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{{InfoBox Char
| name = Shuichi Akai
| japanese-name = {{lang|ja|赤井秀一}} (Akai Shūichi)
| english-name =
| image = Shuichi Akai Profile.jpg
| age = 32<ref>Q4 of Super Digest Book 90+ Interview with Gosho</ref> 27 as [[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]]
| gender = Male
| relatives = [[Tsutomu Akai]] (father, deceased) [[Mary Sera]] (mother) [[Shukichi Haneda]] (younger brother) [[Masumi Sera]] (younger sister) [[Akemi Miyano]] (cousin, deceased) [[Shiho Miyano]] (cousin) [[Elena Miyano]] (aunt) [[Atsushi Miyano]] (uncle)
| occupation = FBI Agent
|status = '''Alive''' (Under disguise as [[Subaru Okiya]]) Dead (for the [[Black Organisation]]) Missing (presumed dead)
| nicknames = Shu ([[Jodie Starling|Jodie]]) Dai-kun ([[Akemi Miyano|Akemi]]) Akai-kun ([[James Black|James]]) Silver Bullet ([[The Boss]] & [[Vermouth]]) Shu-nii ([[Masumi Sera|Masumi]]) Niisan ([[Shukichi Haneda|Shukichi]])
| aliases = Rye Dai Moroboshi [[Subaru Okiya]]
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 29#Bus Hijacking Case|File 287]] Anime: [[The Mysterious Passenger|Episode 230]]
| appearances = {{:Shuichi Akai Appearances}}
| cases-solved = 6 (5 as Subaru)
| keyhole = [[Volume 37]] [[Volume 60]] (Subaru Okiya)
| japanese-voice = [[Shuichi Ikeda]]
| english-voice = [[Keith Silverstein]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''{{nihongo|Shuichi Akai|赤井秀一|Akai Shūichi}}''' is an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent and a major figure in the battle against the [[Black Organization]]. He once assumed the identity of '''{{nihongo|Dai Moroboshi|諸星大|Moroboshi Dai}}''' and infiltrated the Organization, where he was given the codename '''{{nihongo|Rye|ライ|Rai}}'''. During this time he made enemies with [[Gin]] and became romantically involved with [[Akemi Miyano]]. He is the older brother of [[Shukichi Haneda]] and [[Masumi Sera]].

== Background ==
[[File:Long haired Akai.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Shuichi as "Dai Moroboshi" during his infiltration of the Black Organization.]]
Shuichi Akai is a British American of Japanese descent, originally from England, and is a member of the American Federal Bureau of Investigation, on special assignment in Japan to capture [[Vermouth]]. His superior is [[James Black]] and his partner is [[Jodie Starling]].<ref>Manga Chapter 434: Rotten Apple 5</ref> He had infiltrated the Black Organization under the name Dai Moroboshi - and the codename "Rye" - as a mole<ref>Manga Chapter 599: Akai's Past</ref> and dated [[Akemi Miyano]], one of their low-ranking members, to feed information to the FBI. In order to facilitate the latter, and later because he had genuinely developed feelings for Akemi, Shuichi saw himself forced to break up his then on-going relationship with Jodie.<ref>Manga Chapter 677: The Fated Individual</ref> Later on, his cover in the Black Organization was accidentally blown by his colleague [[Andre Camel]], and when Akemi was killed, he declared her murderer, [[Gin]] (with whom he seems to have had some tensions even before his exposure), his personal enemy.<ref>Manga Chapter 504: Black Organization vs. FBI 2</ref>

=== The Disappearance of his father ===
17 years prior to the current timeline, Shuichi's father, [[Tsutomu Akai]], got himself involved in the murder case of Kohji Haneda and Amanda Hughes and disappeared. In his last message he instructed his pregnant wife Mary and their two sons to hide in Japan. Shuichi, determined to investigate his missing father's "incident," convinced his mother to let him study in America. After he left Japan, his younger sister Masumi was born. Shuichi didn't get to meet her until he returned to Japan after seven years in the states, but Shukichi sent him pictures of her. After he had finished school, he joined the FBI.

=== Infiltration of the Black Organization ===
Five years prior to the current time-line, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agent Shuichi Akai infiltrated the [[Black Organization]] using the alias Dai Moroboshi as a mole and dated [[Akemi Miyano]], one of their low-ranking members, in order to meet [[Shiho Miyano]], a high-ranked member codenamed Sherry, and use her influence to get into the Black Organization.<ref name=599p9>Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 9: "Akai's Past"</ref> Although at first he was simply using Akemi as a tool, they both fell in love with each other. Shuichi distinguished himself as an agent and two years prior to the current time-line received the codename Rye and was called to work under executive agent [[Gin]]. The FBI laid a trap hoping to capture Gin at a warehouse where the meeting was supposed to take place,<ref name=599p9/> but the Black Organization discovered Akai's true allegiance and Gin never appeared.<ref name=599p10>Manga Volume 58, File 2, pg 10: "Akai's Past"</ref>
He broke up with Akemi to protect her and he lost contact with her after the mission to capture Gin failed. Two years later Akemi got killed by the organization to cut loose ends.

== Personality ==
Shuichi is a tenacious but stoic agent. Even in personal matters, he remains cool, even detached, from anyone, but his redeeming value is a great sense of loyalty to anyone he knows. He is a skilled and relentless pursuer and detective, qualities which have labeled him the number one enemy of the [[Black Organization]] and earned him the nickname "[[Silver Bullet]]". He looks forward to opportunities to hunt the Black Organization down and get revenge for [[Akemi]]. While usually professional, he often acts independently of the FBI, and even his boss [[James Black]] has trouble getting ahold of him. Shuichi gets along well with Conan, who share many personality traits. Despite that he has American citizenship, he still considers England as his home country.

James Black describes Shuichi as an introverted person who doesn't easily get close to people, and further notes that Shuichi has become even more closed off since Akemi's death.<ref name=502p13>Manga Volume 49, File 2, page 13: "New Order"</ref> Shuichi doesn't often voice what he is thinking and has an unhealthy tendency to prioritize his missions above the emotional well-being of his friends, co-workers, family, and love interests.<ref>Shuichi's fake death, while preserving Kir and allowing her to pass confidential information to the FBI, has caused significant dysfunction within the FBI who believe him to be truly dead. While Shuichi has technically been fulfilling the promise he made to look after Haibara's welfare as Okiya, he has executed it in such a way that made Haibara terrified of his presence and refused to be alone at Agasa's house when he was around.</ref> Conflict between his missions and the interests of those he cares about has lead to significant sorrow for him<ref>Shuichi didn't inform Akemi he was an FBI agent despite being in love because it might jeopardize his mission (and his relationship). Even though Akemi figured out Shuichi was an FBI agent and wished to leave the Organization and date him seriously, she kept it secret from him either because she was not sure how he would react, or because she thought it could cause him harm. Thus, the infiltration mission was the root cause of their secretkeeping which prevented them from coming up with an exit strategy for Akemi in case the mission failed. The following chain of events led to Akemi's death.</ref> and others.<ref>Shuichi's faked death to save Kir's mission and get her to pass information to the FBI as well demoralized the FBI, especially Jodie. Shuichi's infiltration mission required that he seduce Akemi even though he was dating Jodie at the time. When he fell in love with Akemi for real, Shuichi decided to break it off with Jodie. When justifying his decision to Jodie, he mentioned that he didn't want the onus of loving two women at once, but he also mentioned he thought the "sacrifice" was important to his mission to destroy the Black Organization. This implies that love was not the only factor in Shuichi's decision, he thought choosing Akemi over Jodie would help his mission -- perhaps because he was afraid he would be caught as a spy if anyone discovered his relationship with Akemi was fake. [http://forums.dctp.ws/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=980&p=16431#p16431]</ref>

Shuichi prefers to plan secretly, and will readily trick his friends and coworkers, even injuring them, if helps the success of his missions.<ref>FBI vs Org, Shuichi didn't tell the rest of the FBI he would cover Kogoro's agency. In Red vs Black, the return Kir plan and the fake death plan were both kept secret from the FBI. He ordered Camel to remove by force if necessary anyone who interfered which resulted in Jodie being knocked out. He later told Kir to hit Camel for real to make her escape look authentic.</ref> Shuichi is often forgiven for these transgressions because his judgment is usually sound and his plans work out well.<ref>In FBI vs Org, Shuichi was forgiven for covering Kogoro without telling his boss and for making the decision on his own to let the Black Organization leave without much resistance because he thought it might lead to a dangerous firefight downtown. In Red vs Black, Shuichi was forgiven after being told off for hiding his secret plan to return Rena to the Org.</ref> Shuichi's secret plans, while strategically robust in the short term, often cause emotional problems for others that he does not fully appreciate.<ref>In particular, his faked death had a major impact on the FBI and [[Jodie Starling]]. [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] was able to take advantage of the emotional confusion surrounding his death to approach the FBI for his own ends. Jodie's sorrow has reduced her effectiveness and led her to blunder into dangerous situations.</ref>

Even though he means well, Shuichi is notably clumsy at trying to comfort and connect with others. He is especially dense at recognizing the motives behind the feelings of others and thus how to modify his own behavior to improve relations. As [[Subaru Okiya]], his technique to approach [[Ai Haibara]] leaves her terrified of him, and repeated contact only intensifies her loathing. Ten years ago, he was also cold to young Masumi on their first meeting, brushing Masumi's silly antics aside without realizing that she simply wanted him to smile and treat her kindly, though he most likely was simply in a bad mood, since he just had an intense argument with his mother, in which they traded physical blows, because of his plan to join the FBI after his studies to pursue the case of his father and because he had lied to her about that. Later that day, during the investigation of a case, Shuichi gives both Shinichi and Ran a task to help with the investigation, so Masumi approaches Shuichi shyly and asks for a task as well. Now Shuichi responds kindly and gives her a task that makes her feel important. 

Despite his social awkwardness, Shuichi is not apathetic. He gives Jodie some hope by leaving her a message in his own handwriting, and leaves her a very roundabout hint about his identity after knocking her down even though he cannot reveal the truth to her yet. Eventually he also realized that Masumi was looking up to him, so he began to send her videos of him doing Jeet Kune Do.

