Season 2

Season 2 aired in 1997. This year, there were a total of 43 episodes: 23 for manga adaptation; 20 for anime-original. There were breaks totalling to 9 weeks.

List of episodes

The following is a list of episodes for Season 2.

Jp#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	English dub broadcast	Plot	Manga source	Next Conan's Hint
43	44	Conan Edogawa Kidnapping Case	January 13, 1997	August 5, 2004		V5 - F10 ~ V6 - F1 (049-051)	The Night Baron
Conan gets kidnapped by the Black Organization! What will they do to him and how will he escape?! Shinichi's parents, Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo are introduced.
44	45	Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case	January 20, 1997	August 9, 2004		TV Original	Chemical fertilizer
While Kogoro, Ran and Conan are on the way to work on a case, a man by the side of the road asks for car help. In payment, the man invites them to his birthday party. What they didn't expect was for him to die that night from a homemade bomb. Who committed this crime out of the guests invited?
45	46	Facial Mask Murder Case	January 27, 1997	August 10, 2004		TV Original	Lipstick
A woman is murdered and three suspects are brought in. However, all of them are lying. Who is lying about what, and why?
46	47	Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case	February 3, 1997	August 11, 2004		V10 - F9 ~ V11 - F1 (099-101)	Shogi
Ran, Kogoro and Conan are skiing in the mountains. They meet up with a doctor and his students. They offer the trio to stay at their place during the night due to a dangerous snowstorm. Things get ugly when the teacher is murdered when watching his favorite soap opera. The clues point not to a break in, but to one of his students. Can Conan figure out who did this?
47	48	Sports Club Murder Case	February 10, 1997			TV Original	Cap
There's been an accident - an athletic diver hit his head on the diving board. But Conan isn't so sure it was an accident.
48	49	Diplomat Murder Case (Part 1)	February 17, 1997	August 12, 2004		V10 - F2~6 (092-096)	A needle, a string, and a key holder
High School detective Heiji Hattori comes to challenge Shinichi to see who's the smarter detective. When they come across a real case with a murdered diplomat, who will solve the crime first? Heiji or Shinichi? First appearance of Heiji Hattori, Yukiko Katsuragi, Takayoshi Tsujimura, and first mention of Heizo Hattori. First appearance of Heiji Hattori.
49	50	Diplomat Murder Case (Part 2)	February 24, 1997	August 16, 2004		V10 - F2~6 (092-096)	Opera CD and books
Shinichi solves the the case correctly with his real body. It's the first time Conan returns to his real age after being shrunken. How? and how long will it last? Conan temporarily transforms into Shinichi, realizes that it was caused by Heiji Hattori's alcohol, and plans to turn back permanently. The rivalry between Shinichi and Heiji heats up.
50	51	Library Murder Case	March 3, 1997			V10 - F6~8 (096-098)	Hardcover books
A librarian is hiding more than just foreign books in the shelves. Conan and the Detective Boys sneak into the library at night to fight this psycho librarian. Conan plans to transform permanently into Shinichi, but discovers with Dr. Agasa that the alcohol no longer affects him.
51	52	The Golf Driving Range Murder Case	March 10, 1997			TV Original	Golf set
A relaxing day at the driving range leads Conan, Kogoro, and Ran to their next explosive case, as the president of a leading electronics manufacturer meets an untimely end. With many suspects and few clues, will Conan unravel the mystery in time to catch a killer?
52	53-54	The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case (1 Hour Special)	March 17, 1997			V11 - F8~10 (108-110)	Cherry blossom
One rainy day, Ran, Conan and Kogoro lost their way home and are about to spend the night in the car when Conan luckily finds a temple. The are welcomed by the headmaster of the temple. But during dinner, when they hear Kogoro is a detective, the Master gets angry and wants him out of the Temple by tomorrow. Sadly the next day, the headmaster is murdered and they are four suspects: Kannen, Mokunen, Tonnen and Shunen. The same thing happened 2 years ago; a student was murdered. Agasa invents the Button Speaker.
53	55	The Mystery Weapon Murder Case	April 7, 1997			TV Original	Songbird
While taking a walk together, Conan, Kogoro, and Ran heard a woman's scream from a nearby building. Her husband has been killed by a blow to the back of the head. Will Conan be able to see around the killer's trick?
