Season 7

The seventh season of the Detective Conan anime consists of the episodes aired in the year 2002.

It begun airing in January 7, 2002 and finished airing on December 9, 2002, with a total of 41 episodes. There are 26 manga-adapted episodes and 15 anime-original episodes. Countdown to Heaven^{(movie 5)} aired in April 1, 2002 and The Fourteenth Target^{(movie 2)} in October 7, 2002, and there were breaks totaling to 9 weeks.

List of episodes

The following is a list of episodes for Season 7.

Jp#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	English dub broadcast	Plot	Manga source	Next Conan's Hint
263	282-285	The Osaka Double Mystery - The Naniwa Swordsman and Toyotomi's Castle (2 Hour Special)	January 7, 2002			V31 - F8 ~ V32 - F4 (314-321)	Umbrella
Heiji invites Conan to watch his kendo match when a murder occurs. Heiji decides to solve the case before Conan gets there. When he arrives to check on the body, it disappears but is found again in the showers. Later, they explore a castle where they find a man fall off a roof. Later, a women on fire is found to have jumped off a bridge. Heiji and Conan realize the culprits are after the treasure in the castle, and solve the case. Later though, Heiji is cornered by them and is about to be shot until the Osaka police come and arrest them. Heizo punches his own son, to anger him into working harder on the case, and to have him try and confront the criminal. Kazuha and Ran discuss their feelings for their respective detective boyfriends.
264	286	Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro (Part 1)	January 14, 2002			TV Original	Cellphone
Ran and Conan attended a court session where Eri Kisaki won another case. Expecting to go for a celebratory dinner together, Ran was disappointed when Kisaki had to go and attend a pro bono case to defend a man accused on a murder charge. Three years before, the victim had killed the suspects only son in a drunk driving, and had managed to get off lightly. The suspect was unhelpful and insisted he could not remember what happened the evening of the crime when he encountered the victim by chance at a hotel. Kisaki, with the help of Ran and Conan, tracked down the suspects estranged wife to the eatery she was running. They were surprised to see Kogoro Mouri turning up. Not only was the eatery one of Kogoro's watering hole, they learned that he was present there the night of the murder. Upon questioning, it appears that Kogoro could provide alibi for the accused, who also turned up the same evening at the eatery. Kogoro's evidence was based on the time shown on his mobile, when he was woken up from his drunken nap by the proprietress to receive an incoming call. Conan however, noticed that Kogoro's mobile was always kept in his coat which was always hung on a rack when he patronized the eatery. He also noticed that it was the proprietress who brought the ringing phone to him when he was in a drunken stupor. Shortly, the prosecutor, Reiko Kujo, had a meeting with Kogoro in the eatery and Conan suspect Kujo must have perceived the same thing he did. Reiko Kujo and Sasaki's first appearances. We learn that Eri is actually an excellent attorney. Reiko is determined to hand Eri her first loss. Kogoro and Eri still act harsh to each other, but the both of them do want each other back.
265	287	Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro (Part 2)	January 21, 2002			TV Original	Matches
Kogoro's evidence for the suspects alibi was put into doubt by Reiko Kujo during the court hearing, turning him unwittingly from the defendant's witness to the prosecutor's witness. Anxious to make up to Kisaki, Kogoro conducted his own investigation, after obtaining the suspects residential address from Takagi. Conan went along and came across a matchbox in the suspects home, taken from the eatery. Reviewing the case notes, Kogoro realized what actually happened, but it took Conan's help to establish a convincing case during the court hearing to reveal the truth. Kisaki won the case and was proposing a dinner with Kogoro outside the courtroom, but the latter who just woke up from the effects of the tranquilizer dart, was distracted by a beautiful female passer-by. Kogoro is determined to help Eri on her case. Eri tries to ask Kogoro out on a dinner date, but of course, he acts like the same old Kogoro, which angers her again.
266	288	The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Case)	January 28, 2002			V33 - F3~6 (331-334)	Chocolate
