Season 8

The eighth season of the Detective Conan anime consists of the episodes aired in the year 2003.

It begun airing in January 6, 2003 and finished airing on December 8, 2003, with a total of 41 episodes. There are 31 manga-adapted episodes and 10 anime-original episodes. There were breaks totaling to 7 weeks.

List of episodes

The following is a list of episodes for Season 8.

Jp#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	English dub broadcast	Plot	Manga source	Next Conan's Hint
304	326-329	The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (2 Hour Special)	January 6, 2003			V36 - F8 ~ V37 - F1 (369-373)	Map symbol
The death of Sato's last partner haunts her when she is put up against the same bomber. The bomber likes to place bombs around the city. Some bombs will display the location of an even bigger bomb if left for the last three seconds, this resulted in the death of Sato's partner in the past. After following clues placed by the bomber, Takagi and Conan are trapped in an elevator, where they await the bomb's clue to the location of an even bigger bomb. Conan disarms the bomb before the last second as he has already figured out the last part of the code. He stops the bomber and he is captured. Kenji Hagiwara's first appearance. Takagi finally asked Conan who he really is, suggesting his full suspicion on Conan's real identity. Conan said he'll tell him in another world. However, in the end, he wasn't able to do so. But this will be a new clue that Takagi closeness to Conan's identity is to be on it's way to it. Takagi and Sato almost kissed each other but is interrupted by Megure.   The case of 3 and 7 years ago is explored... The death of the two dismantlers who died on duty Hagiwara and Matsuda and some other officials. The terrorist appears again and Sato will try to get revenge for Matsuda.
305	330	The Unseen Suspect (Part 1)	January 13, 2003			V37 - F2~4 (374-376)	Door glass
Kogoro Mouri was invited to make an introduction in an episode of a popular detective TV serial. The star of the show revealed himself to be very disagreeable with the rest of the cast, one of whom, Ruri Amaki, turned out to be a fellow classmate of Kogoro when they were children. Ruri revealed to Ran and Conan who were present that she, Kogoro, and Kisaki, were classmates since kindergarten. Ran and Conan learned that the brainy Kisaki and the underachiever Kogoro seemed inexplicably drawn to each other, to quarrel. As the other classmates suspected, time showed that the arguments were intended to disguise their mutual attraction. The star challenged Kogoro to solve the mystery of the murder scene being filmed. To prevent Kogoro from embarrassing himself, Conan used the tranquilizer dart on Kogoro and cracked the puzzle with the clues present. During a break in the filming, the star was discovered with his throat slit, with Ruri over the body and her hands bloody. Ruri reveals that Kogoro and Eri used to bicker over everything in middle-school. That's why everybody around would make fun of them and say: The lover's quarrel has started again! Glimpses of Kogoro and Eri's childhood. It is revealed that they knew each other since kindergarten.
306	331	The Unseen Suspect (Part 2)	January 20, 2003			V37 - F2~4 (374-376)	Lighter
During a break in the filming, the star was discovered with his throat slit, with Ruri over the body and her hands bloody. No murder weapon could be found. The immediate suspects were members of the cast, including Ruri and the Nagumo (?? ) father-son. As the murder took place in the jurisdiction of Shizuoka Prefecture, Inspector Sango Yokomizo arrived to take charge of the investigation. Kogoro and Conan worked hard to find the clues. When Conan finally figured out the solution, he realized he had used up his only tranquilizer dart earlier, and had to resort to nudging Kogoro towards the truth. Both Kogoro and Eri find that grey looks warmer than black.
307	332	On the Trail of a Silent Witness (Part 1)	January 27, 2003	May 1, 2026		V37 - F5~7 (377-379)	Shogi, Chess, and Go
A game developer is murdered in his hotel room, and the main suspects are three company owners who had come to Kogoro to ask him to find and locate the man, as he had been missing for a month. Conan discovers that the man was a contact of Tequila, and was working on a program for the Black Organization! Conan must get the floppy containing the man's diary, but he must solve a case, in which the only clue is a game of go on the table. Can Conan solve the case? Suguru Itakura's first appearance. Conan discovers Tequila had a contact.
