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| Release date: | October 17, 1998 | ||
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| Chapters: | 201-211 | ||
| ISBN: | ISBN 4-09-125491-8 | ||
| Publisher: | Shogakukan | ||
| English release date: | January 15, 2008 | ||
| English ISBN: | ISBN 1-4215-1456-7 | ||
| English Publisher: | Viz Media | ||
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Volume 21 was released on October 17, 1998 in Japan.
Cast
Gadgets
Chapters
Blue Castle Case
File 201 - And Again...
The Detective Boys bicker about the sudden disappearance of their friend, Conan. Haibara notices the knocked-over chair, the cluttered books, and the uncovered clock and begins to piece together the boy's tracks. She recreates a tall stepping stool using the chair and the books and begins to tamper with the clock. She is abruptly stopped by Takahito, who assumes her actions are in mischief. Tabata suggests he is in the bathroom, but after failing to find him there, the group largely suspends their search. The children surmise he is hiding in order to play a prank on them and instead head off for dinner.
The Detective Boys celebrate over a large feast that lies before them, bringing life to a scene that had lacked such vibrancy for many years. Ayumi asks for a small plastic bag in which she places a piece of bread for Conan. Mitsuru asks about the boy's whereabouts, hoping he did not approach the burnt tower. He explains that two years ago, one of their domestic workers had claimed there was something of interest left in the tower. One day, he disappeared without a trace, only to be found four days later in the forest in a complete state of emaciation. Ever since the incident, the workers sealed the entrance to the tower and a rumors about supernatural forces swirled amongst the staff. Horrified by Mitsuru's story, the Detective Boys fill Ayumi's bag with more bread head out to find Conan.
Despite extensive searches of the garden, the castle, and the locked entrance of the burnt tower, Conan is nowhere to be found. With the sky darkening and rain worsening, the group elects to return to the castle and call the authorities if necessary. Ayumi is distraught by the decision and begins to cry. Haibara, however, has no sympathy for the girl and tells her that Conan will find his own way back. Confused as to how Haibara understands Conan so well, Ayumi asks her if she likes him. Though initially taken aback, Haibara assures her that their relationship is entirely platonic, filling Ayumi with joy. Agasa approaches Haibara and the two discuss their situation. The girl has a considerably more bleak outlook, believing Conan to either be captured or dead. She suggests he call the police immediately and begin a thorough search of the premises.
Agasa acts on her words and wanders down a corridor alone to find a telephone. He finds one at the end of a bend in the hallway but is distracted when he finds Conan's bloodstained beanie on the ground. He also finds a mysterious revolving door built into the wall and steps in to investigate. However, he is suddenly bludgeoned and dragged away by a silhouette hiding behind the door. The Professor's body disappears into the wall moments before Haibara arrives, leaving her words to fall on deaf ears.
File 202 - Countdown
Haibara operates the telephone and calls Inspector Megure. However, before they can communicate, Mitsuru and the Detective Boys interrupt, forcing Haibara to quietly leave with them to bed.
Later that night, Haibara leaves the bed after confirming her friends are asleep. Noting that Agasa has still not returned to the room, she sneaks out. She hides behind a wall as she observes Masuyo wandering the hallways in her wheelchair under the delusion that her deceased daughter is coming to visit her. With the coast clear, she sets out on her investigation, but not before discovering that the Detective Boys have followed her through the corridors. The children express their naive desire to assist her, to which Haibara reluctantly agrees though with a callous demeanor. Unbeknownst to the Detective Boys, a silhouette is on their tail.
They re-enter the second floor room from where they observed the chess pieces and Haibara activates the hidden door using the broken clock on the wall. The children descend the long dark staircase with their Wristwatch Flashlights and find fresh blood on the ground, likely belonging to Conan. Mitsuhiko finds words etched into one of the steps reading "They assumed my identity are trying to steal the castle's treasure (アイツハ私ニナリスマシテ城ノ宝ヲ横...)." Haibara deduces that the inscription has been placed there long ago and that the author was likely kept on the steps in confinement for quite some time. Genta then finds Agasa's broken glasses further down the stairs, inciting panic amongst the Detective Boys. Haibara notices a section of the wall slowly creak open and immediately holds it closed. The wall then violently revolves, pushing Haibara, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko out into the hallway and leaving Genta alone in the hidden passageway along with an ominous silhouette.
