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Fujiko Mine

2022-06-21T21:40:54Z

Daniel46: /* Fujiko Mine in Detective Conan */

{{main|Wikipedia: Fujiko Mine}}
{{InfoBox Char
| name = Fujiko Mine
| japanese-name = 峰不二子 (Mine Fujiko)
| english-name =
| image = Lupin 2-0 Fujiko.png
| age = Unknown
| gender = Female
| height = 167 cm
| weight = 50 kg
| date-of-birth =
| relatives =
| occupation =
| nicknames = Fujiko-chan ([[Lupin III]])
| aliases =
| first-appearance = [[Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure|Movie 11]] (cameo) [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan|TV Special 3]]
| appearances = {{:Fujiko Mine Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole =
| japanese-voice = [[Wikipedia: Eiko Masuyama|Eiko Masuyama]] (1969-1970,1977-2010) [[wikipedia:ja:二階堂有希子|Yukiko Nikaidō]] (1971-1972) [[Mami Koyama]] (1987) [[Miyuki Sawashiro]] (2011-present)
| english-voice = [[Wikipedia: Edie Mirman|Edie Mirman]] Michele Seidman [[Wikipedia: Toni Barry|Toni Barry]] [[Wikipedia: Dorothy Fahn|Dorothy Fahn]] [[Wikipedia: Meredith McCoy|Meredith McCoy]] [[Wikipedia: Michelle Ruff|Michelle Ruff]] [[Wikipedia: Cristina Vee|Cristina Vee]]
| drama-actor = [[wikipedia:ja:江崎英子|Eiko Ezaki]] (1974) Saori Sara (1998) [[Wikipedia: Meisa Kuroki|Meisa Kuroki]] (2014) [[wikipedia:ja:大湖せしる|Seshiru Daigo]] (2015)
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''''Fujiko Mine'''''|峰不二子|Mine Fujiko}} is an occasional associate of [[Lupin III]].

== Character profile ==
Fujiko Mine is a stereotypical [[Wikipedia: Femme fatale|femme fatale]], an opportunistic thief and seductress who uses her considerable beauty and charm to get her hands on the prizes she covets, usually the monetary kind. In order to do that, she will even join forces with [[Koichi Zenigata|Inspector Zenigata]] or other Lupin's opponents if it is conductive to her success.

She is also an overconfident, compulsive adventuress, enjoying her career for thrills as much as for money. Her relationship with Lupin, who is totally infatuated with her, is complicated by her attitude: While she does have a certain amount of feelings for him, and usually knows that she can count on his help in a pinch, she is not above double-crossing him if it gets her closer to the money. However, she is still considerate enough to not let him suffer from her betrayals. Thanks to her charm, she has a lot of friendly contacts all around the world and can call upon even military-grade resources when necessary. She was also involved with Lupin's associates [[Goemon Ishikawa]] and [[Daisuke Jigen]] for a time, if only to further her theft plotting.

Fujiko drives a 2008 Violet Toyota Vellfire 2.4Z, with the license plate 09-41.

== Fujiko Mine in ''[[Detective Conan]]'' ==
Fujiko is the inspiration for the ''Detective Conan'' characters [[Yukiko Kudo]] and [[Vermouth]], personifying her good and bad side, respectively.

Fujiko has also appeared in the following crossover specials:

=== ''[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]]'' ===
In this 2009 TV special, Fujiko sets out to steal the crown jewels of Vespania before Lupin, but later aids him and crown princess Mira in exposing and apprehending a traitor to the royal family. Like the rest of Lupin's gang, she is well informed that [[Conan Edogawa]] is actually [[Shinichi Kudo]], and once they are alone together, she proceeds to very closely "investigate" the physical effects the [[APTX 4869|Apotoxin]] had on his body.

=== ''[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]'' ===
In this 2013 movie special, Fujiko holds a grudge against Alan Smithee for holding her hostage and sets out on a personal revenge campaign against him. She is only momentarily distracted when meeting [[Ai Haibara]], from whom she wishes to coax the formula for the Apotoxin in order to remain eternally young; a notion which Haibara strictly discourages.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Goemon Ishikawa{{!}}Goemon Ishikawa XIII|?|Goemon|file=Goemon Ishikawa.jpg}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|-|Kid-sama Kaitou Kid}}
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{{Appellations|Ai Haibara|Mine Fujiko Mine Fujiko-san|Sherry-chan}}
{{appellations|Shiho Miyano|-|Sherry-chan}}
{{appellations|James Black|Mine Fujiko}}
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== Name origin ==
The full name comes from [[Wikipedia: Mount Fuji|Mount Fuji]] and [[wikipedia:ja:峰|''Mine'']] (tobacco).

== Trivia ==
* Fujiko Mine is the name origin for [[Yukiko Kudo|Yukiko Fujimine]]. [[Gosho Aoyama]] was inspired by Fujiko even for [[Vermouth]]. Yukiko personifies Fujiko's good side, while Vermouth represents the bad one. Several villainesses, such as Mizaki Takisawa and Reiko Shimizu, who also shares similar character design with Yukiko, are also based on her.
*In [[The Beauty, The Lies, and The Secrets]], Misaki Takizawa appears to be based on her.

== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Conan's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mine, Fujiko}}

[[Category:Characters]][[Category:Lupin III]][[Category:Lupin III characters]][[Category:Female characters]][[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]][[Category:Characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]

Midori Megure

2022-06-21T21:35:50Z

Daniel46: /* Background */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Midori Megure
| japanese-name = 目暮みどり (Megure Midori)
| english-name =
| image = Midori Megure Profile.jpg
| age = 38
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = unknown
| relatives = [[Juzo Megure]] (husband)
| nicknames =
| occupation = Housewife
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 28#File 284 - The Buried Secret|File 284]] Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|Episode 217]]
| appearances = {{:Midori Megure Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 0
| keyhole = [[Volume 29]]
| japanese-voice = [[Ai Orikasa]]
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Midori Megure'''|目暮みどり|Megure Midori}} is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[File:Midori After.png|thumb|left|200px|Megure and his wife.]]
Twenty years ago, when Midori was 18 years old, a serial hit-and-runner was stalking the streets, randomly targeting high school girls wearing long skirts, due to the harassment by a girl gang he had suffered under: The girls had been wearing long skirts as well, as a part of their rebellious looks. Midori was also a member of a girl gang, and her best friend ended up the first fatality. When the culprit had not been caught after a while, she decided to help apprehend the killer and volunteered to act as bait. There was an apparent shortage of police to help her at the time, and Midori was extremely stubborn and insisted to be alone due to her resentment toward the police. Under orders of [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Commisioner Matsumoto]], she was teamed up with [[Juzo Megure]], then still a junior police officer.

Unfortunately, the car runner surprised and hit them, injuring them both. Fortunately, Juzo was able to remember the car's license plate number, and the perpetrator was soon arrested. Midori recovered with only a scar on her forehead to show for her ordeal. Some time afterwards she married Juzo out of gratitude. In a strange switch of role, she is perhaps the only person who has managed to temper his impulsive surges, a role her husband feels a bit bashful about.

Midori has also appeared, in an unseen role, as a witness to a crime and had to be taken to the station for questioning, as well as making a cameo appearance during the White Day murder case. She was also mentioned to have volunteered to be a hostage at a bank robbery, where she got injured.

== Personality ==
[[File:Midori's scar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Midori's scar.]]
In her youth, Midori was quite headstrong and vindictive, even wild in behavior. Juzo's memories about the case where they met have her calling the police useless for not catching her friend's murderer, then cockily saying she's a good decoy, and then only admitting she chewed on more than she could swallow after being almost killed by the same culprit. It's hinted but not directly stated that Midori was a [[Wikipedia: Sukeban|sukeban]] or girl delinquent in these times, hence why she was so determined to catch the man who killed her friend and other girls of the same subculture.

Since her near-death accident and her marriage to Juzo, Midori has mellowed considerably and has evolved into a loving wife - perhaps this is the main reason why Juzo keeps his head and the scar he shares with Midori always covered up, so no one will learn about her past. However, she still retains a younger girl's personality, as evidenced when she was upset enough to get drunk when she thought Megure didn't get her anything for White Day and how happy she was when she found her present.

And judging by her choice to volunteered herself as a hostage shows that she is willing to risk herself for other's safety.

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsid="nicknames">
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{Appellations/head|Midori Megure}}
{{Appellations|Juzo Megure|Midori}}
{{Appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|-|Superintendent Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-keishi'')}}
{{Appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|-|Shiratori-san}}
{{Appellations|Wataru Takagi|Midori-san|Takagi-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{Appellations/head|Midori Megure}}
{{Appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Midori-san}}
{{Appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|''Oku-san''}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21#Treadmill Murder Case|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
During a bank robbery in Haido Branch, the manager's wife was taken hostage. Since she fiercely fought against the perpetrator, also present in the bank, Midori offered as a new hostage and was thus easily injured. This motivated her husband to do more to investigate the case and arrest the robbers.

=== Girl Clubbing Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Girl Clubbing Case|284]]-[[Volume 29#Girl Clubbing Case|286]], Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]]) ===
[[File:Midori Young.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Midori twenty years ago.]]

=== White Day Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69#White Day Murder Case|725-727]], Anime: [[White Day of Betrayal|608-609]]) ===
On White Day, Midori argues with her husband in the morning for not giving her a present. For this reason, she does not put him a packed lunch for work exceptionally.

After attending the night of the murder on the evening of the same day, Megure decides to call his wife. She is drunk because she believes that the Inspector's cases are more important than his wife. He refers her to a compartment next to the fridge, where he deposited a present for Midori. He did not want to give it to her until he got home, but he gives it over by phone, because he could take a while. He also asks his wife to cook something for him.

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== The Fourteenth Target (Movie: [[The Fourteenth Target|2]]) ===
[[File:Midori Movie.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Megure and Midori jogging.]]
Megure is shot by an arrow while jogging along with her.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Midori Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 218]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Midori After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 609]]
|}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|みどり Midori|目暮 Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ميدوري Midori|ميگوري Migori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|초희 Cho Hee|정 Jung}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|มิโดริ Mi-do-ri|เมงุเระ Me-ngū-rea}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[List of notable case characters]]

{{Minor Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Megure Midori}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Midori Megure]]

Midori Megure

2022-06-21T21:33:55Z

Daniel46: /* Background */

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Midori Megure
| japanese-name = 目暮みどり (Megure Midori)
| english-name =
| image = Midori Megure Profile.jpg
| age = 38
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = unknown
| relatives = [[Juzo Megure]] (husband)
| nicknames =
| occupation = Housewife
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 28#File 284 - The Buried Secret|File 284]] Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|Episode 217]]
| appearances = {{:Midori Megure Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 0
| keyhole = [[Volume 29]]
| japanese-voice = [[Ai Orikasa]]
| footnotes =
}}
{{nihongo|'''Midori Megure'''|目暮みどり|Megure Midori}} is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[File:Midori After.png|thumb|left|200px|Megure and his wife.]]
Twenty years ago, when Midori was 18 years old, a serial hit-and-runner was stalking the streets, randomly targeting high school girls wearing long skirts, due to the harassment by a girl gang he had suffered under: The girls had been wearing long skirts as well, as a part of their rebellious looks. Midori was also a member of a girl gang, and her best friend ended up the first fatality. When the culprit had not been caught after a while she decided to help apprehend the killer and volunteered to act as a decoy. There was an apparent shortage of police to help her at the time, and Midori was extremely stubborn and insisted to be alone due to her resentment toward the police. Under orders of [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Commisioner Matsumoto]], she was teamed up with [[Juzo Megure]], then still a junior police officer.

Unfortunately, the car runner surprised and hit them both. Juzo tried to pull Midori out of danger, but they were still harmed. Fortunately, Juzo was able to remember the car's license plate number, and the perpetrator was soon arrested. Midori was gravely injured in the accident, but recovered with only a scar on her forehead to show for her ordeal. Some time afterwards she married Juzo out of gratitude. In a strange switch of role, she is perhaps the only person who has managed to temper his impulsive surges, a role her husband feels a bit bashful about.

Midori has also appeared, in an unseen role, as a witness to a crime and had to be taken to the station for questioning, as well as making a cameo appearance during the White Day murder case. She was also mentioned to have volunteered to be a hostage at a bank robbery, where she got injured.

== Personality ==
[[File:Midori's scar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Midori's scar.]]
In her youth, Midori was quite headstrong and vindictive, even wild in behavior. Juzo's memories about the case where they met have her calling the police useless for not catching her friend's murderer, then cockily saying she's a good decoy, and then only admitting she chewed on more than she could swallow after being almost killed by the same culprit. It's hinted but not directly stated that Midori was a [[Wikipedia: Sukeban|sukeban]] or girl delinquent in these times, hence why she was so determined to catch the man who killed her friend and other girls of the same subculture.

Since her near-death accident and her marriage to Juzo, Midori has mellowed considerably and has evolved into a loving wife - perhaps this is the main reason why Juzo keeps his head and the scar he shares with Midori always covered up, so no one will learn about her past. However, she still retains a younger girl's personality, as evidenced when she was upset enough to get drunk when she thought Megure didn't get her anything for White Day and how happy she was when she found her present.

And judging by her choice to volunteered herself as a hostage shows that she is willing to risk herself for other's safety.

== Appellations ==
<tabs jsid="nicknames">
<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{Appellations/head|Midori Megure}}
{{Appellations|Juzo Megure|Midori}}
{{Appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|-|Superintendent Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-keishi'')}}
{{Appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|-|Shiratori-san}}
{{Appellations|Wataru Takagi|Midori-san|Takagi-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{Appellations/head|Midori Megure}}
{{Appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Midori-san}}
{{Appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|''Oku-san''}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21#Treadmill Murder Case|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
During a bank robbery in Haido Branch, the manager's wife was taken hostage. Since she fiercely fought against the perpetrator, also present in the bank, Midori offered as a new hostage and was thus easily injured. This motivated her husband to do more to investigate the case and arrest the robbers.

=== Girl Clubbing Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Girl Clubbing Case|284]]-[[Volume 29#Girl Clubbing Case|286]], Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]]) ===
[[File:Midori Young.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Midori twenty years ago.]]

=== White Day Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69#White Day Murder Case|725-727]], Anime: [[White Day of Betrayal|608-609]]) ===
On White Day, Midori argues with her husband in the morning for not giving her a present. For this reason, she does not put him a packed lunch for work exceptionally.

After attending the night of the murder on the evening of the same day, Megure decides to call his wife. She is drunk because she believes that the Inspector's cases are more important than his wife. He refers her to a compartment next to the fridge, where he deposited a present for Midori. He did not want to give it to her until he got home, but he gives it over by phone, because he could take a while. He also asks his wife to cook something for him.

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== The Fourteenth Target (Movie: [[The Fourteenth Target|2]]) ===
[[File:Midori Movie.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Megure and Midori jogging.]]
Megure is shot by an arrow while jogging along with her.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Midori Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 218]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Midori After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 609]]
|}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|みどり Midori|目暮 Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ميدوري Midori|ميگوري Migori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|초희 Cho Hee|정 Jung}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|มิโดริ Mi-do-ri|เมงุเระ Me-ngū-rea}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[List of notable case characters]]

{{Minor Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Megure Midori}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Midori Megure]]

Renya Karasuma

2022-06-21T21:31:32Z

Daniel46: /* Serial Hotel Bombing Case (Manga: 1096, Anime: TBD) */

Masumi Sera

2022-06-21T21:28:14Z

Daniel46: /* Serial Hotel Bombing Case (Manga: 1094-1096, Anime: TBA) */

{{SpoilerWarningArticle|This article contains significant '''[[Glossary#Spoiler|spoilers]]''' about major events concerning this person. It is likely you will be spoiled if you have not read all the manga released to date. To find out what pages will be safe for you to read, please consult our [[Glossary#Spoiler|wiki spoiler policy]].}}

{{FeaturedArticle|March 23, 2011}}

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Masumi Sera
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|世良真純}} (Sera Masumi)
| english-name =
| image = Masumi Sera Profile.jpg
| age = 16 - 17 <ref>In file 972 when Sera and Akai first met on the beach, Akai say "its been 7 years since we last met" to Shukichi, to which Shukichi replies that it's the first time Akai and Sera met. In the top panel it says "10 years ago". In file 1037 we see Sera wasn't born 17 years ago on the plane [Note: The WSS Version of the file incorrectly stated the events of the flashback occurred 18 years ago, this was corrected to 17 in the volume release] but Mary was clearly pregnant with Sera and even mentions it, this adds on to the previous point meaning Akai hasn't met Sera ever after her birth, which again means sera is 17 at most. We learn when Vermouth and Mary met up on the Vauxhall Bridge [File 1048] that Sera wasn't born during the time Tsutomu went missing and that was 17 years ago. Another factor is that Sera is part of Ran's class where the age range is 16 - 17 hence Masumi Sera is 16 at the youngest and 17 at most.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| occupation = Teitan High School Student Detective
| aliases = Masumi Akai (birth name)
| relatives = [[Tsutomu Akai]] (father, deceased) [[Mary Sera]] (mother) [[Shuichi Akai]] (older brother) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (second-older brother)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 73|File 768]] Anime: [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel|Episode 646]]
| appearances = {{:Masumi Sera Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 73]]
| japanese-voice = [[Noriko Hidaka]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://combination.jp/blog/2012/02/post-383.html|date=2012-02-01|accessdate=2012-02-01|title=新しいお仕事 | Blog | コンビネーション|publisher=combination Co.Ltd.|author=Noriko Hidaka}}</ref>
| cases-solved = 8
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Masumi Sera|世良真純|Sera Masumi}}''' is a high school detective in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is the younger sister of [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent [[Shuichi Akai]] and shogi player [[Shukichi Haneda]]. Also a practitioner of the martial art [[wikipedia:Jeet Kune Do|Jeet Kune Do]].

== Background ==
Masumi Sera is a high school detective and the younger sister of [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent, [[Shuichi Akai]] and Shogi player, [[Shukichi Haneda]]. She is the only daughter of [[Tsutomu Akai]] and [[Mary]]. 17 years ago, before her father disappeared, he instructed his family to hide in Japan, which is where Masumi later was born. Her oldest brother, prior to her birth, had left Japan to study in America, so they first got to meet each other when Masumi was about six or seven years old. Although she grew up in Japan during her elementary school years, she moved abroad three years ago with her mother, due to learning that her father was apparently roaming London. Her other brother stayed in Japan. She has recently returned to Japan, in order to get the [[Prototype antidote|antidote]] for her mother. After meeting Conan, Ran, and Sonoko during a case, she transfers to [[Setting/Educational Institutions#Teitan High School|Ran's high school class]]. Masumi is skilled at [[Wikipedia:Jeet Kune Do|Jeet Kune Do]], a hobby encouraged by her brother Shuichi who mailed her instruction videos while in elementary school. She can fight on the same level as [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]. She seems to know that Conan is Shinichi and she had in fact met Ran and Shinichi sometime in their past. Currently, she is living with [[Mary]], whom she calls "Mama" privately. She claims that she is provided for by a rich friend of her late father<ref>Vol 83 Chap 876: The Romance Novelist</ref>, but it hasn't been revealed who it is. Every time they encounter the possibility of the information on Mary getting out, they end up moving to a new hotel under Mary's order. While Masumi is eager to seek help from Conan, Mary is skeptical of him.
The three siblings have different last names. Sera is supposedly her mother's maiden name.

== Personality ==
[[File:691-15.png|thumb|200px|Masumi beats a gangster in [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case]]]]
Masumi 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, Masumi fails to correct Sonoko's mistaken impression that she is a man and even makes it worse by declaring that Ran is "[her] type".<ref name=pronouns>The Japanese pronoun used is gender neutral and can refer to either males or females.</ref> Her rather boyish appearance - especially in relation with her flat chest - is a bit of a touchy subject to Masumi, who claims that her mother's bust size is rather well developed and keeps expressing her hope that someday her own chest size will similarly change for her.

Masumi is quite quick-minded, coming up with clever plans and adapting them to sudden changes rapidly. Masumi seems to be prone to dramatics like most detectives are, but perhaps to a lesser degree than [[Shinichi]] or [[Heiji]] as she bluntly says who the criminal is without preamble. On the other hand, Masumi is tough to the point that she is willing to risk all to achieve a successful conclusion of a case. In one instance, she purposefully lured a hostage-taker into a sniper's sight with a smile, hoping he would be shot without showing any apprehension about his possible demise.

Although she has crime scene experience<ref name=769p3>Manga Volume 73, File 7, pg 3: "A Detective Just Like You, Little Boy"</ref>, Masumi seems to be less skilled as a detective than Shinichi or Heiji, apparently missing a critical clue that was necessary to understand how the murderer's setup worked, although Conan opines that Masumi purposely made an error in order to test him. In some degree, she seems to like rivalry or contests to see who is the winner.

Sera's catchphrase upon the conclusion of a case is "case closed".

Sera shows a protective and caring side towards Conan, as seen in the Detectives Nocturne and in the beginning of the Red Woman case when she helps Conan up after falling, as well as having it made clear in the Haunted Hotel case that she was also clearly investigating Conan before they first met, as she knew he was a detective. It’s likely to believe that them being on the same bus was not an accident, which could even lead to be argued that she somehow hinted to them about the cake buffet so they would be on the same bus as her. It is safe to assume though she was, and possibly still is, investigating Conan.

Sera's way of referring to her parents as 'Mama' and 'Papa' indicates a privileged background.

Unlike other girls, Masumi don't scream at seeing a dead body.

== Appearance ==
[[File:Sera transfers.png‎|thumb|200px|Masumi transfers to Teitan High School]]
At first, she wears a grey fedora that used to belong to Shuichi Akai and a dark jacket which gives her an androgynous appearance. When she transfers to Teitan High, she gets rid of her fedora and wears 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, Mitsuhiko and Hattori comment that her breasts are rather small. Masumi also has an uneven tooth that shows when she smiles.

Masumi and her brother Shuichi presumably more closely resemble their mother than their father.
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==Abilities==
===Deduction and Intelligence===
She seems to have deduction abilities, but her intelligence and crime scene experience are less than both Shinichi and Heiji. Sometimes she jumps on wrong deduction and Shinichi has to correct it, but maybe this wrong deduction was because she wants to test Shinichi. In some cases she calls her second-older brother Shukichi to ask him about case. When a case is over, Masumi always says her catchphrase "Case Closed", which she seems to got it from her oldest brother Shuichi.

===Martial Arts===
She is a practitioner of jeet kune do martial art, which she learned from her oldest brother who send videos to her. She still acknowledge her brother to be stronger than herself at least three times. Masumi's martial art skill are strong. She is capable of fighting on same level as Ran and she was able to capture a man with gun at detective agency and was able to defeat a gangster with one strike.

===Other Skills===
Masumi is skilled at driving a motorcycle and owns an Artesia XT400. She is skilled in Japanese as she knows "jibun" means 'you', not 'I' in Kansai dialect. She also most likely knows English because her mother is British and she went to England.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Sera-san Sera-no-nēchan Sera Sera Masumi<ref name="file930">[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume 88)]]</ref> [[Shuichi Akai|Akai-san]]'s younger sister (''Akai-san no imōto'')|Conan-kun Edogawa Conan-kun<ref name="file771">[[volume 73#Bomber's Request|File 771 (Volume 73)]]</ref> Boy (''Bōya''; first time) Wizard (''Mahō-tsukai'')}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Sera Sera Masumi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18">Movie 18: ''[[Dimensional Sniper]]''</ref>|Kudo-kun Shinichi-kun Kudo Shinichi-kun<ref name="ep690">[[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|Episode 690]]</ref>| Kudo Shinichi}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Sera-san Sera Masumi-chan<ref>File 778</ref> Sera-chan|Ran-chan Ran-kun}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Tomboy-ish Girl|Kogoro-san Poiro-san ([[Hercule Poirot|'''Poiro'''t]] + Kogo'''ro''')<ref>[[Volume 78#Mystery Train|File 820 (Volume 78)]]</ref> Sleeping Kogoro-san (''Nemuri no Kogoro-san'')<ref name="file771" />}}
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{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Tsutomu Akai|-|Papa}}

{{appellations|Mary Sera|Masumi<ref name="file953">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref>|Mama<ref name="file953" /> The little sister from outside the domain (''ryōiki-gai no imōto'')}}

{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Masumi|Shu-nii Oniichan<ref name="file972" /> Aniki<ref name="file936">[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 936]]</ref> Akai Shuichi<ref name="file938">[[volume 89#Girls Band Murder Case|File 938: The Crime in the Blind Spot (Volume 89)]]</ref> Ani<ref name="file859">[[volume 81#Bumper Brawn|File 859: Jeet Kune Do vs. Karate (Volume 81)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Sera Masumi-san<ref name="file954">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 954: Sanction of the Betrayal (Volume 90)]]</ref> Sera-san<ref name="file954" /> Masumi (in his thought)|Subaru}}

{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Masumi<ref name="file972">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972 (Volume 92)]]</ref>|Kichi-nii<ref>[[:File:AChint8-06-2014 4.JPG]] ([[Masumi Sera|Sera-chan]] calls [[Akai family's middle brother|him]] Kichi-nii)</ref> Kichi-niichan<ref name="file972" /> Aniki Chukichi (talking to [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]])<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 929 (Volume 88)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Sera-san Sensei (once) Sera-chan Female High-School Detective (''JK Tantei'')<ref name="file938" /> Sera Masumi-san<ref name="file859" />|Sonoko-chan Sonoko-kun}}

{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Female detective (''onna-tantei'')|Hattori-kun}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|-|The girl with the ponytail}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Mari-chan<ref name="file930" />|Taisho<ref name="file930" />}}

{{appellations|Nakamichi|Sera}}
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{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Female High-School Detective (''Jōshi-Kōsei Tantei'')|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')}}

{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Sera-kun|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Volume 86#Poolside Case|File 905 (Volume 86)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|"FBI Guy"}}

{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Boy (''Bōzu'')<ref name="file828">[[Volume 78#The Blush Mermaid|File 828 (Volume 78)]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="file828" /> Inspector (''Keibu'')<ref name="file828"/>}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san<ref name="file937">[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 937]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Scotch|-|Scotch<ref name="file937" /> [[Shuichi Akai|My brother]]'s friend (''Aniki no yūjin'')<ref name="file936" /> The friend (''sono yūjin'')<ref name="file936" />}}

{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Young girl (''wakai no'')<ref name="file858">[[volume 81#Steamy Relations|File 858: A Problematic Deduction (Volume 81)]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="file858" />}}
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{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Sera Masumi<ref name="m18" />|Haibara Haibara Ai Ai-chan<ref>File 1035</ref>}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Onēsan<ref name="m18" />}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Professor Agasa (''Agasa-hakase'')}}
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{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|-|Kudo Yusaku<ref name="ep690" />}}

{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Sera<ref>[[Volume 78]], File 6</ref>|-}}

{{appellations|Scar Akai|Masumi<ref name="MT">[[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]]</ref>|Shu-nii<ref name="MT" /> Acquaintance (''shiriai'')}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-|Master of Karate (''Karate no Tatsujin'')}}

{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda<ref>[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 952: In the Suspicious Next Room (Volume 90)]]</ref> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953" />}}

{{appellations|Asaka|-|Asaka<ref name="file953" />|file=Asaka manga.jpg}}
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== Plot overview ==
[[File:Masumi defends herself.jpg|129kbpx|thumb|Masumi defends herself from Ran.]]
=== Masumi's Introduction (Manga: [[Volume 73#Jeet Kune Do|768-770]], Anime: [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel|646-647]]) ===
Masumi first met [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] on a bus after she was mistaken for a [[Wikipedia:Groping|groper]]. After Sonoko declared Masumi was the groper, Masumi and Ran got into a fight, with Masumi's Jeet Kune Do holding even against Ran's karate. Conan and Masumi cleared up the misunderstanding by pointing out the real groper. Sonoko then mistook Masumi for a boy, an impression which wasn't helped by Masumi declaring that Ran was "his type".<ref name=pronouns/> Masumi and Ran both discovered they were heading to the same hotel, about which Conan is less than pleased.

Masumi 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 Masumi 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. She also revealed before she knew Conan's name despite it not being mentioned in front of her, revealing that Masumi has been investigating Conan for awhile now.

[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] is not pleased to have another high school detective underfoot but lets Masumi and Conan investigate regardless. After listening to the suspect testimony, police observations, and examining the crime scene, Masumi announces that she has solved the case.

However, Masumi'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 Masumi 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 following day, Masumi 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: [[Volume 73#Bomber's Request|771]]-[[Volume 74#Bomber's Request|774]], Anime: [[Hostage Situation at the Mouri Detective Agency|648-650]]) ===

==== Let's hear your brilliant deduction! (771) ====
According to Sonoko, Masumi 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 [[Shinichi Kudo]] who has been taking a break from school. Masumi 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, Masumi 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:Masumi's slide kick.png|67kbpx|thumb|left|Masumi sweeps out the culprit ]]

Just as Masumi 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 Masumi 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 the man to the floor, and Ran removes the gun from the man's hand with a kick; however, Masumi 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 Masumi. Conan's response is that Masumi is familiar somehow, like they have met before or she looks like someone, and Conan feels she isn't an enemy. Genta and Mitsuhiko told 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 Masumi snatches the phone away and says hello to Conan (who is shocked that Masumi is with Ran). Masumi 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) ====
Masumi asks a few insightful questions about the case; however the hostage taker man discovers Ran's phone is still connected. Under gunpoint, Masumi steps in front of Ran and takes the blame, but Conan, using Shinichi's voice, says he ordered Ran to do it. Masumi is mystified by why Shinichi is now on Conan's phone. Masumi 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) ====
[[File:Sera773.png|thumb|right|200px|Masumi surprised by Ran's attitude.]]
Masumi explains to Ran that she secretly kept the call to Conan connected so he could call the police and research into the case. While Masumi 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.

Masumi 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 Masumi'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 Masumi wonders how he will manage to resolve this situation without bloodshed.</ref>

==== The book with unturned pages (774) ====
Masumi 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. Masumi yells for the waiting bomb squad to secure the area. With the hostage taker arrested, Shinichi then reveals the true culprit. Masumi realizes the mistake in her deduction and explains the correct timeline of events before the murder. Sometime soon after the conclusion of the case, Masumi, 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 Masumi thought". Conan isn't sure what to make of these last comments.

=== Video Site (Manga: [[Volume 74|775-777]], Anime: [[The Professor's Video Site|656-657]]) ===
[[File:Ai image.png|thumb|200px|Masumi deletes Haibara's image]]
Masumi stops [[Genta Kojima|Genta]] and [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] outside of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]]'s house to ask them if they are acquaintances of Professor Agasa. The topic of [[Shinichi]] comes up when she talks to Mitsuhiko and Genta about the prior hostage case. Mitsuhiko mentions that [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] told them to keep Shinichi's involvement secret. After asking about Haibara, Masumi mentions that she saw Haibara in one of the professor's online videos. Next, Masumi asks who is currently living in the Kudo house because she saw the curtains shift slightly. The Detective Boys tell her that [[Subaru Okiya]] has been staying there since his apartment burnt down. Masumi cryptically comments with a smirk on her face, "And here I thought that someone had just settled in without permission...But it seems I was just getting worked up over nothing..." while looking up at where Subaru is hiding.

At the end of the case, Masumi is in her hotel room deleting various files. One of her deleted files was a still image from Agasa's video blown up to show Haibara reflected in Agasa's glasses. This indicates that she is not only keeping an eye on Conan but also on Haibara.
"Delete... Delete... For data, at least is an easy task to accomplish...", were her words while she was doing it.

=== East vs. West Rematch (Manga: [[Volume 74#East vs. West|778-780]], Anime: [[Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West|651]]) ===
[[File:Sera FBI.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi thinks about the FBI]]
The case opens with Ran talking to Masumi about [[Heiji Hattori]] who is stopping by for a visit. Masumi is curious whether Heiji or Shinichi is the better detective. After Heiji is introduced to Masumi, Kazuha then calls Heiji and tells him that she is stuck at a restaurant because someone died and a foreigner [[Andre Camel]] is keeping everyone from leaving. Masumi proposes Heiji and Shinichi (via Conan's cellphone) have a deduction match. At the crime scene, Masumi becomes curious about the foreigner, Camel who secured the area. The police and Conan reveal Camel is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent and Masumi takes interest. Meanwhile, Camel finds that Masumi looks familiar, but can't quite place why. He takes a picture of her and mails it to [[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] and [[James Black]] who are waiting outside. Jodie and James think Masumi resembles someone too, but only James Black correctly identified Masumi as female.

Meanwhile Masumi is busy helping with the case, asking questions and making comments about various deductions. Heiji nearly slips up with Conan's identity in front of her earning a pointed question from Masumi, but Heiji rescues himself by saying he thinks of Conan as Kudo when Conan gets smug have hearing Shinichi's deductions over the phone. Masumi doesn't seemed to be fooled though, her thoughts show that she seems to know Conan, not Shinichi, is the one solving the case while watching Conan come to his final conclusion.

=== EYE (Manga: [[Volume 74#Eye for an Eye|781]], Anime: [[The Design of Poison and Mirage|652]]) ===
Conan, Heiji, Masumi, and the rest of the group return to the Mouri Detective Agency after the poisoning case at Danny's restaurant. Heiji reveals the case that brought him to Tokyo; he received a mysterious letter signed in the name of a person who was murdered in Karuizawa requesting an investigation. Masumi takes an immediate interest in the case and wants to tag along, but Heiji refuses saying that the people he is visiting are only expected five people. Masumi is peeved at being left behind.

=== Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Manga: [[Volume 75|787]], Anime: [[Kogoro-san is a Good Man|661]]) ===
Masumi is walking with Conan, Ran and Sonoko. While they wonder why Kogoro has been coming home late, Sonoko thinks he's found himself a mistress. Masumi thinks that he is just investigating a case. When an old lady named Takae Kiritani comes, she claims that Kogoro has been helping her. Masumi asks what he does for her to which she replies that its small things like helping around the house. Masumi isn't seen again for the rest of the case.

=== Murder at Mouri Detective Agency (Manga: [[Volume 76|797-800]], Anime: [[Detectives' Nocturne|672-674]]) ===
[[File:Sera's motorcycle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi in her motorcycle.]]
During a murder case at Mouri Detective Agency, after meeting Kogoro's new apprentice [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]], [[Juzo Megure|Megure]] comments that the number of detectives around Kogoro has increased again, referring to Masumi. Amuro takes interest in Masumi. Later, Kogoro and friends go over to a suspect's apartment. Masumi calls Ran after hearing about the murder on the news because she is worried about her and Conan. The call has an usual amount of static which alerts Amuro that there are listening devices present. Amuro abruptly hangs up Ran's phone on Masumi. Meanwhile, Conan intentionally gets himself kidnapped by the primary suspect. After Ran enables calling again, Masumi calls back immediately and is very upset because she was worried something had happened to Ran. Ran tells her that Conan has been kidnapped, and details to Masumi the murder at Kogoro's agency. In order to figure out where the kidnapper is headed, Kogoro and Amuro search the apartment and decide to go to the address of one of the other suspects.

Masumi arrives at suspect's home on [[Cars|her motorcycle]], but just misses Kogoro and the gang leaving. She hears the elevator descending and rushes back downstairs in time to follow Amuro's [[Cars|car]]. Meanwhile, the culprit has been driving around with Conan while Haibara has been directing Okiya's car towards them using the criminal tracking glasses. Okiya catches up to the kidnapper and relays what the car looks like to Kogoro. Amuro sees the suspect's car heading in the opposite direction so he quickly wheels around after it. Masumi, who has been following Amuro's car this whole time, u-turns after Amuro and continues chasing. Amuro gets in front of the suspect's car and stops it. The suspect gets out of the car holding Conan at gunpoint, but Masumi drives up onto the roof of the car. She swings her motorcycle around so that the rear wheel slams into the woman's face knocking her unconscious. With tears of relief, Masumi hugs Conan, happy he is safe. Amuro, Okiya, and [[Vermouth]] look on.

=== Meeting with Scar Akai (Manga: [[Volume 76|801]], Anime: [[Won't Forgive Even One Millimeter|675]]) ===
[[File:Sera 675.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Masumi looking for Scar Akai.]]
Masumi is walking with Sonoko and Ran, and Ran is talking by phone with Conan. Masumi hears Haibara's voice in the background and becomes curious. She asks the two others what Haibara is like, and Sonoko says Haibara is like a woman in a child's body.

When Ran hangs up her cellphone, the topic switches over to [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]]. Masumi says to Ran she wants to meet Amuro because she never got a really good look at him from the last case, but Sonoko thinks she wants to meet Conan, instead. Ran says Shinichi and Conan are big fans of Sherlock Holmes. Masumi thinks about that she has known that for a long time.

Suddenly, Masumi sees [[Scar Akai]] in the crowd ahead. She runs after him, but she can't catch him. Ran wonders who Masumi was chasing, but Masumi replies she thought it was someone she knew, and silently appends in her mind that it would be impossible for the man she was chasing to be the person she thinks it was.

[[File:690-3.png|thumb|200px|Masumi is shocked to see Subaru]]
=== Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|812-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|690-691]]) ===
Masumi meets [[Subaru Okiya]] at Shinichi's house and she finds him suspicious. She began to think there is a woman at Kudo's house because there are a hair elastic, lipstick in a glass and a long hair in the sink trap. After that, all of them solved a case together that is similar to a case that Shinichi Kudo's father dropped out 10 years ago. It was revealed to be a theft case. Both Subaru and Masumi had got more suspicious of Conan and the identity of Shinichi Kudo. At the end, when the criminals were knocked, she saw Ran and Conan and she thought she was a 'bad kid', after all.

=== Gunma Campground's Cabin Trap (Manga: [[Volume 77|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-700]]) ===
[[File:Masome.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi at the campground]]
She went camping when she meets Professor Agasa and Conan. The Detective Boys were lost. Masumi and Conan found the two policemen finding the corpse. After she and Conan solved the case, she and Conan rushed towards the burning cabin. Conan and the Detective Boys were talking about how they got safe. Mitsuhiko pointed the way were their savior went. Masumi then began to ask what kind of woman is their savior. She seemed to be surprised when she saw her on Mitsuhiko's cell phone.
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[[File:new-sera.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi leans in to get a good look at Haibara]]
[[File:Sera is akai sister.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi is revealed to be Shuichi's sister.]]

=== Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78|818-824]], Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|701-704]]) ===
Masumi finally meets Haibara, and Haibara has a bad feeling about her (although it could have been due to Scar Akai spying on them from behind the door just then). Later when a murder occurs on the Bell Tree Express, she and Conan investigate. Masumi takes a video recording of the suspects running so she can show it to the detective boys in order to ask them which one had the closest gait to the masked suspect from earlier, but she is intercepted first by Scar Akai in the hallway. She stops and angrily asks him who he is. Scar Akai simply replies that she hasn't changed, reveals his face to her, and refers to her by her first name, "Masumi". In her shock Masumi calls him "Shu-nii", signifying that Shuichi is Masumi's older brother. She questions Scar Akai about what happened, saying that she heard he had died. Scar Akai then tasers her unconscious, stating that he was hoping for that response. Scar Akai later is revealed to be Vermouth in disguise, explaining why he attacked Masumi.

=== The Blush Mermaid Heist (Manga: [[Volume 78|828]]-[[Volume 79|830]], Anime: [[Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid|724-725]]) ===
[[File:SeraHat.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Masumi is relieved that she has got her hat back.]]
Masumi accompanies Conan, Ran, and Sonoko to the location of Kaitou Kid's next heist: a museum where the Blush Mermaid, a gem adhered to the shell of a turtle as a last ditch effort by a an Italian actress in an accident at sea to save her turtle by encouraging someone to rescue it. Before checking out the museum, Masumi asks Ran if she saw a [[Scar Akai|strange man in black]] when she found the hat on the Belltree Express. After the group arrives at the room where the turtle is being held in a large aquarium, [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]] pulls Masumi's face to see if it is a mask worn by Kid. Annoyed by Nakamori's mistaken gender assumption and having her face pinched, Masumi knees him in the privates ostensibly to prove he isn't Kid. Masumi then runs off to the bathroom. Later, when Kid makes his move, Masumi is one of many caught in his trap: the rug on the floor is pulled up by strings so that it pins everyone standing on it to the front of aquarium. As soon as the rug drops, everyone sees the tank is empty except for a card left by Kid. This leaves Conan and Masumi quite dumbfounded as to how Kaitou Kid could have removed the turtle. Later, Conan reveals that Masumi is really Kaitou Kid, and he had made a critical error in his acting by assuming Masumi was a male. Kaitou Kid had locked the real Masumi bound and gagged in the men's bathroom after knocking her out with a stun gun. Upon gaining consciousness, Masumi escapes her bonds, rushes out of the bathroom, and gives a still disguised Kid a fierce kick to the face. After Kid escapes (due to Ran distracting Masumi by pointing out that everyone can see her underwear), Masumi is relieved that she at least managed to recover her hat, which she thinks is special because it somehow has the same feel as her brother Shuichi Akai's hat.

=== Cooking Show Murder (Manga: [[Volume 80|844-846]], Anime: [[The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits|727-728]]) ===
[[File:SeraSmile.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Masumi is smiling and blushing when Conan asks her if they had met each other before.]]
Conan, Ran, Sonoko, Kogoro and Masumi go to a live cooking show. Conan wants to ask something important to Masumi, but a murder gets in his way. While solving the case, Ran realises that Masumi and her might have met each other before, since Ran thinks of waves in the beach each time Masumi gets away. At the end of the case, Conan asks Masumi if they had met each other before. Masumi smiles and says she doesn´t know, but actually she thinks "Of course we have, but I can’t tell you until the time comes..."

=== Adultery Investigation (Manga: [[Volume 81|856-858]], Anime: [[Bathroom Where Ran Collapsed As Well|740-741]]) ===
[[File:SeraCall.png|left|thumb|200px|Masumi is calling her brother on the phone.]]
After being hired by a classmate, Keiko Kitao, Masumi is investigating to see if the boyfriend of Keiko's sister has fully committed to their relationship. However, as the atmosphere is rapidly changed by the murder, Masumi and Conan start to investigate the crime scene. When Conan has finally deduced who the culprit is, he also observes Masumi making a call with someone saying "...Say, my deduction... It's not wrong, is it?". Upon solving the case, Eri states having seen Masumi talking to her brother on the phone.

=== Meeting Makoto (Manga: [[Volume 81|859-861]], Anime: [[The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku|744-745]]) ===
[[File:SeraAndMakoto.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Masumi attacks Makoto with her Jeet Kune Do.]]
At a Bowling Center with Conan, Ran, Sonoko and Kogoro, Masumi is introduced to Sonoko's boyfriend Makoto. Shortly before, Makoto mistakes Masumi for a stranger being "overly friendly" with Sonoko and tries to fight her. Masumi explains that she has been taught Jeet Kune Do by her older brother, she also reveals that besides her assumingly dead brother, she also has a second-oldest brother. Furthermore, Masumi explains to Conan that her brother also advises her on cases by phone. After successfully investigating the crime scene with Conan, Masumi steps aside with her smartphone and types in the message "It seems like he's also arrived at the truth... But whether or not our deductions are the same - lately I've been losing confidence in that regard...". When the recipient writes back "Who is he? I'd like an explanation!", Masumi takes a picture with her smartphone. However, the recipient's answer, "If it's him, there's no problem." reveals that he is familiar with Conan. It is heavily implied that it is the same person Conan saw Masumi making a call with in File 857.

=== Red Woman Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|872]]-[[Volume 83|875]], Anime: [[The Tragedy of the Red Woman|754-756]]) ===
Masumi takes a request from her middle brother to consult in his place about a case involving some of his high school classmates who are now 28-29 years old. On the way to a cabin in the woods, Masumi tells Conan and the gang more about her family history and timeline. She reveals that she and her brothers each have different family names for various reasons, one of which is the death of her father. The case takes a dark turn when one of the classmates is found murdered in a bathtub of tomatoes. With the help of the Nagano police, Conan and Masumi manage to solve the case. Later, Masumi asks Conan to find her cellphone in the kitchen by calling it with his. He does so and Conan notices the call background screen is a [[Mary|child who looks like Masumi]] with eye bags similar to those of the [[Akai family]] members. Masumi mentions having a younger sister earlier on (Episode 754), so Conan suspects Masumi was intentionally trying to show him the child for some reason.

=== Romance Novelist Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 83|876]]-[[Volume 83|878]], Anime: [[The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion|759-760]]) ===
On the way home from school, Ran and Sonoko decide to visit Masumi's hotel (which is different from the other one she has been staying at earlier). Masumi claims she had a meeting with her supposedly-hard-to-reach [[Shukichi Haneda|middle brother]] planned, so she texts him to reschedule. Conan seems to notice this contradiction. At the hotel, Conan tries to peek in Masumi's bedroom, but Masumi wards him off by embarrassing him. Masumi also asks Conan is she reminds him of someone he met in the past, but Conan draws a blank. A murder interrupts the meeting. While Conan is investigating, he notices the middle-school aged [[Mary|child]] from Masumi's cellphone picture in the gathered crowd. Later, Conan and the gang return to Masumi's room, and Conan hides his glasses earpiece [[microphone]] to spy on the apartment. It is quickly found and destroyed by Masumi and the child after Conan departs with Ran and Sonoko. Masumi asks the child is she is beginning to like him, but the child responds that she is still long way from trusting him. The child asks Masumi to tell Conan she is her little sister from outside the territory if he asks about her. Masumi doesn't mention that she showed Conan the child's picture.

=== Shogi Tournament (Manga: [[Volume 85|899-902]], Anime: [[Taiko Meijin's Match of Love|785-786]]) ===

Sera invites Conan over to her new hotel to visit, but Conan says that he can't come. While he fibs to Sera, the true reason is that he's attending a Shogi game that day. While Sera doesn't investigate the case itself, she sees the Shogi game on TV while [[Mary|the child]] is sleeping on the table. At the end of the case the young girl has woken up, and is happy about the game's conclusion.

=== Poolside Case (Manga: [[Volume 85|903]]-[[Volume 86|903-905]], Anime: [[The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool|787-788]]) ===

Sera invites Conan over so that the child from Masumi's phone knows that he can be trusted, indicating that if he can't, they'll have to find a new living quarters. However despite promising he'd come alone, he ends up bringing Ran and Sonoko with him, much to the little girl and Masumi's frustration. The three teenage girls and Conan plan to hang out at the hotel's pool, but get interrupted by an emergency accompanied by a case. Sera and Conan solve the case together. At the end of the case Ran realizes that she recognizes Sera and her "little sister" from somewhere, but can't quite recall where.

=== Ran & Shinichi - First Contact (Manga: [[Volume 87#Ran & Shinichi - First Contact|921-924]], Anime: [[Memories from Sakura Class|853-854]]) ===

Sera, Sonoko and Ran are all walking in the cherry blossoms when Ran remembers when she first met Shinichi. Sonoko and Ran proceed to tell Sera a synopsized version of the event.

=== A Killer in Ramen Ogura (Manga: [[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|928-930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|827-828]]) ===

Sera, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan all agree to have dinner at Sera's favorite ramen place. While there, Conan and Sera learn that three of the customers are suspects in an ongoing robbery-cum-murder case. Sera calls her brother to get more information on the suspects, but he's busy and hangs up on her. Sera and Conan both solve the case, and in the end the chef gives Conan a handkerchief that he mistakenly believes belongs to Sera, but actually says [[Mary Sera|Mary]]. This prompts Conan to realize that he must have met Mary somewhere, but can't recall where.

=== Girls Band Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|936-938]], Anime:[[The Unfriendly Girls Band|836-837]]) ===
[[File:Masumi and Scotch Flashback EP836 (3).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi remembers meeting a man nicknamed Scotch]]
Sonoko gets inspired by a movie she saw the previous night (inspired by the anime K-On!) to start a girl's band with Sera and Ran. Four years ago, Masumi was taught a few notes on the base guitar by a friend of her brother, [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]]. The friend was referred to as "[[Scotch]]" by another person who Masumi thinks looks like [[Rei Furuya|Rei]]. She helps solve the murder case the group runs into, and mentions that she was inspired by her oldest brother into becoming a detective.

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|951-953]], Anime: [[The Spirit Detective's Murder|863-864]]) ===

Masumi and Mary has moved into another hotel, where a murder takes place next door. Kogoro investigates the inside of the hotel room as part of a case, and after Masumi stalls him for a bit, Mary hides underneath the room's 4th floor veranda. Masumi intercepts Conan right before Mary is discovered, though Conan still manages to snap a picture of her. Sera uses a phone to give Mary all the information she needs to solve the case, and she uses Conan's lost bowtie modulator to pretend to be Kogoro.

=== Swimsuit Festival Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 91#Swimsuit Festival|969]]-[[Volume 92#Swimsuit Festival|971]], Anime: [[The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room|878-879]]) ===
Masumi intentionally puts on a bathing suit similar to the one that she had worn in the past to try to jog Conan's memory of where they met. A case occurs, which involved the method of counting fingers in different countries. Masumi seems to count the same way that is used in the UK, but seems to think that it is the way it is done in the US. As Conan corrects her, she seems confused. Conan thinks back on all of the times that Masumi has done things that seem to imply that she was in the UK rather than the US and he finally remembers the events of 10 years ago by repeating イギリス (Igirisu / Britain) in is head.
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=== A Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|972-974]], Anime: [[The Wizard of the Ripples|881-882]]) ===
The history between Shinichi, Ran and Masumi as children is explored.
<spoiler>[[File:Mary Masumi Shuichi at beach.jpg|left|thumb|200px|A flashback to 10 years ago at the beach.]]
10 years ago, Masumi, along with her mother Mary and brothers Shukichi Haneda and Shuichi Akai encounter Shinichi, who is playing detective, and Ran at a beach. Shinichi introduce himself as "Holmes Apprentice". Later, the Akai family gets caught up in a robbery/accident case where a van falls into the ocean and the victim inside is identified as a robber. With hints and intelligence of both Shuichi, Shinichi and his father, Yusaku, they are able to solve the case.

In the end, Masumi calls Shinichi a 'magician'. Though it may be thought that it was because Shinichi was able to humor a rather serious person, Shuichi Akai; it is not the reason behind Masumi calling him 'magician'.
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Many important historical events relating to the Akai family, Shuichi Akai and his commitment to find his father's killer and the character of Tsutomu Akai is explored in this episode/chapter.

=== Café Rice Flower Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 94#Café Rice Flower Murder Case|994-996]], Anime:[[The High School Girl Trio's Secret Café|919-920]]) ===
Masumi and Sonoko meets up with Ran in a café to discuss details of the school field trip to Kyoto and happen upon a murder. Sera and Conan solve the case together.

=== Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Crimson School Trip Case|1005]], Anime: [[The Scarlet School Trip|927-928]]) ===
Masumi, together with other high school students such as Ran, Shinichi, etc, goes on a field trip to Kyoto. In Kyoto, she participated in solving a murder case along with other high school detectives, Heiji and Shinichi. This whole case is a confirmation of Masumi knowing Shinichi's real identity. After the case is solved, Masumi is seen calling her mother, [[Mary Sera]] telling her that "it seems the antidote exists" and her mission now is to get it without fail.

=== TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|1022-1026]], Anime: [[Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy|993-995]]) ===
Masumi, Ran and Conan joins with Makoto and Sonoko to watch a movie. They encounter a murder case which happens in a TV Drama Filming Site. To get the antidote for Mary, she trys to ask Ran about Shinchi circumstance during the school trip, and ask her if Shinichi appears in her sight, then Conan would be gone. However, Ran said that she saw both Shinchi and Conan during the [[The Desperate Revival|school festival]], which surprised her. After that, she trys to confronts Conan by calling him Shinchi. Conan denies that it is impossible that he is Shinchi. Masumi remembers her mother, Mary attempted to contact [[Tsutomu Akai|her father]] in London, leaving herself in the room, and came back hours later in the body of a middle-school child form. Until she saw Conan [[Holmes' Revelation|appears in London]], which cause her back to Japan. She ask Ran and Conan that are there any mature child which is similar to Conan. They said that Haibara, who has the mature personality similar to Conan, She remembers that she had met her in the [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|Mystery Train]] before.

=== Antique Facet Case (Manga: [[Volume 97#Antique Facet Case|1035]]-[[Volume 98#Antique Facet Case|1038]], Anime: [[The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden|1018-1020]]) ===
After having more or less confirmed Conan's true identity as Shinichi, Masumi starts to investigate about Ai Haibara's connection to him due to her mature personality and unusual choice of Kanji for her name. She follows Conan, Agasa, Ai, and Subaru to the house of an appraiser whom Agasa requested to inspect an antique plate he had found at his late uncle and aunt's estate. During the case, was trying to pressure Haibara into revealing her true identity and giving her the [[APTX 4869|drugs]] that restores " the flow of time". However, Subaru ended up interrupting Sera's investigation, which irritated Sera and tried to kick him. Subaru easily dodged the kick and told Sera that the divison of fault is "50:50"; saying that he might be at fault for irritating her, but she is also at fault for trying to kick him, which surprised Sera.
After the case, Sera asks her mother about her "50:50" catchphrase, Mary revealed that it is a line that her husband used to say and her son Shuichi inherited from him. Mary asks Sera if she can gets her hands on the drug, Sera told her that it is difficult for the moment since Subaru Okiya is standing in her way. Mary asks her if he is such a noteworthy person, however, Sera is more concerned about whether Subaru is her brother Akai or not, since he's using the same "50:50" catchphrase as her brother.

=== Sisters' Birthday Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 98|1047]]-[[Volume 99|1050]], Anime: [[The Birthday Party of Divine Punishment|1045-1046]]) ===
Ran, Sonoko, Sera and Conan are invited to sisters' birthday party. During the party, Sera sees Conan carrying a blue and white capsule in his medicine box, and realises that it is an APTX antidote. Sera calls her mother, informing her about the antidote. Her mother orders her to steal it possible. Eventually, a murder takes places, postponing Sera's plan. After the case is solved, Sera managed somehow to steal the medicine box. Sera started to remember her mother's shrinking, which occured at the same time of [[Holmes' Revelation]]'s arc in London. Sera and Mary witnessed Conan calling himself Holmes' apprentice during Minerva's match on TV, and remembered the same proclamation of Shinichi 10 years ago on the beach. The two realised that Conan is Shinichi, and has a way to return as Shinichi to board a plane to London. Since then, Mary ordered Sera to get closer to him in order to obtain the antidote. Then, Sera opens the medicine box, but realises that the antidote isn't in there, as Conan tricked her by putting it elsewhere, much to Sera's chagrin.