308	333	On the Trail of a Silent Witness (Part 2)	February 3, 2003	May 1, 2026		V37 - F5~7 (377-379)	Go pieces
With the help of Megure's clumsiness with computers, as well as the game of go on the table, Conan is able to solve the case. He finally obtains a copy of the man's diary. After the case, Conan and Ran are walking home, and Ran begins to cry, thinking that Shinichi's heart may have changed when it comes to his feelings about her. While Conan tries to help make her feel better, a man comes out of a phone booth... Shuichi Akai! Conan gets a diary of a Black Organization contact. Ran and Conan encounter Akai once again as he walks out from a phone booth. He makes a comment on how Ran reminds him of a woman he knows.
309	334	Contact with the Black Organization (The Negotiation)	February 10, 2003			V37 - F8 ~ V38 - F1 (380-383)	Diary
Akai immediately recognizes Ran from the New York case, wondering why whenever he sees her, she is crying. Later, Conan heads to Agasa's home to see the floppy, which seems like a normal diary at first. However, after highlighting suspiciously blank portions of the floppy, Conan and Agasa discover that the man indeed has ties to the Black Organizatiopn. Agasa and Conan both head to the man's house in Gunma to investigate, and discover that it is bugged in numerous places. Vodka calls the house, leaving a message asking for the program that the man was making, and decides to come out promptly. Conan is able to convince him to meet him at a certain place in a few hours, to deliver the program. Conan obtains Agasa's newest invention: the Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt. Conan learns that Akai is an FBI agent and Vodka calls.
310	335	Contact with the Black Organization (The Pursuit)	February 17, 2003			V37 - F8 ~ V38 - F1 (380-383)	System-soft
Agasa and Conan escape, but their tire is flat, and they are picked up by two people in a fancy car. Conan suspiciously notices that the driver has no idea how to operate the car. The car is stopped by a road block set up by Detective Yamamura who says that he is looking for two bank robbers and kidnappers, whom he shot in a case a few hours before. Conan finally realizes who the people are. After more driving, Conan confronts the two criminals. Conan and Agasa escapes.
311	336	Contact with the Black Organization (Desperation)	February 24, 2003			V37 - F8 ~ V38 - F1 (380-383)	Coin locker
The criminals try to escape, but Conan is able to capture them in time. He then boldly tries to meet with Gin and Vodka at the place, and hides in a locker, placing a tracker on Vodka's shoe. Gin discovers this, and promptly destroys it. Conan passes out in the locker, only to be woken up by Haibara later that morning. Conan sees Gin and and Vodka.
312	337	Festival Dolls Dyed in the Setting Sun (Part 1)	March 3, 2003			V38 - F2~4 (384-386)	The Emperor and doll display
The Junior Detective Club accompanied Ayumi to an apartment where she was promised by the owners, to replace her own broken ningyou (traditional Japanese doll), a complete set of 7-tier Hinamatsuri dolls if she could correctly position the dolls. Conan surprised Ai by his knowledge of how the individual dolls were to be arranged, what was supposed to be a girl's hobby. Conan revealed he had been made to help his childhood friend organizing the dolls when he was younger. After the dolls were correctly assembled, a neighbor came by and brought along a professional art connoisseur to verify the genuineness of an Edo era Raijin antique painting scroll hung openly in the apartment. The neighbor wanted persuade the owners to let him buy it to complement the F?jin picture he already acquired. However, as it was an heirloom, the owners refused to sell. The connoisseur was upset at the lack of care in how the antique artwork was treated. Both left shortly, after the neighbor reminded the owners they were having financial difficulties. The children went on an errand to buy wine for the owners to make amazake as a treat for them. When they came back, they ran into the connoisseur who claimed he left his mobile behind. Reaching the apartment, they discovered nobody answered the door which was unlocked, and upon entry, discovered the apartment in a mess and the valuable painting had disappeared. Inspector Momose's first appearance. Ai knows about some of the events that happened in the previous episode and we learn more about her past.
