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Masumi Sera

2011-05-14T06:57:47Z

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Masumi Sera
| japanese-name = 世良真純<br />(Sera Masumi)
| english-name =
| image = Masumi_Sera_Profile.png
| age = 16-17? 
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: Chapter 768<br />Anime: N/A
| appearances = {{:Masumi Sera Appearances}}
| cases-solved = ?
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Masumi Sera|世良真純|Sera Masumi}}''' is a self-proclaimed high school detective and practitioner of the martial art [[wikipedia:Jeet Kune Do|Jeet Kune Do]]. After making a mostly correct deduction during a murder case, she transfers to [[Setting#Teitan High School (帝丹高校)|Ran's high school class]]. She seems to know that Conan is a detective.

==Background==
Sera is a high school detective and skilled at Jeet Kune Do, a type of martial arts. She can fight at either the same or better level as Ran. She transfers to Ran and Sonoko's class at Teitan High. Since three years ago, she'd been living in America with her parents. She claims she'd rather live in Japan where she was born and raised, so she came to Tokyo and is currently living in a hotel.

==Appearance==
[[Image:Sera_transfers.png‎|thumb|left|110px|Sera transfers to Teitan High School.]]At first, she wears a fedora and a dark jacket which gives her an androgynous appearance. When she transfers to Teitan High, she gets rid of her fedora and wears appropriate female clothing. Her hair is dark, wavy, and short; it doesn't even touch her shoulders. Even then, she is rather tomboyish; Genta mistakes her for a man, and Sonoko comments she has a petite figure. Later, Genta and Mitsuhiko comment that her bosoms are rather small.

==Personality==
Sera has a "cheery, sociable, boyish" personality<ref>Manga Volume 73, File 9, Page 3, "Let's hear your brilliant deduction!"</ref> and is well liked by her classmates at Teitan High. On their first meeting, Sera fails to correct Sonoko's mistaken impression that she is a man and even makes it worse by declaring that Ran is "his type".<ref name=pronouns>The Japanese pronoun used is gender neutral and can refer to either males or females.</ref> On another hand, Sera purposefully lured a hostage-taker into a sniper's sight with a smile, hoping he would be shot without showing any apprehension about the man dying a presumably messy death in front of her. Sera is especially quick minded, coming up with clever plans and adapting them to sudden changes rapidly. Sera seems to be prone to dramatics like most detectives are, but perhaps to a lesser degree than [[Shinichi]] or [[Hattori]] as she bluntly says who the criminal is without preamble. Although she has crime scene experience<ref name=769p3>Manga Volume 73, File 7, pg 3: "A Detective Just Like You, Little Boy"</ref>, Sera seems to be less skilled as a detective than Conan, apparently missing a critical clue that was necessary to understand how the murderer's setup worked, although Conan opines that Sera purposely made an error in order to test him. Her catchphrase may be "case closed".

==Plot overview==
===Sera's Introduction (Manga 768-770)===
[[File:Sera_Kick.png|thumb|right|Sera defends herself from Ran.]]
Sera first met [[Sonoko]], [[Ran]], and [[Conan]] on a bus after she was mistaken for a [[Wikipedia:Chikan|groper]]. After Sonoko declared Sera was the groper, Sera and Ran got into a fight, with Sera's Jeet Kune Do holding even against Ran's karate. Conan and Sera cleared up the misunderstanding by pointing out the real groper. Sonoko then mistook Sera for a boy, an impression which wasn't helped by Sera declaring that Ran was "his type".<ref name=pronouns/> Sera and Ran both discovered they were heading to the same hotel, about which Conan is less than pleased.

Sera finds out the hotel she is staying at doesn't have a room available and complains at the front desk. A man then falls into the parking lot and dies. Conan runs to the source of screaming while Sera told the guard to watch the elevators before running to the roof. She immediately declares the crime to be a murder, giving her reasoning. She then reveals her name, Sera, that she is a detective, and knows Conan is a detective as well.

[[Megure]] is not pleased to have another High School Detective underfoot but lets Sera and Conan investigate regardless. After listening to the suspect testimony, police observations, and examining the crime scene, Sera announces that she has solved the case.

However, Sera's deduction leaves out a critical detail; Conan is therefore forced to use Shinichi's phone to call his own, give Inspector Megure Conan's phone, and speak through Shinichi's as Shinichi using the voice-changer bow tie. Shinichi figures out the detail that had Sera stumped, although a look she gives Conan as he runs off suggests her omission was possibly intentional, and once during the phone conversation she tries to trick Shinichi into admitting that he is physically present at the crime scene instead of being explained the details by Conan and Megure.