=== Serial Hotel Bombing Case (Manga: [[Volume 103|1094-1096]], Anime: TBA) ===
After luring Conan to their current hotel to get their hands on the APTX antidote, Sera and Mary get involved in the resolution of a serial bombing case. However, they are discovred by an agent of the Black Organization, who then transports his boss, [[Renya Karasuma]], to the hotel and triggers a fire alert, forcing the building's evacuation. As Sera and Mary try to avoid drawing attention to themselves, they are nevertheless spotted by Karasuma, who is able to witness that the APTX his organzation has been working on for so long seems to be effective in de-aging the human body.<ref name="File 1096">Manga [[Volume 103]], [[Volume 103#Serial Hotel Bombing Case|File 1094-1096]]</ref>

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Dimensional Sniper (Movie: [[Dimensional Sniper|18]]) ===
Sera appeared in this movie as an investigator of the person who had been shot in the Bell Tower. She and Conan helped in chasing the culprit and afterwards was shot by the culprit after saving Conan.

=== The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (Anime: [[The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery|1002]]) ===
This episode is a pre-story to [[The Scarlet Bullet|Movie 24]].

=== The Scarlet Bullet (Movie: [[The Scarlet Bullet|24]]) ===

== Plot Exposition ==
=== Hints that Masumi was Shuichi Akai's sister ===
Masumi was revealed to be Shuichi Akai's sister on the Bell Tree Express after a confrontation with [[Scar Akai]]<ref name=821p16>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 4 (821), pg 16: "Mystery Train (Junction)"</ref> and while sleeptalking.<ref name=823p4>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 6 (823), pg 4: "Mystery Train (Releasing Smoke)"</ref>
[[File:Sera_and_Shuuichi.png|thumb|right|Masumi and Shuichi Akai.]]
* Masumi has bags under her eyes identical to Shuichi Akai's.
* Masumi Sera's name is also incredibly similar to Mobile Suit Gundam character [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Sayla_Mass Sayla Mass] ({{lang|ja|セイラ・マス}}, ''Seira Masu''). [[Shuichi Akai#Name origin|Shuichi's name is derived]] from Sayla Mass's older brother's name, Char Aznable.
* Conan said he has a feeling he had met her before. "''Somehow I feel like we've met somewhere 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>
* [[Andre Camel]] and most likely [[James Black]] seem to recognize her from somewhere. On another interesting note, James was the first to recognize that Masumi was a girl. Everyone else thought that she was a guy when they first saw her. Since James was Shuichi's boss, he would most likely know that Shuichi has a younger sister and what she would look like.
* Masumi lived in Japan until three years ago when her family moved to America. This matches with the time when Shuichi was infiltrating the Black Organization. The family's move to America could be the FBI's attempt to protect them should something go wrong with Shuichi's mission.
* In chapter 801, Masumi chased after [[Scar Akai]] who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Mouri Detective Agency. Although, Scar Akai hid before she could find him, she told Ran that she had just seen "someone she knew".
* In chapter 859, Masumi, when being asked who taught her Jeet Kune Do, answers that her older brother did. Consequently, Conan asks Sera: "But, didn't you say your older brother was dead?" This leads to Masumi remarking "Yeah... That's what I heard." also further supporting the theory that Masumi is in Japan to investigate her brother's death.
* In episode 881, Shukichi calls Masumi's oldest brother as "Shuichi" and Shuichi also tells Mary that he is planning to join FBI.

=== Hints that Masumi was not Bourbon ===
* In Chapter 801, Masumi chased after [[Scar Akai]] who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Mouri Detective Agency. Although, Scar Akai hid before she could find him, she told Ran that she had just seen "someone she knew". She then thinks there is "no way it was possible" regarding the man she saw, which would make sense if she thought Shuichi was dead. This implied she wasn't Bourbon, since Bourbon believes he is the only one who can kill Shuichi, implying that Gin might have failed to do so. Hence Bourbon wouldn't think that it was impossible to meet Shuichi again in the street.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Friends and family ===
==== Shuichi Akai ====
[[Shuichi Akai]] is Masumi's older brother. She didn't get to meet him until she was six-seven years old, because Shuichi went to study abroad before Masumi was born. At first meeting she was very shy, but she did make some pranks in attempt to make him smile. Masumi refers to Shuichi as "Shu-nii", implying that they were close. Masumi seems to miss him after his supposed death. In the Blush Mermaid Heist, Masumi is shown to be fond of her fedora as she believes it has the same "feel" as Shuichi's old hats. Shuichi sent Masumi Jeet-Kune-Do training tapes while she was in elementary school. She watched these so many times while practicing that she wore them out.<ref name="876p2">Manga [[Volume 83]], File 4 (876), pg 2: "Romance Novelist"</ref> She describes her eldest brother as ''strong'' in contrast to her second - oldest brother.<ref name="859p6-7">Manga [[Volume 81]], File 9 (859): pgs 6-7: "Jeet Kune Do vs. Karate"</ref>

==== Conan Edogawa ====
[[File:EP671-674 25.png|thumb|right|200px|Masumi hugs Conan after rescuing him in [[Detectives' Nocturne]].]]
Masumi is interested in [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s abilities as a detective and has been gathering information on him and his friends. She appears to be certain that Conan is Shinichi Kudo. Despite her initial suspicious presentation, Conan felt like she wasn't a bad person and so didn't mistrust her. Conan at several points questions her if they've met before, but she denies this, once secretly thinking, "Now's not the time". The period in which such an encounter could have taken place is initially hinted to be somewhere before the three-year span of Masumi's sojourn in the United States, when she was in her preteen years.<ref name="Mang83">Manga [[Volume 83]], File 2 (874), pg 7-8: "Red Past"</ref><ref name="Mang86">Manga [[Volume 86]], File 1 (905): "The Truth Rises to the Surface"</ref>

It is later shown that she had met Conan/Shinichi ten years ago, when the Akai family had gathered on an undisclosed beach in Japan prior to Shuichi Akai joining the FBI. By chance, Shinichi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] had also vacationed there, and they all ended up as witnesses and investigators in a gone-awry flight attempt from a robbery. When Shinichi managed to make Shuichi laugh (something Masumi had miserably failed to achieve) with his intelligence, observation skills and some unintended jokes, Masumi, in her admiration for Shinichi, began to call him "wizard". It is quite possible that this meeting inspired Masumi to become a detective herself.<ref name="Mang92">Manga [[Volume 92]], File 2-4 (972-974): "A Chance Meeting at the Beach"</ref>

When Masumi lives in England, she saw the tennis match from the [[Holmes' Revelation|London case]] on TV and recognized Conan as Shinichi based on his proclamation as 'Holmes' apprentice' (same as Shinichi proclaim himself to Shuichi ten years ago). After that, she start return to Japan to meet Conan.<ref name="ch1025">[[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 96, chapter 1025: "TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case"]]</ref>

On several occasions, such as the dramatic conclusion of the [[Detectives' Nocturne|Online Client Case]], Masumi has displayed an intensely affectionate air towards Conan which somewhat transcends a mere "big sister" relationship.<ref>Manga Chapter 800: ''Online Client Case'' - "When Objects Collide"; Anime Episode 674: ''[[Detectives' Nocturne]]'' - "Bourbon"</ref> In fact, it is hinted during the [[The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion|Romance Novelist murder]] and in the movie ''[[Dimensional Sniper]]'' that she may actually be entertaining a crush on Shinichi/Conan and hopes of initiating a closer relationship with him. However, the actual level of her feelings for him is yet to be publicly revealed, and it doesn't appear like she has anything against Ran and Shinichi's relationship.

==== Ai Haibara ====
Masumi has been interested in meeting [[Ai Haibara]] and has been secretly gathering information on her, mainly because she has begun to suspect that Haibara is the inventor of the [[APTX]], which Mary wishes to acquire for her re-transformation.<ref>[[Volume 95#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 95, chapter 1005: "Crimson School Trip Case"]]</ref><ref name="ch1025">[[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 96, chapter 1025: "TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case"]]</ref>. She also seemed to have recognized [[Shiho Miyano]] in the video of her rescuing the [[Detective Boys]]. Haibara in turn feels unnverved by Masumi, mainly by the latter's close interest in her and her pestering allusions, fearing for the safety of her identity.<ref>[[Volume 98#Antique Facet Case|Manga chapters 1035-1036]]</ref>

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran and Sera and Wave.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ran hears sounds of rippling waves when she sees Masumi hurried away]]
Since enrolling at Teitan High, Masumi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] have become friends and often walk home from school together. Masumi has also declared Ran as "her type" when they first met as a sign of liking, though this ultimately led Sonoko, Conan and Ran herself to mistake Masumi for a boy.

At one point, Ran recalls having met Masumi before in the past, hearing the sound of "rippling waves" when the she sees the latter leaving, "as if some sort of magic were at work".<ref name="Mang86"></ref> It is revealed in a later story that she and Masumi had actually met 10 years before, when they were both still children, on a beach, where by happenstance she, Shinichi and the Akai family inadvertently became embroiled in the aftermath of a crime (see '''Conan Edogawa''', above).<ref name="Mang92"></ref>

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
Since enrolling at Teitan High, Masumi and [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] have become friends and often walk home from school together, with Sonoko describing Masumi as a popular girl who is "cheery, sociable, boyish and cute" and on top of that, a "Jeet Kune Do using detective", though she also teasingly remarks that the only thing "against Sera" is her flat chest.

==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[Shukichi Haneda]] is Masumi's middle brother. Masumi appears to have a good relationship with him. Unlike Shuichi, they were close during her childhood. She often consults him regarding information or deductions about the cases she faced, and also has a high regard of her brother's intellect, even considering the already sharp Shuichi as "strong" in contrast to her second older-brother. However, Masumi doesn't know anything about Shukichi's Shogi skills or what he has been up to. She has no idea where he is living.

==== Tsutomu Akai ====
Masumi's father was missing before she was born, so she never knew him. But she refer to him as 'Papa'.

==== Mary Sera ====
[[Mary Sera|Mary]] seems very mature and cold while talking to Masumi. She also treats her more like a coworker than her daughter, as she always advises her what to do and switch hotels if any intel about Mary is leaked. She is also somehow stubborn as she declined Masumi's trust in Conan despite the latter's motive and pursuit of justice are geniune.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Rei Furuya ====
Rei first saw Masumi in Detectives Nocturne case and seemed to recognise her. They formally met in [[The Unfriendly Girls Band|Girls Band Case]] at [[Café Poirot]]. Masumi felt like having met him and even asked him directly about that, but Rei said that was the first time they met. When Masumi talked about a friend of her brother who taught her play the guitar, Rei also seemed to know about that incident. In Masumi's flashback of that friend, a man who looked very much like Rei appeared, and Masumi once again wondered about it, to which Rei replied that she took the wrong person.

==== Scotch ====
Sera recalled meeting Scotch 4 years ago. That was when Scotch was with Akai and Rei in a train station. Sera also remembered Scotch teaching her how to play the bass and though it was only 10 minutes, she seemed to enjoy it. Sera is not sure of Scotch's true identity or allegiance, but thinks that Scotch is Japanese and that Scotch is not the real name.

== Speculation ==
[[File:Sera Knowing Conan's Name.png‎|thumb|right|200px|Masumi mentioning Conan's name.]]
=== Masumi met Shinichi and Ran when she was younger and knows Conan is Shinichi ===
* Masumi knew [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]'s identities before they introduced themselves. She also knew that Conan is a detective.<ref> [[Volume 73]], File 6 (768)</ref>
* Masumi seems to know that Conan is the brains behind Sleeping Kogoro. Conan seems to think that he may have met Masumi before or that she resembles someone that he knows. He believes that she got the deduction of a case wrong just so that he would reveal himself. <ref> [[Volume 73]], File 9 (771)</ref>
* Conan realizes he met Masumi before because he finds her snaggletoothed smile familiar,<ref name=845p16>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 6 (845), pg 16: "Our Territory"</ref>
* Masumi admits that she has met Conan before, but she can´t tell him until "the time" comes.<ref name=846p16>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 7 (846), pg 16: "The Magic Lock"</ref>
* Ran has met Masumi as well because Masumi's figure as she runs away reminds her of "sounds of rippling waves, as if some sort of magic were at work."<ref name=846p4>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 7 (846), pg 4: "The Magic Lock"</ref>
* Masumi, asks Conan if he once met a girl "a long time ago and could never forget [her]"<ref name=876p11>Manga [[Volume 83]], File 4 (876), pg 11: "The Romance Novelist"</ref> and gets annoyed when he says he can't recall someone like that.
* Ran has a flashback to when she saw a younger Masumi, who is wearing a bathing suit, say, "You are a wizard, right?". Ran also feels that she has met [[Mary]].<ref> Manga [[Volume 86]], File 1 (905)</ref>
* The meeting occurred 10 years ago, as mentioned by Mary.<ref> Manga [[Volume 90]], File 5 (953)</ref>
* Masumi puts on a swimsuit similar to the one in Ran's flashback in order to jog Conan's memory, which results in him remembering her in that bathing suit as well, along as three other people, assumed to be her relatives. <ref> Manga [[Volume 91]], File 11 (969)</ref>

In Chapter 771, it is revealed that she also knows Professor Agasa, although she calls him "Professor what's his name". Although this could be explained away as her talking to Conan off screen and her just not remembering Agasa's name.

=== Masumi learned about Haibara from Shuichi's picture ===
Masumi initially had an interest in Haibara. This is strange because Haibara didn't exist prior to Shiho shrinking. The knowledge of Shiho should have been secret to her as well, because Shuichi Akai's infiltration of the Black Organization was a secret. If Masumi doesn't even know the details of her brother's death, why should she know about Shiho? Masumi may recognize Haibara from pictures of Conan and Haibara that Shuichi took back during the Vermouth arc. It is standard procedure in the US to send the personal belongings of the dead back to their families. If Shuichi mixed these pictures in with his own things when he took them out of his truck before meeting with Kir, it's possible they were overlooked when the FBI sent Shuichi 's things to his family. If Masumi was interested in finding out how and why Shuichi died, she would begin by researching the people in those pictures and those connected with them in hopes of finding clues.
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== Character popularity ==
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Masumi placed 9th overall with 292 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8024|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* Masumi ranked 10th in the Digest Book 50+ poll "Best Detective Conan characters", with 107 votes.

* Masumi ranked 5th in the Digest Book 60+ poll "Cutest Detective Conan characters", with 135 votes.

* Masumi ranked 10th in the Digest Book 70+ poll "Characters you want to go on a date with", with 106 votes.

* Masumi ranked 11th in the Digest Book 80+ poll "Character you want to marry", with 281 votes.

== Name origin ==
{{nihongo|Masumi Sera's|世良・真純|Sera Masumi}} name comes from the [[Wikipedia: Mobile Suit Gundam|Mobile Suit Gundam]] character {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia: Sayla Mass|Sayla Mass]]|セイラ・マス|Seira Masu}}.<ref>[[Sherry's soliloquy|Sherry's soliloquy (2012-06-17)]], Gosho was referring to the revelation that Masumi is Shuichi's sister (Manga File 821): {{lang|ja|やっぱりアルテイシアだったのね・・・}} (So it was '''Artesia'''…). Note that "Artesia" is another name of '''Sayla Mass'''.</ref> The kanji for Masumi's surname mean 'good world'. The kanji for her first name, Masumi, mean 'true' and either 'pure' or 'net.'

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Deletion. For data at least ... is an easy task to accomplish.|Masumi, on deleting a picture of Haibara from her computer, File 777 pg 16}}

{{cquote|I guess I'm a bad kid after all...|Masumi, while crying, File 814 pg 16}}

== Trivia ==
[[File:M18-Sera.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Movie 18]]
* Masumi is based on [[Natsuki Koshimizu]], a tomboy detective girl turned criminal who made her first appearance in the [[Volume 54#Detective Koshien Case|''Detective Koshien Case'']]. Since Natsuki had proven highly popular, but Aoyama couldn't recycle her as a protagonist, the character of Masumi was created instead.<ref>''Shonen Sunday'' #33</ref>
* When she was young she liked to read the "[[Night Baron]]" series, so she is fan of [[Yusaku Kudo]].
* Her catchphrase, "Case Closed" (said in English), is likely a reference to the English-language name of Detective Conan. It was later revealed that she first heard the phrase being used by her brother Shuichi after he solved a case, most likely inspiring Masumi to use it herself as well.
* Masumi owns an [[Vehicles in Detective Conan#Sera's Yamaha Artesia XT400|Artesia XT400]].
* In File 859, Masumi reveals that she has a second-older brother and that her oldest brother taught her Jeet-Kune-Do.
* Masumi speaks Queen's English.<ref>[[:File:Postcard2015 1.jpg]]</ref>
* According to Gosho in Super Digest Book 80+, Sera's design was the hardest to design.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ماسومي Māsūmi|سيرا Sēra}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|세라 Sera|양 Yang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|มาสึมิ Mās̄ụ-mi|เซระ Sera}}
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Akai family]]

== References ==
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| name = Masumi Sera
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|世良真純}} (Sera Masumi)
| english-name =
| image = Masumi Sera Profile.jpg
| age = 16 - 17 <ref>In file 972 when Sera and Akai first met on the beach, Akai say "its been 7 years since we last met" to Shukichi, to which Shukichi replies that it's the first time Akai and Sera met. In the top panel it says "10 years ago". In file 1037 we see Sera wasn't born 17 years ago on the plane [Note: The WSS Version of the file incorrectly stated the events of the flashback occurred 18 years ago, this was corrected to 17 in the volume release] but Mary was clearly pregnant with Sera and even mentions it, this adds on to the previous point meaning Akai hasn't met Sera ever after her birth, which again means sera is 17 at most. We learn when Vermouth and Mary met up on the Vauxhall Bridge [File 1048] that Sera wasn't born during the time Tsutomu went missing and that was 17 years ago. Another factor is that Sera is part of Ran's class where the age range is 16 - 17 hence Masumi Sera is 16 at the youngest and 17 at most.</ref>
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
| occupation = Teitan High School Student Detective
| aliases = Masumi Akai (birth name)
| relatives = [[Tsutomu Akai]] (father, deceased) [[Mary Sera]] (mother) [[Shuichi Akai]] (older brother) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (second-older brother)
| nicknames =
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 73|File 768]] Anime: [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel|Episode 646]]
| appearances = {{:Masumi Sera Appearances}}
| keyhole = [[Volume 73]]
| japanese-voice = [[Noriko Hidaka]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://combination.jp/blog/2012/02/post-383.html|date=2012-02-01|accessdate=2012-02-01|title=新しいお仕事 | Blog | コンビネーション|publisher=combination Co.Ltd.|author=Noriko Hidaka}}</ref>
| cases-solved = 8
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Masumi Sera|世良真純|Sera Masumi}}''' is a high school detective in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is the younger sister of [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent [[Shuichi Akai]] and shogi player [[Shukichi Haneda]]. Also a practitioner of the martial art [[wikipedia:Jeet Kune Do|Jeet Kune Do]].

== Background ==
Masumi Sera is a high school detective and the younger sister of [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent, [[Shuichi Akai]] and Shogi player, [[Shukichi Haneda]]. She is the only daughter of [[Tsutomu Akai]] and [[Mary]]. 17 years ago, before her father disappeared, he instructed his family to hide in Japan, which is where Masumi later was born. Her oldest brother, prior to her birth, had left Japan to study in America, so they first got to meet each other when Masumi was about six or seven years old. Although she grew up in Japan during her elementary school years, she moved abroad three years ago with her mother, due to learning that her father was apparently roaming London. Her other brother stayed in Japan. She has recently returned to Japan, in order to get the [[Prototype antidote|antidote]] for her mother. After meeting Conan, Ran, and Sonoko during a case, she transfers to [[Setting/Educational Institutions#Teitan High School|Ran's high school class]]. Masumi is skilled at [[Wikipedia:Jeet Kune Do|Jeet Kune Do]], a hobby encouraged by her brother Shuichi who mailed her instruction videos while in elementary school. She can fight on the same level as [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]. She seems to know that Conan is Shinichi and she had in fact met Ran and Shinichi sometime in their past. Currently, she is living with [[Mary]], whom she calls "Mama" privately. She claims that she is provided for by a rich friend of her late father<ref>Vol 83 Chap 876: The Romance Novelist</ref>, but it hasn't been revealed who it is. Every time they encounter the possibility of the information on Mary getting out, they end up moving to a new hotel under Mary's order. While Masumi is eager to seek help from Conan, Mary is skeptical of him.
The three siblings have different last names. Sera is supposedly her mother's maiden name.

== Personality ==
[[File:691-15.png|thumb|200px|Masumi beats a gangster in [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case]]]]
Masumi 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, Masumi fails to correct Sonoko's mistaken impression that she is a man and even makes it worse by declaring that Ran is "[her] type".<ref name=pronouns>The Japanese pronoun used is gender neutral and can refer to either males or females.</ref> Her rather boyish appearance - especially in relation with her flat chest - is a bit of a touchy subject to Masumi, who claims that her mother's bust size is rather well developed and keeps expressing her hope that someday her own chest size will similarly change for her.

Masumi is quite quick-minded, coming up with clever plans and adapting them to sudden changes rapidly. Masumi seems to be prone to dramatics like most detectives are, but perhaps to a lesser degree than [[Shinichi]] or [[Heiji]] as she bluntly says who the criminal is without preamble. On the other hand, Masumi is tough to the point that she is willing to risk all to achieve a successful conclusion of a case. In one instance, she purposefully lured a hostage-taker into a sniper's sight with a smile, hoping he would be shot without showing any apprehension about his possible demise.

Although she has crime scene experience<ref name=769p3>Manga Volume 73, File 7, pg 3: "A Detective Just Like You, Little Boy"</ref>, Masumi seems to be less skilled as a detective than Shinichi or Heiji, apparently missing a critical clue that was necessary to understand how the murderer's setup worked, although Conan opines that Masumi purposely made an error in order to test him. In some degree, she seems to like rivalry or contests to see who is the winner.

Sera's catchphrase upon the conclusion of a case is "case closed".

Sera shows a protective and caring side towards Conan, as seen in the Detectives Nocturne and in the beginning of the Red Woman case when she helps Conan up after falling, as well as having it made clear in the Haunted Hotel case that she was also clearly investigating Conan before they first met, as she knew he was a detective. It’s likely to believe that them being on the same bus was not an accident, which could even lead to be argued that she somehow hinted to them about the cake buffet so they would be on the same bus as her. It is safe to assume though she was, and possibly still is, investigating Conan.

Sera's way of referring to her parents as 'Mama' and 'Papa' indicates a privileged background.

Unlike other girls, Masumi don't scream at seeing a dead body.

== Appearance ==
[[File:Sera transfers.png‎|thumb|200px|Masumi transfers to Teitan High School]]
At first, she wears a grey fedora that used to belong to Shuichi Akai and a dark jacket which gives her an androgynous appearance. When she transfers to Teitan High, she gets rid of her fedora and wears 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, Mitsuhiko and Hattori comment that her breasts are rather small. Masumi also has an uneven tooth that shows when she smiles.

Masumi and her brother Shuichi presumably more closely resemble their mother than their father.
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==Abilities==
===Deduction and Intelligence===
She seems to have deduction abilities, but her intelligence and crime scene experience are less than both Shinichi and Heiji. Sometimes she jumps on wrong deduction and Shinichi has to correct it, but maybe this wrong deduction was because she wants to test Shinichi. In some cases she calls her second-older brother Shukichi to ask him about case. When a case is over, Masumi always says her catchphrase "Case Closed", which she seems to got it from her oldest brother Shuichi.

===Martial Arts===
She is a practitioner of jeet kune do martial art, which she learned from her oldest brother who send videos to her. She still acknowledge her brother to be stronger than herself at least three times. Masumi's martial art skill are strong. She is capable of fighting on same level as Ran and she was able to capture a man with gun at detective agency and was able to defeat a gangster with one strike.

===Other Skills===
Masumi is skilled at driving a motorcycle and owns an Artesia XT400. She is skilled in Japanese as she knows "jibun" means 'you', not 'I' in Kansai dialect. She also most likely knows English because her mother is British and she went to England.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Sera-san Sera-no-nēchan Sera Sera Masumi<ref name="file930">[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume 88)]]</ref> [[Shuichi Akai|Akai-san]]'s younger sister (''Akai-san no imōto'')|Conan-kun Edogawa Conan-kun<ref name="file771">[[volume 73#Bomber's Request|File 771 (Volume 73)]]</ref> Boy (''Bōya''; first time) Wizard (''Mahō-tsukai'')}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Sera Sera Masumi (movie introduction)<ref name="m18">Movie 18: ''[[Dimensional Sniper]]''</ref>|Kudo-kun Shinichi-kun Kudo Shinichi-kun<ref name="ep690">[[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|Episode 690]]</ref>| Kudo Shinichi}}

{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Sera-san Sera Masumi-chan<ref>File 778</ref> Sera-chan|Ran-chan Ran-kun}}

{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Tomboy-ish Girl|Kogoro-san Poiro-san ([[Hercule Poirot|'''Poiro'''t]] + Kogo'''ro''')<ref>[[Volume 78#Mystery Train|File 820 (Volume 78)]]</ref> Sleeping Kogoro-san (''Nemuri no Kogoro-san'')<ref name="file771" />}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Tsutomu Akai|-|Papa}}

{{appellations|Mary Sera|Masumi<ref name="file953">[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref>|Mama<ref name="file953" /> The little sister from outside the domain (''ryōiki-gai no imōto'')}}

{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Masumi|Shu-nii Oniichan<ref name="file972" /> Aniki<ref name="file936">[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 936]]</ref> Akai Shuichi<ref name="file938">[[volume 89#Girls Band Murder Case|File 938: The Crime in the Blind Spot (Volume 89)]]</ref> Ani<ref name="file859">[[volume 81#Bumper Brawn|File 859: Jeet Kune Do vs. Karate (Volume 81)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Sera Masumi-san<ref name="file954">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 954: Sanction of the Betrayal (Volume 90)]]</ref> Sera-san<ref name="file954" /> Masumi (in his thought)|Subaru}}

{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Masumi<ref name="file972">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972 (Volume 92)]]</ref>|Kichi-nii<ref>[[:File:AChint8-06-2014 4.JPG]] ([[Masumi Sera|Sera-chan]] calls [[Akai family's middle brother|him]] Kichi-nii)</ref> Kichi-niichan<ref name="file972" /> Aniki Chukichi (talking to [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]])<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 929 (Volume 88)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Sera-san Sensei (once) Sera-chan Female High-School Detective (''JK Tantei'')<ref name="file938" /> Sera Masumi-san<ref name="file859" />|Sonoko-chan Sonoko-kun}}

{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Female detective (''onna-tantei'')|Hattori-kun}}

{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|-|The girl with the ponytail}}

{{appellations|Katsumasa Ogura|Mari-chan<ref name="file930" />|Taisho<ref name="file930" />}}

{{appellations|Nakamichi|Sera}}
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{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Female High-School Detective (''Jōshi-Kōsei Tantei'')|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')}}

{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Sera-kun|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')<ref>[[Volume 86#Poolside Case|File 905 (Volume 86)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|-|"FBI Guy"}}

{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Boy (''Bōzu'')<ref name="file828">[[Volume 78#The Blush Mermaid|File 828 (Volume 78)]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="file828" /> Inspector (''Keibu'')<ref name="file828"/>}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san<ref name="file937">[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 937]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Scotch|-|Scotch<ref name="file937" /> [[Shuichi Akai|My brother]]'s friend (''Aniki no yūjin'')<ref name="file936" /> The friend (''sono yūjin'')<ref name="file936" />}}

{{appellations|Jugo Yokomizo|Young girl (''wakai no'')<ref name="file858">[[volume 81#Steamy Relations|File 858: A Problematic Deduction (Volume 81)]]</ref>|Inspector-san (''Keibu-san'')<ref name="file858" />}}
|}
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<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Sera Masumi<ref name="m18" />|Haibara Haibara Ai Ai-chan<ref>File 1035</ref>}}

{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Onēsan<ref name="m18" />}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Professor Agasa (''Agasa-hakase'')}}
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<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Masumi}}
{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|-|Kudo Yusaku<ref name="ep690" />}}

{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Sera<ref>[[Volume 78]], File 6</ref>|-}}

{{appellations|Scar Akai|Masumi<ref name="MT">[[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]]</ref>|Shu-nii<ref name="MT" /> Acquaintance (''shiriai'')}}

{{appellations|Makoto Kyogoku|-|Master of Karate (''Karate no Tatsujin'')}}

{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda<ref>[[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 952: In the Suspicious Next Room (Volume 90)]]</ref> Haneda Kohji<ref name="file953" />}}

{{appellations|Asaka|-|Asaka<ref name="file953" />|file=Asaka manga.jpg}}
|}
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== Plot overview ==
[[File:Masumi defends herself.jpg|129kbpx|thumb|Masumi defends herself from Ran.]]
=== Masumi's Introduction (Manga: [[Volume 73#Jeet Kune Do|768-770]], Anime: [[Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel|646-647]]) ===
Masumi first met [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] on a bus after she was mistaken for a [[Wikipedia:Groping|groper]]. After Sonoko declared Masumi was the groper, Masumi and Ran got into a fight, with Masumi's Jeet Kune Do holding even against Ran's karate. Conan and Masumi cleared up the misunderstanding by pointing out the real groper. Sonoko then mistook Masumi for a boy, an impression which wasn't helped by Masumi declaring that Ran was "his type".<ref name=pronouns/> Masumi and Ran both discovered they were heading to the same hotel, about which Conan is less than pleased.

Masumi 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 Masumi 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. She also revealed before she knew Conan's name despite it not being mentioned in front of her, revealing that Masumi has been investigating Conan for awhile now.

[[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] is not pleased to have another high school detective underfoot but lets Masumi and Conan investigate regardless. After listening to the suspect testimony, police observations, and examining the crime scene, Masumi announces that she has solved the case.

However, Masumi'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 Masumi 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 following day, Masumi 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: [[Volume 73#Bomber's Request|771]]-[[Volume 74#Bomber's Request|774]], Anime: [[Hostage Situation at the Mouri Detective Agency|648-650]]) ===

==== Let's hear your brilliant deduction! (771) ====
According to Sonoko, Masumi 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 [[Shinichi Kudo]] who has been taking a break from school. Masumi 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, Masumi 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:Masumi's slide kick.png|67kbpx|thumb|left|Masumi sweeps out the culprit ]]

Just as Masumi 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 Masumi 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 the man to the floor, and Ran removes the gun from the man's hand with a kick; however, Masumi 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 Masumi. Conan's response is that Masumi is familiar somehow, like they have met before or she looks like someone, and Conan feels she isn't an enemy. Genta and Mitsuhiko told 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 Masumi snatches the phone away and says hello to Conan (who is shocked that Masumi is with Ran). Masumi 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) ====
Masumi asks a few insightful questions about the case; however the hostage taker man discovers Ran's phone is still connected. Under gunpoint, Masumi steps in front of Ran and takes the blame, but Conan, using Shinichi's voice, says he ordered Ran to do it. Masumi is mystified by why Shinichi is now on Conan's phone. Masumi 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) ====
[[File:Sera773.png|thumb|right|200px|Masumi surprised by Ran's attitude.]]
Masumi explains to Ran that she secretly kept the call to Conan connected so he could call the police and research into the case. While Masumi 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.

Masumi 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 Masumi'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 Masumi wonders how he will manage to resolve this situation without bloodshed.</ref>

==== The book with unturned pages (774) ====
Masumi 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. Masumi yells for the waiting bomb squad to secure the area. With the hostage taker arrested, Shinichi then reveals the true culprit. Masumi realizes the mistake in her deduction and explains the correct timeline of events before the murder. Sometime soon after the conclusion of the case, Masumi, 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 Masumi thought". Conan isn't sure what to make of these last comments.

=== Video Site (Manga: [[Volume 74|775-777]], Anime: [[The Professor's Video Site|656-657]]) ===
[[File:Ai image.png|thumb|200px|Masumi deletes Haibara's image]]
Masumi stops [[Genta Kojima|Genta]] and [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] outside of [[Hiroshi Agasa|Agasa]]'s house to ask them if they are acquaintances of Professor Agasa. The topic of [[Shinichi]] comes up when she talks to Mitsuhiko and Genta about the prior hostage case. Mitsuhiko mentions that [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] told them to keep Shinichi's involvement secret. After asking about Haibara, Masumi mentions that she saw Haibara in one of the professor's online videos. Next, Masumi asks who is currently living in the Kudo house because she saw the curtains shift slightly. The Detective Boys tell her that [[Subaru Okiya]] has been staying there since his apartment burnt down. Masumi cryptically comments with a smirk on her face, "And here I thought that someone had just settled in without permission...But it seems I was just getting worked up over nothing..." while looking up at where Subaru is hiding.

At the end of the case, Masumi is in her hotel room deleting various files. One of her deleted files was a still image from Agasa's video blown up to show Haibara reflected in Agasa's glasses. This indicates that she is not only keeping an eye on Conan but also on Haibara.
"Delete... Delete... For data, at least is an easy task to accomplish...", were her words while she was doing it.

=== East vs. West Rematch (Manga: [[Volume 74#East vs. West|778-780]], Anime: [[Conan vs. Heiji, Deduction Battle Between the Detectives of the East and West|651]]) ===
[[File:Sera FBI.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi thinks about the FBI]]
The case opens with Ran talking to Masumi about [[Heiji Hattori]] who is stopping by for a visit. Masumi is curious whether Heiji or Shinichi is the better detective. After Heiji is introduced to Masumi, Kazuha then calls Heiji and tells him that she is stuck at a restaurant because someone died and a foreigner [[Andre Camel]] is keeping everyone from leaving. Masumi proposes Heiji and Shinichi (via Conan's cellphone) have a deduction match. At the crime scene, Masumi becomes curious about the foreigner, Camel who secured the area. The police and Conan reveal Camel is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent and Masumi takes interest. Meanwhile, Camel finds that Masumi looks familiar, but can't quite place why. He takes a picture of her and mails it to [[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] and [[James Black]] who are waiting outside. Jodie and James think Masumi resembles someone too, but only James Black correctly identified Masumi as female.

Meanwhile Masumi is busy helping with the case, asking questions and making comments about various deductions. Heiji nearly slips up with Conan's identity in front of her earning a pointed question from Masumi, but Heiji rescues himself by saying he thinks of Conan as Kudo when Conan gets smug have hearing Shinichi's deductions over the phone. Masumi doesn't seemed to be fooled though, her thoughts show that she seems to know Conan, not Shinichi, is the one solving the case while watching Conan come to his final conclusion.

=== EYE (Manga: [[Volume 74#Eye for an Eye|781]], Anime: [[The Design of Poison and Mirage|652]]) ===
Conan, Heiji, Masumi, and the rest of the group return to the Mouri Detective Agency after the poisoning case at Danny's restaurant. Heiji reveals the case that brought him to Tokyo; he received a mysterious letter signed in the name of a person who was murdered in Karuizawa requesting an investigation. Masumi takes an immediate interest in the case and wants to tag along, but Heiji refuses saying that the people he is visiting are only expected five people. Masumi is peeved at being left behind.

=== Kogoro-san is a Good Man (Manga: [[Volume 75|787]], Anime: [[Kogoro-san is a Good Man|661]]) ===
Masumi is walking with Conan, Ran and Sonoko. While they wonder why Kogoro has been coming home late, Sonoko thinks he's found himself a mistress. Masumi thinks that he is just investigating a case. When an old lady named Takae Kiritani comes, she claims that Kogoro has been helping her. Masumi asks what he does for her to which she replies that its small things like helping around the house. Masumi isn't seen again for the rest of the case.

=== Murder at Mouri Detective Agency (Manga: [[Volume 76|797-800]], Anime: [[Detectives' Nocturne|672-674]]) ===
[[File:Sera's motorcycle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi in her motorcycle.]]
During a murder case at Mouri Detective Agency, after meeting Kogoro's new apprentice [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]], [[Juzo Megure|Megure]] comments that the number of detectives around Kogoro has increased again, referring to Masumi. Amuro takes interest in Masumi. Later, Kogoro and friends go over to a suspect's apartment. Masumi calls Ran after hearing about the murder on the news because she is worried about her and Conan. The call has an usual amount of static which alerts Amuro that there are listening devices present. Amuro abruptly hangs up Ran's phone on Masumi. Meanwhile, Conan intentionally gets himself kidnapped by the primary suspect. After Ran enables calling again, Masumi calls back immediately and is very upset because she was worried something had happened to Ran. Ran tells her that Conan has been kidnapped, and details to Masumi the murder at Kogoro's agency. In order to figure out where the kidnapper is headed, Kogoro and Amuro search the apartment and decide to go to the address of one of the other suspects.

Masumi arrives at suspect's home on [[Cars|her motorcycle]], but just misses Kogoro and the gang leaving. She hears the elevator descending and rushes back downstairs in time to follow Amuro's [[Cars|car]]. Meanwhile, the culprit has been driving around with Conan while Haibara has been directing Okiya's car towards them using the criminal tracking glasses. Okiya catches up to the kidnapper and relays what the car looks like to Kogoro. Amuro sees the suspect's car heading in the opposite direction so he quickly wheels around after it. Masumi, who has been following Amuro's car this whole time, u-turns after Amuro and continues chasing. Amuro gets in front of the suspect's car and stops it. The suspect gets out of the car holding Conan at gunpoint, but Masumi drives up onto the roof of the car. She swings her motorcycle around so that the rear wheel slams into the woman's face knocking her unconscious. With tears of relief, Masumi hugs Conan, happy he is safe. Amuro, Okiya, and [[Vermouth]] look on.

=== Meeting with Scar Akai (Manga: [[Volume 76|801]], Anime: [[Won't Forgive Even One Millimeter|675]]) ===
[[File:Sera 675.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Masumi looking for Scar Akai.]]
Masumi is walking with Sonoko and Ran, and Ran is talking by phone with Conan. Masumi hears Haibara's voice in the background and becomes curious. She asks the two others what Haibara is like, and Sonoko says Haibara is like a woman in a child's body.

When Ran hangs up her cellphone, the topic switches over to [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]]. Masumi says to Ran she wants to meet Amuro because she never got a really good look at him from the last case, but Sonoko thinks she wants to meet Conan, instead. Ran says Shinichi and Conan are big fans of Sherlock Holmes. Masumi thinks about that she has known that for a long time.

Suddenly, Masumi sees [[Scar Akai]] in the crowd ahead. She runs after him, but she can't catch him. Ran wonders who Masumi was chasing, but Masumi replies she thought it was someone she knew, and silently appends in her mind that it would be impossible for the man she was chasing to be the person she thinks it was.

[[File:690-3.png|thumb|200px|Masumi is shocked to see Subaru]]
=== Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case (Manga: [[Volume 77|812-814]], Anime: [[Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case|690-691]]) ===
Masumi meets [[Subaru Okiya]] at Shinichi's house and she finds him suspicious. She began to think there is a woman at Kudo's house because there are a hair elastic, lipstick in a glass and a long hair in the sink trap. After that, all of them solved a case together that is similar to a case that Shinichi Kudo's father dropped out 10 years ago. It was revealed to be a theft case. Both Subaru and Masumi had got more suspicious of Conan and the identity of Shinichi Kudo. At the end, when the criminals were knocked, she saw Ran and Conan and she thought she was a 'bad kid', after all.

=== Gunma Campground's Cabin Trap (Manga: [[Volume 77|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-700]]) ===
[[File:Masome.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi at the campground]]
She went camping when she meets Professor Agasa and Conan. The Detective Boys were lost. Masumi and Conan found the two policemen finding the corpse. After she and Conan solved the case, she and Conan rushed towards the burning cabin. Conan and the Detective Boys were talking about how they got safe. Mitsuhiko pointed the way were their savior went. Masumi then began to ask what kind of woman is their savior. She seemed to be surprised when she saw her on Mitsuhiko's cell phone.
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[[File:new-sera.png|thumb|left|200px|Masumi leans in to get a good look at Haibara]]
[[File:Sera is akai sister.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi is revealed to be Shuichi's sister.]]

=== Mystery Train (Manga: [[Volume 78|818-824]], Anime: [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|701-704]]) ===
Masumi finally meets Haibara, and Haibara has a bad feeling about her (although it could have been due to Scar Akai spying on them from behind the door just then). Later when a murder occurs on the Bell Tree Express, she and Conan investigate. Masumi takes a video recording of the suspects running so she can show it to the detective boys in order to ask them which one had the closest gait to the masked suspect from earlier, but she is intercepted first by Scar Akai in the hallway. She stops and angrily asks him who he is. Scar Akai simply replies that she hasn't changed, reveals his face to her, and refers to her by her first name, "Masumi". In her shock Masumi calls him "Shu-nii", signifying that Shuichi is Masumi's older brother. She questions Scar Akai about what happened, saying that she heard he had died. Scar Akai then tasers her unconscious, stating that he was hoping for that response. Scar Akai later is revealed to be Vermouth in disguise, explaining why he attacked Masumi.

=== The Blush Mermaid Heist (Manga: [[Volume 78|828]]-[[Volume 79|830]], Anime: [[Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid|724-725]]) ===
[[File:SeraHat.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Masumi is relieved that she has got her hat back.]]
Masumi accompanies Conan, Ran, and Sonoko to the location of Kaitou Kid's next heist: a museum where the Blush Mermaid, a gem adhered to the shell of a turtle as a last ditch effort by a an Italian actress in an accident at sea to save her turtle by encouraging someone to rescue it. Before checking out the museum, Masumi asks Ran if she saw a [[Scar Akai|strange man in black]] when she found the hat on the Belltree Express. After the group arrives at the room where the turtle is being held in a large aquarium, [[Ginzo Nakamori|Inspector Nakamori]] pulls Masumi's face to see if it is a mask worn by Kid. Annoyed by Nakamori's mistaken gender assumption and having her face pinched, Masumi knees him in the privates ostensibly to prove he isn't Kid. Masumi then runs off to the bathroom. Later, when Kid makes his move, Masumi is one of many caught in his trap: the rug on the floor is pulled up by strings so that it pins everyone standing on it to the front of aquarium. As soon as the rug drops, everyone sees the tank is empty except for a card left by Kid. This leaves Conan and Masumi quite dumbfounded as to how Kaitou Kid could have removed the turtle. Later, Conan reveals that Masumi is really Kaitou Kid, and he had made a critical error in his acting by assuming Masumi was a male. Kaitou Kid had locked the real Masumi bound and gagged in the men's bathroom after knocking her out with a stun gun. Upon gaining consciousness, Masumi escapes her bonds, rushes out of the bathroom, and gives a still disguised Kid a fierce kick to the face. After Kid escapes (due to Ran distracting Masumi by pointing out that everyone can see her underwear), Masumi is relieved that she at least managed to recover her hat, which she thinks is special because it somehow has the same feel as her brother Shuichi Akai's hat.

=== Cooking Show Murder (Manga: [[Volume 80|844-846]], Anime: [[The Treasure Chest Filled with Fruits|727-728]]) ===
[[File:SeraSmile.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Masumi is smiling and blushing when Conan asks her if they had met each other before.]]
Conan, Ran, Sonoko, Kogoro and Masumi go to a live cooking show. Conan wants to ask something important to Masumi, but a murder gets in his way. While solving the case, Ran realises that Masumi and her might have met each other before, since Ran thinks of waves in the beach each time Masumi gets away. At the end of the case, Conan asks Masumi if they had met each other before. Masumi smiles and says she doesn´t know, but actually she thinks "Of course we have, but I can’t tell you until the time comes..."

=== Adultery Investigation (Manga: [[Volume 81|856-858]], Anime: [[Bathroom Where Ran Collapsed As Well|740-741]]) ===
[[File:SeraCall.png|left|thumb|200px|Masumi is calling her brother on the phone.]]
After being hired by a classmate, Keiko Kitao, Masumi is investigating to see if the boyfriend of Keiko's sister has fully committed to their relationship. However, as the atmosphere is rapidly changed by the murder, Masumi and Conan start to investigate the crime scene. When Conan has finally deduced who the culprit is, he also observes Masumi making a call with someone saying "...Say, my deduction... It's not wrong, is it?". Upon solving the case, Eri states having seen Masumi talking to her brother on the phone.

=== Meeting Makoto (Manga: [[Volume 81|859-861]], Anime: [[The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku|744-745]]) ===
[[File:SeraAndMakoto.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Masumi attacks Makoto with her Jeet Kune Do.]]
At a Bowling Center with Conan, Ran, Sonoko and Kogoro, Masumi is introduced to Sonoko's boyfriend Makoto. Shortly before, Makoto mistakes Masumi for a stranger being "overly friendly" with Sonoko and tries to fight her. Masumi explains that she has been taught Jeet Kune Do by her older brother, she also reveals that besides her assumingly dead brother, she also has a second-oldest brother. Furthermore, Masumi explains to Conan that her brother also advises her on cases by phone. After successfully investigating the crime scene with Conan, Masumi steps aside with her smartphone and types in the message "It seems like he's also arrived at the truth... But whether or not our deductions are the same - lately I've been losing confidence in that regard...". When the recipient writes back "Who is he? I'd like an explanation!", Masumi takes a picture with her smartphone. However, the recipient's answer, "If it's him, there's no problem." reveals that he is familiar with Conan. It is heavily implied that it is the same person Conan saw Masumi making a call with in File 857.

=== Red Woman Case (Manga: [[Volume 82|872]]-[[Volume 83|875]], Anime: [[The Tragedy of the Red Woman|754-756]]) ===
Masumi takes a request from her middle brother to consult in his place about a case involving some of his high school classmates who are now 28-29 years old. On the way to a cabin in the woods, Masumi tells Conan and the gang more about her family history and timeline. She reveals that she and her brothers each have different family names for various reasons, one of which is the death of her father. The case takes a dark turn when one of the classmates is found murdered in a bathtub of tomatoes. With the help of the Nagano police, Conan and Masumi manage to solve the case. Later, Masumi asks Conan to find her cellphone in the kitchen by calling it with his. He does so and Conan notices the call background screen is a [[Mary|child who looks like Masumi]] with eye bags similar to those of the [[Akai family]] members. Masumi mentions having a younger sister earlier on (Episode 754), so Conan suspects Masumi was intentionally trying to show him the child for some reason.

=== Romance Novelist Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 83|876]]-[[Volume 83|878]], Anime: [[The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion|759-760]]) ===
On the way home from school, Ran and Sonoko decide to visit Masumi's hotel (which is different from the other one she has been staying at earlier). Masumi claims she had a meeting with her supposedly-hard-to-reach [[Shukichi Haneda|middle brother]] planned, so she texts him to reschedule. Conan seems to notice this contradiction. At the hotel, Conan tries to peek in Masumi's bedroom, but Masumi wards him off by embarrassing him. Masumi also asks Conan is she reminds him of someone he met in the past, but Conan draws a blank. A murder interrupts the meeting. While Conan is investigating, he notices the middle-school aged [[Mary|child]] from Masumi's cellphone picture in the gathered crowd. Later, Conan and the gang return to Masumi's room, and Conan hides his glasses earpiece [[microphone]] to spy on the apartment. It is quickly found and destroyed by Masumi and the child after Conan departs with Ran and Sonoko. Masumi asks the child is she is beginning to like him, but the child responds that she is still long way from trusting him. The child asks Masumi to tell Conan she is her little sister from outside the territory if he asks about her. Masumi doesn't mention that she showed Conan the child's picture.

=== Shogi Tournament (Manga: [[Volume 85|899-902]], Anime: [[Taiko Meijin's Match of Love|785-786]]) ===

Sera invites Conan over to her new hotel to visit, but Conan says that he can't come. While he fibs to Sera, the true reason is that he's attending a Shogi game that day. While Sera doesn't investigate the case itself, she sees the Shogi game on TV while [[Mary|the child]] is sleeping on the table. At the end of the case the young girl has woken up, and is happy about the game's conclusion.

=== Poolside Case (Manga: [[Volume 85|903]]-[[Volume 86|903-905]], Anime: [[The Mystery Sinking in the Midsummer Pool|787-788]]) ===

Sera invites Conan over so that the child from Masumi's phone knows that he can be trusted, indicating that if he can't, they'll have to find a new living quarters. However despite promising he'd come alone, he ends up bringing Ran and Sonoko with him, much to the little girl and Masumi's frustration. The three teenage girls and Conan plan to hang out at the hotel's pool, but get interrupted by an emergency accompanied by a case. Sera and Conan solve the case together. At the end of the case Ran realizes that she recognizes Sera and her "little sister" from somewhere, but can't quite recall where.

=== Ran & Shinichi - First Contact (Manga: [[Volume 87#Ran & Shinichi - First Contact|921-924]], Anime: [[Memories from Sakura Class|853-854]]) ===

Sera, Sonoko and Ran are all walking in the cherry blossoms when Ran remembers when she first met Shinichi. Sonoko and Ran proceed to tell Sera a synopsized version of the event.

=== A Killer in Ramen Ogura (Manga: [[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|928-930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|827-828]]) ===

Sera, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan all agree to have dinner at Sera's favorite ramen place. While there, Conan and Sera learn that three of the customers are suspects in an ongoing robbery-cum-murder case. Sera calls her brother to get more information on the suspects, but he's busy and hangs up on her. Sera and Conan both solve the case, and in the end the chef gives Conan a handkerchief that he mistakenly believes belongs to Sera, but actually says [[Mary Sera|Mary]]. This prompts Conan to realize that he must have met Mary somewhere, but can't recall where.

=== Girls Band Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|936-938]], Anime:[[The Unfriendly Girls Band|836-837]]) ===
[[File:Masumi and Scotch Flashback EP836 (3).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Masumi remembers meeting a man nicknamed Scotch]]
Sonoko gets inspired by a movie she saw the previous night (inspired by the anime K-On!) to start a girl's band with Sera and Ran. Four years ago, Masumi was taught a few notes on the base guitar by a friend of her brother, [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]]. The friend was referred to as "[[Scotch]]" by another person who Masumi thinks looks like [[Rei Furuya|Rei]]. She helps solve the murder case the group runs into, and mentions that she was inspired by her oldest brother into becoming a detective.

=== Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|951-953]], Anime: [[The Spirit Detective's Murder|863-864]]) ===

Masumi and Mary has moved into another hotel, where a murder takes place next door. Kogoro investigates the inside of the hotel room as part of a case, and after Masumi stalls him for a bit, Mary hides underneath the room's 4th floor veranda. Masumi intercepts Conan right before Mary is discovered, though Conan still manages to snap a picture of her. Sera uses a phone to give Mary all the information she needs to solve the case, and she uses Conan's lost bowtie modulator to pretend to be Kogoro.

=== Swimsuit Festival Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 91#Swimsuit Festival|969]]-[[Volume 92#Swimsuit Festival|971]], Anime: [[The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room|878-879]]) ===
Masumi intentionally puts on a bathing suit similar to the one that she had worn in the past to try to jog Conan's memory of where they met. A case occurs, which involved the method of counting fingers in different countries. Masumi seems to count the same way that is used in the UK, but seems to think that it is the way it is done in the US. As Conan corrects her, she seems confused. Conan thinks back on all of the times that Masumi has done things that seem to imply that she was in the UK rather than the US and he finally remembers the events of 10 years ago by repeating イギリス (Igirisu / Britain) in is head.
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=== A Chance Meeting at the Beach (Manga: [[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|972-974]], Anime: [[The Wizard of the Ripples|881-882]]) ===
The history between Shinichi, Ran and Masumi as children is explored.
<spoiler>[[File:Mary Masumi Shuichi at beach.jpg|left|thumb|200px|A flashback to 10 years ago at the beach.]]
10 years ago, Masumi, along with her mother Mary and brothers Shukichi Haneda and Shuichi Akai encounter Shinichi, who is playing detective, and Ran at a beach. Shinichi introduce himself as "Holmes Apprentice". Later, the Akai family gets caught up in a robbery/accident case where a van falls into the ocean and the victim inside is identified as a robber. With hints and intelligence of both Shuichi, Shinichi and his father, Yusaku, they are able to solve the case.

In the end, Masumi calls Shinichi a 'magician'. Though it may be thought that it was because Shinichi was able to humor a rather serious person, Shuichi Akai; it is not the reason behind Masumi calling him 'magician'.
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Many important historical events relating to the Akai family, Shuichi Akai and his commitment to find his father's killer and the character of Tsutomu Akai is explored in this episode/chapter.

=== Café Rice Flower Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 94#Café Rice Flower Murder Case|994-996]], Anime:[[The High School Girl Trio's Secret Café|919-920]]) ===
Masumi and Sonoko meets up with Ran in a café to discuss details of the school field trip to Kyoto and happen upon a murder. Sera and Conan solve the case together.

=== Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: [[Volume 95#Crimson School Trip Case|1005]], Anime: [[The Scarlet School Trip|927-928]]) ===
Masumi, together with other high school students such as Ran, Shinichi, etc, goes on a field trip to Kyoto. In Kyoto, she participated in solving a murder case along with other high school detectives, Heiji and Shinichi. This whole case is a confirmation of Masumi knowing Shinichi's real identity. After the case is solved, Masumi is seen calling her mother, [[Mary Sera]] telling her that "it seems the antidote exists" and her mission now is to get it without fail.

=== TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|1022-1026]], Anime: [[Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy|993-995]]) ===
Masumi, Ran and Conan joins with Makoto and Sonoko to watch a movie. They encounter a murder case which happens in a TV Drama Filming Site. To get the antidote for Mary, she trys to ask Ran about Shinchi circumstance during the school trip, and ask her if Shinichi appears in her sight, then Conan would be gone. However, Ran said that she saw both Shinchi and Conan during the [[The Desperate Revival|school festival]], which surprised her. After that, she trys to confronts Conan by calling him Shinchi. Conan denies that it is impossible that he is Shinchi. Masumi remembers her mother, Mary attempted to contact [[Tsutomu Akai|her father]] in London, leaving herself in the room, and came back hours later in the body of a middle-school child form. Until she saw Conan [[Holmes' Revelation|appears in London]], which cause her back to Japan. She ask Ran and Conan that are there any mature child which is similar to Conan. They said that Haibara, who has the mature personality similar to Conan, She remembers that she had met her in the [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train|Mystery Train]] before.

=== Antique Facet Case (Manga: [[Volume 97#Antique Facet Case|1035]]-[[Volume 98#Antique Facet Case|1038]], Anime: [[The Antique Tray Can't Be Hidden|1018-1020]]) ===
After having more or less confirmed Conan's true identity as Shinichi, Masumi starts to investigate about Ai Haibara's connection to him due to her mature personality and unusual choice of Kanji for her name. She follows Conan, Agasa, Ai, and Subaru to the house of an appraiser whom Agasa requested to inspect an antique plate he had found at his late uncle and aunt's estate. During the case, was trying to pressure Haibara into revealing her true identity and giving her the [[APTX 4869|drugs]] that restores " the flow of time". However, Subaru ended up interrupting Sera's investigation, which irritated Sera and tried to kick him. Subaru easily dodged the kick and told Sera that the divison of fault is "50:50"; saying that he might be at fault for irritating her, but she is also at fault for trying to kick him, which surprised Sera.
After the case, Sera asks her mother about her "50:50" catchphrase, Mary revealed that it is a line that her husband used to say and her son Shuichi inherited from him. Mary asks Sera if she can gets her hands on the drug, Sera told her that it is difficult for the moment since Subaru Okiya is standing in her way. Mary asks her if he is such a noteworthy person, however, Sera is more concerned about whether Subaru is her brother Akai or not, since he's using the same "50:50" catchphrase as her brother.