Sonoko invites Ran to come to a house in the hills where their chocolates are blessed with good fortune for love. Conan and Mouri attend too. Once there, they meet 2 men who are out hunting for a Japanese wolf, an old lady who owns the place her two female assistants and a male photographer. The females there start making chocolate as gifts for the one they love. Sonoko makes hers for Makoto and Ran leaves hers nameless. A snowstorm occurs and the photographer is found dead by Conan and the dog named Subaru. Sonoko and Ran are making chocolates! Sonoko's is for Makoto, but Ran's chocolate is still un-named. However, we all know who she will make it for.
267	289	The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Deduction)	February 4, 2002			V33 - F3~6 (331-334)	Playing ball
The mystery continues and they develop the film on the camera to find droplets of blood on it. Apparently the murder takes place before the snowstorm but Conan feels like there's a trick to it. The characters are given more back story. While examining the chocolates, Conan figures out who the murder is. Mouri pops in finding Conan snooping around and is put to sleep. Conan tells everyone in the house Mouri is ready to place his deduction.
268	290	The Truth Behind Valentine's (The Resolution)	February 11, 2002			V33 - F3~6 (331-334)	Completely black photo
Mouri reveals who the murderer is. Just then they are betrayed by the two hunters who reveal they planned to murder that person the whole time to avoid blackmail from a crime they committed. Just then, a man in a ski mask, goggles, and a scarf comes in when one of the hunters opens the door. He knocks one of the hunters out and in his goggles a shot revealing Makoto. Ran knocks the other hunter out with a kick. Makoto demands Sonoko to tell her who is the other boy she is dating as he has not received her hand-made knitted sweater (She gave up due to its difficulty), her hand-made pottery glass (he mistook it to be a vase) and the chocolate (She refused to tell who it is for). He gets ready to fight until Sonoko tells him the chocolate was for him. Later on Ran cries because of Shinichi while Conan watches in the shadows. Ran wakes up to find her jacket blanketing her. She received a picture of herself sleeping from Detective Kid who is Conan with Shinichi's voice. Conan pretended Shinichi paid a visit and ate her chocolate due to hunger while she was asleep. Ran becomes angry due to Shinichi not waking her up to meet him. Makoto saves everyone! He gets incredibly embarrassed when he finally learns just who Sonoko has made the chocolate for. Ran is heartbroken, as it is Valentine's Day, and Shinichi is not there for her, again. However, Conan knows just what to do to help alleviate her tears.
269	291	The Forgotten Memento from the Crime (Part 1)	February 18, 2002			V33 - F7~9 (335-337)	Wristwatch
A man seeks out for Mouri Kogoro to help in finding his passed wife's wind-up watch in his apartment, because Mouri refuses because he thinks it's a silly request, professor Agasa and the kids offer help. They find it, but a murder occurs nearby, and Conan is suspicious of the group's client. Takagi tells Conan that someone stole the records of Kogoro's solved cases. Conan fears that the Organization is suspicious of Kogoro's newfound powers of deduction.
270	292	The Forgotten Memento from the Crime (Part 2)	March 4, 2002			V33 - F7~9 (335-337)	Sandwich
Conan solves the case and rushes to the Mouri home, afraid that the Organization is watching the place. Ran sees Shuichi Akai, and believes that she may have seen him before!
271	293	The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 1)	March 11, 2002			V33 - F10 ~ V34 - F1 (338-340)	○×△
Ran is thinking who the mysterious man she met is. Later Jodie asks Ran what "X" means and she does not know. Afterwards, Ran, Sonoko, Jodie, and Conan are at the mall when a murder occurs. The dying message is ?×??. Everyone in the mall is a suspect, so the only way to find the criminal is to use a list of names. Ran is baffled, who is the mysterious man that she has seen, before? Ran is completely clueless, as is Shinichi, about the meaning of "X".
272	294	The Secret Rushed Omission (Part 2)	March 18, 2002			V33 - F10 ~ V34 - F1 (338-340)	Square
Conan solves the case after figuring out the code was cut off and they represent a name of a person. Afterwards Ran learns what "X" but tells Conan it means "No Good". Later, a black organization types an email to Gin. Ran gets very embarrassed when she discovers the meaning of "X". Vermouth sends an e-mail to Gin. She feels that not far to meet with Sherry
273	295	Riddle Granny Disappearance Case	April 8, 2002			TV Original	Cat
The Detective Boys visit a park, where an old lady who feeds the birds with Ayumi, often shows up. However, the discover that she has disappeared. Can the Detective Boys find her kidnappers, and what reason could the kidnappers have for wanting to kidnap her?
274	296	The Truth of the Haunted House (Part 1)	April 15, 2002			V35 - F5~7 (355-357)	TV screen
