Season 10

Season 10 aired from October 8, 2001 to July 8, 2002.

List of episodes

The following is a list of episodes for Season 10.

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	English dub broadcast	Plot	Manga source	Next Conan's Hint
252	-	The Kidnapper in the Picture	October 8, 2001			TV Original
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253	-	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4 (Part 1)	October 15, 2001
Sato is having an arranged marriage meeting with a man due to her mother's persistence. She arrives to find out it's Ninzaburo Shiratori. She proposes that if Takagi does not arrive to her before sunset, she will marry him whether she wants to or not. He accepts, but Takagi is busy with a store robbery. Three of the eye witnesses all give different description and three culprits are kept in the back of the police car. Conan on the phone prepares to help Takagi solve the case as Kudo Shinichi.
254	-	Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4 (Part 2)	October 22, 2001
Takagi solves the case and arrests the culprit when he tries to make a dash out of the police car. Takagi catches up and gives up on going to Sato in time to stop the marriage as the sun is almost set and the car is too far away. His party comes to cheer him on and he runs. Conan manages to stop the marriage in time with Tomoaki Araide's help. Takagi manages to reach the restaurant but the sun has completely sunk. He then sees Sato around the corner who tells him he told her an emergency case has come up. Takagi smiles as he enters the car. Meanwhile Shiratori leaves the restaurant, disappointed in his close marriage. Conan comments how Takagi and Sato reminded him of Ran and himself.
255	-	The 14th Round of the Matsue Tamazo Linked Verse Contest (Part 1)	October 29, 2001
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256	-	The 14th Round of the Matsue Tamazo Linked Verse Contest (Part 2)	November 5, 2001
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257	-	The Extremely Strange Punishment From Heaven	November 12, 2001
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258	-	The Man From Chicago (Part 1)	November 19, 2001
The Detective Boys, Conan, Haibara, and Agasa visit the circus where a famous man is performing. Later, they meet up with a man who looks strikingly like the man from the circus. However, the man, named James Black, an American is later accidentally mistaken for the real person, and is kidnapped and held for ransom. The kidnappers plan to kill Black after they get the money. However, upon finally realizing that Black is not the man they were after, they decide to kidnap him, anyway. The only clue left behind by Black was that he wrote "P&A" on the ground by where he was kidnapped. Can Conan solve the case?
259	-	The Man From Chicago (Part 2)	November 26, 2001
Conan figures out, with the help of Sato, Takagi, and Yumi, what "P&A" means. They realize that the kidnappers are in a police car, and are masquerading as police officers. Conan, Sato, Takagi, Yumi, and other members of the police force use this to their advantage, and completely corner the kidnappers, saving Black. The mysterious man named Shuichi Akai is shown driving James Black away from the scene later, as Black remarks on how Conan is no ordinary boy.
260	-	The Shaking Restaurant	December 3, 2001
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261	-	The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night (Part 1)	December 10, 2001
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262	-	The Fearful Legend of the Snowy Night (Part 2)	December 17, 2001
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263	-	The Osaka Double Mystery - The Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle (2 Hour Special)	January 7, 2002
Heiji invites Conan to watch his kendo match when a murder occurs. Heiji decides to solve the case before Conan gets there. When he arrives to check on the body, it disappears but is found again in the showers. Later, they explore a castle where they find a man fall off a roof. Later, a women on fire is found to have jumped off a bridge. Heiji and Conan realize the culprits are after the treasure in the castle, and solve the case. Later though, Heiji is cornered by them and is about to be shot until the Osaka police come and arrest them.
264	-	Courtroom Battle: Kisaki vs. Kogoro (Part 1)	January 14, 2002
Ran and Conan attended a court session where Eri Kisaki won another case. Expecting to go for a celebratory dinner together, Ran was disappointed when Kisaki had to go and attend a pro bono case to defend a man accused on a murder charge. Three years before, the victim had killed the suspects only son in a drunk driving, and had managed to get off lightly. The suspect was unhelpful and insisted he could not remember what happened the evening of the crime when he encountered the victim by chance at a hotel. Kisaki, with the help of Ran and Conan, tracked down the suspects estranged wife to the eatery she was running. They were surprised to see Mori Kogoro turning up. Not only was the eatery one of Kogoro's watering hole, they learned that he was present there the night of the murder. Upon questioning, it appears that Kogoro could provide alibi for the accused, who also turned up the same evening at the eatery. Kogoro's evidence was based on the time shown on his mobile, when he was woken up from his drunken nap by the proprietress to receive an incoming call. Conan however, noticed that Kogoro's mobile was always kept in his coat which was always hung on a rack when he patronised the eatery. He also noticed that it was the proprietress who brought the ringing phone to him when he was in a drunken stupor. Shortly, the prosecutor, Reiko Kujo, had a meeting with Kogoro in the eatery and Conan suspect Kujo must have perceived the same thing he did.