313	338	Festival Dolls Dyed in the Setting Sun (Part 2)	March 10, 2003			V38 - F2~4 (384-386)	Stairs
The police was called into what appears to be a break-in that occurred while all occupants happened to be out. However, Conan pointed out the clues which narrowed down the suspects to the neighbor who had been trying to purchase the painting without success, the art connoisseur, the old lady who lived in the apartment with her son and daughter-in-law, the son being absent from the story as he was at work the whole time.Conan also noticed that though the positions of the dolls had been disturbed, it reflected the traditional precedence was given to the left over the right, a custom which was only changed during the Meiji era. The more obvious suspects would be the old lady who originally came from Kyoto in Kansai region where many older traditions were still observed and the connoisseur who would have specialist knowledge of the subject. Conan grabs Ayumi's shoulders, smiling at her and thanking her. She blushes and gets a big grin. She says to herself that the only Hina doll that she wanted was Conan. Later in the episode, Ayumi sets up the DB on a staircase so that they look like Hina dolls, with her & Conan would become the empress and emperor in the photo.
314	339	The Scenic Lookout with the Broken Fence	March 17, 2003			TV Original	A Japanese White-Eye's nest
Mouri, Ran, and Conan are out hiking when they witness a man jump off a cliff. Later he is found dead at the bottom and presumed to be suicide. Conan finds it suspicious and is able to later prove it to be a murder.
315	340	Place Exposed to the Sun	April 14, 2003			TV Original	Nightingale
Conan, Kogoro, and Ran visit one of Kogoro's old friends, an artist, in a place shrouded by a bamboo forest. The man's apprentice called Kogoro in, as the sensei has been very depressed lately. The man is shown acting incredibly rude and cold to various people who are with him, leaving even a little boy crying. Later, the man is found dead, hanging from bamboo. At first, it is believed to be a suicide, but Conan believes otherwise. Conan discovers the killer's incredibly clever trick, and stuns Kogoro to solve the case.
316	341	The Sullied Masked Hero (Part 1)	April 21, 2003			V38 - F5~7 (387-389)	Hidden camera
Kogoro, Ran and Conan were invited guest to a pro-wrestling show, where the main attraction was a wolf-masked wrestler from Mexico who never disclosed his face in public. Shortly before the most anticipated match, the opponent of the wolf-masked wrestler was found stabbed to death, and a hidden video camera recorded the murder, showing the culprit to wear the same wolf mask.
317	342	The Sullied Masked Hero (Part 2)	April 28, 2003			V38 - F5~7 (387-389)	Mask
Inspector Megure, and Takagi and Chiba all begin the investigation. After some investigation, Conan is able to solve the case through the hidden video camera, which the killer tried using to their advantage. Conan stuns Kogoro, and solves the case, but the murderer goes on a rampage, until Ran unveils her "Shining Wizard!"
318	343	The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 1)	May 5, 2003			TV Original	Brake
Kogoro, Conan, and Ran are all driving late at night, and their car stops by an office. The business clients there are testing new massage chairs. Kogoro becomes the person who decides which one is the best. Later that day, the owner of the office is found with a knife in his chest, and the main suspect escapes. Kogoro and Conan later find the suspect dead having crashed his car. Inspector Sango Yokomizo begins an investigation. The owner of the office is alive, but Conan doubts his story.
319	344	The Lucky Cigar Case (Part 2)	May 12, 2003			TV Original	Cigar
Inspector Yokomizo, Kogoro, and Conan all view a hidden camera that shows the man stab the office owner, and then leave. However, there is no sound, so Conan suspects something is fishy. After some investigating, Conan figures out that the office owner is a murderer, and stuns Kogoro and solves the case.
320	345	The Art of Ninja Alibi Craft	May 19, 2003			TV Original	Answering machine
Detective Chiba and Conan both wake Kogoro up from a Sunday morning nap, because Inspector Megure needs Kogoro's assistance in a case. As Kogoro arrives, Inspector Megure and Detective Takagi begin the investigation of the killed man, who was a client of Kogoro's, as Kogoro's business card was found in his pocket. The man was the disciple of a famous novelist. The main suspect has a solid alibi. Can Conan solve the case?