=== Sisters' Birthday Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 98|1047]]-[[Volume 99|1050]], Anime: [[The Birthday Party of Divine Punishment|1045-1046]]) ===
Ran, Sonoko, Sera and Conan are invited to sisters' birthday party. During the party, Sera sees Conan carrying a blue and white capsule in his medicine box, and realises that it is an APTX antidote. Sera calls her mother, informing her about the antidote. Her mother orders her to steal it possible. Eventually, a murder takes places, postponing Sera's plan. After the case is solved, Sera managed somehow to steal the medicine box. Sera started to remember her mother's shrinking, which occured at the same time of [[Holmes' Revelation]]'s arc in London. Sera and Mary witnessed Conan calling himself Holmes' apprentice during Minerva's match on TV, and remembered the same proclamation of Shinichi 10 years ago on the beach. The two realised that Conan is Shinichi, and has a way to return as Shinichi to board a plane to London. Since then, Mary ordered Sera to get closer to him in order to obtain the antidote. Then, Sera opens the medicine box, but realises that the antidote isn't in there, as Conan tricked her by putting it elsewhere, much to Sera's chagrin.

=== Serial Hotel Bombing Case (Manga: [[Volume 103|1094-1096]], Anime: TBA) ===
After luring Conan to their current hotel to get their hands on the APTX antidote, Sera and Mary get involved in the resolution of a serial bombing case. However, they are discovred by an agent of the Black Organization, who then transports his boss, [[Renya Karasuma]], to the hotel and triggers a fire alert, forcing the building's evacuation. As Sera and Mary try to avoid drawing attention to themselves, they are nevertheless spotted by Karasuma, who is able to witness that the APTX his organzation has been working on for so long seems to be effective in de-aging the human body.<ref name="File 1096">Manga [[Volume 103]], [[Volume 103#Serial Hotel Bombing Case|File 1094-1096]]: "Secret of the Squares"</ref>

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Dimensional Sniper (Movie: [[Dimensional Sniper|18]]) ===
Sera appeared in this movie as an investigator of the person who had been shot in the Bell Tower. She and Conan helped in chasing the culprit and afterwards was shot by the culprit after saving Conan.

=== The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery (Anime: [[The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery|1002]]) ===
This episode is a pre-story to [[The Scarlet Bullet|Movie 24]].

=== The Scarlet Bullet (Movie: [[The Scarlet Bullet|24]]) ===

== Plot Exposition ==
=== Hints that Masumi was Shuichi Akai's sister ===
Masumi was revealed to be Shuichi Akai's sister on the Bell Tree Express after a confrontation with [[Scar Akai]]<ref name=821p16>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 4 (821), pg 16: "Mystery Train (Junction)"</ref> and while sleeptalking.<ref name=823p4>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 6 (823), pg 4: "Mystery Train (Releasing Smoke)"</ref>
[[File:Sera_and_Shuuichi.png|thumb|right|Masumi and Shuichi Akai.]]
* Masumi has bags under her eyes identical to Shuichi Akai's.
* Masumi Sera's name is also incredibly similar to Mobile Suit Gundam character [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Sayla_Mass Sayla Mass] ({{lang|ja|セイラ・マス}}, ''Seira Masu''). [[Shuichi Akai#Name origin|Shuichi's name is derived]] from Sayla Mass's older brother's name, Char Aznable.
* Conan said he has a feeling he had met her before. "''Somehow I feel like we've met somewhere 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>
* [[Andre Camel]] and most likely [[James Black]] seem to recognize her from somewhere. On another interesting note, James was the first to recognize that Masumi was a girl. Everyone else thought that she was a guy when they first saw her. Since James was Shuichi's boss, he would most likely know that Shuichi has a younger sister and what she would look like.
* Masumi lived in Japan until three years ago when her family moved to America. This matches with the time when Shuichi was infiltrating the Black Organization. The family's move to America could be the FBI's attempt to protect them should something go wrong with Shuichi's mission.
* In chapter 801, Masumi chased after [[Scar Akai]] who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Mouri Detective Agency. Although, Scar Akai hid before she could find him, she told Ran that she had just seen "someone she knew".
* In chapter 859, Masumi, when being asked who taught her Jeet Kune Do, answers that her older brother did. Consequently, Conan asks Sera: "But, didn't you say your older brother was dead?" This leads to Masumi remarking "Yeah... That's what I heard." also further supporting the theory that Masumi is in Japan to investigate her brother's death.
* In episode 881, Shukichi calls Masumi's oldest brother as "Shuichi" and Shuichi also tells Mary that he is planning to join FBI.

=== Hints that Masumi was not Bourbon ===
* In Chapter 801, Masumi chased after [[Scar Akai]] who appeared while she was walking with Ran in front of the Mouri Detective Agency. Although, Scar Akai hid before she could find him, she told Ran that she had just seen "someone she knew". She then thinks there is "no way it was possible" regarding the man she saw, which would make sense if she thought Shuichi was dead. This implied she wasn't Bourbon, since Bourbon believes he is the only one who can kill Shuichi, implying that Gin might have failed to do so. Hence Bourbon wouldn't think that it was impossible to meet Shuichi again in the street.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Friends and family ===
==== Shuichi Akai ====
[[Shuichi Akai]] is Masumi's older brother. She didn't get to meet him until she was six-seven years old, because Shuichi went to study abroad before Masumi was born. At first meeting she was very shy, but she did make some pranks in attempt to make him smile. Masumi refers to Shuichi as "Shu-nii", implying that they were close. Masumi seems to miss him after his supposed death. In the Blush Mermaid Heist, Masumi is shown to be fond of her fedora as she believes it has the same "feel" as Shuichi's old hats. Shuichi sent Masumi Jeet-Kune-Do training tapes while she was in elementary school. She watched these so many times while practicing that she wore them out.<ref name="876p2">Manga [[Volume 83]], File 4 (876), pg 2: "Romance Novelist"</ref> She describes her eldest brother as ''strong'' in contrast to her second - oldest brother.<ref name="859p6-7">Manga [[Volume 81]], File 9 (859): pgs 6-7: "Jeet Kune Do vs. Karate"</ref>

==== Conan Edogawa ====
[[File:EP671-674 25.png|thumb|right|200px|Masumi hugs Conan after rescuing him in [[Detectives' Nocturne]].]]
Masumi is interested in [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]'s abilities as a detective and has been gathering information on him and his friends. She appears to be certain that Conan is Shinichi Kudo. Despite her initial suspicious presentation, Conan felt like she wasn't a bad person and so didn't mistrust her. Conan at several points questions her if they've met before, but she denies this, once secretly thinking, "Now's not the time". The period in which such an encounter could have taken place is initially hinted to be somewhere before the three-year span of Masumi's sojourn in the United States, when she was in her preteen years.<ref name="Mang83">Manga [[Volume 83]], File 2 (874), pg 7-8: "Red Past"</ref><ref name="Mang86">Manga [[Volume 86]], File 1 (905): "The Truth Rises to the Surface"</ref>

It is later shown that she had met Conan/Shinichi ten years ago, when the Akai family had gathered on an undisclosed beach in Japan prior to Shuichi Akai joining the FBI. By chance, Shinichi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] had also vacationed there, and they all ended up as witnesses and investigators in a gone-awry flight attempt from a robbery. When Shinichi managed to make Shuichi laugh (something Masumi had miserably failed to achieve) with his intelligence, observation skills and some unintended jokes, Masumi, in her admiration for Shinichi, began to call him "wizard". It is quite possible that this meeting inspired Masumi to become a detective herself.<ref name="Mang92">Manga [[Volume 92]], File 2-4 (972-974): "A Chance Meeting at the Beach"</ref>

When Masumi lives in England, she saw the tennis match from the [[Holmes' Revelation|London case]] on TV and recognized Conan as Shinichi based on his proclamation as 'Holmes' apprentice' (same as Shinichi proclaim himself to Shuichi ten years ago). After that, she start return to Japan to meet Conan.<ref name="ch1025">[[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 96, chapter 1025: "TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case"]]</ref>

On several occasions, such as the dramatic conclusion of the [[Detectives' Nocturne|Online Client Case]], Masumi has displayed an intensely affectionate air towards Conan which somewhat transcends a mere "big sister" relationship.<ref>Manga Chapter 800: ''Online Client Case'' - "When Objects Collide"; Anime Episode 674: ''[[Detectives' Nocturne]]'' - "Bourbon"</ref> In fact, it is hinted during the [[The Romance Novel with the Unexpected Conclusion|Romance Novelist murder]] and in the movie ''[[Dimensional Sniper]]'' that she may actually be entertaining a crush on Shinichi/Conan and hopes of initiating a closer relationship with him. However, the actual level of her feelings for him is yet to be publicly revealed, and it doesn't appear like she has anything against Ran and Shinichi's relationship.

==== Ai Haibara ====
Masumi has been interested in meeting [[Ai Haibara]] and has been secretly gathering information on her, mainly because she has begun to suspect that Haibara is the inventor of the [[APTX]], which Mary wishes to acquire for her re-transformation.<ref>[[Volume 95#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 95, chapter 1005: "Crimson School Trip Case"]]</ref><ref name="ch1025">[[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|Manga volume 96, chapter 1025: "TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case"]]</ref>. She also seemed to have recognized [[Shiho Miyano]] in the video of her rescuing the [[Detective Boys]]. Haibara in turn feels unnverved by Masumi, mainly by the latter's close interest in her and her pestering allusions, fearing for the safety of her identity.<ref>[[Volume 98#Antique Facet Case|Manga chapters 1035-1036]]</ref>

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ran and Sera and Wave.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ran hears sounds of rippling waves when she sees Masumi hurried away]]
Since enrolling at Teitan High, Masumi and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] have become friends and often walk home from school together. Masumi has also declared Ran as "her type" when they first met as a sign of liking, though this ultimately led Sonoko, Conan and Ran herself to mistake Masumi for a boy.

At one point, Ran recalls having met Masumi before in the past, hearing the sound of "rippling waves" when the she sees the latter leaving, "as if some sort of magic were at work".<ref name="Mang86"></ref> It is revealed in a later story that she and Masumi had actually met 10 years before, when they were both still children, on a beach, where by happenstance she, Shinichi and the Akai family inadvertently became embroiled in the aftermath of a crime (see '''Conan Edogawa''', above).<ref name="Mang92"></ref>

==== Sonoko Suzuki ====
Since enrolling at Teitan High, Masumi and [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] have become friends and often walk home from school together, with Sonoko describing Masumi as a popular girl who is "cheery, sociable, boyish and cute" and on top of that, a "Jeet Kune Do using detective", though she also teasingly remarks that the only thing "against Sera" is her flat chest.

==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[Shukichi Haneda]] is Masumi's middle brother. Masumi appears to have a good relationship with him. Unlike Shuichi, they were close during her childhood. She often consults him regarding information or deductions about the cases she faced, and also has a high regard of her brother's intellect, even considering the already sharp Shuichi as "strong" in contrast to her second older-brother. However, Masumi doesn't know anything about Shukichi's Shogi skills or what he has been up to. She has no idea where he is living.

==== Tsutomu Akai ====
Masumi's father was missing before she was born, so she never knew him. But she refer to him as 'Papa'.

==== Mary Sera ====
[[Mary Sera|Mary]] seems very mature and cold while talking to Masumi. She also treats her more like a coworker than her daughter, as she always advises her what to do and switch hotels if any intel about Mary is leaked. She is also somehow stubborn as she declined Masumi's trust in Conan despite the latter's motive and pursuit of justice are geniune.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Rei Furuya ====
Rei first saw Masumi in Detectives Nocturne case and seemed to recognise her. They formally met in [[The Unfriendly Girls Band|Girls Band Case]] at [[Café Poirot]]. Masumi felt like having met him and even asked him directly about that, but Rei said that was the first time they met. When Masumi talked about a friend of her brother who taught her play the guitar, Rei also seemed to know about that incident. In Masumi's flashback of that friend, a man who looked very much like Rei appeared, and Masumi once again wondered about it, to which Rei replied that she took the wrong person.

==== Scotch ====
Sera recalled meeting Scotch 4 years ago. That was when Scotch was with Akai and Rei in a train station. Sera also remembered Scotch teaching her how to play the bass and though it was only 10 minutes, she seemed to enjoy it. Sera is not sure of Scotch's true identity or allegiance, but thinks that Scotch is Japanese and that Scotch is not the real name.

== Speculation ==
[[File:Sera Knowing Conan's Name.png‎|thumb|right|200px|Masumi mentioning Conan's name.]]
=== Masumi met Shinichi and Ran when she was younger and knows Conan is Shinichi ===
* Masumi knew [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]'s identities before they introduced themselves. She also knew that Conan is a detective.<ref> [[Volume 73]], File 6 (768)</ref>
* Masumi seems to know that Conan is the brains behind Sleeping Kogoro. Conan seems to think that he may have met Masumi before or that she resembles someone that he knows. He believes that she got the deduction of a case wrong just so that he would reveal himself. <ref> [[Volume 73]], File 9 (771)</ref>
* Conan realizes he met Masumi before because he finds her snaggletoothed smile familiar,<ref name=845p16>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 6 (845), pg 16: "Our Territory"</ref>
* Masumi admits that she has met Conan before, but she can´t tell him until "the time" comes.<ref name=846p16>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 7 (846), pg 16: "The Magic Lock"</ref>
* Ran has met Masumi as well because Masumi's figure as she runs away reminds her of "sounds of rippling waves, as if some sort of magic were at work."<ref name=846p4>Manga [[Volume 80]], File 7 (846), pg 4: "The Magic Lock"</ref>
* Masumi, asks Conan if he once met a girl "a long time ago and could never forget [her]"<ref name=876p11>Manga [[Volume 83]], File 4 (876), pg 11: "The Romance Novelist"</ref> and gets annoyed when he says he can't recall someone like that.
* Ran has a flashback to when she saw a younger Masumi, who is wearing a bathing suit, say, "You are a wizard, right?". Ran also feels that she has met [[Mary]].<ref> Manga [[Volume 86]], File 1 (905)</ref>
* The meeting occurred 10 years ago, as mentioned by Mary.<ref> Manga [[Volume 90]], File 5 (953)</ref>
* Masumi puts on a swimsuit similar to the one in Ran's flashback in order to jog Conan's memory, which results in him remembering her in that bathing suit as well, along as three other people, assumed to be her relatives. <ref> Manga [[Volume 91]], File 11 (969)</ref>

In Chapter 771, it is revealed that she also knows Professor Agasa, although she calls him "Professor what's his name". Although this could be explained away as her talking to Conan off screen and her just not remembering Agasa's name.

=== Masumi learned about Haibara from Shuichi's picture ===
Masumi initially had an interest in Haibara. This is strange because Haibara didn't exist prior to Shiho shrinking. The knowledge of Shiho should have been secret to her as well, because Shuichi Akai's infiltration of the Black Organization was a secret. If Masumi doesn't even know the details of her brother's death, why should she know about Shiho? Masumi may recognize Haibara from pictures of Conan and Haibara that Shuichi took back during the Vermouth arc. It is standard procedure in the US to send the personal belongings of the dead back to their families. If Shuichi mixed these pictures in with his own things when he took them out of his truck before meeting with Kir, it's possible they were overlooked when the FBI sent Shuichi 's things to his family. If Masumi was interested in finding out how and why Shuichi died, she would begin by researching the people in those pictures and those connected with them in hopes of finding clues.
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== Character popularity ==
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Masumi placed 9th overall with 292 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8024|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>

* Masumi ranked 10th in the Digest Book 50+ poll "Best Detective Conan characters", with 107 votes.

* Masumi ranked 5th in the Digest Book 60+ poll "Cutest Detective Conan characters", with 135 votes.

* Masumi ranked 10th in the Digest Book 70+ poll "Characters you want to go on a date with", with 106 votes.

* Masumi ranked 11th in the Digest Book 80+ poll "Character you want to marry", with 281 votes.

== Name origin ==
{{nihongo|Masumi Sera's|世良・真純|Sera Masumi}} name comes from the [[Wikipedia: Mobile Suit Gundam|Mobile Suit Gundam]] character {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia: Sayla Mass|Sayla Mass]]|セイラ・マス|Seira Masu}}.<ref>[[Sherry's soliloquy|Sherry's soliloquy (2012-06-17)]], Gosho was referring to the revelation that Masumi is Shuichi's sister (Manga File 821): {{lang|ja|やっぱりアルテイシアだったのね・・・}} (So it was '''Artesia'''…). Note that "Artesia" is another name of '''Sayla Mass'''.</ref> The kanji for Masumi's surname mean 'good world'. The kanji for her first name, Masumi, mean 'true' and either 'pure' or 'net.'

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Deletion. For data at least ... is an easy task to accomplish.|Masumi, on deleting a picture of Haibara from her computer, File 777 pg 16}}

{{cquote|I guess I'm a bad kid after all...|Masumi, while crying, File 814 pg 16}}

== Trivia ==
[[File:M18-Sera.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Movie 18]]
* Masumi is based on [[Natsuki Koshimizu]], a tomboy detective girl turned criminal who made her first appearance in the [[Volume 54#Detective Koshien Case|''Detective Koshien Case'']]. Since Natsuki had proven highly popular, but Aoyama couldn't recycle her as a protagonist, the character of Masumi was created instead.<ref>''Shonen Sunday'' #33</ref>
* When she was young she liked to read the "[[Night Baron]]" series, so she is fan of [[Yusaku Kudo]].
* Her catchphrase, "Case Closed" (said in English), is likely a reference to the English-language name of Detective Conan. It was later revealed that she first heard the phrase being used by her brother Shuichi after he solved a case, most likely inspiring Masumi to use it herself as well.
* Masumi owns an [[Vehicles in Detective Conan#Sera's Yamaha Artesia XT400|Artesia XT400]].
* In File 859, Masumi reveals that she has a second-older brother and that her oldest brother taught her Jeet-Kune-Do.
* Masumi speaks Queen's English.<ref>[[:File:Postcard2015 1.jpg]]</ref>
* According to Gosho in Super Digest Book 80+, Sera's design was the hardest to design.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ماسومي Māsūmi|سيرا Sēra}}
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{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Mexico|American Spanish|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Brazil|Brazilian Portuguese|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|세라 Sera|양 Yang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Masumi|Sera}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|มาสึมิ Mās̄ụ-mi|เซระ Sera}}
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== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Akai family]]

== References ==
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APTX 4869

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APTX 4869

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[[File:APTX 4869.jpg|thumb|right|200px|APTX 4869]]
'''APTX {{nihongo|4869|四八六九|Yon-Hachi-Roku-Kyū}}''', nicknamed "Prototype Detective" by members of the [[Black Organization]], is a fictional toxin and derivative of an experimental formula of unknown purpose developed by [[Shiho Miyano]], which is used by the Black Organization as an untraceable, lethal poison. Right now, there is a [[prototype antidote]] for it made by Shiho.

== Description ==
[[File:APTX 4869 victim list.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Haibara recalls a list of all of the victims APTX was used to kill. Only Shinichi's death was unconfirmed.]]
APTX is an abbreviation of "Apoptoxin," and, as the name implies, it involves the activation of [[Wikipedia: Apoptosis|apoptosis]]: the mechanism by which cells kill themselves. APTX contains ingredients which have other functions as well. It contains a component which activates [[Wikipedia: Telomerase|telomerase]]: an enzyme which lengthens the caps at the end of DNA whose length limits the number of times a cell can divide.<ref>Manga Volume 24, File 10</ref>

In practice, most of the time APTX 4869 works as a lethal poison. [[Gin]] says it can't be detected when used, possibly indicating it leaves few traces that forensic examination could uncover. However, as said by [[Ai Haibara]], a rare side effect can in fact de-age victims. When talking about her own and Conan's shrinking, she said that the side effect causes everything apart from the nervous system to revert back to a childlike state,<ref>“[Shrinking] is an unexpected side effect. The nervous system is unaffected, but everything else—bones, muscle tissue, internal organs, hair – reverts to a childlike state” (VIZ english version of the quote in volume 18 file 8.)</ref><ref>[[Episode 129]]</ref> but the adult personality and memories remain intact.

[[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], the series' protagonist, was forced by Gin and Vodka to take the poison with the intention of killing him silently due to the police being around in [[Episode 1]]. Later, [[Shiho Miyano]] was set to be executed for being a possible loose end after Gin and Vodka killed her sister Akemi. Instead of letting herself be murdered, Shiho took her own poison intending to commit suicide; however, her body was reverted back to a childhood state like Shinichi's.

== History ==
[[Atsushi Miyano]] and [[Elena Miyano]] joined the Black Organization as researchers around some months before [[Shiho Miyano]] was born<ref name=f1011>[[Volume 95#File 1011 - Memories of That Woman|Volume 95, File 1011: "Memories of That Woman"]]</ref> and started developing APTX 4869. [[Vermouth]] may have hinted that there was an earlier project that the Miyanos assumed control over when they joined,<ref>“If you [Shiho] want to blame someone, blame your parents '''who took over''' this foolish research.” Episode 345</ref> perhaps the one Shiho implied was at least 50 years old.<ref>Manga [[Volume 19]], File 9 (189): "The Endangered Ball "; Episodes [[Episode 130|130]]-[[Episode 131|131]] "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century."</ref> Regardless, the pair worked on APTX 4869 until they met their untimely deaths in a laboratory fire<ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 11 (948), Pages 3-4: "The Clenched Scissors"</ref> which destroyed much of their research, leaving their daughter [[Shiho Miyano]] behind and the project in an unfinished state. The Miyano parents' version of the APTX 4869 was used to kill at least one person, [[Kohji Haneda]] who was murdered 17 years ago and included on Shiho's list of APTX victims.

Shiho was then groomed to take over their APTX 4869 research project.<ref name="387p7">Manga [[Volume 38]], File 2 (384), pg 7: "An unexpected Treasure"</ref><ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 11 (948), Pages 3-4: "The Clenched Scissors</ref> She was educated overseas in America<ref name="387p7"/> before returning to Japan at or before she was 13<ref>13 is the latest age she was codenamed by according to Akai Shuuichi's version of events.</ref>. Shiho advanced the drug to the point where she observed at least one of her lab mice reverting in age.<ref>Shiho's intro when she first explains APTX to Shinichi</ref> She was also ordered to test the most recent, yet still incomplete, version of APTX 4869 on [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]], a failed assassin. Shiho received the data about him, but he managed to escape the Black Organization before she could test it on him. The drug was still considered incomplete by the time it was used on [[Shinichi Kudo]]<ref>APTX's nickname is incomplete detective</ref>, but [[Pisco]] implied that Shiho had advanced it significantly since her parents' tenure<ref>[[Volume 24]]</ref>. Shiho boycotted her work, when she couldn't get any answer to why her sister had died. To die by her own hand, she used the poison and ended up getting shrunk, which made her able to escape. It is unknown if the Black Organization has found replacement researchers to continue work on the APTX 4869 project after Shiho's defection.

Sometime during APTX's development, the Black Organization decided to use the incomplete form as a poison for stealthy murder, since it could kill without leaving a trace in the victim.

== Name origin ==
APTX 4869 is a pun on "Sherlock Holmes". 4869 can also be pronounced "Shi-Ya-Ro-Ku" (シャロク ''Sharoku'')<ref>Manga [[Volume 24]], File 10 (241), Page 11: "The Bullet from the Past"</ref>, which translates into Sherlock. Adding to the pun, the password for the APTX data is "Shellingford"<ref>Manga [[Volume 24]], File 10 (241), page 11: " The Bullet from the Past". This has been confirmed to be spelled as "Shellingford" in the original Japanese.</ref>, an unintentional misspelling of "Sherrinford", which was the name Arthur Conan Doyle called his detective character before deciding on "Sherlock".<ref>"The name comes from Arthur Conan Doyle's earliest notes for A Study in Scarlet, which gave the great detective's name as "Sherrinford Holmes" and that of his medical companion as "Ormond Sacker"." {{cite web|url=http://www.sherlockian.net/societies/baringgould.html|date=2010|accessdate=2012-01-28|publisher=Chris Redmond|title=Sherlockian.Net: William S. Baring-Gould}}</ref> The password and the pun name seem to be related to why several members of the Black Organization call APTX 4869 the "incomplete detective",<ref name="239p4">Manga [[Volume 24]], File 8 (239), pg 4: "The Black Burial Ranks ". Gin is conversing with Pisco and tells him, "Of course, it's up to you if you use the 'Incomplete Detective' or not...". Earlier on the phone, Gin had mentioned it was fine if Pisco used the drug which both Haibara and Conan took to mean APTX 4869.</ref><ref name="241p11">Manga [[Volume 24]], File 10 (241), page 11: "A Bullet from the Past". Haibara tells Conan that "the members of the Organization sometimes gave this uncompleted drug a nickname... 'the Incomplete Detective'."</ref> implying APTX 4869 is not finished yet.

== Antidote ==
:''Main article: [[Prototype antidote]]''
[[File:APTX 4869 given to Shinichi.jpg|thumb|200px|Gin poisons Shinichi.]]
Throughout the series there are several instances in which the APTX was temporarily neutralized and Shinichi and Shiho were returned to their actual age forms. The main ingredient for this reversal is a component found in [[baijiu]], which Haibara has already incorporated in a prototype antidote for the APTX.<ref name="TGDOTW">Manga [[Volume 10]], Files 4-5 (092-095): "The Great Detective of the West"</ref>

Conan and Haibara briefly reverted to their true age while having rum cake (thought to contain among other things [[baijiu]]) in the live action drama ''[[Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization]]''.

== Speculation ==
=== Original intent ===
At first, it was revealed by Gin that the APTX 4869 was a poison to kill people who know too much about the Black Organization. Shiho Miyano said that she didn't intend to create a poison,<ref name="179p9">Manga [[Volume 18]], File 9 (179), page 9: "The Girl Made Of Lies"</ref> which suggests that APTX 4869 was originally developed with a different goal in mind. It probably was just a useful side effect that the current prototype kills while leaving no trace in the victim’s body, and was thus employed as a poison—a usage which Haibara detests.<ref name="179p9"/> Additionally, APTX 4869 is nicknamed the "''incomplete'' detective" by the Black Organization,<ref name="239p4"/><ref name="241p11"/> which means its true purpose has not yet been achieved.

==== Immortality/anti-aging ====
One possibility is that the goal of the APTX 4869 is to develop a therapy which will cause immortality, stall or reverse the effects of aging, or extend a human's lifespan. The de-aging effect that occurred when Shinichi and Haibara took APTX 4869 probably indicates the main intent of the drug's development. After [[Pisco]] saw Haibara shrink back to her child form, he commented that he was impressed she had developed the drug to that point, implying that deaging is in the right direction.<ref name="242p9">Manga [[Volume 24]], File 11, page 9: "The White World"</ref> Supporting this is Haibara’s line, "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century."<ref>Manga [[Volume 19]], File 9 (189): "The Endangered Ball "; Episodes [[Episode 130|130]]-[[Episode 131|131]]</ref> APTX 4869 is the only known intersection between Shinichi and the Black Organization; meaning that Shinichi's de-aging made him relevant to the Black Organization's project.

According to Haibara’s description about APTX 4869<ref name="241p6">Manga [[Volume 24]], File 10 (241), page 6</ref>, APTX 4869 activates telomerase, an enzyme which can increase the number of times a cell can divide, and therefore affect a cell's lifespan and “reproductive potential”. The goal of this might be to revert all non-neural cells to a "youthful", high reproductive potential state. [[Vermouth]]'s unnatural youth is another indicator that the Black Organization may be involved in research towards extending lifespan, halting aging, or rejuvenating the body. [[Renya Karasuma]], the highly aged founder and leader of the Black Organization, seems to be the intended chief recipient.<ref name="File 1096">Manga [[Volume 103]], File 1096</ref>

The goal of the antagonists in ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' is pursuing immortality, via the [[Pandora Gem]], but the goal of the Black Organization, as confirmed in one interview with Gosho Aoyama, is NOT immortality.

==== Raising the dead ====
The original purpose of APTX 4869 might be to raise the dead. Once when Conan asked Haibara directly what APTX 4869 was meant to do she replied, "It's a nostrum to raise the dead. I wonder if that answer is satisfactory?"<ref name=384p8>Manga [[Volume 38]], File 2, page 8: "The Old Picture"</ref> The context of the comment, however, makes it unclear if she was merely bluffing to provoke Conan into revealing that he had been looking into the Black Organization behind her back, rather than making a serious statement of the purpose of the drug.

=== "Silver Bullet" and "APTX 4869" are two names for the same project ===
:''See also: [[Silver Bullet (drug)]]''
In a flashback, Shiho recalls the end of the recorded message left by her mother which revealed Elena had been working on "a truly terrifying drug" the Miyano parents called the ''[[Silver Bullet]]''.<ref name=821p7>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 4 (821), pg 7: "Mystery Train 「Junction」"</ref> It is unclear whether Silver Bullet is the Miyano parents' personal nickname for what is currently called APTX 4869, or if it was a closely related project they developed in parallel. Whatever the case, the Miyanos' Silver Bullet drug and Shiho's APTX 4869 are probably closely linked if not the same in-development drug.

Haibara took over her parents' research after they died by reconstructing their work from surviving fragments after a lab fire which supposedly killed her parents.<ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 11 (948), Pages 3-4: "The Clenched Scissors"</ref> One of these projects was the APTX 4869 project. Proof that some version of APTX 4869 existed in the Miyano parents' time lies in a [[List of Black Organization related characters#APTX 4869 Victims|death list]] which includes the name of [[Kohji Haneda|a man]] killed with the drug [[Case from 17 years ago|17 years prior]] to the current timeline. Because Shiho had to reconstruct her parents' research from the fragments that survived, intentionally or unintentionally, it's possible that some of what the Miyanos called the [[Silver Bullet]] became incorporated into Shiho's modern version of APTX 4869.

Regardless of what the parents' version of APTX 4869 was intended for, those characters who know about the shrinking side effect of Shiho's modern version of APTX 4869 have a tendency to compare it to the Miyanos' research. After watching Haibara shrink, Pisco, who knew about the project the Miyanos worked on, commented that Shiho's parents would be proud of the progress Shiho had made on the drug.<ref name=V24-11p9>Manga [[Volume 24]], File 11, page 9: "The White World"</ref> During her recollection of the tapes, Haibara was holding and considering the antidote to APTX 4869. She then regrets that she didn't understand the drug was something that should have never been made, strongly implying she had worked on the same drug as well.<ref name=821p7/> Lastly, [[Vermouth]], who opposed the Miyanos' research seems to have transposed her distaste onto Shiho's research and Shiho herself.<ref>"If you [Shiho] want to blame someone, blame your parents who took over this foolish research." Episode 345</ref>

It is also notable that Vermouth has been a part of the Black Organization long enough to have heard the Miyanos use the name "Silver Bullet",<ref>Vermouth has been in the Organization at least 20 years dated by when she assassinated Jodie's father which is more time than the theoretical maximum 18 years the tapes could be recorded -- dated to Shiho's conception.</ref> and may have given Conan the same nickname in reference to his deaged state caused by the drug. On the other hand, [[Shuichi Akai]] also has the nickname Silver Bullet, but no apparent connection to the drug other than dating Akemi Miyano, the sister/daughter of the drug's creators.

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APTX 4869

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Daniel46: /* Immortality/anti-aging */

[[File:APTX 4869.jpg|thumb|right|200px|APTX 4869]]
'''APTX {{nihongo|4869|四八六九|Yon-Hachi-Roku-Kyū}}''', nicknamed "Prototype Detective" by members of the [[Black Organization]], is a fictional toxin and derivative of an experimental formula of unknown purpose developed by [[Shiho Miyano]], which is used by the Black Organization as an untraceable, lethal poison. Right now, there is a [[prototype antidote]] for it made by Shiho.

== Description ==
[[File:APTX 4869 victim list.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Haibara recalls a list of all of the victims APTX was used to kill. Only Shinichi's death was unconfirmed.]]
APTX is an abbreviation of "Apoptoxin," and, as the name implies, it involves the activation of [[Wikipedia: Apoptosis|apoptosis]]: the mechanism by which cells kill themselves. APTX contains ingredients which have other functions as well. It contains a component which activates [[Wikipedia: Telomerase|telomerase]]: an enzyme which lengthens the caps at the end of DNA whose length limits the number of times a cell can divide.<ref>Manga Volume 24, File 10</ref>

In practice, most of the time APTX 4869 works as a lethal poison. [[Gin]] says it can't be detected when used, possibly indicating it leaves few traces that forensic examination could uncover. However, as said by [[Ai Haibara]], a rare side effect can in fact de-age victims. When talking about her own and Conan's shrinking, she said that the side effect causes everything apart from the nervous system to revert back to a childlike state,<ref>“[Shrinking] is an unexpected side effect. The nervous system is unaffected, but everything else—bones, muscle tissue, internal organs, hair – reverts to a childlike state” (VIZ english version of the quote in volume 18 file 8.)</ref><ref>[[Episode 129]]</ref> but the adult personality and memories remain intact.

[[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], the series' protagonist, was forced by Gin and Vodka to take the poison with the intention of killing him silently due to the police being around in [[Episode 1]]. Later, [[Shiho Miyano]] was set to be executed for being a possible loose end after Gin and Vodka killed her sister Akemi. Instead of letting herself be murdered, Shiho took her own poison intending to commit suicide; however, her body was reverted back to a childhood state like Shinichi's.

== History ==
[[Atsushi Miyano]] and [[Elena Miyano]] joined the Black Organization as researchers around some months before [[Shiho Miyano]] was born<ref name=f1011>[[Volume 95#File 1011 - Memories of That Woman|Volume 95, File 1011: "Memories of That Woman"]]</ref> and started developing APTX 4869. [[Vermouth]] may have hinted that there was an earlier project that the Miyanos assumed control over when they joined,<ref>“If you [Shiho] want to blame someone, blame your parents '''who took over''' this foolish research.” Episode 345</ref> perhaps the one Shiho implied was at least 50 years old.<ref>Manga [[Volume 19]], File 9 (189): "The Endangered Ball "; Episodes [[Episode 130|130]]-[[Episode 131|131]] "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century."</ref> Regardless, the pair worked on APTX 4869 until they met their untimely deaths in a laboratory fire<ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 11 (948), Pages 3-4: "The Clenched Scissors"</ref> which destroyed much of their research, leaving their daughter [[Shiho Miyano]] behind and the project in an unfinished state. The Miyano parents' version of the APTX 4869 was used to kill at least one person, [[Kohji Haneda]] who was murdered 17 years ago and included on Shiho's list of APTX victims.

Shiho was then groomed to take over their APTX 4869 research project.<ref name="387p7">Manga [[Volume 38]], File 2 (384), pg 7: "An unexpected Treasure"</ref><ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 11 (948), Pages 3-4: "The Clenched Scissors</ref> She was educated overseas in America<ref name="387p7"/> before returning to Japan at or before she was 13<ref>13 is the latest age she was codenamed by according to Akai Shuuichi's version of events.</ref>. Shiho advanced the drug to the point where she observed at least one of her lab mice reverting in age.<ref>Shiho's intro when she first explains APTX to Shinichi</ref> She was also ordered to test the most recent, yet still incomplete, version of APTX 4869 on [[Ki'ichiro Numabuchi]], a failed assassin. Shiho received the data about him, but he managed to escape the Black Organization before she could test it on him. The drug was still considered incomplete by the time it was used on [[Shinichi Kudo]]<ref>APTX's nickname is incomplete detective</ref>, but [[Pisco]] implied that Shiho had advanced it significantly since her parents' tenure<ref>[[Volume 24]]</ref>. Shiho boycotted her work, when she couldn't get any answer to why her sister had died. To die by her own hand, she used the poison and ended up getting shrunk, which made her able to escape. It is unknown if the Black Organization has found replacement researchers to continue work on the APTX 4869 project after Shiho's defection.

Sometime during APTX's development, the Black Organization decided to use the incomplete form as a poison for stealthy murder, since it could kill without leaving a trace in the victim.

== Name origin ==
APTX 4869 is a pun on "Sherlock Holmes". 4869 can also be pronounced "Shi-Ya-Ro-Ku" (シャロク ''Sharoku'')<ref>Manga [[Volume 24]], File 10 (241), Page 11: "The Bullet from the Past"</ref>, which translates into Sherlock. Adding to the pun, the password for the APTX data is "Shellingford"<ref>Manga [[Volume 24]], File 10 (241), page 11: " The Bullet from the Past". This has been confirmed to be spelled as "Shellingford" in the original Japanese.</ref>, an unintentional misspelling of "Sherrinford", which was the name Arthur Conan Doyle called his detective character before deciding on "Sherlock".<ref>"The name comes from Arthur Conan Doyle's earliest notes for A Study in Scarlet, which gave the great detective's name as "Sherrinford Holmes" and that of his medical companion as "Ormond Sacker"." {{cite web|url=http://www.sherlockian.net/societies/baringgould.html|date=2010|accessdate=2012-01-28|publisher=Chris Redmond|title=Sherlockian.Net: William S. Baring-Gould}}</ref> The password and the pun name seem to be related to why several members of the Black Organization call APTX 4869 the "incomplete detective",<ref name="239p4">Manga [[Volume 24]], File 8 (239), pg 4: "The Black Burial Ranks ". Gin is conversing with Pisco and tells him, "Of course, it's up to you if you use the 'Incomplete Detective' or not...". Earlier on the phone, Gin had mentioned it was fine if Pisco used the drug which both Haibara and Conan took to mean APTX 4869.</ref><ref name="241p11">Manga [[Volume 24]], File 10 (241), page 11: "A Bullet from the Past". Haibara tells Conan that "the members of the Organization sometimes gave this uncompleted drug a nickname... 'the Incomplete Detective'."</ref> implying APTX 4869 is not finished yet.

== Antidote ==
:''Main article: [[Prototype antidote]]''
[[File:APTX 4869 given to Shinichi.jpg|thumb|200px|Gin poisons Shinichi.]]
Throughout the series there are several instances in which the APTX was temporarily neutralized and Shinichi and Shiho were returned to their actual age forms. The main ingredient for this reversal is a component found in [[baijiu]], which Haibara has already incorporated in a prototype antidote for the APTX.<ref name="TGDOTW">Manga [[Volume 10]], Files 4-5 (092-095): "The Great Detective of the West"</ref>

Conan and Haibara briefly reverted to their true age while having rum cake (thought to contain among other things [[baijiu]]) in the live action drama ''[[Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization]]''.

== Speculation ==
=== Original intent ===
At first, it was revealed by Gin that the APTX 4869 was a poison to kill people who know too much about the Black Organization. Shiho Miyano said that she didn't intend to create a poison,<ref name="179p9">Manga [[Volume 18]], File 9 (179), page 9: "The Girl Made Of Lies"</ref> which suggests that APTX 4869 was originally developed with a different goal in mind. It probably was just a useful side effect that the current prototype kills while leaving no trace in the victim’s body, and was thus employed as a poison—a usage which Haibara detests.<ref name="179p9"/> Additionally, APTX 4869 is nicknamed the "''incomplete'' detective" by the Black Organization,<ref name="239p4"/><ref name="241p11"/> which means its true purpose has not yet been achieved.

==== Immortality/anti-aging ====
One possibility is that the goal of the APTX 4869 is to develop a therapy which will cause immortality, stall or reverse the effects of aging, or extend a human's lifespan. The de-aging effect that occurred when Shinichi and Haibara took APTX 4869 probably indicates the main intent of the drug's development. After [[Pisco]] saw Haibara shrink back to her child form, he commented that he was impressed she had developed the drug to that point, implying that deaging is in the right direction.<ref name="242p9">Manga [[Volume 24]], File 11, page 9: "The White World"</ref> Supporting this is Haibara’s line, "Kudo-kun? You would probably never even dream that you are already part of a project the Black Organization has been working on already for half a century."<ref>Manga [[Volume 19]], File 9 (189): "The Endangered Ball "; Episodes [[Episode 130|130]]-[[Episode 131|131]]</ref> APTX 4869 is the only known intersection between Shinichi and the Black Organization; meaning that Shinichi's de-aging made him relevant to the Black Organization's project.

According to Haibara’s description about APTX 4869<ref name="241p6">Manga [[Volume 24]], File 10 (241), page 6</ref>, APTX 4869 activates telomerase, an enzyme which can increase the number of times a cell can divide, and therefore affect a cell's lifespan and “reproductive potential”. The goal of this might be to revert all non-neural cells to a "youthful", high reproductive potential state. [[Vermouth]]'s unnatural youth is another indicator that the Black Organization may be involved in research towards extending lifespan, halting aging, or rejuvenating the body. [[Renya Karasuma]], the highly aged founder and leader of the Black Organization, seems to be the intended chief recipient.<ref>Manga [[Volume 103]], File 1096</ref>

The goal of the antagonists in ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' is pursuing immortality, via the [[Pandora Gem]], but the goal of the Black Organization, as confirmed in one interview with Gosho Aoyama, is NOT immortality.

==== Raising the dead ====
The original purpose of APTX 4869 might be to raise the dead. Once when Conan asked Haibara directly what APTX 4869 was meant to do she replied, "It's a nostrum to raise the dead. I wonder if that answer is satisfactory?"<ref name=384p8>Manga [[Volume 38]], File 2, page 8: "The Old Picture"</ref> The context of the comment, however, makes it unclear if she was merely bluffing to provoke Conan into revealing that he had been looking into the Black Organization behind her back, rather than making a serious statement of the purpose of the drug.

=== "Silver Bullet" and "APTX 4869" are two names for the same project ===
:''See also: [[Silver Bullet (drug)]]''
In a flashback, Shiho recalls the end of the recorded message left by her mother which revealed Elena had been working on "a truly terrifying drug" the Miyano parents called the ''[[Silver Bullet]]''.<ref name=821p7>Manga [[Volume 78]], File 4 (821), pg 7: "Mystery Train 「Junction」"</ref> It is unclear whether Silver Bullet is the Miyano parents' personal nickname for what is currently called APTX 4869, or if it was a closely related project they developed in parallel. Whatever the case, the Miyanos' Silver Bullet drug and Shiho's APTX 4869 are probably closely linked if not the same in-development drug.

Haibara took over her parents' research after they died by reconstructing their work from surviving fragments after a lab fire which supposedly killed her parents.<ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 11 (948), Pages 3-4: "The Clenched Scissors"</ref> One of these projects was the APTX 4869 project. Proof that some version of APTX 4869 existed in the Miyano parents' time lies in a [[List of Black Organization related characters#APTX 4869 Victims|death list]] which includes the name of [[Kohji Haneda|a man]] killed with the drug [[Case from 17 years ago|17 years prior]] to the current timeline. Because Shiho had to reconstruct her parents' research from the fragments that survived, intentionally or unintentionally, it's possible that some of what the Miyanos called the [[Silver Bullet]] became incorporated into Shiho's modern version of APTX 4869.

Regardless of what the parents' version of APTX 4869 was intended for, those characters who know about the shrinking side effect of Shiho's modern version of APTX 4869 have a tendency to compare it to the Miyanos' research. After watching Haibara shrink, Pisco, who knew about the project the Miyanos worked on, commented that Shiho's parents would be proud of the progress Shiho had made on the drug.<ref name=V24-11p9>Manga [[Volume 24]], File 11, page 9: "The White World"</ref> During her recollection of the tapes, Haibara was holding and considering the antidote to APTX 4869. She then regrets that she didn't understand the drug was something that should have never been made, strongly implying she had worked on the same drug as well.<ref name=821p7/> Lastly, [[Vermouth]], who opposed the Miyanos' research seems to have transposed her distaste onto Shiho's research and Shiho herself.<ref>"If you [Shiho] want to blame someone, blame your parents who took over this foolish research." Episode 345</ref>

It is also notable that Vermouth has been a part of the Black Organization long enough to have heard the Miyanos use the name "Silver Bullet",<ref>Vermouth has been in the Organization at least 20 years dated by when she assassinated Jodie's father which is more time than the theoretical maximum 18 years the tapes could be recorded -- dated to Shiho's conception.</ref> and may have given Conan the same nickname in reference to his deaged state caused by the drug. On the other hand, [[Shuichi Akai]] also has the nickname Silver Bullet, but no apparent connection to the drug other than dating Akemi Miyano, the sister/daughter of the drug's creators.

== References ==
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The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love

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{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 681-683
| image = TV Episode 681-683.jpg
| title = The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 命を賭けた恋愛中継 (Inochi o Kaketa Ren'ai Chūkei)
| rating = 9,60 11,10% 11%
| Manga case number = #233
| season = [[Season 22|22]]
| manga = [[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|Volume 76: File 9 (804)]] ~ [[Volume 77#Overnight Deadline|Volume 77: File 2 (808)]]
| dubbed-episode =
| airdate = January 5, 2013 (Begin Broadcasting) January 12, 2013 (Desperate Situation) January 19, 2013 (Enter the Scene)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Wataru Date]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Naeko Miike]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]] [[Masumi Sera]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Masumi Sera]] [[Detective Okumura]] [[Manabu Fujimaki]] [[Detective Fukui]] [[Detective Saitoh]] [[Detective Horita]] [[Detective Sogawa]] [[Detective Hirota]] [[Detective Sugita]] [[Detective Kawanaka]] [[Detective Ida]] [[Detective Numada]] [[Detective Inoue]] [[Detective Nakamura]] [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Detective Miyazaki]] [[Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Unnamed officer]] [[Detectives' Nocturne|Serina Urakawa]] [[Detectives' Nocturne|Takayo Tegawa]] [[Detective Tomokawa]] [[Pilot]]
| suspects = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]]
| next-conan-hint = Date (Begin Broadcasting) [[Crow]] (Desperate Situation) Climate phenomenon (Enter the Scene)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Tohru Furuya]] as [[Tohru Amuro]] [[Seizo Kato]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Rie Tanaka]] as [[Naeko Miike]] [[Yuu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] as [[Detective Okumura]] [[Ken Uo]] as [[Detective Sugita]] [[Toshimitsu Oda]] as [[Detective Hirota]] [[Masaharu Sato]] as Ryusaku Fuemoto [[Satowa Tanaka]] as Airport announcement [[Kenji Fujiwara]] as [[Wataru Date]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Takayuki Sakadzume]] as [[Detective Nakamura]] [[Naoki Tamanoi]] as [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Chiaki Mori]] as Kid A [[Hiro Nakashima]] as Kid B
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| organizer = 681-682 [[Umesaburo Sagawa]] 683 [[Seiki Taichu]]
| storyboard = 681-682 [[Umesaburo Sagawa]] 683 [[Seiki Taichu]]
| producer = 681 [[Akira Yoshimura]] 682 [[Shigeru Yamazaki]] 683 [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| animation-director = 681 [[Masatomo Sudo]] and [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisors), [[Nobuyuki Iwai]] 682 [[Masatomo Sudo]] and [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisors), [[Akio Kawamura]], [[Masanori Hashimoto]] 683 [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisor), [[Kenichi Otomo]], [[Miharu Nagano]]
| character-design = [[Kumiko Shishido]] (design works)
| prev-episode = Cactus Capriccio
| next-episode = Froth, Steam, and Smoke
| footnotes = Last episode to feature [[Seizo Kato]] as the voice of [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]].
| opening-song = TRY AGAIN
| closing-song = Koi ni Koishite
}}
{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|命を賭けた恋愛中継|Inochi o Kaketa Ren'ai Chūkei}} is the 681st, 682nd, and 683rd episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Characters introduced ==
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* Deceased
* Policeman
* Takagi's mentor
* Amuro's friend}}
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== Cast ==
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{{char|Miwako Sato}}
{{char|Juzo Megure}}
{{char|Yumi Miyamoto}}
{{char|Naeko Miike}}
{{char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{char|Genta Kojima}}
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{{char|Ran Mouri|display=Ran Mouri (flashback)}}
{{char|Kogoro Mouri|display=Kogoro Mouri (flashback)}}
{{char|Masumi Sera|display=Masumi Sera (flashback)}}
{{char|Detective Okumura}}
{{char|Manabu Fujimaki}}
{{char|Detective Fukui}}
{{char|Detective Saitoh}}
{{char|Detective Horita}}
{{char|Detective Sogawa}}
{{char|Detective Hirota}}
{{char|Detective Sugita}}
{{char|Detective Kawanaka}}
{{char|Detective Ida}}
{{char|Detective Numada}}
{{char|Detective Inoue}}
{{char|Detective Nakamura|Detective Nakamura}}
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{{char|Detective Miyazaki}}
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{{char|Detective Tomokawa}}
{{char|Detectives' Nocturne|Kei Kashitsuka|display=Serina Urakawa (flashback)}}
{{char|Detectives' Nocturne|Takayo Tegawa|display=Takayo Tegawa (flashback)}}
{{char|Pilot}}
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== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Begin Broadcasting ====
[[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]] drives by [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] who had gotten off of work early for a one night trip. She asks Takagi if he is going on a date with [[Miwako Sato|Miwako]], something which Takagi forcefully denies: "No, it's not a date!" Back at the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]] Headquarters, Yumi asks Sato if she knows where Takagi is going. All they can deduce is that it might have something to do with a report Takagi met with [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] about earlier. Sato wonders if Takagi has forgotten the anniversary of his mentor [[Wataru Date]]'s death.

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| location = Street
| victim = [[Wataru Date]]
| cause-death = Hit by a car
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At the airport, Takagi opens his notebook. It's marked with "Greet Parents" and contains a ring. Takagi breaks into tears, no longer confident in his ability to make Sato happy.

The next day, as the [[Detective Boys]] approach the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters where they were scheduled to for a crime prevention project, a strange old man asks them if they are the acquaintances of Wataru Takagi. He handed them a gift which was to be passed on to Sato and opened quickly. As the man leaves, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] catches up with the Detective Boys. As Conan asks the Detective Boys about the man, [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]] appears! Amuro tells the four children he was called back in for questioning so the police could decide whether he'd gone too far during the [[Detectives' Nocturne]] case. As he walks away, Amuro mentions that he had another reason for coming here, but that reason has already disappeared.

Meanwhile in police headquarters, Sato continues to collect clues from the other officers about where Takagi's whereabouts. Sato is shocked to hear from [[Kazunobu Chiba|Detective Chiba]] that he saw Takagi crying over a photo of a woman in his notebook. When Chiba asked if it was of Sato, Takagi angrily denied it. Before Sato can question further, she receives a call from Conan.

In the hall, the Detective Boys gave the present to Sato. It turns out to be a tablet PC displaying a live feed of Takagi bound up with rope and tape while asleep. The feed cycles through several camera angles, revealing Takagi's body is on a wooden plank with a sheet in a partially constructed building. As Sato and the Detective Boys watch in horror, Takagi regains consciousness.

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| victim = [[Wataru Takagi]]
| victim-label = Hostage
| suspects = Ryusaku Fuemoto
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| description =
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Although Shiratori felt that the Anti-Cybercrime Division can find the footage's location, it will take a long time. He suggested taking the tablet apart and charged directly from inside in order to retrieve the data, to which Conan said it was too risky. Superintendent Matsumoto ordered Megure to contact Haneda Airport on whether Takagi was on any passenger list last night, Shiratori to check his computer information on his likely whereabouts, Chiba to watch the tablet's video, Sato to question the Detective Boys who're waiting in another room and every police detective to investigate everyone connected with Takagi's prior investigations.

The Detective Boys recounted their encounter with the man. The man knew Takagi by his full name, yet only knew Sato as Takagi's detective girlfriend. Chiba came to report to Sato, who rushed back and to her horror saw Takagi almost falling off the board. However, it turned out that Takagi was dropping his police notebook.

Superintendent Matsumoto was wondering about Takagi's clueless disappearance when a police detective suddenly remembered seeing Takagi coming out of the Record Office last week while crying. Matsumoto ordered them to search through the records.

While Conan and Sato are taking a walk through the hall, Conan learnt that the records that Takagi looked at that day were three cases of women who committed suicide by hanging themselves about a year ago. They all had no signs of foul play, so they were out of the jurisdiction.

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| image = EP681-683 Case2.jpg
| location = Yuko Tokugi's apartment
| victim = Yuko Tokugi
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation, Yuko Tokugi accidentally killed someone in a Hit-and-run and commit suicide out of guilt.
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{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case3.jpg
| location = Natalie Kuruma's apartment
| victim = Natalie Kuruma
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation,Natalie Kurama committed suicide out of sadness that her boyfriend broke up with her for unknown reason.
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| image = EP681-683 Case4.jpg
| location = Kyoka Hikoue's apartment
| victim = Kyoka Hikoue
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation, Kyoka Hikoue found out that her boyfriend that she supported is a fraudster and commit suicide out of shame.
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The fraudster was caught but the charge wasn't fraud, but murder. He'd been shouldering quite large debts, and having trouble with a loan shark so he went and stabbed someone. Sato thinks Date caught him.

Straight after catching the fraudster, Date died in a traffic accident. He'd dropped his notebook, and was hit by a driver who'd fallen asleep at that wheel, according to Takagi. They were both on a night stakeout, and Date was trying to show Takagi something in his notebook when he got hit. The black notebook Takagi has was inherited from Date. Date was Takagi's mentor and were known as the "Wataru Brothers". Date's name is Wataru Date. His name was Wataru, just like Takagi's.

Meanwhile at night, Takagi is still breathing and is still lying in prone position on the wooden board.

==== Desperate Situation ====
In Sato's car the children discuss the case. Genta wonders that the medical student hit Detective Date with her car, but Sato says that she hit someone else, and the driver who hit Date was caught. Ayumi suggests that maybe Takagi had been secretly dating the english teacher, but Sato finds it unlikely, given that the teacher's calendar had the english word 'Date' written all over, and a police detective can't go on dates everyday. Mitsuhiko then wonder if it's connected to the hostess, who hanged herself, after Takagi's close friend and mentor Detective Date arrested her boyfriend. But Sato explain that the hostess hanged herself because she discovered that her boyfriend was a marriage fraudster. The police couldn't be blamed for that. Conan asks Sato to learn more about Detective Date, because he finds it curious that both he and Takagi share the same given name.

