Season 5

Season 5 aired from June 29, 1998 to February 8, 1999.

List of episodes

The following is a list of episodes for Season 5.

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	English dub broadcast	Plot	Manga source	Next Conan's Hint
107	113	The Mysterious Mole Alien Case (Part 1)	June 29, 1998			TV Original	Manhole
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108	114	The Mysterious Mole Alien Case (Part 2)	July 6, 1998			TV Original	Muddy water
The police find Masao at Yoshikazu's house who buried the stolen jewels around the yard. The police are forced to excavate the yard, but they find no body. Conan is positive Yoshikazu killed Masao's sister just by the smirk he has on his face. The Detective Boys ask a witness who heard digging noises from Yoshikazu's yard on the day Masao's sister went missing to find the witness made a mistake and the noise was actually coming from the construction site next door. Conan calls the police and puts on a show telling his deduction. Conan points out the body is under a growing flower which sprouted from the victim received as a gift on the day she went missing.
109	115	Detective Club Pursuit Case	July 13, 1998			TV Original	Ice
Ayumi is hit by a red car and the other three members of the Detective Boys club chases after it on Conan's skateboard. They lose sight of it near a factory, but they find it again minutes later to chase it to a police station where a man named Kenichi Shishido turns himself in for hit and run. At the hospital, everyone is surprised to hear a man has been murdered in the factory where they were at. Conan finds a red car in a building beside the factory and other clues that point the murder to Kenichi. Conan knocks Kogoro out to explain Kenichi is the murderer and he purposely hit Ayumi and allowed the Detective Boys to chase him as an alibi. As proof, they find Ayumi's detective badge wedged in between the bumper of the car in the garage.
110	116	Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Part 1)	July 27, 1998			TV Original	Ring
Ran takes a French cuisine cooking lesson in Sonoko's absence and Conan and Kogoro tag along. There is a blackout while Conan and Kogoro head to the washroom and they find someone purposely tripped the circuit breaker using a weight and block of ice. Returning to the kitchen, the teacher is on the floor claiming to have trouble breathing and Conan discovers she's been punctured in the back. The police investigate and find evidence the attacker was someone from inside.
111	117	Cooking Classroom Murder Case (Part 2)	August 3, 1998			TV Original	School infirmary
The four suspects is interrogated and searched. It seems everyone has a motive, but no evidence or murder weapon is found to pinpoint the killer. Conan does a little investigation of his own and finds a contact lens case outside the bathroom window and tinted contact lens in one of the mixing bowls. Just as the suspects pressures the police to let them go, Conan steps in reveal the trick was done by a sewing needle, string, and a ring to push the needle through and the only one wearing a ring is Nishitani.
112	118	The Seven Mysteries of Teitan Elementary School Case	August 10, 1998			V16 - F4~5	Pool float
Ayumi came to school one night to find a masked man. She told the vice-principal about it and he became absent for the last two days and the other teachers are acting suspicious. The Detective Boys sneak into the school at night where they find puppets with their names on it, mannequins and statues being moved, and someone trying to scare them with red paint and dry ice. The Detective Boys pretend to be scared and hide in the bathroom. When they come out, they find their teacher, Ms. Kobayashi, secretly practicing for the parent meet. However, she claims to not have tried to scare them off and they realize that someone else is indeed in the school. However, it is actually the vice-principal who lost his toupee and had been searching for it for the last two nights. First appearance of Sumiko Kobayashi and Ryujiro Uematsu.
113	119	The White Sandy Beach Murder Case	August 17, 1998			SV1 - F6	Wing
Ran, Kogoro and Conan go to a small beach city, and they find a girl dead by drowning. Everything points at young Mitsuko commiting suicide... but her best friend Tomoko thinks otherwise and asks Kogoro to prove it! The biggest suspect, Mitsuko's ex-boyfriend Dr. Tanaka, has a very good alibi, though. Can Conan break through it and see what's his role in her death?
114	120	Scuba Diving Murder Case (Part 1)	August 24, 1998			V17 - F3~5	Ring
Ran tricks her mother and father into going to the beach together. Kogoro, annoyed, leaves for the bathroom and returns with two girls named Kiwako Toda and Harumi Matsuzaki who invite the Mouri family and Conan to lunch with the scuba diving club at the local college. Kiwako decides to go snorkeling alone and asks Kiwako to get her a towel during lunch. After awhile, the group spots Kiwako drowning and rushes to save her. Drowning is the least of their worries because Kiwako was bitten by a snake. Ran is sure she saw an erabu sea snake, but everyone is confused when she claims she saw the snake with wings.
115	121	Scuba Diving Murder Case (Part 2)	August 31, 1998			V17 - F3~5	1/2
The Mouri family, Conan, and the diving club members rush to the hospital where Kiwako is in intensive care. Conan and Eri is sure the events was an attempted murder case and Conan gets an idea who did it after a conversation Eri and Ran has about Kogoro. Conan knocks Kogoro out to use him to tell the deduction he has in front of Harumi. Conan believes Kiwako was only pretending to drown to test her fiance's love for her and Harumi forced a snake to bite Kiwako to take advantage of the situation which explains the wings Ran saw. Harumi admit her mistake and is glad the antidote reached the hospital on time to save Kiwako.