== Appearance ==
Shuichi is a tall man of Japanese descent with short wavy hair. His trademark features, by which people close to him have identified him are his eyes which have permanent bags underneath them that make him appear sleep deprived. Other characters often describe him as evil eyed or having a sharp gaze. His eyes are blue in the manga (like every other character) and green in the anime. He and [[Masumi Sera]] presumably more closely resemble their mother then their father.
The second trademark feature is his knit cap, which he is always shown wearing. When he was younger he had a grey fedora which Masumi now wears herself. Up to one year ago, he had very long waist length hair, which he cut after the death of Akemi Miyano "to freshen up." Shuichi is left-handed. Ten years before the present timeline, Shuuichi still had short hair, which means he grew it out sometime during the next five years.<ref>File 973</ref> He is a heavy smoker and his favorite drink is whiskey- he has recently taken to drinking bourbon rather than scotch.

His outfit is a grey jacket on top of a collared black shirt, black pants, shoes, and his trademark black knit cap.

== Abilities ==
=== Intelligence ===
[[File:783-5.jpg|thumb|200px|Conan ft. Shuichi]]

Shuichi is capable of thinking on par with Conan. He once set up a sniper ambush at a nearby building, knowing that the Black Organization will come and try to kill Kogoro. He also mentioned that he knew that "making them think the FBI set up the transmitter was the priority."<ref>Anime Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out</ref> In the Paper Airplane Case, Shuichi (disguised as Subaru) matched Conan's deduction abilities, including the use of Morse code and origami. During Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case, Shuichi figured out the key point of Sanada coins, solving the case before Conan and even providing him the hint of "Kumogakure Saizou" to lead him to the same conclusion. During the Delivery Service case, Shuichi was able to figure out Conan's situation in the delivery truck with a mere address change on the parcel. He was able to deduce along with Yusaku Kudo that the hints of ASACA and MASCARA lead to the name of the Boss of the Black Organization, Karasuma Renya.

=== Firearms and sniping ===
[[File:The Scarlet Return-Shooting Shuichi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Shuichi aiming with a Glock]]
Shuichi, is the most capable sniper shown so far, to the point of shooting a small piece of gum out of Gin's hand from about 700 yards away, which is a lot more than the range of Black Organization's professional snipers [[Chianti]] and [[Korn]]. He also managed to get a shot on Gin from the same distance.<ref>Anime Episode 425: Black Impact! The Moment the Black Organization Reaches Out</ref>
Shuichi is good at handling shotguns as well; he accurately shot Vermouth from the hip faster than she could aim at him with her subcompact pistol.
He is a sharpshooter with a handgun as well, capable of busting a moving car's tire from a speeding car with just a single shot.<ref>Manga Volume 85 File 4 Page 5</ref>

Shuichi uses Calvados' SPAS-12 shotgun to bring down Vermouth, an Arctic Warfare Magnum sniper rifle to shoot Gin, and [[Rikumichi Kusuda]]'s Glock pistol to disable Rei's subordinates.

Akai is unusual in that he is "eye-bidextrous" while shooting. Like hands and feet, most individuals have a dominant eye they prefer to use when lining up a shot, but Shuichi is shown using both eyes at different times.<ref>Left eye for shooting Vermouth in New York, left eye for sniping Gin in Black Impact, Right eye for shooting Rei's subordinates' car in Scarlet Showdown.</ref>

=== Driving ===
Shuichi is a skilled driver. He can overtake many cars quickly in heavy traffic conditions and drift around a U-turn.<ref name=420p14>Manga Volume 41, File 7, page 14: "The Enclosing Surrounding Net" </ref> He drove a [[Cars|Chevrolet C1500]] which was later bombed by Rena.

=== Martial arts ===
Shuichi is also a highly proficient hand-to-hand combatant. Having extensive skill and knowledge of Jeet Kune Do, he taught his sister Sera much, who openly acknowledges him to still be much stronger than her.<ref>Episode 744</ref> In the Bus Jack case, Shuichi's combat skills was hinted as he was ready to strike one of the criminals before Conan hit him with the tranquilizer dart. During the Ikkaku Rock case, Shuichi expertly knocks a knife out of the criminal's hand unarmed. In the Communications Code case, Shuichi incapacitates a robber off-screen, later telling the Detective Boys that the robber fell down the stairs. Though subtle, Shuichi also swiftly knocks out a drunkard harassing Officer Yumi (at the request of his younger brother) in the Policewomen Serial Murder Case.

=== Cooking ===
[[File:783-4.jpg|thumb|200px|Jodie and Camel are shocked to learn that Shuichi can cook]]
Shuichi learned how to cook thanks to [[Yukiko Kudo]],<ref>[[The Scarlet Return]]</ref> and often uses his dishes as an excuse to interject himself into cases at Professor Agasa's house.

=== Disguise ===
Shuichi learned how to act and properly apply his Okiya disguise by himself thanks to Yukiko Kudo and equipment from [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]].<ref>Manga [[Volume 85]], File 5 (898), pg 2: "Scarlet Epilogue"</ref>

=== Accordion ===
He apparently at one point held a part time job playing the accordion.
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== Appellations ==
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<tab title="Friends & relatives">
{{appellations/head|Shuichi}}
{{appellations|Mary Sera|Shuichi<ref name="file974">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 974 (Volume 92)]]</ref>|Mom (''Kāsan'')<ref name="file972" /> Mother (''Haha'')<ref name="file972" />}}

{{appellations|Tsutomu Akai|-|Father (''chichi'')<ref name="file949">[[Volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|File 949: Sweet Scent (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}

{{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|Niisan<ref name="file972">[[volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 972]]</ref> Shuichi-niisan<ref name="file972" />|Shukichi<ref name="file972" />}}

{{appellations|Masumi Sera|Shu-nii Oniichan<ref name="file972" /> Akai Shuichi<ref>[[volume 89#Girls Band Murder Case|File 938]]</ref> Aniki<ref name="file936">[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 936]]</ref>|Masumi}}

{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Akai-san<ref name="file974" /> ''Oniisan''<ref>[[Volume 81#Bumper Brawn|File 859 (Volume 81)]]</ref> Akai Shuichi|Boy (''Bōya'')}}

{{appellations|Ai Haibara|Moroboshi Dai<ref>Manga File 802, pg 10: "Don't make that kind of face..."</ref> That Akai person|That brown-haired girl}}

{{appellations|Akemi Miyano|Dai-kun|''Omae''}}

{{appellations|Yukiko Kudo|Shu-chan ([[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]]'s thought)<ref name="niisanshuchan">[[:File:Postcard2016 18.jpg]] (Yukiko calls him "Shu-chan")</ref>|Yukiko-san (as Subaru)}}

{{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|Akai-san<ref name="file950">[[volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|File 950: The Clipped Letters (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Shuichi}}
{{appellations|James Black|Akai-kun Moroboshi Dai Rye|James}}

{{appellations|Jodie Starling|Shu<ref name="file897">[[Volume 85#Scarlet|File 897 (Volume 85)]]</ref> Akai-kun Akai Shuichi|Jodie}}

{{appellations|Andre Camel|Akai-san<ref name="file897" /> Akai-shan<ref name="file897" /> Akai Shuichi|Camel}}

{{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Akai Shuichi<ref name="file897" />|Okiya Subaru}}

{{appellations|Rei Furuya|Akai<ref name="file897" /> Akai Shuichi<ref name="file897" /> Rye<ref name="file955">[[Volume 90#Bourbon's Mission|File 955: Whereabouts of the Betrayal (Volume 90)]]</ref> Snoop dog of the FBI (''FBI no inu'') That man|Bourbon<ref name="file897" /> Amuro Tooru-kun<ref name="file897" /> Zero<ref name="file897" /> Furuya Rei-kun<ref name="file897" /> Wolf (''ōkami'')<ref name="file897" />}}

{{appellations|Hidemi Hondou|Akai Shuichi|Mizunashi Rena Kir}}

{{appellations|Ethan Hondou|-|Ethan Hondou NOC}}
{{appellations|Scotch|-|Scotch}}
|}
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{{appellations/head|Shuichi}}
{{appellations|Renya Karasuma|Silver Bullet|[[Black Organization|Their]] Boss (''yatsura no Boss'')}}

{{appellations|Vermouth|Akai<ref name="file897" /> Akai Shuichi Silver Bullet|Vermouth Rotten Apple}}

{{appellations|Gin|Akai Shuichi Akai|Gin ''Koibito'' (literally "lover", but the intended meaning is "old enemy")}}

{{appellations|Vodka|Akai}}

{{appellations|Chianti|Akai}}

{{appellations|Rikumichi Kusuda|Akai Shuichi|Kusuda Rikumichi<ref name="file897" />}}

{{appellations|Calvados|-|Calvados}}

{{appellations|Rum|-|Rum<ref name="file950" />}}

{{appellations|Curaçao|Rye|Curaçao}}
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<tab title="Others">
{{appellations/head|Shuichi}}
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Your brother (''Oniisan''; talking to [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]])<ref>[[Volume 88#Girls Band Murder Case|File 937]]</ref> FBI person (''FBI no hito'')|''Omae''}}

{{appellations|Eisuke Hondou|-|NOC's son (''NOC no musuko'') Brother (''otōto''; talking to [[Hidemi Hondou|Hidemi]])}}

{{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Shu-nii<ref name="m18">Movie 18: ''[[Dimensional Sniper]]''</ref>}}

{{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Akai Shuichi (movie introdcution)<ref name="m18" /> Pierrot Onii-san|Holmes' Apprentice-kun (''Homuzu no deshi-kun'')<ref name="file 973">[[Volume 92#A Chance Meeting at the Beach|File 973 (Volume 92)]]</ref> Kudo Shinichi<ref>Episode 954</ref>}}

{{appellations|Yusaku Kudo|Akai-kun}}

{{appellations|Genta Kojima|Guy (''niichan'')}}
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== Plot overview ==
=== Timeline ===
{{main|Shuichi Akai timeline}}

== Non-canon plot overview ==
=== Dimensional Sniper (Movie: [[Dimensional Sniper|18]]) ===
Shuichi appeared in this movie as [[Subaru Okiya]]. At first he is seen watching the Detective Boys testing Professor Agasa's invention. Later after [[Masumi Sera]] gets shot, he is seen leaving the hospital, where she is hospitalized. After that he is seen involving himself in the sniper investigation. He is the one who shoot the suspect at the last part. We can see too that he turn off his voice changer and said to [[James Black|James]] {{nihongo|"Roger"|了解|ryōkai}} as signal that it's already finished.