Ran catches a cold and visits the doctor. When there one of the doctors patients mentions that his apartment is haunted by a girl who was burned to death four years ago. Conan and Mouri decide to investigate. Once there they meet three other people who are living in that apartment. Ran who is fearful of ghost tells her father they should leave at 7 pm. When the clock strikes 10:20 pm, Ran wakes up to find a ghost in the television telling her to leave. Mouri and Conan wake up due to her screaming. Mouri tells Ran it was probably a dream and goes to the toilet. After he's done the water turns red. Mouri backs away from the toilet and screams when he sees a ghostly image.
275	297	The Truth of the Haunted House (Part 2)	April 22, 2002			V35 - F5~7 (355-357)	Beaker
The three people excluding the old man are given more back story. One man does not believe in the ghost, one man is a horror movie filmer, and the other man just lives there. They are told that two suspects of the burning four years ago ran from the scene and one of them was identified. Conan finds out how the ghost trick was done. He puts Mouri to sleep and tells them the reason those tricks were done. He reveals that the culprit is one of the two suspects and that he is hiding the other suspect too.
276	298	The Policeman's Missing Notebook Case	May 6, 2002			TV Original	All-you-can-eat
Takagi loses his notebook after breaking up a fight between a manager and his singer. He searches for his book with the help of the Detective Boys. They then discover that the singer plans to murder his manager. The detective boys manage to bring Takagi to his house and save him before he was killed. With the manager was Takagi's notebook.
277	299	English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective (Part 1)	May 13, 2002	May 1, 2026		V34 - F2~4 (341-343)	Curtain
Conan is still very suspicious of Jodie Saintemillion. So, he calls in Heiji Hattori to assist in going to her home, and questioning her. Upon their arrival there, Jodie and the two agree to a dinner date. However, upon entering her apartment, a murder occurs. A man has fallen to his death from the window to his apartment. Is it suicide, or murder? Heiji and Shinichi begin to suspect that Chris Vinyard was the accomplice of Pisco and also a member of the organization...then they begin to suspect that Jodie is Chris Vinyard and decide to investigate...
278	300	English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective (Part 2)	May 20, 2002	May 1, 2026		V34 - F2~4 (341-343)	Electro-magnetic wave
After an investigation from Inspector Megure, Conan and Heiji figure out what exactly happened, and have Jodie assist them in solving the crime. This involves her getting drunk. Heiji, under the guise of showing Inspector Megure how the killer lured the victim into his room, sends Jodie a text message saying "Who Are You?" Jodie merely smiles in response. At the end of the episode Shinichi and Heiji come to the conclusion that Jodie is very suspicious and they should not let down their guard. Kazuha angrily calls Heiji, because he was supposed to take her out on a dinner date!
279	301	Hooligan's Labyrinth (Part 1)	May 27, 2002	May 1, 2026		V34 - F5~7 (344-346)	Ticket
Conan, the Detective Boys, Haibara, and Agasa, are all watching a soccer game involving the Tokyo Spirits and Noir. The game is a thrilling sudden death game with an exciting finish! However, somewhere in the stadium, lurks a man holding a rare knife... While everyone walks out of the stadium, they see on a store television, a game involving the Osaka team, Haibara takes special interest in a certain player on the team, Higo, because his situation in soccer closely mirrors, to her, her situation with the Black Organization, though she never admits this. He is considered a "traitor" by fans, for going from one team to another, and even fans of his own team boo him when he makes errors. While Haibara and the Detective Boys are focused on the game, Conan asks Agasa about if he has new information on Sharon Vineyard, and learns that a famous Japanese actress attended the funeral, but no one remembers who it was. While they watch the game on the TV, they spot a man known as a "Hooligan," a man who takes pride on starting trouble and riots in soccer matches. While everyone (Including is on a train packed with Noir and Tokyo supporters, the hooligan is found murdered, stabbed inside of the train. Inspector Megure and Detective Takagi arrive on the scene. Conan is able to narrow the suspects down to three people, but can he solve the case? And where did Haibara go? The last scene of the episode shows her walking away from everyone... First appearances of Ryusuke Higo. Takagi starts to question Conan's intelligence by asking him directly "How are you deducing like that?".
280	302	Hooligan's Labyrinth (Part 2)	June 3, 2002	May 1, 2026		V34 - F5~7 (344-346)	Uniform
