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Continuity is a concept in fiction used for directly referring to previous stories, establishing for them to be "in the past" of the current story containing the reference to it and thus strengthening the continuity between both or even creating one in the first place by connecting both plots. This is not the same as the Canon, even though establishing continuity helps define elements of the series that are part of the Canon. This can be done by means of a direct Continuity Nod or a Call-back.

The Manga, Anime, Movies, Games and other spin-off material aren't set in the same continuity despite sharing and adapting some of the same stories and influencing each other now and then in certain details. This is emphasized by the separation below.

Detective Conan Continuities

Manga Continuity

Volume 1

Prologue (Manga: 1)

• Black Organization case.
• Shinichi Kudo, Ran Mouri, Juzo Megure, Gin and Vodka debut and become recurring characters. Kogoro Mouri gets mentioned. Sherlock Holmes also gets mentioned for the first time as an in-universe fictional character.
• Tropical Land (a crossover setting from Magic Kaito) and the City of Tokyo as a whole get introduced and become recurring settings.

Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: 2-5)

• This case is a direct continuation of File 1 and set during the same evening.
• Kogoro Mouri and Professor Hiroshi Agasa debut and become recurring characters. Shinichi's parents, Yusaku and Yukiko Kudo, and Ran's mother, Eri Kisaki, get indirectly mentioned for the first time. The Yotsui company/family also get mentioned before debuting in a later case.
• The Kudo residence, Hiroshi Agasa's residence, the Mouri Detective Agency and Café Poirot right below it get introduced and become recurring settings.

Bloody Idol Case (Manga: 6-9)

• Yoko Okino debuts and becomes a recurring character. Her manager Eiichi Yamagishi debuts, but only becomes a recurring character in spin-off media like the Anime and Zero's Tea Time.
• Kohnan High School gets mentioned for the first time.
• The Voice-Changing Bowtie gets introducted and becomes the first recurring gadget.
• To Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case (Manga: File 1): Conan Edogawa mentions his shrinking and the "men in black" and says that it's been "three days" since then. Ran Mouri also mentions the events in front of Professor Hiroshi Agasa, being in concern about Shinichi Kudo's well-being since the date at Tropical Land.

Volume 2

Mysterious Shadow Case (Manga: 10-12)

• Toya debuts and becomes a recurring character. Yaiba Kurogane, the protagonist of Gosho Aoyama's previous series Yaiba also debuts as a fictional character on a TV and becomes a recurring character as this and a real person later on.
• Teitan Elementary School and Narita Airport get introduced and become recurring settings.
• The Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes get introduced and become a recurring gadget.

¥1,000,000,000 Robbery (Manga: 13-16)

• Black Organization case.
• Akemi Miyano debuts and becomes a posthumous recurring character in flashbacks and further mentions after her death at the end of this case.
• Shiho Miyano gets mentioned.
• The Shinjuku Ward gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.
• The Transmitters and Criminal Tracking Glasses get introduced and become recurring gadgets.

Haunted Mansion Case (Manga: 17-19)

• Ayumi Yoshida, Genta Kojima and his mother, as well as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and his mother debut and become recurring characters.
• The fourth block of Beika Town gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.
• The Elasticity Suspenders get introduced and become a recurring gadget.

Volume 3

Hatamoto Family Case (Manga: 20-25)

• Natsue Hatamoto, Takeshi Hatamoto and Jojo Hatamoto debut and become recurring characters.
• The Stun-Gun Wristwatch gets introduced and becomes a recurring gadget.

Monthly Presents Case (Manga: 26-29)

• Beika General Hospital and Beika Park are introduced and become recurring settings.
• To Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: 2-5): When Ran Mouri thinks about all the times Conan Edogawa acted unusual, she remembers the moment from this case when he notified her father about the watchdogs of the Tani family.
• To Bloody Idol Case (Manga: 6-9): When Ran thinks about all the times Conan acted unusual, she also remembers the moment from this case when he found out about the lighter in front of Yuko Ikezawa.
• To Hatamoto Family Case (Manga: 20-25): Ran shows a letter by Natsue Hatamoto they got at the beginning of the case, referring to the Hatamoto family murders "last month", which Kogoro Mouri only barely remembers. The letter mainly tells about how Takeshi's and Natsue's life went on in the meantime. Later on, she thinks about all the times Conan acted unusual, including during that case.