=== The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: [[The Darkest Nightmare|20]]) ===

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

== Speculation ==
[[James Black]]'s English background may have assisted the young British-Japanese Shuichi Akai in fast-tracking his way to a US citizenship and then enrolling in the FBI.

== Relationships analysis ==
=== Family and friends ===
==== Akemi Miyano ====
{{main|Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano}}
Note: Shuichi and Akemi are not cousins, despite what the sidebar says. They are not related by blood.

Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano were lovers while he was infiltrating the [[Black Organization]]. Shuichi's original mission was to date Akemi Miyano in order to meet Shiho Miyano. Shuichi used Shiho's influence to gain rank in the Organization, intending to become trusted enough to meet with high level agents so the FBI could capture one for questioning. As [[James Black]] later recalls, although Shuichi's relationship with Akemi was merely a stepping stone, Shuichi actually fell in love with Akemi, and considered her his real girlfriend. Because of this he broke up with [[Jodie Starling]].

[[File:Akemi's Text Message.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The last text message Akemi had sent Shuichi, before her death.]]
Sometime later, Akemi develops the suspicion that Shuichi really wasn't who he claimed to be. After Shuichi's expulsion, he confirms that he is an FBI agent to her. To Shuichi's surprise, Akemi doesn't seemed surprised by this, so Shuichi asks her why she never said anything about her suspicions that she was being used by him before, and Akemi hints it is because she loves him. Initially, the Organization couldn't do anything about Akemi because they needed the loyalty of her sister, but two years later they decided that the risk of her contact with Shuichi was too much. They decided to create a situation where they could eliminate her by having her do a bank heist she was supposed to fail. Sometime near the day of the heist, Akemi sent Shuichi a long text message, asking him if he wants to be her real boyfriend when she is finally free from the Organization. After the heist, Akemi is killed by [[Gin]], and it is unknown how Shuichi responded if at all. Shuichi treasures her final text message, and keeps it in his phone many months after Akemi's death. The message also contains a P.S. which has not been revealed yet.

How Akemi and Shuichi met in the manga is unknown, but in the anime, Shuichi Akai originally met Akemi by an intentional accident. She accidentally hit him with her car when he deliberately walked into the street in front of her in order to be hit by her.<ref>Episode 497</ref> Akemi was concerned, and helped take him to the hospital, watching over him until he was better. When he woke up, he felt no anger over what she did, and even asked for her name, to which a very flustered Akemi replied, while he told her his fake name: Dai Moroboshi. After this they began dating.
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==== Jodie Starling ====
While Jodie and Shuichi's relationship had been viewed as mere colleagues, it is revealed later on in the series that Jodie and Shuichi had dated before about 5 years prior. However, after Shuichi infiltrated the Black Organization under the alias of Dai Moroboshi, he started dating Akemi Miyano in hopes of using her to attain information about the Black Organization. Despite this, Shuichi ended up falling in love with Akemi, leading him to break up with Jodie, stating that, "To be able to love two women at the same time…it's not that handy a personality."<ref name="677p5">Manga [[Volume 65]], File 3 (677), pg 5: "The fated individual"</ref> In spite of the break-up, Jodie still held strong feelings for Shuichi which never wavered as time passed and took his apparent death at Kir's hands especially hard, to the point of being reduced to tears.

==== James Black ====
[[James Black]] is the boss of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents in Japan and therefore the boss of Shuichi. He was one of those who know that Shuichi was alive after Shuichi's fake death, but only because he saw the glue on Shuichi's fingers and would have otherwise also been kept in the dark. The two maintain close contact with each other up to present.

==== Andre Camel ====
[[Andre Camel]] worked with Shuichi Akai before when he was an agent in the [[Black Organization]]. Camel was involved in the plan to capture Gin two years ago, but he gave away the plan of the FBI when he saw a member of the organization disguised as an old man. Because of this, Shuichi's identity became known to the Organization. However, Shuichi does not seem to bear a grudge against Camel but worked together well. Camel is willing to help Akai in any way he can to redeem for his mistake.

==== Ai Haibara ====
When Haibara first met Shuichi, she thought he was a member of the Black Organization. Shuichi seems to know of Haibara's identity. Haibara knows him as Dai Moroboshi, her sister's boyfriend who betrayed the Organization.<ref>Manga Chapter 802</ref> Haibara should know Dai was a spy and FBI agent, after hearing an exchange between [[Bourbon]] and [[Kaitou Kid]] through a microphone<ref>Manga Chapter 824,[http://25.media.tumblr.com/4b40277b84692b54c491654534be7ccf/tumblr_mpc528w9hS1qfn9zio1_r1_500.png]</ref>, but she does not know him by the name Shuichi Akai. During his time in the organization he became acquatained with Haibara, while she was still known as [[Shiho Miyano]], through Akemi and make use of it to slip into the organization. He made a promise with Akemi to look after Haibara's welfare.<ref>Manga [[Volume 77]], Files 3-5 (809-811)</ref>
She doesn't know that it was because of the relationship between Akai and her sister, that got her sister killed.

==== Conan Edogawa / Shinichi Kudo ====
Shuichi and Conan get along well and are capable of thinking on par with one another. In the short time they have worked together, Shuichi has come to respect Conan's intellect and deductive skills and speaks to him professionally. After FBI had capture Kir, he asked who Conan was, hinting that he suspected that there was more to Conan that meets the eyes. He is also aware that [[Conan]] and [[Shinichi Kudo]] are really one and the same person <ref>Manga [[Volume 77]], File 813 p.16 and File 814 p.3 </ref>. There is further speculation amongst fans that Shuichi has figured out that Ai was formerly Sherry and (more than likely) learned about her research for the Black Organization and the two possible effects of [[APTX 4869]].

==== Masumi Sera ====
[[Masumi Sera]] is Shuichi's younger sister. Masumi wasn't born yet when Shuichi went to America to study, so they first got to meet each other, when Masumi was seven. It's indicated at Shuichi cares for his sister. While Masumi was growing up, Shuichi would send her training tapes of Jeet Kune Do that she could practice after. During the mystery train case, when Masumi was knocked out by Vermouth and hidden in her room, Shuichi (disguised as Subaru) carried her back to her own room. As he was about to leave he overheard her calling out 'Shuu-nii' in her sleep, which made him smile. And in the movie [[Dimensional Sniper]] he (as Subaru) was seen leaving the hospital, where Masumi was hospitalized after getting shot, hinting that he was visiting her. While she was unconscious, he left a bouquet in her room, which Ran and Sonoko find.

==== Shukichi Haneda ====
[[Shukichi Haneda]] is Shuichi's younger brother. He keeps track of Shukichi Haneda's shogi matches. During a reunion ten years ago Shukichi shows concern over his choice of path in life. During the Policewomen Serial Murder Case, he received a text by Shukichi to protect [[Yumi Miyamoto]], indicating the brothers are in contact. When Yumi is accosted by drunkards, he disguised as Subaru incapacitates them and has them leave her alone.

==== Mary Sera ====
[[Mary Sera]] is Shuichi's mother. She hoped that he would become a father figure to Masumi to replace their missing biological father.

==== Tsutomu Akai ====
[[Tsutomu Akai]] is Shuichi's father. His father's disappearance cause him to seek revenge.

=== Allies ===
==== Hidemi Hondou ====
Hidemi is a CIA agent undercover in the Black Organization as Rena Mizunashi, codenamed Kir. She agreed to supply the FBI with information of the organization in return for her brother's protection. She, Akai and Conan worked out the plan to send Hidemi back to the organization and fake Akai's death.

=== Black Organization ===
==== Gin ====
{{main|Gin and Shuichi Akai}}
Shuichi Akai and Gin are rivals and hate one another. It is implied that they didn't get along even before Shuichi was exposed as an undercover FBI agent. Shuichi refers to Gin as "Koibito", which ironically means 'lover.' Gin killed Shuichi's love Akemi, so Shuichi thinks of Gin as his archenemy.

==== Rei Furuya====
Since joining the Black Organization, [[Rei Furuya]] has always considered Shuichi Akai as a worthy rival, he want to compare his capacity with Shuichi and think he is the only one who could defeat Shuichi. Shuichi always show a respectful towards Rei, he admits Rei's capability and feels interest everytime he faces Rei, he also made Rei felt quite confused sometimes. Their relationship is becoming more bitter and dramatic when Rei misunderstood Shuichi killed his best friend - Scotch, but actually the one who indirectly caused Scotch to die was Rei himself. Shuichi chooses to keep a secret, continues to let Rei misunderstand him instead of letting Rei know that painful truth. Over time, Shuichi appears to help and protect Rei in some cases, he gradually wants to compensate for the losses which Rei has experienced, he also reveals that he doesn't want to be Rei's enemy. For now, Rei is temporarily lowering his hatred to working well with Shuichi and Conan in destroying the Black Organization.