Conan spots Haibara watching the big screen TV, eyeing Higo and how he is doing. Conan tells Haibara Higo's real intentions for switching teams. Thanks to this, Conan has an idea and now can solve the case! Conan, with the help of Agasa, is able to solve the case and confront the criminal, whom committed the murder as an act of revenge against the heartless hooligan. While the man is being taken away, the Detective Boys notice that Haibara is on the other side of the train station, near a different train. Conan believes that she may be running away, due to the many odd comments she has made throughout the day, about being a traitor! Conan races to find Haibara, only to believe that it is too late... until Haibara walks up to him and explains that she was trying to find Mitsuhiko's radio, that he had accidentally dropped during the hysteria that occurred when the man was murdered. Haibara feels an emotional connection with the soccer player Higo. Haibara ask conan "You'll protect me, right?". Conan answered "Yeah..." This might state something about Haibara's feelings for Conan.
281	303	The Small Eye-Witnesses	June 10, 2002			TV Original	Kamen Yaiba's special move
Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko witness a murder in an abandoned house. They hide in the truck the killer use to dispose the corpse, but they do not bring along their Detective Boys badges, making them unable to contact Conan. After the killer disposed the corpse, they managed to escape the truck and informed Conan. Can Conan find where the corpse was disposed? And who is the culprit?
282	304	The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden (Part 1)	June 17, 2002			TV Original	Beautiful rock garden
Conan, Kogoro, and Ran enter a mansion to meet up with the President of a large company. Various friends, co-workers, and rival business presidents show up for the dinner, where the tensions are very high. After staying for the night, a worker discovers the President's body, in a water stone garden, that fills and re-fills itself automatically as the day goes by. However, by the dead body, there are no footprints. Could this be an impossible crime?
283	305	The Mystery of the Water-Flowing Stone Garden (Part 2)	June 24, 2002			TV Original	Draining of the water
Inspector Sango Yokomizo arrives on the scene, and begins an investigation. Kogoro believes he has solved the case, and even tries to show everyone how the killer could have done the murder. After this fails, Conan stuns Kogoro with his watch, and tells everyone the real trick the killer used to commit the crime.
284	306	Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain (Part 1)	July 1, 2002			V34 - F8~10 (347-349)	Circular table
Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are all heading into Chinatown to have a nice dinner. In the car, Ran is studying extensively for an exam, and hasn't slept very well. Her mind keeps thinking back to a blurry memory of her and Shinichi, and she keeps thinking about that mysterious man, Shuichi Akai, and about how she believes she has seen him before. Conan is very worried for her health. While at the restaurant, they share a dinner table with another group of guests, because Kogoro didn't read the fine print on a coupon. One of the guests on the table dies. Inspector Jugo Yokomizo arrives on the scene. Kogoro mistakes him for his older brother, Sango, which angers Jugo, who is not a fan of Kogoro. Because Ran sat near the victim, she is considered a suspect! Conan wants to figure out who is the murderer, not just because Ran is a suspect, but also because she keeps looking more and more ill. Could something bad happen to Ran? Jugo Yokomizo's first appearance. Ran is feeling ill! Conan gets incredibly worried about her. Inspector Yokomizo establishes that he is very different from his brother, and is not very fond of him. Ran's past, including her thoughts on where exactly she has seen Shuichi Akai, keep bugging her.
285	307	Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain (Part 2)	July 8, 2002			V34 - F8~10 (347-349)	Wet towel
After an investigation, which sometimes is tense, Conan finally figures out how the killer could have killed the victim, via the victim's reflexes and distaste for certain food. As the investigation goes by, Ran looks more and more ill. After Conan stuns Kogoro and solves the case, Ran passes out on the floor. She finally remembers, thanks to the rain, just who Shuichi Akai is, and what the connection is with Shinichi. It was a case, over a year ago... Inspector Yokomizo is a much different Inspector from his brother, not believing in Kogoro at all. Conan is incredibly concerned about Ran. Is she OK? Ran's past and her memories finally return to her, after she has passed out...
