Volume 15
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| Release date: | June 18, 1997 | ||
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| Chapters: | 141-150 | ||
| ISBN: | ISBN 4-09-125045-9 | ||
| Publisher: | Shogakukan | ||
| English release date: | January 16, 2007 | ||
| English ISBN: | ISBN 1-4215-0445-6 | ||
| English Publisher: | Viz Media | ||
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Volume 15 was released on June 18, 1997 in Japan.
Cast
Gadgets
Chapters
Ski Lodge Case
File 141 - Gone!?
File 142 - The Disappearing Rope
File 143 - Truth From Tears
People
Major events
Conan calls Ran with Shinichi's voice and helps her solve the case.
Two-Mix Kidnapping Case
Characters introduced
File 144 - Their Voices Are Alike!?
Conan, Ran, and Sonoko meet in front of a concert hall; Ran and Sonoko are on their way to a concert by the band "Two-Mix". Shortly thereafter, Conan and the "Detective Boys" encounter Minami Takayama, the band's lead singer, who invites them to a restaurant. She explains that she is waiting for her bandmate, Shiina Nagano, who has not yet arrived.
She also reveals that her apartment has been broken into and that she has been receiving threatening phone calls demanding that she stop singing. The "Detective Boys" offer to take on the case. They learn that these incidents began after the band played a demo of their new song on the radio. Since Minami happens to have the cassette with her, they listen to the track — at which point Mitsuhiko notices that Conan and Minami have the exact same voice.
As the restaurant's telephone is currently in use, Conan lends her his earring phone. At that moment, Shiina calls the restaurant and asks Minami to come to a van parked nearby. It turns out that Shiina is being held at gunpoint; the kidnapper and his accomplice then force Minami to get into the vehicle as well. The "Detective Boys" and Conan, having witnessed the entire incident, alert Inspector Megure. The kidnappers make contact and demand that the children bring them Minami's bag.
File 145 - What They Are After...
Conan and the Detective Boys agree to deliver the bag to the kidnappers. The kidnappers instruct them to visit various public phone booths at different train stations. During one of these calls, Conan learns that the kidnappers are after a demo tape, so he examines it for clues. The Detective Boys mention that the band passed by a temple when they came up with the idea for the song — a temple located near the scene of an unsolved murder case.
After a while, the kidnappers demand that Conan — without the police noticing — hand the cassette over to Ayumi. Ayumi is then instructed to "miss" the next train. During the train ride, the children throw the bag outside. The men, who were already waiting nearby, rush to the spot where the bag landed — followed by Inspector Megure — and begin to guard it.
Meanwhile, Conan — disguised as Ayumi — slips away and is led by the kidnappers to a warehouse. When one of the kidnappers opens the door, Conan incapacitates him using his wristwatch. He informs the kidnapping victims that the police — guided by his radar-equipped glasses — will arrive shortly. However, the Detective Boys, who had followed the signal from their badges on their own, fall into the hands of the second kidnapper.
File 146 - A Duet!?
The kidnapper sets a fire inside the warehouse. After Conan confronts him — revealing that he had committed a murder at the temple back then and disguised it as self-defense — the man locks Conan, the "Detective Boys," and the members of "Two-Mix" inside the warehouse and flees. Even Conan’s "power-kick" shoes prove ineffective; those trapped inside cannot open the door as the fire continues to spread. Overcome by thick smoke, Conan briefly loses consciousness. Realizing that his earring-phone is still on Minami’s ear, he uses it to call the kidnapper, claiming that he and the others have already escaped the burning building. Shocked, the kidnapper returns to check on them. At that moment, Minami and Shina attack him from behind and incapacitate him. Just as the group begins to celebrate their freedom, the kidnapper regains consciousness and fires a shot at Shina. Conan immediately launches a projectile at the man using his "power-kick" shoes, while Minami simultaneously delivers a kick. With this, the dangerous situation is finally brought to an end.
The kidnappers are arrested, and "Two-Mix" manages to reach their concert just in time. Since Minami misses the opening song, Conan steps in — though he sings quite off-key. Minami, looking visibly dejected, eventually joins in and encourages Conan to keep singing. As a reward for solving the case, the children are invited onto the stage to perform the opening song together with "Two-Mix". After the concert, Minami calls the "little detectives" over to ask how they enjoyed the performance. Finally, she gives each of the "Detective Boys" a small gift.
Later, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan are at a karaoke bar; although Conan is clearly making an effort, there is no noticeable improvement in his singing.
People
Loan Company President Murder Case
File 147 - Licking His Finger!?
Conan is assisting Kogoro with a game of Mahjong. When the fourth player leaves, they decide to call Mr. Hida, who works in the building across the street. Hida agrees to join the game but explains that he must first finish some accounting tasks. While waiting, they play a few practice rounds with Ran, who has arrived to pick up Conan.
After some time — with Hida having neither appeared nor responded to calls — they go to check on him. Outside his office door, they encounter an employee named Minamisawa; since he had left his mobile phone inside the office, he unlocks the door for them. When Hida fails to respond to their knocking, they force the locked door open and find him lying dead on the floor.
Inspector Megure, arriving at the scene, determines that Hida was poisoned between 7:30 PM and 8:00 PM. As both the windows and the door were locked from the inside, it appears to be a "locked-room murder." Conan suggests checking the surveillance camera footage; however, it only confirms that the victim was alone the entire time — after his employees had left the office. Shortly thereafter, the employees suddenly reappear at the office. The police discover traces of poison on the victim’s thumb, on several banknotes, and on the door. Conan surmises that Hida left his office while counting money and, in doing so, came into contact with an object outside the room that had been laced with poison.
File 148 - She Used Magic!?
Inspector Megure instructs the forensics team to search the entire office for traces of poison. He orders Takako Fuji — who is in the middle of preparing tea — and everyone else present to stop touching anything. Furthermore, all the suspects had visited the restroom while Ino was working at his computer. Each of the three suspects has a motive to kill their boss. Since no further traces of poison are found at the crime scene, the suspects' personal belongings are also examined, but nothing is discovered there either.
Conan reviews the case, reflecting on the employees' behavior after their arrival. When the forensics team reports an unusual discovery related to the traces of poison, Conan realizes that the key to solving the case lies in the restroom. In a small cabinet, he finds a bottle of bleach that had been used shortly before.
File 149 - A Devil's Calling
Three days later, Ran visits her father and Conan at a mahjong parlor. It seems that Ran has developed a growing interest in the game, and she joins in for a round. The proprietor asks aloud who could have taught her how to play — a remark that prompts Kogoro and Conan to leave the parlor.
People
Bond of Fire Case
File 150 - The Blood-Stained Bandage
People
Trivia
- The title for each chapter are worded as the following in Case Closed:
- File 141 - Missing?!
- File 142 - The Missing Murder Weapon
- File 143 - The Truth, Through Tears
- File 144 - A Similar Voice?!
- File 145 - What Do They Want?
- File 146 - Duet?!
- File 147 - Finger Licking
- File 148 - Some Kind of Magic?!
- File 149 - The Devil's Summons
- File 150 - The Bloody Bandage
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