Volume 4

Bullet-Train Bombing (Manga: 33-35)

• Black Organization case.
• Kyoto gets mentioned for the first time and Ran Mouri says that she's never been there before.
• The Microphone in Conan's glasses get introduced and become a recurring gadget.
• To Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case (Manga: File 1): On the Shinkansen, Conan Edogawa thinks about the moment Gin and Vodka gave him the poison during the first chapter - shortly before encountering them on the train.

Code Sheet Case (Manga: 36-39)

• Kamen Yaiba gets introduced and becomes a recurring, in-universe fictional character.
• The Minato Ward, including Tokyo Tower, the Beika Police Department and a PAPCO Store get introduced and become recurring settings.
• A television by ONY is shown, which is the first appearance of this fictionalized company in this manga after its introduction/founding in Yaiba. Other appliances made by ONY become a recurring accessoire in future cases.
• To Bullet-Train Bombing (Manga: 33-35): At Tokyo Tower, Ran Mouri refers to the moment Conan Edogawa wanted to admit something to her on the Shinkansen during that case and asks him what it was.

Volume 5

Bandaged Man Case (Manga: 40-44)

• Sonoko Suzuki and her older sister Ayako Suzuki debut and become recurring characters. Masaru Ohta debuts too and gets mentioned in the following case again.

Lex Vocalist Murder Case (Manga: 45-48)

• The music band "Lex" debut and get mentioned in later cases several times.
• The "Karaoke Box" gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.
• To Bandaged Man Case (Manga: 40-44): Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki are talking about the previous case again, with it being implicitely at least one week ago, since Sonoko's sister Ayako has been bedridden "for a week" after that.

Conan Kidnapping Case (Manga: 49-51)

• Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo debut and become recurring characters. The Night Baron, an in-universe fictional character created by Yusaku, appears for the first time as his costume and gets repeated name drops in future cases.
• The Beika Hotel gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.
• To Roller Coaster Murder Case (Manga: 1): Conan Edogawa briefly thinks about the moment Gin and Vodka were poisoning him in File 1 when getting confronted by Fumiyo Edogawa.
• To Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: 2-5): Ran Mouri indirectly refers to File 2 when she asks Conan about his parents, since it's been "a long time" since they went overseas and left him in Japan, according to his backstory he gave back then.
• To Lex Vocalist Murder Case (Manga: 45-48): Conan suspects that the organization may have found out about him because he appeared as Shinichi Kudo to solve this case.

Volume 6

Antique Collector Case (Manga: 52-55)

• The fictionalized town of "Kinza" in Tokyo gets mentioned for the first time and becomes a recurring setting later on.
• The in-universe movie The Santa Claus of Summer is mentioned for the first time and gets several other name drops in later cases.

Twin Brothers Case (Manga: 56-58)

• The Detective Boys form at the start of the chapter.
• Hiroki gets introduced and becomes a recurring character in the spin-off Zero's Tea Time.
• The Detective Boys Badges get introduced and become a recurring gadget.
• To Code Sheet Case (Manga: 36-39): Inspector Juzo Megure regrets trusting the Detective Boys based on them catching those "italian mobsters", referencing this case from Volume 4. The kids themselves mention the case later on, too, suspecting Conan Edogawa of trying to get rid of them, enraging Genta Kojima.

Tenkaichi Festival Case (Manga: 59-61)

• Sango Yokomizo debuts and becomes a recurring character.
• The Saitama Prefecture gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.

Volume 7

Moonlight Sonata Case (Manga: 62-67)

• Seiji Asoh debuts and gets repeated posthumous mentions in later cases after their death at the end of this story.
• Tsukikage Island debuts and also gets mentions in later cases.

