The Coded Invitation

Chronology
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Episode 735 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Coded Invitation
Japanese title:	暗号付きの招待状 (Angō-tsuki no Shōtaijō)
Original airdate:	April 19, 2014
Broadcast rating:	9,50%
Filler case:	#224
Season:	23
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Professor Agasa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Detective Sato Detective Takagi
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Left hand
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Kazunari Kouchi
Storyboard:	Akira Nishimori
Episode director:	Takanori Yano
Animation director:	Masanori Hashimoto Akio Kawamura
Music
Opening song:	Butterfly Core
Closing song:	Ima Aitakute...
Dimensional Sniper Pre-story

The Coded Invitation (暗号付きの招待状 ,Angō-tsuki no Shōtaijō) is the 735th episode of the Detective Conan. This episode is a pre-story for movie 18, Dimensional Sniper.

Characters introduced

Woman
	Operates the Bell Tree Tower elevator

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ran Mouri

Kogoro Mouri

Professor Agasa

Ai Haibara

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Detective Sato

Detective Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Theft

Location: Kitasaka household

Victim: Kitasaka couple

Suspects: Kaori Kitasaka

Conan figures out Kaori's real home phone number and calls it. He's surprised when Sato begins talking to him on the phone and the group discovers that a gun, a Nambu Taisho 14, is missing from Kaori's home that morning.

People

Kaori Kitasaka
	27 years old Company clerk

Mitsuhei Nagai
	Kaori's senpai and ex-boyfriend

Misato Taniguchi
	Nagai's wife

Michio Kitasaka
	Kaori's father

Mrs Kitasaka
	Kaori's mother

Nobuyoshi Kitasaka
	Michio's late father

Mrs Kitasaka
	Michio's late mother

Sakata
	Speaker of the wedding party

Woman
	Operates the Bell Tree Tower elevator

Resolution

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Kaori Kitasaka receives a message from Conan, which can be translated in English to "Hairy caterpillar and hairless caterpillar." She is able to decipher the code hidden in the message, due to her ability in deciphering Tanuki Code: "It's good that you parted ways with him." Upon reading the text, Kaori's anger dissipates, and she does not shoot the groom; instead, she hands him a bouquet of flowers as a present. The case ends well, and at the end, the Detective Boys are seen excited about the coming visit to the Bell Tree Tower.

Trivia

• This episode is the pre-story for Movie 18, Dimensional Sniper, much like The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop was the pre-story for movie 17, Private Eye in the Distant Sea. At the end of the episode Conan makes a remark about another case occurring during his next trip to Bell Tree Tower: the sniping incident that starts off Dimensional Sniper.

Gallery

See also

• Season 23
• Dimensional Sniper