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| location = Condo
| victim = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| cause-death = Poison
| description =
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The culprit was Ryusaku Fuemoto, who was also a teacher at the school one of the suicide victims, Natalie Kuruma, was in. She was Date's girlfriend, and Fuemoto assumed that Takagi was Date as they had the same given name and because Natalie had only told her parents, whom she normally communicated in English with, that her boyfriend's name was Wataru and that he was a police detective. And to make matter worse the police had originally concluded that the reason behind Natalie's suicide was due to have dumped by her boyfriend, since they didn't know that she was Date's girlfriend and Sato has misread the name Date in romanji on Natalie's calendar as the English word 'Date'. Takagi had probably realized that Natalie was Date's girlfriend after a year had passed and contacted Fuemoto to inform him that Date didn't dump her, but was killed in an accident. Fuemoto considered Natalie as a surrogate daughter, identified her corpse after her suicide, and was so distressed that he kidnapped Takagi to "punish" him for her death. However, once he was located by the VERY angry Sato and other police members, it turns out he had consumed poisoned wine; he lived enough to hear Sato telling him that he had trapped the wrong man, but not to tell her where his victim was.

==== Enter the Scene ====
Takagi's location becomes narrowed down to Hokkaido thanks to the Western Jackdaw (a bird that's usually found there), the phenomenon known as the "snow pillar" (which only takes place in VERY cold environments, like the snowy Hokkaido), and kites that appeared on the camera (during these days, a kite-related festival takes place there). The police are unable to get his specific position although Takagi is apparently in a four-story building. Later, Conan realizes that the building might not be a four-story building after all: the mirrors around cause an optical illusion.

=== People ===
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* Deceased (hanged)
* 6th year at Tohto University Medical School
* Hanged herself over having committed a hit and run}}
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* Deceased (hanged)
* Lecturer
* Hanged herself over being dumped}}
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* Deceased (hanged)
* Hostess
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* Komamae City, san-chome resident
* Scholar}}
{{people|Kid B|Hokkaido kid b.png|
* Komamae City, san-chome resident
* Scholar}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Conan reveals that the building is actually a second-story building; a mirror was used to make it seem like a four-story building. Takagi manages to get rid of his gag; Conan is able to read his lips, deducing his location to be at '''Hokkaido Komamae Town'''.

Thanks to all this information, the police helicopter locates Takagi, with less than a minute to spare. Sato flies down from it, uses her police gun to cut the noose around Takagi's neck, then tackles Takagi to the nearby ground before the bomb sets off. They fall in a safe spot as the bomb explodes in the air. For the first time, Sato calls Takagi, "Wataru" and then she passionately kisses him, much to the dismay of the Tokyo policemen.

Fuemoto's other reason to pull this plan was that he was dying of cancer, therefore he didn't want to kick it before "punishing" whoever caused the death of his surrogate daughter Natalie. It also turns out that Natalie had never thought that she had been dumped by Date: she was among the persons who identified his corpse after the accident, and commited suicide for the grief of losing her boyfriend right before officially getting engaged.
Despite Sato trying to assure Takagi that Natalie's death was not his fault, he does feel guilty for not giving her the ring, that was hidden in Date's old notebook, believing that it had been Date's last wish when he entrusted Takagi the notebook on his deathbed.

A month after the whole deal, Sato and Takagi visit Date's grave... unaware that Amuro is also there, watching over the tombstone.</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
[[File:EP682-Heidi.png|thumb|right|200px|A poster from ''Alps no Shojo Heidi'' on the bottom left]]
* A poster found in Natalie Kuruma's apartment is showing a scenery from ''[[Wikipedia: Heidi, Girl of the Alps|Alps no Shoujo Heidi]]''.
* The car involved in the crash that killed Wataru Date is a 2002 Holden Commodore [VY].
* Starting from this episode, [[Seiji Muta]] is not credited as character design.

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== BGM listing ==
=== Begin Broadcasting ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:23 - 4:53|フォース|Fōsu|Force|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |5:27 - 5:50|ベルモット|Berumotto|Vermouth|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |5:54 - 6:44|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:23 - 7:41|チチタタ|Chichitata|Chichitata|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:51 - 11:28|謎解き（その１）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:34 - 12:01|インモルティス１|In Morutisu 1|In Mortis 1|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:08 - 13:34|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:42 - 15:59|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:13 - 17:48|サスキーロ|Sasu Kiiro|Yellow Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Lost Ship in the Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:57 - 18:25|コナンクリアランス1|Konan Kuriaransu 1|Conan Clearance 1|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |19:20 - 20:47|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.)|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:00 - 21:53|ピュアソウル|Pyua Sōru|Pure Soul|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:58 - 22:14|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:38 - 23:59|氷点|Hyouten|Freezing Point|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Desperate Situation ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 1:10|コンシダレーション|Konshidarēshon|Consideration|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |3:21 - 4:30|ディスソナンス|Disusonansu|Dissonance|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:49 - 6:04|謎解き（その１）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |6:41 - 8:32|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.)|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |8:49 - 9:30|ディスソナンス|Disusonansu|Dissonance|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:31 - 12:53|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |13:38 - 14:06|現金輸送車(回想)|Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)|Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)|[[Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:11 - 14:43|不透明な果実４|Futōmeina Kajitsu 4|Opaque Fruit 4|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:08 - 15:51|古城の探索|Kojō no Tansaku|Exploration of the Old Castle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:54 - 16:19|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |16:26 - 16:45|逆探知|Gyakutanchi|Phone Trace|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:05 - 19:17|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:42 - 22:07|氷点|Hyouten|Freezing Point|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:28 - 23:58|キープアウト|Kiipu Auto|Keep Out|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Enter the Scene ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 0:37|ワッツハプニング|Wattsu Hapuningu|What's Happening|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:39 - 1:23|現金輸送車(回想)|Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)|Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)|[[Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |1:27 - 2:36|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:39 - 5:39|古城の探索|Kojō no Tansaku|Exploration of the Old Castle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |6:25 - 7:09|ライクセレナード|Raiku Serenādo|Like Serenade|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:55 - 9:19|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |9:42 - 10:45|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:54 - 11:31|からみつく黒い糸|Kuramitsuku Kuroi Ito|Coiling Black Thread|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:36 - 12:11|不透明な果実４|Futōmeina Kajitsu 4|Opaque Fruit 4|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:20 - 13:09|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |13:33 - 15:01|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:58 - 17:05|インターナショナルケース(インシデント)|Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)|International Case (Incident)|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:12 - 17:43|逆探知|Gyakutanchi|Phone Trace|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:52 - 18:07|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |18:38 - 20:05|汐留|Shiodome|Shiodome|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |22:03 - 23:10|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:31 - 23:57|不思議な色|Fushigina Iro|A Strange Colour|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|Retransmissió d'un amor que arrisca la vida: Inici de la retransmissió / Situació desesperada / Irrupció en escena|Broadcast of a love who risk his life: Beginning of the broadcast / Desperate situation / Enter in Scene}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Il rapimento: L'inizio / La crisi / Liberazione|The kidnapping: The beginning / The crisis / Liberation}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ถ่ายทอดความรักที่เดิมพันด้วยชีวิต (เริ่มต้นออกอากาศ / วิกฤต / บุกที่เกิดเหตุ)|The love brocasting that bet on one's life (Start broadcasting / Danger / To the crime scene)}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Bắt đầu phát thanh) Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Tình thế tuyệt vọng) Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Xâm nhập hiện trường)}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 22]]

{{Season 22}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Nobuyuki Iwai]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Akio Kawamura]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Masanori Hashimoto]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Kenichi Otomo]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Miharu Nagano]]

[[de:Episode 681]]

The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love

2022-04-11T20:30:31Z

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{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 681-683
| image = TV Episode 681-683.jpg
| title = The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 命を賭けた恋愛中継 (Inochi o Kaketa Ren'ai Chūkei)
| rating = 9,60 11,10% 11%
| Manga case number = #233
| season = [[Season 22|22]]
| manga = [[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|Volume 76: File 9 (804)]] ~ [[Volume 77#Overnight Deadline|Volume 77: File 2 (808)]]
| dubbed-episode =
| airdate = January 5, 2013 (Begin Broadcasting) January 12, 2013 (Desperate Situation) January 19, 2013 (Enter the Scene)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Wataru Date]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Naeko Miike]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]] [[Masumi Sera]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Masumi Sera]] [[Detective Okumura]] [[Manabu Fujimaki]] [[Detective Fukui]] [[Detective Saitoh]] [[Detective Horita]] [[Detective Sogawa]] [[Detective Hirota]] [[Detective Sugita]] [[Detective Kawanaka]] [[Detective Ida]] [[Detective Numada]] [[Detective Inoue]] [[Detective Nakamura]] [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Detective Miyazaki]] [[Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Unnamed officer]] [[Detectives' Nocturne|Serina Urakawa]] [[Detectives' Nocturne|Takayo Tegawa]] [[Detective Tomokawa]] [[Pilot]]
| suspects = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]]
| next-conan-hint = Date (Begin Broadcasting) [[Crow]] (Desperate Situation) Climate phenomenon (Enter the Scene)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Tohru Furuya]] as [[Tohru Amuro]] [[Seizo Kato]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Rie Tanaka]] as [[Naeko Miike]] [[Yuu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] as [[Detective Okumura]] [[Ken Uo]] as [[Detective Sugita]] [[Toshimitsu Oda]] as [[Detective Hirota]] [[Masaharu Sato]] as Ryusaku Fuemoto [[Satowa Tanaka]] as Airport announcement [[Kenji Fujiwara]] as [[Wataru Date]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Takayuki Sakadzume]] as [[Detective Nakamura]] [[Naoki Tamanoi]] as [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Chiaki Mori]] as Kid A [[Hiro Nakashima]] as Kid B
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| organizer = 681-682 [[Umesaburo Sagawa]] 683 [[Seiki Taichu]]
| storyboard = 681-682 [[Umesaburo Sagawa]] 683 [[Seiki Taichu]]
| producer = 681 [[Akira Yoshimura]] 682 [[Shigeru Yamazaki]] 683 [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| animation-director = 681 [[Masatomo Sudo]] and [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisors), [[Nobuyuki Iwai]] 682 [[Masatomo Sudo]] and [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisors), [[Akio Kawamura]], [[Masanori Hashimoto]] 683 [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisor), [[Kenichi Otomo]], [[Miharu Nagano]]
| character-design = [[Kumiko Shishido]] (design works)
| prev-episode = Cactus Capriccio
| next-episode = Froth, Steam, and Smoke
| footnotes = Last episode to feature [[Seizo Kato]] as the voice of [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]].
| opening-song = TRY AGAIN
| closing-song = Koi ni Koishite
}}
{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|命を賭けた恋愛中継|Inochi o Kaketa Ren'ai Chūkei}} is the 681st, 682nd, and 683rd episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Characters introduced ==
{{NewChar|name = [[Wataru Date]]|image = Wataru Date.jpg|description =
* Deceased
* Policeman
* Takagi's mentor
* Amuro's friend}}
{{clearleft}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{char|Miwako Sato}}
{{char|Juzo Megure}}
{{char|Yumi Miyamoto}}
{{char|Naeko Miike}}
{{char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{char|Rei Furuya|display=Tooru Amuro}}
{{char|Ran Mouri|display=Ran Mouri (flashback)}}
{{char|Kogoro Mouri|display=Kogoro Mouri (flashback)}}
{{char|Masumi Sera|display=Masumi Sera (flashback)}}
{{char|Detective Okumura}}
{{char|Manabu Fujimaki}}
{{char|Detective Fukui}}
{{char|Detective Saitoh}}
{{char|Detective Horita}}
{{char|Detective Sogawa}}
{{char|Detective Hirota}}
{{char|Detective Sugita}}
{{char|Detective Kawanaka}}
{{char|Detective Ida}}
{{char|Detective Numada}}
{{char|Detective Inoue}}
{{char|Detective Nakamura|Detective Nakamura}}
{{char|Detective Takigawa|Nakamura-keiji|display=Detective Takigawa}}
{{char|Detective Miyazaki}}
{{char|Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Takigawa-keiji|display=Unnamed officer}}
{{char|Detective Tomokawa}}
{{char|Detectives' Nocturne|Kei Kashitsuka|display=Serina Urakawa (flashback)}}
{{char|Detectives' Nocturne|Takayo Tegawa|display=Takayo Tegawa (flashback)}}
{{char|Pilot}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Begin Broadcasting ====
[[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]] drives by [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] who had gotten off of work early for a one night trip. She asks Takagi if he is going on a date with [[Miwako Sato|Miwako]], something which Takagi forcefully denies: "No, it's not a date!" Back at the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]] Headquarters, Yumi asks Sato if she knows where Takagi is going. All they can deduce is that it might have something to do with a report Takagi met with [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] about earlier. Sato wonders if Takagi has forgotten the anniversary of his mentor [[Wataru Date]]'s death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case5.jpg
| location = Street
| victim = [[Wataru Date]]
| cause-death = Hit by a car
| description = As Date was reaching for his dropped police notebook, a sleepy driver struck and killed him. The driver was apprehended.
}}

At the airport, Takagi opens his notebook. It's marked with "Greet Parents" and contains a ring. Takagi breaks into tears, no longer confident in his ability to make Sato happy.

The next day, as the [[Detective Boys]] approach the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters where they were scheduled to for a crime prevention project, a strange old man asks them if they are the acquaintances of Wataru Takagi. He handed them a gift which was to be passed on to Sato and opened quickly. As the man leaves, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] catches up with the Detective Boys. As Conan asks the Detective Boys about the man, [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]] appears! Amuro tells the four children he was called back in for questioning so the police could decide whether he'd gone too far during the [[Detectives' Nocturne]] case. As he walks away, Amuro mentions that he had another reason for coming here, but that reason has already disappeared.

Meanwhile in police headquarters, Sato continues to collect clues from the other officers about where Takagi's whereabouts. Sato is shocked to hear from [[Kazunobu Chiba|Detective Chiba]] that he saw Takagi crying over a photo of a woman in his notebook. When Chiba asked if it was of Sato, Takagi angrily denied it. Before Sato can question further, she receives a call from Conan.

In the hall, the Detective Boys gave the present to Sato. It turns out to be a tablet PC displaying a live feed of Takagi bound up with rope and tape while asleep. The feed cycles through several camera angles, revealing Takagi's body is on a wooden plank with a sheet in a partially constructed building. As Sato and the Detective Boys watch in horror, Takagi regains consciousness.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Kidnapping
| image = EP681-683 Case1.jpg
| location = Unknown building
| victim = [[Wataru Takagi]]
| victim-label = Hostage
| suspects = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description =
}}

Although Shiratori felt that the Anti-Cybercrime Division can find the footage's location, it will take a long time. He suggested taking the tablet apart and charged directly from inside in order to retrieve the data, to which Conan said it was too risky. Superintendent Matsumoto ordered Megure to contact Haneda Airport on whether Takagi was on any passenger list last night, Shiratori to check his computer information on his likely whereabouts, Chiba to watch the tablet's video, Sato to question the Detective Boys who're waiting in another room and every police detective to investigate everyone connected with Takagi's prior investigations.

The Detective Boys recounted their encounter with the man. The man knew Takagi by his full name, yet only knew Sato as Takagi's detective girlfriend. Chiba came to report to Sato, who rushed back and to her horror saw Takagi almost falling off the board. However, it turned out that Takagi was dropping his police notebook.

Superintendent Matsumoto was wondering about Takagi's clueless disappearance when a police detective suddenly remembered seeing Takagi coming out of the Record Office last week while crying. Matsumoto ordered them to search through the records.

While Conan and Sato are taking a walk through the hall, Conan learnt that the records that Takagi looked at that day were three cases of women who committed suicide by hanging themselves about a year ago. They all had no signs of foul play, so they were out of the jurisdiction.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case2.jpg
| location = Yuko Tokugi's apartment
| victim = Yuko Tokugi
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation, Yuko Tokugi accidentally killed someone in a Hit-and-run and commit suicide out of guilt.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case3.jpg
| location = Natalie Kuruma's apartment
| victim = Natalie Kuruma
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation,Natalie Kurama committed suicide out of sadness that her boyfriend broke up with her for unknown reason.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case4.jpg
| location = Kyoka Hikoue's apartment
| victim = Kyoka Hikoue
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation, Kyoka Hikoue found out that her boyfriend that she supported is a fraudster and commit suicide out of shame.
}}

The fraudster was caught but the charge wasn't fraud, but murder. He'd been shouldering quite large debts, and having trouble with a loan shark so he went and stabbed someone. Sato thinks Date caught him.

Straight after catching the fraudster, Date died in a traffic accident. He'd dropped his notebook, and was hit by a driver who'd fallen asleep at that wheel, according to Takagi. They were both on a night stakeout, and Date was trying to show Takagi something in his notebook when he got hit. The black notebook Takagi has was inherited from Date. Date was Takagi's mentor and were known as the "Wataru Brothers". Date's name is Wataru Date. His name was Wataru, just like Takagi's.

Meanwhile at night, Takagi is still breathing and is still lying in prone position on the wooden board.

==== Desperate Situation ====
In Sato's car the children discuss the case. Genta wonders that the medical student hit Detective Date with her car, but Sato says that she hit someone else, and the driver who hit Date was caught. Ayumi suggests that maybe Takagi had been secretly dating the english teacher, but Sato finds it unlikely, given that the teacher's calendar had the english word 'Date' written all over, and a police detective can't go on dates everyday. Mitsuhiko then wonder if it's connected to the hostess, who hanged herself, after Takagi's close friend and mentor Detective Date arrested her boyfriend. But Sato explain that the hostess hanged herself because she discovered that her boyfriend was a marriage fraudster. The police couldn't be blamed for that. Conan asks Sato to learn more about Detective Date, because he finds it curious that both he and Takagi share the same given name.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide?
| image = EP681-683 Case6.jpg
| location = Condo
| victim = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| cause-death = Poison
| description =
}}

The culprit was Ryusaku Fuemoto, who was also a teacher at the school one of the suicide victims, Natalie Kuruma, was in. She was Date's girlfriend, and Fuemoto assumed that Takagi was Date as they had the same given name and because Natalie had only told her parents, whom she normally communicated in English with, that her boyfriend's name was Wataru and that he was a police detective. And to make matter worse the police had originally concluded that the reason behind Natalie's suicide was due to have dumped by her boyfriend, since they didn't know that she was Date's girlfriend and Sato has misread the name Date in romanji on Natalie's calendar as the English word 'Date'. Takagi had probably realized that Natalie was Date's girlfriend after a year had passed and contacted Fuemoto to inform him that Date didn't dump her, but was killed in an accident. Fuemoto considered Natalie as a surrogate daughter, identified her corpse after her suicide, and was so distressed that he kidnapped Takagi to "punish" him for her death. However, once he was located by the VERY angry Sato and other police members, it turns out he had consumed poisoned wine; he lived enough to hear Sato telling him that he had trapped the wrong man, but not to tell her where his victim was.

==== Enter the Scene ====
Takagi's location becomes narrowed down to Hokkaido thanks to the Western Jackdaw (a bird that's usually found there), the phenomenon known as the "snow pillar" (which only takes place in VERY cold environments, like the snowy Hokkaido), and kites that appeared on the camera (during these days, a kite-related festival takes place there). The police are unable to get his specific position although Takagi is apparently in a four-story building. Later, Conan realizes that the building might not be a four-story building after all: the mirrors around cause an optical illusion.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Ryusaku Fuemoto|Ryusaku Fuemoto.jpg|
* Victim (poison)
* Former teacher of English conversation school}}
{{People|Yuko Tokugi|Yuko Tokugi.jpg|squeezed=1.5|fsize=0.90em|
* Deceased (hanged)
* 6th year at Tohto University Medical School
* Hanged herself over having committed a hit and run}}
{{People|Natalie Kuruma|Natalie Kuruma.jpg|
* Deceased (hanged)
* Lecturer
* Hanged herself over being dumped}}
{{People|Kyoka Hikoue|Kyoka Hikoue.jpg|
* Deceased (hanged)
* Hostess
* Hanged herself over a fraudster boyfriend}}
{{people|Kid A|Hokkaido kid a.png|
* Komamae City, san-chome resident
* Scholar}}
{{people|Kid B|Hokkaido kid b.png|
* Komamae City, san-chome resident
* Scholar}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Conan reveals that the building is actually a second-story building; a mirror was used to make it seem like a four-story building. Takagi manages to get rid of his gag; Conan is able to read his lips, deducing his location to be at '''Hokkaido Komamae Town'''.

Thanks to all this information, the police helicopter locates Takagi, with less than a minute to spare. Sato flies down from it, uses her police gun to cut the noose around Takagi's neck, then tackles Takagi to the nearby ground before the bomb sets off. They fall in a safe spot as the bomb explodes in the air. For the first time, Sato calls Takagi, "Wataru" and then she passionately kisses him, much to the dismay of the Tokyo policemen.

Fuemoto's other reason to pull this plan was that he was dying of cancer, therefore he didn't want to kick it before "punishing" whoever caused the death of his surrogate daughter Natalie. It also turns out that Natalie had never thought that she had been dumped by Date: she was among the persons who identified his corpse after the accident, and commited suicide for the grief of losing her boyfriend right before officially getting engaged.
Despite Sato trying to assure Takagi that Natalie's death was not his fault, he does feel guilty for not giving her the ring, that was hidden in Date's old notebook, believing that it had been Date's last wish when he entrusted Takagi the notebook on his deathbed.

A month after the whole deal, Sato and Takagi visit Date's grave... unaware that Amuro is also there, watching over the tombstone.</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
[[File:EP682-Heidi.png|thumb|right|200px|A poster from ''Alps no Shojo Heidi'' on the bottom left]]
* A poster found in Natalie Kuruma's apartment is showing a scenery from [[Wikipedia: Heidi, Girl of the Alps|Alps no Shoujo Heidi]].
* The car involved in the crash that killed Wataru Date is a 2002 Holden Commodore [VY].
* Starting from this episode, [[Seiji Muta]] is not credited as character design.

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== BGM listing ==
=== Begin Broadcasting ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:23 - 4:53|フォース|Fōsu|Force|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |5:27 - 5:50|ベルモット|Berumotto|Vermouth|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |5:54 - 6:44|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:23 - 7:41|チチタタ|Chichitata|Chichitata|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:51 - 11:28|謎解き（その１）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:34 - 12:01|インモルティス１|In Morutisu 1|In Mortis 1|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:08 - 13:34|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:42 - 15:59|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:13 - 17:48|サスキーロ|Sasu Kiiro|Yellow Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Lost Ship in the Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:57 - 18:25|コナンクリアランス1|Konan Kuriaransu 1|Conan Clearance 1|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |19:20 - 20:47|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.)|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:00 - 21:53|ピュアソウル|Pyua Sōru|Pure Soul|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:58 - 22:14|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:38 - 23:59|氷点|Hyouten|Freezing Point|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Desperate Situation ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 1:10|コンシダレーション|Konshidarēshon|Consideration|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |3:21 - 4:30|ディスソナンス|Disusonansu|Dissonance|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:49 - 6:04|謎解き（その１）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |6:41 - 8:32|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.)|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |8:49 - 9:30|ディスソナンス|Disusonansu|Dissonance|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:31 - 12:53|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |13:38 - 14:06|現金輸送車(回想)|Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)|Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)|[[Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:11 - 14:43|不透明な果実４|Futōmeina Kajitsu 4|Opaque Fruit 4|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:08 - 15:51|古城の探索|Kojō no Tansaku|Exploration of the Old Castle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:54 - 16:19|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |16:26 - 16:45|逆探知|Gyakutanchi|Phone Trace|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:05 - 19:17|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:42 - 22:07|氷点|Hyouten|Freezing Point|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:28 - 23:58|キープアウト|Kiipu Auto|Keep Out|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Enter the Scene ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 0:37|ワッツハプニング|Wattsu Hapuningu|What's Happening|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:39 - 1:23|現金輸送車(回想)|Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)|Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)|[[Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |1:27 - 2:36|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:39 - 5:39|古城の探索|Kojō no Tansaku|Exploration of the Old Castle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |6:25 - 7:09|ライクセレナード|Raiku Serenādo|Like Serenade|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:55 - 9:19|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |9:42 - 10:45|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:54 - 11:31|からみつく黒い糸|Kuramitsuku Kuroi Ito|Coiling Black Thread|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:36 - 12:11|不透明な果実４|Futōmeina Kajitsu 4|Opaque Fruit 4|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:20 - 13:09|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |13:33 - 15:01|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:58 - 17:05|インターナショナルケース(インシデント)|Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)|International Case (Incident)|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:12 - 17:43|逆探知|Gyakutanchi|Phone Trace|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:52 - 18:07|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |18:38 - 20:05|汐留|Shiodome|Shiodome|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |22:03 - 23:10|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:31 - 23:57|不思議な色|Fushigina Iro|A Strange Colour|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|Retransmissió d'un amor que arrisca la vida: Inici de la retransmissió / Situació desesperada / Irrupció en escena|Broadcast of a love who risk his life: Beginning of the broadcast / Desperate situation / Enter in Scene}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Il rapimento: L'inizio / La crisi / Liberazione|The kidnapping: The beginning / The crisis / Liberation}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ถ่ายทอดความรักที่เดิมพันด้วยชีวิต (เริ่มต้นออกอากาศ / วิกฤต / บุกที่เกิดเหตุ)|The love brocasting that bet on one's life (Start broadcasting / Danger / To the crime scene)}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Bắt đầu phát thanh) Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Tình thế tuyệt vọng) Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Xâm nhập hiện trường)}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 22]]

{{Season 22}}

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[[Category:Animation directed by Nobuyuki Iwai]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Akio Kawamura]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Masanori Hashimoto]]
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[[de:Episode 681]]

The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love

2022-04-11T20:30:07Z

Daniel46: Claim that Kuruma "liked" Heidi is far-fetched, conjectural allegation

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 681-683
| image = TV Episode 681-683.jpg
| title = The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 命を賭けた恋愛中継 (Inochi o Kaketa Ren'ai Chūkei)
| rating = 9,60 11,10% 11%
| Manga case number = #233
| season = [[Season 22|22]]
| manga = [[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|Volume 76: File 9 (804)]] ~ [[Volume 77#Overnight Deadline|Volume 77: File 2 (808)]]
| dubbed-episode =
| airdate = January 5, 2013 (Begin Broadcasting) January 12, 2013 (Desperate Situation) January 19, 2013 (Enter the Scene)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Wataru Date]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Naeko Miike]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]] [[Masumi Sera]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Masumi Sera]] [[Detective Okumura]] [[Manabu Fujimaki]] [[Detective Fukui]] [[Detective Saitoh]] [[Detective Horita]] [[Detective Sogawa]] [[Detective Hirota]] [[Detective Sugita]] [[Detective Kawanaka]] [[Detective Ida]] [[Detective Numada]] [[Detective Inoue]] [[Detective Nakamura]] [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Detective Miyazaki]] [[Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Unnamed officer]] [[Detectives' Nocturne|Serina Urakawa]] [[Detectives' Nocturne|Takayo Tegawa]] [[Detective Tomokawa]] [[Pilot]]
| suspects = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]]
| next-conan-hint = Date (Begin Broadcasting) [[Crow]] (Desperate Situation) Climate phenomenon (Enter the Scene)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Tohru Furuya]] as [[Tohru Amuro]] [[Seizo Kato]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Rie Tanaka]] as [[Naeko Miike]] [[Yuu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] as [[Detective Okumura]] [[Ken Uo]] as [[Detective Sugita]] [[Toshimitsu Oda]] as [[Detective Hirota]] [[Masaharu Sato]] as Ryusaku Fuemoto [[Satowa Tanaka]] as Airport announcement [[Kenji Fujiwara]] as [[Wataru Date]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Takayuki Sakadzume]] as [[Detective Nakamura]] [[Naoki Tamanoi]] as [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Chiaki Mori]] as Kid A [[Hiro Nakashima]] as Kid B
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| organizer = 681-682 [[Umesaburo Sagawa]] 683 [[Seiki Taichu]]
| storyboard = 681-682 [[Umesaburo Sagawa]] 683 [[Seiki Taichu]]
| producer = 681 [[Akira Yoshimura]] 682 [[Shigeru Yamazaki]] 683 [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| animation-director = 681 [[Masatomo Sudo]] and [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisors), [[Nobuyuki Iwai]] 682 [[Masatomo Sudo]] and [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisors), [[Akio Kawamura]], [[Masanori Hashimoto]] 683 [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisor), [[Kenichi Otomo]], [[Miharu Nagano]]
| character-design = [[Kumiko Shishido]] (design works)
| prev-episode = Cactus Capriccio
| next-episode = Froth, Steam, and Smoke
| footnotes = Last episode to feature [[Seizo Kato]] as the voice of [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]].
| opening-song = TRY AGAIN
| closing-song = Koi ni Koishite
}}
{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|命を賭けた恋愛中継|Inochi o Kaketa Ren'ai Chūkei}} is the 681st, 682nd, and 683rd episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Characters introduced ==
{{NewChar|name = [[Wataru Date]]|image = Wataru Date.jpg|description =
* Deceased
* Policeman
* Takagi's mentor
* Amuro's friend}}
{{clearleft}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{char|Miwako Sato}}
{{char|Juzo Megure}}
{{char|Yumi Miyamoto}}
{{char|Naeko Miike}}
{{char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{char|Genta Kojima}}
{{char|Ai Haibara}}
{{char|Rei Furuya|display=Tooru Amuro}}
{{char|Ran Mouri|display=Ran Mouri (flashback)}}
{{char|Kogoro Mouri|display=Kogoro Mouri (flashback)}}
{{char|Masumi Sera|display=Masumi Sera (flashback)}}
{{char|Detective Okumura}}
{{char|Manabu Fujimaki}}
{{char|Detective Fukui}}
{{char|Detective Saitoh}}
{{char|Detective Horita}}
{{char|Detective Sogawa}}
{{char|Detective Hirota}}
{{char|Detective Sugita}}
{{char|Detective Kawanaka}}
{{char|Detective Ida}}
{{char|Detective Numada}}
{{char|Detective Inoue}}
{{char|Detective Nakamura|Detective Nakamura}}
{{char|Detective Takigawa|Nakamura-keiji|display=Detective Takigawa}}
{{char|Detective Miyazaki}}
{{char|Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Takigawa-keiji|display=Unnamed officer}}
{{char|Detective Tomokawa}}
{{char|Detectives' Nocturne|Kei Kashitsuka|display=Serina Urakawa (flashback)}}
{{char|Detectives' Nocturne|Takayo Tegawa|display=Takayo Tegawa (flashback)}}
{{char|Pilot}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Begin Broadcasting ====
[[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]] drives by [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] who had gotten off of work early for a one night trip. She asks Takagi if he is going on a date with [[Miwako Sato|Miwako]], something which Takagi forcefully denies: "No, it's not a date!" Back at the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]] Headquarters, Yumi asks Sato if she knows where Takagi is going. All they can deduce is that it might have something to do with a report Takagi met with [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] about earlier. Sato wonders if Takagi has forgotten the anniversary of his mentor [[Wataru Date]]'s death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case5.jpg
| location = Street
| victim = [[Wataru Date]]
| cause-death = Hit by a car
| description = As Date was reaching for his dropped police notebook, a sleepy driver struck and killed him. The driver was apprehended.
}}

At the airport, Takagi opens his notebook. It's marked with "Greet Parents" and contains a ring. Takagi breaks into tears, no longer confident in his ability to make Sato happy.

The next day, as the [[Detective Boys]] approach the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters where they were scheduled to for a crime prevention project, a strange old man asks them if they are the acquaintances of Wataru Takagi. He handed them a gift which was to be passed on to Sato and opened quickly. As the man leaves, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] catches up with the Detective Boys. As Conan asks the Detective Boys about the man, [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]] appears! Amuro tells the four children he was called back in for questioning so the police could decide whether he'd gone too far during the [[Detectives' Nocturne]] case. As he walks away, Amuro mentions that he had another reason for coming here, but that reason has already disappeared.

Meanwhile in police headquarters, Sato continues to collect clues from the other officers about where Takagi's whereabouts. Sato is shocked to hear from [[Kazunobu Chiba|Detective Chiba]] that he saw Takagi crying over a photo of a woman in his notebook. When Chiba asked if it was of Sato, Takagi angrily denied it. Before Sato can question further, she receives a call from Conan.

In the hall, the Detective Boys gave the present to Sato. It turns out to be a tablet PC displaying a live feed of Takagi bound up with rope and tape while asleep. The feed cycles through several camera angles, revealing Takagi's body is on a wooden plank with a sheet in a partially constructed building. As Sato and the Detective Boys watch in horror, Takagi regains consciousness.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Kidnapping
| image = EP681-683 Case1.jpg
| location = Unknown building
| victim = [[Wataru Takagi]]
| victim-label = Hostage
| suspects = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description =
}}

Although Shiratori felt that the Anti-Cybercrime Division can find the footage's location, it will take a long time. He suggested taking the tablet apart and charged directly from inside in order to retrieve the data, to which Conan said it was too risky. Superintendent Matsumoto ordered Megure to contact Haneda Airport on whether Takagi was on any passenger list last night, Shiratori to check his computer information on his likely whereabouts, Chiba to watch the tablet's video, Sato to question the Detective Boys who're waiting in another room and every police detective to investigate everyone connected with Takagi's prior investigations.

The Detective Boys recounted their encounter with the man. The man knew Takagi by his full name, yet only knew Sato as Takagi's detective girlfriend. Chiba came to report to Sato, who rushed back and to her horror saw Takagi almost falling off the board. However, it turned out that Takagi was dropping his police notebook.

Superintendent Matsumoto was wondering about Takagi's clueless disappearance when a police detective suddenly remembered seeing Takagi coming out of the Record Office last week while crying. Matsumoto ordered them to search through the records.

While Conan and Sato are taking a walk through the hall, Conan learnt that the records that Takagi looked at that day were three cases of women who committed suicide by hanging themselves about a year ago. They all had no signs of foul play, so they were out of the jurisdiction.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case2.jpg
| location = Yuko Tokugi's apartment
| victim = Yuko Tokugi
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation, Yuko Tokugi accidentally killed someone in a Hit-and-run and commit suicide out of guilt.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case3.jpg
| location = Natalie Kuruma's apartment
| victim = Natalie Kuruma
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation,Natalie Kurama committed suicide out of sadness that her boyfriend broke up with her for unknown reason.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case4.jpg
| location = Kyoka Hikoue's apartment
| victim = Kyoka Hikoue
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation, Kyoka Hikoue found out that her boyfriend that she supported is a fraudster and commit suicide out of shame.
}}

The fraudster was caught but the charge wasn't fraud, but murder. He'd been shouldering quite large debts, and having trouble with a loan shark so he went and stabbed someone. Sato thinks Date caught him.

Straight after catching the fraudster, Date died in a traffic accident. He'd dropped his notebook, and was hit by a driver who'd fallen asleep at that wheel, according to Takagi. They were both on a night stakeout, and Date was trying to show Takagi something in his notebook when he got hit. The black notebook Takagi has was inherited from Date. Date was Takagi's mentor and were known as the "Wataru Brothers". Date's name is Wataru Date. His name was Wataru, just like Takagi's.

Meanwhile at night, Takagi is still breathing and is still lying in prone position on the wooden board.

==== Desperate Situation ====
In Sato's car the children discuss the case. Genta wonders that the medical student hit Detective Date with her car, but Sato says that she hit someone else, and the driver who hit Date was caught. Ayumi suggests that maybe Takagi had been secretly dating the english teacher, but Sato finds it unlikely, given that the teacher's calendar had the english word 'Date' written all over, and a police detective can't go on dates everyday. Mitsuhiko then wonder if it's connected to the hostess, who hanged herself, after Takagi's close friend and mentor Detective Date arrested her boyfriend. But Sato explain that the hostess hanged herself because she discovered that her boyfriend was a marriage fraudster. The police couldn't be blamed for that. Conan asks Sato to learn more about Detective Date, because he finds it curious that both he and Takagi share the same given name.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide?
| image = EP681-683 Case6.jpg
| location = Condo
| victim = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| cause-death = Poison
| description =
}}

The culprit was Ryusaku Fuemoto, who was also a teacher at the school one of the suicide victims, Natalie Kuruma, was in. She was Date's girlfriend, and Fuemoto assumed that Takagi was Date as they had the same given name and because Natalie had only told her parents, whom she normally communicated in English with, that her boyfriend's name was Wataru and that he was a police detective. And to make matter worse the police had originally concluded that the reason behind Natalie's suicide was due to have dumped by her boyfriend, since they didn't know that she was Date's girlfriend and Sato has misread the name Date in romanji on Natalie's calendar as the English word 'Date'. Takagi had probably realized that Natalie was Date's girlfriend after a year had passed and contacted Fuemoto to inform him that Date didn't dump her, but was killed in an accident. Fuemoto considered Natalie as a surrogate daughter, identified her corpse after her suicide, and was so distressed that he kidnapped Takagi to "punish" him for her death. However, once he was located by the VERY angry Sato and other police members, it turns out he had consumed poisoned wine; he lived enough to hear Sato telling him that he had trapped the wrong man, but not to tell her where his victim was.

==== Enter the Scene ====
Takagi's location becomes narrowed down to Hokkaido thanks to the Western Jackdaw (a bird that's usually found there), the phenomenon known as the "snow pillar" (which only takes place in VERY cold environments, like the snowy Hokkaido), and kites that appeared on the camera (during these days, a kite-related festival takes place there). The police are unable to get his specific position although Takagi is apparently in a four-story building. Later, Conan realizes that the building might not be a four-story building after all: the mirrors around cause an optical illusion.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Ryusaku Fuemoto|Ryusaku Fuemoto.jpg|
* Victim (poison)
* Former teacher of English conversation school}}
{{People|Yuko Tokugi|Yuko Tokugi.jpg|squeezed=1.5|fsize=0.90em|
* Deceased (hanged)
* 6th year at Tohto University Medical School
* Hanged herself over having committed a hit and run}}
{{People|Natalie Kuruma|Natalie Kuruma.jpg|
* Deceased (hanged)
* Lecturer
* Hanged herself over being dumped}}
{{People|Kyoka Hikoue|Kyoka Hikoue.jpg|
* Deceased (hanged)
* Hostess
* Hanged herself over a fraudster boyfriend}}
{{people|Kid A|Hokkaido kid a.png|
* Komamae City, san-chome resident
* Scholar}}
{{people|Kid B|Hokkaido kid b.png|
* Komamae City, san-chome resident
* Scholar}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Conan reveals that the building is actually a second-story building; a mirror was used to make it seem like a four-story building. Takagi manages to get rid of his gag; Conan is able to read his lips, deducing his location to be at '''Hokkaido Komamae Town'''.

Thanks to all this information, the police helicopter locates Takagi, with less than a minute to spare. Sato flies down from it, uses her police gun to cut the noose around Takagi's neck, then tackles Takagi to the nearby ground before the bomb sets off. They fall in a safe spot as the bomb explodes in the air. For the first time, Sato calls Takagi, "Wataru" and then she passionately kisses him, much to the dismay of the Tokyo policemen.

Fuemoto's other reason to pull this plan was that he was dying of cancer, therefore he didn't want to kick it before "punishing" whoever caused the death of his surrogate daughter Natalie. It also turns out that Natalie had never thought that she had been dumped by Date: she was among the persons who identified his corpse after the accident, and commited suicide for the grief of losing her boyfriend right before officially getting engaged.
Despite Sato trying to assure Takagi that Natalie's death was not his fault, he does feel guilty for not giving her the ring, that was hidden in Date's old notebook, believing that it had been Date's last wish when he entrusted Takagi the notebook on his deathbed.

A month after the whole deal, Sato and Takagi visit Date's grave... unaware that Amuro is also there, watching over the tombstone.</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
[File:EP682-Heidi.png|thumb|right|200px|A poster from ''Alps no Shojo Heidi'' on the bottom left]]
* A poster found in Natalie Kuruma's apartment is showing a scenery from [[Wikipedia: Heidi, Girl of the Alps|Alps no Shoujo Heidi]].
* The car involved in the crash that killed Wataru Date is a 2002 Holden Commodore [VY].
* Starting from this episode, [[Seiji Muta]] is not credited as character design.

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== BGM listing ==
=== Begin Broadcasting ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:23 - 4:53|フォース|Fōsu|Force|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |5:27 - 5:50|ベルモット|Berumotto|Vermouth|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |5:54 - 6:44|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:23 - 7:41|チチタタ|Chichitata|Chichitata|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:51 - 11:28|謎解き（その１）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:34 - 12:01|インモルティス１|In Morutisu 1|In Mortis 1|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:08 - 13:34|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:42 - 15:59|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:13 - 17:48|サスキーロ|Sasu Kiiro|Yellow Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Lost Ship in the Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:57 - 18:25|コナンクリアランス1|Konan Kuriaransu 1|Conan Clearance 1|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |19:20 - 20:47|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.)|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:00 - 21:53|ピュアソウル|Pyua Sōru|Pure Soul|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:58 - 22:14|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:38 - 23:59|氷点|Hyouten|Freezing Point|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Desperate Situation ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 1:10|コンシダレーション|Konshidarēshon|Consideration|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |3:21 - 4:30|ディスソナンス|Disusonansu|Dissonance|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:49 - 6:04|謎解き（その１）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |6:41 - 8:32|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.)|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |8:49 - 9:30|ディスソナンス|Disusonansu|Dissonance|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:31 - 12:53|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |13:38 - 14:06|現金輸送車(回想)|Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)|Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)|[[Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:11 - 14:43|不透明な果実４|Futōmeina Kajitsu 4|Opaque Fruit 4|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:08 - 15:51|古城の探索|Kojō no Tansaku|Exploration of the Old Castle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:54 - 16:19|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |16:26 - 16:45|逆探知|Gyakutanchi|Phone Trace|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:05 - 19:17|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:42 - 22:07|氷点|Hyouten|Freezing Point|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:28 - 23:58|キープアウト|Kiipu Auto|Keep Out|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Enter the Scene ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 0:37|ワッツハプニング|Wattsu Hapuningu|What's Happening|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:39 - 1:23|現金輸送車(回想)|Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)|Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)|[[Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |1:27 - 2:36|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:39 - 5:39|古城の探索|Kojō no Tansaku|Exploration of the Old Castle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |6:25 - 7:09|ライクセレナード|Raiku Serenādo|Like Serenade|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:55 - 9:19|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |9:42 - 10:45|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:54 - 11:31|からみつく黒い糸|Kuramitsuku Kuroi Ito|Coiling Black Thread|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:36 - 12:11|不透明な果実４|Futōmeina Kajitsu 4|Opaque Fruit 4|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:20 - 13:09|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |13:33 - 15:01|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:58 - 17:05|インターナショナルケース(インシデント)|Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)|International Case (Incident)|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:12 - 17:43|逆探知|Gyakutanchi|Phone Trace|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:52 - 18:07|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |18:38 - 20:05|汐留|Shiodome|Shiodome|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |22:03 - 23:10|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:31 - 23:57|不思議な色|Fushigina Iro|A Strange Colour|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|Retransmissió d'un amor que arrisca la vida: Inici de la retransmissió / Situació desesperada / Irrupció en escena|Broadcast of a love who risk his life: Beginning of the broadcast / Desperate situation / Enter in Scene}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Il rapimento: L'inizio / La crisi / Liberazione|The kidnapping: The beginning / The crisis / Liberation}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ถ่ายทอดความรักที่เดิมพันด้วยชีวิต (เริ่มต้นออกอากาศ / วิกฤต / บุกที่เกิดเหตุ)|The love brocasting that bet on one's life (Start broadcasting / Danger / To the crime scene)}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Bắt đầu phát thanh) Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Tình thế tuyệt vọng) Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Xâm nhập hiện trường)}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 22]]

{{Season 22}}

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[[Category:Animation directed by Nobuyuki Iwai]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Akio Kawamura]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Masanori Hashimoto]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Kenichi Otomo]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Miharu Nagano]]

[[de:Episode 681]]

The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love

2022-04-11T17:07:53Z

Daniel46: /* Trivia */ Correcting entry and Wikipedia link

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 681-683
| image = TV Episode 681-683.jpg
| title = The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 命を賭けた恋愛中継 (Inochi o Kaketa Ren'ai Chūkei)
| rating = 9,60 11,10% 11%
| Manga case number = #233
| season = [[Season 22|22]]
| manga = [[Volume 76#Overnight Deadline|Volume 76: File 9 (804)]] ~ [[Volume 77#Overnight Deadline|Volume 77: File 2 (808)]]
| dubbed-episode =
| airdate = January 5, 2013 (Begin Broadcasting) January 12, 2013 (Desperate Situation) January 19, 2013 (Enter the Scene)
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Wataru Date]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Naeko Miike]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Rei Furuya|Tooru Amuro]] [[Masumi Sera]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Masumi Sera]] [[Detective Okumura]] [[Manabu Fujimaki]] [[Detective Fukui]] [[Detective Saitoh]] [[Detective Horita]] [[Detective Sogawa]] [[Detective Hirota]] [[Detective Sugita]] [[Detective Kawanaka]] [[Detective Ida]] [[Detective Numada]] [[Detective Inoue]] [[Detective Nakamura]] [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Detective Miyazaki]] [[Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Unnamed officer]] [[Detectives' Nocturne|Serina Urakawa]] [[Detectives' Nocturne|Takayo Tegawa]] [[Detective Tomokawa]] [[Pilot]]
| suspects = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]]
| next-conan-hint = Date (Begin Broadcasting) [[Crow]] (Desperate Situation) Climate phenomenon (Enter the Scene)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Tohru Furuya]] as [[Tohru Amuro]] [[Seizo Kato]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Rie Tanaka]] as [[Naeko Miike]] [[Yuu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Eiji Yanagisawa]] as [[Detective Okumura]] [[Ken Uo]] as [[Detective Sugita]] [[Toshimitsu Oda]] as [[Detective Hirota]] [[Masaharu Sato]] as Ryusaku Fuemoto [[Satowa Tanaka]] as Airport Announcement [[Kenji Fujiwara]] as [[Wataru Date]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Takayuki Sakadzume]] as [[Detective Nakamura]] [[Naoki Tamanoi]] as [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Chiaki Mori]] as Kid A [[Hiro Nakashima]] as Kid B
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| organizer = 681-682 [[Umesaburo Sagawa]] 683 [[Seiki Taichu]]
| storyboard = 681-682 [[Umesaburo Sagawa]] 683 [[Seiki Taichu]]
| producer = 681 [[Akira Yoshimura]] 682 [[Shigeru Yamazaki]] 683 [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| animation-director = 681 [[Masatomo Sudo]] and [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisors), [[Nobuyuki Iwai]] 682 [[Masatomo Sudo]] and [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisors), [[Akio Kawamura]], [[Masanori Hashimoto]] 683 [[Seiji Muta]] (supervisor), [[Kenichi Otomo]], [[Miharu Nagano]]
| character-design = [[Kumiko Shishido]] (design works)
| prev-episode = Cactus Capriccio
| next-episode = Froth, Steam, and Smoke
| footnotes = Last episode to feature [[Seizo Kato]] as the voice of [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]].
| opening-song = TRY AGAIN
| closing-song = Koi ni Koishite
}}
{{nihongo|'''''{{PAGENAME}}'''''|命を賭けた恋愛中継|Inochi o Kaketa Ren'ai Chūkei}} is the 681st, 682nd, and 683rd episode of ''[[Detective Conan]]'' [[anime]].

== Characters introduced ==
{{NewChar|name = [[Wataru Date]]|image = Wataru Date.jpg|description =
* Deceased
* Policeman
* Takagi's mentor
* Amuro's friend}}
{{clearleft}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Yumi Miyamoto}}
{{Char|Naeko Miike}}
{{Char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{Char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{Char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Rei Furuya|display=Tooru Amuro}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri|display=Ran Mouri (flashback)}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri|display=Kogoro Mouri (flashback)}}
{{Char|Masumi Sera|display=Masumi Sera (flashback)}}
{{Char|Detective Okumura}}
{{Char|Manabu Fujimaki}}
{{Char|Detective Fukui}}
{{Char|Detective Saitoh}}
{{Char|Detective Horita}}
{{Char|Detective Sogawa}}
{{Char|Detective Hirota}}
{{Char|Detective Sugita}}
{{Char|Detective Kawanaka}}
{{Char|Detective Ida}}
{{Char|Detective Numada}}
{{Char|Detective Inoue}}
{{Char|Detective Nakamura|Detective Nakamura}}
{{Char|Detective Takigawa|Nakamura-keiji|display=Detective Takigawa}}
{{Char|Detective Miyazaki}}
{{Char|Minor law enforcement#Manga-based episodes#Unnamed officers|Takigawa-keiji|display=Unnamed officer}}
{{Char|Detective Tomokawa}}
{{Char|Detectives' Nocturne|Kei Kashitsuka|display=Serina Urakawa (flashback)}}
{{Char|Detectives' Nocturne|Takayo Tegawa|display=Takayo Tegawa (flashback)}}
{{Char|Pilot}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
==== Begin Broadcasting ====
[[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]] drives by [[Wataru Takagi|Detective Takagi]] who had gotten off of work early for a one night trip. She asks Takagi if he is going on a date with [[Miwako Sato|Miwako]], something which Takagi forcefully denies: "No, it's not a date!" Back at the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]] Headquarters, Yumi asks Sato if she knows where Takagi is going. All they can deduce is that it might have something to do with a report Takagi met with [[Juzo Megure|Inspector Megure]] about earlier. Sato wonders if Takagi has forgotten the anniversary of his mentor [[Wataru Date]]'s death.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case5.jpg
| location = Street
| victim = [[Wataru Date]]
| cause-death = Hit by a car
| description = As Date was reaching for his dropped police notebook, a sleepy driver struck and killed him. The driver was apprehended.
}}

At the airport, Takagi opens his notebook. It's marked with "Greet Parents" and contains a ring. Takagi breaks into tears, no longer confident in his ability to make Sato happy.

The next day, as the [[Detective Boys]] approach the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters where they were scheduled to for a crime prevention project, a strange old man asks them if they are the acquaintances of Wataru Takagi. He handed them a gift which was to be passed on to Sato and opened quickly. As the man leaves, [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] catches up with the Detective Boys. As Conan asks the Detective Boys about the man, [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]] appears! Amuro tells the four children he was called back in for questioning so the police could decide whether he'd gone too far during the [[Detectives' Nocturne]] case. As he walks away, Amuro mentions that he had another reason for coming here, but that reason has already disappeared.

Meanwhile in police headquarters, Sato continues to collect clues from the other officers about where Takagi's whereabouts. Sato is shocked to hear from [[Kazunobu Chiba|Detective Chiba]] that he saw Takagi crying over a photo of a woman in his notebook. When Chiba asked if it was of Sato, Takagi angrily denied it. Before Sato can question further, she receives a call from Conan.

In the hall, the Detective Boys gave the present to Sato. It turns out to be a tablet PC displaying a live feed of Takagi bound up with rope and tape while asleep. The feed cycles through several camera angles, revealing Takagi's body is on a wooden plank with a sheet in a partially constructed building. As Sato and the Detective Boys watch in horror, Takagi regains consciousness.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Kidnapping
| image = EP681-683 Case1.jpg
| location = Unknown building
| victim = [[Wataru Takagi]]
| victim-label = Hostage
| suspects = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description =
}}

Although Shiratori felt that the Anti-Cybercrime Division can find the footage's location, it will take a long time. He suggested taking the tablet apart and charged directly from inside in order to retrieve the data, to which Conan said it was too risky. Superintendent Matsumoto ordered Megure to contact Haneda Airport on whether Takagi was on any passenger list last night, Shiratori to check his computer information on his likely whereabouts, Chiba to watch the tablet's video, Sato to question the Detective Boys who're waiting in another room and every police detective to investigate everyone connected with Takagi's prior investigations.

The Detective Boys recounted their encounter with the man. The man knew Takagi by his full name, yet only knew Sato as Takagi's detective girlfriend. Chiba came to report to Sato, who rushed back and to her horror saw Takagi almost falling off the board. However, it turned out that Takagi was dropping his police notebook.

Superintendent Matsumoto was wondering about Takagi's clueless disappearance when a police detective suddenly remembered seeing Takagi coming out of the Record Office last week while crying. Matsumoto ordered them to search through the records.

While Conan and Sato are taking a walk through the hall, Conan learnt that the records that Takagi looked at that day were 3 cases of women who committed suicide by hanging themselves about a year ago. They all had no signs of foul play, so they were out of the jurisdiction.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case2.jpg
| location = Yuko Tokugi's apartment
| victim = Yuko Tokugi
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation, Yuko Tokugi accidentally killed someone in a Hit-and-run and commit suicide out of guilt.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case3.jpg
| location = Natalie Kuruma's apartment
| victim = Natalie Kuruma
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation,Natalie Kurama committed suicide out of sadness that her boyfriend broke up with her for unknown reason.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide (Past)
| image = EP681-683 Case4.jpg
| location = Kyoka Hikoue's apartment
| victim = Kyoka Hikoue
| cause-death = Hanging
| description = According to police investigation,Kyoka Hikoue found out that her boyfriend that she supported is a fraudster and commit suicide out of shame.
}}

The fraudster was caught but the charge wasn't fraud, but murder. He'd been shouldering quite large debts, and having trouble with a loan shark so he went and stabbed someone. Sato thinks Date caught him.

Straight after catching the fraudster, Date died in a traffic accident. He'd dropped his notebook, and was hit by a driver who'd fallen asleep at that wheel, according to Takagi. They were both on a night stakeout, and Date was trying to show Takagi something in his notebook when he got hit. The black notebook Takagi has was inherited from Date. Date was Takagi's mentor and were known as the "Wataru Brothers". Date's name is Wataru Date. His name was Wataru, just like Takagi's.

Meanwhile at night, Takagi is still breathing and is still lying in prone position on the wooden board...

==== Desperate Situation ====
In Sato's car the children discuss the case. Genta wonders that the medical student hit Detective Date with her car, but Sato says that she hit someone else, and the driver who hit Date was caught. Ayumi suggests that maybe Takagi had been secretly dating the english teacher, but Sato finds it unlikely, given that the teacher's calendar had the english word 'Date' written all over, and a police detective can't go on dates everyday. Mitsuhiko then wonder if it's connected to the hostess, who hanged herself, after Takagi's close friend and mentor Detective Date arrested her boyfriend. But Sato explain that the hostess hanged herself because she discovered that her boyfriend was a marriage fraudster. The police couldn't be blamed for that. Conan asks Sato to learn more about Detective Date, because he finds it curious that both he and Takagi share the same given name.
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Suicide?
| image = EP681-683 Case6.jpg
| location = Condo
| victim = Ryusaku Fuemoto
| cause-death = Poison
| description =
}}

The culprit was Ryusaku Fuemoto, who was also a teacher at the school one of the suicide victims, Natalie Kuruma, was in. She was Date's girlfriend, and Fuemoto assumed that Takagi was Date as they had the same given name and because Natalie had only told her parents, whom she normally communicated in English with, that her boyfriend's name was Wataru and that he was a police detective. And to make matter worse the police had originally concluded that the reason behind Natalie's suicide was due to have dumped by her boyfriend, since they didn't know that she was Date's girlfriend and Sato has misread the name Date in romanji on Natalie's calendar as the English word 'Date'. Takagi had probably realized that Natalie was Date's girlfriend after a year had passed and contacted Fuemoto to inform him that Date didn't dump her, but was killed in an accident. Fuemoto considered Natalie as a surrogate daughter, identified her corpse after her suicide, and was so distressed that he kidnapped Takagi to "punish" him for her death. However, once he was located by the VERY angry Sato and other police members, it turns out he had consumed poisoned wine; he lived enough to hear Sato telling him that he had trapped the wrong man, but not to tell her where his victim was.

