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[[File:Ekoda 2.PNG|thumb|right|200px|Ekoda High School in the Magic Kaito Specials.]]
{{nihongo|'''Ekoda High School'''|江古田高等学校|Ekoda Kōtō Gakkō}}, often shortened to {{nihongo|'''Ekoda High'''|江古田高校|Ekoda Kōkō}}, is a fictional high school appearing in the franchises ''[[100% Tantei Monogatari]]'', ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', ''[[Yaiba]]''<ref name="yaiba_vol_24">''[[Yaiba]]'' Chapter 255 ([[Yaiba Volume 24|Volume 24]], [[Yaiba Volume 24#Are You Coming?|Chapter 12]])</ref> and briefly in the [[Anime]] of ''[[Detective Conan]]'', as well as its baseball team appearing as antagonists in ''[[3rd Base 4th]]''.

= Background =
Ekoda High School is an educational facility serving grades 10-12. It's affiliated with the (so far unnamed) junior high school from ''[[Yaiba]]'' by having at least three of its graduates - [[Sayaka Mine]], [[Keiko Momoi]] and [[List of minor Magic Kaito characters#Family and friends|Keiko's friend]] - in its second year.<ref name="yaiba_vol_24" /> The real [[Toshima]] Ward and the fictional district of [[Yaoya]] also seem to be part of their catchment area, considering [[Kaito Kuroba]] and [[Aoko Nakamori]] live in the first in the Manga of ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' and [[Sayaka Mine]] is living in the latter.

Their uniforms consist of regular gray, black or navy blue Gakuran for the boys and the typical Sailor fuku for girls, with variants in dark blue for the winter uniform and a white blouse, both complemented with a blue pleated skirt and a red or green ribbon. In its ''Yaiba'' incarnation, the uniforms are less like Sailor fuku, consisting of a short gray jacket over a white buttoned blouse with a gray middle and a white collar, complemented with a black bowtie and a gray pleated skirt in the Manga.<ref name="yaiba_vol_24" />

= Layout and facilities =
The layout of the school changed over time, from series to series and between each adaptation into different media. Despite this, each incarnation has some places of interest in common.

== Atelier ==
Used during a painting lecture, [[Sayaka Mine]] laughs about [[Keiko Momoi]] who accidentally got some color in her face.<ref name="yaiba_vol_24" />

== Gym ==
[[Sayaka Mine]] wins a volleyball match against another class here.<ref name="yaiba_vol_24" />

== Library ==
[[Keiko Momoi]] seemingly had an encounter with a ghost in there when she was studying until late evening.<ref>''[[Magic Kaito]]'' Chapter 12 ([[Magic Kaito Volume 2]], [[Magic Kaito Volume 2#Ghost Game|Chapter 6]])</ref>

== Roof ==
[[Akako Koizumi]] tries to warn [[Kaito Kuroba]] from proceeding with his planned theft as [[Kaitou Kid]] later that night, since she had a premonition of him finally getting caught.<ref>''[[Magic Kaito]]'' Chapter 17 ([[Magic Kaito Volume 3]], [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Akako's Delivery Service|Chapter 4]])</ref><ref>''[[Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief ]]'' Special Episode 9: [[The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief]]</ref>

== Room of Class 2-A ==
The room of the class attended by [[Sayaka Mine]], as well as [[Keiko Momoi]] in ''[[Yaiba]]''.

== Room of Class 2-B ==
The room of the class attended by [[Akako Koizumi]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], Fujie, [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Momoko Aoyama]], [[Saguru Hakuba]] and Yamada, as well as by [[Keiko Momoi]] and her friend in ''[[Magic Kaito]]''. [[Erika Konno]] is the mathematics teacher of the class and Keiji Aso their biology teacher.

== Room of Class 2-F ==
The room of the class attended by [[Aoko Nakamori]] in ''[[Yaiba]]''.