321	346	The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car (Part 1)	May 26, 2003			TV Original	Honeybee mark
Conan and the Detective Boys are all in a hospital, where they meet a sick friend from school. The kid is going to stay in the hospital for a very long time, and wants to enjoy one last day of fun. So, the Detective Boys decide to dress up like the boy, so that the boy can sneak away for a day. Conan is chosen as the one to stay at the hospital. Later, Conan is kidnapped! Sato and Takagi pretend to be lovers for a kidnapping ransom case and Takagi gets very nervous.
322	347	The Kidnapper's Disappearing Getaway Car (Part 2)	June 2, 2003			TV Original	PET bottle
The Detective Boys are forced to go to the police after Conan does not answer their calls from his badge. Conan escapes from the hideout, but the kidnapper is later found murdered. Inspector Megure, Takagi, Sato, Chiba, and Tome all begin investigating. Conan is able to solve the case.
323	348	Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation! (Part 1)	June 9, 2003			V38 - F8~10 (390-392)	The number 9
Heiji is being held in an attic by a noted lawyer involved in money-laundering, who wants him to solve a puzzle for her. Heiji attempts to get a message to Conan who may be the only one capable of helping him out of his situation.
324	349	Heiji Hattori's Desperate Situation! (Part 2)	June 16, 2003			V38 - F8~10 (390-392)	Die (object)
Conan manages to send a hidden message back to Heiji. Heiji claims he has solved the puzzle and leaves with his captor to unlock the safe box in the bank which contains evidence of her crimes. After they depart, the henchmen leaved behind to guard Kazuha reveals that once their boss was informed they she got the evidence, they were told to burn the house down with Kazuha and the PI inside, and make it look like yet another incident in a recent spate of arsons. Heiji reveals he was nervous with Kazuha.
325	350	The Red Horse within the Flames (The Case)	June 23, 2003			V39 - F1~5 (393-397)	1・2・3
Heiji revealed he was taking up the case of the private detective he came to visit in Tokyo. A housewife had wanted the PI to investigate some strange going-ons around her house, but later changed her mind, saying she might have imagined things. Shortly afterwards, she died in an arson in her home. First appearance of Inspector Yuminaga. Conan was going on a field trip the day Heiji and Mouri were going to investigate (which, of course, made Heiji very angry). It was very rainy that day, so Ran took out a teruterubozu to make sure it's sunny tomorrow. So that night, Heiji secretly made the teruterubozu face the other way so it would rain tomorrow and Conan could go with him tomorrow on the case.
326	351	The Red Horse within the Flames (The Investigation)	June 30, 2003			V39 - F1~5 (393-397)	Guan Yu
Conan and Heiji noted that the arson occurred in the 4th precinct, and related to previous Red Horse arsons that occurred sequentially in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd precincts. They found clues that the victims all received corporate tokens in the form a red horse. Ran and Kazuha ran into a door-to-door salesman giving out similar tokens, and brought it back to Mouri Detective Agency which was located in the 5th precinct.
327	352	The Red Horse within the Flames (The Resolution)	July 7, 2003			V39 - F1~5 (393-397)	Key holder
Conan and Heiji noted the similarity of the arson case to Agatha Christie's The A.B.C. Murders. They narrowed down the suspects to people around the victim of the 4th arson - her husband, her lover she was blackmailing, her sister who needed money but was refused help, and the door-to-door salesman.
328	353	The Birthday Wine Mystery	July 14, 2003			TV Original	Wine glass
Mouri, Ran, and Conan are invited by Ran's friend to attend their small birthday party. There, a woman is poisoned from drinking wine, but her wine was given after someone else took a drink already. Conan figures out the trick and proves the culprit to be the murderer. The culprit reveals that the victim was his girlfriend who kept on buying expensive items leaving him in debt.