=== Unknown relationships ===
==== Kohji Haneda ====
A relationship between Shuichi and [[Kohji Haneda]] is unknown, but [[Volume 89#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|the case of Kohji's death]] made Shuichi an FBI agent.<ref name="file948">[[volume 89#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|File 948: The Clenched Scissors (Volume 89)]]</ref>

== 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. Shuichi placed 12th in the poll with 53 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 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Shuichi placed 7th overall with 415 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>

== Name origin ==
[[File:Akai.gif|image|right|thumb|200px|Yutaka Tani draws Shuichi as half of Char on Gosho's website]]
Akai's name comes from the [[wikipedia:Mobile Suit Gundam|Mobile Suit Gundam]] character [[wikipedia:Char Aznable|Char Aznable]], whose nickname was the {{nihongo|"Red Comet"|'''赤い'''彗星|'''Akai''' Suisei}}, and Char's voice actor [[Shuichi Ikeda|'''Shuichi''' Ikeda]] (who is also Akai's voice actor). Additionally, his alias, Dai Moroboshi, comes from Char's real name, Casval Rem '''Deikun''' (sounds like '''Dai-kun''' in Japanese). '''Moroboshi''' can also mean ''falling star'', another possible allusion to ''Red Comet''.<ref>In Moroboshi (諸星), the first kanji can be broken up into 言者 which when pronounced as げんしゃ (gensha) sounds very similar to the word for "phenomenon" (genshou). The second character (星) means "star". Moroboshi, read as "Star phenomenon" references falling stars or maybe comets. </ref>

== Different looks ==
{|
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shuichi Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 259]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Shuichi Middle.jpeg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 345]]
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:The Scarlet Return-Shooting Shuichi.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 783]]
|}

== Quotes ==
{{cquote|Fear of death is worse than death itself.|Said to Camel.<ref>[[Volume 58#File 602 - Last Resort|Volume 58, File 602, Page 13]]</ref>}}
{{cquote|Don't make that kind of face...}}
{{cquote|Don't get distracted by what's in front of you and pursue the wrong prey}}
{{cquote|The odds are 50/50 so we are on the same boat.}}

== Trivia ==
* Shuichi is left-handed.
* Shuichi is a Jeet Kune Do practitioner who is three times stronger than [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]]. The three times is, again, a reference of Char's [[Wikipedia: Zaku|mobile suit]] being three times faster than the others.
* Shuichi Akai's voice actor, [[Shuichi Ikeda]], is the real-life husband of [[Akemi Miyano]]'s voice actress, [[Sakiko Tamagawa]].
* [[Wikipedia: Shuichi Akai (footballer)|Shuichi Akai]] is a real-life former Japanese football player.

== In other languages ==
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|秀一 Shūichi|赤井 Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|شوتشي Shūtshi|أكاي Akāi}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Indonesia|Bahasa Indonesia|Shuichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|秀一 Xiùyī|赤井 Chìjǐng}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=France|French|Shuichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Italy|Italy|Shuichi / Suichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Shuichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=South Korea|Korean|상윤 Sang Yoon|이 Lee}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Malaysia|Malay|Shuichi|Akai}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|ชูอิจิ|อากาอิ}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Republic of China|Traditional Chinese|秀一 Xiùyī|赤井 Chìjǐng}}
{{CharLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Shuuichi|Akai}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Characters]]
* [[Subaru Okiya]]
* [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]
* [[Black Organization]]
* [[Wikipedia: Rye whiskey|Rye]] (alcohol)
* [[Akai family]]

== References ==
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{{Characters}}
{{Template:Federal Bureau of Investigation}}
{{Black Organization}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Akai Shuichi}}

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[[Category:FBI]]
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[[Category:Characters named after Mobile Suit Gundam characters]]
[[Category:Characters who know Conan's identity]]
[[Category:Characters who know Ai Haibara's identity]]
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[[de:Shuichi Akai]]

The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages

2020-07-09T18:50:10Z

Hyecila: /* Case */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 304
| image = TV Episode 304.jpg
| title = The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 揺れる警視庁 1200万人の人質 (Yureru Keishichō Sennihyakumannin no Hitojichi)
| rating = 17%
| Manga case number = #107
| season = [[Season 11|11]]
| manga = [[Volume 36#Serial Bomber Case|Volume 36: File 8 (369)]] ~ [[Volume 37#Serial Bomber Case|Volume 37: File 1 (373)]]
| airdate = January 6, 2003 * October 4, 2004 '''(Rerun)''' *
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Jinpei Matsuda]] [[Masayoshi Sato]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Makoto Kyogoku]] [[Yoko Okino]] [[Detective Konno]] [[Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|Unnamed officer]] [[Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|Unnamed officer]] [[Professor]]
| suspects = Unknown bomber
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Juzo Megure]]
| next-conan-hint = Map symbol Map symbol '''(Rerun)'''
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Naoki Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Seizo Katou]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Yuu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Nobutoshi Canna]] as [[Jinpei Matsuda]] [[Shin'ichiro Miki]] as [[Kenji Hagiwara]] [[Yasunori Matsumoto]] as Detective A [[Hiroshi Matsumoto]] as Detective B [[Minoru Inaba]] as Detective C [[Daiki Nakamura]] as Member [[Takashi Nagasako]] as Policeman [[Shinpachi Tsuji]] as Older man [[Katsumi Toriumi]] as Staff member [[Chieko Honda]] as Female TV announcer [[Mari Maruta]] as Akemi's mother [[Mika Kanai]] as Akemi [[Machiko Toyoshima]] as Young woman
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]] [[Mashu Ito]] [[Masato Sato]]
| storyboard = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]] [[Mashu Ito]] [[Masato Sato]]
| producer = [[Masato Sato]]
| animation-director = [[Mari Tominaga]] (chief) [[Atsushi Aono]] [[Keiko Sasaki]]
| opening-song = I can't stop my love for you♥
| closing-song = Overture
| prev-episode = The Victim Who Came Back
| next-episode = The Unseen Suspect
| footnotes = * 2 Hour Special
}}

== Characters introduced ==
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{{NewChar|name = [[Kenji Hagiwara]]|image = Kenji Hagiwara.jpg|description =
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit
* Deceased
* Matsuda's best friend}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Professor]]|image = EP304 Man.jpg|description =
* Teitan High School professor}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Jinpei Matsuda|display=Jinpei Matsuda (flashback)}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Yumi Miyamoto|display=Yumi Miyamoto (flashback)}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (voice)}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku|display=Makoto Kyogoku (photo)}}
{{Char|Yoko Okino|display=Yoko Okino (photo)}}
{{Char|Detective Konno}}
{{Char|Masayoshi Sato|display=Masayoshi Sato (background)}}
{{Char|Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|EP182 Policeman1|display=Unnamed officer}}
{{Char|Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|EP182 Policeman2|display=Unnamed officer}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Detective Boys Badge}}
{{Gadget|Wristwatch Flashlight}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
[[Miwako Sato]] reminisces about the bomber case three years ago in which a bomber sent a fax to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police containing the location of a bomb in the form of a riddle. [[Jinpei Matsuda]] discovers the bomb's location and realizes that the bomb contains a clue to an even larger bomb and that the clue is only revealed during the last three seconds before detonation; Matsuda sacrifices his life and allowed the police to locate the second bomb. In the present time, the bomber returns and sends a fax to the Police station.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Bombing - Murder (Past)
| image = EP304a Case.jpg
| location = Apartments in Tokyo
| victim = Kenji Hagiwara
| time = January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Explosion
| suspects = Partner of bomber
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Bombing - Murder (Past)
| image = EP304b Case.jpg
| location = 72nd box seat of the Haido mall Ferris wheel
| victim = [[Jinpei Matsuda]]
| time = January 6th, 3 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Explosion
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Bombing (Past)
| image = EP304c Case.jpg
| location = Beika Central Hospital
| victim =
| time = January 6th, 3 years before the current timeline
| cause-death =
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = Jinpei Matsuda used the hint that appeared three seconds before the detonation of the bomb in the ferris wheel to pinpoint the location of a second, larger bomb.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Car Bombing - Attempted Murder
| image = EP304d Case.jpg
| location = Shiratori's police car
| victim = [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]]
| time = January 6th
| cause-death = Explosion
| cause-death-label = Injury
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = Shiratori managed to escape his Lexus LS400 before he caught the brunt of the blast. He sustained major injury.
}}

The [[Detective Boys]], along with [[Wataru Takagi]] and Sato, attempt to decrypt the riddle and locate the bomb. The riddle reads: "I'm a fast pitching, hard-hitting major leaguer. Now the extra innings have begun. The games begin at noon tomorrow and end at 3 PM. Even if you prepare a good stopper, it won't help you. I'll turn it around in the end. If you want to end the game, come find me. When you police bastards climb the bloodstained mound, I'll be waiting in the steel batter's box."

Sato begins explaining the details of the previous bombing case to Conan. In the incident three years ago, two bombers blackmailed the police for 1 billion yen using time bombs planted in apartment buildings. The money was paid and the timers were stopped; however, they later received a phone call from one of the bombers who saw a misleading news clip and thought that the bomb was still on. The police decided to use the opportunity to capture one of the bombers, but an unfortunate accident caused the man's death. His partner, who managed to escape, believed that the police had aired false information on the news to lure them into a trap. Enraged, the bomber vowed to take revenge on the police to avenge the death of his accomplice and has finally returned to do so.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident
| image = EP304 Case.jpg
| location = Street
| victim = Accomplice Bomber
| time = January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Hit by a truck
| description = The accomplice bomber managed to escape, but he got hit by a truck.
}}

An explosion occurs at Tokyo Tower and a girl becomes stranded in an elevator. Takagi and Conan free her but become trapped in the elevator themselves due to a second explosion. [[Conan Edogawa]] finds a bomb in the elevator and begins to disarm it until a message appears revealing that a clue to a second bomb will appear in the last three seconds before detonation.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Bombing
| image = EP304e Case.jpg
| location = Tokyo Tower
| victim =
| time = January 6th
| cause-death =
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Planted Bombs
| image = EP304f Case.jpg
| location = Somewhere in Tokyo
| victim =
| time = January 6th
| cause-death =
| code = "E","V","I" & "T"
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = A clue that will appear three seconds before the detonation of the bomb set in the Tokyo tower will reveal the location of a larger set of bombs elsewhere in Tokyo.
}}

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kenji Hagiwara|Kenji Hagiwara.jpg|
* Deceased (explosion)
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit}}
{{People|Serial Bomber|EP304 Serial Bomber.jpg|
* Matsuda and Hagiwara's murderer}}
{{People|Man|EP304 Accomplice.jpg|
* Deceased (truck accident)
* Accomplice bomber}}
{{People|Akemi|EP304 Akemi.jpg|
* 4 years old}}
{{People|Woman #1|EP304 Woman 1.jpg|
* Akemi's mother}}
{{People|Woman #2|EP304 Woman 2.jpg|
* TV news announcer}}
{{People|[[Professor]]|EP304 Man.jpg|
* Teitan High School professor}}
{{people|Policeman|policemanhostages.png|
* Tokyo MPD Police officer
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:EP304 Bomber.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The bomber's face revealed.]]
The content from the riddle indicates the bombing will occur in a school. Conan deduces the code and disarms the bomb with one second remaining and reveals that the code refers to the English word "Detective" and when flipped around in its kanji form, says Teitan, the name of the school. The bomb at Teitan High is disarmed and the bomber is captured.