Pro Soccer Player Case (Manga: 68-71)

• Hideo Akagi, Naoki Uemura and Ramus debut and become recurring characters.
• The Tokyo National Stadium gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting. Beika Elementary School gets mentioned for the first time, but only gets another mention in the expanded canon of the Anime as Kota Matsumoto's school in Episode 816.
• To Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case (Manga: 1): Conan Edogawa again mentions the moment he got poisoned by the two men in black at the beginning of the case.
• To Bloody Idol Case (Manga: 6-9): Ran Mouri mentions to Ryoko Akagi that Shinichi Kudo currently is gone because he "investigates a complicated case", which he told her at the end of that previous case.
• Shinichi as the narrator also tells in medias res at the end of the case that Ran needed three days to believe he didn't two-time, implying for the following case to be at least three days after this one.

Volume 8

Night Baron Murder Case (Manga: 72-77)

• Satoru Maeda debuts and gets mentioned again in a later case.
• The Night Baron Virus gets mentioned for the first time and becomes a recurring plot element later on.
• To Tenkaichi Festival Case (Manga: 59-61): Conan Edogawa gets dragged from the crime scene by inspector Sango Yokomizo, who then realized that he's the boy that was with Kogoro Mouri back during that case. Yokomizo mentions that he's switched to the Shizuoka police force one month ago, implying for case to have happened at least as long ago, too.

Poisoned Bride Case (Manga: 78-80)

• Shinichi Kudo as the narrator mentions that Miss Matsumoto was released from the hospital two months after the case and married Toshihiko Takasugi "three years later".
• Kiyonaga Matsumoto debuts and becomes a recurring character.

Volume 9

Kidnapped Ayumi Case (Manga: 81-83)

• The Turbo Engine Skateboard gets introduced and becomes a recurring gadget.

Kogoro's Class Reunion (Manga: 84-86)

• Beika University gets mentioned for the first time, as Kogoro Mouri's and his friends' alma mater, and becomes a recurring setting later on.

Wealthy Daughter Murder Case (Manga: 87-91)

• Takuya Mifune debuts and becomes a recurring character.
• To Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: 2-5): The party Conan Edogawa, Ran and Kogoro Mouri get invited to is the rich Yotsui family, whose company was mentioned by Mr. Tani as one of his rivals back during that case.

Volume 10

Diplomat Murder Case (Manga: 92-94)

• Heiji Hattori, Heizo Hattori, Yukiko Katsuragi and Takayoshi Tsujimura debut and become recurring characters.

Library Murder Case (Manga: 97-98)

• This case is a direct continuation of/epilogue to the previous one, the Diplomat Murder Case (Manga: 92-96).
• Kaitou Kid appears for the first time as a fictional character called "Burglar Boy" on the cover of a book Conan Edogawa is holding, but will debut as a real person in a later case.
• Beika Library gets introduced and gets mentioned again in the expanded canon of the Anime during Episode 686.

Medical Professor Murder Case (Manga: 99-101)

• Tohto University gets mentioned for the first time, which becomes a recurring setting later on.

Volume 11

TV Station Murder Case (Manga: 102-104)

• Nichiuri TV and its station gets introducted, which will become recurring elements of the plot.

Coffee Shop Case (Manga: 105-107)

• Eri Kisaki debuts and becomes a recurring character.
• To TV Station Murder Case (Manga: 102-104): Eri Kisaki's longing for her ex-husband gets disrupted when she sees a rerun of his imprudent joke on TV he made at the Nichiuri TV station during the case before.

Mist Tengu Case (Manga: 108-110)

• The Button Speaker gets introduced and becomes a recurring gadget.

Volume 12

Game Convention Case (Manga: 114-116)

• Black Organization case.
• Tequila debuts and becomes a posthumous recurring character through flashbacks and mentions after his death at the beginning of this case.

Volume 13

Gomera Murder Case (Manga: 128-130)

• Tomomi Sakaguchi debuts and becomes a recurring character through movie appearances in later cases. Gomera also debuts as an in-universe fictional character who appears and gets mentioned more often down the line.
• To Magic Kaito, Red Tear (MK Manga: 22): Gomera first appeared in the new film Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori go to during "Red Tear". Since the movie being produced during this case was supposed to be Gomera's final outing, it would be chronologically set after "Red Tear".

