The Mysterious Shooting Message Case

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Episode 14
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Information

Title:

The Mysterious Shooting Message Case

Japanese title:

Nazo no Messēji Sogeki Jiken
(謎のメッセージ狙撃事件)

Original airdate:

April 29, 1996

Season:

1

Manga source:

TV Original

English version

English title:

The Shooter

English airdate:

June 16, 2004

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Detective Boys
Inspector Megure

Case solved by:

Conan Edogawa
Detective Boys

Next Conan's Hint:

Answering machine

Staff

Director:

Kenji Kodama

Screenplay:

Kazunari Kouchi

Storyboard:

Kuchiru Kazehara

Episode director:

Masato Sato

Animation director:

Akio Kawamura, Kumiko Shishido

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri
Chafurin as Inspector Megure
Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima
Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya
Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida
Joji Nakata as Koichi Yamabe
Keiko Onodera as Eri
Kiyomitsu Mizu'uchi as Helicopter Pilot
Keiji Fujiwara as Man A
Naoki Makishima as Man B
Isshin Chiba as Man C

Music

Opening song:

"Mune ga Doki Doki"

Closing song:

"Step by Step"

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Ayumi Yoshida

Genta Kojima

Inspector Megure

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes

Case

Situation

Missing Persons

Victim: Koichi Yamabe, Eri

While fishing, Conan and with the Detective Boys spot a sniper shooting a balloon tied to a remote controlled boat on the river. This sniper is held at gunpoint by other men. The Detective Boys go to find these men but when they get there, the gunmen have left. Conan finds a calculator under a small concrete block which he believes was left behind by the sniper. Kogoro, Ran and Conan, joined by the Shonen Tantei, find a stretch of road that mirrors the river used for the test. They call the police and find out that the sniper, Koichi Yamabe, and his girlfriend, Eri, were recently reported missing. However, while waiting for the criminals to arrive at the supposed sniping spot, Conan realizes that the numbers on the calculator, when read upside down, spell out a different message entirely.

People

Koichi Yamabe
	Victim (abducted) Police officer and former rifle marksman (Olympic team)

Eri
	Victim (abducted) Koichi's girlfriend

Man #1
	Suspect Hostage taker

Man #2
	Suspect Hostage taker

Man #3
	Suspect Hostage taker

Man #4
	Suspect The lookout

District Attorney
File:EP14 Target and Family.jpg	Koichi's target (shown with his family)

Resolution

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• Evidence
  • The sniper left behind a calculator with the numbers 3,135,134,162 on the screen.
  • The sniper's test was held at about one o'clock in the afternoon.
  • When Ran suggested that the numbers 162 might be a road, Kogoro declared that the shape of the river might be similar to the bends of the road for the sniping site.
  • When Conan accidentally sees the numbers upside down, the numbers can be read as "291 Heisei E".

• Resolution

The sniper that Conan saw was Koichi Yamabe, a police officer and former rifle marksman of Japan's Olympic team. He and his girlfriend, Eri, were abducted by the criminals while on vacation. The criminals held Eri hostage so that Koichi Yamabe would work for them.

When the criminals don't arrive at the site on Saitama Route 162, Conan and the Detective Boys try reexamining the code. As Mitsuhiko punches the numbers into his calculator, Conan accidentally sees that when upside down, the numbers can read as "291 Heisei E". The decoded message means the one o'clock train on February 9th of the Heisei Express train. The shape of the river turns out to mirror a double-curve in the train tracks of the Express. The criminals want Koichi to shoot someone inside the train and the balloon was just an accuracy test.

Conan sneaks into the helicopter taking Inspector Megure to the train line. Before Koichi can assassinate the target, Inspector Megure instructs the pilot to swoop down and distract the criminals. Conan uses his Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to kick his helmet towards one criminal before he can shoot Koichi. Koichi is able to take down the remaining criminals and save Eri from harm.

• Motive

The criminals were former members of a gang whose leaders were caught in a sting operation last year. They wanted revenge on the district attorney who set up the operation, and planned to shoot him while he was on his way back from a vacation with his family.

See also

• Season 1