The remaining trio return to the room with the clock, but find the door shut. Haibara concludes that they have been tailed and that Genta has likely been abducted. She notes that they cannot trust anyone in the castle and strengthens her resolve to find their friends before it is too late.
The trio enter a room filled with sculptures and paintings and find a pile of newspapers from four years ago detailing the fire that burned the nearby tower down. Haibara reads that the fire took fifteen souls and that the flames were so intense the investigators could only identify each of the remains based on their personal belongings. Still, one individual remains missing. Based on the article Haibara deduces that one individual likely seized the opportunity to switch places with someone else. Meanwhile, Mitsuhiko finds Conan's glasses on the hallway floor. He looks up to see two large iron doors ominously swaying down the corridor. Ayumi notices his disappearance and alerts Haibara, who notes that the door leads to the burnt tower that is supposedly sealed shut. Nevertheless, the iron doors appear open, inviting the two girls to enter. Haibara stops Ayumi, telling her it may be a trap. She instructs her to hide in the grass and count to 300 while she searches the tower, if she does not return by the time she is done counting she is to run onto the main road and try to find help. Ayumi reluctantly accepts and does what she is told. However, as the seconds tick on and her count approaches 299, Ayumi's resolve is put to the test.
File 203 - Ivory Tower
Ayumi disobeys Haibara's orders and enters the burnt tower. She fights back tears as she ascends a staircase while calling Haibara's name, oblivious to a silhouette emerging from a trapdoor behind her. Ayumi enters a decrepit bathroom, locking the door behind her.
People
Major events
Ayumi admits to Ai that she feels very affectionate to Conan, saving some bread for him because she thinks that if he is lost, he is also very hungry.
Shinichi's First Murder Case
File 204 - His First Bow
File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber
File 206 - The Last Trump Card
File 207 - Hidden Within The Depth Of The Heart...
People
Major events
- This is Shinichi's first ever murder case. His incredible deduction skills completely overwhelm and impress Inspector Megure. This is also very early in Takagi's career as a member of Megure's police force.
- Ran and Shinichi's budding feelings for each other are briefly explored.
- The whole episode takes place before the actual show. This airplane trip is what leads into Shinichi Kudo's New York Case.
Treadmill Murder Case
Characters introduced
| Yumi Miyamoto | |
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| Ninzaburo Shiratori | |
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File 208 - The Sakuradamon Incident!?
File 209 - The Inspector's Investigation
File 210 - An Unexpected Rival
People
Major events
- Sato's, Takagi's, and Shiratori's characters develop fully. The latter becomes a full time Inspector.
- Sato and Takagi's budding romance is explored for the first time.
- Takagi and Sato are about to eat a ramen dinner together, until Megure interrupts and insists that he takes Sato somewhere, along with Takagi.
Wedding Murder Case
File 211 - A Nice Day in Tokyo
Heiji and Kazuha arrive in Tokyo in order to attend the wedding of the son of a former classmate of Heiji’s mother; she was originally the one invited, but since she broke her toe bones while cooking, Heiji was asked to attend instead. Kazuha comes along because, according to her, Heiji’s mother wants her to take care of him whilst he is in Tokyo; Heiji disputes this account, and claims instead that Kazuha is in Tokyo mainly for shopping. Since they arrive one day in advance, they decide to take a guided tour of the city that day (the guides, unsurprisingly, are Kogoro, Ran and Conan). After spending some time in Shibuya, Kazuha decides to go shopping; Ran suggests that they head to the stores that she knows of. Kazuha rejects this coldly, saying that she already has the stores that she wants to visit in mind. Ran thus offers to accompany her to the stores of her choice, which Kazuha accepts. The two girls thus head to a shopping mall; at one point, Ran asks Kazuha whether a particular shirt suits her; Kazuha, without lifting her head to look at Ran, answers in affirmative, adding indifferently that Ran’s cuteness will make everything fit her well. She then encourages Ran to buy the sweater, which she does.