Volume 14

Magician's Suicide Case (Manga: 131-133)

• Kazumi Sanada debuts and becomes a recurring character.

Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: 134-138)

• This case is a direct continuation of the previous one, the Magician's Suicide Case.
• Misao Yamamura debuts and becomes a recurring character.

Ski Lodge Case (Manga: 139-143)

• Haido Elementary School gets mentioned for the first time and becomes a recurring setting later on.

Volume 15

Two-Mix Kidnapping Case (Manga: 144-146)

• TWO-MIX, a real life music band, debut and become recurring characters.

Bond of Fire Case (Manga: 150-153)

• To Moonlight Sonata Case (Manga: 62-67): Conan Edogawa references this case and Seiji Asoh's suicide in specific in front of Heiji Hattori.

Volume 16

School Mystery Case (Manga: 154-155)

• Sumiko Kobayashi and Ryujiro Uematsu debut and become recurring characters.

Kaitou Kid and the Black Star (Manga: 156-159)

• Kaito Kuroba, Shintaro Chaki, Shiro Suzuki and Tomoko Suzuki debut and become recurring characters. Aoko Nakamori debuts too, but only gets a mention in another case later down the line.
• Ginzo Nakamori debuts in this series and is said to be working at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department under Shintaro Chaki "for a month" by now, which means that the prequel chapters "Black Star" (Magic Kaito, 23-24)) are set at least a month prior to this case, where Nakamori was still working at the Minato Police Department. He becomes a recurring character in Detective Conan afterwards.
• The Shibuya Ward and Beika Art Museum get introduced and become recurring settings.
• Prof. Hiroshi Agasa tells Conan Edogawa that Kaitou Kid disappeared mysteriously around eight years ago and seems to be active again since recently, just like it was explained in Chapter 1 of Magic Kaito, implying for both series to happen somewhat concurrently, with Magic Kaito beginning a bit earlier, as proven by "Black Star".
• To Hatamoto Family Case (Manga: 20-25): Joji Hatamoto reappears and references this past case.
• To Bandaged Man Case (Manga: 40-44): Ayako Suzuki reappears.
• To Wealthy Daughter Murder Case (Manga: 87-91): Takuya Mifune reappears, referencing this case.
• To Triplet Murder Case (Manga: 122-124): Ayako Suzuki's fiance Yuzo Tomizawa reappears.
• To Magician's Suicide Case (Manga: 131-133): Kazumi Sanada reappears, with the protagonists remembering him from that case.

Famous Potter Murder Case (Manga: 160-162)

• Kikuemon debuts and gets mentioned again in later cases.
• To Museum Owner Murder Case (Manga: 30-32): One of the cases the characters of this case want to hear about from Kogoro Mouri is the murder at the art museum.
• To Moonlight Sonata Case (Manga: 62-67): One of the cases the characters of this case want to hear about from Kogoro Mouri are the events on Tsukikage Island.
• To Kogoro's Class Reunion (Manga: 84-86): One of the cases the characters of this case want to hear about from Kogoro Mouri is the one about the murder at his own class reunion.
• To Mist Tengu Case (Manga: 108-110): One of the cases the characters of this case want to hear about from Kogoro Mouri is the one about the "Mist Tengu".
• To Magician's Suicide Case (Manga: 131-133): One of the cases the characters of this case want to hear about from Kogoro Mouri is the murder of Motoyasu Tsukumo.

Volume 17

Hospitalized Robber Case (Manga: 166)

• Beika Department Store gets introduced, being located right across Beika Hospital, and becomes a recurring setting.

Actor's Apartment Case (Manga: 170-172)

• Wataru Takagi debuts after getting introduced in the Anime first and becomes a recurring character.