265	-	Courtroom Battle: Kisaki vs. Kogoro (Part 2)	January 21, 2002
Kogoro's evidence for the suspects alibi was put into doubt by Reiko Kujo during the court hearing, turning him unwittingly from the defendant's witness to the prosecutor's witness. Anxious to make up to Kisaki, Kogoro conducted his own investigation, after obtaining the suspects residential address from Takagi. Conan went along and came across a matchbox in the suspects home, taken from the eatery. Reviewing the case notes, Kogoro realised what actually happened, but it took Conan's help to establish a convincing case during the court hearing to reveal the truth. Kisaki won the case and was proposing a dinner with Kogoro outside the courtroom, but the latter who just woke up from the effects of the tranquilizer dart, was distracted by a beautiful female passer-by.
266	-	The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Murder)	January 28, 2002
Sonoko invites Ran to come to a house in the hills where their chocolates are blissed with good fortune for love. Conan and Mouri attend too. Once there, they meet 2 men who are out hunting for a Japanese wolf, an old lady who owns the place her two female assistants and a male photographer. The females there start making chocolate as gifts for the one they love. Sonoko makes hers for Makoto and Ran leaves hers nameless. A snowstorm occurs and the photographer is found dead by Conan and the dog named Subaru.
267	-	The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Reasoning)	February 4, 2002
The mystery continues and they develop the film on the camera to find droplets of blood on it. Apparently the murder takes place before the snowstorm but Conan feels like there's a trick to it. The characters are given more back story. While examining the chocolates, Conan figures out who the murder is. Mouri pops in finding Conan snooping around and is put to sleep. Conan tells everyone in the house Mouri is ready to place his deduction.
268	-	The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Resolution)	February 11, 2002
Mouri reveals who the murderer is. Just then they are betrayed by the two hunters who reveal they planned to murder that person the whole time to avoid blackmail from a crime they committed. Just then, a man in a ski mask, goggles, and a scarf comes in when one of the hunters opens the door. He knocks one of the hunters out and in his goggles a shot revealing Makoto. Ran knocks the other hunter out with a kick. Makoto demands Sonoko to tell her who is the other boy she is dating as he has not received her hand-made knitted sweater (She gave up due to its difficulty), her hand-made pottery glass (he mistook it to be a vase) and the chocolate (She refused to tell who it is for). He gets ready to fight until Sonoko tells him the chocolate was for him. Later on Ran cries because of Shinichi while Conan watches in the shadows. Ran wakes up to find her jacket blanketing her. She received a picture of herself sleeping from Detective Kid who is Conan with Shinichi's voice. Conan pretended Shinichi paid a visit and ate her chocolate due to hunger while she was asleep. Ran becomes angry due to Shinichi not waking her up to meet him.
269	-	The Forgotten Memento From the Crime (Part 1)	February 18, 2002
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270	-	The Forgotten Memento From the Crime (Part 2)	March 4, 2002
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271	-	Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1)	March 11, 2002
Ran is thinking who the mysterious man she met is. Later Jodie asks Ran what "X" means and she does not know. Afterwards, Ran, Sonoko, Jodie, and Conan are at the mall when a murder occurs. The dying message is ?×??. Everyone in the mall is a suspect, so the only way to find the criminal is to use a list of names.
272	-	Secret Rushed Omission (Part 2)	March 18, 2002
Conan solves the case after figuring out the code was cut off and they represent a name of a person. Afterwards Ran learns what "X" but tells Conan it means "No Good". Later, a black organization types an email to Gin.
273	-	Quiz Baa-San's Disappearance Case	April 8, 2002
The Detective Boys visit a park, where an old lady who feeds the birds with Ayumi, often shows up. However, the discover that she has disappeared. Can the Detective Boys find her kidnappers, and what reason could the kidnappers have for wanting to kidnap her?
274	-	Truth About the Haunted House (Part 1)	April 15, 2002
