The Secret of the Search for his Wife

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Episode 975 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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:	#329
Season:	29
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 Nobuharu Kamanaka
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 Woman with scratches 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 as episode 976, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It finally aired on July 4, 2020 as episode 975, replacing The Beika City Shopping Center Garbage Bin Mystery, which aired instead on April 17, 2021.

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

A man called Masaki Higuchi is searching his wife.

Missing Person

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 (Past)

Location: Higuchi house

Victim: Tomomi Higuchi

Age: 29 years old

Time: 3 days ago

Cause of death: Stab wound with pruning shears

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
	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. Her motive his that Tomomi accidentally ruined her plants.

Attempted Murder

Location: Higuchi house

Victim: Sakie Tsutsumi

Age: 35 years old

Injury: Bashing with shovel

Culprit: Masaki Higuchi

When Masaki hears the motive of the culprit, he attempts to kill Sakie to avenge his wife, but is stopped by Megure.

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.
• The police car from The High School Girl Trio's Secret Café reappeared.

Gallery

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Thai	ความลับของการตามหาภรรยา	The Wife Search Secret

See also

• Season 29