==== Enter the Scene ====
Takagi's location becomes narrowed down to Hokkaido thanks to the Western Jackdaw (a bird that's usually found there), the phenomenon known as the "snow pillar" (which only takes place in VERY cold environments, like the snowy Hokkaido), and kites that appeared on the camera (during these days, a kite-related festival takes place there). The police are unable to get his specific position although Takagi is apparently in a four-story building. Later, Conan realizes that the building might not be a four-story building after all: the mirrors around cause an optical illusion.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Ryusaku Fuemoto|Ryusaku Fuemoto.jpg|
* Victim (poison)
* Former teacher of English conversation school}}
{{People|Yuko Tokugi|Yuko Tokugi.jpg|squeezed=1.5|fsize=0.90em|
* Deceased (hanged)
* 6th year at Tohto University Medical School
* Hanged herself over having committed a hit and run}}
{{People|Natalie Kuruma|Natalie Kuruma.jpg|
* Deceased (hanged)
* Lecturer
* Hanged herself over being dumped}}
{{People|Kyoka Hikoue|Kyoka Hikoue.jpg|
* Deceased (hanged)
* Hostess
* Hanged herself over a fraudster boyfriend}}
{{people|Kid A|Hokkaido kid a.png|
* Komamae City, san-chome resident
* Scholar}}
{{people|Kid B|Hokkaido kid b.png|
* Komamae City, san-chome resident
* Scholar}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:Takagi and Sato second kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Takagi and Sato's second kiss.]]
Conan reveals that the building is actually a second-story building; a mirror was used to make it seem like a four-story building. Takagi manages to get rid of his gag; Conan is able to read his lips, deducing his location to be at '''Hokkaido Komamae Town'''.

Thanks to all this information, the police helicopter locates Takagi... with less than a minute to spare. Sato flies down from it, uses her police gun to cut the noose around Takagi's neck, then tackles Takagi to the nearby ground before the bomb sets off. They fall in a safe spot as the bomb explodes in the air. For the first time, Sato calls Takagi, "Wataru" and then she passionately kisses him - much to the dismay of the Tokyo policemen.

Fuemoto's other reason to pull this plan was that he was dying of cancer, therefore he didn't want to kick it before "punishing" whoever caused the death of his surrogate daughter Natalie. It also turns out that Natalie had never thought that she had been dumped by Date: she was among the persons who identified his corpse after the accident, and commited suicide for the grief of losing her boyfriend right before officially getting engaged.
Despite Sato trying to assure Takagi that Natalie's death was not his fault, he does feel guilty for not giving her the ring, that was hidden in Date's old notebook, believing that it had been Date's last wish when he entrusted Takagi the notebook on his deathbed.

A month after the whole deal, Sato and Takagi visit Date's grave... unaware that Amuro is also there, watching over the tombstone.</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
[[File:EP682-Heidi.png|thumb|right|200px|A poster from ''Alps no Shojo Heidi'']]
* A poster in Natalie Kuruma's apartment is showing a picture of [[Wikipedia: Heidi, Girl of the Alps|Heidi]]'s house.
* The car involved in the crash that killed Wataru Date is a 2002 Holden Commodore [VY].
* Starting from this episode, [[Seiji Muta]] is not credited as character design.

== Gallery ==
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== BGM listing ==
=== Begin Broadcasting ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:23 - 4:53|フォース|Fōsu|Force|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |5:27 - 5:50|ベルモット|Berumotto|Vermouth|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |5:54 - 6:44|のんびり気分|Nonbiri Kibun|Carefree Feeling|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:23 - 7:41|チチタタ|Chichitata|Chichitata|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:51 - 11:28|謎解き（その１）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:34 - 12:01|インモルティス１|In Morutisu 1|In Mortis 1|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:08 - 13:34|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:42 - 15:59|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:13 - 17:48|サスキーロ|Sasu Kiiro|Yellow Suspense|[[Detective Conan "The Lost Ship in the Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:57 - 18:25|コナンクリアランス1|Konan Kuriaransu 1|Conan Clearance 1|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |19:20 - 20:47|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.)|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:00 - 21:53|ピュアソウル|Pyua Sōru|Pure Soul|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:58 - 22:14|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:38 - 23:59|氷点|Hyouten|Freezing Point|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Desperate Situation ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 1:10|コンシダレーション|Konshidarēshon|Consideration|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |3:21 - 4:30|ディスソナンス|Disusonansu|Dissonance|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:49 - 6:04|謎解き（その１）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |6:41 - 8:32|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.)|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |8:49 - 9:30|ディスソナンス|Disusonansu|Dissonance|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:31 - 12:53|忍び寄る影|Shinobiyoru Kage|Creeping Shadow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |13:38 - 14:06|現金輸送車(回想)|Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)|Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)|[[Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |14:11 - 14:43|不透明な果実４|Futōmeina Kajitsu 4|Opaque Fruit 4|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:08 - 15:51|古城の探索|Kojō no Tansaku|Exploration of the Old Castle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:54 - 16:19|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |16:26 - 16:45|逆探知|Gyakutanchi|Phone Trace|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:05 - 19:17|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |21:42 - 22:07|氷点|Hyouten|Freezing Point|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:28 - 23:58|キープアウト|Kiipu Auto|Keep Out|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Enter the Scene ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:01 - 0:37|ワッツハプニング|Wattsu Hapuningu|What's Happening|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |0:39 - 1:23|現金輸送車(回想)|Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)|Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)|[[Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |1:27 - 2:36|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |4:39 - 5:39|古城の探索|Kojō no Tansaku|Exploration of the Old Castle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |6:25 - 7:09|ライクセレナード|Raiku Serenādo|Like Serenade|[[Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |7:55 - 9:19|怪人包帯男２|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |9:42 - 10:45|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |10:54 - 11:31|からみつく黒い糸|Kuramitsuku Kuroi Ito|Coiling Black Thread|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |11:36 - 12:11|不透明な果実４|Futōmeina Kajitsu 4|Opaque Fruit 4|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |12:20 - 13:09|犯人からの電話|Hannin Kara no Denwa|Phone Call From the Culprit|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |13:33 - 15:01|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |15:58 - 17:05|インターナショナルケース(インシデント)|Intānashonaru Kēsu (Inshidento)|International Case (Incident)|[[Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:12 - 17:43|逆探知|Gyakutanchi|Phone Trace|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |17:52 - 18:07|サイレントスノー|Sairento Sunō|Silent Snow|[[Detective Conan "Quarter of Silence" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |18:38 - 20:05|汐留|Shiodome|Shiodome|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem |22:03 - 23:10|????}}
{{BGMListingItem |23:31 - 23:57|不思議な色|Fushigina Iro|A Strange Colour|[[Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|Retransmissió d'un amor que arrisca la vida: Inici de la retransmissió / Situació desesperada / Irrupció en escena|Broadcast of a love who risk his life: Beginning of the broadcast / Desperate situation / Enter in Scene}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Il rapimento: L'inizio / La crisi / Liberazione|The kidnapping: The beginning / The crisis / Liberation}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ถ่ายทอดความรักที่เดิมพันด้วยชีวิต (เริ่มต้นออกอากาศ / วิกฤต / บุกที่เกิดเหตุ)|The love brocasting that bet on one's life (Start broadcasting / Danger / To the crime scene)}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Bắt đầu phát thanh) Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Tình thế tuyệt vọng) Tin tức về màn treo sự sống của tình yêu (Xâm nhập hiện trường)}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 22]]

{{Season 22}}

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[[Category:Animation directed by Akio Kawamura]]
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Ai Haibara

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Daniel46: /* Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo */ Removing superfluous additions

{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ai Haibara
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|灰原哀}} (Haibara Ai)
| english-name = Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (mangas and game)
| image = Ai Haibara Profile.png
| age = 18<ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51</ref><ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 948. Haibara states her age for the second time</ref> 6 or 7 (as Ai Haibara)<ref
name=CD49>Conan Drill Page 49</ref><ref>Stated to be 7 in OVA 11</ref>
| gender = Female
| date of birth = unknown
| occupation = [[Teitan Elementary School]] student [[Detective Boys]] second-in-command
| relatives = [[Akemi Miyano]] (older sister, deceased) [[Elena Miyano]] (mother, deceased) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (father, deceased)
| nicknames = Ai-chan (by [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]) (by [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]) Ai-kun (by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Princess (by [[Subaru Okiya]])
| status = Alive (shrunk) Dead (for the Black Organization)
| aliases = [[Shiho Miyano]] (real name) Sherry
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 2#File 016 - A Devil-like Woman|File 16]] (in a silhouette) / [[Volume 18#File 176 - The New Student...|File 176]] (1st full appearance) 
Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]] Magic Kaito 1412: [[Kid vs Conan: Teleportation Under the Moonlight|Episode 21]]
| appearances = {{:Ai Haibara Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 18]]
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice = [[Brina Palencia]] (FUNimation) [[Erica Mendez]] (Bang Zoom!)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Conan:_Zero_the_Enforcer|title=Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer-Wikipedia|date=|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org|accessdate=2019-09-02}}</ref>
| drama-actor = [[Kyoka Shibata]] (Ai Haibara) [[Yu Kashii]] (Shiho Miyano)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ai Haibara|灰原哀|Haibara Ai}}''', real name '''{{nihongo|[[Shiho Miyano]]|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}}''', is the creator of [[APTX 4869]], the pill that shrunk [[Shinichi Kudo]] into [[Conan Edogawa]], and a victim of it herself. Formerly '''{{nihongo|Sherry|シェリー|Sherī}}''' of the [[Black Organization]], she is on the run from them and lives with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. She is also one of the few [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|characters who know that Shinichi is Conan]].

== Background ==
=== Shiho Miyano ===
[[File:Shiho in shinichi house.PNG‎|thumb|left|200px|Shiho and other organization members go to investigate the death of Shinichi in his house.]]
{{main|Shiho Miyano}}
Shiho Miyano and her older sister, [[Akemi Miyano]], were born into the secret crime syndicate "The [[Black Organization]]". Her English mother, [[Elena Miyano]], and her Japanese father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], were both scientists working for the Black Organization on a secret project. While Haibara was young, both her parents died in what was claimed to be an accident. While Akemi lived a normal life, the highly intelligent Shiho was groomed to take over her parents' research. She was sent to the United States for education at a very young age, and then later came back to Japan to finish her parents' secret project, "Silver Bullet".<ref>Manga [[Volume 38]], Files 2-4 (384-386) Manga [[Volume 78]], Files 1-7 (818-824)</ref>. By the age of thirteen she was working as a scientist for the Black Organization<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s boyfriend in order to get close to Shiho and use her influence to get in. Manga [[Volume 58]], File 2, pg 9: "Akai's Past" According to the FBI’s description, Shiho was “a scientist for them” at the time.This took place in Japan since everyone was speaking Japanese, Akemi lived in Japan, and the FBI bust two years prior to the current timeline was in Japan (607 pg 8). If Shiho is 18 now, she would be 13 at the time Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref>, where she was given the codename "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.
[[File:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shiho swallows [[APTX 4869]].]]
Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. While researching its effects, she discovered that it could be used as a poison to kill without leaving any traces of itself in a body. She then noticed that one of her lab mice had become smaller instead of dying, though she did not report that effect. Meanwhile, the Black Organization started human trials, using APTX 4869 to commit untraceable murders. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect when they used it on [[Shinichi Kudo]], the Black Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found. Shiho and her team searched Shinichi's house twice to confirm his death, however it lead her to suspect Shinichi had shrunk instead. However, Shiho confirmed him as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further and kill him after all.

Shiho was unhappy that the Black Organization was using the incomplete APTX 4869 for murder, as she believed that was not the drug's intended purpose. When Shiho learned of Akemi's death, but was given no explanation, she decided to boycott her research until the Black Organization gave her an explanation. Instead, the Organization confined her in a small room to await her execution. With no other way out, she took APTX 4869 intending to commit suicide, but instead shrank. In her new, smaller body, she escaped and attempted to reach Shinichi's house. There she collapsed and was found by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who eventually adopted her.<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> As it turned out later, Agasa was acquaintances with her parents, especially her father, even though he didn't know at that time that they had children or were part of the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>

=== Ai Haibara ===
[[File:Haibara founded infront of Kudo's house.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Haibara collapsed in front of Kudo's house.]]
To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered, Shiho and Professor Agasa create her alias ''Ai Haibara''. As Ai Haibara, she attends [[Teitan Elementary School]] with Shinichi Kudo's shrunken form, [[Conan Edogawa]]. Following her first adventure with the [[Detective Boys]], she reveals her true identity as the developer of [[APTX 4869]] to Conan.<ref>Manga Chapter 178: Code Name Sherry</ref>, and also accurately deduces Conan as Shinichi in the shrunken form, though her deduction is based on prior knowledge of her research and investigation of Shinichi Kudo. Conan protests her presence,<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> but as time passes, he accepts her as a friend, though her cynicism and secretive air still rail him at times. Although she does not think too highly of the Detective Boys' immature antics, she has come to value them all as close friends.

Haibara has begun working on [[Prototype Antidote|an antidote]] for the APTX 4869, but since most of the important data had been stored on computer files, which are now mostly destroyed, the work progresses slowly. Conan also eventually succeeds in persuading [[Vermouth]] to leave Haibara in peace after ruining a murderous plot.<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref> This fragile peace lasts until Sherry's whereabouts leak to the rest of the Black Organization and a second murder plot occurs aboard a train. A counter plan results in an explosion that preserves Shiho's secret identity. Currently all major Black Organization members besides Vermouth believe Sherry is dead.

Currently she idolizes footballer [[Higo Ryusuke]].

== Personality ==
[[File:Ai - Sai Brand's Wallet.jpg|thumb|200px|Haibara asking for a ''Fusae Brand'''s wallet for her cooperation.]]
Haibara has a calm and cool personality, sarcastic wit, and high intelligence. When freshly escaped from the Black Organization, she was cynical and pushed others away. Haibara has since defrosted by embracing her new child life and has established strong relationships with the Detective Boys, Agasa, and Ran.

As Ai Haibara, she speaks and acts older than she is supposed to be, which results in the Detective Boys referring to her as "cool" or "mature". This is emphasized by her impressing general knowledge, even in areas without relation with sciences (such as theology or history<ref>[[Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys|Episode 212: Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys]] where she explains the religious myth of the Fall</ref><ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 233: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]] where she explains the death of Marie-Antoinette</ref>); and on occasion she is so forceful and demanding that she can stun adults several decades above her current physical age into submission. Despite her jaded demeanor, she can be kind and caring, though usually more to animals than people. Haibara tends to be quiet, though this may be due to her caution to keep herself hidden from the Black Organization. She considers Conan and the Detective Boys the first real friends she has ever had, and is even willing to sacrifice herself just to ensure their safety.<ref>Manga Chapters 289: Bus Hijacking Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 434: Rotten Apple Case</ref>. Indeed, she considers herself as a threat for them, since the Black Organization will most likely eliminate all of them once she is found. That is why she describes herself as "dangerous and not like the others"<ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 233: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]]</ref>
[[File:Episode213.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Mitsuhiko assisting Haibara after bandaging her sprained foot.]]
Haibara is generally a loner and misses her older sister, Akemi, greatly (in the film ''[[Countdown to Heaven]]'', she would call her sister's old apartment just to hear her voice on the voicemail). Her greatest fear is being caught by the [[Black Organization]], and she is especially terrified of [[Gin]] and [[Vermouth]]. She tries to keep Conan from doing reckless things that may give away their identity, though often she is surprised by his actions which usually result in gaining the information he needs while also keeping their identities secret. However, whenever Conan is reckless in regards to keeping his identity from Ran, Haibara is the one who plans ahead in order to keep him from being revealed. Because she occasionally works overnight on the antidote for the APTX 4869, she tends to be tired quite frequently, causing Conan to call her an "evil-eyed yawny girl" on one occasion.<ref>[[Volume 65#Dangerous Couple Case|Manga Chapter 680: A Dangerous Couple]]</ref>

Despite spending most of her time alone at the lab, Haibara shows excellent understanding of reading people's mind. Examples include Haibara deducing that Ayumi had a crush on Conan, figuring out Conan was about to tell his identity to Ran, or understanding the anger of Kobayashi when confronting Inspector Shiratori. Thanks to this ability, Haibara can remind Conan about the situation and make him act appropriately, not to reveal his identity.

In the OVA ''[[A Secret Order From London]]'', Haibara reveals to [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] that she likes peanut better and blueberry jelly sandwich, from her schooldays in America, just like the white girl with no functional taste bud and cooking skill she always wants to be. She has also mentioned that she only make it with "American peanut butter and jelly exclusively sold in international grocery store". However, since [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] caught her eating one of these sandwiches, especially since Haibara was on her part constantly pestering him into eating low-calorie foods only, she had to abandon that habit for a while.<ref>OVA 11: ''A Secret Order From London''</ref>

=== Taste for fashion ===
[[File:Haibara and fashion.png|thumb|200px|Haibara reading fashion magazine 'Com Com'.]]
Haibara seems to have some interest in fashion, as she has made repeated requests for certain types of accessories, particularly of the [[Fusae Campbell|Fusae]] and Prada brands. For instance, when [[Miwako Sato]] declares she would do anything for the one who will solve her father's mystery, she asks for Prada's newest handbag model<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|Episode 205: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3]]</ref>. What's more, in one of the cases, in order to expose the identity of the person who hid the phone cables to cut off communications with the outside world, she was asked by Conan to fake an unbearable appendix pain, which she agreed to after jokingly requesting for a Fusae Brand's wallet for her cooperation. She then started rolling on the floor and screaming for help. The culprit felt like he had no choice but to reveal the cable from his pockets and reconnect the phone to ask for an ambulance.<ref>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco]]</ref> When observing the suspects in a case, what caught her attention was the bag the suspect was carrying. She recognized that the bag was the newest Fusae brand model, and added that it wasn't on sale in Japan yet.<ref>[[Conan and Heiji, Code of Love|Episode 763-764: Conan and Heiji, Code of Love]]</ref>She is also seen with a Prada cell phone case in the Mystery Train case.

Haibara reads 'ComCom' magazine (a name similar to Japan's 'CanCam' fashion magazine).<ref>[[The Lost Ship in the Sky|Movie 14: ''The Lost Ship in the Sky'']]</ref> In OVA 11, the Detective Boys wrongly began to suspect Haibara was a child model from America, due to her looks and knowledge of fashion and makeup.

=== Fan of popular stars ===
[[File:766-1.png|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's listening to "Dandy Lion".]]
While she generally accompanies her fellow Detective Boys to soccer matches played by the Tokyo Spirits, Haibara herself is a fan of [[Culture#Soccer|Big Osaka]] in general and of the player [[Ryusuke Higo]] in particular, especially since the latter has likewise abandoned a "black organization" (Noir Tokyo) after the team had betrayed him and had remained an outcast in public opinion for a time.<ref>[[Volume 34#Soccer Supporter Case|Manga Chapters 344-346: Soccer Supporter Case]]</ref><ref>Anime episodes 279-280: "[[Hooligan's Labyrinth]]"</ref> Haibara also liked to hear [[Yoko]]'s songs due to the fact that Higo also likes the songs.<ref>[[Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case|Episode 765-766: Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case]]</ref> However, she later deleted all of Yoko's songs because of the rumored date between Yoko and Ryusuke. At the end of the case, she renews her interest in both of them and goes to play soccer with the Detective Boys while singing Yoko's song "Dandy Lion".<ref>[[Volume 87#A Secret of the Big Couple|A Secret of the Big Couple]]</ref> She has also shown an interest in Kabuki and one of the well known kabuki actors, Ichikawa Ebizo, in the episode Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Juhachiban Mystery. She introduced herself to Ebizo as one of the Detective Boys and Conan's assistant, assuming a more endearing demeanor, which the children noted, during their conversation in the search for Conan.

In non-canon, Haibara is a fan of Sannomiya Kazunori, an actor playing a detective role. She was really annoyed and slapped Conan (in a bath house) when he teased her on liking Sannomiya.<ref>''A Challenge from Detective Boys'' radio drama</ref>
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== Abilities and skills ==
=== Biochemistry ===
Shiho/Haibara is a biochemical genius, taking up her parents' research work on [[APTX 4869]] for the Black Organization by the age of thirteen after going to school in America.

=== Medical knowledge ===
Shiho/Haibara has demonstrated knowledge of medicine, recognizing the symptoms of Shiratori's [[Wikipedia:Subdural hematoma|subdural hematoma]].<ref>Tokyo hostage/Matsuda case</ref> Using knowledge of osteology, she also is able to deduce a long decayed woman's ambulatory condition.<ref>Castle treasure case</ref> In [[A Code of Stars and Tobacco]] case, she recognized the bones of a deceased person, even though the bones are scattered, and she recognized, "Mandible, humorus, femur,"

=== Detective skills ===
Shiho/Haibara was able to deduce Conan as Shinichi by inspecting the clues left in Kudo residence. She shows sharp observation, keen thinking process and ability to make logical deduction; however, unlike Conan/Shinichi, she often lacks specialized knowledge or experience to make the conclusive argument to solve the case. Moreover, to avoid attention, she stays quiet, which Conan often takes the spotlight. Haibara does not identify herself as a "mystery freak" as Conan. In the few cases that Haibara leads the investigation, she shows that she can be a great detective on her own, although this is not her prime speciality. Haibara has also known to read some mysteries like
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels and PD James's Cordelia Gray novel but it is not known whether she enjoys the genre.

=== "Black Organization sense" ===
[[Image:Ai's BO radar.png|thumb|right|200px|Shiho as Haibara senses a Black Organization member is nearby.]]
Shiho has the ability to sense when Black Organization members are around, which she characterizes as their unique "smell" or "pressure". So far, her sense only detects Black Organization members and not people with malevolent intent generally,<ref>She has only claimed the sense for Black Organization members, and she does not seem to have the same magnitude reaction around people who aren't, such as case culprits, although she may be generally suspicious of them;</ref> however, it doesn't always trigger when Black Organization members are present.<ref>This is the case especially when the Black Organization members aren't focusing or in an aggressive mood. Numabuchi is an example of this.</ref> nor does it reveal their numbers.<ref>The case with Vermouth and Shuichi on the bus, and when she was unsure if Pisco had an accomplice (Vermouth) at the party.</ref> Sometimes the sense is fleeting ([[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]], or [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] passing by pursuing [[James Black]]), or context sensitive (when Akemi was planning the bank robbery).

It is also possible that it mostly activates, when she senses danger, and esp. when she is the target. When she first met Kuroda, she appeared frightened, but she explained later that his face was frightening, and was easily backed up by the rest of the Detective Boys. It momentarily activated in Mystery of the Burning Tent, but it was fleeting, and she says that she likes the teacher, and "Does not want to hear anything bad about her" to Conan, whose only getting much more suspicious of the teacher. So far, she has not met Wakita, or even seen him.

To be truthful, Conan seems to be suspicious of 2, maybe 3 of the new one-eyed people, so maybe her Black Organization sense tranferred to him since those two are primarily interested in him, and not her. In fact, hers may be dissapating, if she feels safe.

=== Pain tolerance ===
[[Gin|Like]] [[Vermouth|other]] Black Organization members, Haibara as Shiho has also demonstrated a strong tolerance for pain. During the initial apoptoxin transformation, Shiho does not scream despite the sensation of 'bones melting', as doing so would likely have ended in being caught and killed when someone came to check on her. It is unclear if she even passes out at all, and regardless she manages to recover quickly enough to escape through a chute/ventilation shaft before her captors know anything happened.

Additionally, she climbs barefoot up a chimney while extremely sick from the effects of a cold combined with [[Baijiu]]-induced regrowth. She then crawls back to the chimney after she is shot multiple times by Gin on the frigid, snowy roof. She still maintains consciousness after falling down the chimney over a story in height and experiencing the agony of reverting back to Ai Haibara. Nowhere during this ordeal or her rescue afterwards did she cry from the pain. Shiho also handled the painful side affects of being reverting back to an adult with a [[prototype antidote]] better than Shinichi.

=== Shooting ===
Shiho/Haibara is familiar with firearms. As Haibara, she was confident enough to intentionally miss a shot with a handgun. Despite the recoil of shooting in her first grade body, it did not seem to effect her in the slightest.<ref>[[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129: The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]]</ref>

=== Driving ===
In The Movie Crossover : Lupin III vs Detective Conan, Haibara is able to ride a Harley motorbike, she stated that she used to own a Harley when she was Shiho.
[[File:Haibara Flute.png|thumb|right|200px|Haibara played the recorder to send a message "S H O O T" to Conan in [[Full_Score_of_Fear|Conan the movie12]].]]
In The Special Episode : Disappearance of Edogawa Conan, she is shown driving a car as Haibara.

=== Football ===
Initially Haibara wasn't interested in football, but thanks to Conan she now enjoys watching them and roots for Big Osaka team, with Higo Ryusuke her favorite player. In Movie 16, she performed a long pass through the debris, delivering the ball to Conan for the decisive kick saving the day.

=== Music ===
In canon, Haibara has knowledge about classical music. In Movie 12, she played the recorder to send a message to Conan.

=== Art Appreciation ===
In her first appearance, she recognized that a teenager's painting was a Picasso painting, helping Conan to figure out the Detective Boys' client's older brother was kidnapped due to his ability to paint fakes of famous paintings, more importantly, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsume_S%C5%8Dseki Natsume Sōseki] on the 1,000 yen bill's portrait.

=== Acting ===
In her first case, after she fired a gun, and was about to be reprimanded for it by Megure, she began her crying act. That act continued for the longest time, and the only one stuck walking her home was Conan.

When they were near the Kudo and Agasa's residence, Conan asked her if she can get home by herself now, since her address is somewhere around here, but he did not recall the address, when she told him at school.

When he began to walk away, she immediately stopped the crying act, and transferred into her Black Organization Role of Sherry, but probably more evil than she ever was in the organization, and all she is doing is talking.

When she really introduced herself to him, she did it in a way, where she showed that she can be quite evil, like the rest of the Black Organization, even telling him that Agasa, who is his lifeline to being a detective in his child's body is dead, really freaking him out.

She was talking and speaking like so many of her cold-blooded former co-workers, and showed no remorse at all, nor did she break character at all.

When he went to Agasa, he was alive and well, and all three spoke, when she finally stopped acting.

== Appellations ==
Although most people will call Haibara by her name suffixed with ''-san'' (due to her personality), and some with ''-chan'' (due to her agreement), a lot of the characters have different ways of calling her due to their different relationships. The following is a list of the different appellations for Haibara (and the ones Haibara gives in return) encountered in the series.

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{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Ai-chan|Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency Ran-san<ref>[[Movie 11]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|-|Kogoro-san Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')}}
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{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Haibara-san (formerly) Ai-chan|Yoshida-san (''usually'') Ayumi-chan (''twice'')<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[SOS! Messages from Ayumi|episode 140]]</ref><ref>''Detective Conan'' [[A Secret Order From London|OVA 11]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Haibara Ai-chan (once)|Kojima-kun Genta<ref name="file947">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 947: Motto (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Haibara-san Ai-chan (once)|Tsuburaya-kun}}
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|[[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]]||Herself||Haibara The girl of the Black Organization (to Conan)||-
{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|Haibara-san|Kobayashi-sensei}}
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{{appellations|Akemi Miyano|Shiho|Onēchan}}
{{appellations|Elena Miyano|Shiho|Mom (''Okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Atsushi Miyano|-|Dad (''Otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Haibara-san Ai-chan<ref>Chapter 824</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Ai-kun|Professor (''Hakase'')}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|That little girl|Osaka friend}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Ai-chan}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Ai-chan|Suzuki-san}}
{{appellations|Rumi Wakasa|Haibara-san|Wakasa-sensei}}
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{{appellations|Pisco|Shiho-chan|Pisco}}
{{appellations|Rum|-|Rum}}
{{appellations|Chianti|-|Chianti}}
{{appellations|Korn|-|Korn}}
{{appellations|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|-|Numabuchi Ki'ichiro}}
{{appellations|Yoshiaki Hara|-|Hara-san}}
{{appellations|Irish|-|Irish}}
{{appellations|Curaçao|Sherry Sherry-chan|-}}
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{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Ai-kun|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Ai-chan|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|-|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|-|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Ai-chan "Little red hiding hood" Brown haired girl Sherry|Jodie-sensei}}
{{appellations|James Black|Sherry}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Kir Mizunashi Rena}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|-|Kuroda<ref name="file925">[[Volume 87#A Secret of the Big Couple|File 925 (Volume 87)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|That brown haired girl|Moroboshi Dai That Akai person<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[Clash of Red and Black|Ep. 501]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Princess<ref>[[Episode 684]]</ref>|Subaru-san<ref>Chapter 801</ref>}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|-|Yumi-san<ref name="file900">[[Volume 85#Shogi Tournament|File 900 (Volume 85)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|-|Inspector Shiratori (''Shiratori-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Sango Yokomizo|-|Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|-|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'')}}
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{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Taiko<ref name="file849">[[volume 80#Yumi's Love Story|File 849: Taiko's Optimal Move (Volume 80)]]</ref> Taiko Meijin}}
{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file948">[[volume 89#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 948: The Clenched Scissors (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hideo Akagi|-|Hide}}
{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo-san Higo Ryusuke}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|Ai-chan|Okino Yoko Idol mare (''idol-onna'')}}
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{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|Young lady|Kid (in her thoughts) Magician in the Moonlight-san (''Gekka no Kijutsushi-san'') (once)}}
{{appellations|Fujiko Mine|file=Fujiko Mine.jpg|Sherry-chan|Mine Fujiko}}
{{appellations|Genji Kojima|-|Kojima-kun's father (''Kojima-kun no chichioya'')}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|Eisuke Hondou Eisuke}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Haibara Ai-chan<ref>File 1035</ref>|Sera Masumi<ref>Movie 18: [[Dimensional Sniper]]</ref>}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Older Brother Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 18|176-178]], Anime: [[Episode 129|129]]) ===
[[File:129-1.png|thumb|left|200px|First Haibara's "evil" appearance.]]
Conan's class receives a new student named Ai Haibara. She acts rather cold and reserved when the Detective Boys try to befriend her, and Genta notices she's looking at Conan suspiciously. She tells them where she lives but Conan fails to realize it's at Agasa's home (Tokyo blocks are not numbered in sequential order and Conan has never had reason to learn Agasa's mailing address due to their being neighbors).

After school, a boy named Toshiya asks the Detective Boys to find his missing brother. The Detective Boys along with Haibara investigate Toshiya's house and finds a painting of [[Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki|Natsume Sōseki]]. Toshiya reveals that before his brother disappeared, a woman, who had an interest in that portrait, approached Toshiya's brother. The Detective Boys search around town to ask whether anyone has seen the woman or Toshiya's brother. Conan notices that a man was using a counterfeit ¥1000 and realizes Toshiya's brother was actually kidnapped and forced to help create counterfeit bills. After following the man along with the clues Toshiya's brother left behind, they are able to apprehend the organized crime group and save Toshiya's brother.

=== University Professor Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 18|179]]-[[Volume 19|181]], Anime: [[Episode 129|129]]) ===
[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|200px|Haibara cries on Conan after asking him why hadn't he helped her sister.]]
On the way home, Haibara reveals to Conan that she is a former member of the Black Organization, with the code name "Sherry". She actually betrayed the group and escaped with the use of the APTX 4869, which caused her to become a child. She reveals that she once accidentally sent a floppy disk containing data on the Black Organization to her older sister, and the disc is now in the possession of her sister's professor, Masami Hirota.

Agasa takes Conan and Haibara there to retrieve the disk, only to discover that Hirota has been murdered. The suspects are Hirota's three students who visited that day. Conan reveals the culprit to be a man named Akira Shirakura; Shirakura after bludgeoning Hirota to death and tied the answering machine cassette tape around the key to the room which rewound when a call was made, subsequently dragging the key into the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that Shirakura's fingerprints should be found on the tape. After seeing Conan's amazing display of logic after she had given up on the case herself, Haibara breaks down and asks Conan why he could not save her sister, Akemi, from the Black Organization. Conan finally makes the connection that the "Masami Hirota" who Gin killed was actually Shiho's sister, and sympathy for Haibara's attitude stirs in him. The disc is taken into police custody, but once it is released to them Haibara attempts to read the files off the disk—only to have [[Night Baron|a virus]] delete all the data.

=== Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|189]]-[[Volume 20|191]], Anime: [[Episode 130|130-131]]) ===
Haibara is hesitant to see the football match closer (fearing that her face will be visible on TV). After, she tells Conan that she's 18 years old.

=== Blue Castle Treasure Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|200]]-[[Volume 21|203]], Anime: [[Episode 136|136-137]]) ===
Haibara talks to Ayumi, saying that she doesn't have love interest in Conan so Ayumi doesn't have to worry about her.

=== Movie Theater Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|222-224]], Anime: [[Episode 138|138-139]]) ===
At the start of the second Gomera movie, Ayumi falls asleep and puts her head on Conan's shoulder. When Conan turns to Haibara, saying he needs to use the restroom and asks her if she would switch seats, she has also put her head on Conan's shoulder, having fallen asleep as well.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]] and [[Volume 24|232-233]], Anime: [[Episode 156|156-157]]) ===
The episode opens with Haibara and Conan in what looks to be an abandoned and empty room. Haibara tells him that she (possibly referring to Ran) has found out about his identity. When he asks her why she's telling him all this, she tells him that he can see into the hearts of the wicked, but he couldn't understand a woman's heart, then tells him that she's been in love with him since she met him. We see Conan's face, but it doesn't appear to be at all surprised, and Haibara continues with: "I guess you didn't even notice... Kamen Yaiba-san." After Mitsuhiko yells out "CUT!", it is revealed that both Conan and Haibara were merely acting, and practicing lines for Teitan Elementary School's play, with Mitsuhiko as the director.

=== Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: [[Volume 25|238-242]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|176-178]]) ===
[[image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|left|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
In Episode 176-178, Conan encounters Gin and Vodka again. Haibara is kidnapped and confined in a wine cellar by the Black Organization member [[Pisco]], but she escapes before Gin and Vodka arrive by drinking [[baijiu]] to turn back into an adult. Gin anticipates her actions and intercepts her on the roof. He shoots selectively to wound her, intending to force her to explain how she escaped from the Organization before he finally kills her. Conan prevents Gin from killing her by shooting the man with his [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|tranquilizer wristwatch]]. Conan tells Haibara to jump into the chimney when a distracted Vodka shoots at him but as he's behind a door, he gets away once Haibara has gone down the chimney. Gin purposely shoots himself in the arm to stay awake. Inside the wine cellar, Pisco is about to kill Haibara but Conan rescues her after tricking Pisco into accidentally causing a fire. They make their escape as Pisco tries to find them amidst the fire and smoke. At this point, Gin crawls from the chimney and confronts Pisco, citing his failure to remain in the shadows in his mission and kills him before Pisco is able to tell him the truth that Shiho Miyano has deaged into a young girl. Worried that the Organization is after her, Haibara decides to leave the city. Conan anticipates that Gin will predict her next move as leaving Tokyo so it will be better if she does the unexpected and remains in Beika. Unknown to Conan or Haibara, [[Vermouth]] saw Haibara at the party and uses her expert disguise skills to get closer to Haibara and Conan in order to confirm Haibara's identity as Sherry and then kill her.

=== Dangerous Cave Case (Manga: [[Volume 25#Dangerous Cave Case|251]]-[[Volume 26#Dangerous Cave Case|254]], Anime [[The Desperate Revival|188-189]]) ===
[[File:Flower gun.png|thumb|200px|Haibara's about to shoot Conan.]]
Conan finds out that Ran suspects him of being Shinichi, because Ran said she knew Conan's blood type for a blood transfusion, which Haibara hears.

=== School Play Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#School Play Case|255-257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|190-191]]) ===
While Conan is in the hospital contemplating admitting his identity to her, Haibara enters and points a gun at his head, saying that the Black Organization has found out about her due to an unknown agent being present at the Pisco incident. Because of this, Professor Agasa is held hostage and, in exchange for his life and a chance to return to the Black Organization, Haibara is required to terminate all the links she had in her child identity. However, when she pulls the trigger a bunch of flowers come out, showing that the story was just an act. Still, she uses this story as her point: both Haibara and Conan cannot reveal their identities no matter the situation, in order to prevent such a tragedy from occurring.

During that night, Haibara explains her plan to disassociate Conan from Shinichi in Ran's eyes. She has Conan take a [[prototype antidote]] for APTX 4869 and then disguises herself as Conan. For the rest of the arc, Conan returns as Shinichi while Haibara is present as Conan, thus creating the illusion of Shinichi and Conan existing at the same time, disproving that the two are the same person.

=== Elevator Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#Elevator Murder Case|258-260]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|192-193]]) ===
At the end of the Desperate Revival arc, the antidote begins to run out and Shinichi runs into the bathroom, where Haibara is still disguised as Conan already waiting for him. She knows that Shinichi would run into the men´s bathroom after the symptoms of the regress conversion start to appear. Presumably, she leaves Conan's clothes
for Shinichi and changes back into Haibara before leaving with Agasa who's waiting for her in the car park. Returned to the form of Conan once more, Conan returns to where Ran is waiting for Shinichi and tells her Shinichi has to leave urgently on another case.

=== Music Box Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#File_261_-_Touching_the_Music_Strings.21.3F|261]], Anime: [[The Significant Music Box|194]]) ===
Some time after the "comeback of Shinichi", Conan asks Haibara for some more antidotes, as he would like to meet Ran again in his adult form to tell her the whole truth. Haibara refuses and says it's too late, and it could be dangerous for Conan to swallow another prototype that could kill him. Haibara and the Detective Boys seem delighted to see Conan again, though the Boys are completely ignorant of who Conan really is.

=== Mermaid's Curse Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Mermaid.27s Curse Case|281]], Anime: [[And Then There Were No Mermaids|223]]) ===
During the investigation of a case involving a lottery, Heiji Hattori and Conan goes through books with names of contestants from previous lotteries. Conan finds the name Shiho Miyano in one of the books and recalls it as the real name of Haibara. But he can't imagine that it's the same person, since she doesn't appear as a person desiring eternal youth and beauty.

=== Bus Hijacking Case (Manga: [[Volume 29#Bus Hijacking Case|287-289]], Anime: [[The Mysterious Passenger|230-231]] ===
[[File:Vermouth episode 230.png|thumb|right|200px|Haibara in pinch.]]
Vermouth, disguised as [[Tomoaki Araide]], boards a bus that Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys are riding to a ski resort. Whatever plan Vermouth might have had is completely interrupted by the bus being hijacked by random criminals and the presence of two FBI agents that have been tracking her: [[Jodie Starling]] and [[Shuichi Akai]]. Haibara detects Vermouth's presence on the bus. She becomes so afraid that the Detective Boys, Conan, and Agasa will be killed because of her that she decides to commit suicide, deliberately staying behind in the bus which is about to explode. Realising her intent, Conan runs back and with his quick thinking, saves her. He asks her not to run away from life. However, the event caused her to remain anxious for several days.

=== Dog Lovers Case (Manga: [[Volume 29#Dog Lovers Case|290-292]], Anime: [[The Evidence That Didn%27t Disappear|233-234]]) ===
The hijacked bus incident in ''The Mysterious Passenger Case'' led Haibara to be especially worried about her situation. Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko attempt to cheer her up and, with the help of Arthur the dog, manage to make her smile. Conan comments that she should keep that expression, since it makes her look like a child, causing Haibara to blush.

=== Netted Man Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 31#Netted Man Murder Case|311-313]], Anime: [[The Mystery in the Net|246-247]]) ===
While she is at the beach with the Detective Boys and Ran, Haibara once again witnesses Conan's/Shinichi's feelings for Ran. She remains in the water until Ran notices she got a sunstroke. Conan wonders why she did not stay with Professor Agasa, and she answers that she did not want to run away from a dolphin (Ran) who is loved by the ocean (Shinichi/Conan), and a shark (herself) that ran away from the cold and dark bottom of the ocean cannot compete with the dolphin. However, Conan fails to understand this metaphor, which draws a parallel between Ran and Haibara.

=== Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments (Manga: [[Volume 46#Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments|475-478]], Anime: [[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion|394-396]]) ===
Conan figures out the boss's full number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Wikipedia: Pandora's Box|Pandora's Box]]". Conan then thinks he can get Detective Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to, but then Haibara warns that if he does, Detective Takagi will be killed. This scene is the first time Haibara openly reveals to Conan that she has been hiding important secrets about the Black Organization from him; earlier she [[Black Organization#APTX 4869 and Biochemistry|had lied to him]]. The exchange suggests that Haibara is withholding information because she fears Conan will make a rash move.

=== Red, White, and Yellow Case (Manga: [[Volume 60#Red, White, and Yellow Case|622-624]], Anime: [[Conan vs. Double Code Mystery#Red, White, Yellow, and the Detective Boys|509]]) ===
[[File:Haibara doesn't like Okiya.PNG|thumb|left|200px|Haibara does not like Subaru.]]
Not long after Akai's death, Conan hears fresh intel from the [[FBI]] that a new [[Black Organization]] agent called [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] is looking for Shiho, which Conan keeps secret from Haibara. As Conan and Haibara investigate a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, [[Subaru Okiya]]. Conan invites Okiya to live in Kudo's house since Okiya's apartment was burnt to the ground. Okiya appears in other cases later on, including at the Haido mall where the rest of the Black Organization gathered to chase a rumored sighting of a [[Scar Akai|scarred Shuichi Akai]]. Although Okiya is trusted by Conan and Agasa and behaves kindly to Haibara, she remains frightened of him. Later, some of his actions lead her to believe he might be someone she knows and she comes to trust him more, even attempting to uncover his identity when she thought he was asleep.

=== Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Manga: [[Volume 77#Cabin Trap|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-704]]) ===
[[File:Shiho 700.png|thumb|200px|Haibara turns into Shiho via the [[Prototype antidote|prototype antidote]] for the first time.]]
Haibara is forced to revert to Shiho using a [[temporary antidote]] to save the other children of the group from a fire. A video of her as an adult is sent to the Mouri Detective Agency by Mitsuhiko which Sera, Okiya, and Amuro find out about. Because of this, Haibara is later targeted by a plot concocted by Vermouth and Bourbon aboard the Bell Tree Express Train. Bourbon is revealed to be Amuro and Haibara learns that he knew her parents. Bourbon was hoping to capture Shiho alive, but Vermouth's modifications to his plan which were designed to kill her led to Shiho supposedly being blown up on the train. The Shiho Vermouth and Bourbon thought was killed was really [[Kaitou Kid]] in disguise, Conan having forced him into the plan. Because of this, all of the Black Organization besides Vermouth think Shiho is now dead, and Vermouth is unable to reveal the truth to the rest of them without also compromising Conan, Haibara and their deaged condition against her wishes.

=== The Heartfelt Strap (Manga: [[Volume 94#Haibara's Lost Phone Strap Case|997-999]], Anime: [[The Heartfelt Strap|925-926]]) ===
Haibara refuse to give Conan a couple antidotes in order to go to the Kyoto trip with Ran. Suddenly, she finds out she lost the Higo puppet phone strap she bought at the stadium store. It was particularly precious to her because Ryusuke Higo touched it in the bleachers during the football match. She freezes in disbelief and collapses against the wall. Conan decide to go and with the Detective Boys to find her phone strap, in exchange for the antidotes. At the end, they are able to return the strap but it was partially destroyed. At fisrt, Haibara still refusing Conan's pleas to give him the antidote but she still give him the antidote later on as their hard work for finding the strap.

=== TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|1025]], Anime: [[Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy|995]]) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Countdown to Heaven (Movie: [[Countdown to Heaven|5]]) ===
[[File:M5-43.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ai, witnessing Genta's virtue]]
Having greatly missed her sister Akemi, Ai secretly begins to make a call to an apartment that her sister once stayed in order to hear her voice from the tape recorder. Gin and Vodka, knowing about this habit of hers, plan to track down Asaga's phone number when she makes the call, but their plan is foiled by Conan and Agasa after being informed of this by Genta.

As she begins to bond with the Detective Boys, Ai begins to realize that she herself is no longer all alone or full of sorrow, and is willing to sacrifice herself to allow them to live. She also witnesses both Genta and Mitsuhiko's bravery of not wanting to leave her behind from the time bombed tower, with the former forcefully carrying her to the escape car despite her intention to countdown the time bomb until the end, and the latter holds on to her when she is thrown off the car due to the blaze from the explosion. Ai, knowing of Ayumi's affection toward Conan, also warns him to never make Ayumi cries, else she'll never forgive him.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===

==== Akemi Miyano ====
The death of Akemi still affects her. It was the death of her sister that led to Haibara's escape from the organization, because no one would tell her the reason. She became aware of the robbery Akemi pulled before her death, but suspected there was more to the story.

In the movie Countdown to Heaven, she kept calling Akemi's number at her apartment just to hear her voice, fully aware that the Black Organization might wiretap and trace to her location. It took extreme measure from Conan to make Haibara abandon this thought.

==== Atsushi Miyano ====
Dr. Miyano was Haibara's father. He passed away when she was barely a year old. Her feelings toward her father is unknown, but she does show interest in seeing the house where he grew up.

==== Elena Miyano ====
Elena passed away when Shiho was a baby. Even though Shiho/Haibara has accepted her passing for a long time, being able to hear her voice via recorded
tapes calmed Haibara down.

==== Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo ====
[[File:Haibara Conan moment Ed60.png|thumb|left|190px|Haibara and Conan/Shinichi believe and rely on each other (Picture from [[Sissy Sky|Closing 60 Scene]]).]]
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}

Both are de-aged by APTX4869 and have almost equal levels of intelligence, which makes Haibara and [[Conan]] close confidants and more empathetic with each other than most other characters. Conan is one of the few people in front of whom she has shown any signs of weakness, such as breaking down over her sister's death. They share an interesting relationship. They believe and rely on each other. She is keenly observant of Conan's personality, intelligence, and sense of justice.

If Conan is in danger, she is willing to throw away her life to save him, overriding fears and concerns for her own safety that would ordinarily paralyze her. Similarly, Conan has saved Haibara's life more than once when she would have sacrificed herself for his and the [[Detective Boys]]' safety. She often enjoys teasing Conan, which he takes in good stride. However, he is oblivious of her feelings towards him and sometimes finds it difficult to deal with her sarcasm and impudent, cold nature. Although in empathy on many matters, they don't fully trust one another with information about the Black Organization out of concern for the safety and feelings of the other. In fact, she has always know that [[Renya Karasuma]] is the Black Organization head, but she never reveals it for Conan's safety.

==== Hiroshi Agasa ====
[[File:772-1.png|thumb|left|190px|Haibara is typing a mail to Professor Agasa angrily for cheating his diet.]]
{{main|Agasa family}}
The relationship between Haibara and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] is rather unusual, if not humorous. Despite their actual ages, Haibara often acts more like a mother to the professor, constantly reminding him to watch what he eats. On several occasions, she has removed fattening foods from his reach<ref name=Depths>[[Strategy Above the Depths|Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths]]</ref>, and is attempting to help get him into better shape. Kogoro jokingly notes in Countdown to Heaven that she acts a lot like Agasa's wife.
There have also been instances where she'll automatically step in front of Agasa in cases of danger.<ref name=Eyes>[[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref> Out of all the people she's met, Haibara seems most comfortable about acting herself with Professor Agasa; which might be attributed to the fact that he was the one who found her after she escaped the Black Organization, and took her in. Agasa had been an acquaintance of Shiho's parents, but he hadn't imagine that she would be their daughter, before Conan revealed it.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ed60-3.jpg|thumb|left|190px|Haibara's first greeting with Ran. (Picture from [[Sissy_Sky|Closing 60's Scene]]).]]
[[File:247-1.png|thumb|right|165px|Haibara's first meeting with Ran.(Picture from [[The_Mystery_in_the_Net|Original Scene]]).]]
There are instances where Haibara will caution Conan from actions that involve [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that
she wants to keep her identity hidden. Early on, she is cold and distant towards Ran, even more so than she is to most other people. Ran believes that it is because Haibara hated her,<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> though in truth it is because Ran reminds Haibara strongly of her dead sister.

After Ran notices Haibara is not feeling well and carries her to safety during a case, Haibara finally properly introduces herself to Ran, and they slowly became friends. Because Haibara finds that Ran resembles her older sister, Akemi Miyano, she takes special interest in protecting her. These feelings increase after Ran jumps through a slew of bullets from [[Calvados|a Black Organization sniper]] to save Haibara.<ref name=Vermouth>[[Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon]]</ref> Haibara immediately thinks of her own sister, and begins acting to try to protect Ran from the organization, such as when Haibara begs for Ran to stay at Agasa's house when she knows that [[Korn]], [[Chianti]], and the rest of the Black Organization are lurking about, immediately thinking of her own sister's death, and wanting to keep Ran safe.<ref name=KornChianti>[[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!|Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!]]</ref>

Assuming that Conan has romantic feelings for Ran, Haibara feels jealous of her and suffer from considering herself as less attractive than Ran. She even implies that Ran would be similar to a dolphin, when she would only be a shark coming from the cold depths of the sea, indicating that she cannot compete against her<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref>. Once when Haibara had a cold and Ran came to bring her some food, Ai pretended to be asleep and Conan said she wasn't being considerate for Ran's good actions towards her. Haibara thought to herself that Conan doesn't understand a thing, but she doesn't want him to anyway, hinting that she has actually romantic feelings towards Conan/Shinichi and is jealous due to his feelings for Ran.

==== Akai Shuichi/Subaru Okiya ====
[[File:685-2.png|thumb|left|190px|Haibara uncovering Subaru's scarf.]]
The first time [[Subaru]] appears, Haibara felt a strange feeling toward him and thought he is a member of the Black Organization. However, the feeling kept coming and going. In later episodes, Haibara doesn't seem to hate him so much anymore. She even tries to uncover Subaru's scarf to check his neck, probably suspecting he was using a device made by Professor Agasa. At one point, she asks him if he bugged Agasa's house because he keeps appearing at opportune moments when they're involved in a case, bringing food hastily put together as an excuse for his presence. She cited one instance in which the food was not cooked and the vegetables were raw.

Currently, although Akai/Subaru knows Haibara's secret identity, Haibara doesn't know Subaru's identity, nor does she know Akai was her deceased sister's boyfriend. Both Akai/Subaru, Conan, and Agasa are keeping such information a secret from Haibara. At one point, Haibara questions if Akai is a "lolicon."

==== Dai Moroboshi ====
[[File:701 8.png|thumb|right|190px|Dai Moroboshi in Haibara's thought.]]
Haibara knows [[Dai Moroboshi]] as her sister's boyfriend. She deduces that Dai approaches her sister just to collect information about the Black Organization. She remembered him giving her a promise to protect Akemi. But she also remembers him as 'the one, who betrayed the organization', so there is a possibility that she has heard another story of what happened. Later on, she meets a [[Scar Akai|guy]] similar to him in [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]] and wonders how he got the scar on his face.

==== Heiji Hattori ====
Heiji is one of the few character who know Conan and Haibara's secret identity, as well as the effect of APTX 4869. In general, Heiji and Haibara rarely meet each other. His hot temperament is a trait that Haibara dislikes. However, on more than one occasion, Haibara trusts Heiji to keep the secret of the drug and to keep Conan/Shinichi safe when Conan temporarily reverts back to Shinichi.
Haibara also shows a mischievous side towards Heiji. At one point when Heiji (kinda) confessed to Kazuha, Haibara used the recorded speech as her ringtone.

=== Detective Boys ===
[[File:Detective boys under Haibara's command.png|thumb|right|185px|Haibara is the second-command in Detective Boys.]]
Haibara has tried to keep an emotional distance away from the rest of the Detective Boys at the beginning. However, over time, she can't resist their boistorous friendliness anymore and gradually warms up to them. When she was first introduced, she would often stay off to the side of whatever activity the Detective Boys were doing while later arcs, such as the Sweet and Cold Delivery Service arc, open with her playing soccer with them, and even mentally as she's about to do one of Higo's moves.

==== Ayumi Yoshida ====
[[File:330-1.png|thumb|left|185px|Ayumi is happy for being allowed to call Haibara by her name (Ai).]]
{{Main|Ayumi Yoshida}}
Out of the Detective Boys, Haibara is the closest with [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]. At one time, Ayumi noticed that she called everyone by their first names except for Haibara and decided to try and call her "Ai-chan", but without success. At the end of a case which involved a shattered friendship, Haibara told Ayumi that it was okay for her to call her "Ai-chan". When Mitsuhiko and Genta tried to call her that, however, she told them that only Ayumi was allowed to call her by her first name.<ref name=Ai-chan>[[A Friendship That Can't Be Bought|Episode 329-330: A Friendship That Can't Be Bought]]</ref> On the whole, Haibara seems to see Ayumi as a little sister, even going so far as to physically shield her from danger.<ref name=starsandtobacco>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Part 2)]]</ref> Besides, Ayumi is one of the people who teach her that she cannot win by always running away, and that she has to face her enemies<ref>[[Episode 347|Episode 347: Find the Buttock's Mark]]</ref>.
However, Haibara and Ayumi may almost be love rivals, since both seem to develop romantic feelings for Conan: Ayumi even asks her if she is in love with him, and is really frightened when she is answered positively (she eventually cheers up when Haibara says she is not).<ref>[[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Episode 205: The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case]]</ref>

==== Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ====
[[Image:279haibaramitsuhiko.png|thumb|left|185px|Haibara listening in on Mitsuhiko's radio.]]
{{main|Ai Haibara and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
Haibara's classmate and fellow detective [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] develops romantic feelings for her, and Haibara is fully aware of this. Haibara uses Mitsuhiko's feelings to her advantage when she needs him to do something, but she also admires his intelligence and courage during missions the Detective Boys must perform and respects his feelings. In some episodes she even shows more confidence in Mitsuhiko than in Ayumi or Genta when the going gets tough.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Sherry}}
[[Gin]] has an abnormal attachment for Shiho, often thinks of her being naked, and seems to enjoy hunting her down, while she hates and fears him. They had some sort of relationship in the past.<ref>[http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__st__60__p__287218#entry287218 青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2013]</ref>

==== Vodka ====
Shiho and [[Vodka]] have met and are acquaintances.<ref name=CD239>Conan Drill Page 239</ref>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] and Shiho have some connection, although it has not been elaborated on. Shiho fears Vermouth more than other Black Organization members except perhaps Gin: in the first times, the feeling of her presence can even entirely paralyze her<ref>[[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 231: The Mysterious Passenger]]</ref>. Shiho was initially Vermouth's target, but Vermouth promised to give up on her after Conan's intervention.<ref name=CD239/> She broke this promise later when Bourbon discovered a video of Sherry, still clinging to her personal conviction that Shiho is the one person who can't be allowed to exist in the world.<ref>Manga File 818</ref>

==== Rei Furuya ====
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] knew Haibara's parents and sister. Rei has also met Shiho in the Mystery Train case, but not knowing that it was [[Kaitou Kid]] in disguise.

