yota Umishima'''. The proofs that he was the murderer are the unusual burn wounds on both of his bandaged hand, which he had gotten when he tried to escape from the burning estate despite claiming to never had set a foot in here.

==== Motive ====
As stated, Ami's Grandfather had discovered about his involvement in an election fraud and blackmailed him. However, he only intended to threaten the victim into giving the incriminating photo back, with the entire murder being unplanned.

==== Aftermath ====
Kogoro refuses the pay from Ami, in order to help her returning the blackmailed money back to the three victims, although Conan accuses him of the fact that he also helped her due to her prettiness in addition to good will.</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Ami|Ami Manga Special 7.jpg|
}}
{{People|Ami's Grandfather|Ami's Grandfather Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (heart attack)
* Retired photographer}}
{{People|Junko Takehara|Junko Takehara Special 7.jpg|
* 29 years old
* Actress}}
{{People|Yota Umishima|Yota Umishima Special 7.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Politician's secretary}}
{{People|Yukio Takayama|Yukio Takayamar Special 7.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Doctor}}
{{EndBox}}

== The Dissimilar Sisters ==
=== File 5 - Part 1 ===
Kogoro and Conan accompany Ran for her shopping spree at the mall in the city. There, they met a beautiful pianist Kiwako Matsumoto who is on the stage performing, which Kogoro flirts with her by giving her a plastic flower from the bush. Though noticing her strange hand movement, Conan is forced to leave with Ran and Kogoro.

After they returned to the Beika, the three ran into a murder Shigekazu Yagi, the principal of the nearby Music School. Due to the lack of trace of the victim fighting, the police conclude that the murderer must be one of the teachers or employees in the school. The suspicion falls on the discoverer, Masao Ichikawa, but he reveals that the victim himself had made a lot of enemies in the past. Two more suspects, Kiwako the pianist, who is also a teacher at the school, and introverted incompatible her sister Chieko the piano tuner, have solid alibi during the time of the murder, with Kiwako performing at the mall, while Chieko had been tuning a piano at her client's house until shortly before the murder. However, the sisters begin to fight in front of everyone, with Ichikawa confirming that the sisters always fought together at the school due to their different and incompatible personalities. Conan, noticing their actions, concludes that one of the sisters must be the murderer but he has yet to find the trick that she had used.

=== File 6 - Part 2 ===
The sisters' differences as night and day causes Conan to become suspicious. Realizing the trick that the culprit had used, he tricks her into revealing a vital information that would soon incriminate her, and reveals the truth through the stunned Kogoro.

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>The culprits are the '''Matsumoto sisters''', who actually are an '''identical twin sisters'''. After Chieko had finished tuning piano at the client's house, she headed to the mall, disguised herself as Kiwako, and performed on the stage to create alibis for both of them, while Kiwako committed the murder. Conan notices the three facts that Kiwako at the mall was an imposter: the real Kiwako claimed to have left Kogoro's plastic flower inside a vase filled with water at the mall, the fake Kiwako's strange action at the mall is Chieko's unconscious habit of trying to adjust her glasses, and the fact that Kiwako claims to know that the victim was stabbed, despite that police have not yet told her such information.

==== Motive ====
The sisters' motive is revenge. Many years ago, Yagi tricked their father and stole the music school that he had built, claiming the ownership for himself, and drove their father into committing suicide. One year ago, the sisters came to this school, pretending to be incompatible with each others to throw off suspicion, in order to commit the murder. However, at the end, Chieko breakdowns as she had to lie to herself and pretend to be someone who hates her sister whom she really cares for. Kiwako, realizing what Chieko went through, admits that perhaps in the end, the revenge was all for nothing except costing them a year of lie and suffering for both of them.