54	56	Game Company Murder Case	April 14, 1997			V12 - F4~6 (114-116)	Numbered cloakroom tokens
Kogoro is invited to a party for the release of a game which stores himself. While there, Conan runs into a man who uses the alias Tequila and learns that he plans to meet with Gin and Vodka. Conan follows Tequila to the bathroom where an explosion occurs and kills the man. Conan investigates the explosion and realizes that it was a murder attempt but the wrong person was killed. Conan knocks Kogoro out and uses his voice changing bow tie to reveal what had happened. Conan reveals that Tequila and Nakajima, one of the game designers, secretly exchanged suitcases. Conan reveals that the bomber is game designer Takeshita and that Nakajima was his intended target. As evidence, Conan reveals that Nakajima's suitcase's key would fit into the suitcase Takeshita is holding since that is originally Nakajima's suitcase. Takeshita confesses and denounces Nakajima for having an affair with his wife. Conan asks Nakajima what he knows about Tequila's acquaintances only to learn that he always meets them in the café in the Apollo building. Conan heads there only to find out Gin and Vodka had cause an explosion to hide evidence of them being there. Tequila's first appearance. Tequila wants the list of genius programmers around the world, but is killed by a bomb.
55	57	The Train Trick Murder Case	April 21, 1997			TV Original	On-board vending
As Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are on their way home from a hot spring, they boarded a train together with a pair of doctors. They arrived at a station where one may change trains to another line, but no one could possibly change trains since the two lines are scheduled differently by a mere five-minute difference. At the station where the trio are to change trains to one going to Tokyo, a murder is discovered. The only suspect rides in the train with Conan's group while the victim rides on a train from a different line. Conan uncovers the trick used by the murderer using the change given by a lady working on the train of the victim.
56	58	The Ojamanbou Murder Case	April 28, 1997			TV Original	Surveillance camera
Conan, Kogoro, and Ran are out jogging when they are attracted to a scene of a murder. One of the owners of the Sunfish Cleaning Company has been killed by a falling beam. Conan uncovers the trick by using window reflections.
57	59	Holmes Freak Murder Case (Part 1)	May 5, 1997			V12 - F7 ~ V13 - F1 (117-121)	Blanket
Conan, Kogoro and Ran goes to a meeting where fans of Sherlock Holmes are there. There, they meet Heiji, who was hoping that Shinichi would be there. Things go bad when the host is put to sleep and put in a car which drives off a cliff, killing him. A member found out who did it, but she got killed when she was in another car that burst into flames. Heiji then got very suspicious of Conan's true identity as Shinichi, but when he tries to confront Conan, a blackout occurs and another member is injured by the killer, with a knife to the back. Who did this?
58	60	Holmes Freak Murder Case (Part 2)	May 12, 1997			V12 - F7 ~ V13 - F1 (117-121)	The Holmes test
Conan and Heiji was able to solve the case, and fearing of his identity, Conan use Heiji instead of Kogoro to solve the case. The killer turned out to be the boyfriend of the second victim, and she was able to find out he did it because she decided to cheat off his Holmes test, but when she saw his test, it was blank, because he knew it would never be graded and he was busy preparing for the killing of the host. The killer did it because the third victim was the publisher of a Holmes book he didn't like, so he did this for Holmes. And after Heiji woke up, he reveals that he was spying on Conan the whole time during the deduction, so he now knows the truth about Conan, and he spills the beans. Heiji figures out that Conan is Shinichi.
59	61	The First Errand Murder Case	May 19, 1997			TV Original	Roadside corner mirror
It's the first errand festival, were children are sent shopping on their own for the first time. The detective boys have been assigned to follow Hiroshi-kun, to record how well he did, and to make sure that no harm comes to him. However, Conan soon realises that the detective boys aren't the only ones following Hiroshi. Who is it? and why are they after his life?
60	62	An Illustrator Murder Case	May 26, 1997			V13 - F5~7 (125-127)	Contact lens set
