The Secret of the Search for his Wife

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Episode 975
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Information

Title:

The Secret of the Search for his Wife

Japanese title:

妻探しの秘密
(Tsuma Sagashi no Himitsu)

Original airdate:

July 4, 2020

Broadcast rating:

7.8%

Filler case number:

#330

Season:

28

Manga source:

TV Original

Case

Cast:

Conan Edogawa
Ran Mouri
Kogoro Mouri
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Teacher B

Case solved by:

Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Next Conan's Hint:

Flyer

Staff

Director:

Yasuichiro Yamamoto

Screenplay:

Asami Ishikawa

Storyboard:

Koichiro Kuroda

Episode director:

Koichiro Kuroda

Animation director:

Seiji Muta (supervisor)
Kaoru Nagakawa and Michitaka Yamamoto

Character design:

Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Rei Masunaga

Voice cast:

Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa
Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri
Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri
Chafurin as Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi
Takahiro Mizushima as Masaki Higuchi
Chinatsu Akasaki as Tomomi Higuchi
Masumi Asano as Sakie Tsutsumi
Naoki Tamanoi as Old man
Rinko Hayashi as Housewife
Katsumi Fukuhara as Boy
Yuko Tsubaki as Mother
Yukinori Okubata as Young man

Music

Opening song:

"Makka na Lip"

Closing song:

"Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu"

The Secret of the Search for his Wife (妻探しの秘密 ,Tsuma Sagashi no Himitsu) is the 975th episode of the Detective Conan anime. It was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Ran Mouri

Kogoro Mouri

Juzo Megure

Wataru Takagi

Teacher B (cameo)

Gadgets

Gadgets

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Missing person

File:EP961 Case1.png

Location: Beika-cho

Victim: Tomomi Higuchi

Age: 29 years old

Time: 3 days ago

Masaki Higuchi asks Kogoro to solve the mystery behind his wife's disappearance, which he thought was strange.

Murder

File:EP961 Case2.png

Location: Higuchi house

Victim: Tomomi Higuchi

Age: 29 years old

Time: 3 days ago

Cause of death: Stab wound

Suspects: Masaki Higuchi

While the police were searching the house, one of the officers dug in the ground and found what was Tomomi's body. Masaki then became the prime suspect.

People

Masaki Higuchi
	32 years old Office worker

Tomomi Higuchi
	Victim (stabbed) 29 years old Masaki's wife Florist Amateur actress

Woman A
	Next door neighbor of the Higuchis Housewife

Man A
	Man living in front of the Higuchis Retired

Man B
	Man living diagonally from the Higuchis

Man C
	Man living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Bandage on forehead

Woman B
File:EP975 Woman1.jpg	Woman living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Scratches on legs

Woman C
	Woman living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Bandages on left arm

Boy
	Woman C's son

Police Officer A
	Tokyo MPD police officer

Police Officer B
	Tokyo MPD police officer

Resolution

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The culprit is the woman with scratches, who is named in fact Sakie Tsutsumi.

Trivia

• The restaurant where Masaki had a date with his wife is Arsène, the skyview restaurant which appeared in The Desperate Revival, and he was bringing his wife a Fusae brand gift.
• The kindergarten where Shinichi, Ran, and Sonoko went to is located near the Higuchis' house.
• The play Tomomi is cast in is Shakespeare's Othello.
• The sweatshirt worn by Ran in the ending is the same from The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop.

Gallery

See also

• Season 28