= People =
== Current students ==
=== Akako Koizumi ===
[[Image:Akako Koizumi.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Akako Koizumi}} 
Akako is a witch having red and black magic at her disposal, who attends class 2-B.
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=== Aoko Nakamori ===
[[Image:Aoko Nakamori.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Aoko Nakamori}} 
Aoko is the daughter of a police inspector, attending class 2-B in ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' and class 2-F in ''[[Yaiba]]''. At the beginning of the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' Manga, she sits on the second place from the left in the fourth row, to the right of [[Kaito Kuroba]] and close to the window. Later on, their joint position in class seems to shift more to the center.
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=== Captain of the Ekoda High Baseball Team ===
[[Image:Ekoda High Baseball Captain.jpg|right|100px]]
The insufferable leader of the baseball club of Ekoda High School. His real name and class are unknown.
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=== Fujie ===
[[Image:MK Fujie.jpg|right|100px]]
Fujie is a boy with low self-esteem who has a crush on [[Akako Koizumi]]. He probably attends the same class as her, 2-B.
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=== Kaito Kuroba ===
[[Image:Kaito Kuroba.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Kaito Kuroba}} 
Kaito is the son of a world-famous magician and the civilian identity of [[Kaitou Kid]], attending class 2-B. At the beginning of the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' Manga, he sits on the furthest section to the left in the fourth row, right next to the window, with [[Aoko Nakamori]] to his right. Later on, their joint position in class seems to shift more to the center.
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=== Keiko Momoi ===
[[Image:Keiko Momoi.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Keiko Momoi}} 
Keiko is attending class 2-B in ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' and class 2-A in ''[[Yaiba]]''. In the ''Yaiba'' Manga, she sits somewhere in the fourth row, to the left of [[Sayaka Mine]].
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=== Keiko's friend ===
[[Image:Keiko's friend.jpg|right|100px]]
Keiko's friend seems to attend class 2-A in ''[[Yaiba]]''.
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=== Kyoko ===
[[Image:MK Kyoko.jpg|right|100px]]
Kyoko is a girl who gave [[Kaito Kuroba]] chocolate during Valentine's Day. She probably attends the same class as him, which is 2-B.
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=== Mamiko ===
[[Image:MK Mamiko.jpg|right|100px]]
Mamiko is a girl who gave [[Kaito Kuroba]] chocolate during Valentine's Day. She probably attends the same class as him, which is 2-B.
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=== Momoko Aoyama ===
[[Image:Momoko Aoyama.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Momoko Aoyama}}
Momoko is a high school detective who inherited her father's agency, despite still being a student and attending class 2-B.
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=== Saguru Hakuba ===
[[Image:Saguru Hakuba.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Saguru Hakuba}} 
Saguru is the son of the [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police]]'s [[Superintendent General Hakuba|Superintendent General]], attending class 2-B.
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=== Sayaka Mine ===
[[Image:Sayaka Mine.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Sayaka Mine}} 
Sayaka is the only daughter of a renowned Kendoka family, attending class 2-A. In the ''Yaiba'' Manga, she sits somewhere in the fourth row, to the right of [[Keiko Momoi]].
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=== Yamada ===
[[Image:MK Yamada.jpg|right|100px]]
A student from class 2-B who is used as a distraction by [[Kaito Kuroba]] by disguising him as himself.
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== Staff ==
=== Erika Konno ===
[[File:Erika Konno.jpg|right|100px]]{{main|Erika Konno}} 
Erika is the teacher of class 2-B, as well as in charge of the mathematics education.
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=== Keiji Aso ===
[[File:Keiji Asou MK manga.jpg|right|100px]]
The new biology teacher for the second year classes who is adored by the female students in ''[[Magic Kaito]]''.
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=== Second year English teacher ===
[[File:Yaiba English Teacher.jpg|right|100px]] 
An unnamed teacher who is in charge of the English lesson of class 2-A in ''[[Yaiba]]''.
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= Plot overview =
== ''[[100% Tantei Monogatari]]'' plot overview ==
[[File:100 Percent Tantei Monogatari Chapter 3 Ekoda High School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ekoda High School in the ''100% Tantei Monogatari'' Manga.]]
=== 100% Detective Tale Case 1 (100%TM Manga: [[100% Tantei Monogatari#Chapters|1]]) ===

=== 100% Detective Tale Case 2 (100%TM Manga: [[100% Tantei Monogatari#Chapters|2]]) ===

=== 100% Detective Tale Case 3 (100%TM Manga: [[100% Tantei Monogatari#Chapters|3]]) ===

== ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' plot overview ==
=== The Revived Phantom Thief (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 1#The Revived Phantom Thief|1]], MKS: [[The Revived Phantom Thief|1]], MK1412: [[The Revived Phantom Thief Kid|1]]) ===

=== The Police Are Everywhere (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 1#The Police Are Everywhere|2]], MKS: [[The Princess Prefers Magic|3]], MK1412: [[The Princess and the Thief's Improv|15]]) ===