116	122	The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 1)	September 7, 1998			V19 - F2~4	French
A young woman shows up at the detective agency asking Detective Mori to find her father, a mystery writer, who vanished two months ago along with his wife. The only clue to his whereabouts is a piece found in his latest publication, but can Conan and the others solve the code?
117	123	The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 2)	September 14, 1998			V19 - F2~4	Car mirror
In continuation from the last case, the search for the mystery writer continues. Conan and the others must decipher the code in his text in order to solve the mystery of his and his wife's disappearance two months ago. Will Conan be able to do help them do this without blowing his cover?
118	124-125	The Naniwa Serial Murder Case (1 Hour Special)	September 21, 1998			V19 - F5~8	Model gun
A serial killer who strangles his victims first then stabs them though their wallet to their chest appears in Osaka. Heiji Hattori invites Conan, Ran, and Mouri for a tour in Osaka. While on the tour they meet Kazuha Toyama who has followed them since the beginning to "Keep an eye on Heiji from Ran". Later, their a body is dropped onto the car, the third victim of the same serial killer. After failing to prevent the fourth victim from being killed, they found out the victims are indeed connected, they took the driving test at the same time at the same place. Heiji then travels to meet up with the councilman named Gouji, who is a suspect of causing the murders. Conan is forced by Ran to travel with another officer to go to their hotel but due to an emergency, they are driven to the site where Numabuchi, a mass murder and also a suspect, is thought to be hiding. After Conan finds him, he realizes Numabuchi and Gouji are not the murderer. Heiji also realizes this and both figure out Sakada, the tour guide police, is the murderer. After stopping his suicide, Heiji is shot but survives. First appearance of Goro Otaki, Kazuha Toyama, Ginshiro Toyama, and Ki'ichiro Numabuchi.
119	126	The Kamen Yaiba Murder Case	October 12, 1998			TV Original	Balloon
Conan and the gang attend a Kamen Rider costume party. I a duel between a Yaiba cos-player and staff. Both shot their guns, but only one bullet kills. Is there more to this case than what everyone saw with their own two eyes?
120	127	A Honey Cocktail Murder Case	October 19, 1998			TV Original	Packing tape
Kogoro is invited to a mountain house by a previous client named Hiromi Yamazaki who wishes Kogoro to help with the announcement of a spa resort. While Kogoro is looking out the window, Hiromi falls from the second floor and is announced dead. Evidence show Hiromi was attacked by bees and accidentally ran off the balcony, but Conan believes there's more to the story and does an investigation of his own. Using a knocked out Kogoro, Conan declares the housekeeper, Shingo Aihara, as the killer who used Hiromi's apiphobia to his advantage and other tricks to ensure Hiromi fell to her doom.
121	128	The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 1)	October 26, 1998			V20 - F7~9	Bandana
Conan, Ran, and Kogoro are on their way to a Y?ko concert when Kogoro discovers he lost his ticket. He overhears a woman named Masayo on the payphone and her situation about a friend who is unable to go to the concert because of a cold. Kogoro asks her for the spare ticket and she accepts as long as Kogoro drives her to her house to pick up her sister. Masayo finds the bathroom sealed with tape and when they break through, they find Masayo's sister dead. Everyone believes the death was a suicide, but Conan knows its murder.
122	129	The Locked Bathroom Murder Case (Part 2)	November 2, 1998			V20 - F7~9	Beeper
The victim's fiancé busts in and tells the police he was ringing the door bell the day before because the victim missed an appointment. Conan knocks out Kogoro, and tells his deduction to everyone that Masayo is the murderer and the sealed room wasn't really sealed at all. To prove it, Conan directs the police to the bloodstain on the door and explains Masayo got blood on her headband and looked through the spy hole when the fiancé was ringing the doorbell.
123	130	The Weather Girl Kidnapping Case	November 9, 1998			TV Original	Spotlight
Aki Asano, the weather girl for the local news, leaves a message for Kogoro's assistance. Kogoro is away because of business so the Detective Boys go instead to discover Aki has been getting threatening letters. Conan gives Aki his pager number just before she receives an urgent phone call and asks the Detective Boys to wait for her. She does not come back, but Conan begins to receive numbers as messages from her on his pager including the emergency telephone number. With a hint from Ran and Genta, Conan is able to decode the messages and pinpoint where Aki is and apprehend the kidnapper.
124	-	A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Part 1)	November 16, 1998			TV Original	Remote control
Seiji Ishimoto, president of an electronic company, claims he has been receiving threat letters and hires Kogoro as a bodyguard. As a government minister gets on stage at the banquet where they're at, he is shot and Seiji's shoulder is gazed. Conan spots a man on the balcony, but he is unable to find him. Kogoro spends the night at Seiji's hotel room keeping watch in case the murderer returns. In the morning, Kogoro receives a phonecall from Inspector Megure announcing the man on the balcony was found dead.
125	-	A Mysterious Sniper Murder Case (Part 2)	November 23, 1998			TV Original	Characters