=== Others ===
==== Mary Sera ====
As Haibara tries to wipe out the mascara in her left eye, Conan notices the similarities between her and [[Mary]], and he thinks that they might be blood related. Conan thinks that Haibara is somehow connected to the [[Akai family]].
Many fans believes that Haibara's [[Elena|mother]] is the sister of Mary, as Gosho confirmed that two mothers will be revealed as sisters with Mary being one of the sister pair. This was confirmed on [[Volume_99#File_1049_-_It.27s_Unbelievable.21|chapter 1049]].

== People who know Haibara's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity}}
These people know Haibara's true identity: Professor Agasa, Conan, Vermouth, Pisco, Heiji Hattori, Yukiko Kudo, Yusaku Kudo, and Shuichi Akai. It is also possible that James Black and Jodie Starling of the FBI know Haibara's true identity since they call Haibara by her codename "Sherry", although they may not know yet her true name.

== Gadgets ==
{{main|Gadgets}}
Professor Agasa has made many gadgets for Shinichi/Conan to use for investigate cases or catch criminals, and Haibara also uses some gadgets same as conan to use for self defense and help Shinichi/Conan. such as Glasses and wristwatch ([[Criminal Tracking Glasses]], [[Telescopic Lenses]], [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]], [[Wristwatch Flashlight]]) and [[Detective Boys Badge]] (use for communicating with Detective boys).

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Haibara placed 4th in the poll with 686 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結果|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, ''[[Quarter of Silence]]'', the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Haibara placed 4th out of 10. (First place of all female characters)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Haibara placed 3rd overall with 1,592 votes. (First place of all female characters)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>
* In a poll held on June 5, 2020 by asking women age 20 to 40 who were their favourite Detective Conan character, Ai ranked fifth<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/OneTruthPrevails/comments/hjkevu/detective_conan_character_popularity_poll_june_5/</ref>.

== Name origin ==
According to Agasa, Ai Haibara's name comes from [[Wikipedia: Cordelia Gray|Cordelia '''Gray''']] (the character 灰 in her name means "ash") and [[Wikipedia: V.I. Warshawski|V.'''I'''. Warshawski]] ("Ai" comes from the letter "I"). Although Agasa suggested she use the kanji 愛 (love) for "Ai", she preferred to use the kanji 哀 (sorrow).<ref>[[Volume 18#File 179 - The Girl Made of Lies|Volume 18, File 179: "The Girl Made of Lies"]]</ref> Her US FUNimation name, "Vi Graythorn", has similar roots. However, Gosho Aoyama in an interview posted in the May 2014 issue of Da Vinci magazine stated that the "Ai" in Ai Haibara comes from [[Wikipedia: Irene Adler|'''I'''rene Adler]], a character from the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' story "A Scandal in Bohemia", and she is inspired by her.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Da Vinci|month=May|year=2014|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten}}</ref><ref>Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)</ref>

Her US Viz name, Anita Hailey, comes from:
* Anita: Anne Katherine Green (the first American Mystery Writer)
* Hailey: Hero (though Anita didn't care much for the choice)<ref>Case Closed Volume 18: File 179 - The False Girl</ref>

Her codename '''Sherry''' is Detective Shunsaku Kudo's (from [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]]) favorite liquor.

== Different looks ==
{|
|[[File:Ai Before.jpg|thumb|x200px|Episode 129]]
|[[File:Ai Middle.JPG|thumb|x200px|Episode 477]]
|[[File:Ai After Brown.jpg|thumb|x200px|Episode 509]]
|}
{|
|[[File:Ai After.jpg|thumb|x200px|Episode 631]]
|[[File:haibara 2015.png|thumb|x200px|Episode 779]]
|[[File:Haibara Alt 2.jpg|thumb|x200px|Episode 890]]
|[[File:haibara ai magic kaito 1412.png|thumb|x200px|Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 21).]]
|}
{|
|[[File:ai 2017.png|thumb|x200px|Opening 45]]
|[[File:Ai haibara smile ed60.png|thumb|x200px|Closing 60]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== General ===
{{cquote|You can't complain about time going by... If anyone tries to change it... Life will punish them.|[[Volume 20|File 191, Page 11: "The Eyes From Far Away"]]}}
{{cquote|Creation reflects the inner state of the creator.|[[Volume 33|File 335: "Memento of a Wife"]]}}
{{cquote|Don't judge people from the outside. Like any rose has thorns, the more person appears nice on the outside, the more you should doubt the inside.|[[Volume 45|File 461: "Poison on the Bait!?"]]}}
{{cquote|They say time and a people’s hearts are inversely proportional. The more it passes, the more they grow apart.|[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|Episode 290: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6]]}}
{{cquote|It’s like an automated vending machine for canned juice. You’ll get you want so long as you have the money but you get nothing in return without it. You can’t buy your way into the hearts of others.|Episode 330}}

=== Specific ===
{{cquote|Using too much of your brain can make you bald like Professor Agasa.. |[[Volume 23|File 222, Page 7: "The Last Movie"]]}}
{{cquote|Even this loyal mirror won't reflect your true form.|Talking to Conan|[[Volume 23|File 223, Page 14: "The True in the Mirror"]]}}
{{cquote|You'll protect me, right?|Talking to Conan|[[Volume 34|File 346: "The Fake Supporter"]]}}
{{cquote|I will pass!|When the Detective Boys want to play detectives or treasure hunters}}
* [[Megumi Hayashibara]]'s favorite line as Ai Haibara, indicated in Conan radio.
{{cquote|Baka! (Fool)}}
* [[Minami Takayama]]'s favorite line from Haibara, indicated in Conan radio.
{{cquote|If I... If I... I wish I could lose my memory if possible. I wouldn't remember my sister's death, or being forced to make poison for the Organization. If I could forget everything and just become a regular elementary school student Haibara Ai, I wonder how good it'll be... And, I could be with you forever, forever just like this...|[[Movie 4|Movie 4: "Captured in Her Eyes"]]|Said to Conan in response to Ran losing her memory, she then played it off as a joke}}
{{cquote|Really... just like Officer Takagi and Inspector Shiratori... How come all the officers we know have to be such slow, annoying, blockhead morons?|Episode 659}}

=== Quotes about Ai ===
{{cquote|She's not as tough as she looks.|Conan talking to Agasa|[[Volume 34|File 341: "The Hint That Was Against"]]}}

== Trivia ==
* Sherry is a fortified wine from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain. Most sherries are initially dry, with sweetness added later. This could be a play on her personality that the Black Organization recognized. To further confirm the pun, in the Spanish dub of the anime, her codename in the organization is "Jerez" rather than "Sherry" (in Spanish language, both the town and the wine share the name), although she was renamed later to "Sherry" again.
* Haibara is an animal lover.<ref>The Evidence That Didn't Disappear</ref> <ref>Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys</ref> <ref>Super Secret of the Road to School</ref>
* Haibara strongly dislikes getting shocked by static electricity. She used to have some accessories to dissipate the charge, but she seems to have given up on them after Conan taught her a good strategy to avoid being shocked.<ref>Manga [[Volume 61]], Files 5-7 (635-637), Anime [[Episode 525]]</ref>,
*In non canon Haibara reveals to [[Fujiko Mine]] that she used to ride a Harley before she shrank.<ref>[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]</ref>
* Haibara's hair color has changed numerously since her first appearance, but it is most commonly reddish or copper.
* Haibara has the recording of Heiji's 'confession' to Kazuha<ref>Manga [[Volume 83]], File 9 (881), Anime [[Episode 764]]</ref> as her ring tone.<ref> Manga [[Volume 86]], File 8 (912), Anime [[Episode 809]]</ref>
* As a traitor of the organization who could died, she compares herself to [[Wikipedia: Marie Antoinette|Marie Antoinette]], the beautiful French princess who met her end at the guillotine.<ref>Manga [[Volume 29]], File 6 (290), Anime [[Episode 233]]</ref>
*In [[Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits]] When Haibara figured out the case, she made the same face expression as Conan's in a typical case.
*Haibara owns a laptop that resembles an Apple MacBook Pro.

== In other languages ==
=== Ai Haibara ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|哀 Ai|灰原 Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|''آي''|هيبارا Hībāra}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|哀 Aī|灰原 Huīyuán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Anita/Vi|Hailey/Graythorn}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|장미 Jang Mee|홍 Hong}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ай|Хайбара}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ไอ XỊ|ไฮบาระ Ḥị-bā-ra}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|哀 Aī|灰原 Huīyuán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Ai|Haibara}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Shiho Miyano ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|志保 Shiho |宮野 Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيهو Shīho|ميانو Miyāno}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|志保 Zhìbǎo|宫野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|시호 Shi Ho|안 Ahn}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Сихо/Шихо|Мияно}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชิโฮ Chi-ḥoa|มิยาโนะ Mi-yā-noa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|志保 Zhìbǎo|宮野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Sherry ===
{{BeginTable OtherLang|notes=1}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|シェリー Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيري Sheri| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Sherry|Once called Shelly, due to translating errors}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|쉐리 Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Шерри| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Sherry|Once "Jerez".<ref> Note: "Jerez" means "Sherry".</ref>}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|เชอรี่ Chex-rī̀| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sherry| }}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Sherry's soliloquy]]

== References ==
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Ai Haibara

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Ai Haibara
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|灰原哀}} (Haibara Ai)
| english-name = Vi Graythorn (movies) Anita Hailey (mangas and game)
| image = Ai Haibara Profile.png
| age = 18<ref name=CD51>Conan Drill Page 51</ref><ref>Manga [[Volume 89]], File 948. Haibara states her age for the second time</ref> 6 or 7 (as Ai Haibara)<ref
name=CD49>Conan Drill Page 49</ref><ref>Stated to be 7 in OVA 11</ref>
| gender = Female
| date of birth = unknown
| occupation = [[Teitan Elementary School]] student [[Detective Boys]] second-in-command
| relatives = [[Akemi Miyano]] (older sister, deceased) [[Elena Miyano]] (mother, deceased) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (father, deceased)
| nicknames = Ai-chan (by [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]) (by [[Ran Mouri|Ran]]) Ai-kun (by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once by [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]) Princess (by [[Subaru Okiya]])
| status = Alive (shrunk) Dead (for the Black Organization)
| aliases = [[Shiho Miyano]] (real name) Sherry
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 2#File 016 - A Devil-like Woman|File 16]] (in a silhouette) / [[Volume 18#File 176 - The New Student...|File 176]] (1st full appearance) 
Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129]] Magic Kaito 1412: [[Kid vs Conan: Teleportation Under the Moonlight|Episode 21]]
| appearances = {{:Ai Haibara Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 18]]
| japanese-voice = [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
| english-voice = [[Brina Palencia]] (FUNimation) [[Erica Mendez]] (Bang Zoom!)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detective_Conan:_Zero_the_Enforcer|title=Detective Conan: Zero the Enforcer-Wikipedia|date=|publisher=https://en.wikipedia.org|accessdate=2019-09-02}}</ref>
| drama-actor = [[Kyoka Shibata]] (Ai Haibara) [[Yu Kashii]] (Shiho Miyano)
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Ai Haibara|灰原哀|Haibara Ai}}''', real name '''{{nihongo|[[Shiho Miyano]]|宮野志保|Miyano Shiho}}''', is the creator of [[APTX 4869]], the pill that shrunk [[Shinichi Kudo]] into [[Conan Edogawa]], and a victim of it herself. Formerly '''{{nihongo|Sherry|シェリー|Sherī}}''' of the [[Black Organization]], she is on the run from them and lives with [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]. She is also one of the few [[List of characters who know Conan's identity|characters who know that Shinichi is Conan]].

== Background ==
=== Shiho Miyano ===
[[File:Shiho in shinichi house.PNG‎|thumb|left|200px|Shiho and other organization members go to investigate the death of Shinichi in his house.]]
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Shiho Miyano and her older sister, [[Akemi Miyano]], were born into the secret crime syndicate "The [[Black Organization]]". Her English mother, [[Elena Miyano]], and her Japanese father, [[Atsushi Miyano]], were both scientists working for the Black Organization on a secret project. While Haibara was young, both her parents died in what was claimed to be an accident. While Akemi lived a normal life, the highly intelligent Shiho was groomed to take over her parents' research. She was sent to the United States for education at a very young age, and then later came back to Japan to finish her parents' secret project, "Silver Bullet".<ref>Manga [[Volume 38]], Files 2-4 (384-386) Manga [[Volume 78]], Files 1-7 (818-824)</ref>. By the age of thirteen she was working as a scientist for the Black Organization<ref>Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization five years ago. He did so by becoming Akemi’s boyfriend in order to get close to Shiho and use her influence to get in. Manga [[Volume 58]], File 2, pg 9: "Akai's Past" According to the FBI’s description, Shiho was “a scientist for them” at the time.This took place in Japan since everyone was speaking Japanese, Akemi lived in Japan, and the FBI bust two years prior to the current timeline was in Japan (607 pg 8). If Shiho is 18 now, she would be 13 at the time Akai started infiltrating the Black Organization and she was already a scientist for them at this point and high ranked.</ref>, where she was given the codename "Sherry", after the alcoholic drink.
[[File:Shiho taking APTX4869.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shiho swallows [[APTX 4869]].]]
Shiho was about 18 years old when she developed the experimental test compound [[APTX 4869]]. While researching its effects, she discovered that it could be used as a poison to kill without leaving any traces of itself in a body. She then noticed that one of her lab mice had become smaller instead of dying, though she did not report that effect. Meanwhile, the Black Organization started human trials, using APTX 4869 to commit untraceable murders. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect when they used it on [[Shinichi Kudo]], the Black Organization ordered a search for him because his body had not been found. Shiho and her team searched Shinichi's house twice to confirm his death, however it lead her to suspect Shinichi had shrunk instead. However, Shiho confirmed him as deceased so the organization would not look into the matter further and kill him after all.

Shiho was unhappy that the Black Organization was using the incomplete APTX 4869 for murder, as she believed that was not the drug's intended purpose. When Shiho learned of Akemi's death, but was given no explanation, she decided to boycott her research until the Black Organization gave her an explanation. Instead, the Organization confined her in a small room to await her execution. With no other way out, she took APTX 4869 intending to commit suicide, but instead shrank. In her new, smaller body, she escaped and attempted to reach Shinichi's house. There she collapsed and was found by [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], who eventually adopted her.<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> As it turned out later, Agasa was acquaintances with her parents, especially her father, even though he didn't know at that time that they had children or were part of the Black Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 398: The Torn Friendship, Part 1</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 423: A Mystery Left by a Visitor</ref>

=== Ai Haibara ===
[[File:Haibara founded infront of Kudo's house.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Haibara collapsed in front of Kudo's house.]]
To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered, Shiho and Professor Agasa create her alias ''Ai Haibara''. As Ai Haibara, she attends [[Teitan Elementary School]] with Shinichi Kudo's shrunken form, [[Conan Edogawa]]. Following her first adventure with the [[Detective Boys]], she reveals her true identity as the developer of [[APTX 4869]] to Conan.<ref>Manga Chapter 178: Code Name Sherry</ref>, and also accurately deduces Conan as Shinichi in the shrunken form, though her deduction is based on prior knowledge of her research and investigation of Shinichi Kudo. Conan protests her presence,<ref>Manga Chapter 179: The Girl Made Of Lies</ref> but as time passes, he accepts her as a friend, though her cynicism and secretive air still rail him at times. Although she does not think too highly of the Detective Boys' immature antics, she has come to value them all as close friends.

Haibara has begun working on [[Prototype Antidote|an antidote]] for the APTX 4869, but since most of the important data had been stored on computer files, which are now mostly destroyed, the work progresses slowly. Conan also eventually succeeds in persuading [[Vermouth]] to leave Haibara in peace after ruining a murderous plot.<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple</ref> This fragile peace lasts until Sherry's whereabouts leak to the rest of the Black Organization and a second murder plot occurs aboard a train. A counter plan results in an explosion that preserves Shiho's secret identity. Currently all major Black Organization members besides Vermouth believe Sherry is dead.

Currently she idolizes footballer [[Higo Ryusuke]].

== Personality ==
[[File:Ai - Sai Brand's Wallet.jpg|thumb|200px|Haibara asking for a ''Fusae Brand'''s wallet for her cooperation.]]
Haibara has a calm and cool personality, sarcastic wit, and high intelligence. When freshly escaped from the Black Organization, she was cynical and pushed others away. Haibara has since defrosted by embracing her new child life and has established strong relationships with the Detective Boys, Agasa, and Ran.

As Ai Haibara, she speaks and acts older than she is supposed to be, which results in the Detective Boys referring to her as "cool" or "mature". This is emphasized by her impressing general knowledge, even in areas without relation with sciences (such as theology or history<ref>[[Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys|Episode 212: Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys]] where she explains the religious myth of the Fall</ref><ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 233: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]] where she explains the death of Marie-Antoinette</ref>); and on occasion she is so forceful and demanding that she can stun adults several decades above her current physical age into submission. Despite her jaded demeanor, she can be kind and caring, though usually more to animals than people. Haibara tends to be quiet, though this may be due to her caution to keep herself hidden from the Black Organization. She considers Conan and the Detective Boys the first real friends she has ever had, and is even willing to sacrifice herself just to ensure their safety.<ref>Manga Chapters 289: Bus Hijacking Case</ref><ref>Manga Chapters 434: Rotten Apple Case</ref>. Indeed, she considers herself as a threat for them, since the Black Organization will most likely eliminate all of them once she is found. That is why she describes herself as "dangerous and not like the others"<ref>[[The Evidence That Didn't Disappear|Episode 233: The Evidence That Didn't Disappear]]</ref>
[[File:Episode213.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Mitsuhiko assisting Haibara after bandaging her sprained foot.]]
Haibara is generally a loner and misses her older sister, Akemi, greatly (in the film ''[[Countdown to Heaven]]'', she would call her sister's old apartment just to hear her voice on the voicemail). Her greatest fear is being caught by the [[Black Organization]], and she is especially terrified of [[Gin]] and [[Vermouth]]. She tries to keep Conan from doing reckless things that may give away their identity, though often she is surprised by his actions which usually result in gaining the information he needs while also keeping their identities secret. However, whenever Conan is reckless in regards to keeping his identity from Ran, Haibara is the one who plans ahead in order to keep him from being revealed. Because she occasionally works overnight on the antidote for the APTX 4869, she tends to be tired quite frequently, causing Conan to call her an "evil-eyed yawny girl" on one occasion.<ref>[[Volume 65#Dangerous Couple Case|Manga Chapter 680: A Dangerous Couple]]</ref>

Despite spending most of her time alone at the lab, Haibara shows excellent understanding of reading people's mind. Examples include Haibara deducing that Ayumi had a crush on Conan, figuring out Conan was about to tell his identity to Ran, or understanding the anger of Kobayashi when confronting Inspector Shiratori. Thanks to this ability, Haibara can remind Conan about the situation and make him act appropriately, not to reveal his identity.

In the OVA ''[[A Secret Order From London]]'', Haibara reveals to [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] that she likes peanut better and blueberry jelly sandwich, from her schooldays in America, just like the white girl with no functional taste bud and cooking skill she always wants to be. She has also mentioned that she only make it with "American peanut butter and jelly exclusively sold in international grocery store". However, since [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] caught her eating one of these sandwiches, especially since Haibara was on her part constantly pestering him into eating low-calorie foods only, she had to abandon that habit for a while.<ref>OVA 11: ''A Secret Order From London''</ref>

=== Taste for fashion ===
[[File:Haibara and fashion.png|thumb|200px|Haibara reading fashion magazine 'Com Com'.]]
Haibara seems to have some interest in fashion, as she has made repeated requests for certain types of accessories, particularly of the [[Fusae Campbell|Fusae]] and Prada brands. For instance, when [[Miwako Sato]] declares she would do anything for the one who will solve her father's mystery, she asks for Prada's newest handbag model<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|Episode 205: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3]]</ref>. What's more, in one of the cases, in order to expose the identity of the person who hid the phone cables to cut off communications with the outside world, she was asked by Conan to fake an unbearable appendix pain, which she agreed to after jokingly requesting for a Fusae Brand's wallet for her cooperation. She then started rolling on the floor and screaming for help. The culprit felt like he had no choice but to reveal the cable from his pockets and reconnect the phone to ask for an ambulance.<ref>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco]]</ref> When observing the suspects in a case, what caught her attention was the bag the suspect was carrying. She recognized that the bag was the newest Fusae brand model, and added that it wasn't on sale in Japan yet.<ref>[[Conan and Heiji, Code of Love|Episode 763-764: Conan and Heiji, Code of Love]]</ref>She is also seen with a Prada cell phone case in the Mystery Train case.

Haibara reads 'ComCom' magazine (a name similar to Japan's 'CanCam' fashion magazine).<ref>[[The Lost Ship in the Sky|Movie 14: ''The Lost Ship in the Sky'']]</ref> In OVA 11, the Detective Boys wrongly began to suspect Haibara was a child model from America, due to her looks and knowledge of fashion and makeup.

=== Fan of popular stars ===
[[File:766-1.png|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's listening to "Dandy Lion".]]
While she generally accompanies her fellow Detective Boys to soccer matches played by the Tokyo Spirits, Haibara herself is a fan of [[Culture#Soccer|Big Osaka]] in general and of the player [[Ryusuke Higo]] in particular, especially since the latter has likewise abandoned a "black organization" (Noir Tokyo) after the team had betrayed him and had remained an outcast in public opinion for a time.<ref>[[Volume 34#Soccer Supporter Case|Manga Chapters 344-346: Soccer Supporter Case]]</ref><ref>Anime episodes 279-280: "[[Hooligan's Labyrinth]]"</ref> Haibara also liked to hear [[Yoko]]'s songs due to the fact that Higo also likes the songs.<ref>[[Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case|Episode 765-766: Teimuzu River Kite Flying Case]]</ref> However, she later deleted all of Yoko's songs because of the rumored date between Yoko and Ryusuke. At the end of the case, she renews her interest in both of them and goes to play soccer with the Detective Boys while singing Yoko's song "Dandy Lion".<ref>[[Volume 87#A Secret of the Big Couple|A Secret of the Big Couple]]</ref> She has also shown an interest in Kabuki and one of the well known kabuki actors, Ichikawa Ebizo, in the episode Conan and Ebizo's Kabuki Juhachiban Mystery. She introduced herself to Ebizo as one of the Detective Boys and Conan's assistant, assuming a more endearing demeanor, which the children noted, during their conversation in the search for Conan.

In non-canon, Haibara is a fan of Sannomiya Kazunori, an actor playing a detective role. She was really annoyed and slapped Conan (in a bath house) when he teased her on liking Sannomiya.<ref>''A Challenge from Detective Boys'' radio drama</ref>
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== Abilities and skills ==
=== Biochemistry ===
Shiho/Haibara is a biochemical genius, taking up her parents' research work on [[APTX 4869]] for the Black Organization by the age of thirteen after going to school in America.

=== Medical knowledge ===
Shiho/Haibara has demonstrated knowledge of medicine, recognizing the symptoms of Shiratori's [[Wikipedia:Subdural hematoma|subdural hematoma]].<ref>Tokyo hostage/Matsuda case</ref> Using knowledge of osteology, she also is able to deduce a long decayed woman's ambulatory condition.<ref>Castle treasure case</ref> In [[A Code of Stars and Tobacco]] case, she recognized the bones of a deceased person, even though the bones are scattered, and she recognized, "Mandible, humorus, femur,"

=== Detective skills ===
Shiho/Haibara was able to deduce Conan as Shinichi by inspecting the clues left in Kudo residence. She shows sharp observation, keen thinking process and ability to make logical deduction; however, unlike Conan/Shinichi, she often lacks specialized knowledge or experience to make the conclusive argument to solve the case. Moreover, to avoid attention, she stays quiet, which Conan often takes the spotlight. Haibara does not identify herself as a "mystery freak" as Conan. In the few cases that Haibara leads the investigation, she shows that she can be a great detective on her own, although this is not her prime speciality. Haibara has also known to read some mysteries like
Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot novels and PD James's Cordelia Gray novel but it is not known whether she enjoys the genre.

=== "Black Organization sense" ===
[[Image:Ai's BO radar.png|thumb|right|200px|Shiho as Haibara senses a Black Organization member is nearby.]]
Shiho has the ability to sense when Black Organization members are around, which she characterizes as their unique "smell" or "pressure". So far, her sense only detects Black Organization members and not people with malevolent intent generally,<ref>She has only claimed the sense for Black Organization members, and she does not seem to have the same magnitude reaction around people who aren't, such as case culprits, although she may be generally suspicious of them;</ref> however, it doesn't always trigger when Black Organization members are present.<ref>This is the case especially when the Black Organization members aren't focusing or in an aggressive mood. Numabuchi is an example of this.</ref> nor does it reveal their numbers.<ref>The case with Vermouth and Shuichi on the bus, and when she was unsure if Pisco had an accomplice (Vermouth) at the party.</ref> Sometimes the sense is fleeting ([[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]], or [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]] passing by pursuing [[James Black]]), or context sensitive (when Akemi was planning the bank robbery).

It is also possible that it mostly activates, when she senses danger, and esp. when she is the target. When she first met Kuroda, she appeared frightened, but she explained later that his face was frightening, and was easily backed up by the rest of the Detective Boys. It momentarily activated in Mystery of the Burning Tent, but it was fleeting, and she says that she likes the teacher, and "Does not want to hear anything bad about her" to Conan, whose only getting much more suspicious of the teacher. So far, she has not met Wakita, or even seen him.

To be truthful, Conan seems to be suspicious of 2, maybe 3 of the new one-eyed people, so maybe her Black Organization sense tranferred to him since those two are primarily interested in him, and not her. In fact, hers may be dissapating, if she feels safe.

=== Pain tolerance ===
[[Gin|Like]] [[Vermouth|other]] Black Organization members, Haibara as Shiho has also demonstrated a strong tolerance for pain. During the initial apoptoxin transformation, Shiho does not scream despite the sensation of 'bones melting', as doing so would likely have ended in being caught and killed when someone came to check on her. It is unclear if she even passes out at all, and regardless she manages to recover quickly enough to escape through a chute/ventilation shaft before her captors know anything happened.

Additionally, she climbs barefoot up a chimney while extremely sick from the effects of a cold combined with [[Baijiu]]-induced regrowth. She then crawls back to the chimney after she is shot multiple times by Gin on the frigid, snowy roof. She still maintains consciousness after falling down the chimney over a story in height and experiencing the agony of reverting back to Ai Haibara. Nowhere during this ordeal or her rescue afterwards did she cry from the pain. Shiho also handled the painful side affects of being reverting back to an adult with a [[prototype antidote]] better than Shinichi.

=== Shooting ===
Shiho/Haibara is familiar with firearms. As Haibara, she was confident enough to intentionally miss a shot with a handgun. Despite the recoil of shooting in her first grade body, it did not seem to effect her in the slightest.<ref>[[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|Episode 129: The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]]</ref>

=== Driving ===
In The Movie Crossover : Lupin III vs Detective Conan, Haibara is able to ride a Harley motorbike, she stated that she used to own a Harley when she was Shiho.
[[File:Haibara Flute.png|thumb|right|200px|Haibara played the recorder to send a message "S H O O T" to Conan in [[Full_Score_of_Fear|Conan the movie12]].]]
In The Special Episode : Disappearance of Edogawa Conan, she is shown driving a car as Haibara.

=== Football ===
Initially Haibara wasn't interested in football, but thanks to Conan she now enjoys watching them and roots for Big Osaka team, with Higo Ryusuke her favorite player. In Movie 16, she performed a long pass through the debris, delivering the ball to Conan for the decisive kick saving the day.

=== Music ===
In canon, Haibara has knowledge about classical music. In Movie 12, she played the recorder to send a message to Conan.

=== Art Appreciation ===
In her first appearance, she recognized that a teenager's painting was a Picasso painting, helping Conan to figure out the Detective Boys' client's older brother was kidnapped due to his ability to paint fakes of famous paintings, more importantly, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsume_S%C5%8Dseki Natsume Sōseki] on the 1,000 yen bill's portrait.

=== Acting ===
In her first case, after she fired a gun, and was about to be reprimanded for it by Megure, she began her crying act. That act continued for the longest time, and the only one stuck walking her home was Conan.

When they were near the Kudo and Agasa's residence, Conan asked her if she can get home by herself now, since her address is somewhere around here, but he did not recall the address, when she told him at school.

When he began to walk away, she immediately stopped the crying act, and transferred into her Black Organization Role of Sherry, but probably more evil than she ever was in the organization, and all she is doing is talking.

When she really introduced herself to him, she did it in a way, where she showed that she can be quite evil, like the rest of the Black Organization, even telling him that Agasa, who is his lifeline to being a detective in his child's body is dead, really freaking him out.

She was talking and speaking like so many of her cold-blooded former co-workers, and showed no remorse at all, nor did she break character at all.

When he went to Agasa, he was alive and well, and all three spoke, when she finally stopped acting.

== Appellations ==
Although most people will call Haibara by her name suffixed with ''-san'' (due to her personality), and some with ''-chan'' (due to her agreement), a lot of the characters have different ways of calling her due to their different relationships. The following is a list of the different appellations for Haibara (and the ones Haibara gives in return) encountered in the series.

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{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Haibara|Kudo-kun}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Haibara Haibara-san (once) The evil-eyed yawny girl (once)<ref>[[A Dangerous Party of Two|Episode 557: A Dangerous Party of Two]]</ref> Sherry Hana-chan (once)<ref>[[Reunion with the Black Organization|Episode 176: Reunion with the Black Organization (Haibara)]]</ref>|Edogawa-kun (around others) Kudo-kun (in private) Great Detective-san (Meitantei-san) Conan (once) Shinichi-kun (once) Kudo Shinichi-kun (once) <ref>[[Movie 6]]</ref> Sherlock Holmes of the modern world<ref>[[The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code|Episode 411: The Shinto Shrine Torii's Surprising Code (Part I)]]</ref> A pervert little brat<ref>[[Movie 16]]</ref> Death magnet Corpse magnet A certain detective, someone Shin-chan (once, post credit) Detective-san (Tantei-san)}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Ai-chan|Mouri-san The girl at the Detective Agency Ran-san<ref>[[Movie 11]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|-|Kogoro-san Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Detective Boys">
{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Haibara-san (formerly) Ai-chan|Yoshida-san (''usually'') Ayumi-chan (''twice'')<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[SOS! Messages from Ayumi|episode 140]]</ref><ref>''Detective Conan'' [[A Secret Order From London|OVA 11]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Haibara Ai-chan (once)|Kojima-kun Genta<ref name="file947">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 947: Motto (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Haibara-san Ai-chan (once)|Tsuburaya-kun}}
|-
|[[File:Ai Haibara 60px.jpg]]||Herself||Haibara The girl of the Black Organization (to Conan)||-
{{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|Haibara-san|Kobayashi-sensei}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Akemi Miyano|Shiho|Onēchan}}
{{appellations|Elena Miyano|Shiho|Mom (''Okāsan'')}}
{{appellations|Atsushi Miyano|-|Dad (''Otōsan'')}}
{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Haibara-san Ai-chan<ref>Chapter 824</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Ai-kun|Professor (''Hakase'')}}
{{appellations|Heiji Hattori|That little girl|Osaka friend}}
{{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|Ai-chan}}
{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Ai-chan|Suzuki-san}}
{{appellations|Rumi Wakasa|Haibara-san|Wakasa-sensei}}
|}
</tab>
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{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Gin|Sherry|Gin}}
{{appellations|Vodka|-|Vodka}}
{{appellations|Vermouth|Sherry That girl Special Lady <ref> Chapter 823</ref>|Vermouth}}
{{appellations|Pisco|Shiho-chan|Pisco}}
{{appellations|Rum|-|Rum}}
{{appellations|Chianti|-|Chianti}}
{{appellations|Korn|-|Korn}}
{{appellations|Ki'ichiro Numabuchi|-|Numabuchi Ki'ichiro}}
{{appellations|Yoshiaki Hara|-|Hara-san}}
{{appellations|Irish|-|Irish}}
{{appellations|Curaçao|Sherry Sherry-chan|-}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Ai-kun|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Ai-chan|Detective Takagi (''Takagi-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|-|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|-|Detective Chiba (''Chiba-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Ai-chan "Little red hiding hood" Brown haired girl Sherry|Jodie-sensei}}
{{appellations|James Black|Sherry}}
{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|-|Kir Mizunashi Rena}}

{{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|-|Kuroda<ref name="file925">[[Volume 87#A Secret of the Big Couple|File 925 (Volume 87)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Shuichi Akai|That brown haired girl|Moroboshi Dai That Akai person<ref>''Detective Conan'' [[Clash of Red and Black|Ep. 501]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Princess<ref>[[Episode 684]]</ref>|Subaru-san<ref>Chapter 801</ref>}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|-|Yumi-san<ref name="file900">[[Volume 85#Shogi Tournament|File 900 (Volume 85)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|-|Inspector Shiratori (''Shiratori-keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Sango Yokomizo|-|Inspector Yokomizo (''Yokomizo keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|-|Detective Matsuda (''Matsuda-keiji'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Celebrities">
{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Taiko<ref name="file849">[[volume 80#Yumi's Love Story|File 849: Taiko's Optimal Move (Volume 80)]]</ref> Taiko Meijin}}
{{appellations|Kohji Haneda|-|Haneda Kohji<ref name="file948">[[volume 89#Kohji Haneda's Death Case|File 948: The Clenched Scissors (Volume 89)]]</ref>}}
{{appellations|Hideo Akagi|-|Hide}}
{{appellations|Ryusuke Higo|-|Higo-san Higo Ryusuke}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|Ai-chan|Okino Yoko Idol mare (''idol-onna'')}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Ai}}
{{appellations|Kaitou Kid|Young lady|Kid (in her thoughts) Magician in the Moonlight-san (''Gekka no Kijutsushi-san'') (once)}}
{{appellations|Fujiko Mine|file=Fujiko Mine.jpg|Sherry-chan|Mine Fujiko}}
{{appellations|Genji Kojima|-|Kojima-kun's father (''Kojima-kun no chichioya'')}}
{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|Eisuke Hondou Eisuke}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Haibara Ai-chan<ref>File 1035</ref>|Sera Masumi<ref>Movie 18: [[Dimensional Sniper]]</ref>}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Older Brother Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 18|176-178]], Anime: [[Episode 129|129]]) ===
[[File:129-1.png|thumb|left|200px|First Haibara's "evil" appearance.]]
Conan's class receives a new student named Ai Haibara. She acts rather cold and reserved when the Detective Boys try to befriend her, and Genta notices she's looking at Conan suspiciously. She tells them where she lives but Conan fails to realize it's at Agasa's home (Tokyo blocks are not numbered in sequential order and Conan has never had reason to learn Agasa's mailing address due to their being neighbors).

After school, a boy named Toshiya asks the Detective Boys to find his missing brother. The Detective Boys along with Haibara investigate Toshiya's house and finds a painting of [[Wikipedia: Natsume Sōseki|Natsume Sōseki]]. Toshiya reveals that before his brother disappeared, a woman, who had an interest in that portrait, approached Toshiya's brother. The Detective Boys search around town to ask whether anyone has seen the woman or Toshiya's brother. Conan notices that a man was using a counterfeit ¥1000 and realizes Toshiya's brother was actually kidnapped and forced to help create counterfeit bills. After following the man along with the clues Toshiya's brother left behind, they are able to apprehend the organized crime group and save Toshiya's brother.

=== University Professor Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 18|179]]-[[Volume 19|181]], Anime: [[Episode 129|129]]) ===
[[image:Ai cries.png|thumb|200px|Haibara cries on Conan after asking him why hadn't he helped her sister.]]
On the way home, Haibara reveals to Conan that she is a former member of the Black Organization, with the code name "Sherry". She actually betrayed the group and escaped with the use of the APTX 4869, which caused her to become a child. She reveals that she once accidentally sent a floppy disk containing data on the Black Organization to her older sister, and the disc is now in the possession of her sister's professor, Masami Hirota.

Agasa takes Conan and Haibara there to retrieve the disk, only to discover that Hirota has been murdered. The suspects are Hirota's three students who visited that day. Conan reveals the culprit to be a man named Akira Shirakura; Shirakura after bludgeoning Hirota to death and tied the answering machine cassette tape around the key to the room which rewound when a call was made, subsequently dragging the key into the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that Shirakura's fingerprints should be found on the tape. After seeing Conan's amazing display of logic after she had given up on the case herself, Haibara breaks down and asks Conan why he could not save her sister, Akemi, from the Black Organization. Conan finally makes the connection that the "Masami Hirota" who Gin killed was actually Shiho's sister, and sympathy for Haibara's attitude stirs in him. The disc is taken into police custody, but once it is released to them Haibara attempts to read the files off the disk—only to have [[Night Baron|a virus]] delete all the data.

=== Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|189]]-[[Volume 20|191]], Anime: [[Episode 130|130-131]]) ===
Haibara is hesitant to see the football match closer (fearing that her face will be visible on TV). After, she tells Conan that she's 18 years old.

=== Blue Castle Treasure Case (Manga: [[Volume 20|200]]-[[Volume 21|203]], Anime: [[Episode 136|136-137]]) ===
Haibara talks to Ayumi, saying that she doesn't have love interest in Conan so Ayumi doesn't have to worry about her.

=== Movie Theater Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|222-224]], Anime: [[Episode 138|138-139]]) ===
At the start of the second Gomera movie, Ayumi falls asleep and puts her head on Conan's shoulder. When Conan turns to Haibara, saying he needs to use the restroom and asks her if she would switch seats, she has also put her head on Conan's shoulder, having fallen asleep as well.

=== Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]] and [[Volume 24|232-233]], Anime: [[Episode 156|156-157]]) ===
The episode opens with Haibara and Conan in what looks to be an abandoned and empty room. Haibara tells him that she (possibly referring to Ran) has found out about his identity. When he asks her why she's telling him all this, she tells him that he can see into the hearts of the wicked, but he couldn't understand a woman's heart, then tells him that she's been in love with him since she met him. We see Conan's face, but it doesn't appear to be at all surprised, and Haibara continues with: "I guess you didn't even notice... Kamen Yaiba-san." After Mitsuhiko yells out "CUT!", it is revealed that both Conan and Haibara were merely acting, and practicing lines for Teitan Elementary School's play, with Mitsuhiko as the director.

=== Reunion with the Black Organization (Manga: [[Volume 25|238-242]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|176-178]]) ===
[[image:Sherry-getting-shot.png|thumb|left|200px|Shiho shot by Gin.]]
In Episode 176-178, Conan encounters Gin and Vodka again. Haibara is kidnapped and confined in a wine cellar by the Black Organization member [[Pisco]], but she escapes before Gin and Vodka arrive by drinking [[baijiu]] to turn back into an adult. Gin anticipates her actions and intercepts her on the roof. He shoots selectively to wound her, intending to force her to explain how she escaped from the Organization before he finally kills her. Conan prevents Gin from killing her by shooting the man with his [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch|tranquilizer wristwatch]]. Conan tells Haibara to jump into the chimney when a distracted Vodka shoots at him but as he's behind a door, he gets away once Haibara has gone down the chimney. Gin purposely shoots himself in the arm to stay awake. Inside the wine cellar, Pisco is about to kill Haibara but Conan rescues her after tricking Pisco into accidentally causing a fire. They make their escape as Pisco tries to find them amidst the fire and smoke. At this point, Gin crawls from the chimney and confronts Pisco, citing his failure to remain in the shadows in his mission and kills him before Pisco is able to tell him the truth that Shiho Miyano has deaged into a young girl. Worried that the Organization is after her, Haibara decides to leave the city. Conan anticipates that Gin will predict her next move as leaving Tokyo so it will be better if she does the unexpected and remains in Beika. Unknown to Conan or Haibara, [[Vermouth]] saw Haibara at the party and uses her expert disguise skills to get closer to Haibara and Conan in order to confirm Haibara's identity as Sherry and then kill her.

=== Dangerous Cave Case (Manga: [[Volume 25#Dangerous Cave Case|251]]-[[Volume 26#Dangerous Cave Case|254]], Anime [[The Desperate Revival|188-189]]) ===
[[File:Flower gun.png|thumb|200px|Haibara's about to shoot Conan.]]
Conan finds out that Ran suspects him of being Shinichi, because Ran said she knew Conan's blood type for a blood transfusion, which Haibara hears.

=== School Play Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#School Play Case|255-257]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|190-191]]) ===
While Conan is in the hospital contemplating admitting his identity to her, Haibara enters and points a gun at his head, saying that the Black Organization has found out about her due to an unknown agent being present at the Pisco incident. Because of this, Professor Agasa is held hostage and, in exchange for his life and a chance to return to the Black Organization, Haibara is required to terminate all the links she had in her child identity. However, when she pulls the trigger a bunch of flowers come out, showing that the story was just an act. Still, she uses this story as her point: both Haibara and Conan cannot reveal their identities no matter the situation, in order to prevent such a tragedy from occurring.

During that night, Haibara explains her plan to disassociate Conan from Shinichi in Ran's eyes. She has Conan take a [[prototype antidote]] for APTX 4869 and then disguises herself as Conan. For the rest of the arc, Conan returns as Shinichi while Haibara is present as Conan, thus creating the illusion of Shinichi and Conan existing at the same time, disproving that the two are the same person.

=== Elevator Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#Elevator Murder Case|258-260]], Anime: [[The Desperate Revival|192-193]]) ===
At the end of the Desperate Revival arc, the antidote begins to run out and Shinichi runs into the bathroom, where Haibara is still disguised as Conan already waiting for him. She knows that Shinichi would run into the men´s bathroom after the symptoms of the regress conversion start to appear. Presumably, she leaves Conan's clothes
for Shinichi and changes back into Haibara before leaving with Agasa who's waiting for her in the car park. Returned to the form of Conan once more, Conan returns to where Ran is waiting for Shinichi and tells her Shinichi has to leave urgently on another case.

=== Music Box Case (Manga: [[Volume 26#File_261_-_Touching_the_Music_Strings.21.3F|261]], Anime: [[The Significant Music Box|194]]) ===
Some time after the "comeback of Shinichi", Conan asks Haibara for some more antidotes, as he would like to meet Ran again in his adult form to tell her the whole truth. Haibara refuses and says it's too late, and it could be dangerous for Conan to swallow another prototype that could kill him. Haibara and the Detective Boys seem delighted to see Conan again, though the Boys are completely ignorant of who Conan really is.

=== Mermaid's Curse Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Mermaid.27s Curse Case|281]], Anime: [[And Then There Were No Mermaids|223]]) ===
During the investigation of a case involving a lottery, Heiji Hattori and Conan goes through books with names of contestants from previous lotteries. Conan finds the name Shiho Miyano in one of the books and recalls it as the real name of Haibara. But he can't imagine that it's the same person, since she doesn't appear as a person desiring eternal youth and beauty.

=== Bus Hijacking Case (Manga: [[Volume 29#Bus Hijacking Case|287-289]], Anime: [[The Mysterious Passenger|230-231]] ===
[[File:Vermouth episode 230.png|thumb|right|200px|Haibara in pinch.]]
Vermouth, disguised as [[Tomoaki Araide]], boards a bus that Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys are riding to a ski resort. Whatever plan Vermouth might have had is completely interrupted by the bus being hijacked by random criminals and the presence of two FBI agents that have been tracking her: [[Jodie Starling]] and [[Shuichi Akai]]. Haibara detects Vermouth's presence on the bus. She becomes so afraid that the Detective Boys, Conan, and Agasa will be killed because of her that she decides to commit suicide, deliberately staying behind in the bus which is about to explode. Realising her intent, Conan runs back and with his quick thinking, saves her. He asks her not to run away from life. However, the event caused her to remain anxious for several days.

=== Dog Lovers Case (Manga: [[Volume 29#Dog Lovers Case|290-292]], Anime: [[The Evidence That Didn%27t Disappear|233-234]]) ===
The hijacked bus incident in ''The Mysterious Passenger Case'' led Haibara to be especially worried about her situation. Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko attempt to cheer her up and, with the help of Arthur the dog, manage to make her smile. Conan comments that she should keep that expression, since it makes her look like a child, causing Haibara to blush.

=== Netted Man Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 31#Netted Man Murder Case|311-313]], Anime: [[The Mystery in the Net|246-247]]) ===
While she is at the beach with the Detective Boys and Ran, Haibara once again witnesses Conan's/Shinichi's feelings for Ran. She remains in the water until Ran notices she got a sunstroke. Conan wonders why she did not stay with Professor Agasa, and she answers that she did not want to run away from a dolphin (Ran) who is loved by the ocean (Shinichi/Conan), and a shark (herself) that ran away from the cold and dark bottom of the ocean cannot compete with the dolphin. However, Conan fails to understand this metaphor, which draws a parallel between Ran and Haibara.

=== Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments (Manga: [[Volume 46#Kaitou Kid and the Three Instruments|475-478]], Anime: [[Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion|394-396]]) ===
Conan figures out the boss's full number, but Haibara warns him not to call it because it is "[[Wikipedia: Pandora's Box|Pandora's Box]]". Conan then thinks he can get Detective Takagi to figure out who the number belongs to, but then Haibara warns that if he does, Detective Takagi will be killed. This scene is the first time Haibara openly reveals to Conan that she has been hiding important secrets about the Black Organization from him; earlier she [[Black Organization#APTX 4869 and Biochemistry|had lied to him]]. The exchange suggests that Haibara is withholding information because she fears Conan will make a rash move.

=== Red, White, and Yellow Case (Manga: [[Volume 60#Red, White, and Yellow Case|622-624]], Anime: [[Conan vs. Double Code Mystery#Red, White, Yellow, and the Detective Boys|509]]) ===
[[File:Haibara doesn't like Okiya.PNG|thumb|left|200px|Haibara does not like Subaru.]]
Not long after Akai's death, Conan hears fresh intel from the [[FBI]] that a new [[Black Organization]] agent called [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] is looking for Shiho, which Conan keeps secret from Haibara. As Conan and Haibara investigate a normal case, Haibara feels that an organization member is around. The organization member which she felt is implied to be one of the innocent suspects, [[Subaru Okiya]]. Conan invites Okiya to live in Kudo's house since Okiya's apartment was burnt to the ground. Okiya appears in other cases later on, including at the Haido mall where the rest of the Black Organization gathered to chase a rumored sighting of a [[Scar Akai|scarred Shuichi Akai]]. Although Okiya is trusted by Conan and Agasa and behaves kindly to Haibara, she remains frightened of him. Later, some of his actions lead her to believe he might be someone she knows and she comes to trust him more, even attempting to uncover his identity when she thought he was asleep.

=== Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret (Manga: [[Volume 77#Cabin Trap|815-817]], Anime: [[The Shadow Approaching Haibara's Secret|699-704]]) ===
[[File:Shiho 700.png|thumb|200px|Haibara turns into Shiho via the [[Prototype antidote|prototype antidote]] for the first time.]]
Haibara is forced to revert to Shiho using a [[temporary antidote]] to save the other children of the group from a fire. A video of her as an adult is sent to the Mouri Detective Agency by Mitsuhiko which Sera, Okiya, and Amuro find out about. Because of this, Haibara is later targeted by a plot concocted by Vermouth and Bourbon aboard the Bell Tree Express Train. Bourbon is revealed to be Amuro and Haibara learns that he knew her parents. Bourbon was hoping to capture Shiho alive, but Vermouth's modifications to his plan which were designed to kill her led to Shiho supposedly being blown up on the train. The Shiho Vermouth and Bourbon thought was killed was really [[Kaitou Kid]] in disguise, Conan having forced him into the plan. Because of this, all of the Black Organization besides Vermouth think Shiho is now dead, and Vermouth is unable to reveal the truth to the rest of them without also compromising Conan, Haibara and their deaged condition against her wishes.

=== The Heartfelt Strap (Manga: [[Volume 94#Haibara's Lost Phone Strap Case|997-999]], Anime: [[The Heartfelt Strap|925-926]]) ===
Haibara refuse to give Conan a couple antidotes in order to go to the Kyoto trip with Ran. Suddenly, she finds out she lost the Higo puppet phone strap she bought at the stadium store. It was particularly precious to her because Ryusuke Higo touched it in the bleachers during the football match. She freezes in disbelief and collapses against the wall. Conan decide to go and with the Detective Boys to find her phone strap, in exchange for the antidotes. At the end, they are able to return the strap but it was partially destroyed. At fisrt, Haibara still refusing Conan's pleas to give him the antidote but she still give him the antidote later on as their hard work for finding the strap.

=== TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|1025]], Anime: [[Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy|995]]) ===

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Countdown to Heaven (Movie: [[Countdown to Heaven|5]]) ===
[[File:M5-43.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ai, witnessing Genta's virtue]]
Having greatly missed her sister Akemi, Ai secretly begins to make a call to an apartment that her sister once stayed in order to hear her voice from the tape recorder. Gin and Vodka, knowing about this habit of hers, plan to track down Asaga's phone number when she makes the call, but their plan is foiled by Conan and Agasa after being informed of this by Genta.

As she begins to bond with the Detective Boys, Ai begins to realize that she herself is no longer all alone or full of sorrow, and is willing to sacrifice herself to allow them to live. She also witnesses both Genta and Mitsuhiko's bravery of not wanting to leave her behind from the time bombed tower, with the former forcefully carrying her to the escape car despite her intention to countdown the time bomb until the end, and the latter holds on to her when she is thrown off the car due to the blaze from the explosion. Ai, knowing of Ayumi's affection toward Conan, also warns him to never make Ayumi cries, else she'll never forgive him.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===

==== Akemi Miyano ====
The death of Akemi still affects her. It was the death of her sister that led to Haibara's escape from the organization, because no one would tell her the reason. She became aware of the robbery Akemi pulled before her death, but suspected there was more to the story.

In the movie Countdown to Heaven, she kept calling Akemi's number at her apartment just to hear her voice, fully aware that the Black Organization might wiretap and trace to her location. It took extreme measure from Conan to make Haibara abandon this thought.

==== Atsushi Miyano ====
Dr. Miyano was Haibara's father. He passed away when she was barely a year old. Her feelings toward her father is unknown, but she does show interest in seeing the house where he grew up.

==== Elena Miyano ====
Elena passed away when Shiho was a baby. Even though Shiho/Haibara has accepted her passing for a long time, being able to hear her voice via recorded
tapes calmed Haibara down.

==== Conan Edogawa/Shinichi Kudo ====
[[File:Haibara Conan moment Ed60.png|thumb|left|190px|Haibara and Conan/Shinichi believe and rely on each other (Picture from [[Sissy Sky|Closing 60 Scene]]).]]
{{main|Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara}}

Both are de-aged by APTX4869 and have almost equal levels of intelligence, which makes Haibara and [[Conan]] close confidants and more empathetic with each other than most other characters. Conan is one of the few people in front of whom she has shown any signs of weakness, such as breaking down over her sister's death. They share an interesting relationship. They believe and rely on each other. She is keenly observant of Conan's personality, intelligence, and sense of justice.
If Conan is in danger she is willing to throw away her life to save him, overriding fears and concerns for her own safety that would ordinarily paralyze her.
Similarly, Conan has saved Haibara's life more than once when she would have sacrificed herself for his and the [[Detective Boys]]' safety. She often enjoys teasing Conan which he takes in good stride. However, he is oblivious of her feelings towards him and sometimes finds it difficult to deal with her sarcasm and impudent, cold nature. Although in empathy on many matters, they don't fully trust one another with information about the Black Organization out of concern for the safety and feelings of the other. In fact, she has always know that [[Renya Karasuma]] is the Black Organization head, but she never reveals it for Conan's safety.

However, when she really introduced herself to him at night in front of the Kudo and Agasa's house, she did it in a way, where she showed that she can be quite evil, like the rest of the Black Organization, even telling him that Agasa, who is his lifeline to being a detective in his child's body is dead, really freaking him out. When he went to Agasa, he was alive and well, and all three spoke, but ...

After the professor case, he saw her real tears, when she was crying in his shirt, and since then their relationship has improved dramatically, and they even protect each other.

She is also helping him to be more cautious than his initial, "The Black Organization is involved. I am scared, but I will hunt them down, and try and get the antidote," without thinking of the consequences.

He is still determined to take down that organization, but he is now wiser than he was at in, whereas, she is more inclined to err on the side of caution, "Stop. Don't Go. Stay out of this," which will not take the organization down, but may keep them safer.

In regards toe the Black Organization, they both have a tendency to withhold information in order to protect the other one.
It is difficult to know just how much she knows of the Organization's leaders and such, but she feels if she tells him anything, until it comes up, he may carelessly act on it.

When Conan found out that 7 children was the Boss's e-mail address, his initial thought was to have Takagi investigate it, until she told him that "He will die. Takagi as soon as he reaches that person, and then they will find out who gave him that number, and you will die next.
The e-mail address is a Pandora's box that should never be opened.

In return, Conan protects her a lot in regards to the organization: saving her life, withholding risky information, and coming up with plans to save her life, when she has been found out, and trying to hide her from them.

==== Hiroshi Agasa ====
[[File:772-1.png|thumb|left|190px|Haibara is typing a mail to Professor Agasa angrily for cheating his diet.]]
{{main|Agasa family}}
The relationship between Haibara and [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]] is rather unusual, if not humorous. Despite their actual ages, Haibara often acts more like a mother to the professor, constantly reminding him to watch what he eats. On several occasions, she has removed fattening foods from his reach<ref name=Depths>[[Strategy Above the Depths|Movie 9: Strategy Above the Depths]]</ref>, and is attempting to help get him into better shape. Kogoro jokingly notes in Countdown to Heaven that she acts a lot like Agasa's wife.
There have also been instances where she'll automatically step in front of Agasa in cases of danger.<ref name=Eyes>[[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref> Out of all the people she's met, Haibara seems most comfortable about acting herself with Professor Agasa; which might be attributed to the fact that he was the one who found her after she escaped the Black Organization, and took her in. Agasa had been an acquaintance of Shiho's parents, but he hadn't imagine that she would be their daughter, before Conan revealed it.