==== Aftermath ====
Kogoro asks Ran wither or not should would consider revenge if he went through the same ordeal as the sisters' father, which Ran cheerfully replies that she rather use her precious time to do something else, much to Kogoro's dismay.</spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kiwako Matsumoto|Kiwako Matsumoto Special 7.jpg|
* 26 years old
* Pianist and music teacher
* Chieko's sister}}
{{People|Shigekazu Yagi|Shigekazu Yagi Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 45 years old
* Principal of music school}}
{{People|Masao Ichikawa|Masao Ichikawa Special 7.jpg|
* 40 years old
* Administration department staff}}
{{People|Chieko Matsumoto|Chieko Matsumoto Special 7.jpg|
* 26 years old
* Piano tuner
* Kiwako's sister}}
{{EndBox}}

== Murder in the Wind ==
=== File 7 - Part 1 ===
Conan, Kogoro, Ran and Sonoko are invited by real-estate company president Natsuko Ninomiya to her vacation villa. There, the group meets Natsuko's older brother Toshiya and Natsuko's childhood friend Yoshio. The leisure time and relax turn into tragedy when Natsuko is found dead.
=== File 8 - Part 2 ===

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler> Behind the murder there is a carefully planned trick: when Natsuko would turn on the lights, a wooden block would fall above her from the veranda. The culprit that made the trick is '''Yoshio Iso''', as his footprints shouldn't be there, as he never was seen on the balcony. He finally confesses that even if Natsuko was his friend, he couldn't accept how she was against nature and biodiversity, and wanted to destroy it. To prevent the destruction of the surrounding nature, Yoshio had to kill her. </spoiler>

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Natsuko Ninomiya|Natsuko Ninomiya SV7.jpg|
* Victim (beaten)
* Real-estate company president}}
{{People|Toshiya Ninomiya|Toshiya Ninomiya SV7.jpg|
* 38 years old
* Natsuko's older brother}}
{{People|Yoshio Iso|Yoshio Iso SV7.jpg|
* 32 years old
* Natsuko's childhood friend}}
{{EndBox}}

== The Haunted Mansion Murder Case ==
=== File 9 - Part 1 ===

=== File 10 - Part 2 ===

== Kaitou #808's Collection ==
=== File 11 - Part 1 ===

=== File 12 - Part 2 ===

== The Christmas Murder Case ==
=== File 13 - Part 1 ===
Kogoro, Ran and Conan are celebrating Christmas along with some acquaintances from a nearby law firm. When director Yonezawa that manages the law firm is murdered, Conan and Kogoro are in charge of investigating who is behind it.

=== File 14 - Part 2 ===

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler> The culprit is '''Taichi Akatani'''. </spoiler>
=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Masayoshi Yonezawa|Masayoshi Yonezawa Special 7.jpg|
* Victim (stabbed)
* 60 years old
* Yonezawa law firm director
* Lawyer}}
{{People|Taichi Akatani|Taichi Akatani Special 7.jpg|
* 35 years old
* Yonezawa law firm lawyer}}
{{People|Yutaka Nagai|Yutaka Nagai Special 7.jpg|
* 62 years old
* Yonezawa's friend}}
{{People|Sakiko Yamanishi|Sakiko Yamanishi Special 7.jpg|
* 28 years old
* Yonezawa law firm office worker}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cover in other countries ==
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|China]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7g.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Germany]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7hkcw.jpg|148px|thumb|left|Hong Kong]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7bi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Indonesia]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7i.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7k.jpg|165px|thumb|left|Korea]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7ct.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Chinese)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7m.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Malay)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rep. of China (Taiwan)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7cy.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Singapore (Chinese)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7sp.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Spain (Spanish)]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7th.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Thailand]]</div>
<div class="left">[[File:Special7v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</div>
{{clear}}

== References ==
<references/>

== See also ==
* [[Detective Conan Special]]
* [[Special Volume 1-10]]

{{Special Volumes}}

[[Category:Detective Conan Special]]

[[de:Band 7 (Short Stories)]]

File:Chieko Matsumoto Special 7.jpg

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File:Masao Ichikawa Special 7.jpg

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AConanLover:

File:Shigekazu Yagi Special 7.jpg

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