The Shinkansen's Bomb Case

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Episode 5
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Information

Title:

The Great Bullet Train Explosion Case

Japanese title:

Shinkansen dai bakuha jiken
(新幹線大爆破事件)

Original airdate:

February 5, 1996

Season:

1

Manga source:

Volume 4: File 4~6
(heavily altered)

English version

English title:

The Time Bomb Express

English airdate:

May 31, 2004

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Detective Boys
Dr. Agasa

Case solved by:

Conan Edogawa

Next Conan's Hint:

Chocolate

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Junichi Miyashita

Storyboard:

Johei Matsuura

Episode director:

Johei Matsuura

Animation director:

Atsushi Aono

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Kiyoyuki Yanada as Ueda
Naoki Makishima as Shimoda
Isshin Chiba as Conductor
Sayuri as Woman
Minoru Inaba as Man A
Takumi Yamazaki as Man B
Masa'aki Tsukada as Old Man

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Ayumi Yoshida

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Genta Kojima

Dr. Agasa

New Gadgets

Two new gadgets were introduced in this episode: the Turbo Kick Shoes and a glasses modification.

Case

Situation

(Potential) Bombing

Location: Bullet train

Victim: Everyone on the bullet train

Suspects: Two men in black

Conan and Ran accompany Kogoro on the bullet train to go to Kogoro's friend's wedding when Conan overhears two men in black talking about a bomb set to go off on the train. If Conan doesn't find the briefcase with the bomb in time, everyone's lives on the bullet train are in danger!

People

Men in Black
File:Fake Men in Black.jpg	Completed a deal in the dining car Left a bomb on the bullet train

Man with Laptop
File:Man with Laptop.jpg	Possibly has the bomb case

Woman near Window
File:Woman near Window.jpg	Possibly has the bomb case

Elderly Man
File:Elderly Man.jpg	Possibly has the bomb case

Brutish Man
File:Brutish Man.jpg	Possibly has the bomb case

Resolution

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• Evidence

Conan remembers the Vodka lookalike saying "I can finally have a smoke". Conan realizes this must be because the transaction the men in black had with the person in the dining car cannot stand the smell of smoke. Therefore the person with the bomb must be in a non-smoking car of the train. According to Mitsuhiko there are eight non-smoking cars on the bullet train.

The Gin lookalike made a remark about how the person with the bomb is probably "looking out at the last scenic view" they will ever see. Conan and the Detective Boys realize the person with the briefcase must be in one of the two-story Green Cars. Mitsuhiko explains only one of the three Green Cars is non-smoking.

Conan notes that the man in glasses with the laptop is trading stocks and has a gold Rolex watch. Conan remarks the man must really be raking in money. The man in glasses shouts at Conan that he could not possibly go anywhere on the train due to the amount of work he has.

The woman in the Green Car has a cell phone and remarks to Conan that since the sky is clear today "you can see Mt. Fuji" from her window. The woman claims to have not visited the dining car during the trip.

The elderly man does not seem to hear Conan's question correctly, so Conan is unclear whether the man did or did not visit the dining car.

Although the brutish man with gold rimmed glasses doesn't answer Conan's question outright, it's clear the man visited the dining car because he wipes his glasses with one of the dining car napkins.

When the Vodka lookalike questions his partner about the bomb being timed, the Gin lookalike replies that although the bomb isn't on a timer, the bomb will definitely go off when the person with the briefcase unknowingly triggers the detonation button. Conan realizes this means the explosion will be set off by the passenger's "reaction to something".

• Conclusion

After ruling out the brutish man Conan knows went to the dining car (the briefcase was full of underwear), Conan realizes one of the passengers he spoke to said something strange.

The woman claims to have had a great view of Mt. Fuji earlier in the train ride, but it would be impossible to see Mt. Fuji from her window in the Green Car. She must have been in the dining car at the time and mistook her view from the dining car for the one back in her Green Car seat.

The woman lied about going to the dining car in order to cover up the transaction she had with the men in black.

Conan also realizes that the detonation button the Gin lookalike referred to is when the woman dials a specific telephone number on her cell phone.

The woman manages to dial the number on her cell phone at 3:10 PM, but thankfully Conan manages to use the Turbo Kick Shoes to kick the briefcase out of the train just before it exploded.

• Motive

The woman's motive for making a deal with the men in black was to gain "inside information on the trading market" in exchange for 100 million yen.

The men in black's motive for planting the bomb of course was to kill off the woman and cover their tracks while getting away with a hefty amount of money.

Manga to anime changes

• In the manga, the two men in black are in fact Gin and Vodka. It is here that Conan first learns of their codenames.

See also

• Season 1