The kidnapper was Ryuusaku Fuemoto, but he died before being able to tell Sato where Takagi was. Sato told him that he had kidnapped the wrong person, as Fuemoto was aiming for Wataru Date. He got confused because Takagi's given name is also Wataru.
Fuemoto wanted to kidnap Date because he considered that Natalie Kuruma, his student, to be like his daughter. He thought that Date had dumped her and this had led her to suicide, but in fact she killed herself after she saw her boyfriend was dead out of sadness.
Conan is able to deduce Takagi is actually in Hokkaido and the building where he is has just two floors. It looked like it had more floors because of a mirror that Fuemoto used. Takagi is saved just in time and Sato kisses him.
Later, Takagi and Sato visit Date's grave, but Tooru Amuro is also there. He deletes from his cellphone the last message that Date had sent him.
People
Ryusaku Fuemoto
Victim (poison)
Ex-teacher of English conversation school
Yuko Tokugi
Deceased (hanged)
6th year at Tohto University Medical School
Natalie Kuruma
Deceased (hanged)
Lecturer
Kyoka Hikoue
Deceased (hanged)
Hostess
Major events
This is the first time Sato meets Naeko and the first time the Detective Boys meet Tooru Amuro.
Date handed over his notebook to Takagi before he died.
It seems Tooru Amuro and Wataru Date were very good friends and acquainted with each other at some point, he could be the lean fellow friend Date referenced in flashbacks.
Takagi and Sato share their second and third kiss, much to the chagrin of the other officers.
Date and Amuro were close friends and attended Police academy together.
The culprit is Keisuke Ogino. He sprinkle some used salt from his pocket in his beer to manipulate the time table of his alibi. He killed Daisaku Katsumoto because he published a false article that lead to the suicide of the actress it was about. Keisuke was disgusted at the disregard for the victim, and that the president only did so for sales, disgracing the company he was passionate to work for.
The actress had been an old classmate of Ogino and he had been haunted by the thought that she might have believed he had something to do with the false article since the picture used was taken by him.
People
Daisaku Katsumoto
Victim (fell)
58 years old
Publishing company president
Keisuke Ogino
34 years old
Cameraman
Kaori Tsukihara
28 years old
Magazine editor
Kazutomo Sodesaki
31 years old
Writer
Actress
Deceased (suicide)
Formerly engaged to a diet member
Stuntman
Victim (injured)
Actress' younger half brother
Currently in coma
Major events
Haibara does not hate Subaru as much as before.
Subaru reveals that he has made a promise with someone regarding Haibara.
Conan finds out the truth behind the cases and assists Ran over the phone, using Shinichi's voice. Subaru Okiya notices this and finds out that Conan is actually Shinichi.
The two deaths weren't a serial murder case. Takefumi Koriyama's death was an accident and the kanji for death (死, shi) written in blood was actually caused by the shape of his finger, grass and some candies that Ryosuke Nishimura left so that he could get to heaven. The candies and the grass weren't in their right place because a dog ate the candies when the blood was already dry. Yuusaku didn't made the truth public because Ryosuke's actions could be misunderstood as a rude prank and he didn't want the child to be discredit because of it.
The kanji next to Takaichi's body was caused by his wallet, coins and a cigarette. He died from his cirrhosis and the wallet and coins weren't found because some thieves had stolen his wallet after he had died. These thieves appeared to attack Ran, Masumi and Sonoko, but they couldn't fight against Ran's karate and Masumi's jeet kune do.
Masumi thinks that she is a bad kid as she leaves the place.
People
Isao Takaichi
Victim (blood loss)
Takefumi Koriyama
Deceased (stabbed)
Preschool principal
Ryosuke Nishimura
5 years old
Man A
Gangster
Man B
Gangster
Man C
Gangster
Major events
This is the first time Sera meets Subaru and she looks a little bit shocked.
Sera finds a glass with lipstick on it and a long strand of hair in the kitchen deducing that since Subaro is the one currently staying in the house the female guest must be his and not Shinichi's.
Flashback to a case Yusaku Kudo once solved.
Subaru Okiya discovers Conan's true identity.
Sera is seen with tears about to fall from her eyes looking back at Ran and Conan saying "I'm a bad kid afterall".
The culprit is Chozo Usagi and he accidentally killed the woman with an axe because he had panicked after she locked themselves up in a cabin to help him get over his claustrophobia. The shape she was making with her hands were the shape of a rabbit (兎, usagi) indicating Usagi-san was the culprit.
Haibara takes an antidote prototype and becomes Shiho Miyano for the second time, in order to save her friends from the fire. The children record a video of the woman who had saved them and upload it to the Internet.
Tooru Amuro hacks Kogoro's computer using the password he had mentioned during a previous case and watches the video of Shiho. He notices that Shiho is wearing a pass ring for the Mystery Train. Subaru Okiya also hacks the computer and watches the video.
People
Chozo Usagi
42 years old
Photographer
Hayamichi Yonezumi
31 years old
Part-time Worker
Takeya Iwakuma
23 years old
University student
Woman
Victim (hacked)
Around 30 years of age
Child care worker
Major events
This is the first time Ai turns into Shiho via APTX antidote.
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