Ran catches a cold and visits the doctor. When there one of the doctors patients mentions that his apartment is haunted by a girl who was burned to death four years ago. Conan and Mouri decide to investigate. Once there they meet three other people who are living in that apartment. Ran who is fearful of ghost tells her father they should leave at 7 pm. When the clock strikes 10:20 pm, Ran wakes up to find a ghost in the television telling her to leave. Mouri and Conan wake up due to her screaming. Mouri tells Ran it was probably a dream and goes to the toilet. After he's done the water turns red. Mouri backs away from the toilet and screams when he sees a ghostly image.
275	-	Truth About the Haunted House (Part 2)	April 22, 2002
The three people excluding the old man are given more back story. One man does not believe in the ghost, one man is a horror movie filmer, and the other man just lives there. They are told that two suspects of the burning four years ago ran from the scene and one of them was identified. Conan finds out how the ghost trick was done. He puts Mouri to sleep and tells them the reason those tricks were done. He reveals that the culprit is one of the two suspects and that he is hiding the other suspect too.
276	-	Case of the Missing Policeman's Notebook	May 6, 2002
Takagi loses his notebook after breaking up a fight between a manager and his singer. He searches for his book with the help of the Detective Boys. They then discover that the singer plans to murder his manager. The detective boys manage to bring Takagi to his house and save him before he was killed. With the manager was Takagi's notebook.
277	-	English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective (Part 1)	May 13, 2002
Conan is still very suspicious of Jodie Santemillion. So, he calls in Heiji Hattori to assist in going to her home, and questioning her. Upon their arrival there, Jodie and the two agree to a dinner date. However, upon entering her apartment, a murder occurs. A man has fallen to his death from the window to his apartment. Is it suicide, or murder?
278	-	English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective (Part 2)	May 20, 2002
After an investigation from Inspector Megure, Conan and Heiji figure out what exactly happened, and have Jodie assist them in solving the crime. This involves her getting drunk. Heiji, under the guise of showing Inspector Megure how the killer lured the victim into his room, sends Jodie a text message saying "Who Are You?" Jodie merely smiles in response.
279	-	The Hooligan in the Labyrinth (Part 1)	May 27, 2002
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280	-	The Hooligan in the Labyrinth (Part 2)	June 3, 2002
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281	-	The Small Eye-Witnesses	June 10, 2002
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282	-	Mystery of the Water Flowing Stone Garden (Part 1)	June 17, 2002
Conan, Kogoro, and Ran enter a mansion to meet up with the President of a large company. Various friends, co-workers, and rival business presidents show up for the dinner, where the tensions are very high. After staying for the night, a worker discovers the President's body, in a water stone garden, that fills and re-fills itself automatically as the day goes by. However, by the dead body, there are no footprints. Could this be an impossible crime?
283	-	Mystery of the Water Flowing Stone Garden (Part 2)	June 24, 2002
Inspector Sango Yokomizo arrives on the scene, and begins an investigation. Kogoro believes he has solved the case, and even tries to show everyone how the killer could have done the murder. After this fails, Conan stuns Kogoro with his watch, and tells everyone the real trick the killer used to commit the crime.
284	-	Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain (Part 1)	July 1, 2002
Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are all heading into Chinatown to have a nice dinner. In the car, Ran is studying extensively for an exam, and hasn't slept very well. Her mind keeps thinking back to a blurry memory of her and Shinichi, and she keeps thinking about that mysterious man, Shuichi Akai, and about how she believes she has seen him before. Conan is very worried for her health. While at the restaurant, they share a dinner table with another group of guests, because Kogoro didn't read the fine print on a coupon. One of the guests on the table dies. Inspector Jugo Yokomizo arrives on the scene. Kogoro mistakes him for his older brother, Sango, which angers Jugo, who is not a fan of Kogoro. Because Ran sat near the victim, she is considered a suspect! Conan wants to figure out who is the murderer, not just because Ran is a suspect, but also because she keeps looking more and more ill.
285	-	Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain (Part 2)	July 8, 2002
After an investigation, which sometimes is tense, Conan finally figures out how the killer could have killed the victim, via the victim's reflexes and distaste for certain food. As the investigation goes by, Ran looks more and more ill. After Conan stuns Kogoro and solves the case, Ran passes out on the floor. Inspector Yokomizo immediately takes Ran in a police car to take her to a hospital nearby. Ran finally remembers, thanks to the rain, just who Shuichi Akai is, and what the connection is with Shinichi. It was a case, over a year ago...

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