==== Ran Mouri ====
[[File:Ed60-3.jpg|thumb|left|190px|Haibara's first greeting with Ran. (Picture from [[Sissy_Sky|Closing 60's Scene]]).]]
[[File:247-1.png|thumb|right|165px|Haibara's first meeting with Ran.(Picture from [[The_Mystery_in_the_Net|Original Scene]]).]]
There are instances where Haibara will caution Conan from actions that involve [[Ran Mouri|Ran]], though it's assumed this is due merely to the fact that
she wants to keep her identity hidden. Early on, she is cold and distant towards Ran, even more so than she is to most other people. Ran believes that it is because Haibara hated her,<ref name=Net>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref> though in truth it is because Ran reminds Haibara strongly of her dead sister.

After Ran notices Haibara is not feeling well and carries her to safety during a case, Haibara finally properly introduces herself to Ran, and they slowly became friends. Because Haibara finds that Ran resembles her older sister, Akemi Miyano, she takes special interest in protecting her. These feelings increase after Ran jumps through a slew of bullets from [[Calvados|a Black Organization sniper]] to save Haibara.<ref name=Vermouth>[[Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon|Episode 345: Head-to-Head Match With the Black Organization; Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon]]</ref> Haibara immediately thinks of her own sister, and begins acting to try to protect Ran from the organization, such as when Haibara begs for Ran to stay at Agasa's house when she knows that [[Korn]], [[Chianti]], and the rest of the Black Organization are lurking about, immediately thinking of her own sister's death, and wanting to keep Ran safe.<ref name=KornChianti>[[Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!|Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out!]]</ref>

Assuming that Conan has romantic feelings for Ran, Haibara feels jealous of her and suffer from considering herself as less attractive than Ran. She even implies that Ran would be similar to a dolphin, when she would only be a shark coming from the cold depths of the sea, indicating that she cannot compete against her<ref>[[The Mystery in the Net|Episode 246-247: The Mystery in the Net]]</ref>. Once when Haibara had a cold and Ran came to bring her some food, Ai pretended to be asleep and Conan said she wasn't being considerate for Ran's good actions towards her. Haibara thought to herself that Conan doesn't understand a thing, but she doesn't want him to anyway, hinting that she has actually romantic feelings towards Conan/Shinichi and is jealous due to his feelings for Ran.

==== Akai Shuichi/Subaru Okiya ====
[[File:685-2.png|thumb|left|190px|Haibara uncovering Subaru's scarf.]]
The first time [[Subaru]] appears, Haibara felt a strange feeling toward him and thought he is a member of the Black Organization. However, the feeling kept coming and going. In later episodes, Haibara doesn't seem to hate him so much anymore. She even tries to uncover Subaru's scarf to check his neck, probably suspecting he was using a device made by Professor Agasa. At one point, she asks him if he bugged Agasa's house because he keeps appearing at opportune moments when they're involved in a case, bringing food hastily put together as an excuse for his presence. She cited one instance in which the food was not cooked and the vegetables were raw.

Currently, although Akai/Subaru knows Haibara's secret identity, Haibara doesn't know Subaru's identity, nor does she know Akai was her deceased sister's boyfriend. Both Akai/Subaru, Conan, and Agasa are keeping such information a secret from Haibara. At one point, Haibara questions if Akai is a "lolicon."

==== Dai Moroboshi ====
[[File:701 8.png|thumb|right|190px|Dai Moroboshi in Haibara's thought.]]
Haibara knows [[Dai Moroboshi]] as her sister's boyfriend. She deduces that Dai approaches her sister just to collect information about the Black Organization. She remembered him giving her a promise to protect Akemi. But she also remembers him as 'the one, who betrayed the organization', so there is a possibility that she has heard another story of what happened. Later on, she meets a [[Scar Akai|guy]] similar to him in [[The Jet-Black Mystery Train]] and wonders how he got the scar on his face.

==== Heiji Hattori ====
Heiji is one of the few character who know Conan and Haibara's secret identity, as well as the effect of APTX 4869. In general, Heiji and Haibara rarely meet each other. His hot temperament is a trait that Haibara dislikes. However, on more than one occasion, Haibara trusts Heiji to keep the secret of the drug and to keep Conan/Shinichi safe when Conan temporarily reverts back to Shinichi.
Haibara also shows a mischievous side towards Heiji. At one point when Heiji (kinda) confessed to Kazuha, Haibara used the recorded speech as her ringtone.

=== Detective Boys ===
[[File:Detective boys under Haibara's command.png|thumb|right|185px|Haibara is the second-command in Detective Boys.]]
Haibara has tried to keep an emotional distance away from the rest of the Detective Boys at the beginning. However, over time, she can't resist their boistorous friendliness anymore and gradually warms up to them. When she was first introduced, she would often stay off to the side of whatever activity the Detective Boys were doing while later arcs, such as the Sweet and Cold Delivery Service arc, open with her playing soccer with them, and even mentally as she's about to do one of Higo's moves.

==== Ayumi Yoshida ====
[[File:330-1.png|thumb|left|185px|Ayumi is happy for being allowed to call Haibara by her name (Ai).]]
{{Main|Ayumi Yoshida}}
Out of the Detective Boys, Haibara is the closest with [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]. At one time, Ayumi noticed that she called everyone by their first names except for Haibara and decided to try and call her "Ai-chan", but without success. At the end of a case which involved a shattered friendship, Haibara told Ayumi that it was okay for her to call her "Ai-chan". When Mitsuhiko and Genta tried to call her that, however, she told them that only Ayumi was allowed to call her by her first name.<ref name=Ai-chan>[[A Friendship That Can't Be Bought|Episode 329-330: A Friendship That Can't Be Bought]]</ref> On the whole, Haibara seems to see Ayumi as a little sister, even going so far as to physically shield her from danger.<ref name=starsandtobacco>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco (Part 2)]]</ref> Besides, Ayumi is one of the people who teach her that she cannot win by always running away, and that she has to face her enemies<ref>[[Episode 347|Episode 347: Find the Buttock's Mark]]</ref>.
However, Haibara and Ayumi may almost be love rivals, since both seem to develop romantic feelings for Conan: Ayumi even asks her if she is in love with him, and is really frightened when she is answered positively (she eventually cheers up when Haibara says she is not).<ref>[[The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case|Episode 205: The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case]]</ref>

==== Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ====
[[Image:279haibaramitsuhiko.png|thumb|left|185px|Haibara listening in on Mitsuhiko's radio.]]
{{main|Ai Haibara and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
Haibara's classmate and fellow detective [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] develops romantic feelings for her, and Haibara is fully aware of this. Haibara uses Mitsuhiko's feelings to her advantage when she needs him to do something, but she also admires his intelligence and courage during missions the Detective Boys must perform and respects his feelings. In some episodes she even shows more confidence in Mitsuhiko than in Ayumi or Genta when the going gets tough.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Sherry}}
[[Gin]] has an abnormal attachment for Shiho, often thinks of her being naked, and seems to enjoy hunting her down, while she hates and fears him. They had some sort of relationship in the past.<ref>[http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__st__60__p__287218#entry287218 青山剛昌先生と話そうDAY (Let's talk with Aoyama Gosho-sensei day), held January 3, 2013]</ref>

==== Vodka ====
Shiho and [[Vodka]] have met and are acquaintances.<ref name=CD239>Conan Drill Page 239</ref>

==== Vermouth ====
[[Vermouth]] and Shiho have some connection, although it has not been elaborated on. Shiho fears Vermouth more than other Black Organization members except perhaps Gin: in the first times, the feeling of her presence can even entirely paralyze her<ref>[[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 231: The Mysterious Passenger]]</ref>. Shiho was initially Vermouth's target, but Vermouth promised to give up on her after Conan's intervention.<ref name=CD239/> She broke this promise later when Bourbon discovered a video of Sherry, still clinging to her personal conviction that Shiho is the one person who can't be allowed to exist in the world.<ref>Manga File 818</ref>

==== Rei Furuya ====
[[Rei Furuya|Rei]] knew Haibara's parents and sister. Rei has also met Shiho in the Mystery Train case, but not knowing that it was [[Kaitou Kid]] in disguise.

=== Others ===
==== Mary Sera ====
As Haibara tries to wipe out the mascara in her left eye, Conan notices the similarities between her and [[Mary]], and he thinks that they might be blood related. Conan thinks that Haibara is somehow connected to the [[Akai family]].
Many fans believes that Haibara's [[Elena|mother]] is the sister of Mary, as Gosho confirmed that two mothers will be revealed as sisters with Mary being one of the sister pair. This was confirmed on [[Volume_99#File_1049_-_It.27s_Unbelievable.21|chapter 1049]].

== People who know Haibara's real identity ==
{{main|List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity}}
These people know Haibara's true identity: Professor Agasa, Conan, Vermouth, Pisco, Heiji Hattori, Yukiko Kudo, Yusaku Kudo, and Shuichi Akai. It is also possible that James Black and Jodie Starling of the FBI know Haibara's true identity since they call Haibara by her codename "Sherry", although they may not know yet her true name.

== Gadgets ==
{{main|Gadgets}}
Professor Agasa has made many gadgets for Shinichi/Conan to use for investigate cases or catch criminals, and Haibara also uses some gadgets same as conan to use for self defense and help Shinichi/Conan. such as Glasses and wristwatch ([[Criminal Tracking Glasses]], [[Telescopic Lenses]], [[Stun-Gun Wristwatch]], [[Wristwatch Flashlight]]) and [[Detective Boys Badge]] (use for communicating with Detective boys).

== Character popularity ==
* eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Haibara placed 4th in the poll with 686 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』人気投票結果|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 15th movie, ''[[Quarter of Silence]]'', the official Conan movie website held a popularity poll for the top 10 Detective Conan characters. Haibara placed 4th out of 10. (First place of all female characters)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conan-movie.jp/camp_chara/camp15th_res.html|title=名探偵コナン「キャラクター人気投票」|date=2011|publisher=www.conan-movie.jp|accessdate=2011-08-12}}</ref>
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Haibara placed 3rd overall with 1,592 votes. (First place of all female characters)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>
* In a poll held on June 5, 2020 by asking women age 20 to 40 who were their favourite Detective Conan character, Ai ranked fifth<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/OneTruthPrevails/comments/hjkevu/detective_conan_character_popularity_poll_june_5/</ref>.

== Name origin ==
According to Agasa, Ai Haibara's name comes from [[Wikipedia: Cordelia Gray|Cordelia '''Gray''']] (the character 灰 in her name means "ash") and [[Wikipedia: V.I. Warshawski|V.'''I'''. Warshawski]] ("Ai" comes from the letter "I"). Although Agasa suggested she use the kanji 愛 (love) for "Ai", she preferred to use the kanji 哀 (sorrow).<ref>[[Volume 18#File 179 - The Girl Made of Lies|Volume 18, File 179: "The Girl Made of Lies"]]</ref> Her US FUNimation name, "Vi Graythorn", has similar roots. However, Gosho Aoyama in an interview posted in the May 2014 issue of Da Vinci magazine stated that the "Ai" in Ai Haibara comes from [[Wikipedia: Irene Adler|'''I'''rene Adler]], a character from the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' story "A Scandal in Bohemia", and she is inspired by her.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Da Vinci|month=May|year=2014|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten}}</ref><ref>Aoyama's latest interview for NHK (2017)</ref>

Her US Viz name, Anita Hailey, comes from:
* Anita: Anne Katherine Green (the first American Mystery Writer)
* Hailey: Hero (though Anita didn't care much for the choice)<ref>Case Closed Volume 18: File 179 - The False Girl</ref>

Her codename '''Sherry''' is Detective Shunsaku Kudo's (from [[wikipedia:ja:探偵物語|Tantei Monogatari (Detective Tales)]]) favorite liquor.

== Different looks ==
{|
|[[File:Ai Before.jpg|thumb|x200px|Episode 129]]
|[[File:Ai Middle.JPG|thumb|x200px|Episode 477]]
|[[File:Ai After Brown.jpg|thumb|x200px|Episode 509]]
|}
{|
|[[File:Ai After.jpg|thumb|x200px|Episode 631]]
|[[File:haibara 2015.png|thumb|x200px|Episode 779]]
|[[File:Haibara Alt 2.jpg|thumb|x200px|Episode 890]]
|[[File:haibara ai magic kaito 1412.png|thumb|x200px|Magic Kaito 1412 (episode 21).]]
|}
{|
|[[File:ai 2017.png|thumb|x200px|Opening 45]]
|[[File:Ai haibara smile ed60.png|thumb|x200px|Closing 60]]
|}

== Quotes ==
=== General ===
{{cquote|You can't complain about time going by... If anyone tries to change it... Life will punish them.|[[Volume 20|File 191, Page 11: "The Eyes From Far Away"]]}}
{{cquote|Creation reflects the inner state of the creator.|[[Volume 33|File 335: "Memento of a Wife"]]}}
{{cquote|Don't judge people from the outside. Like any rose has thorns, the more person appears nice on the outside, the more you should doubt the inside.|[[Volume 45|File 461: "Poison on the Bait!?"]]}}
{{cquote|They say time and a people’s hearts are inversely proportional. The more it passes, the more they grow apart.|[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|Episode 290: Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6]]}}
{{cquote|It’s like an automated vending machine for canned juice. You’ll get you want so long as you have the money but you get nothing in return without it. You can’t buy your way into the hearts of others.|Episode 330}}

=== Specific ===
{{cquote|Using too much of your brain can make you bald like Professor Agasa.. |[[Volume 23|File 222, Page 7: "The Last Movie"]]}}
{{cquote|Even this loyal mirror won't reflect your true form.|Talking to Conan|[[Volume 23|File 223, Page 14: "The True in the Mirror"]]}}
{{cquote|You'll protect me, right?|Talking to Conan|[[Volume 34|File 346: "The Fake Supporter"]]}}
{{cquote|I will pass!|When the Detective Boys want to play detectives or treasure hunters}}
* [[Megumi Hayashibara]]'s favorite line as Ai Haibara, indicated in Conan radio.
{{cquote|Baka! (Fool)}}
* [[Minami Takayama]]'s favorite line from Haibara, indicated in Conan radio.
{{cquote|If I... If I... I wish I could lose my memory if possible. I wouldn't remember my sister's death, or being forced to make poison for the Organization. If I could forget everything and just become a regular elementary school student Haibara Ai, I wonder how good it'll be... And, I could be with you forever, forever just like this...|[[Movie 4|Movie 4: "Captured in Her Eyes"]]|Said to Conan in response to Ran losing her memory, she then played it off as a joke}}
{{cquote|Really... just like Officer Takagi and Inspector Shiratori... How come all the officers we know have to be such slow, annoying, blockhead morons?|Episode 659}}

=== Quotes about Ai ===
{{cquote|She's not as tough as she looks.|Conan talking to Agasa|[[Volume 34|File 341: "The Hint That Was Against"]]}}

== Trivia ==
* Sherry is a fortified wine from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain. Most sherries are initially dry, with sweetness added later. This could be a play on her personality that the Black Organization recognized. To further confirm the pun, in the Spanish dub of the anime, her codename in the organization is "Jerez" rather than "Sherry" (in Spanish language, both the town and the wine share the name), although she was renamed later to "Sherry" again.
* Haibara is an animal lover.<ref>The Evidence That Didn't Disappear</ref> <ref>Mushrooms, Bears, and the Detective Boys</ref> <ref>Super Secret of the Road to School</ref>
* Haibara strongly dislikes getting shocked by static electricity. She used to have some accessories to dissipate the charge, but she seems to have given up on them after Conan taught her a good strategy to avoid being shocked.<ref>Manga [[Volume 61]], Files 5-7 (635-637), Anime [[Episode 525]]</ref>,
*In non canon Haibara reveals to [[Fujiko Mine]] that she used to ride a Harley before she shrank.<ref>[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]]</ref>
* Haibara's hair color has changed numerously since her first appearance, but it is most commonly reddish or copper.
* Haibara has the recording of Heiji's 'confession' to Kazuha<ref>Manga [[Volume 83]], File 9 (881), Anime [[Episode 764]]</ref> as her ring tone.<ref> Manga [[Volume 86]], File 8 (912), Anime [[Episode 809]]</ref>
* As a traitor of the organization who could died, she compares herself to [[Wikipedia: Marie Antoinette|Marie Antoinette]], the beautiful French princess who met her end at the guillotine.<ref>Manga [[Volume 29]], File 6 (290), Anime [[Episode 233]]</ref>
*In [[Grabbing Karuta Cards in Dire Straits]] When Haibara figured out the case, she made the same face expression as Conan's in a typical case.
*Haibara owns a laptop that resembles an Apple MacBook Pro.

== In other languages ==
=== Ai Haibara ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|哀 Ai|灰原 Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|''آي''|هيبارا Hībāra}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|哀 Aī|灰原 Huīyuán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Anita/Vi|Hailey/Graythorn}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|장미 Jang Mee|홍 Hong}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Ай|Хайбара}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Ai|Haibara}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ไอ XỊ|ไฮบาระ Ḥị-bā-ra}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|哀 Aī|灰原 Huīyuán}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Ai|Haibara}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Shiho Miyano ===
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|志保 Shiho |宮野 Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيهو Shīho|ميانو Miyāno}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|志保 Zhìbǎo|宫野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|시호 Shi Ho|안 Ahn}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Сихо/Шихо|Мияно}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชิโฮ Chi-ḥoa|มิยาโนะ Mi-yā-noa}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|志保 Zhìbǎo|宮野 Gōngyě}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shiho|Miyano}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Sherry ===
{{BeginTable OtherLang|notes=1}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|シェリー Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شيري Sheri| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=US|English|Sherry|Once called Shelly, due to translating errors}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=France|French|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Philippines|Filipino|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|쉐리 Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Sherry| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Russia|Russian|Шерри| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish|Sherry|Once "Jerez".<ref> Note: "Jerez" means "Sherry".</ref>}}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|เชอรี่ Chex-rī̀| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|雪莉 Xuě lì| }}
{{OtherLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sherry| }}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Sherry's soliloquy]]

== References ==
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{{Characters}}
{{Detective Boys}}
{{Black Organization}}
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[[de:Ai Haibara]]

Makoto Kyogoku

2021-01-26T18:26:34Z

Daniel46: /* Physical Prowess */

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| name = Makoto Kyogoku
| japanese-name = 京極真 (Kyōgoku Makoto)
| english-name =
| image = Makoto Kyogoku Profile.png
| age = 18<ref name=CD55>Conan drill page 55 listed 16-18 as the age range</ref><ref name=Vol52>[[Volume 52]] Red Handkerchief case. Sonoko watches him on a mini-tv that lists his age, height, and weight</ref>
| gender = Male
| height = 184cm<ref name=Vol52/>
| weight = 79kg<ref name=Vol52/>
| date-of-birth = unknown<ref name=CD55/>
| relatives = Ms. Kyogoku (younger sister) Mr. Kyogoku (Father)
| occupation = Haido High School Student Karate Club Captain Karate Champion
| nicknames = "The Prince of Kicks"
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 22|File 219]] Anime: [[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story|Episode 153]]
| appearances = {{:Makoto Kyogoku Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole = [[Volume 25]]
| japanese-voice = [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]]
| english-voice = [[Christian La Monte]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Makoto Kyogoku|京極真|Kyōgoku Makoto}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Makoto is [[Sonoko Suzuki]]'s long distance boyfriend.

== Background ==
Makoto attended Haido High School, where he was a prominent member, and eventually the captain, of his karate team and became known as "The Prince of Kicks". He noticed [[Sonoko Suzuki|Sonoko]] cheering on her friend [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] with great vigour during a martial arts tournament, and became interested in her.<ref name=Summer>[[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story|Episode 153-154: Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story]]</ref>

Some time later, he worked in his family's inn as a waiter, where he encountered Sonoko again, this time in company of Ran and [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]].<ref name=Summer/> Soon, however, Sonoko was stalked by a crazed serial killer who suspected her of having taken a picture of him at his latest murder (which she hadn't) and therefore wanted to both silence her as a potential witness and kill her because he hated brunette girls in general. Makoto saved her just in the nick of time, earning her affection, but his constant participation in martial arts competitions and a studying period overseas prevented them from seeing each other often enough.<ref name=Summer/> Sonoko always does her best to maintain contact with him, though, including sending him little trinkets and gifts that she makes herself, and Makoto has stayed loyal to her. He usually gets caught up in one of Sonoko's silly romantic schemes. His fighting skills have proven to be incredibly handy for Conan, having saved Conan, Sonoko, and Ran from being in dangerous peril many times.

== Personality ==
As a master martial artist, Makoto is usually cool, calm and collected, especially in crisis situations, and also a keen observer. At times, he can also adopt a very intimidating aura, making him appear very fearsome. In the TV Original episode "[[The Mystery of the Vanished Black Belt]]", it is explained that he adopted these personality facets following an encounter with the renowned martial artist and teacher Tatsuhito Takami in his youth.

The only thing which does throw Makoto off is his affection for Sonoko, for whom he will go to great lengths, even forsake an important tournament just to meet her. However, Makoto's bashfulness around her, his dedication to his fighting skills and some competitive impulse keep him jumping from one obligation to the other, so their relationship is rendered a bit difficult. But at one point, Sonoko introduces Makoto to her parents, and they eventually approve of him.

Makoto's upbringing must have been rather conservative, since he doesn't quite approve (or at least expresses puzzlement about) Sonoko wearing modern, revealing clothes and therefore worries about her catching a cold whenever he sees her like this. Makoto always wears a band-aid above his left brow as a stereotypical mark for his fighting competitiveness. In ''[[The Fist of Blue Sapphire]]'', the band-aid is shown to bear a photo from one of his dates with Sonoko on the inside, making it his personal talisman.

He is also a little careless like in his first appearance which made him a suspect, in episode 744-745 he sleep soundly in a car and didn't notice something happen which made yamamura to think him as a suspect, and in file 1022 when he was practicing for film a man come and man said don't mind him but when he wasn't paying attention the man was murdered, and he became main suspect for case but the case was solved and he stopped culprit from committing suicide.

Despite this, He is also well-mannered and serious like when Sonoko introduce him to her parents he was polite and was ready to help Suzuki family to protect the jewel that Kaitou kid want to steal, and helping a woman which seems to be a hostage, and stopping culprit from committing suicide.

== Appearance ==
Makoto is a tall and well-built man of tan complexion. He has short black-hair with comparatively longer bangs and large eyebrows. He is noted to be very handsome. When not competing, he is often seen wearing wide glasses. He is constantly seen with a band-aid across the outer corned of his right eyebrow, which conceals a scar.

== Abilities and skills==
=== Martial arts ===
[[File:Poor Criminals.png|thumb|right|200px|Makoto Kyogoku sending various criminals flying from the ground (notice the height).]]
Makoto is depicted as one of the most powerful martial artists in the series. In reference to his incredible ability, he is nicknamed the "Prince of Kicks". He has acquired championships in some international Karate tournaments.<ref>[[The Revival of the Dying Message|Episode 173: "The Revival of the Dying Message"]]</ref><ref>[[White Day of Betrayal|Episode 609: "White Day of Betrayal"]]</ref> Makoto also had a 400 win streak from matches around the world that was broken only when he skipped a tournament to be introduced to Sonoko's parents and lost by default.<ref name=862p2>Manga [[Volume 82|Volume 82, File 1 (862), pg 2: "Iron Wall"]]</ref>

Makoto's extraordinary might has repeatedly been seen against criminals carrying weapons and firearms.<ref name=Valentine /><ref name=Red /> As a show of his ability, Makoto was surrounded by 11 men armed with BB pistols. Despite wearing a gasmask that limited his field of view, he caught all the BBs they fired and knocked out all 11 men.<ref name=862p11>Manga [[Volume 82|Volume 82, File 1 (862), pg 11: "Iron Wall"]]</ref> In another case, his unarmed combat skills send a huge group of gangsters armed with swords to the ground with no injuries suffered on his person, despite the latters' vastly superior numeric strength.<ref name=Red /> Even his kick alone can break the enemy's sword into two.<ref name=V52>[[Volume 52|Volume 52, File 543: "Superman"]]</ref> The people who have suffered from his attacks are usually depicted with severe injuries, such as bleeding or losing some teeth. Many often pass out or become unable to move.<ref name=V52 />

=== Physical Prowess ===
[[File:bowling.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Makoto accidentally throws a bowling ball.]]
Makoto is shown to be able to throw a bowling ball all the way to the end of its lane (and smashing a hole into its headboard) when he tries to play bowling with Sonoko.<ref name=V81>[[Volume 81|Volume 81, File 859: "Jeet Kune Do vs Karate"]]</ref> He has also been known to bring down a building pillar by repeatedly kicking and punching it,<ref>[[Volume 82#Twin Bets|Manga: 862-864 "Twin Bets"]], [[Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku|Anime: 746-747: "Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku"]]</ref> and lift the tail of a van running at full speed to stop it from ramming a wall.<ref name=V97>[[Volume 97|Volume 97, File 1026: "TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case"]]</ref> Makoto is fast and agile. His observational skills and quick reaction time enable him to dodge a bullet<ref name=Valentine/> and block sword slashes.<ref name=Red/> Makoto seems completely immune to pain, dismissing a knife sticking in his arm as nothing too significant.<ref name=Summer/>

He shown to know tennis in [[Conan in a Locked Room]] case. Makoto was able to dodge a bullet from a rifle which speed was 1000 meters per second. Makoto take a knife strike to hand,got injury with fighting with a drunk man and smash a pillar and got bruise and didn't feel anything.

=== Keen mind ===
Makoto is shown to have an astute mind due to his extensive training, being able to identify Kaitou Kid disguised as Sonoko because of a difference in finger lengths. This is possible because he can take full dimensions of a person he meets in moments. It is a habit of analyzing his opponents physical features with a glance. In The Fist of Blue Sapphire, Kaito Kid and Conan had to distance themselves from Makoto throughout their trip in Singapore due to the two disguising in other identities through the trip and knowing Matoko would spot them out if he “pays attention towards them for too long”. He is also shown to be a quick study, able to memories a fight scene's choreography for a movie shortly after being given the part.

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Makoto-san Kyogoku Makoto-san<ref name="file859">[[volume 81#Bumper Brawn|File 859: Jeet Kune Do vs. Karate (Volume 81)]]</ref>|Sonoko-san}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Kyogoku-san|Ran-san}}
{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Kyogoku-san}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|-|Mouri-san}}
{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Master of Karate (''Karate no Tatsujin'')}}
{{appellations|Jirokichi Suzuki|Greatest Security System|Advisor Suzuki (''Suzuki-Sodan-yaku'')}}
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{{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Master of Karate (''Karate no Tatsujin'')}}
{{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|Master of Karate (''Karate no Tatsujin'')}}
{{appellations|Juzo Megure|Kyogoku-kun<ref>File 1023</ref>}}
{{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Kyogoku-kun<ref>File 1023</ref>}}
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== Plot overview ==
==== Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story (Manga: [[Volume 22#Sonoko's Camera Case|219-221]], Anime: [[Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story|153-154]]) ====
Sonoko, Ran, and Conan are vacationing in Izu. Makoto is the son of the owner of the inn they all are staying at. After Sonoko is attacked, Makoto is suspected as one of the culprits but instead was following Sonoko in order to protect her. He ends up saving her from the real attacker at the climax of the case, just as Ran remembers seeing him at a karate match.

==== The Revival of the Dying Message (Manga: [[Volume 25#Skating_Rink_Case|243-245]], Anime: [[Episode 172|172-173]]) ====
Sonoko bought a new handphone just for Makoto.

==== Megure's Sealed Secret (Manga: [[Volume 28#Girl Clubbing Case|284-286]], Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]]) ====
Sonoko is planning to knit a sweater for Makoto

==== The Battle Game Trap (Manga: [[Volume 27#Arcade Murder Case|270-272]], Anime: [[The Battle Game Trap|226-227]]) ====
Sonoko took Purikura pictures and planned to stick it on the letter for Makoto.

==== Murderous Pottery Class (Manga: [[Volume 30#Pottery Class Case|305-307]], Anime: [[The Murderous Pottery Class|228-229]]) ====
Makoto mistook Sonoko's handmade clay cup as a flower vase.

==== Bloody Valentine (Manga: [[Volume 33#Valentine Chocolate Case|331-334]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind Valentine's|266-268]]) ====
Sonoko messaged Makoto about making chocolate for someone that she likes. Makoto became jealous, and so he traveled through a snowstorm just to see who Sonoko's lover was. He gets caught up in a murder case and is wrongly suspected, but manages to rescue Ran and Sonoko from being shot by the real culprits. Sonoko reveals that the one she made the chocolate for, and the one she likes, was Makoto all along.

==== The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (Manga: [[Volume 36#Serial Bomber Case|369]]-[[Volume 37#Serial_Bomber_Case|373]], Anime: [[Episode 304|304]]) ====

==== The Suspicious Spicy Curry (Manga: [[Volume 40#Suspicious_Curry_Case|407-409]], Anime: [[Episode 331|331]]) ====

==== Sonoko's Red Handkerchief (Manga: [[Volume 52#Sonoko.27s Handkerchief Case|541-543]], Anime: [[Episode 457|457-458]]) ====
Makoto was confused about Sonoko's letter and decided to camp in that forest until the day of the meeting comes.

==== The Detective Memoir of Monkey and Rake (Manga: [[Volume 68#Tori Man Mugging Case|716-718]], Anime: [[Episode 592|592]]) ====

==== White Day of Betrayal (Manga: [[Volume 69#White Day Murder Case|725-727]], Anime: [[Episode 608|608-609]]) ====
Makoto won the competition for Sonoko's white day present. Although she was happy at first, at the end of the episode, she was seen asking Makoto whether he was planning to give anything else.

==== Deduction Showdown at the Haunted Hotel (Manga: [[Volume 73#Jeet Kune Do|768-770]], Anime: [[Episode 646|646-647]]) ====

==== Tennis Club Meeting (Manga: [[Volume 78#Tennis Meetup|825-827]], Anime: [[Conan Inside the Locked Room|705]]) ====
Makoto is learning tennis and hopes that he would be able to play with Sonoko someday. Upon seeing his video message, Sonoko immediately brings Ran, Kogoro, Conan and a [[Rei_Furuya|special coach]] along to practise with her.

==== Jeet Kune Do vs. Karate (Manga: [[Volume 81#Bumper Brawn|859-861]], Anime: [[The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku|744-745]]) ====
[[File:744-1.png|thumb|left|200px|Makoto challenging Sera for a fight]]
Makoto mistook Sera as a guy flirting with Sonoko and tried to fight her. Sonoko did not interrupt their fight as she wanted to see it for herself. Later Makoto became the main suspect of the case. Inspector Yamamura even puts handcuffs on him.

==== Twin Bets (Manga: [[Volume 82#Twin Bets|862-864]], Anime: [[Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku|746-747]]) ====
[[File:747-1.png|thumb|200px|Makoto whispering to blushing Sonoko.]]
Makoto managed to uncover Kid's disguise as Sonoko. Upon asking him, he blushed shyly and said that it was because Kid's ring finger is longer than his index finger, unlike Sonoko.

==== TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 96#TV Drama Filming Site Murder Case|1022-1026]], Anime: [[Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy|993-995]]) ====
Makoto joins with Sonoko, Ran, Conan and Sera to watch a movie. Later Makoto became the main suspect of the case again. When the culprit tries to commit suicude, he is able to stop the van with his bare hand so that Ran could kick the window to stop the culprit.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Makoto's family ===
Not much is known about Makoto's family except for that Makoto's father owns the Kawaraya Inn that Conan, Ran, and Sonoko stayed at in Izu. During the summer, Makoto occasionally helps at the hotel and works as a waiter at the Nagisa Sea Shop restaurant located on the nearby beach.<ref name=Summer /> In [[Sonoko's Red Handkerchief]] Makoto mentions that his younger sister requested that he tape "The Maple Leaves of Winter" for her.<ref>[[Volume 52#File 543 - Superman|Volume 52, File 543 "Superman", page 17]]: "実はあのドラマ、妹に頼まれてビデオに録っていたんですが…" ("Actually, my sister asked me to record that drama for her.")</ref>

=== Sonoko Suzuki ===
{{main|Sonoko Suzuki and Makoto Kyogoku}}
Sonoko originally met [[Makoto Kyogoku]] while vacationing, where he was a waiter at a restaurant and worked at his family's inn in his spare time. At first, neither she, Conan, nor Ran recognized him, because he wore glasses to hide his features. After he later protects her from getting killed by a crazed serial killer, Sonoko and Makoto entertain a long distance relationship while Makoto goes to study abroad, which is additionally hampered by the fact that he tends to be a little bashful around her.<ref name=Summer />
[[Image:Sonoko Presents Her Chocolate to Makoto.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Sonoko presenting the chocolate she made to Makoto.]]

Makoto often saves Sonoko from dangerous peril, like in a snow lodge,<ref name=Valentine>[[The Truth Behind Valentine's|Episode 266-268: The Truth Behind Valentine's]]</ref> and in a forest.<ref name=Red>[[Sonoko's Red Handkerchief|Episode 457-458: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief]]</ref> Sonoko loves to use some kind of concocted scheme to get Makoto to come to her, usually in some romantic way, to create a romantic and dreamy experience for her.<ref name=Red/> This, however, doesn't always end in success, but he sometimes does stumble through her little schemes.<ref name=Valentine /><ref name=Red/> He often warns her of the way she is dressed, because he believes that guys will try to come after her because of it.<ref name=Summer/><ref name=Valentine/>
[[Image:Sonoko Gives Makoto Her Chocolate.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Sonoko gives the chocolate she made to Makoto.]]
Sonoko often wants to show Makoto that her feelings for him are stronger than he thinks, planning simple ideas to make him feel special. However, these often go in awry, as she either cannot make what she had planned to make, like when she promised to make him a home-made sweater, but had to resort to buying one in a mall,<ref name=Megure>[[Megure's Locked Away Secret|Episode 217-218: Megure's Locked Away Secret]]</ref> or Makoto has no idea what she gave him is, like when he believed that the pottery she sent him was supposed to be for flowers.<ref name=Pottery>[[The Murderous Pottery Class|Episode 228-229: The Murderous Pottery Class]]</ref> Sonoko keeps a photo of Makoto in her bag, and uses it as a good luck charm for when she takes exams.<ref name=Photo>[[Trembling Metropolitan Police Headquarters 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304: Trembling Metropolitan Police Headquarters 12 Million Hostages]]</ref> She has also made him a chocolate, trying to make him feel jealous by not saying who it was for, thus forcing him to visit her in a snow lodge to ask her what was going on.<ref name=Valentine/> When he finds out that indeed, she made him the chocolate, he gets very embarrassed himself.<ref name=Valentine/>

Although long distance relationships can be hard to be in, and despite her constant flirting with any other attractive boy she stumbles upon, Sonoko has generally stayed faithful to Makoto, other than dreaming of meeting up with the Kaitou Kid, though this is mostly to see him up close more than anything else. Makoto also stays faithful to Sonoko.
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=== [[Tatsuhito Takami]] ===
When Makoto was in elementary school when he went on a family trip on Osaka he met Tatsuhito,Tatsuhito was a karate master makoto fought him once and when he couldn't defeat him,Tatsuhito told him win without fighting,makoto took those words to heart,it was also explained that he adopted his personality traits from tatsuhito,even right now makoto has respect for him.

== Character popularity ==
* In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Makoto placed 18th overall with 67 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref>
* In a poll held on June 5, 2020 by asking women age 20 to 40 who were their favourite Detective Conan character, Makoto ranked tenth<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/OneTruthPrevails/comments/hjkevu/detective_conan_character_popularity_poll_june_5/</ref>.

== Name origin ==
Makoto's name presumably comes from Natsuhiko Kyogoku [[Wikipedia: Natsuhiko Kyogoku|Natsuhiko Kyogoku]], the author of mystery novels such as Ubume no Natsu and Mōryō no Hako.
The name presumably comes from [[Wikipedia: Kyokushin|Kyokushin]] (極真), too.

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|真 Makoto|京極 Kyōgoku}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ماكاتو Makāto|''Not given''}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Makoto|Kyogoku}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Makoto|Kyogoku}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|真 Zhēn|京极 Jīngjí}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Makoto|Kyogoku}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Makoto|Kyogoku}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Makoto|Kyogoku}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Makoto|Kyogoku}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|경구 Kyung Goo|오 Oh}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|มาโคโตะ|เคียวโกขุ}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|TraditionalChinese|真 Zhēn|京極 Jīngjí}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Makoto|Kyogoku}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Makoto|Kyogoku}}
{{EndTable}}

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Makoto Before.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 154]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Makoto Middle.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 268]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Makoto After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 745]]
|}

==Gallery==
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== Trivia ==
* In contrast to his earlier appearance, Makoto's tan has become lighter.
*He was a suspect in a 3 cases: Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy, The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku and Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story.

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Sonoko Suzuki and Makoto Kyogoku]]

== References ==
<references/>

{{Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyogoku Makoto}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male characters]]
[[Category:Martial artists]]

[[de:Makoto Kyogoku]]

Lupin III

2020-10-01T07:09:57Z

Daniel46: Needless trivial addition

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| name = Arsène Lupin III
| japanese-name = Lupin III (''Rupan Sansei'')
| english-name = Arsène Lupin III
| image = Lupin III Profile.jpg
| age =
| gender = Male
| height =
| weight =
| date-of-birth =
| relatives = [[Arsène Lupin]] (paternal grandfather, deceased)
| occupation = Phantom thief
| nicknames = Lupin
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| first-appearance = [[Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure|Movie 11]] (cameo) [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan|TV Special 3]]
| appearances = {{:Lupin III Appearances}}
| cases-solved =
| keyhole =
| japanese-voice = [[Wikipedia: Nachi Nozawa|Nachi Nozawa]] [[Wikipedia: Taichirō Hirokawa|Taichirō Hirokawa]] [[Wikipedia: Yasuo Yamada|Yasuo Yamada]] [[Toshio Furukawa]] [[Wikipedia: Kanichi Kurita|Kanichi Kurita]]
| english-voice =
| drama-actor = [[Wikipedia:ja:目黒祐樹|Yūki Meguro]] [[Wikipedia:ja:ルー大柴|Lou Oshiba]] [[Wikipedia: Shun Oguri|Shun Oguri]] [[Wikipedia:ja:早霧せいな|Seina Sagiri]]
| footnotes =
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{{nihongo|'''''Lupin III'''''|ルパン三世|Rupan Sansei}}, also known as '''''Lupin the 3rd''''', is the main protagonist and titular character of a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuhiko Kato under the pen name of "Monkey Punch".

== Character profile ==
{{main|Wikipedia:Lupin III|Wikipedia:Arsène Lupin III}}
Lupin III is the grandson of [[Arsène Lupin]], the gentleman thief of [[Maurice Leblanc]]'s series of novels. Lupin and his gang - sharpshooter [[Daisuke Jigen]] and swordmaster [[Goemon Ishikawa]] - spend their time travelling throughout the world to steal treasures and escape from the law. As a result of his activities and usual success, he is considered the world's Number One master thief, and even has a dedicated international police force unit, the ICPO, headed by [[Koichi Zenigata]] (with whom Lupin entertains a fierce, yet mutually respectful, archrivalry) on his heels.

[[File:Lupin aims at Conan.png|thumb|left|200px|Lupin brandishing his gun]]In the original mangas, Lupin III is far less scrupulous than his more popularized anime version, who is a goofy but highly mischievous, cocky trickster using every trick in the book (and beyond) to get what he wants. He is incredibly skilled in the art of disguise, able to impersonate a large variety of persons using rubber masks and some natural acting talent. Cunning and resourceful, he usually manages to snatch the prize, only to lose it due to unfortituous circumstances, sometimes by the hands of his love interest, [[Fujiko Mine]]. But beneath his thief's skin, Lupin does possess a heart of gold; as circumstances dictate, he will aid people in need and work for higher aims than money, not demanding a reward afterwards.

Lupin has a passion for sporty vintage cars, and he uses a Walther P38 automatic pistol as his weapon of choice. His one major weakness is his infatuation with pretty women, especially Fujiko, even though she regularly ends up competing with him for the same treasures as he and his gang.

== Lupin III in ''Detective Conan'' ==
Lupin III was one of [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s sources of inspiration when writing ''Detective Conan''. Lupin has featured in two crossovers with ''Detective Conan'':
* A TV Special was released in 2009 titled '''''[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]]'''''. Lupin III encounters [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] in the country of Vespania as he attempts to steal the crown jewels, but ends up supporting Conan, [[Ran Mouri]] and the crown princess of Vespania against a traitor in the palace. It is revealed that he had done so once before, but returned the crown to remind then-Princess Sakura, the now deceased ruler of the country, of her duties when she wanted to run away from them. At the end of the episode, he and his associates profess a suprisingly depthful knowledge about Conan's [[Kudo Shinichi|true identity]], although the exact origin of their information remains undisclosed.
* A movie also titled '''''[[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie|Lupin III vs. Detective Conan]]''''' was released December 7, 2013. The story envolves another clash between Conan and Lupin, which gradually turns into grudging cooperation as they strive to prevent a valuable mineral from falling into the wrong hands.
Additional references between the two series are made in ''[[Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure]]'', where two thieves mask themselves as Lupin and Fujiko, and [[Miwako Sato]] calling Lupin "her first love".

== Appellations ==
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{{appellations|Ran Mouri|-|Mouri Ran Ran}}
{{appellations|Yoko Okino|-|Okino Yoko}}
{{appellations|User:Chukichi/Lupin the Third Part 4#Rebecca Rossellini{{!}}Rebecca Rossellini|file=Rebecca Rossellini.jpg|Lupin|Rebecca Miss Rebecca Rossellini Mrs. Lupin}}
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== See also ==
* [[List of characters who know Conan's identity]]
* [[List of characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lupin, Arsène}}

[[Category:Manga|Lupin the Third]][[Category:Characters]][[Category:Lupin III]][[Category:Lupin III characters]][[Category:Male characters]][[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]][[Category:Characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]

Rumi Wakasa

2020-08-02T19:12:02Z

Daniel46: /* Appearance */

Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out

2020-08-02T19:10:18Z

Daniel46: /* Trivia */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 425
| image = TV Episode 425.png
| title = Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out
| english-title =
| japanese-title = {{lang|ja|ブラックインパクト! 組織の手が届く瞬間}} (Burakku Inpakuto! Soshiki no Te ga Todoku Shunkan)
| rating = 13.1%
| Remastered broadcast rating = 8.2% (Part I) 6.2% (Part II) 9.1% (Part III) 8.2% (Part IV)
| Manga case number = #143
| season = [[Season 14|14]]
| manga = [[Volume 48#Black Organization vs. FBI|Volume 48: File 9 (499)]] ~ [[Volume 49#Black Organization vs. FBI|Volume 49: File 4 (504)]]
| airdate = January 9, 2006 * March 19, 2016 '''(Remastered version I)''' March 26, 2016 '''(Remastered version II)''' April 2, 2016 '''(Remastered version III)''' April 9, 2016 '''(Remastered version IV)'''
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Jodie Starling]] [[James Black]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]] [[Hidemi Hondou|Rena Mizunashi]] [[Chianti]] [[Korn]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Shuichi Akai]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Yoko Okino]] [[Akemi Miyano]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Shiho Miyano]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Azusa Enomoto]] [[Detective Okumura]] [[Detective Fukui]] [[Detective Horita]] [[Detective Sogawa]] [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Officer Numata]] [[Detective Ida]]
| suspects =
| case = Cases
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] (x2)
| next-conan-hint = Transmitter and listening device Kir '''(Remastered version I)''' Chianti & Korn '''(Remastered version II)''' Gin '''(Remastered version III)''' Shuichi Akai '''(Remastered version IV)'''
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay = [[Kazunari Kouchi]]
| organizer =
| storyboard = [[Takashi Sano]] [[Nana Harada]] [[Kumiko Habara]]
| producer = [[Masato Sato]]
| animation-director = [[Keiko Sasaki]] [[Akiko Kawashima]] (asst.)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Miki Nagasawa]] as [[Yoko Okino]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Yu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Ikue Otani]], [[Ai Orikasa]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Iemasa Kayumi]] as [[James Black]] [[Miyuki Ichijo]] as [[Jodie Starling]] [[Hidekazu Ikeda]] as [[Shuichi Akai]] [[Nobuaki Fukuda]] as Yasuteru Domon [[Mari Maruta]] as Kiriko Busujima [[Isshin Chiba]] as Bodyguard [[Junichi Sugawara]] as Director [[Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi]] as Moderator [[Hiroshi Tsuchida]] as Staff member [[Kozo Mito]] as Gang [[Kan Tokumaru]] as False criminal A [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] as False criminal B [[Tomoe Hanba]] as Woman A [[Masako Jō]] as Woman B [[Satomi Yamagata]] as Woman C [[Chinami Nishimura]] as Boy [[Yukitoshi Hori]] as [[Gin]] [[Mami Koyama]] as [[Vermouth]] [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] as [[Vodka]] [[Kikuko Inoue]] as [[Chianti]] [[Hiroyuki Kinoshita]] as [[Korn]] [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] as [[Hidemi Hondou|Rena Mizunashi]]
| opening-song = Shōdō
| closing-song = Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki
| prev-episode = The Photo Mail from the Clown
| next-episode = Love Letter to Ran
| footnotes = * 2.5 Hour Special
}}
A simple case turns into a desperate attempt to thwart the Black Organization's plan. To make things worse, Gin has acquired the assistance of two other members, Chianti and Korn for an assassination attempt.

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Hidemi Hondou|Rena Mizunashi]]|image = Hidemi Hondou.jpg|description =
* 27 years old
* TV announcer}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Chianti]]|image = Chianti.jpg|description =
* Assassin
* Member of the [[Black Organization]]}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Korn]]|image = Korn.jpg|description =
* Assassin
* Member of the Black Organization
* [[Chianti]]'s partner}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Toji Funemoto]]|image = Toji Funemoto.jpg|description =
* 8 years old
* Elementary child}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Jodie Starling}}
{{Char|James Black}}
{{Char|Gin}}
{{Char|Vodka}}
{{Char|Vermouth}}
{{Char|Calvados|display=Calvados (background/flashback)}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Shuichi Akai}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Yumi Miyamoto}}
{{Char|Yoko Okino}}
{{Char|Akemi Miyano|display=Akemi Miyano (flashback/background)}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (flashback/background)}}
{{Char|Shiho Miyano|display=Shiho Miyano (flashback/bacakground}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Azusa Enomoto}}
{{Char|Detective Okumura}}
{{Char|Detective Fukui}}
{{Char|Detective Horita}}
{{Char|Detective Sogawa}}
{{Char|Detective Takigawa|Nakamura-keiji|display=Detective Takigawa}}
{{Char|Officer Numata|Numata|display=Officer Numata}}
{{char|Detective Ida}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Microphone}}
{{Gadget|Criminal Tracking Glasses}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
}}

== Case 1 ==
=== Situation ===
Conan and the gang meet Rena Mizunashi, a news caster with a problem that turns out to be a ding dong dash. Kogoro is asked to help news reporter Rena Mizunashi who is worried about a stalker. Every Saturday for two months someone has been ringing her doorbell early in the morning and running away. Conan places a transmitter device outside the door and investigates.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Ding Dong Dash
| image = EP425a Case.jpg
| location = Apartment Room 306
| victim = [[Hidemi Hondou|Rena Mizunashi]]
| time = Every Saturday morning at 6:00 AM
| suspects = Unknown culprit
| description =
}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:EP425 Boy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A young boy was Rena Mizunashi's stalker all along.]]
On Saturday, Conan reveals that the prankster is a '''young boy''' who was using the door bell to wake up Rena for her Saturday morning news report; Two months ago, Rena was moved to Sundays and the boy presumed she overslept, when she stopped showing up on the Saturday morning news. The sleeping pills where meant to give her a good night's sleep. The boy reveals that Rena reminds him of his mother and Rena tells him he must be strong for his mother who recently died and to never see her again. While heading home, Conan forgets his device and returns to Rena's apartment to retrieve it. However the device stuck to Rena's shoe. Conan overhears Rena's conversation and realizes she is talking to Gin. It is revealed that she is also the Black Organization member. Her codename is '''Kir'''.</spoiler>

== Case 2 ==
=== Situation ===
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Planned Assassination
| image = EP425b Case.jpg
| location = Eddie P
| victim = Eisaku Tokiwa, Junji Sendo, or Yasuteru Domon (codeword: DJ)
| victim-label = Possible target
| suspects = [[Black Organization]]
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = Conan overheard that the Black Organization are going to kill someone. Who is their target?
}}

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kiriko Busujima|Kiriko Busujima.jpg|
* Desankai staff}}
{{People|Eisaku Tokiwa|Eisaku Tokiwa.jpg|
* Teito University Pharmaceutical professor}}
{{People|Junji Sendo|Junji Sendo.jpg|
* Actor}}
{{People|Yasuteru Domon|Domon Yasudera.jpg|
* Former higher-up from Self Defense Force}}
{{People|Kevin Brown|Kevin Brown.png|
* Presidential candidate for the United States of America}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>Conan overhears that the Black Organization plan to assassinate a man named '''Yasuteru Domon''', a candidate for Japan's Shuugi-In. Conan, with the help of Jodie Starling, manages to avert the assassination by setting off the sprinklers and thus forces the sniper to abandon their first plan. The Organization regroups and reveals they had a second plan should the first fail. With help from Vermouth who disguised as Kiriko Busujima they will intercept Domon's car at Bein B.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Planned Assassination
| image = EP425c Case.jpg
| location = Bein B
| victim = Yasuteru Domon
| description =
}}

"Bein" B turns out to be Vane B, as as weather vane; The Black Organization will stop Domon's car at Toriya (bird) bridge. Knowing where the Organization is heading, the FBI manages to corner Rena, which results in her being seriously injured. Gin calls the second plan off when he discovers Conan's tracker and suspects Kogoro of planting it. With the boss's permission he, Vodka, Vermouth, Korn and Chianti go Beika city to silence the detective. As the Black Organization members, Korn and Chianti prepare to fire at Kogoro, they are interrupted by Conan kicking a soccer ball into Kogoro's window and Shuichi Akai's sniper shots. Thus, Kogoro is saved at the last second by a double effort from Conan and Shuichi Akai, and the Organization is made to believe the FBI planted the tracker. The Organization escapes, and Rena is hospitalized with the FBI guarding her in her comatose state, while Conan uses Rena's voice to give her an extended holiday, so as to keep Rena's location a secret from the Black Organization. Later that day, Conan tells Haibara that with Rena, they will have a lead on the Black Organization.</spoiler>

== Remastered version ==
A remastered version of this case was aired on March 19, 2016 and March 26, 2016 and April 2, 2016 and April 9, 2016. The original 2.5-hour episode was split into four smaller episodes.

== Manga to anime changes ==
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
* The scenes where Chianti and Korn are shown practicing their sniping skill with virtual targets and Vermouth observing Kiriko Busujima at the beginning of the anime episode are not from the original manga.
* In addition, a scene with a shadow looking Rena's apartment, which has been revealed that it was Jodie spying Rena Mizunashi, and a hint that was Kimiwa, found in the adjoining apartment, and that was actually Miwako Takagi was written by Detective Takagi while observed a suspect's girlfriend, both are also exclusive from anime.
* When Jodie shoots the sprinklers to stop the Black Organization snipers, Kir hears the silenced gunshots. In the manga, Kir just turns her head slightly to see the broken sprinkler. In the anime, she turns her whole body towards the sprinkler in order to look which was an animation mistake. Her pin is a camera and would have broadcast the video of Jodie and the broken sprinkler to Gin, Vodka and Vermouth.
* There is a recap in the beginning of the anime version.

== Quotes ==
{{charquote|As expected of the child that you have yours eyes on. It almost makes me want to scout him for the bureau.||[[James Black]] (talking to [[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] in the car with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] in the backseat)}}

== Trivia ==
*Akai's scope shot against Gin is evidently a silent hommage to the most notorious accomplishment of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock Carlos Hathcock], a famed US Marine sniper who served in the Vietnam War.
* Akai's Accuracy International Arctic Warfare rifle is a right handed version. By shooting it left-handed, operating the right-side bolt would be very clumsy and the spent cartridge would be ejected towards his face rather than away.
* The recap in the beginning references [[Roller Coaster Murder Case]], [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]], [[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case]], [[Reunion with the Black Organization]], [[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]], and [[The Four Porsches]].
* In one of the scenes where Chianti and Korn are practising their sniping skills, all the signs are misspelled as "Sanate" instead of "Senate."
* In one scene, Professor Agasa drove by a direction sign bearing the names Ogata, Takayama and Hayashibara. This may be a reference to [[Kenichi Ogata]], [[Minami Takayama]] and [[Megumi Hayashibara]], the voice actors for Professor Agasa, Conan and Haibara respectively.