When the bomber tries to set it off, he realizes it has already been defused. When he is cornered by the police, he attempts to escape, but a visibly emotional and angry Sato chases him and corners him, attempting to take revenge for killing Matsuda.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = EP304g Case.jpg
| location = Alley
| victim = The unnamed bomber
| time = January 6th
| cause-death = Shooting
| cause-death-label = Attack Type
| suspects = [[Miwako Sato]]
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = Sato tries to shoot the bomber to get revenge on him for killing Matsuda. But Takagi stops Sato from doing so.
}}

Takagi comes just at time to prevent Sato from doing so and brings her back to her senses. As they attempt to kiss, Megure breaks it up and the case ends with the bomber being arrested. In the incident 7 years ago, he only committed the crime with his colleague to steal money and actually were promising in secret to not kill any victims. However, after his colleague hears an old news report on the radio, he tried to get in touch with the police, believing that the bomb had not been stopped. The police took advantage of his call to track him down, leading to his death when he gave chase. The bomber believed the police had employed a dirty announcement trick to take advantage of his accomplice's moral conscience that inadvertently causes him to die in a car accident. The other bomber vows total vengeance against the Japanese police department and with these new serial bombing attacks threatens to ruin their reputation, slowly losing his sanity in doing so.</spoiler>

== Manga to anime changes ==
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
* In the manga version, not much is known about the bombing case that happened 7 years ago. Kenji Hagiwara also doesn't receive any specific character design like he does in the anime version, as he is only mentioned by name.
* In the manga, Takagi doesn't slap Sato to calm her down when she tries to shoot the bomber.

== Trivia ==
* Gosho Aoyama, in an interview, indicated this was one of his favorite case.
* An error occurred in the anime, in the last scene where Sato delete the last message from Matsuda. The date of the message was November 7th, even though an earlier scene show the date was January 6th.
* The bomber criminal vehicle is White 1992 Toyota Corolla Van DX [E100].
* Ran's cellphone was stepped on and broken by one of her kidnappers in [[The Smash of Determination and Love#Trivia|The Smash of Determination and Love]], but Shinichi gives her a new one in the beginning.

== Rerun ==
The episode was rerun on October 4, 2004. It was unchanged except for the addition of a new scene at the beginning.

== BGM listing ==
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{{BGMListingItem|1|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|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|5|追跡スリリング|Tsuiseki Suriringu|Thrilling Pursuit|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|I can't stop my love for you♥|I can't stop my love for you♥|I can't stop my love for you♥|[[I can't stop my love for you♥]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|３０秒当てゲーム|30 Byō Atte Gēmu|30 Second Concentration Game|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|秘密の地下室|Himitsu no Chikashitsu|The Basement's Secrets|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|「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|19|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|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|21|記憶喪失（影）|Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)|Amnesia (Shadow)|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|22|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|23|顛末（TENMATSU）|Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)|The Facts (TENMATSU)|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|24|元太のテーマ（未収録ヴァージョン）|Genta no Tēma (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|Genta's Theme (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|25|「何だこの痕跡は？」（未収録ヴァージョン）|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|26|映画BGM|Eiga BGM|Movie BGM|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|27|小五郎の推理|Kogorō no Suiri|Kogoro's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|28|怒りのメッセージ|Ikari no Messēji|Message of Anger|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|29|オセンチな歩美（未収録ヴァージョン）|Osenchina Ayumi (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|Sentimental Ayumi (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|30|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|31|イースターエッグの謎|Iisutā Eggu no Nazo|Mystery of the Easter Egg|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|32|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|33|I’ll be there （歌：菅井えり）|I'll be there (Uta: Sugai Eri)|I'll be there (Sung By: Eri Sugai)|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|34|とっておきクイズ|Totte Oki Kuizu|Take the Quiz|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|35|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|36|黒装束の謎|Kuroshōzoku no Nazo|Mystery of Those in Black|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|37|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|38|スケボー大作戦|Sukebō Daisakusen|Big Skateboard Battle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|39|ダイイング・メッセージ|Daiingu・Messēji|Dying Message|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|40|(Unreleased BGM 1)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|41|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|42|映画BGM|Eiga BGM|Movie BGM|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|43|第２の殺人事件|Dai 2 no Satsujin Jiken|The Second Murder Case|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|44|次のターゲット！|Tsugi no Tāgetto!|The Next Target!|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|45|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|46|煙が行く手を阻む～ジンのテーマＤ|Kebu ga Yukute o Habamu ~ Jin no Tēma D|Smoke Obstructs the Way ~ Gin's Theme D|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|47|哀の予感～ジンのテーマＥ|Ai no Yokan ~ Jin no Tēma E|Ai's Premonition ~ Gin's Theme E|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|48|ジンのテーマＦ|Jin no Tēma F|Gin's Theme F|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|49|「何だこの痕跡は？」（未収録ヴァージョン）|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|50|哀愁|Aishū|Sorrow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|51|危機迫る～コナン出動|Kiki Semaru ~ Konan Shutsudō|Approaching Crisis ~ Conan's Move|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|52|ジンのテーマＦ|Jin no Tēma F|Gin's Theme F|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|53|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|54|出動のテーマ１～予感|Shutsudō no Tēma 1 ~ Yokan|Mission Theme 1 ~ Premonition|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|55|赤い光のスナイパー１|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1|The Sniper's Red Light 1|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|56|哀が電話を…～ジンのテーマＡ|Ai ga Denwa o... ~ Jin no Tēma A|Ai's Phonecall to... ~ Gin's Theme A|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|57|ゲームスタート～ピッタリ賞|Gēmu Sutāto ~ Pittari Shō|Game Start ~ Exact Prize|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|58|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|59|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|60|哀愁|Aishū|Sorrow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|61|Overture|Overture|Overture|[[Overture]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|62|I’ll be there （歌：菅井えり）|I'll be there (Uta: Sugai Eri)|I'll be there (Sung By: Eri Sugai)|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|لحظات قبل وقوع الكارثة|Moments Before The Crisis Occurs}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|La Central de la Policia Metropolitana tremola. Els dotze milions d'ostatges|The Trembling Police Headquarters. 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|Escac al Departament de Policia. Els dotze milions d'ostatges|Police Headquarters in check. 12 million hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Eine Stadt als Geisel|A City as a Hostage}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Dipartimento di polizia in sospeso, 12 milioni di ostaggi|The Trembling Police Headquarters, 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Castilian dub)|¡Tiembla, comisaría! Doce millones de rehenes|Tremble, Police Headquarters! 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|กรมตำรวจสั่นคลอน ตัวประกัน 12 ล้านคน|The Trembling Police Headquarters, 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Trụ sở cảnh sát run sợ bởi 12 triệu con tin|The Police Headquarters Tremble by 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 11]]

{{Season 11}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Rerun episode]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Mari Tominaga]][[Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]][[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]]

The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages

2020-07-09T18:31:10Z

Hyecila: /* Case */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 304
| image = TV Episode 304.jpg
| title = The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 揺れる警視庁 1200万人の人質 (Yureru Keishichō Sennihyakumannin no Hitojichi)
| rating = 17%
| Manga case number = #107
| season = [[Season 11|11]]
| manga = [[Volume 36#Serial Bomber Case|Volume 36: File 8 (369)]] ~ [[Volume 37#Serial Bomber Case|Volume 37: File 1 (373)]]
| airdate = January 6, 2003 * October 4, 2004 '''(Rerun)''' *
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Jinpei Matsuda]] [[Masayoshi Sato]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Makoto Kyogoku]] [[Yoko Okino]] [[Detective Konno]] [[Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|Unnamed officer]] [[Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|Unnamed officer]] [[Professor]]
| suspects = Unknown bomber
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Juzo Megure]]
| next-conan-hint = Map symbol Map symbol '''(Rerun)'''
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Naoki Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Seizo Katou]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Yuu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Nobutoshi Canna]] as [[Jinpei Matsuda]] [[Shin'ichiro Miki]] as [[Kenji Hagiwara]] [[Yasunori Matsumoto]] as Detective A [[Hiroshi Matsumoto]] as Detective B [[Minoru Inaba]] as Detective C [[Daiki Nakamura]] as Member [[Takashi Nagasako]] as Policeman [[Shinpachi Tsuji]] as Older man [[Katsumi Toriumi]] as Staff member [[Chieko Honda]] as Female TV announcer [[Mari Maruta]] as Akemi's mother [[Mika Kanai]] as Akemi [[Machiko Toyoshima]] as Young woman
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]] [[Mashu Ito]] [[Masato Sato]]
| storyboard = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]] [[Mashu Ito]] [[Masato Sato]]
| producer = [[Masato Sato]]
| animation-director = [[Mari Tominaga]] (chief) [[Atsushi Aono]] [[Keiko Sasaki]]
| opening-song = I can't stop my love for you♥
| closing-song = Overture
| prev-episode = The Victim Who Came Back
| next-episode = The Unseen Suspect
| footnotes = * 2 Hour Special
}}