329	354	A Friendship That Can't Be Bought (Part 1)	July 28, 2003			V39 - F6~8 (398-400)	Sunroof
While on an excursion, Agasa and the Junior Detective Club encountered four final-year college students in a camper. The four contributed differently to their camping trip: driving skills by one of the guys, fishing by the other, cooking by one of the women and money from the other. Conan contrasted the friendship of these four with Ran's friendship with Sonoko. First appearance of Elena Miyano. Professor Agasa tells Shinichi that he knows Haibara's father, who praised some of his inventions. For him, Haibara's father is a polite man while oppose to his wife.   Conan asks Professor Agasa about the news about Mr. Itakura's diary relating Tequila (surviving from Episode 311) but not much known.
330	355	A Friendship That Can't Be Bought (Part 2)	August 4, 2003			V39 - F6~8 (398-400)	Belt
Conan solves the case by revealing the fact that the body was tied to the ceiling window of the camper and dropped when the window was opened. Later, Ai allows Ayumi to call her Ai-chan instead of Haibara-san. Ayumi begins to call Haibara "Ai".
331	356	The Suspicious Spicy Curry (Part 1)	August 11, 2003			V40 - F4~6 (407-409)	Curry rice
Mouri, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan are on a trip to play Tennis when it starts to rain heavily. Later, they find out that the Van has been washed away and that they are stranded. After walking around, they find a house owned by the same man they met at the Tennis Court. Later, the man asks them to call his mother down, but find her hanged in her room. Detective Yamamura is sent from Gunma to begin the investigation.
332	357	The Suspicious Spicy Curry (Part 2)	August 18, 2003			V40 - F4~6 (407-409)	Electric cable
Conan solves the case but has lost his voice. Now he must assist the detectives on finding the criminal without using his voice or revealing too much about himself. The case is solved by giving hints to Mouri, Yamamura, and Sonoko.
333	358	The Similar Princesses (Part 1)	August 25, 2003			V40 - F10 ~ V41 - F1 (413-414)	Ran's mother and Shinichi's mother
Detective Mouri is hired by a rich woman to keep watch on her husband, as she fears that someone is after him. Instead, Ran's mother, Eri, and Shinichi's mother, Yukiko, arrive and take the position. After the rich man is murdered, the two women, along with Conan and Ran, must try to figure out who did it. It turned out that Yukiko and Kisaki were close friends in high school and two finalists in a Miss Teitan High School competition, the final results being a tie after all but one eligible votes had been cast, leading to a furor and the competition being discontinued subsequently. It is revealed that Yukiko and Eri were close friends in high school and was finalists in a Miss Teitan competition but it was a tie since one vote was missing.
334	359	The Similar Princesses (Part 2)	September 1, 2003			V41 - F2 ~ F3 (415-416)	Bookmark
Conan helps his mother to reveal the true culprit behind the murder. Yukiko starts to explain, and Eri quickly catches on to who the murderer is and helps her successfully solve the case. At the end, the rich woman is forced to pay Eri a great sum of money which she uses to help out Ran and Kogoro, who has lost a great deal of money on gambling. From Ran, Yukiko and Kisaki learned that the missing vote from their year's Miss Teitan High School competition belonged to Kogoro. The missing vote was from Kogoro and he voted for Eri since he thought "Miss" meant Mistake and voted for that "clumsy woman".
335	360	Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio (Part 1)	September 8, 2003			V41 - F4~6 (417-419)	Messy room
Yukiko brings Conan, Ai, and the Detective Kids to watch a Kamen Yaiba movie preview at a film making centre. Conan notices that a black car followed them all the way to the film making centre, and suspects that the car belongs to people from the Black Organization. Yukiko teases Conan about how popular he is, and Conan is surprised that Yukiko thinks Haibara likes him. As the movie preview was postponed, Yukiko left for the airport first and the kids went to one of the film worker's house to have a short nap before the movie. Later in the night, a murder occurs in the house. Yukiko tells Conan that Haibara has been staring at him all day because she likes him. Later, he tries to ask Haibara about it, but chickens out before doing so.