== BGM listing ==
=== Prologue ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|ウェルカム・パーティー|Werukamu・Pātii|Welcome Party|[[Detective Conan "Strategy Above the Depths" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ぼくがいる（コナン・ヴァージョン）コナンのテーマ|Boku ga Iru (Konan・Vājon) Konan no Tēma|I'm Here (Conan Version) Conan's Theme|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|名探偵コナン・メインテーマ|Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma|Detective Conan Main Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|悪のテーマ2|Aku no Tēma 2|Theme of Evil 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|犯人現わる！|Hannin Arawaru!|The Culprit is Revealed!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|絶体絶命|Zettai Zetsumei|A Desperate Situation|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|捜査開始（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Sōsa Kaishi (Mantenrō Vājon)|The Investigation Begins (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|走るリムジン1|Hashiru Rimujin 1|Limousine Ride 1|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Assassin ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|コナンの忍び捜査|Konan no Shinobi Sōsa|Conan's Secret Investigation|[[Detective Conan "Strategy Above the Depths" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|衝動|Shōdō|Impulse|[[Shōdō]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Intruder ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|昼下がりの天使たち|Hirusagari no Tenshitachi|Early Afternoon Angels|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|のんびり気分（アナザーver.）|Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)|Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|西の名探偵（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Nishi no Meitantei (Mantenrō Vājon)|The Great Detective of the West (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|事件解決（意気揚々ver.）|Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)|Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|元太のテーマ|Genta no Tēma|Genta's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|21|推理（不気味ver.）|Suiri (Bukimi ver.)|Deduction (Ominous ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|22|真相究明|Shinsō Kyūmei|Investigating the Truth|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|23|「何だこの痕跡は？」|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?"|"What Is This a Trace Of?"|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Reason ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|24|「何だこの痕跡は？」|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?"|"What Is This a Trace Of?"|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|25|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|26|脅迫（パート1）|Kyōhaku (Pāto 1)|Threat (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|27|蘭のお姉さんぶり|Ran no Onēsan Buri|Ran's Elder Sister Style|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Seven Kids ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|28|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|29|西の名探偵（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Nishi no Meitantei (Mantenrō Vājon)|The Great Detective of the West (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|30|沈む夕陽|Shizumu Yūhi|Depressing Sunset|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|31|「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ（バラードver.）|"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Barādo ver.)|"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Ballad ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|32|恋のトランプゲーム占い|Koi no Toranpu Gēmu Uranai|Love's Fortune-Telling Card Game|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|33|元太のテーマ|Genta no Tēma|Genta's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|34|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Kir ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|35|時計じかけの摩天楼|Tokei Jikake no Mantenrō|The Time-Bombed Skyscraper|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|36|事件現場（オリジナルver.）|Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)|Scene of the Case (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|37|モリアーティの広告|Moriāti no Kōkoku|Moriarty's Announcement|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|38|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|39|謎解き（その1）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Edie P ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|40|ワインをのんで|Wain o Nonde|Drinking Wine|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|41|緊急事態発生！|Kinkyūjitai Hassei!|A State of Emergency Has Come Forth!|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|42|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|43|オセンチな歩美|Osenchina Ayumi|Sentimental Ayumi|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Double Personality ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|44|悪のテーマ（パート2）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|45|犯人のアジト（いよいよver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|46|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|47|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|48|次のターゲット！|Tsugi no Tāgetto!|The Next Target!|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|49|小五郎の推理|Kogorō no Suiri|Kogoro's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Target ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|50|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|51|名探偵コナン・メインテーマ|Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma|Detective Conan Main Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|52|緊急事態発生！|Kinkyūjitai Hassei!|A State of Emergency Has Come Forth!|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|53|モリアーティの広告|Moriāti no Kōkoku|Moriarty's Announcement|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|54|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Assassination ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|55|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|56|怪人包帯男1|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|57|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|58|ターゲットサスペンスD|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Vain B ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|59|悪のテーマ（パート2）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|60|モリアーティの広告|Moriāti no Kōkoku|Moriarty's Announcement|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|61|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|62|捜査会議|Sōsa Kaigi|Investigation Meeting|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|63|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|64|事件現場（オリジナルver.）|Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)|Scene of the Case (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|65|怪盗キッドの予告状1|Kaitō Kiddo no Yokokujō 1|Kaitou Kid's Manifesto 1|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|66|コナンのテーマ|Konan no Tēma|Conan's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Calamity ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|67|時計じかけの摩天楼|Tokei Jikake no Mantenrō|The Time-Bombed Skyscraper|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|68|緊急事態発生！|Kinkyūjitai Hassei!|A State of Emergency Has Come Forth!|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|69|怪人包帯男2|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|70|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== My Favorite... ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|71|事件現場（ショートver.）|Jiken Genba (Shōto ver.)|Scene of the Case (Short ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|72|緊急事態発生！|Kinkyūjitai Hassei!|A State of Emergency Has Come Forth!|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|73|時計じかけの摩天楼|Tokei Jikake no Mantenrō|The Time-Bombed Skyscraper|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|74|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|75|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|76|悲しいほど貴方が好き|Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki|I Love You As Much As I'm Sad|[[Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|77|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|Impacte negre! A l'abast dels braços de l'organització|Black impact! In reach of organization arms}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La mano oscura degli uomini in nero|The men in black dark hand}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|แบล็คอิมแพ็ค วินาทีที่อยู่ในเงื้อมมือองค์กร (ตอนพิเศษ 2 ชั่วโมงครึ่ง)|Black Impact - The second we're in reach of the Organization (2.5 hours Special)}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Chấn động hắc ám! Thời điểm Tổ chức áo đen ra tay|}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 14]]

{{Season 14}}
{{Black Organization}}
{{FBI}}

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Remastered episode]][[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]][[Category:Animation directed by Akiko Kawashima]]

[[de:Fall 143]]

Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out

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Daniel46: /* Trivia */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 425
| image = TV Episode 425.png
| title = Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out
| english-title =
| japanese-title = {{lang|ja|ブラックインパクト! 組織の手が届く瞬間}} (Burakku Inpakuto! Soshiki no Te ga Todoku Shunkan)
| rating = 13.1%
| Remastered broadcast rating = 8.2% (Part I) 6.2% (Part II) 9.1% (Part III) 8.2% (Part IV)
| Manga case number = #143
| season = [[Season 14|14]]
| manga = [[Volume 48#Black Organization vs. FBI|Volume 48: File 9 (499)]] ~ [[Volume 49#Black Organization vs. FBI|Volume 49: File 4 (504)]]
| airdate = January 9, 2006 * March 19, 2016 '''(Remastered version I)''' March 26, 2016 '''(Remastered version II)''' April 2, 2016 '''(Remastered version III)''' April 9, 2016 '''(Remastered version IV)'''
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Jodie Starling]] [[James Black]] [[Gin]] [[Vodka]] [[Vermouth]] [[Hidemi Hondou|Rena Mizunashi]] [[Chianti]] [[Korn]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Shuichi Akai]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Yoko Okino]] [[Akemi Miyano]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Shiho Miyano]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Azusa Enomoto]] [[Detective Okumura]] [[Detective Fukui]] [[Detective Horita]] [[Detective Sogawa]] [[Detective Takigawa]] [[Officer Numata]] [[Detective Ida]]
| suspects =
| case = Cases
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] (x2)
| next-conan-hint = Transmitter and listening device Kir '''(Remastered version I)''' Chianti & Korn '''(Remastered version II)''' Gin '''(Remastered version III)''' Shuichi Akai '''(Remastered version IV)'''
| director = [[Masato Sato]]
| screenplay = [[Kazunari Kouchi]]
| organizer =
| storyboard = [[Takashi Sano]] [[Nana Harada]] [[Kumiko Habara]]
| producer = [[Masato Sato]]
| animation-director = [[Keiko Sasaki]] [[Akiko Kawashima]] (asst.)
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Naoko Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Miki Nagasawa]] as [[Yoko Okino]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Yu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Ikue Otani]], [[Ai Orikasa]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Iemasa Kayumi]] as [[James Black]] [[Miyuki Ichijo]] as [[Jodie Starling]] [[Hidekazu Ikeda]] as [[Shuichi Akai]] [[Nobuaki Fukuda]] as Yasuteru Domon [[Mari Maruta]] as Kiriko Busujima [[Isshin Chiba]] as Bodyguard [[Junichi Sugawara]] as Director [[Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi]] as Moderator [[Hiroshi Tsuchida]] as Staff member [[Kozo Mito]] as Gang [[Kan Tokumaru]] as False criminal A [[Hidetoshi Nakamura]] as False criminal B [[Tomoe Hanba]] as Woman A [[Masako Jō]] as Woman B [[Satomi Yamagata]] as Woman C [[Chinami Nishimura]] as Boy [[Yukitoshi Hori]] as [[Gin]] [[Mami Koyama]] as [[Vermouth]] [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] as [[Vodka]] [[Kikuko Inoue]] as [[Chianti]] [[Hiroyuki Kinoshita]] as [[Korn]] [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] as [[Hidemi Hondou|Rena Mizunashi]]
| opening-song = Shōdō
| closing-song = Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki
| prev-episode = The Photo Mail from the Clown
| next-episode = Love Letter to Ran
| footnotes = * 2.5 Hour Special
}}
A simple case turns into a desperate attempt to thwart the Black Organization's plan. To make things worse, Gin has acquired the assistance of two other members, Chianti and Korn for an assassination attempt.

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Hidemi Hondou|Rena Mizunashi]]|image = Hidemi Hondou.jpg|description =
* 27 years old
* TV announcer}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Chianti]]|image = Chianti.jpg|description =
* Assassin
* Member of the [[Black Organization]]}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Korn]]|image = Korn.jpg|description =
* Assassin
* Member of the Black Organization
* [[Chianti]]'s partner}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Toji Funemoto]]|image = Toji Funemoto.jpg|description =
* 8 years old
* Elementary child}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Jodie Starling}}
{{Char|James Black}}
{{Char|Gin}}
{{Char|Vodka}}
{{Char|Vermouth}}
{{Char|Calvados|display=Calvados (background/flashback)}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Shuichi Akai}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Yumi Miyamoto}}
{{Char|Yoko Okino}}
{{Char|Akemi Miyano|display=Akemi Miyano (flashback/background)}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (flashback/background)}}
{{Char|Shiho Miyano|display=Shiho Miyano (flashback/bacakground}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Azusa Enomoto}}
{{Char|Detective Okumura}}
{{Char|Detective Fukui}}
{{Char|Detective Horita}}
{{Char|Detective Sogawa}}
{{Char|Detective Takigawa|Nakamura-keiji|display=Detective Takigawa}}
{{Char|Officer Numata|Numata|display=Officer Numata}}
{{char|Detective Ida}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Voice-Changing Bowtie}}
{{Gadget|Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes}}
{{Gadget|Microphone}}
{{Gadget|Criminal Tracking Glasses}}
{{Gadget|Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt}}
}}

== Case 1 ==
=== Situation ===
Conan and the gang meet Rena Mizunashi, a news caster with a problem that turns out to be a ding dong dash. Kogoro is asked to help news reporter Rena Mizunashi who is worried about a stalker. Every Saturday for two months someone has been ringing her doorbell early in the morning and running away. Conan places a transmitter device outside the door and investigates.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Ding Dong Dash
| image = EP425a Case.jpg
| location = Apartment Room 306
| victim = [[Hidemi Hondou|Rena Mizunashi]]
| time = Every Saturday morning at 6:00 AM
| suspects = Unknown culprit
| description =
}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:EP425 Boy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A young boy was Rena Mizunashi's stalker all along.]]
On Saturday, Conan reveals that the prankster is a '''young boy''' who was using the door bell to wake up Rena for her Saturday morning news report; Two months ago, Rena was moved to Sundays and the boy presumed she overslept, when she stopped showing up on the Saturday morning news. The sleeping pills where meant to give her a good night's sleep. The boy reveals that Rena reminds him of his mother and Rena tells him he must be strong for his mother who recently died and to never see her again. While heading home, Conan forgets his device and returns to Rena's apartment to retrieve it. However the device stuck to Rena's shoe. Conan overhears Rena's conversation and realizes she is talking to Gin. It is revealed that she is also the Black Organization member. Her codename is '''Kir'''.</spoiler>

== Case 2 ==
=== Situation ===
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Planned Assassination
| image = EP425b Case.jpg
| location = Eddie P
| victim = Eisaku Tokiwa, Junji Sendo, or Yasuteru Domon (codeword: DJ)
| victim-label = Possible target
| suspects = [[Black Organization]]
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = Conan overheard that the Black Organization are going to kill someone. Who is their target?
}}

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kiriko Busujima|Kiriko Busujima.jpg|
* Desankai staff}}
{{People|Eisaku Tokiwa|Eisaku Tokiwa.jpg|
* Teito University Pharmaceutical professor}}
{{People|Junji Sendo|Junji Sendo.jpg|
* Actor}}
{{People|Yasuteru Domon|Domon Yasudera.jpg|
* Former higher-up from Self Defense Force}}
{{People|Kevin Brown|Kevin Brown.png|
* Presidential candidate for the United States of America}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>Conan overhears that the Black Organization plan to assassinate a man named '''Yasuteru Domon''', a candidate for Japan's Shuugi-In. Conan, with the help of Jodie Starling, manages to avert the assassination by setting off the sprinklers and thus forces the sniper to abandon their first plan. The Organization regroups and reveals they had a second plan should the first fail. With help from Vermouth who disguised as Kiriko Busujima they will intercept Domon's car at Bein B.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Planned Assassination
| image = EP425c Case.jpg
| location = Bein B
| victim = Yasuteru Domon
| description =
}}

"Bein" B turns out to be Vane B, as as weather vane; The Black Organization will stop Domon's car at Toriya (bird) bridge. Knowing where the Organization is heading, the FBI manages to corner Rena, which results in her being seriously injured. Gin calls the second plan off when he discovers Conan's tracker and suspects Kogoro of planting it. With the boss's permission he, Vodka, Vermouth, Korn and Chianti go Beika city to silence the detective. As the Black Organization members, Korn and Chianti prepare to fire at Kogoro, they are interrupted by Conan kicking a soccer ball into Kogoro's window and Shuichi Akai's sniper shots. Thus, Kogoro is saved at the last second by a double effort from Conan and Shuichi Akai, and the Organization is made to believe the FBI planted the tracker. The Organization escapes, and Rena is hospitalized with the FBI guarding her in her comatose state, while Conan uses Rena's voice to give her an extended holiday, so as to keep Rena's location a secret from the Black Organization. Later that day, Conan tells Haibara that with Rena, they will have a lead on the Black Organization.</spoiler>

== Remastered version ==
A remastered version of this case was aired on March 19, 2016 and March 26, 2016 and April 2, 2016 and April 9, 2016. The original 2.5-hour episode was split into four smaller episodes.

== Manga to anime changes ==
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
* The scenes where Chianti and Korn are shown practicing their sniping skill with virtual targets and Vermouth observing Kiriko Busujima at the beginning of the anime episode are not from the original manga.
* In addition, a scene with a shadow looking Rena's apartment, which has been revealed that it was Jodie spying Rena Mizunashi, and a hint that was Kimiwa, found in the adjoining apartment, and that was actually Miwako Takagi was written by Detective Takagi while observed a suspect's girlfriend, both are also exclusive from anime.
* When Jodie shoots the sprinklers to stop the Black Organization snipers, Kir hears the silenced gunshots. In the manga, Kir just turns her head slightly to see the broken sprinkler. In the anime, she turns her whole body towards the sprinkler in order to look which was an animation mistake. Her pin is a camera and would have broadcast the video of Jodie and the broken sprinkler to Gin, Vodka and Vermouth.
* There is a recap in the beginning of the anime version.

== Quotes ==
{{charquote|As expected of the child that you have yours eyes on. It almost makes me want to scout him for the bureau.||[[James Black]] (talking to [[Jodie Starling|Jodie]] in the car with [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] in the backseat)}}

== Trivia ==
*Akai's scope shot against Gin is evidently a silent reference to the most notorious accomplishment by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock Carlos Hathcock], a famed US Marine sniper who served in the Vietnam War.
* Akai's Accuracy International Arctic Warfare rifle is a right handed version. By shooting it left-handed, operating the right-side bolt would be very clumsy and the spent cartridge would be ejected towards his face rather than away.
* The recap in the beginning references [[Roller Coaster Murder Case]], [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case]], [[The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case]], [[Reunion with the Black Organization]], [[Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: A Dual Mystery on a Full Moon Night]], and [[The Four Porsches]].
* In one of the scenes where Chianti and Korn are practising their sniping skills, all the signs are misspelled as "Sanate" instead of "Senate."
* In one scene, Professor Agasa drove by a direction sign bearing the names Ogata, Takayama and Hayashibara. This may be a reference to [[Kenichi Ogata]], [[Minami Takayama]] and [[Megumi Hayashibara]], the voice actors for Professor Agasa, Conan and Haibara respectively.

== BGM listing ==
=== Prologue ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|ウェルカム・パーティー|Werukamu・Pātii|Welcome Party|[[Detective Conan "Strategy Above the Depths" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|ぼくがいる（コナン・ヴァージョン）コナンのテーマ|Boku ga Iru (Konan・Vājon) Konan no Tēma|I'm Here (Conan Version) Conan's Theme|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|名探偵コナン・メインテーマ|Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma|Detective Conan Main Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|5|悪のテーマ2|Aku no Tēma 2|Theme of Evil 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|犯人現わる！|Hannin Arawaru!|The Culprit is Revealed!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|絶体絶命|Zettai Zetsumei|A Desperate Situation|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|捜査開始（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Sōsa Kaishi (Mantenrō Vājon)|The Investigation Begins (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|走るリムジン1|Hashiru Rimujin 1|Limousine Ride 1|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Assassin ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|コナンの忍び捜査|Konan no Shinobi Sōsa|Conan's Secret Investigation|[[Detective Conan "Strategy Above the Depths" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|衝動|Shōdō|Impulse|[[Shōdō]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Intruder ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|昼下がりの天使たち|Hirusagari no Tenshitachi|Early Afternoon Angels|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|のんびり気分（アナザーver.）|Nonbiri Kibun (Anazā ver.)|Carefree Feeling (Another ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|西の名探偵（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Nishi no Meitantei (Mantenrō Vājon)|The Great Detective of the West (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|事件解決（意気揚々ver.）|Jiken Kaiketsu (Ikiyōyō ver.)|Case Resolution (Triumphant ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|19|元太のテーマ|Genta no Tēma|Genta's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|犯人のアジト（忍び込みver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|21|推理（不気味ver.）|Suiri (Bukimi ver.)|Deduction (Ominous ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|22|真相究明|Shinsō Kyūmei|Investigating the Truth|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|23|「何だこの痕跡は？」|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?"|"What Is This a Trace Of?"|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Reason ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|24|「何だこの痕跡は？」|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?"|"What Is This a Trace Of?"|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|25|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|26|脅迫（パート1）|Kyōhaku (Pāto 1)|Threat (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|27|蘭のお姉さんぶり|Ran no Onēsan Buri|Ran's Elder Sister Style|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Seven Kids ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|28|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|29|西の名探偵（摩天楼ヴァージョン）|Nishi no Meitantei (Mantenrō Vājon)|The Great Detective of the West (Skyscraper Version)|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|30|沈む夕陽|Shizumu Yūhi|Depressing Sunset|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|31|「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ（バラードver.）|"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Barādo ver.)|"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Ballad ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|32|恋のトランプゲーム占い|Koi no Toranpu Gēmu Uranai|Love's Fortune-Telling Card Game|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|33|元太のテーマ|Genta no Tēma|Genta's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|34|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Kir ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|35|時計じかけの摩天楼|Tokei Jikake no Mantenrō|The Time-Bombed Skyscraper|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|36|事件現場（オリジナルver.）|Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)|Scene of the Case (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|37|モリアーティの広告|Moriāti no Kōkoku|Moriarty's Announcement|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|38|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|39|謎解き（その1）|Nazotoki (Sono 1)|Riddle Solution (Part 1)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Edie P ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|40|ワインをのんで|Wain o Nonde|Drinking Wine|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|41|緊急事態発生！|Kinkyūjitai Hassei!|A State of Emergency Has Come Forth!|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|42|緊迫|Kinpaku|Tension|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|43|オセンチな歩美|Osenchina Ayumi|Sentimental Ayumi|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Double Personality ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|44|悪のテーマ（パート2）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|45|犯人のアジト（いよいよver.）|Hannin no Ajito (Iyoiyo ver.)|The Culprit's Hideout (More and More ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|46|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|47|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|48|次のターゲット！|Tsugi no Tāgetto!|The Next Target!|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|49|小五郎の推理|Kogorō no Suiri|Kogoro's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Target ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|50|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|51|名探偵コナン・メインテーマ|Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma|Detective Conan Main Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|52|緊急事態発生！|Kinkyūjitai Hassei!|A State of Emergency Has Come Forth!|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|53|モリアーティの広告|Moriāti no Kōkoku|Moriarty's Announcement|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|54|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Assassination ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|55|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|56|怪人包帯男1|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|57|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|58|ターゲットサスペンスD|Tāgetto Sasupensu D|Target Suspense D|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Vain B ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|59|悪のテーマ（パート2）|Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)|Theme of Evil (Part 2)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|60|モリアーティの広告|Moriāti no Kōkoku|Moriarty's Announcement|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|61|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|62|捜査会議|Sōsa Kaigi|Investigation Meeting|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|63|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|64|事件現場（オリジナルver.）|Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)|Scene of the Case (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|65|怪盗キッドの予告状1|Kaitō Kiddo no Yokokujō 1|Kaitou Kid's Manifesto 1|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|66|コナンのテーマ|Konan no Tēma|Conan's Theme|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== Calamity ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|67|時計じかけの摩天楼|Tokei Jikake no Mantenrō|The Time-Bombed Skyscraper|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|68|緊急事態発生！|Kinkyūjitai Hassei!|A State of Emergency Has Come Forth!|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|69|怪人包帯男2|Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2|The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|70|暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手|Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu|Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

=== My Favorite... ===
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|71|事件現場（ショートver.）|Jiken Genba (Shōto ver.)|Scene of the Case (Short ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|72|緊急事態発生！|Kinkyūjitai Hassei!|A State of Emergency Has Come Forth!|[[Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|73|時計じかけの摩天楼|Tokei Jikake no Mantenrō|The Time-Bombed Skyscraper|[[Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|74|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|75|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|76|悲しいほど貴方が好き|Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki|I Love You As Much As I'm Sad|[[Kanashii Hodo Anata ga Suki]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|77|古城のテーマ|Kojō no Tēma|The Old Castle's Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|Impacte negre! A l'abast dels braços de l'organització|Black impact! In reach of organization arms}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|La mano oscura degli uomini in nero|The men in black dark hand}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|แบล็คอิมแพ็ค วินาทีที่อยู่ในเงื้อมมือองค์กร (ตอนพิเศษ 2 ชั่วโมงครึ่ง)|Black Impact - The second we're in reach of the Organization (2.5 hours Special)}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Chấn động hắc ám! Thời điểm Tổ chức áo đen ra tay|}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 14]]

{{Season 14}}
{{Black Organization}}
{{FBI}}

[[Category:Episodes]][[Category:Remastered episode]][[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]][[Category:Animation directed by Akiko Kawashima]]

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Rumi Wakasa

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Rumi Wakasa

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A Secret Order From London

2020-04-22T16:52:41Z

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{{InfoBox OVA
| ova = 11
| image = OVA 11.jpg
| title = A Secret Order From London
| english-title =
| japanese-title = ロンドンからの㊙︎指令 (Rondon Kara no Maruhi Shirei)
| airdate = 2011
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Ai Haibara]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Subaru Okiya]] [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Asami Tsuburaya]] [[Sumiko Kobayashi]]
| solved-by = No one
| case =
| director = [[Koujin Ochi]]
| screenplay = [[Kazunari Kouchi]]
| organizer =
| storyboard = [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| producer = [[Nobuharu Kamanaka]]
| animation-director = [[Keiko Sasaki]]
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]], [[Asami Tsuburaya]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Genta Kojima]] [[Ryotaro Okiayu]] as [[Subaru Okiya]] [[Hiroyuki Shibamoto]] as Yoji Kurakawa [[Satomi Arai]] as Chiharu Seino [[Kazunari Tanaka]] as Police Officer
| closing-song = Tsukiyo no Itazura no Mahō
| prev-ova = Kid in Trap Island
| next-ova = The Miracle of Excalibur
| footnotes = [[Holmes' Revelation|London Arc]] side story.
}}
'''A Secret Order from London''' is the eleventh [[OVAs|OVA]] of the anime and manga franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. The plot revolves about [[Ai Haibara]] spending her time with [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]] [[Holmes' Revelation|while Conan and company travel to London]], only to be beset by a group of sinister-looking persons.

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Subaru Okiya}}
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Asami Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Sumiko Kobayashi|display=Sumiko Kobayashi (flashback)}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
While [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]]/[[Shinichi Kudo|Shinichi]], [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]], [[Ran Mouri|Ran]] and her [[Kogoro Mouri|father]] [[Holmes' Revelation|travel to London]], [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] spends her days at [[Ayumi Yoshida|Ayumi]]'s home. When the two girls have breakfast, Haibara reminisces about her favorite type of sandwich, which prompts Ayumi to suggest a shopping trip. After making themselves up and dressing nicely, the two girls depart for the city.
[[File:DC Ai OAV 11b.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Haibara's secret double life?]]
However, while trying to sort out the mess [[Asami Tsuburaya|his sister]] has left with her old magazines, which are to be taken away for recycling, [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]] beholds a page with a startling picture: his schoolfriend (and love interest) Haibara appears to be a former American child actress! What is more surprising is the set of facts printed next to the picture, which introduces her as Grace Aihara, who is now 9 years old - two year older than Haibara "actually" is. Like Haibara, she is half English and half Japanese, and has retired to Great Britain following the conclusion of her acting career. In addition, right after this discovery, Conan calls Mitsuhiko, hurriedly telling him to keep Haibara away from Professor Agasa's house.

After sharing these news with [[Genta Kojima|Genta]], the two begin (ineptly) spying on the two girls. Based on a newsreel he catches in town, which reports a spy revealed in the super model business, and her half-English background, Mitsuhiko even goes so far as to suspect that Haibara is actually a member of the British secret service MI-6, that she is trailed by the American Mafia, and that Conan and Professor Agasa are somehow in on her secret.

But what is even more unsettling is that the girls have another secret observer, a slim man dressed in a black suit and sunglasses who possesses several pictures of Haibara and is evidently after her. He begins following Haibara and Ayumi through town, and a young woman, also clad in black and with sunglasses, stalks them as well. The two are spotted by Mitsuhiko and Genta, and as they corner the girls in a menacing way, Mitsuhiko and Genta attack, toppling the man. The police arrives quickly, and all are taken to the next police booth, where a surprising revelation awaits. And as the children return to Agasa's house, they catch [[Subaru Okiya]] just leaving the premises holding a package, which Professor Agasa had apparently called him about to keep it safe.

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Grace Aihara|Grace Aihara.jpg|
* 9 years old
* Former American child actress}}
{{People|Man in black|OVA11 Man.jpg|
* Sinister pursuer}}
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* Sinister pursuer}}
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* Tokyo MPD Police officer}}
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=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>The man and woman in black are revealed to be talent scouts going by the names of '''Youji Kurokawa''' (the man) and '''Chiharu Seino''' (the woman), who were looking for a Grace Aihara look-alike. Since they had heard of a girl looking very much like Aihara, they have decided to check her out more closely before approaching her and delivering their proposition to make Haibara and Ayumi into celebrities. This proposal is turned down by Haibara, since she doesn't want to draw attention to herself and because she doesn't think much about the male scout's rude behavior towards children.
 
The package Okiya was supposed to keep safe for Professor Agasa turns out to be a delivered order of peanut butter and blueberry jam - obviously Agasa has come to develop a personal craving for this foreign delicacy. Haibara wreaks her revenge on Professor Agasa by helping herself and the Detective Boys to the delicious spreads, with Okiya providing the bread. And when Agasa calls to check on his delivery, Haibara doesn't hold back in declaring to him - to his horror - what she is about to do with it, and to Shinichi about his complicity (i.e. his phone call to Mitsuhiko) in the matter. And despite Mitsuhiko's high hopes about Haibara becoming his future housewife and spoiling him with this delicacy every day, the unusual combination of spreads is a bit too sweet for his liking.</spoiler>

== Trivia ==
* In this episode, Haibara at one point calls Ayumi, if only in her thoughts, "Ayumi-chan" instead of her usual addressing, "Yoshida-san".
* The super model revealed as a spy element is most likely based on the story of Anna Chapman.

== Gallery ==
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== See also ==
* [[OVAs]]
* [[Holmes' Revelation]]

{{OVAs}}

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

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Sumiko Kobayashi

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| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|小林澄子}} (Kobayashi Sumiko)
| english-name = Liz Faulkner
| image = Sumiko Kobayashi Profile.jpg
| age = 26
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| gender = Female
| date-of-birth =
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| occupation = [[Teitan Elementary School]] teacher
| nicknames = Kobayashi-sensei (formerly) Oni-baba ("old demon hag") That Ranpo-maniac
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| japanese-voice = [[Yuko Kato]]
| english-voice = [[Stephanie Young]]
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'''{{nihongo|Sumiko Kobayashi|小林澄子|Kobayashi Sumiko}}''', also known as '''Liz Faulkner''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. She is the homeroom teacher of [[Conan Edogawa]] and the girlfriend of [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]]. She is also the self-appointed, and somewhat unwelcome, "manager" of the [[Detective Boys]].

== Background ==
Sumiko Kobayashi attended [[Teitan Elementary School|Teitan Elementary]] and was in the 18th graduating class, two classes above [[Kazunobu Chiba]]. She became the new class teacher of [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and the [[Detective Boys]] after [[Toya]], their previous teacher, had married and retired. Her harsh behavior towards her charges had earned her the nickname "oni-baba" (hag) amongst her students.

One night, the Detective Boys came into the school to investigate strange occurrences involving busts from art class and an anatomy model from the sick room, which had been mysteriously moved around, and the unexplained absence of the vice principal. The busts and the model had actually been used by Sumiko for a rehearsal for the next parent-teacher conference. Sumiko is in fact very fond of children, but her kindness had caused her to have very little control over her class at her previous school, resulting in a disastrous parent-teacher conference. To fix this, she had forced herself to be strict and harsh when she transferred to Teitan Elementary, but after the Detective Boys discovered her nicer side, she decided to be herself again and has become very popular with her students ever since.<ref>Manga Chapter 155: Is Someone There?</ref> Like Toya did with Conan, she is the one who introduced [[Ai Haibara]].

On one occasion, she accompanied Conan and the Detective Boys to an interview which became a murder investigation as they found the reporter slain. After witnessing Conan in action, she announced her desire to join the Detective Boys and become their manager, a decision which was immediately vetoed<ref>Manga Chapter 517: The Detective Boys</ref> and is commonly neglected in the field.<ref>Manga Chapter 691: Conan vs. The Detective Boys</ref>

As it turned out later, when Sumiko was still a small child, she had confronted two no-good juveniles attempting to steal mangas from a bookshop. When the culprits contemptuously shoved her aside, a young boy intervened on her behalf, cooly citing a paragraph from Japanese law concerning theft. As a sign of gratitude, Sumiko bought her rescuer a drink ornamented with a circle of sakura flowers made from the straw wrapper, as a symbol of goodness and justice (referring to the sakura shaped Japanese police badges). It would not be until many years later that she would encounter him again as a member of the police force, under the name of [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]].<ref>Manga Chapters 687-689: Sakura Girl Case</ref>

Shiratori recognized Sumiko on first sight, and it turned out he had held deep feelings for her all these years. However, he wanted to win properly Sumiko's affection first and then tell her about what he viewed as the hand of fate, so he kept silent about their first encounter and banned the Detective Kids from helping him in any way. This scheme backfired when she found out that she had a dead lookalike in the police department whom Shiratori had once pursued romantically, unbeknownst to her, that was because Shiratori mistook her for Sumiko.

Thinking that Shiratori considered her a mere replacement for [[Miwako Sato|Sato]], Sumiko was understandably hurt and started distancing herself from him, even after Shiratori personally explained their common past to her - a move which came at a bad time, because she had become an unwitting (and the sole) witness to a murder and the murderer would therefore try everything to silence her. And for worse, Sumiko's own memories of their encounter were much more vague than Shiratori's own. so she thought Sato was his "girl of destiny".<ref>Manga Chapters 707: The Sakura Girl is...?</ref> When the culprit was apprehended and Shiratori subdued him with words, Sumiko did indeed remember Shiratori as her childhood savior/friend, and the relationship was reaffirmed.<ref>Manga Chapters 708: The Sakura in Full Bloom</ref>

== Personality ==
Sumiko is very kind and fond of children, considering them the most wonderful thing in the world. Sumiko is also quite timid and sensitive, not to mention that she suffers from serious stagefright. Even though she has appointed herself the manager of the Detective Boys, the kids often leave her out of case or ignore her warnings. She was also quite hurt when she believed [[Ninzaburo Shiratori|Inspector Shiratori]] was only interested in her because of her resemblance to [[Miwako Sato]], a resemblance so striking it even fooled Sato's close associates [[Kazunobu Chiba|Chiba]] and [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]].<ref>Manga Chapter 706: "Kobayashi-sensei's Misunderstanding"</ref><ref>Manga Chapter 707: "The Sakura Girl is..."</ref>

In contrast of Sumiko's physical resemblance to Sato, however, the two women have almost entirely different personality traits: While Sato is reckless, outspoken, daring, and impulsive, Sumiko is more gentle, softspoken, cautious, and careful in any given situation.

Sumiko loves mystery novels, particularly the works of [[Edogawa Rampo]]. Because of this, Haibara suggests that she and Shiratori would work well together because Sumiko would enjoy hearing about cases from him.<ref>Manga Chapter 690: "The Haunted Warehouse"</ref> One of the few things she openly dislikes or fears are birds, ever since she had watched a documentary in which vultures fed on a zebra carcass.<ref>[[Volume 99#Trapped at Hatoyama Farm|Manga Chapter 1051: "The Eerie Farm"]]</ref>

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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Kobayashi-sensei Sensei|Edogawa-kun This grown-up kid Conan-kun}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Kobayashi-sensei Sensei}}
{{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|-|Mouri-san Detective Mouri (''Mouri-tantei'')}}
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{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Kobayashi-sensei Sensei|Kojima-kun}}
{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Kobayashi-sensei Sensei|Haibara-san}}
{{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Kobayashi-sensei Sensei|Yoshida-san}}
{{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Kobayashi-sensei Sensei|Tsuburaya-kun}}
{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Professor Agasa (''Agasa-hakase'')}}
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{{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Kobayashi Sumiko-sensei Kobayashi-sensei|Inspector Shiratori (''Shiratori-keibu'') Inspector (''Keibu'')}}
{{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Kobayashi-Sensei Miwako (first time, by mistake)}}
{{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Kobayashi-sensei Sato-san (first time, by mistake)}}
{{appellations|Miwako Sato|Kobayashi-sensei|Sato Miwako-san Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}}
{{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Kobayashi-sensei|-}}
{{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Amuro-san}}
|}
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{{appellations|Rumi Wakasa|Kobayashi-sensei|Wakasa-sensei}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== School Mystery Case (Manga: [[Volume 16#School Mystery Case|154-155]], Anime: [[The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case|112]]) ===
In her first appearance, Sumiko was known by the students of Class 1-B, including Conan and the Detective Boys, as a strict, mean teacher, who was always disciplining her class, never showing any kindness. Her initial personality led to her students nicknaming her "Old Demon Hag". Then, one night, the [[Detective Boys]] decided to figure out why many dolls were missing one after another. Conan deduces the one behind the "kidnappings" was Sumiko herself, which relieved the children. Sumiko finally revealed the reason behind her "dictator-like" teaching was that, in the past, two of her students fought at a parent-teacher conference, because of her lack in discipline. She would come at Teitan Elementary at night to practice for the next parent-teacher conference, so there would be no more fights. However, with some suggestions from the Detective Boys, she changed her teaching style and became more well liked.

=== Missing Older Brother Case (Manga: [[Volume 18#Missing Older Brother Case|176]], Anime: [[The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case|129]]) ===
She introduces a new student of Class 1-B, [[Ai Haibara]].

=== Hotel Party Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 24#Hotel Party Murder Case|241]], Anime: [[Reunion with the Black Organization|177]]) ===

=== Genta's Shadow Case (Manga: [[Volume 30#Genta's Shadow Case|303]], Anime: [[Boy Genta's Misfortune|242]]) ===

=== Missing Classmate Case (Manga: [[Volume 49#Missing Classmate Case|505]], Anime: [[Super Secret of the Road to School|427]]) ===

=== Magazine Interview Case (Manga: [[Volume 50#Magazine Interview Case|515-517]], Anime: [[Information Gathered About the Detective Boys|435-436]]) ===
Sumiko agrees to give the Detective Boys a ride to a writer's home, since he wanted to do a report on them for their involvement in complicated cases. However, the gang didn't expect a dead writer. When [[Inspector Megure]] and [[Wataru Takagi]] arrive at the scene, both believe that Sumiko is Sato because, without her glasses on, she bears a scary resemblance to the officer. Soon Conan tries to prove the Detective Boy's skills in catching the criminal, however, he also had to conceal his vast intelligence, so his secret wouldn't be questioned by Sumiko. Conan and his friends manage to drop hints on who the real culprit is which leads to his arrest.

After the case, Sumiko dubbed herself the "manager" of the group, wanting to solve and capture "bad guys" along with them.

=== Kobayashi-sensei's Mystery (Manga: [[Volume 53#Kobayashi-sensei's Mystery|548-549]], Anime: [[Class 1-B's Great Operation!|460]]) ===
She devised a riddle for the students to deduce without the aid of Conan, so some new students would feel more welcome.

=== Shinichi's Childhood Adventure (Manga: [[Volume 55#Shinichi's Childhood Adventure|570-573]], Anime: [[Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure|472-473]]) ===
Sumiko, along with Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, Haibara, and Genta, listen to Conan's story of how Shinichi (himself) and Ran as children had their first "coded mystery".

=== Paper Airplane Case (Manga: [[Volume 61#Paper Airplane Case|638-640]], Anime: [[Conan vs. Double Code Mystery|510-511]]) ===

=== Sakura Girl Case (Manga: [[Volume 66#Sakura Girl Case|687-689]], Anime: [[Inspector Shiratori, Memories of the Cherry Blossom|568-569]]) ===
During another one of the kids' cases, Sumiko is called to pick up the children by Megure. However, Shiratori (who had learned about Sumiko's existence few minutes before and was wondering if she was "the girl" from his past, since the other non-Sato candidate turned out to be the culprit of the case) offered that she should take them home in his car, while holding her hand in a romantic style.

=== Haunted Warehouse Case (Manga: [[Volume 66#Haunted Warehouse Case|690-691]], Anime: [[Battle of the Haunted Warehouse's Treasure|571-572]]) ===
Over the next few days, he has made constant visits to where she works, warning her of any and all danger in the vicinity, which sparks Sumiko developing a crush on him, unaware of their actual history.

=== Purse Snatcher Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 67#Purse Snatcher Murder Case|705-708]], Anime: [[Kobayashi-sensei's Love|583-585]]) ===
Later, Shiratori again warns Sumiko of a vicious, serial purse thief, who might be a woman, who's still at large. During the conversation, the latter asks why Shiratori kept calling her, and he simply replied, "Because I worry about you". The Detective Boys soon arrive and ask her if they want to come to a festival with her and she agrees. Soon, she loses sight of the children and as she's trying to find her way around, she becomes a witness of a murder. She was able to see the culprit's silhouette and hear their voice.

The next day, Sumiko goes to the police station, with the kids to testify what she saw. She meets [[Yumi Miyamoto]] and [[Kazunobu Chiba]], who confuse her with Sato until Shiratori clears up the misunderstanding and escorts Sumiko to a conference so they can discuss the case in more detail. While on her way back from the restroom, she sees Sato from afar and is initially ''very'' happy and giddy at the thought of a woman who looks like her... but then she learns of Shiratori's former interest in Sato. This leads her to suspect that Shiratori only liked her because of her physical traits to the female officer, and depresses her greatly.

From then on Sumiko begins to treat Shiratori harshly and, after seeing that the three main suspects weren't the criminal, she coldly tells Shiratori not to bother her anymore and leaves. The next day at school school, he tells her the real reason why he liked her, but she dismisses it, as she believes Sato was "the girl of destiny" and cannot remember their supposed "meeting". However, while working late at night, she was almost killed by the criminal in order to silence her, but is saved by Shiratori, the Detective Boys and Sato.

Sumiko then finally remembers Shiratori, after he calls out the culprit in almost exactly the way he called out the shoplifters to help her. Shiratori then confesses he was always in love with her and Sumiko blushes and replies, "Yes.". Later, she makes a special bento for Shiratori, signifying that the two are now a couple.

=== White Day Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69#White Day Murder Case|725]], Anime: [[White Day of Betrayal|608]]) ===

=== The VHS of Memories (Manga: [[Volume 71#The VHS of Memories|741-742]], Anime: [[A Video Letter of First Love|624]]) ===

=== Painmobile (Manga: [[Volume 75#Painmobile|791]], Anime: [[Co-Investigating with a First Love|660]]) ===

=== Elementary Teacher Assault (Manga: [[Volume 84#Elementary Teacher Assault|891]], Anime: [[The Scarlet Prologue|779]]) ===

=== Rumi Wakasa's Neighbor Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 92#Rumi Wakasa's Neighbor Murder Case|978-980]], Anime: [[The New Teacher's Skeleton Case|896-897]]) ===

=== Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case (Manga: [[Volume 97#Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case|1032-1034]], Anime: TBD) ===

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Ninzaburo Shiratori ===
{{main|Ninzaburo Shiratori and Sumiko Kobayashi}}
As a child, Sumiko instantly became Shiratori's true love, and was the very reason why he entered the police force. They had confronted a bunch of shoplifters together as children; Shiratori had prevented her from getting hurt and also stopped the theft, and as thanks she gave him a cup of cola with a band made of straw wrappers, shaped like the ''sakura'' blossoms that look like the symbol of the Japanese Police.

For quite a while Shiratori believed that [[Miwako Sato]] was the girl he had loved since childhood and changed his life forever, due to her resemblance with the "girl of destiny", hence he was interested in her. At the beginning of a case that revealed parts of Shiratori's past, he realized Sato wasn't his true love, and even if she was, she had chosen [[Wataru Takagi]] over him. Even worse, at the end of the said case, Shiratori was left depressed and exhausted, since another woman who could have been his long-lost love actually turned out to be the culprit. However, Ayumi cheered him up by saying the exact same lines that the girl from his past said and by making the same design on the wristband she gave him. Shiratori desperately asked who taught her that, and Ayumi told him it was her school teacher, Sumiko. Then, at that exact moment, Sumiko came to pick up the Detective Boys upon [[Juzo Megure]]'s request.

When Shiratori laid his eyes on Sumiko, he instantly recognized her as his true "woman of destiny", and their relationship began to spark. He would always warn her of any dangers nearby where she worked or lived, which caused Sumiko to develop romantic feelings. In fact, his concern over her, constant visits, and kindness towards her, often caused her to blush deeply.

When Sumiko became a witness in a murder investigation, she learned of her resemblance to Detective Sato. And after hearing about Shiratori's former crush on her from other policemen, she thought that the only reason he was so interested in her was because of her striking resemblance to Sato. This left her not only shocked, but also hurt, thinking Shiratori didn't have feelings for her. This wasn't helped by Shiratori not having told her about their shared past, as he was waiting for the right moment to do so.

Not knowing the real reason why Shiratori liked her, Sumiko began to act coldly and harshly towards him. Even when he confessed his true feelings to her and told her about their meeting, she brushed it off, thinking Shiratori confused her with Detective Sato. However, it was all cleared up by the end of the case, when he not only saved her from the culprit, but also coolly recited a law the same way he did as a child in that book store, which finally reminded her of their first meeting. Shiratori romantically confessed to her, which made her blush. She replied with a quick and simple "Yes".

Afterwards, the two began dating, and Sumiko started giving Shiratori bentos every morning for his "energy demanding" work. On White Day, Shiratori was seen with many presents inside his car for her. Later on, she was shown with all the delicious sweets Shiratori had brought for her, at her house, happily not knowing where to begin.

=== Detective Boys ===
Sumiko Kobayashi is the current teacher of the class that the Detective Boys are in. She also proclaims herself to be their manager, much to the children's chagrin.

== Name origin ==
Kobayashi-sensei is named after a friend of [[Gosho Aoyama]]'s and a junior detective character created by [[Edogawa Rampo]].

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sumiko Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 112]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sumiko Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 472]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Sumiko After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 624]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Because the sakura is the symbol of police officers! Determined, kind, and dignified. It's a flower of justice!|Child Kobayashi tells a young Shiratori why she gave him a sakura petal straw wrapper after he helped her stand up to some shoplifters.}}

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|سوميكو Sūmīko|كوباياشي Kōbayāshi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Sumiko|Kobayashi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Sumiko|Kobayashi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=US|English|Liz|Faulkner}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Finland|Finnish|Sumiko|Kobayashi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Sumiko|Kobayashi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Sumiko|Kobayashi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Sumiko|Kobayashi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|은주 Eun Joo|김 Kim}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ซึมิโกะ S̄u-mi-koa|โคบายาชิ Kho-bā-yā-chi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Sumiko|Kobayashi}}
{{EndTable}}

== Trivia ==
* In her first appearance, Sumiko was seen as a brunette, but now is seen with blueish black hair.
* Despite huge differences in personalities, Sumiko and [[Miwako Sato]], have some similarities:
#Their boyfriends are policemen.
#They have strikingly similar appearances and similar haircuts.
#Both are friends with the [[Detective Boys]].
#Both have become acquainted with [[Kogoro Mouri]] in a murder case.
#They were both love interests of Shiratori, however, Sumiko was his real love.
#Both have helped solve a case with hints.
#They have had difficult starts to their relationships. Sato had to overcome her trauma over Matsuda's death before properly accepting Takagi's affections, Sumiko doubted Shiratori's feelings after finding out about Sato and couldn't remember what made him fall for her in the first place.
#Both are fond of children.
* Her first name Sumiko (澄子) is written with the characters for "clear/lucid" and "child". Her last name Kobayashi (小林) means "small grove".

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Ninzaburo Shiratori and Sumiko Kobayashi]]
* [[Teitan Elementary School]]

== References ==
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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Midori Megure
| japanese-name = 目暮みどり (Megure Midori)
| english-name =
| image = Midori Megure Profile.jpg
| age = 38
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = unknown
| relatives = [[Juzo Megure]] (husband)
| nicknames =
| occupation = Housewife
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 28#File 284 - The Buried Secret|File 284]] Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|Episode 217]]
| appearances = {{:Midori Megure Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 0
| keyhole = [[Volume 29]]
| japanese-voice = [[Ai Orikasa]]
| footnotes =
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'''{{nihongo|Midori Megure|目暮みどり|Megure Midori}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[File:Midori After.png|thumb|left|200px|The Megure family]]
Twenty years ago, when Midori was 18-year-old, a serial hit-and-runner was stalking the streets, randomly targeting high school girls wearing long skirts, due to the harassment by a girl gang he had suffered under: The girls had been wearing long skirts as well, as a part of their rebellious looks. Midori was also a member of a girl gang, and her best friend ended up the first fatality. When the culprit had not been caught after a while she decided to help apprehend the killer and volunteered to act as a decoy. There was an apparent shortage of police to help her at the time, and Midori was extremely stubborn and insisted to be alone due to her resentment toward the police. Under orders of [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Commisioner Matsumoto]], she was teamed up with [[Juzo Megure]], then still a junior police officer.

Unfortunately, the car runner surprised and hit them both. Juzo tried to pull Midori out of danger, but they were still harmed. Fortunately, Juzo was able to remember the car's license plate number, and the perpetrator was soon arrested. Midori was gravely injured in the accident, but recovered with only a scar on her forehead to show for her ordeal. Some time afterwards she married Juzo out of gratitude. In a strange switch of role, she is perhaps the only person who has managed to temper his impulsive surges, a role her husband feels a bit bashful about.

Midori has also appeared, in an unseen role, as a witness to a crime and had to be taken to the station for questioning, as well as making a cameo appearance during the White Day murder case. She was also mentioned to have volunteered to be a hostage at a bank robbery, where she got injured.

== Personality ==
[[File:Midori's scar.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Midroi's scar]]In her youth, Midori was quite headstrong and vindictive, even wild in behavior. Juzo's memories about the case where they met have her calling the police useless for not catching her friend's murderer, then cockily saying she's a good decoy, and then only admitting she chewed on more than she could swallow after being almost killed by the same culprit. It's hinted but not directly stated that Midori was a [[Wikipedia: Sukeban|sukeban]] or girl delinquent in these times, hence why she was so determined to catch the man who killed her friend and other girls of the same subculture.

Since her near-death accident and her marriage to Juzo, Midori has mellowed considerably and has evolved into a loving wife - perhaps this is the main reason why Juzo keeps his head and the scar he shares with Midori always covered up, so no one will learn about her past. However, she still retains a younger girl's personality, as evidenced when she was upset enough to get drunk when she thought Megure didn't get her anything for White Day and how happy she was when she found her present.

And judging by her choice to volunteered herself as a hostage shows that she is willing to risk herself for other's safety.

== Appellations ==
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{{Appellations|Juzo Megure|Midori}}
{{Appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|-|Superintendent Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-keishi'')}}
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{{Appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Midori-san}}
{{Appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|''Oku-san''}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21#Treadmill Murder Case|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
During a bank robbery in Haido Branch, the manager's wife was taken hostage. Since she fiercely fought against the perpetrator, also present in the bank, Midori offered as a new hostage and was thus easily injured. This motivated her husband to do more to investigate the case and arrest the robbers.

=== Girl Clubbing Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Girl Clubbing Case|284]]-[[Volume 29#Girl Clubbing Case|286]], Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]]) ===

=== White Day Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69#White Day Murder Case|725-727]], Anime: [[White Day of Betrayal|608-609]]) ===
On White Day, Midori argues with her husband in the morning for not giving her a present. For this reason, she does not put him a packed lunch for work exceptionally.

After attending the night of the murder on the evening of the same day, Megure decides to call his wife. She is drunk because she believes that the Inspector's cases are more important than his wife. He refers her to a compartment next to the fridge, where he deposited a present for Midori. He did not want to give it to her until he got home, but he gives it over by phone, because he could take a while. He also asks his wife to cook something for him.

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== The Fourteenth Target (Movie: [[The Fourteenth Target|2]]) ===
[[File:Midori Movie.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Jogging]]
Megure is shot by an arrow while jogging along with her.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Midori Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 218]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Midori After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 609]]
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=200px perrow=5>
File:Midori Young.jpg|Twenty years ago (episode 218).
</gallery>

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|みどり Midori|目暮 Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ميدوري Midori|ميگوري Migori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|초희 Cho Hee|정 Jung}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|มิโดริ Mi-do-ri|เมงุเระ Me-ngū-rea}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[List of notable case characters]]

{{Minor Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Megure Midori}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Midori Megure]]

Midori Megure

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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Midori Megure
| japanese-name = 目暮みどり (Megure Midori)
| english-name =
| image = Midori Megure Profile.jpg
| age = 38
| gender = Female
| date-of-birth = unknown
| relatives = [[Juzo Megure]] (husband)
| nicknames =
| occupation = Housewife
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 28#File 284 - The Buried Secret|File 284]] Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|Episode 217]]
| appearances = {{:Midori Megure Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 0
| keyhole = [[Volume 29]]
| japanese-voice = [[Ai Orikasa]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Midori Megure|目暮みどり|Megure Midori}}''' is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''.

== Background ==
[[File:Midori After.png|thumb|left|200px|The Megure family]]
Twenty years ago, when Midori was 18-year-old, a serial hit-and-runner was stalking the streets, randomly targeting high school girls wearing long skirts, due to the harassment by a girl gang he had suffered under: The girls had been wearing long skirts as well, as a part of their rebellious looks. Midori was also a member of a girl gang, and her best friend ended up the first fatality. When the culprit had not been caught after a while she decided to help apprehend the killer and volunteered to act as a decoy. There was an apparent shortage of police to help her at the time, and Midori was extremely stubborn and insisted to be alone due to her resentment toward the police. Under orders of [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Commisioner Matsumoto]], she was teamed up with [[Juzo Megure]], then still a junior police officer.
 
[[File:Midori's scar.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Midroi's scar]]Unfortunately, the car runner surprised and hit them both. Juzo tried to pull Midori out of danger, but they were still harmed. Fortunately, Juzo was able to remember the car's license plate number, and the perpetrator was soon arrested. Midori was gravely injured in the accident, but recovered with only a scar on her forehead to show for her ordeal. Some time afterwards she married Juzo out of gratitude. In a strange switch of role, she is perhaps the only person who has managed to temper his impulsive surges, a role her husband feels a bit bashful about.

Midori has also appeared, in an unseen role, as a witness to a crime and had to be taken to the station for questioning, as well as making a cameo appearance during the White Day murder case. She was also mentioned to have volunteered to be a hostage at a bank robbery, where she got injured.

== Personality ==
In her youth, Midori was quite headstrong and vindictive, even wild in behavior. Juzo's memories about the case where they met have her calling the police useless for not catching her friend's murderer, then cockily saying she's a good decoy, and then only admitting she chewed on more than she could swallow after being almost killed by the same culprit. It's hinted but not directly stated that Midori was a [[Wikipedia: Sukeban|sukeban]] or girl delinquent in these times, hence why she was so determined to catch the man who killed her friend and other girls of the same subculture.

Since her near-death accident and her marriage to Juzo, Midori has mellowed considerably and has evolved into a loving wife - perhaps this is the main reason why Juzo keeps his head and the scar he shares with Midori always covered up, so no one will learn about her past. However, she still retains a younger girl's personality, as evidenced when she was upset enough to get drunk when she thought Megure didn't get her anything for White Day and how happy she was when she found her present.

And judging by her choice to volunteered herself as a hostage shows that she is willing to risk herself for other's safety.

== Appellations ==
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<tab title="Law enforcement">
{{Appellations/head|Midori Megure}}
{{Appellations|Juzo Megure|Midori}}
{{Appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|-|Superintendent Matsumoto (''Matsumoto-keishi'')}}
{{Appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|-|Shiratori-san}}
|}
</tab>
<tab title="Others">
{{Appellations/head|Midori Megure}}
{{Appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Midori-san}}
{{Appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|''Oku-san''}}
|}
</tab>
</tabs>

== Plot overview ==
=== Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21#Treadmill Murder Case|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) ===
During a bank robbery in Haido Branch, the manager's wife was taken hostage. Since she fiercely fought against the perpetrator, also present in the bank, Midori offered as a new hostage and was thus easily injured. This motivated her husband to do more to investigate the case and arrest the robbers.

=== Girl Clubbing Case (Manga: [[Volume 28#Girl Clubbing Case|284]]-[[Volume 29#Girl Clubbing Case|286]], Anime: [[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]]) ===

=== White Day Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69#White Day Murder Case|725-727]], Anime: [[White Day of Betrayal|608-609]]) ===
On White Day, Midori argues with her husband in the morning for not giving her a present. For this reason, she does not put him a packed lunch for work exceptionally.

After attending the night of the murder on the evening of the same day, Megure decides to call his wife. She is drunk because she believes that the Inspector's cases are more important than his wife. He refers her to a compartment next to the fridge, where he deposited a present for Midori. He did not want to give it to her until he got home, but he gives it over by phone, because he could take a while. He also asks his wife to cook something for him.

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== The Fourteenth Target (Movie: [[The Fourteenth Target|2]]) ===
[[File:Midori Movie.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Jogging]]
Megure is shot by an arrow while jogging along with her.

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Midori Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 218]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Midori After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 609]]
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=200px perrow=5>
File:Midori Young.jpg|Twenty years ago (episode 218).
</gallery>

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable CharLang}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|みどり Midori|目暮 Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|ميدوري Midori|ميگوري Migori}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Midori|Megure}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=North Korea|flag2=South Korea|Korean|초희 Cho Hee|정 Jung}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|มิโดริ Mi-do-ri|เมงุเระ Me-ngū-rea}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[List of notable case characters]]

{{Minor Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Megure Midori}}

[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Female characters]]

[[de:Midori Megure]]