=== The Clockwork Heart (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 1#The Clockwork Heart|3]]) ===

=== Kaitou Kid's Busy Day Off (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 1#Kaitou Kid's Busy Day Off|4]], MKS: [[Kaitou Kid's Busy Date|2]], MK1412: [[Kaito Kuroba's Busy Holiday|7]]) ===

=== The Scarlet Temptress (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 1#The Scarlet Temptress|6]], MKS: [[A Witch Sheds No Tears|4]], MK1412: [[A Temptation in Scarlet|5]]) ===

=== Japan's Most Irresponsible Prime Minister (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 2#Japan's Most Irresponsible Prime Minister|8]]) ===

=== I Am the Master (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 2#I Am the Master|9]]) ===

=== Would You Grow Up (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 2#Would You Grow Up|10]], MKS: [[A Witch Sheds No Tears|4]], MK1412: [[The Adult's Charm|8]]) ===

=== Ghost Game (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 2#Ghost Game|12]], MK1412: [[The Adult's Charm|8]]) ===

=== Star War (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Star War|14]], MK1412: [[Christmas Eve - Two Kaitou Kids|12]]) ===

=== The Great Detective Appears!! (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#The Great Detective Appears!!|15]], MKS: [[The Splendid Rivals|7]], MK1412: [[A Great Detective Steps Into the Light|4]]) ===

=== Kaitou Under Scrutiny (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Kaitou Under Scrutiny|16]], MKS: [[The Splendid Rivals|7]], MK1412: [[A Great Detective Steps Into the Light|4]]) ===

=== Akako's Delivery Service (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Akako's Delivery Service|17]], MKS: [[The Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom Thief|9]]) ===

=== (Extra Chapter) Yaiba vs. Kaito! (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#(Extra Chapter) Yaiba vs. Kaito!|18]], Anime: [[Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!|OVA 1]]) ===
After his aerial battle against [[Yaiba Kurogane]] as [[Kaitou Kid]] the night before, [[Kaito Kuroba]] wearily sits at his place in the classroom, with [[Aoko Nakamori]] pushing him to go to P.E. - with Kendo being on the schedule for the boys today. He just replies that he doesn't want to have anything to do with it anymore.

=== Blue Birthday (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 3#Blue Birthday|19]], MKS: [[The Fated Blue Birthday|5]], MK1412: [[Blue Birthday|2]]) ===
[[Kaitou Kid]] is reading about his newest announcement in the classroom, when [[Aoko Nakamori]] suddenly interrupts him, wads up his newspaper and tells him about her birthday that's today, inviting him to the party tonight.

=== Red Tear (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Red Tear|22]], MKS: [[The Secret of the Red Tear|8]], MK1412: [[Red Tear|22]]) ===
[[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Aoko Nakamori]] and [[Akako Koizumi]] are talking about the Red Tear [[Kaitou Kid]] aims to steal in their classroom, with the Akako warning Kaito about this  ruby, since Red Tear is said to be cursed.

=== Black Star (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 4#Black Star|23-24]], Anime: [[The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid|219]], MK1412: [[Black Star|6]]) ===
[[File:Detective_Conan_Episode_219_Ekoda_High_School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ekoda High School in the ''Detective Conan'' Anime.]]
[[Kaito Kuroba]] reads the morning newspapers in the classroom about [[Kaitou Kid]]'s newest announcement, which angers [[Aoko Nakamori]]. She afterwards talks with [[Keiko Momoi]] and [[Akako Koizumi]] about the clock tower across the train station he targets, with Akako warning him to better refrain from this theft, since she had a premonition of [[Shinichi Kudo]] arriving.

=== The Phantom Lady (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 5#The Phantom Lady|29-30]], MK1412: [[The Phantom Lady Appears|9]]-[[The Phantom Lady and Ryoma's Treasure|10]]) ===
[[Aoko Nakamori]] explains to [[Kaito Kuroba]] in their classroom that she has won a tour to [[Tokyo Tower]], inviting him and with [[Akako Koizumi]] joining in.

=== Midnight Crow (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 5#Midnight Crow|31-33]], MK1412: [[Midnight Crow|23-24]]) ===
[[Kaito Kuroba]] ponders about [[Kaitou Corbeau]]'s coin and his challenge in the classroom, with [[Aoko Nakamori]] and [[Akako Koizumi]] unwittingly giving him hints.