336	361	Secret of the Tohto Film Development Studio (Part 2)	September 15, 2003			V41 - F4~6 (417-419)	Fluorescent tape
The biggest mystery in this murder case is how the murderer managed to leave the messy house in the dark without making a sound. Haibara notices the black car that has been following them and realises that they are being watched. She is wary but doesn't seem to be able to get Conan's attention away from the case. Will Conan notice Haibara's fear and suspicions before it's too late? It is implied that Shuichi Akai is suspicious of Haibara's true identity. Also maybe the two persons on the car is from FBI, and they took the picture and sent to Akai.
11	11-12	Moonlight Sonata Murder Case (1 Hour Special) (Rerun)	September 22, 2003			V7 - F2~7 (062-067)	N/A
Kogoro receives a letter with a large sum of money from Keiji Asou requesting that he investigate Moonlight Island. On the island, they discover that Keiji was a famous pianist and has been dead for twelve years. They believe the client wanted them to investigate Keiji and so they decide to question the Mayor. They learn that Keiji's piano is in the community hall and that the previous mayor was discovered dead with the song Moonlight Sonata playing in the background and that Moonlight Sonata was the same song Keiji played on his piano during the fire that killed him. During the funeral for the previous mayor, Moonlight Sonata is heard from the piano room and they find another man murdered there. Conan interprets the letter as indicating that the murders are just starting. Conan and the others spend the night near the piano along with Dr. Narumi Asai. The police interrogate everyone the next day who were at the funeral but another man is murdered. Music notes left by the killer reveal that whoever the murderer is is avenging Keiji Asou.
219	235-238	The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid (2 Hour Special) (Rerun)	October 6, 2003			MKV4 - C3~C4 V30 - F4~7 (299-302)	N/A
Kaitou Kid stands on top of a building with his butler. He discusses the time he was almost caught by a famous Detective in the East, Shinichi Kudo. Afterwards Mouri has been invited to a detective meeting by an unknown assailant who sends him money. There are Six detectives there excluding Conan. They are in a house where a massacre happened years ago. One of the detectives are killed and they are stranded in the mansion as the bridge has been cut and the cars have been burned. It also appears that the unknown assailant is using the name Phantom Thief Kid. After solving the case, Mouri was revealed to be Kid in disguise and escapes before Conan could capture him. First appearance of Saguru Hakuba, Konosuke Jii, Keiko Momoi, Toichi Kuroba, and Renya Karasuma. We see the infamous black star heist where Kudo and Kaito face off. A flashback is shown where Shinichi teams up with Megure to try and outsmart the Kid, which they almost do.
337	362	Hidden Circumstances of the Falling Incident	October 13, 2003			TV Original	Receipt
After getting off a train, Mouri and Conan witnessed a struggle between two men over a backpack. Later, one of the men fell off the building and died. The other man named Sanben is questioned. He said that his backpack was stolen while he was in the washroom, and he was trying to retrieve it from the other man, Kurin. However, the accident turned out to be a murder made to look like an accident. Sanben's motive was revenge for his girlfriend, whose death was supposedly caused by her dashing across the road, but was actually caused by the drunk Kurin whose car ran over her.
338	363	The Four Porsches (Part 1)	October 20, 2003			V41 - F7~9 (420-422)	Reel
Conan and Agasa decided to bring a very sick Ai to the clinic, but the clinic happened to be filled and they had to wait at least 2 hours before their turn. They then decided to first have lunch at a nearby shopping mall. At the car park of the shopping mall, they spot four porsches, with a drunk man sleeping in one of them. Later, Conan and Agasa meet Ran, Sonoko and Jodie at a restaurant while Ai rested in Agasa's car. Conan noticed Jodie's suspicions when she heard Ran mention Ai. He was then interviewed by a TV crew and decided to return to the car and bring Ai away as he knew he could have been spotted by people from the Organization through television. However, when he returned to the car park, the man in the Porsche was found dead, and Conan has to solve the case. Vermouth Jodie
339	364	The Four Porsches (Part 2)	October 27, 2003			V41 - F7~9 (420-422)	Power window
Ai and Agasa could not leave the shopping mall as the exit was blocked by the police. Jodie notices the sick Ai in Agasa's car and remembers her from the bus hijacking case. Jodie thinks she may have finally figured out who Ai is. After Conan solved the case, Vermouth is shown in her room and she apparently knows Sherry's whereabouts. It is clear that Vermouth knows the real identity of Haibara. Vermouth Jodie
340	365	Hidden Bathroom Secret (Part 1)	November 3, 2003			V41 - F10 ~ V42 - F1 (423-425)	Haibara's older sister Akemi Miyano
This episode reveals bits and pieces of Ai's family. Ai knows very little about her parents, and considers her mother a cold and mysterious woman, nicknamed "Hell Angel" by the Organization. Professor Agasa then brought Conan and her to the house of her father's old friend, who is also a professor. Later, after leaving the bathroom, that professor is murdered, leading Ai to believe the Black Organization is behind it. What is the secret of the bathroom, and what does it have to do with Ai and her estranged family? Agasa remembers about Miyano family, revealing crucial details of them. Vermouth is shown listening on the planted bugs on Agasa household.