Volume 18

Missing Older Brother Case (Manga: 176-178)

• Ai Haibara, the shrunken form of Shiho Miyano, debuts and becomes a recurring character.
• To Twin Brothers Case (Manga: 56-58): Genta Kojima sarcastically asks Toshiya if his missing brother is a cat, referring to Hiroki and his cat Akira from that case. Genta also asks Conan Edogawa whether he really thinks he can shake them off, referencing two moments when he did this, one of them during this case.
• To Code Sheet Case (Manga: 36-39): When Genta asks Conan whether he really thinks he can shake them off like before, he is referencing two moments from the past when he did this, one of them being this past case.

Murdered Professor Case (Manga: 179-118)

• This case is a direct continuation of the previous one, the Missing Older Brother Case.
• To ¥1,000,000,000 Robbery (Manga: 13-16: Ai Haibara reveals herself to be Akemi Miyano's sister and asks Conan Edogawa why he couldn't save her back then. The victim of this case, Professor Masami Hirota is also the person whose name Akemi adapted as her pseudonym, who was acquainted with him.

Volume 19

Mystery Writer Case (Manga: 182-184)

• Detective Samonji, an in-universe fictional character, appears for the first time.
• Conan Edogawa ponders about the fact that Kogoro and Ran Mouri almost got dragged into the conflict with the Black Organization several times, too, referring to the ¥1,000,000,000 Robbery (Manga: 13-16), Bullet-Train Bombing (Manga: 33-35) and Game Convention (Manga: 114-116) cases.

Stabbed Wallet Case (Manga: 185-188)

• Kazuha Toyama, her father Ginshiro Toyama, Goro Otaki and Ki'ichiro Numabuchi debut and become recurring characters.
• Osaka gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.
• To Illustrator Murder Case (Manga: 125-127): The "recent case with Kenjin Hanaoka" gets a brief mention.

Stadium Threatening Case (Manga: 189-191)

• Miwako Sato debuts and becomes a recurring character.

Volume 20

Magic Lovers Case (Manga: 192-196)

• Toichi Kuroba gets mentioned for the first time, when the suspects name their favorite magicians, with him actually being a character from Magic Kaito.
• To Magician's Suicide Case (Manga: 131-133): Motoyasu Tsukumo, Kazumi Sanada and Yashiro Kinoshita get mentioned when the suspects name their favorite magicians.

Sealed Bathroom Case (Manga: 197-199)

• Terumi Hoshino gets mentioned for the first time as one of the pop idols on the posters in the Aoshima's household, who debuts in person during a later case.
• To Bloody Idol Case (Manga: 6-9): Kogoro Mouri explains to Masayo Aoshima that he knows Yoko Okino personally since he helped her back during that case.
• To Lex Vocalist Murder Case (Manga: 45-48): Kogoro Mouri mentions Lex as being on some of the posters, even though they've "disbanded" - which they did because of that exact case.
• To The Santa Claus of Summer: Asuka Anzai is mentioned as an existing pop idol by Kogoro Mouri, who is the deuteragonist of this old one shot by Gosho Aoyama, making at least her canon to the world of the Detective Conan.

Blue Castle Case (Manga: 200-203)

• Introduction of the Wristwatch Flashlight, which becomes a recurring gadget.

Volume 21

Shinichi's First Murder Case (Manga: 204-207)

• To Missing Older Brother Case (Manga: 176-178): Ayumi Yoshida and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya tell Ran Mouri about Ai Haibara transfering to their school recently.

Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: 208-210)

• First part of the Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story.
• Ninzaburo Shiratori and Yumi Miyamoto debut in the manga and become recurring characters. The former appeared in Movies 1 and 2 before, where he still was a police officer, while he recently got promoted to police inspector according to this case, placing these movies - or off-panel manga equivalents to them - before these chapters chronologically, since he already knows about Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa.
• The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in the Chiyoda Ward gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.
• To Blue Castle Case (Manga: 200-203): The Detective Boys go to the MPD to give their witness reports about this case they experienced at the castle.
• To Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: 189-191): The Detective Boys also remember Miwako Sato, mentioning that they've seen her during that case as one of the policemen apprehending one of the culprits.