=== Sun Halo (MK Manga: [[Magic Kaito Volume 5#Sun Halo|34-36]]) ===
[[Saguru Hakuba]] mentions the Ekoda High's rules and explains that motorbikes are not allowed on the school grounds.

== ''[[Yaiba]]'' plot overview ==
[[File:Yaiba Chapter 255 Ekoda High School.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ekoda High School in the ''Yaiba'' Manga.]]
=== Are You Coming? (Yaiba Manga: [[Yaiba Volume 24#Are You Coming?|255]]) ===
After a timeskip of three years, [[Sayaka Mine]] is now attending the second year of high school in class 2-A, meeting her classmates [[Keiko Momoi]] and their shared friend on the way to it, talking about the relationship of their fellow students [[Kaito Kuroba]] and [[Aoko Nakamori]], proving that Sayaka goes to an alternate version of Ekoda High School. Sayaka can't concentrate during her lessons, because she misses [[Yaiba Kurogane]] and the adventures she had with him, making her cry. Just when Keiko tries to consolate her, Yaiba crashes through the classroom window on his new sword [[Kusanagi]], asking her whether she wants to come along with him, to which she agrees, leaving the school behind.

== Non-canon ''[[Yaiba]]'' plot overview ==
=== [[Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba (Sega Game Gear)]] ===
The last moments of the epilogue from Chapter 255 ([[Yaiba Volume 24]], [[Yaiba Volume 24#Are You Coming?|Chapter 12]]) are recreated as a cutscene after the finale, with [[Sayaka Mine]] now attending Ekoda High School and [[Yaiba Kurogane]] crashing through the window of her classroom, asking her to join him on new adventures, to which she agrees before the credits roll.

[[File:3rd Base 4th Chapter 1 Kohnan vs Ekoda.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Kohnan High vs. Ekoda High]]
== ''[[3rd Base 4th]]'' plot overview ==
=== Bat of Miracles (3B4 Manga: [[3rd Base 4th|1]]) ===
The first rival team [[Shigeo Nagashima]] and his friends have to play against is the baseball club of Ekoda High School, led by an obnoxious captain who teases Shigeo because of his lack of skills, despite sharing the name with a [[Wikipedia:Shigeo Nagashima|famous baseball player]]. They are beaten after Shigeo acquired his new, magical baseball bat.

== Non-canon ''[[Detective Conan]]'' plot overview ==
=== ''[[Detective Conan: Mystery Town]]'' ===
As part of a special event during June 21st - July 3rd, 2015, to celebrate the birthday of [[Gosho Aoyama]], [[Kaito Kuroba]] and [[Saguru Hakuba]] were available as part of the {{nihongo|"Ekoda High School Study Run"|江古田高校学ラン|Ekoda Kōkō-Gaku Run}} in "Mystery Town". 

[[File:Ekoda High School Manga.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ekoda High School in the Manga of ''Magic Kaito''.]]
[[File:Musashi University Ekoda Campus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Building #3 (Ekoda Campus) of Musashi University, previously a high school.]]
= Location and models =
== ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' and ''[[Yaiba]]'' Manga ==
This incarnation of Ekoda High School is very probably based on the main building (#3) on the Ekoda Campus of [[Wikipedia: Musashi University|Musashi University]], right next to the Ekoda Campus (fine arts) of [[Wikipedia: Nihon University|Nihon University]], where [[Gosho Aoyama]] and [[Yutaka Abe]] (a past mentor and current assistant of his) studied and lived - also not far away from [[Wikipedia: Ekoda Station|Ekoda Station]], which was close to Gosho's apartment.<ref>[[Interviews#Conan Drill Official Book Interview]]<br>Q: How did you live as a university student? The characters in the manga that sensei draws are all unique - I suspect this might be due to influence from human relationships during student days.<br>
A: Yes, though I think I was influenced not only during my university years but throughout my life, accumulating from my childhood. As for my university years, I did Mahjong - a lot of Mahjong (laughs). I used to live first in Egoda, which is along the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, then in Senkawa.</ref><ref>[[Interviews#Nihon Uiversity College of Art Lecture Interview]]<br>It seems true that Gosho really did give a lecture at his former university (Nihon University College of Art) (Original link redirects to homepage: http://www.art.nihon-u.ac.jp/ ), according to the university's website.</ref>