The other day, Sera transfers to Teitan high school, surprising both Ran and Sonoko. She was rather popular at school surrounded by students asking her questions about herself.

===Kogoro Detective Agency Hostage Crisis (Manga 771-774)===
====Let's hear your brilliant deduction! (771)====
According to Sonoko, Sera has become very popular at Teitan high for being "cheery, sociable, boyish, and cute...and on top of that, she is a jeet kun do-using female detective!"<ref>Manga Volume 73, File 9, Page 3, "Let's hear your brilliant deduction!"</ref> One classmate compares her to [[Kudo Shinichi]] who has been taking a break from school. Sera tells inquiring classmates that she has been staying in America with her parents since three years ago, but "rebelled" because she would rather live in her Japan where she was born and raised. She sneaks up behind Sonoko and Ran after school because she wanted to speak to Conan at the Mouri Detective Agency. At the agency, Sera is unhappy to hear that Conan and the rest of detective boys are staying at Agasa's house and will be camping the following day. She settles for asking Kogoro if Conan is always at his side when he solves cases, hinting that she suspects Conan is the real brains behind "Sleeping Kogoro".

[[File:Sera_slide_kick.png|thumb|left|Sera sweeps out the Hostage Taker's legs]]
Just as Sera is about to walk out the door, three female mystery writers and a man enter the agency. After a moment of confusion, the man suddenly fires a gun into the roof and takes the detective agency hostage. His demands are that Kogoro figure out which of the three writers killed his sister at a ryokan one month ago. The quick thinking Sera sidles up to Ran and tells her to go for the man's gun after she takes his legs out. Sera's leg sweep sends to man to the floor, and Ran removes the gun from the man's hand with a kick; however, Sera leaps back when the man reveals he has bombs strapped around his chest and will detonate them if they try to stop him.

Meanwhile at Agasa's, Haibara is angry that Conan used Shinichi's voice to solve a case around the suspicious Sera. Conan's response is that Sera is familiar somehow, like they have met before or she looks like someone, and Conan feels she isn't an enemy. Meanwhile Genta and Mitsuhiko tell Conan they saw a high school student walking home with Ran, so the jealous Conan calls Ran's cellphone to hear about it from her.

The hostage taker man orders Ran to answer her phone, but Sera snatches the phone away and says hello to Conan (who is shocked that Sera is with Ran). Sera then tricks the hostage taker and keeps the line connected so Conan can listen in by closing Ran's [[Yaiba#Characters|Sea Cucumber Man]] cellphone strap in between the screen and keypad of the the flip phone.

====Nickname Rules (772)====
Sera asks a few insightful questions about the case; however the hostage taker man discovers Ran's phone is still connected. Under gunpoint, Sera steps in front of Ran takes the blame, but Conan, using Shinichi's voice, says he ordered Ran to do it. Sera is mystified by why Shinichi is now on Conan's phone. Sera meanwhile spots a glint of light across from the detective agency and declares that the case will come to an end without Shinichi's help.

====Possible Sniping (773)====
Sera explains to Ran that she secretly kept the call to Conan connected so he could call the police and research into the case. While Sera is still surprised that Shinichi was on the other end of the line instead of Conan, she had initially hoped that Shinichi would somehow be able to talk down the would-be-murderer. She suspects that Shinichi has already figured which one of the suspects is the murderer in the ryokan case, but Shinichi is unable to reveal the truth because the hostage taker would then kill the named culprit and then himself. Sera's plan changed when she noticed the lights from the police snipers on the building across from Mouri Detective Agency. She explains to Ran in detail the names and functions of the various police divisions responsible for hostage situations, and tells Ran in a roundabout fashion that this situation will end with the hostage taker being killed by the police.