Kenjin Hanaoka is a popular painter who seems to have everything that a man could want: his own design firm, best selling books, and untold wealth. But when he decides to eat the forbidden fruit and have an affair with one of his pretty, young illustrators his life starts to come apart at the seams. But rather than face the consequences of his mistakes, Hanaoka tries to cover them up in a brutal and bloody manner. Can Conan see through his ingenious plot and expose Hanaoka for what he really is?
61	63	A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Part 1)	June 2, 1997			TV Original	Telescope
When Kogoro travels to Shiki Island to give a lecture, Chief Mikami enlists his help to find a billion dollars in gold that was lost off their shores. But when someone tries to take his life, Kogoro decides to leave. However, Chief Mikami forces the detective to continue his search while the death toll rises. Are the killings the result of the Pirate's Curse, or does someone else have their sights on the gold?
62	64	A Ghost Ship Murder Case (Part 2)	June 9, 1997			TV Original	Gunshot wound
Framed for the death of his assailant, Kogoro faces a murder wrap and it's up to Conan to clear his name. But when the two prime suspects are killed themselves, Conan is back to square one. In order to solve the mystery, the young sleuth realizes that he has to go where no one else will; into the eerie darkness of the Pirates' Cave!
63	65	Big Monster Gomera Murder Case	June 16, 1997			V13 - F8~10 (128-130)	Paint
Lights, Camera, Murder! Conan and the Detective Boys visit the film set of their favorite monster, Gomera, and stumble onto a real-life murder! The most puzzling aspect of the case is the prime suspect: Gomera! The kids must uncover the truth behind the grizzly killing before the death toll rises higher! First appearance of Tomomi Sakaguchi and the Gomera franchise.
64	66	The Third Fingerprint Murder Case	June 23, 1997			TV Original	Videocassette case
Kogoro is invited to a barbecue by his senior. Suddenly a call is made, and the host has to leave due to a man from a gang stating that he killed someone and wants to be arrested. Kogoro's senior told the police that he had accidentally killed his client, but it turns out that he planned his death.
65	67	A Crab and Whale Kidnapping Case	June 30, 1997			TV Original	Table and chairs
A relaxing night out turns into the search for a kidnapped little boy, as Conan, Kogoro, and Ran, come to the aide of a desperate father in his hour of need. As they search to find the truth, nothing is certain, except the kidnapper's deadly ultimatum: No police, no mercy, no time!
66	68	Night Road Murder Case	July 7, 1997			TV Original	Cigarettes
How can blood from one victim, murdered on the street, wind up on the wall of an abandoned building, the railing of a rooftop, and broken glass of an upper apartment window? This is the question Conan must answer if he is to catch a crafty killer entrenched in a seemingly innocent mountain-climbing fraternity, which hides a deadly secret!
67	69	Stage Actress Murder Case	July 14, 1997			TV Original	Vinyl tape
Kogoro is given a case to solve the sender of a threat note. His teacher appears at his house and decides to go to the theater, too. Conan and Ran tag along. Kogoro's case turns into a murder, but he soon breaks his backbone before Conan can solve it. Using things that Kogoro's teacher says, Conan finds out the murderer and reveals them using the body of Kogoro's teacher.
68	70	Night Baron Murder Case (The Case)	July 21, 1997			V8 - F2~3 (072-073)	Computer virus
Professor Agasa offers Conan, Ran, and Kogoro a free vacation which they gladly accept, but when the Night Baron arrives the vacation is quickly changed into a case as murder occurs. Yuusaku Kudo's Night Baron character is explored.
69	71	Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion)	July 28, 1997			V8 - F4~5 (074-075)	Karate
Another person assumes the role of Night Baron as Kogoro investigates the murder of Tokio Ebara. When he is found dead in the Night Baron costume, everybody believes it was an accident, but Conan thinks otherwise. Later Ran, Conan, and a member of the tour are attacked coming out of the elevator by the Night Baron. Ran fights him off but doesn't land a hit, which makes her believe she knows who is in the Night Baron costume. Can Conan solve this case even if the wind is a factor?
70	72	Night Baron Murder Case (The Resolution)	August 4, 1997			V8 - F6~7 (076-077)	Building winds
Conan, Kogoro, and Inspector Yokomizo solve the case, but who is really Night Baron?