Seiji Ishimoto tells the police about the threat letters after he's approached by the minister's secretary, Tsuneaki Niikura. When everyone leaves the hotel room, Conan does a search, but he is interrupted by an unknown man who finds something. Inspector Megure questions Kogoro about Seiji's secretary and reveals she has a motive and shows a picture of her boyfriend who Kogoro recognizes as the person he bumped into as he left the hotel room. Kogoro calls everyone to the murder scene where he declares the boyfriend to be the killer. Conan stuns Kogoro to reveal Tsuneaki Niikura as the true killer who sent the threat letters to Seiji as a diversion.
126	-	The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case (Part 1)	November 30, 1998			TV Original	Script
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127	-	The Traveling Drama Troupe Murder Case (Part 2)	December 7, 1998			TV Original	Gin and Vodka
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128	-	The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case	December 14, 1998			V2 - F4~8 (h.a.)	Cassette tape
A bank robbery occurs and Akemi Miyano is a suspect. Conan investigates and finds out the money was to free her and her sister from the black organization. When Akemi meets with them, she finds out they planned to betray her and kill her. Conan manages to listen to her dying words and learns about the existence of the Black Organization. Reintroduction of Akemi Miyano (Her previous appearance) is ignored). Akemi Miyano's death. Conan reveals to her that he is really Shinichi Kudo. Gin and Vodka kill Akemi, and make it look like a suicide.
129	-	The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case (2 Hour Special)	January 4, 1999			V18 - F6 ~ V19 - F1	Baseball cap
In Teitan Elementary School, a new student comes, and introduces herself as Ai Haibara. The Detective Boys introduce Haibara to Conan, who is always summoned when there's crime. Just then, the Detective Boys go to a store, and find an odd man. Conan thinks the man is Gin, who fed him the drug that changed his body. Conan accidentally lets slip the fact about his body shrinking due to a drug, although he quickly says it is a joke to protect his identity. In the office of a newspaper company, the Detective Boys are held hostage and about to be killed when Conan saves them. Conan having informed the police earlier, the counterfeiters are hauled off to jail and Conan finds out they aren't part of the organization. Later, Conan is told by Haibara that she kidnapped Agasa. When Conan goes the Dr. Agasa's house, Conan finds out Haibara tricked him. Haibara is living with the professor. Haibara tells Conan that she once visited his house to check out whether or not Conan died from the drug. Also, she tells him that she created the drug, and used to be a member of the Black Organization. Haibara also tells Conan that the reason she hates the organization is because her elder sister was killed by the Organization because Akemi failed the job. Haibara escaped from the organization by taking her the drug in an attempted suicide, and Agasa found her. Conan blames her for the creation of the drugs and for the lives of those she indirectly killed. Agasa thinks that as long as Haibara is around, she will create the cure for her product. Unfortunately, the data was destroyed after her escape. However, some old data went missing a long time ago, possibly sent by accident to one of Akemi's old professors. The professor is murdered soon after, unfortunately, and Conan solves the case. Haibara is very upset that he was unable to help her sister and breaks down. After trying to access the floppy disk, a virus activates and all the files on the floppy are deleted. Introduction of Ai Haibara. Ai's past is explored, as well as her relationship to Akemi Miyano. Ai reveals how she used to be a member of the Black Organization and was the one who created the APTX 4869 drug. Ai's relationship with Akemi is discussed, as well as her history with the Black Organization.
130	-	The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case (Part 1)	January 11, 1999			V19 - F9 ~ V20 - F1	TV camera
Conan and the Detective Boys are watching a soccer game when someone calls the television station covering the game. This person demands that 50 million yen be given to him, or he will indiscriminately shoot someone in the stands. First appearance of Miwako Sato, in a minor cameo role.
131	-	The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case (Part 2)	January 18, 1999			V19 - F9 ~ V20 - F1	Screen name
When the money is picked up, the police attempt to capture him. However, it turns out that this person has a partner in the stands, and will shoot someone unless this person is let go. The police are forced to let him go, but Conan has to find out where the partner who is still in the stadium is before he shoots someone.
132	-	Magic Lover's Murder Case (The Murder)	January 25, 1999			V20 - F2~6	The boat's sail
Sonoko invites Conan and Ran to meet a guy who's a magician she met on the web. Kid and Toichi are mentioned.
133	-	Magic Lover's Murder Case (The Suspicion)	February 1, 1999			V20 - F2~6	Bow gun
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134	-	Magic Lover's Murder Case (The Resolution)	February 8, 1999			V20 - F2~6	Trash pickup day and crows
Conan solved the case using Sonoko and revealed that Doi is really Kaito Kid in disguise. Kid appears near the end of the case.

Theme Songs

Openings

• Episodes 97-123: Unmei no RUURETTO mawashite by ZARD
• Episodes 124-142: TRUTH ~A Great Detective of Love~ by TWO-MIX

Endings

• Episodes 107-108: Negai goto hitotsu dake by Miho Komatsu
• Episodes 109-131: Koori no ue ni tatsu you ni by Miho Komatsu
• Episodes 132-152: Still for your love by rumania montevideo

See also

• Anime
• Staff Listing Season 5
• Season 4
• Season 6