The Silent Loop Line

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Episode 158
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Information

Title:

The Silent Loop Line

Japanese title:

沈黙の環状線
(Chinmoku no Kanjōsen)

Original airdate:

August 23, 1999

Season:

6

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Rope

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Takeshi Mochizuki

Storyboard:

Takashi Iwama

Episode director:

Nana Harada

Animation director:

Atsushi Aono

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Chafurin as Inspector Megure
Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint
Akira Kanou as Seiji Kurata
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Shizuka Kawai
Akiko Yajima as Yukiko Mori
Isshin Chiba as Announcement

Music

Opening song:

"Girigiri chop"

Closing song:

"Free Magic"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ran Mouri

Kogoro Mouri

Inspector Megure

Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are waiting for the train when they notice a group of people leaving work on a Sunday. Once they boarded the train the group finds their co-worker dead in an empty train car.

Murder

Location: Train

Victim: Kiyomi Hashimoto

Cause of death: Blowdart poisoning

Suspects: Seiji Kurata, Shizuka Kawai, and Yukiko Mori

After all three are presented as possible suspects Conan notices a couple of clues, there is a mark on her ear and a line on her arm.

People

Seiji Kurata
	26 years old

Shizuka Kawai
	24 years old

Yukiko Mori
	20 years old

Kiyomi Hashimoto
File:Kiyomi Hashimoto.jpg	Victim (poison)

Resolution

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Before long Conan stuns Mouri and reveals Yukiko Mori did it. First, she knew Kiyomi was leaving first, saw her off at the station, and established what time she boarded the train. From that, she timed how long it would take for the body to loop back around to the station. And return the murder weapon is the headphones. And when they boarded the train Yukiko who is retrieving the headphones but it took long so she pulled it hard and causing it to break.

Yukiko confesses and reveals Kiyomi stole her boyfriend.

Misc

• According to the mini disc label, this episode's plot takes place August 22, 1999.

Gallery

See also

• Season 6