286	308	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Case)	July 15, 2002	August 21, 2025		V34 - F11 ~ V35 - F4 (350-354)	Costumes
Ran collapses at the restaurant! Inspector Jugo Yokomizo takes her into his police car to escort her to the local hospital, as it will be faster than calling an ambulance. While in the car, Ran dreams about the time she spent with Shinichi in New York, after their plane trip. While there, they meet with Yukiko, and as well as Sharon Vineyard. While attending a play, a murder occurs right on stage, and a gun is found in an empty private booth. Ran dreams about her times in New York.
287	309	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Deduction)	July 22, 2002	August 21, 2025		V34 - F11 ~ V35 - F4 (350-354)	Feather
Shinichi begins the investigation! He realizes that the private booth with a gun was merely a decoy for everyone to believe the murder occurred there. Shinichi may have solved the case! But how can he get everyone to take his deductions seriously? Meanwhile, in New York City, there is a serial killer on the loose. Shinichi is very worried about Ran when she gets caught in an accident.
288	310	Shinichi Kudo's New York Case (The Resolution)	July 29, 2002	August 21, 2025		V34 - F11 ~ V35 - F4 (350-354)	Theater basement
Shinichi, with the help of Yukiko Kudo, is able to present his deductions, and solve the case. When leaving, it is raining, and Shinichi and Ran walk together, when Shinichi checks an abandoned warehouse when he hears a suspicious man is in there. While Ran waits outside, she meets up with Shuichi Akai, who at that point had long hair, and was wearing an FBI jacket. He warns her to leave, but she stays, waiting for Shinichi. After Akai leaves, Ran confronts the serial killer! He decides to kill her. After the killer accidentally falls off of a stairwell, Ran grabs his hand, which astonishes the killer. Shinichi then comes to the rescue! After Shinichi explains his and Ran's noble reasons for ever saying someone, the killer silently vows to leave them alone, while Shinichi carries an exhausted Ran off. Akai and the FBI kill the serial killer just a short while later. Ran wakes up, recounting that this was when she finally fully fell in love with Shinichi. Ran accidentally saves Vermouth and the viewers come to realize that Akai is a FBI agent. Ran mentions this case was when she finally fell in love with Shinichi. Ran encounters Shuichi Akai, who is trying to locate the serial killer.
289	311	Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest (Part 1)	August 5, 2002			V35 - F8~10 (358-360)	Lemon scent
Conan, Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys are all exercising outside of the school for the school's summer program. However, Mitsuhiko is nowhere to be found. After asking his sister, they learn he's been spending time at a botany store. After going there, they learn that they still cannot find him. They then try calling him on his badge, but he doesn't answer. Conan uses his tracking glasses to discover that Mitsuhiko is somewhere in Gunma, deep in a forest. When in the forest, they see Detective Yamamura and his police officers looking for someone in the forest. It turns out that they were guarding famed serial killer Kichiro Numabuchi, and were escorting him in the forest to look for a body he had dumped there, as well as where he lived. However, they lost him. Mitsuhiko is alone in a forest, while Numabuchi is running around in there himself! The episode ends with only a shot of Mitsuhiko's scared face, as he is taking deep breaths. Asami Tsuburaya's first appearance. Conan discovers that is the serial murderer Numabuchi who is in the forest with Mitsuhiko (And a chill goes through his body when he recalls the incident in which nearly is killed by him)
290	312	Mitsuhiko's Mystifying Forest (Part 2)	August 12, 2002			V35 - F8~10 (358-360)	Historical names
Haibara tells Conan that Numabuchi was the original test subject for APTX 4869, but he later escaped. Mitsuhiko runs into Numabuchi! However, Numabuchi, which still unstable, does not hurt Mitsuhiko. After Yamamura, Conan, Agasa, Haibara, and the Detective Boys find Mitsuhiko, and Yamamura arrests Numabuchi, fireflies drape the forest, which makes Numabuchi smile and remember his past. His real reason for returning to the forest one more time was to see the fireflies for the last time, which are his last truly positive memory of his childhood. Mitsuhiko also tells everyone why he never answered the badge: his hands were full. He walks up to Haibara and Ayumi, and opens his hands, revealing a firefly. He had gone over to Gunma to catch one for the two of them, as they had wished to see one. Numabuchi does not harm Mitsuhiko because he was reminded of himself as a child. He brings Mitsuhiko to safety and turns himself in to the police.   Haibara tells Conan that Numabuchi was a member of the organization. According to Haibara, he was recruited into the organization for his speed but was not psychologically well and became a scapegoat for the APTX 4869. However, he escaped from the organization, committed three murders, became involved in the case of Naniwa and then got arrested.