71	73	A Stalker's Murder Case	August 11, 1997			TV Original	Adhesive
Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are out for a walk when they notice a man who drank a juice dies from poison. They later learn he was a stalking a young woman. After investigating, Conan find evidence to prove she was the murderer. The woman reveals she feared for her safety as the stalker pushed her down a staircase after she called the police. Conan then also reveals that the stalker planned to kill her on that day evidenced by his bag. He tells her with this, she should get a light sentence.
72	74	The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case	August 18, 1997			V13 - F2~4 (122-124)	Home Run
A murder occurs and the suspects are triplets. First appearance of Yuzo Tomizawa.
73	75	The Detective Boys' Disaster Case	August 25, 1997			TV Original	The movement of the tides
The Detective Boys, along with Ran and Kogoro, are at a beach one day when they come across two rich people; a snobby young man named Kogatsu, and a young woman named Shinobu. Genta finds an SOS in a bottle by Shinobu on a beach. They find her in a cave; reaching it by a raft. She explains Kogatsu tried to kill her by drugging her to sleep and letting the tides rise. The tides have risen to a point where they can not leave the cave. They venture into the maze of a cave and escape to a pool where they encounter Kogatsu and Kogoro. Kogatsu then holds Ayumi at gunpoint and threatens to kill everyone, but Ran and an old guard arrive in time to save them. In the end, Kogatsu is taken to jail as Shinobu looks sadly at the man who betrayed her love while Kogoro is sternly lectured by the old guard for fishing in the pool, which is off-limits.
74	76	The Death God Jinnai Murder Case	September 1, 1997			TV Original	Elevator
Ran, Conan, and Kogoro are at a movie premier of Jinnai King of Death VIII. After the show they see Hayato Nanjo greeting fans, he plays Jinnai in the movie. Then Kogoro is spotted by Hayato's wife who shows him a death threat that says Hayato will die at midnight just like in the movie. His wife is worried but Hayato brushes it off. Reporters and Kogoro have a stake out when Jinnai appears and makes for Hayato's room. They arrive by elevator and when Kogoro comes out he trips on vinyl tape. They hear a scream and Hayato's dead with a bullet to the head.
75	77	Loan Company President's Murder Case	September 8, 1997			V15 - F7~9 (147-149)	Toilet
Kogoro is playing Mahjong when they called a Loan Company President to play with them. When they find him in his office, he has died from cyanide poisoning. The suspects are three of his employees. The poison was only found on the victim's thumb, money, and door handle, but no where else in the office. Conan solves the mystery, showing how cyanide was erased with Bleach. The culprit explains how it was for revenge for putting the person's loved one in such a great debt.
76	78-79	Conan vs. Kaitou Kid (1 Hour Special)	September 22, 1997			V16 - F6~9 (156-159)	Pearl
Conan is not actually Aoyama's first character. There's another one who happened to face Kudo once... What happens when the infamous magician of the moonlight squares off against our child detective? First appearance of Kaitou Kid, Kaito Kuroba, Aoko Nakamori, Ginzo Nakamori, and Shintaro Chaki. First time Conan and Kid face off. Heist: The Black Star.
77	80	Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Part 1)	October 20, 1997			V15 - F10 ~ V16 - F1 (150-151)	Great detective of the West
Kogoro is recommended by someone to a wealthy family for a routine assignment; the man wishes to find his first love. With the police roaming around the house, though, Conan begins to wonder if that's really all there is to it. His answer comes when suddenly, the son of the wealthy man supposedly kills his child hood friend. Later they celebrate the chairman's birthday, then Nobuko became very angry at Miyuki and go out in the room. Later they receive calk from Mitsuaki, that he was attacked by a man wrapped with bandages. Later, they saw Hideomi biting a knife, and found Mitsuaki stabbed and found at the spike fence.
78	81	Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case (Part 2)	October 27, 1997			V16 - F2 ~ F3 (152-153)	Fountain pen
Conan and Heiji decide to pursue the clues of the childhood friend. The clues allow them to solve the murder, but they also allow Ran to come closer to the truth about Shinichi. Can Heiji help Shinichi keep his secret?   The reason Conan couldn't let Miyuki Hyoga commit suicide is because of what happened during the Moonlight Sonata Murder Case.