Sera launches a plan to bring the hostage taker into the snipers' range by telling him he should charge Ran's phone battery. Ran foils Sera's intentions by shutting the curtains, blocking the snipers' shot. To Sera's utter astonishment, Ran tells her that she doesn't want to see anyone die in front of her and declares that "Shinichi won't allow anyone to die. He absolutely wouldn't!"<ref>Volume 73, File 11, page 13, "Possible Sniping." Shinichi then begins to present his deductions over the phone and Sera wonders how he will manage to resolve this situation without bloodshed.</ref>

====The book with unturned pages (774)====
Sera and Ran take the opportunity to disable the hostage taker when he loses his composure and grip on the detonator after Shinichi tricks him into believing his sister committed suicide. Sera yells for the waiting bomb squad to secure the area. With the hostage taker arrested, Shinichi then reveals the true culprit. Sera realizes the mistake in her deduction and explains the correct timeline of events before the murder. Sometime soon after the conclusion of the case, Sera, walking with Ran and Sonoko speculates aloud that there must be some reason Shinichi left Agasa's before Ran could meet him there. She then exclaims that "due to what just happened, she really gets it", that Conan and Shinichi are on very good terms with one another, and that Ran "is tougher than Sera thought". Conan isn't sure what to make of these last comments.

====Video Site (775)====
She is seen visiting Agasa's house when she bumps into the Genta and Mitsuhiko who she chats with. During the chat, she finds out about Haibara nad Okiya Subaru. She also seems to notice that Shinichi's house is vacant and seems to notice Okiya Subaru who was spying on them from behind the curtains. She comments that "And here I tohught that someone had just settled in without permission...But it seems I was just getting worked up over nothing..." while looking up at where Okiya Subaru is hiding. Hinting that she seems to know Okiya Subaru is up there.

==Speculation==
[[Image:Sera Knowing Conan's Name.png‎|thumb|right|170px|Sera mentioning Conan's name.]] Sera knew Conan and Ran's identities before they introduced themselves. Although she claimed to know Ran from Karate tournaments, she additionally recognized Conan as a detective. This may indicate Sera has done research or follows stories about Conan's achievements or that she has had direct or indirect contact with Conan and Ran. However, Ran and Conan didn't recognize Sera. Sera might be one of Ran's martial arts rivals, although [[Ran]], did not recognize her. In file 771, it is revealed that she also knows Professor Agasa, although she calls him "Professor whatshisname".

===Shuichi Akai's younger sister===
[[Image:Sera_and_Shuuichi.png|thumb|right|200px|Sera and [[Shuichi Akai]].]]
Sera might be the younger sister of [[Shuichi Akai]]. Sera has bags under her eyes identical to Shuichi Akai's. Also, Sera Masumi's name is also incredibly similar to Mobile Suit Gundam character [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Sayla_Mass Sayla Mass] (セイラ・マス, ''Seira Masu''). [[Shuichi Akai#Name origin|Akai's name is derived]] from Sayla Mass's older brother's name, Char Anzable.
Also, Conan said he has a feeling he had met her before. {{cquote|Somehow I feel like we've met her before, it might be that person resembles someone I know, that's why the feeling that we've met before is on my mind...<ref>Manga Chapter 771: Let's Hear Your Brilliant Deduction! p.11</ref> }}
Sera lived in Japan until three years ago when her family moved to America. This matches with the time when Akai was infiltrating the Organization. The family's move to America could be the FBI's attempt to protect them should something go wrong with Akai's mission.


==Trivia==
*The kanji for Sera's last name mean 'good world.' The kanji for her first name, Masumi, mean 'true' and either 'pure' or 'net.'

==See Also==
* [[Characters]]

==References==
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Movies

2011-04-27T09:15:27Z

Beaver8: /* List of movies */

Since 1997, there has been an animated Detective Conan movie released during Golden Week each year. With the exception of the first movie, all Detective Conan movies have been among of the highest-grossing movies in the year it was screened in Japan.

== List of movies ==

{{BeginTable Movie}}

{{MovieItem|1|[[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper]]|April 19, 1997|October 3, 2006
|summary=The '''first''' movie, known as ''Detective Conan: [[The Time-Bombed Skyscraper]]'' (名探偵コナン　時計じかけの摩天楼, Meitantei Conan: Tokei-jikake no matenrō)<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2679 Anime News Network (ANN) entry for ''The Time-Bombed Skyscraper'']</ref> in Japan, was screened on April 19, 1997, directed by Michihiko Sawa and written by Kazunari Kochi. It was released by FUNimation in 2006, and short of standard name changes, there was no significant changes to the English adaptation.}}