291	313	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Case)	August 19, 2002			V35 - F11 ~ V36 - F4 (361-365)	Note in the sand
Heiji and Kogoro is invited to Okinawa to appear on a detective competition show to solve a mysterious murder that has plagued the area's tourism. Heiji is taken to the island where the body was found with Conan, the girls, and a couple of TV crew members named Masao, Yoshitsugu, Noburo, Yoshie, and Mikihito, and a boat captain. They are shown an abandoned house that was owned by the mayor with a message about the sleeping place of a princess scratched onto the porch. Yoshie is missing when its time to go and she is found strangled on the beach. The group is unable to go home because the captain fled on the boat, so they are forced to spend the night in the abandoned house.
292	314	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Pursuit)	August 26, 2002			V35 - F11 ~ V36 - F4 (361-365)	Automatically controlled plane
Conan, Heiji, Ran, and Kazuha listen to the story about the mayor's daughter being kidnapped and his priceless golden by?bu stolen by three men. The group split into two to search the house in case there is an unexpected guest. Heiji and Conan search the bedroom to find a picture of the mayor's kidnapped daughter and the names "Chiyo-nii" and "Kaa-chan" written with crayon on the walls and bed. When they can't find anyone, everyone returns to the dining room when there's a loud crash from outside. They find their boat crashed into the pier with the captain beaten to death.
293	315	Solitary Island of the Princess and the Dragon King's Palace (The Resolution)	September 2, 2002			V35 - F11 ~ V36 - F4 (361-365)	Castle
Heiji dresses up as Yoshitsugu, one of the TV crew members, and runs into the forest where he is strangled. He manages to free himself and confront the attacker, Mikihito, also one of the TV crew members that was with them all along. Heiji and Conan explain their deduction about how Yoshitsugu, Yoshie, the captain, and the mysterious dead man found on the island were the four members who robbed the mayor's golden by?bu and Mikihito killed them as revenge for killing his wife in the robbery. Mikihito admits that he's the killer, but didn't know Yoshie was the mayor's missing kidnapped daughter who faked the kidnapping to test her father's loved for her.
294	316	The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 1)	September 9, 2002			TV Original	E-mail
Genta wins a prize in lottery to participate in the "Volcanic Cup" Tennis tournament for charity in Kumamoto, so Kogoro, Ran, Sonoko, Conan, Haibara and the Detective Boys travel there. While there Sonoko and Ran find a cell phone abandoned at on it there is a message for another Sonoko curious to know who is sending the message Ran and Sonoko decide to meet the person who sent the message. While waiting at a coffee shop Sonoko leaves to go to the bathroom Ran overhears two men talking about some job involving a "Sonoko-san" and they were also planning to kill someone today hearing this Ran tries to run from the criminals but is knocked out from behind by someone and gets kidnapped. After regaining her consciousness she calls Sonoko to tell her that she has been kidnapped and gives clues to her location and also manages to tell Conan the plan of those criminals to kill someone. With only these clues in hand will Conan be able to save Ran?
295	317	The Smash of Determination and Love (Part 2)	September 16, 2002			TV Original	Awards ceremony
Continuing from the previous episode with Ran kidnapped a ransom call is made demanding 50 million yen. With only the clues given by Ran left for him, Conan and Haibara with help from Sonoko quickly deduce the place where Ran is being held and rush to rescue her. After defeating the kidnappers Ran tells Conan about a third criminal who hit her on the head. Conan then tries to deduce the identity of the man the criminals are trying to kill he deuces that it is the man sponsoring the tournament Narimasu-san who the trio are planning to kill. After that he calls the police and asks them to rush back to the tournament as Narimasu is in danger. At the tournament during the prize distribution Masato-san is holding Narimasu-san at knifepoint as hostage threatening to kill him as he was responsible for the death of his secretary and his beloved Saeki-san who Narimasu made take the fall for his corruption charges, however Sonoko-san arrives just in time and prevents Makoto from killing Narimasu. After the incident was settled, Narimasu was arrested for corruption charges and the episode ends with Genta, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko punishing Ai-chan and Conan for not making it to the semifinals of the tennis tournament.