341	366	Hidden Bathroom Secret (Part 2)	November 10, 2003			V41 - F10 ~ V42 - F1 (423-425)	Toilet fixtures
Conan solves the case and retrieves the secret that Akemi hid in the bathroom. It turned out to be a set of cassette tapes, recorded by Elena, Akemi and Ai's deceased mother, for Ai's birthday every year right up till the year she turns 20 (the official age as an adult in Japan). The episode ended with Conan saying that Ai's mother was a true angel. Ai receives voice recordings of her mom. At the end of the episode Vermouth is talking on the phone with Calvados.
342	367-368	The Bride of Huis ten Bosch (1 Hour Special)	November 17, 2003			TV Original	Wedding ring
Sonoko, Ran and Conan are guests at a wedding to be conducted at the Dutch theme park Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki. Upon arrival, there was unmistakable tension from the groom's household members (a banking family) towards the bride-to-be, who was not from an elite background. Subsequently, loss of a valuable heirloom ring given to the bride by the groom threatens to end the marriage before it begun. As Ran, Sonoko and Conan worked hard to locate the missing ring, the bride-to-be herself went missing. More complication arose it was revealed that a decade before, the bride-to-be's father, a glass artisan, committed suicide after being unable to repay a loan to the bank owned by the groom's family. Ran catches the bride's bouquet! And Conan runs away saying "fate isn't on my side!"
343	369	The Convenience Store Trap (Part 1)	December 1, 2003			V42 - F2~4 (426-428)	Keeping things tidy and in order
Jodie is planning to leave, and Ran and Sonoko, stunned by the news, decide to throw her a going away party. They go into the store and find young woman named Aya being accused of shoplifting by her boss. They manage to come up with three possible suspects. Ran attempts to call Shinichi or Conan for help, since both are better at solving mysteries, but surprisingly, Jodie stops her and tells her to use her own deduction. First appearance of Aya Nanakawa. Ran solves a case, with some help from Jodie-sensei.
344	370	The Convenience Store Trap (Part 2)	December 8, 2003			V42 - F2~4 (426-428)	Convenience store bathroom
Aya's boss threatens to fire her and call the police if the case isn't solved, leaving Ran as her only hope. Ran speaks to Shinichi before sharing her deduction. She yells about a fire, forcing the culprit, who was hiding in the store, to reveal him. From there, Ran explains her theory, and he confesses his actions. Later, Ran discovers pictures of Shinichi, Conan, and Ai at Jodie's house. Ran discovers pictures of Shinichi, Conan, and Ai at Jodie's house.

Theme songs

Openings

• Episodes 304-305: "I can't stop my love for you♥" by Rina Aiuchi
• Episodes 306-315: "Kaze no Lalala" by Mai Kuraki
• Episodes 333-344: "Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made" by U-ka saegusa IN db

Endings

• Episodes 304-306: "Overture" by Koshi Inaba
• Episodes 307-328: "Ashita o Yume Mite" by ZARD
• Episodes 329-344: "Kimi to Iu Hikari" by GARNET CROW

See also

• Anime
• Staff Listing Season 8
• Japanese DVDs