79	82	The Bank Heist Murder Case	November 3, 1997			TV Original	Mobile phone
After bowling, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan head to the bank to check in a cheque. While there, an armed bank robbing happens. After some struggle, one man is shot by the robber but survives. After being shot, another man struggles with the robber and ends up shooting and killing the robber. It all seems normal but Conan finds it strange. After figuring out the robber had an accomplice, Conan, using Sonoko, reveals the robber's accomplice. He reveals the two planned to use the money to pay off their debts and make some cash.
80	83	The Wandering Artist Murder Case	November 10, 1997			TV Original	House cleaning
While at a painting exhibit, Conan notices a man in rag examining a picture. The next day while playing baseball with his friends, he notices the man again. After being asked about his drawings of a home, the man realizes he has been drawing unconsciously, and holds his head in pain. In the hospital, he was revealed to have been affected by amnesia and the pain was his returning memories. The man leaves the hospital. The next day while playing baseball, Genta finds the man dead. Conan finds out the man is an artist who's been missing for a year. His wife is the only one who can identify the body but she proclaims it's not him. Conan proves that the man was the artist by fingerprints he left behind when he came home after regaining his memories. Conan shows them who the murderer was.
81	84	The Kidnapping of a Popular Artist Case (Part 1)	November 17, 1997			V15 - F4~6 (144-146)	Two-Mix
A famous singer from the band Two-Mix is kidnapped and they demand the Detective Boys to deliver the bag belonging to the singer. The police tail the Detective Boys and when captured, find out Ayumi is disguised as Conan and that the kidnappers demanded Ayumi to deliver the item. Two-Mix's first appearance. Agasa invents the Earring Cellphone.
82	85	The Kidnapping of a Popular Artist Case (Part 2)	November 24, 1997			V15 - F4~6 (144-146)	New Year's Eve midnight bell
Conan meets up with the kidnappers and just when he was about to defeat them, the Detective Boys arrive and are captured. The kidnappers leave and then set the room on fire. While at the concert, the Detective Boys accidentally start the music too early, and if stopped it will anger the crowd even more. Conan tries to sing but that angers the crowd. The singer then takes the Detective Boys out with her to sing.
83	86	General Hospital Murder Case	December 1, 1997			TV Original	Coffee
Kogoro Mouri is in the hospital after injuring his ankle. While there, he witnesses a shadow of a murder. After causing an uproar three times and finding the place where the murder took place was an empty room, the murder occurs on the fourth time. Conan figures out that light is being reflected to that room and that the the first three times were in a different room while the fourth one occurred in the room Mouri presumed. The culprit has an alibi of talking to the nurse in another room at the time of the murder. Mouri is desperate to go into the Sleeping Kogoro phase to prove his innocence and happily exclaims it's coming when Conan secretly shoots a tranquilizer dart. Conan disproves the culprits alibi and proves Mouri to be innocent.
84	87	Ski Lodge Murder Case (Part 1)	December 8, 1997			V14 - F9 ~ V15 - F3 (139-143)	Heater
Ran, Sonoko, and Conan run into their old third grade teacher, Akiko Yonehara, who invites them to spend the night at a Mountain Villa. A mysterious journalist arrives and tells them a massacre similar to three years before will happen that night. Can Conan help find the clues before too much damage occurs?
85	88	Ski Lodge Murder Case (Part 2)	December 15, 1997			V14 - F9 ~ V15 - F3 (139-143)	Hair
Ran solves the murder with Conan's suggestions, but the true identity of the culprit was so shocking to her that she reveals it in tears and breaks down crying on Conan shortly afterwards. Conan calls Ran with Shinichi's voice and helps her solve the case.

Theme songs

Openings

• Episodes 43-85: Nazo by Miho Komatsu

Endings

• Episodes 43-51: Meikyū no Lovers by Heath
• Episodes 52-70: Hikari to Kage no Roman by Keiko Utoku
• Episodes 71-83: Kimi ga Inai Natsu by DEEN
• Episodes 84-85: Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake by Miho Komatsu

See also

• Anime
• Staff Listing Season 2
• Japanese DVDs