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kenji Hagiwara]]|image = Kenji Hagiwara.jpg|description =
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit
* Deceased
* Matsuda's best friend}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Professor]]|image = EP304 Man.jpg|description =
* Teitan High School professor}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Jinpei Matsuda|display=Jinpei Matsuda (flashback)}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Yumi Miyamoto|display=Yumi Miyamoto (flashback)}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (voice)}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku|display=Makoto Kyogoku (photo)}}
{{Char|Yoko Okino|display=Yoko Okino (photo)}}
{{Char|Detective Konno}}
{{Char|Masayoshi Sato|display=Masayoshi Sato (background)}}
{{Char|Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|EP182 Policeman1|display=Unnamed officer}}
{{Char|Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|EP182 Policeman2|display=Unnamed officer}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Detective Boys Badge}}
{{Gadget|Wristwatch Flashlight}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
[[Miwako Sato]] reminisces about the bomber case three years ago. Three years ago, a bomber sent a fax to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police containing the location of a bomb in the form of a riddle. [[Jinpei Matsuda]] discovers the bomb's location and realizes that the bomb contains a clue to an even larger bomb and that the clue is only revealed during the last three seconds before detonation; Matsuda sacrifices his life and allowed the police to locate the second bomb. In the present time, the bomber returns and sends a fax to the Police station.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Bombing - Murder (Past)
| image = EP304a Case.jpg
| location = Apartments in Tokyo
| victim = Kenji Hagiwara
| time = January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Explosion
| suspects = Partner of bomber
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Bombing - Murder (Past)
| image = EP304b Case.jpg
| location = 72nd box seat of the Haido mall Ferris wheel
| victim = [[Jinpei Matsuda]]
| time = January 6th, 3 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Explosion
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Bombing (Past)
| image = EP304c Case.jpg
| location = Beika Central Hospital
| victim =
| time = January 6th, 3 years before the current timeline
| cause-death =
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = Jinpei Matsuda used the hint that appeared three seconds before the detonation of the bomb in the ferris wheel to pinpoint the location of a second, larger bomb.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Car Bombing - Attempted Murder
| image = EP304d Case.jpg
| location = Shiratori's police car
| victim = [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]]
| time = January 6th
| cause-death = Explosion
| cause-death-label = Injury
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = Shiratori managed to escape his Lexus LS400 before he caught the brunt of the blast. He sustained major injury.
}}

The [[Detective Boys]], along with [[Wataru Takagi]] and Sato, attempt to decrypt the riddle and locate the bomb. The riddle reads: "I'm a fast pitching, hard-hitting major leaguer. Now the extra innings have begun. The games begin at noon tomorrow and end at 3 PM. Even if you prepare a good stopper, it won't help you. I'll turn it around in the end".

Sato explains to Conan that years ago the city was blackmailed by the bomber and his partner. The money was paid, but they later received a phone call from one of the bombers who saw a misleading news clip and thought that the bomb was still on. The police decided to use the opportunity to capture one of the bombers, but an unfortunate accident caused the man's death. His partner, who managed to escape, believed that the police had aired false information on the news to lure them into a trap. Enraged, the bomber vows to take revenge on the police to avenge the death of his accomplice.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident
| image = EP304 Case.jpg
| location = Street
| victim = Accomplice Bomber
| time = January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Hit by a truck
| description = The accomplice bomber managed to escape, but he got hit by a truck.
}}

An explosion occurs at Tokyo Tower and a girl becomes stranded in an elevator. Takagi and Conan free her but become trapped in the elevator themselves due to a second explosion. [[Conan Edogawa]] finds a bomb in the elevator and begins to disarm it until a message appears revealing that a clue to a second bomb will appear in the last three seconds before detonation.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Bombing
| image = EP304e Case.jpg
| location = Tokyo Tower
| victim =
| time = January 6th
| cause-death =
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Planted Bombs
| image = EP304f Case.jpg
| location = Somewhere in Tokyo
| victim =
| time = January 6th
| cause-death =
| code = "E","V","I" & "T"
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = A clue that will appear three seconds before the detonation of the bomb set in the Tokyo tower will reveal the location of a larger set of bombs elsewhere in Tokyo.
}}

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kenji Hagiwara|Kenji Hagiwara.jpg|
* Deceased (explosion)
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit}}
{{People|Serial Bomber|EP304 Serial Bomber.jpg|
* Matsuda and Hagiwara's murderer}}
{{People|Man|EP304 Accomplice.jpg|
* Deceased (truck accident)
* Accomplice bomber}}
{{People|Akemi|EP304 Akemi.jpg|
* 4 years old}}
{{People|Woman #1|EP304 Woman 1.jpg|
* Akemi's mother}}
{{People|Woman #2|EP304 Woman 2.jpg|
* TV news announcer}}
{{People|[[Professor]]|EP304 Man.jpg|
* Teitan High School professor}}
{{people|Policeman|policemanhostages.png|
* Tokyo MPD Police officer
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:EP304 Bomber.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The bomber's face revealed.]]
The content from the riddle indicates the bombing will occur in a school. Conan deduces the code and disarms the bomb with one second remaining and reveals that the code refers to the English word "Detective" and when flipped around in its kanji form, says Teitan, the name of the school. The bomb at Teitan High is disarmed and the bomber is captured.

When the bomber tries to set it off, he realizes it has already been defused. When he is cornered by the police, he attempts to escape, but a visibly emotional and angry Sato chases him and corners him, attempting to take revenge for killing Matsuda.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = EP304g Case.jpg
| location = Alley
| victim = The unnamed bomber
| time = January 6th
| cause-death = Shooting
| cause-death-label = Attack Type
| suspects = [[Miwako Sato]]
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = Sato tries to shoot the bomber to get revenge on him for killing Matsuda. But Takagi stops Sato from doing so.
}}

Takagi comes just at time to prevent Sato from doing so and brings her back to her senses. As they attempt to kiss, Megure breaks it up and the case ends with the bomber being arrested. In the incident 7 years ago, he only committed the crime with his colleague to steal money and actually were promising in secret to not kill any victims. However, after his colleague hears an old news report on the radio, he tried to get in touch with the police, believing that the bomb had not been stopped. The police took advantage of his call to track him down, leading to his death when he gave chase. The bomber believed the police had employed a dirty announcement trick to take advantage of his accomplice's moral conscience that inadvertently causes him to die in a car accident. The other bomber vows total vengeance against the Japanese police department and with these new serial bombing attacks threatens to ruin their reputation, slowly losing his sanity in doing so.</spoiler>

== Manga to anime changes ==
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
* In the manga version, not much is known about the bombing case that happened 7 years ago. Kenji Hagiwara also doesn't receive any specific character design like he does in the anime version, as he is only mentioned by name.
* In the manga, Takagi doesn't slap Sato to calm her down when she tries to shoot the bomber.

== Trivia ==
* Gosho Aoyama, in an interview, indicated this was one of his favorite case.
* An error occurred in the anime, in the last scene where Sato delete the last message from Matsuda. The date of the message was November 7th, even though an earlier scene show the date was January 6th.
* The bomber criminal vehicle is White 1992 Toyota Corolla Van DX [E100].
* Ran's cellphone was stepped on and broken by one of her kidnappers in [[The Smash of Determination and Love#Trivia|The Smash of Determination and Love]], but Shinichi gives her a new one in the beginning.

== Rerun ==
The episode was rerun on October 4, 2004. It was unchanged except for the addition of a new scene at the beginning.

== BGM listing ==
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|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|5|追跡スリリング|Tsuiseki Suriringu|Thrilling Pursuit|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|I can't stop my love for you♥|I can't stop my love for you♥|I can't stop my love for you♥|[[I can't stop my love for you♥]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|３０秒当てゲーム|30 Byō Atte Gēmu|30 Second Concentration Game|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|秘密の地下室|Himitsu no Chikashitsu|The Basement's Secrets|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|「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|19|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|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|21|記憶喪失（影）|Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)|Amnesia (Shadow)|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|22|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|23|顛末（TENMATSU）|Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)|The Facts (TENMATSU)|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|24|元太のテーマ（未収録ヴァージョン）|Genta no Tēma (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|Genta's Theme (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|25|「何だこの痕跡は？」（未収録ヴァージョン）|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|26|映画BGM|Eiga BGM|Movie BGM|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|27|小五郎の推理|Kogorō no Suiri|Kogoro's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|28|怒りのメッセージ|Ikari no Messēji|Message of Anger|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|29|オセンチな歩美（未収録ヴァージョン）|Osenchina Ayumi (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|Sentimental Ayumi (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|30|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|31|イースターエッグの謎|Iisutā Eggu no Nazo|Mystery of the Easter Egg|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|32|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|33|I’ll be there （歌：菅井えり）|I'll be there (Uta: Sugai Eri)|I'll be there (Sung By: Eri Sugai)|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|34|とっておきクイズ|Totte Oki Kuizu|Take the Quiz|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|35|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|36|黒装束の謎|Kuroshōzoku no Nazo|Mystery of Those in Black|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|37|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|38|スケボー大作戦|Sukebō Daisakusen|Big Skateboard Battle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|39|ダイイング・メッセージ|Daiingu・Messēji|Dying Message|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|40|(Unreleased BGM 1)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|41|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|42|映画BGM|Eiga BGM|Movie BGM|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|43|第２の殺人事件|Dai 2 no Satsujin Jiken|The Second Murder Case|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|44|次のターゲット！|Tsugi no Tāgetto!|The Next Target!|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|45|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|46|煙が行く手を阻む～ジンのテーマＤ|Kebu ga Yukute o Habamu ~ Jin no Tēma D|Smoke Obstructs the Way ~ Gin's Theme D|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|47|哀の予感～ジンのテーマＥ|Ai no Yokan ~ Jin no Tēma E|Ai's Premonition ~ Gin's Theme E|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|48|ジンのテーマＦ|Jin no Tēma F|Gin's Theme F|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|49|「何だこの痕跡は？」（未収録ヴァージョン）|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|50|哀愁|Aishū|Sorrow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|51|危機迫る～コナン出動|Kiki Semaru ~ Konan Shutsudō|Approaching Crisis ~ Conan's Move|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|52|ジンのテーマＦ|Jin no Tēma F|Gin's Theme F|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|53|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|54|出動のテーマ１～予感|Shutsudō no Tēma 1 ~ Yokan|Mission Theme 1 ~ Premonition|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|55|赤い光のスナイパー１|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1|The Sniper's Red Light 1|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|56|哀が電話を…～ジンのテーマＡ|Ai ga Denwa o... ~ Jin no Tēma A|Ai's Phonecall to... ~ Gin's Theme A|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|57|ゲームスタート～ピッタリ賞|Gēmu Sutāto ~ Pittari Shō|Game Start ~ Exact Prize|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|58|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|59|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|60|哀愁|Aishū|Sorrow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|61|Overture|Overture|Overture|[[Overture]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|62|I’ll be there （歌：菅井えり）|I'll be there (Uta: Sugai Eri)|I'll be there (Sung By: Eri Sugai)|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{EndTable}}