After shopping, the two girls head back to Kogoro’s rented car to wait for the detectives, who have not returned. Ran, having noticed that Kazuha seems to be holding something against her, asks her what the problem is. Kazuha, after hesitation, reveals that it bothers her that Ran and Heiji wear shirts with the same colors, patterns and styles in their encounters. She conjectures that they have a special relationship, and that before they meet they secretly agree on what to wear (which Kazuha finds gross). Ran, realizing the misunderstanding, takes off her shirt without thinking twice, and puts on the shirt that she just bought. Kazuha is astonished by this, as they are in the middle of a busy commercial district, and Ran only has underwear below. Ran, after changing, tells Kazuha joyfully that now Heiji and she are not wearing the same thing; Kazuha blushes, and exclaims that Ran is a genuinely good person.
After the return of the three detectives, they head to Meiji Shrine, which, because of its historical importance and the fact that if one makes a wish there, it is likely to come true, is a major tourist attraction. There, they coincidentally meet the butler of the family whose son is getting married; his name is Akio Shigematsu. Heiji, who knows Shigematsu from when he was a child, asks what he is doing at the shrine; the latter replies that he is accompanying the fiancée Kaede Katagiri on a tour of Tokyo (as she is from somewhere else). Heiji thus wonders where the fiancé (whose name is Kikuhito Morizono) is, to which Katagiri replies, apologetically, that he is unwell because she insisted on ascending to the panoramic platform of Tokyo Tower, ignorant of his extreme acrophobia.
At this point, Shigematsu asks Katagiri what wish she is making; the latter says that she wants to be blessed with children. Conan and Heiji notice that as she replies, her expression is somewhat unnatural; Ran explains, knowledgably, that women could be slightly unstable ahead of a wedding, and Kazuha adds that that is why the term “pre-wedding anxiety” exists. They then look at each other and say “right?” happily; Heiji is puzzled by this interaction, and wonders when their relationship has grown so close.
After visiting the shrine, and upon the invitation of Shigematsu, Kogoro, Ran and Conan head to the mansion of Morizono family with the butler, the fiancée and the two wedding invitees. In the garden, they meet Kihuhito’s sister Yurie and servant Yuji Sakuraba. Sakuraba has just managed to find the naughty family pet Rebecca (who is a cat) in the crown of a tall tree; as he shows Rebecca to Ran and Kazuha, who find her lovely, Rebecca is able to escape again.
At the dinner table, the visitors finally meet Mikio Morizono, the head of the family and the father of Kikuhito and Yurie. Noticing that Rebecca is not around, he asks Sakuraba to look for it, and tells Kogoro (of whom he is a fan) that her wife used to love the cat. Kogoro wonders why he used the past tense; Kikuhito interjects and explains that her mother passed away in an unfortunate car accident (Mikio is later revealed to be in the car then too, but he was lucky, and only injured his leg).
After the dinner, Kogoro, Ran and Conan plan to return home; Heiji and Kazuha accompany them to the garden to say goodbye. As the three near the entrance of the mansion, Heiji sighs in relief, commenting that there is no murder case this time. This prediction is soon proven to be wrong: right as he speaks, a window on the third floor breaks, prompting the detectives to rush back into the mansion. Ran is ordered to stay where she is to see if anyone suspicious jumps out of the mansion, and Kazuha sets out to look for Shigematsu. He turns out to be missing, and the door leading to the room with the broken window is locked. Since Shigematsu is the only one with the key to that lock, Kogoro and Heiji have no choice but to break in with brute force. There is nothing but a blood trail in the dark room, but by following the blood trail, the detectives are led to the adjoining room; this one is well-lit, and Shigematsu is found sitting on the floor, soundless and unmoving. There is a huge red patch on his left chest, which suggests that he died from a stab wound that penetrated the heart directly.
People
Trivia
- The title for each chapter are worded as the following in Case Closed:
- File 201 - Another Victim
- File 203 - The Ivory Tower
- File 204 - The First Entry
- File 205 - A Locked Room in the Sky
- File 207 - A Secret Hidden in the Heart
- File 208 - The Sakuradamon Incident
- File 209 - The Inspector's Deduction
- File 210 - An Unforeseen Enemy
- File 211 - A Perfect Day for Tokyo
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