Additionally, building #3 itself was a high school once and what is the Ekoda Campus of Nihon today once housed another high school associated with the university, called {{nihongo|[[Wikipedia:日本大学江古田高等学校|Ekoda High School]]|日本大学江古田高等学校|Nihon Daigaku Ekoda Kōtō Gakkō}}<sub>(jp)</sub> (also shortended to 江古田高校 (''Ekoda Kōkō''), like the school in the Manga), which closed in 1976 and is also used as a university building today.<ref>[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/日本大学江古田高等学校 日本大学江古田高等学校 - Wikipedia]</ref> All of the mentioned campuses and buildings are located in the adjacent districts of [https://jp.wikipedia.org/wiki/旭丘_(練馬区) Asahigaoka]<sub>(jp)</sub> and [https://jp.wikipedia.org/wiki/豊玉上 Toyotamakami]<sub>(jp)</sub> in [[Wikipedia: Nerima|Nerima Ward]]. Ekoda High School was first used by Yutaka Abe in ''[[100% Tantei Monogatari]]'' in 1986 (set in the same universe as ''Magic Kaito'' and made with the assistance of Aoyama).

[[Kaito Kuroba]] and [[Aoko Nakamori]] also regularly take a train ride on their way from school on the [[Wikipedia: Seibu Ikebukuro Line|Seibu Ikebukuro Line]], leaving at [[Wikipedia:Ikebukuro Station|Ikebukuro Station]], which heavily implies for both to live in the [[Wikipedia: Toshima Ward|Toshima Ward]].<ref>''[[Magic Kaito]]'' Chapter 8 ([[Magic Kaito Volume 2|Volume 2]], [[Magic Kaito Volume 2#Japan's Most Irresponsible Prime Minister|Chapter 3]])</ref> This is outright confirmed with the [[Nakamori family]], whose house is located somewhere in Toshima.<ref>''[[Magic Kaito]]'' Chapter 9 ([[Magic Kaito Volume 2|Volume 2]], [[Magic Kaito Volume 2#I Am the Master|Chapter 3]])</ref> The Ikebukuro and Ekoda Stations are both on the Seibu Ikebukuro Line, only separated by two other train stations and a track distance of 4.3 kilometres (~2.7 miles).

All of this gets additional proof by [[Yaiba Kurogane]] and [[Sayaka Mine]] flying away on his new magical sword, the Kusanagi, with an aerial shot of Ekoda High School and its surroundings visible from high above, which seem to be modeled after a view from the north to the old Ekoda Station building, the adjacent sections of Seibu Ikebukuro Line and the districts around them, which would roughly place the school building seen here around the district of [https://jp.wikipedia.org/wiki/栄町_(練馬区) Sakae Town]<sub>(jp)</sub> in the far southeastern corner of [[Wikipedia: Nerima|Nerima Ward]], close to the border it shares with Toshima.<ref name="yaiba_vol_24" />

[[File:Yaiba Chapter 255 Aerial Shot.jpg|thumb|center|Yaiba and Sayaka leaving Ekoda High School, with its surroundings visible far below.]]
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[[File:Ekoda High School Entrance Gate Magic Kaito 1412.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Ekoda High School in ''Magic Kaito 1412''...]]
[[File:Tokyo Sogo Geijutsu High School Entrance Gate.jpg|thumb|200px|right|... and Sōgō Geijutsu High School in real life.]]
== ''[[Magic Kaito 1412]]'' ==
The Ekoda High School in ''Magic Kaito 1412'' is based almost one to one on the real {{nihongo|Tokyo Metropolitan Senior High School of Fine Arts, Performing Arts and Classical Music|東京都立総合芸術高等学校|Tōkyō-to Tachi Sōgō Geijutsu Kōtō Gakkō}} in the Tomihisa District of Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo; even the infrastructure and architecture of the surrounding area was transitioned in painstaking detail. Perhaps one of the setting designers immortalized his former fine arts high school here as one of the series' main locations.

= Trivia =
* The high school in the original Manga One-shot of ''[[Gosho Aoyama's Collection of Short Stories#Play It Again|Play It Again]]'', at which [[Michiko Tsurugi]] attends class 2-D, remarkably looks like the Ekoda High School, including the uniforms, and a girl looking like [[Keiko Momoi]] appears as a background character several times, like during the battle between [[Sanjuuro Sakura]] and [[Tatsuya Nakadai]]. Despite this, it's never said to be Ekoda, which makes it unclear whether it is the school or just a case of design recycling.

= See also =
* [[Setting]]
* [[100% Tantei Monogatari]]
* [[Magic Kaito]]
* [[Yaiba]]
* [[3rd Base 4th]]

= References =
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