== Gallery ==
{{main gallery}}

== In other languages ==
{{BeginTable EpLang}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|لحظات قبل وقوع الكارثة|Moments Before The Crisis Occurs}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|La Central de la Policia Metropolitana tremola. Els dotze milions d'ostatges|The Trembling Police Headquarters. 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|Escac al Departament de Policia. Els dotze milions d'ostatges|Police Headquarters in check. 12 million hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Eine Stadt als Geisel|A City as a Hostage}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Dipartimento di polizia in sospeso, 12 milioni di ostaggi|The Trembling Police Headquarters, 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Castilian dub)|¡Tiembla, comisaría! Doce millones de rehenes|Tremble, Police Headquarters! 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|กรมตำรวจสั่นคลอน ตัวประกัน 12 ล้านคน|The Trembling Police Headquarters, 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Trụ sở cảnh sát run sợ bởi 12 triệu con tin|The Police Headquarters Tremble by 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EndTable}}

== See also ==
* [[Season 11]]

{{Season 11}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Rerun episode]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Mari Tominaga]][[Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]][[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]]

The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages

2020-07-09T18:21:54Z

Hyecila: /* Trivia */

{{InfoBox TV
| episode = 304
| image = TV Episode 304.jpg
| title = The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages
| english-title =
| japanese-title = 揺れる警視庁 1200万人の人質 (Yureru Keishichō Sennihyakumannin no Hitojichi)
| rating = 17%
| Manga case number = #107
| season = [[Season 11|11]]
| manga = [[Volume 36#Serial Bomber Case|Volume 36: File 8 (369)]] ~ [[Volume 37#Serial Bomber Case|Volume 37: File 1 (373)]]
| airdate = January 6, 2003 * October 4, 2004 '''(Rerun)''' *
| english-airdate =
| cast = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Miwako Sato]] [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi]] [[Jinpei Matsuda]] [[Masayoshi Sato]] [[Detective Boys]] [[Ai Haibara]] [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Ran Mouri]] [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Makoto Kyogoku]] [[Yoko Okino]] [[Detective Konno]] [[Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|Unnamed officer]] [[Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|Unnamed officer]] [[Professor]]
| suspects = Unknown bomber
| solved-by = [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Juzo Megure]]
| next-conan-hint = Map symbol Map symbol '''(Rerun)'''
| voice-cast = [[Minami Takayama]] as [[Conan Edogawa]] [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] as [[Shinichi Kudo]] [[Wakana Yamazaki]] as [[Ran Mouri]] [[Akira Kamiya]] as [[Kogoro Mouri]] [[Kenichi Ogata]] as [[Hiroshi Agasa]] [[Chafurin]] as [[Juzo Megure]] [[Wataru Takagi (voice actor)|Wataru Takagi]] as [[Wataru Takagi]], [[Genta Kojima]] [[Megumi Hayashibara]] as [[Ai Haibara]] [[Yukiko Iwai]] as [[Ayumi Yoshida]] [[Ikue Otani]] as [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya]] [[Naoki Matsui]] as [[Sonoko Suzuki]] [[Seizo Katou]] as [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] [[Kazuhiko Inoue]] as [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]] [[Atsuko Yuya]] as [[Miwako Sato]] [[Isshin Chiba]] as [[Kazunobu Chiba]] [[Yuu Sugimoto]] as [[Yumi Miyamoto]] [[Nobutoshi Canna]] as [[Jinpei Matsuda]] [[Shin'ichiro Miki]] as [[Kenji Hagiwara]] [[Yasunori Matsumoto]] as Detective A [[Hiroshi Matsumoto]] as Detective B [[Minoru Inaba]] as Detective C [[Daiki Nakamura]] as Member [[Takashi Nagasako]] as Policeman [[Shinpachi Tsuji]] as Older man [[Katsumi Toriumi]] as Staff member [[Chieko Honda]] as Female TV announcer [[Mari Maruta]] as Akemi's mother [[Mika Kanai]] as Akemi [[Machiko Toyoshima]] as Young woman
| director = [[Yasuichiro Yamamoto]]
| screenplay =
| organizer = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]] [[Mashu Ito]] [[Masato Sato]]
| storyboard = [[Koujin Ochi|Hirohito Ochi]] [[Mashu Ito]] [[Masato Sato]]
| producer = [[Masato Sato]]
| animation-director = [[Mari Tominaga]] (chief) [[Atsushi Aono]] [[Keiko Sasaki]]
| opening-song = I can't stop my love for you♥
| closing-song = Overture
| prev-episode = The Victim Who Came Back
| next-episode = The Unseen Suspect
| footnotes = * 2 Hour Special
}}

== Characters introduced ==
{{BeginBox}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Kenji Hagiwara]]|image = Kenji Hagiwara.jpg|description =
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit
* Deceased
* Matsuda's best friend}}
{{NewChar|name = [[Professor]]|image = EP304 Man.jpg|description =
* Teitan High School professor}}
{{EndBox}}

== Cast ==
{{Char Appearances|
{{Char|Conan Edogawa}}
{{Char|Miwako Sato}}
{{Char|Wataru Takagi}}
{{Char|Jinpei Matsuda|display=Jinpei Matsuda (flashback)}}
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
{{Char|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya}}
{{Char|Genta Kojima}}
{{Char|Ai Haibara}}
{{Char|Ninzaburo Shiratori}}
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa}}
{{Char|Kiyonaga Matsumoto}}
{{Char|Juzo Megure}}
{{Char|Kazunobu Chiba}}
{{Char|Kogoro Mouri}}
{{Char|Ran Mouri}}
{{Char|Yumi Miyamoto|display=Yumi Miyamoto (flashback)}}
{{Char|Sonoko Suzuki}}
{{Char|Shinichi Kudo|display=Shinichi Kudo (voice)}}
{{Char|Makoto Kyogoku|display=Makoto Kyogoku (photo)}}
{{Char|Yoko Okino|display=Yoko Okino (photo)}}
{{Char|Detective Konno}}
{{Char|Masayoshi Sato|display=Masayoshi Sato (background)}}
{{Char|Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|EP182 Policeman1|display=Unnamed officer}}
{{Char|Minor Law Enforcement#Anime-only based episodes#Unnamed officer|EP182 Policeman2|display=Unnamed officer}}
}}

== Gadgets ==
{{Gadgets Appearances|
{{Gadget|Detective Boys Badge}}
{{Gadget|Wristwatch Flashlight}}
}}

== Case ==
=== Situation ===
[[Miwako Sato]] reminisces about the bomber case three years ago. Three years ago, a bomber sent a fax to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police containing the location of a bomb in the form of a riddle. [[Jinpei Matsuda]] discovers the bomb's location and realizes that the bomb contains a clue to an even larger bomb and that the clue is only revealed during the last three seconds before detonation; Matsuda sacrifices his life and allowed the police to locate the second bomb. In the present time, the bomber returns and sends a fax to the Police station.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Bombing - Murder (Past)
| image = EP304a Case.jpg
| location = Apartments in Tokyo
| victim = Kenji Hagiwara
| time = January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Explosion
| suspects = Partner of bomber
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Bombing - Murder (Past)
| image = EP304b Case.jpg
| location = 72nd box seat of the Haido mall Ferris wheel
| victim = [[Jinpei Matsuda]]
| time = January 6th, 3 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Explosion
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Bombing (Past)
| image = EP304c Case.jpg
| location = Beika Central Hospital
| victim =
| time = January 6th, 3 years before the current timeline
| cause-death =
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = Jinpei Matsuda used the hint that appeared three seconds before the detonation of the bomb in the ferris wheel to pinpoint the location of a second, larger bomb.
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Car Bombing - Attempted Murder
| image = EP304d Case.jpg
| location = Shiratori's police car
| victim = [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]]
| time = January 6th
| cause-death = Explosion
| cause-death-label = Injury
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = Shiratori managed to escape his Lexus LS400 before he caught the brunt of the blast. He sustained major injury.
}}

The [[Detective Boys]], along with [[Wataru Takagi]] and Sato, attempt to decrypt the riddle and locate the bomb. The riddle reads: "I'm a fast pitching, hard-hitting major leaguer. Now the extra innings have begun. The games begin at noon tomorrow and end at 3 PM. Even if you prepare a good stopper, it won't help you. I'll turn it around in the end".