{{MovieItem|2|[[The Fourteenth Target]]|April 18, 1998|November 20, 2007
|summary=The '''second''' movie, known as ''Detective Conan: [[The Fourteenth Target]]'' (名探偵コナン 14番目の標的, Meitantei Conan Jūyon banme no Tagetto),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3757 ANN entry for ''The Fourteenth Target'']</ref> in Japan, debuted on April 18, 1998, and the English version was released in 2007. Directed by Kanetsugu Kodama and written by Kazunari Kochi, it was about a case in which people close to [[Kogoro Mouri]] were attacked in a way similar to The A.B.C. Murders. This movie achieved a distributor's income of 1.05 billion yen. It was released by FUNimation as a DVD in 2007. Although the storyline remained the same, due to character name changes, there have been significant changes in the explanation of the names used.}}

{{MovieItem|3|[[The Last Wizard of the Century]]|April 17, 1999|December 29, 2009
|summary=The '''third''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[The Last Wizard of the Century]]'' (名探偵コナン世紀末の魔術師, Meitantei Conan Seikimatsu no Majutsushi),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2683 ANN entry for ''The Last Wizard of the Century'']</ref> debuted on April 17, 1999. It was again written and directed by Kanetsugu Kodama and Kazunari Kochi respectively. This movie was on a newly-discovered Faberge egg that was subject to [[Kaitou Kid]]'s warning—and a murder case that involves the descendant of Rasputin. This movie achieved a distributor's income of 1.45 billion yen.}}

{{MovieItem|4|[[Captured in Her Eyes]]|April 22, 2000|December 29, 2009
|summary=The '''fourth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[Captured in Her Eyes]]'' (名探偵コナン瞳の中の暗殺者, Meitantei Conan Hitomi no Naka no Ansatsusha),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2682 ANN entry for ''Captured in Her Eyes'']</ref> was first screened on April 22, 2000. Directed and wrote by the same staff of the previous two movies, ''Captured in Her Eyes'' was about how [[Ran Mouri]] became entangled in a series of murder cases where police officers were victims, and when a failed murder attempt gave her amnesia and made herself another target of the killer. This movie achieved a box office income of 2.5 billion Japanese yen.}}

{{MovieItem|5|[[Countdown to Heaven]]|April 21, 2001|January 19, 2010
|summary=The '''fifth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[Countdown to Heaven]]'' (名探偵コナン天国へのカウントダウン, Meitantei Conan Tengoku e no Kauntodaun),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2681 ANN entry for ''Countdown to Heaven'']</ref> was first screened on April 21, 2001. Keeping the director and writer of previous movies, in this movie the murder of a developer, the bombing of the latest development of the development, together with the [[Black Organization]] and [[Ai Haibara]]'s suspicious phone calls, brought it box office receipts of 2.9 billion yen.}}

{{MovieItem|6|[[The Phantom of Baker Street]]|April 20, 2002|February 16, 2010
|summary=The '''sixth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[The Phantom of Baker Street]]'' (名探偵コナンベイカー街の亡霊, Meitantei Conan Beikā Sutorīto no Bōrei),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2680 ANN entry for ''The Phantom of Baker Street'']</ref> was first shown on April 20, 2002. This movie was written by famed scriptwriter Hisashi Nozawa, but kept Kanetsugu Kodama as director. This movie was a double story: in real life, the murder of a IT magnate's chief programmer, while in the virtual world, a virtual reality game that Conan and friends played, their lives were in danger. This movie brought 3.4 billion yen at the box office.}}

{{MovieItem|7|[[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]]|April 19, 2003|
|summary=The '''seventh''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[Crossroad in the Ancient Capital]]'' (名探偵コナン迷宮の十字路, Meitantei Conan Meikyū no Kurosurōdo),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2678 ANN entry for ''Crossroad in the Ancient Capital'']</ref> was first screened on April 19, 2003. The writer was again Kazunari Kochi while Kanetsugu Kodama was kept as the director. Staged in Kyoto, this movie concerned the unmasking of a gang of antique robbers. This movie brought box office income of 3.2 billion yen.}}

{{MovieItem|8|[[Magician of the Silver Sky]]|April 17, 2004|
|summary=The '''eighth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[Magician of the Silver Sky]]'' (名探偵コナン銀翼の奇術師, Meitantei Conan Gin-yoku no Majishan),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3758 ANN entry for ''Magician of the Silver Sky'']</ref> premiered on April 17, 2004. This was the first of Yasuichiro Yamamoto's Detective Conan movies, but Kazunari Kochi stayed as the writer. The movie was about a poisoning case on an airliner, and since the pilot and co-pilot were also affected, [[Conan Edogawa]] and [[Kaitou Kid]] were forced to take care of the lives of the passengers. The movie brought box office income of 2.8 billion yen.}}