296	318	Houseboat Fishing Shock	October 14, 2002			TV Original	Carbon make fishing rod
Kogoro, Ran and Conan go to a fishboat restaurant and watch some fireworks but while there one of the fishermen they were with suddenly slips and falls down while the other is on top of him even after being electrocuted. How is this possible? Was it an accident? Will Conan be able to deduce the real events that occurred on the boat?
297	319	Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo (Part 1)	October 21, 2002			TV Original	Decorative clock
Kisaki found herself defending a burglar being charged by the state prosecutor with murder instead of manslaughter. The burglar had been caught in the act in the inner office of a company by the proprietor. He managed to flee after a struggle where he knocked out his opponent with an ashtray. The proprietor had been discovered dead by his son-in-law and the building superintendent, who witnessed from the eyehole of the inner office door the taking place. The superintendent went to call the police while the son-in-law knocked the door open. According to the charges, the suspect forced the victim to open the safe, where a large sum of cash was discovered missing, and subsequently fled through the window. The suspect admitted the burglary attempt, hitting the victim, but denied stealing the money. During the first hearing, Kisaki discovered the reason why the prosecution pressed for the murder charge - the victim had once cheated the daughter of the suspect. Ran persuaded Kogoro to investigate to help Kisaki defend the suspect.
298	320	Courtroom Confrontation II: Kisaki vs. Kujo (Part 2)	October 28, 2002			TV Original	Glasses
Conan went along with Kogoro during the investigation. He helped Kisaki and Kogoro realize that the superintendent only saw the shadow image of an assault. Conan also had to help Kogoro in the courtroom to reveal the truth of the death.
299	321	The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 1)	November 4, 2002			TV Original	Eyesight
Conan, Ran, and Kogoro go to the Kanmon Strait. While at a dinner, they witness a group of people eating, and then a mean spirited and spiteful person manages to offend and hurt everyone at the table. Later, this man is killed, and everyone has an alibi. Can Conan solve the case?
300	322	The Kanmon Strait of Friendship and Murderous Intent (Part 2)	November 18, 2002			TV Original	Palm mark
With some investigation by the police and Kogoro, Conan begins and investigation of his own. He discovers that the friends took advantage of one person in the group's poor eyesight, so that one of them could commit the murder. Conan stuns Kogoro and solves a very sad case.
301	323	Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 1)	November 25, 2002			V36 - F5~7 (366-368)	Video camera
A bomb explodes during a parade and the police believe it's the bombing case from three years ago. Sato is acting strange when she see's Takagi's disguise who resembled her previous partner. Conan realizes that the bomb was a distraction for something else. Jinpei Matsuda's first appearance. It is hinted that Sato is in love or "still" in love and can't let go of Jinpei.
302	324	Parade of Malice and Saint (Part 2)	December 2, 2002			V36 - F5~7 (366-368)	Mail truck
After solving the case, it was revealed to not be related to the bombing three years ago but a simple bank robbery. Sato later breaks up with Takagi explaining every man she loves dies. Takagi tried to confess to Sato while holding her hands. However, he didn't manage to get enough courage to do it...
303	325	The Victim Who Came Back	December 9, 2002			TV Original	Recycling
The Detective Boys go to Akemodo to catch a thief that has been causing problems, while there a murder occurs and the police is called. While investigating Inspector Takagi decides to help the Detective Boys and during the investigation Mitsuhiko makes a deduction on the culprits identity and motive. Will Inspector Takagi and the Detective Boys find this culprit?

Theme Songs

Openings

• Episodes 263-270: Winter Bells by Mai Kuraki
• Episodes 271-303: I can't stop my love for you♥ by Rina Aiuchi

Endings

• Episodes 263-265: Aoi Aoi Kono Hoshi ni by Azumi Uehara
• Episodes 266-287: Yume Mita Ato de by GARNET CROW
• Episodes 288-299: Mushoku by Azumi Uehara
• Episodes 300-303: Overture by Koshi Inaba

Trivia

• This season is when the production change took place: from celluloid (analogue) to full-digital. The last episode animated using cels is episode 283.

See also

• Anime
• Staff Listing Season 7
• Japanese DVDs