Sato explains to Conan that years ago the city was blackmailed by the bomber and his partner. The money was paid, but later they got a phone call from one of the bomber who got misinformed by a recap of the new and thought that the bomb was still on. The police decided to use the opportunity to capture the bomber, but instead it resulted in his death. His partner, who escape, must have thought that the police aired false information on the news to lured them into a trap and is now seeking revenge.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Accident
| image = EP304 Case.jpg
| location = Street
| victim = Accomplice Bomber
| time = January 6th, 7 years before the current timeline
| cause-death = Hit by a truck
| description = The accomplice bomber managed to escape, but he got hit by a truck.
}}

An explosion occurs at Tokyo Tower and a girl becomes stranded in an elevator. Takagi and Conan free her but become trapped in the elevator themselves due to a second explosion. [[Conan Edogawa]] finds a bomb in the elevator and begins to disarm it until a message appears revealing that a clue to a second bomb will appear in the last three seconds before detonation.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Bombing
| image = EP304e Case.jpg
| location = Tokyo Tower
| victim =
| time = January 6th
| cause-death =
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description =
}}
{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Planted Bombs
| image = EP304f Case.jpg
| location = Somewhere in Tokyo
| victim =
| time = January 6th
| cause-death =
| code = "E","V","I" & "T"
| suspects = Partner of bomber from prior case
| description = A clue that will appear three seconds before the detonation of the bomb set in the Tokyo tower will reveal the location of a larger set of bombs elsewhere in Tokyo.
}}

=== People ===
{{BeginBox}}
{{People|Kenji Hagiwara|Kenji Hagiwara.jpg|
* Deceased (explosion)
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit}}
{{People|Serial Bomber|EP304 Serial Bomber.jpg|
* Matsuda and Hagiwara's murderer}}
{{People|Man|EP304 Accomplice.jpg|
* Deceased (truck accident)
* Accomplice bomber}}
{{People|Akemi|EP304 Akemi.jpg|
* 4 years old}}
{{People|Woman #1|EP304 Woman 1.jpg|
* Akemi's mother}}
{{People|Woman #2|EP304 Woman 2.jpg|
* TV news announcer}}
{{People|[[Professor]]|EP304 Man.jpg|
* Teitan High School professor}}
{{people|Policeman|policemanhostages.png|
* Tokyo MPD Police officer
* Police HQ Mobile Team Explosive Disposal Unit}}
{{EndBox}}

=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>
[[File:EP304 Bomber.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The bomber's face revealed.]]
The content from the riddle indicates the bombing will occur in a school. Conan deduces the code and disarms the bomb with one second remaining and reveals that the code refers to the English word "Detective" and when flipped around in its kanji form, says Teitan, the name of the school. The bomb at Teitan High is disarmed and the bomber is captured.

When the bomber tries to set it off, he realizes it has already been defused. When he is cornered by the police, he attempts to escape, but a visibly emotional and angry Sato chases him and corners him, attempting to take revenge for killing Matsuda.

{{InfoBox Crime
| crime = Attempted Murder
| image = EP304g Case.jpg
| location = Alley
| victim = The unnamed bomber
| time = January 6th
| cause-death = Shooting
| cause-death-label = Attack Type
| suspects = [[Miwako Sato]]
| suspects-label = Culprit
| description = Sato tries to shoot the bomber to get revenge on him for killing Matsuda. But Takagi stops Sato from doing so.
}}

Takagi comes just at time to prevent Sato from doing so and brings her back to her senses. As they attempt to kiss, Megure breaks it up and the case ends with the bomber being arrested. In the incident 7 years ago, he only committed the crime with his colleague to steal money and actually were promising in secret to not kill any victims. However, after his colleague hears an old news report on the radio, he tried to get in touch with the police, believing that the bomb had not been stopped. The police took advantage of his call to track him down, leading to his death when he gave chase. The bomber believed the police had employed a dirty announcement trick to take advantage of his accomplice's moral conscience that inadvertently causes him to die in a car accident. The other bomber vows total vengeance against the Japanese police department and with these new serial bombing attacks threatens to ruin their reputation, slowly losing his sanity in doing so.</spoiler>

== Manga to anime changes ==
{{main|List of differences between the manga and anime}}
* In the manga version, not much is known about the bombing case that happened 7 years ago. Kenji Hagiwara also doesn't receive any specific character design like he does in the anime version, as he is only mentioned by name.
* In the manga, Takagi doesn't slap Sato to calm her down when she tries to shoot the bomber.

== Trivia ==
* Gosho Aoyama, in an interview, indicated this was one of his favorite case.
* An error occurred in the anime, in the last scene where Sato delete the last message from Matsuda. The date of the message was November 7th, even though an earlier scene show the date was January 6th.
* The bomber criminal vehicle is White 1992 Toyota Corolla Van DX [E100].
* Ran's cellphone was stepped on and broken by one of her kidnappers in [[The Smash of Determination and Love#Trivia|The Smash of Determination and Love]], but Shinichi gives her a new one in the beginning.

== Rerun ==
The episode was rerun on October 4, 2004. It was unchanged except for the addition of a new scene at the beginning.

== BGM listing ==
{{BeginTable BGMListing}}
{{BGMListingItem|1|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|2|推理（オリジナルver.）|Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)|Deduction (Original ver.)|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|3|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|4|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|5|追跡スリリング|Tsuiseki Suriringu|Thrilling Pursuit|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|6|I can't stop my love for you♥|I can't stop my love for you♥|I can't stop my love for you♥|[[I can't stop my love for you♥]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|7|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|8|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|9|３０秒当てゲーム|30 Byō Atte Gēmu|30 Second Concentration Game|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|10|(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|11|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|12|秘密の地下室|Himitsu no Chikashitsu|The Basement's Secrets|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|13|赤い光のスナイパー２|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2|The Sniper's Red Light 2|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|14|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|15|尋問|Jinmon|Interrogation|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|16|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|17|迷路|Meiro|Labyrinth|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|18|「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|19|ターゲットサスペンスＡ|Tāgetto Sasupensu A|Target Suspense A|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|20|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|21|記憶喪失（影）|Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)|Amnesia (Shadow)|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|22|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|23|顛末（TENMATSU）|Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)|The Facts (TENMATSU)|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|24|元太のテーマ（未収録ヴァージョン）|Genta no Tēma (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|Genta's Theme (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|25|「何だこの痕跡は？」（未収録ヴァージョン）|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|26|映画BGM|Eiga BGM|Movie BGM|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|27|小五郎の推理|Kogorō no Suiri|Kogoro's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|28|怒りのメッセージ|Ikari no Messēji|Message of Anger|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|29|オセンチな歩美（未収録ヴァージョン）|Osenchina Ayumi (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|Sentimental Ayumi (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|30|夜の探索|Yoru no Tansaku|Night Search|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|31|イースターエッグの謎|Iisutā Eggu no Nazo|Mystery of the Easter Egg|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|32|驚愕の真実|Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu|Surprising Truth|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|33|I’ll be there （歌：菅井えり）|I'll be there (Uta: Sugai Eri)|I'll be there (Sung By: Eri Sugai)|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|34|とっておきクイズ|Totte Oki Kuizu|Take the Quiz|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|35|カギを探せ！|Kagi o Sagase!|Search for the Key!|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|36|黒装束の謎|Kuroshōzoku no Nazo|Mystery of Those in Black|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|37|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|38|スケボー大作戦|Sukebō Daisakusen|Big Skateboard Battle|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|39|ダイイング・メッセージ|Daiingu・Messēji|Dying Message|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|40|(Unreleased BGM 1)|||}}
{{BGMListingItem|41|ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ|Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma|Noah's Ark Evil Theme|[[Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|42|映画BGM|Eiga BGM|Movie BGM|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|43|第２の殺人事件|Dai 2 no Satsujin Jiken|The Second Murder Case|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|44|次のターゲット！|Tsugi no Tāgetto!|The Next Target!|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|45|コナン推理|Konan Suiri|Conan's Deduction|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|46|煙が行く手を阻む～ジンのテーマＤ|Kebu ga Yukute o Habamu ~ Jin no Tēma D|Smoke Obstructs the Way ~ Gin's Theme D|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|47|哀の予感～ジンのテーマＥ|Ai no Yokan ~ Jin no Tēma E|Ai's Premonition ~ Gin's Theme E|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|48|ジンのテーマＦ|Jin no Tēma F|Gin's Theme F|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|49|「何だこの痕跡は？」（未収録ヴァージョン）|"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)|"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)|}}
{{BGMListingItem|50|哀愁|Aishū|Sorrow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|51|危機迫る～コナン出動|Kiki Semaru ~ Konan Shutsudō|Approaching Crisis ~ Conan's Move|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|52|ジンのテーマＦ|Jin no Tēma F|Gin's Theme F|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|53|トリック|Torikku|Trick|[[Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|54|出動のテーマ１～予感|Shutsudō no Tēma 1 ~ Yokan|Mission Theme 1 ~ Premonition|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|55|赤い光のスナイパー１|Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 1|The Sniper's Red Light 1|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|56|哀が電話を…～ジンのテーマＡ|Ai ga Denwa o... ~ Jin no Tēma A|Ai's Phonecall to... ~ Gin's Theme A|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|57|ゲームスタート～ピッタリ賞|Gēmu Sutāto ~ Pittari Shō|Game Start ~ Exact Prize|[[Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|58|運命の瞬間|Unmei no Shunkan|Destined Moment|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|59|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|Need not to know.|[[Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|60|哀愁|Aishū|Sorrow|[[Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|61|Overture|Overture|Overture|[[Overture]]}}
{{BGMListingItem|62|I’ll be there （歌：菅井えり）|I'll be there (Uta: Sugai Eri)|I'll be there (Sung By: Eri Sugai)|[[Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack]]}}
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== Gallery ==
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== In other languages ==
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{{EpLangItem|flag=Arabic|Arabic|لحظات قبل وقوع الكارثة|Moments Before The Crisis Occurs}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan (Catalan dub)|La Central de la Policia Metropolitana tremola. Els dotze milions d'ostatges|The Trembling Police Headquarters. 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Valencia|Catalan (Valencian dub)|Escac al Departament de Policia. Els dotze milions d'ostatges|Police Headquarters in check. 12 million hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Germany|German|Eine Stadt als Geisel|A City as a Hostage}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Italy|Italian|Dipartimento di polizia in sospeso, 12 milioni di ostaggi|The Trembling Police Headquarters, 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Spain|Spanish (Castilian dub)|¡Tiembla, comisaría! Doce millones de rehenes|Tremble, Police Headquarters! 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Thailand|Thai|กรมตำรวจสั่นคลอน ตัวประกัน 12 ล้านคน|The Trembling Police Headquarters, 12 Million Hostages}}
{{EpLangItem|flag=Vietnam|Vietnamese|Trụ sở cảnh sát run sợ bởi 12 triệu con tin|The Police Headquarters Tremble by 12 Million Hostages}}
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== See also ==
* [[Season 11]]

{{Season 11}}

[[Category:Episodes]]
[[Category:Rerun episode]]
[[Category:Animation directed by Mari Tominaga]][[Category:Animation directed by Atsushi Aono]][[Category:Animation directed by Keiko Sasaki]]