{{MovieItem|9|[[Strategy Above the Depths]]|April 19, 2005|
|summary=The '''ninth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[Strategy Above the Depths]]'' (名探偵コナン水平線上の陰謀, Meitantei Conan Suiheisenjō no Sutoratejī),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4771 ANN entry for ''Strategy Above the Depths'']</ref> was first screened on April 19, 2005. The movie kept the previous movie's director and writer. Set on a cruise ship and integrating the murder of the shipbuilder, a shipwreck disaster, and part of [[Ran Mouri]] and [[Shinichi Kudo]]'s past, this movie resulted in 2.15 billion yen.}}

{{MovieItem|10|[[The Private Eyes' Requiem]]|April 15, 2006|
|summary=The '''tenth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[The Private Eyes' Requiem]]'' (名探偵コナン探偵たちの鎮魂歌, Meitantei Conan Tantei-tachi no Requiem)<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6346 ANN entry for ''Private Eyes' Requiem'']</ref> was announced on December 15, 2005 and was released on April 15, 2006, debuting at the number one position in the Japanese box office and remained there for three consecutive weeks. As of May 28, 2006, it earned 2.3 billion yen in the Japanese box office. Directed by Taiichiro Yamamoto and written by Kazunari Kochi, it was about Conan's investigation of an old murder case as Ran and friends were held hostage. Important people such as [[Heiji Hattori]], [[Kaitou Kid]] and [[Saguru Hakuba]] have all appeared in this movie.}}

{{MovieItem|11|[[Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure]]|April 21, 2007|
|summary=The '''eleventh''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure]]'' (名探偵コナン紺碧の棺, Meitantei Conan Konpeki no Jorī Rojā),<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7487 ANN entry for ''Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure'']</ref> was first released on April 21, 2007. Written by Kazunari Kochi and directed by Kanetsugu Kodama, the movie was about the murder of treasure hunters and the alleged loot left by pirate Anne Bonny on a Japanese island. This movie brought in 2.53 billion yen.}}

{{MovieItem|12|[[Full Score of Fear]]|April 19, 2008|
|summary=The '''twelfth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[Full Score of Fear]]'' (名探偵コナン戦慄の楽譜, Meitantei Conan Senritsu no Furu Sukoa)<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=9028 ANN entry for ''Full Score of Fear'']</ref> was announced on February 20, 2008, and released on April 19, 2008, debuting at the number one position in the Japanese box office. It is unknown how long it remained there at this time. There have been reports that the advertising for the film was limited, yet normal for a Detective Conan movie. It was reported that (an estimate of) 350,000 people watched the movie in its opening weekend alone. As of May 5, 2008 the movie has earned over 420.03 million yen. It is twelfth on 2008's Top Domestic Movies at Japanese Box Office. This movie brought in 2.42 billion yen}}

{{MovieItem|13|[[The Raven Chaser]]|April 18, 2009|
|summary=The '''thirteenth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[The Raven Chaser]]'' (名探偵コナン漆黒の追跡者 Meitantei Conan Shikkoku no Cheisaa?)<ref>[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10522 ANN entry for ''The Raven Chaser'']</ref> was previewed at the end of the twelfth movie and was released on April 18, 2009. This movie is about the [[Black Organization]], the first since movie 5. In the movie, a new member of the Black Organization, Irish, manages to find out Conan's identity, putting everyone around him in danger. In the box office, the movie made over 3.4 billion yen, making it the highest grossing movie in the Detective Conan series.}}

{{MovieItem|14|[[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]|April 17, 2010|
|summary=The '''fourteenth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[The Lost Ship in the Sky]]'' (名探偵コナン天空の難破船 Meitantei Conan Tenkuu no Rosuto Shippu) was released on April 17, 2010. The movie made 3.19 billion yen, making it the fourth highest grossing movie in the Detective Conan series. The movie marks the first movie appearance of characters such as [[Jirokichi Suzuki]], and is a [[Kaitou Kid]] movie.}}

{{MovieItem|15|[[Quarter of Silence]]|April 16, 2011|
|summary=The '''fifteenth''' movie, ''Detective Conan: [[Quarter of Silence]]'' (名探偵コナン沈黙の15分 Meitantei Conan Chinmoku no Quootaa) was released on April 16, 2011. It was the fifth highest grossing international movie. It came fifth even though it was showing in only one territory.}}