Wedding Murder Case (Manga: 211-214)

• First appearance of Tokyo Station, which becomes a recurring setting.
• To Stabbed Wallet Case (Manga: 185-188): The protagonists mention that case, guiding Heiji Hattori and Kazuha Toyama through Tokyo in exchange for their tour through Osaka back then.

Volume 22

North Star Murder Case (Manga: 215-218)

• To Hatamoto Family Case (Manga: 20-25): Conan Edogawa, Kogoro and Ran Mouri board the Hokutosei Express to Hokkaido because they got invited by Natsue Hatamoto to visit them, whom they haven't met in person since the case on the ship of the Hatamoto family.
• To Blue Castle Case (Manga: 200-203): Conan didn't know about the bank robbery that's talked about since it happened over the weekend he was on the camping trip with Professor Hiroshi Agasa and the Detective Boys that landed them at the castle.

Sonoko Attempted Murder Case (Manga: 219-221)

• Debut of Makoto Kyogoku, who becomes a recurring character.

Volume 23

Cruise Ship Murder Case (Manga: 225-230)

• First mention of Haneda Airport, which becomes a recurring setting later on.

Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: 231-233)

• Second part of the Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story.
• To Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: 208-210): Wataru Takagi reminisces about the ending of that case, when he mistakenly believed Juzo Megure was Miwako Sato's secret crush.

Volume 24

Blackout Murder Case (Manga: 234-237)

• Debut of Tomoaki Araide and Hikaru Yasutomo, who become recurring characters.

Hotel Party Murder Case (Manga: 238-242)

• Black Organization case.
• Debuts of Vermouth and Naomichi Mugikura, who become recurring characters. Pisco debuts too, but only becomes recurring by mentions and in flashbacks during future stories, getting killed at the end of this case.
• First explicit mention of "Anokata".
• Introduction of the Haido City Hotel, which becomes a recurring setting.
• To Murdered Professor Case (Manga: 179-181): Ai Haibara reminds Conan Edogawa about how he called her a "murderer" back then.

Volume 25

Skating Rink Case (Manga: 243-245)

• Makoto Kyogoku's stay abroad began in the meantime.
• Ran Mouri gets the mobile phone with the strap attached from Shinichi Kudo, which he gave her in return for the sweater she made and sent him at the end of the Blackout Murder Case (Manga: 234-237). This is also a call forward to the flashback during the Aquarium Murder Case (Manga: Files 882-884, where Shinichi promised her a mobile phone with a strap like this.
• To Hotel Party Murder Case (Manga: 238-242): Conan Edogawa thinks about the continuation of the talk with Ai Haibara they had at the end of that case.

Spider Mansion Case (Manga: 246-250)

• The Namako-Otoko mobile phone strap gets mentioned for the first time and Kazuha Toyama correctly guesses that Shinichi Kudo was the one who gave it to Ran Mouri.
• To Skating Rink Case (Manga: 243-245): Conan Edogawa thinks about how he sent Ran Mouri her new mobile phone "back last week".

Dangerous Cave Case (Manga: 251-254)

• This case and the following two cases (School Play Murder Case, Files 255-257, and Elevator Murder Case, Files 258-260) are one continuous storyline, the so called "Desperate Revival".
• To Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: 2-5): At the end of the case, Conan Edogawa thinks about what Professor Hiroshi Agasa told him in File 2, about not letting anyone know who he truly is while pondering about whether he should tell Ran Mouri.
• To Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: 134-138): Conan Edogawa reminisces about several special encounters he had with Ran Mouri, one of them being Ran's relieved smile after being convinced by Yukiko Kudo that Conan isn't Shinichi back during File 134. Conan also thinks about what his parents told him at the end of that chapter (File 138).
• To Ski Lodge Case (Manga: 139-143): Conan Edogawa reminisces about several special encounters he had with Ran Mouri, one of them being the moment when she had to reveal her beloved teacher as the culprit during this case with his help.
• To Stabbed Wallet Case (Manga: 185-188): Heiji Hattori says to Conan Edogawa that they are "connected" now because both of them got shot - a reference to himself getting shot back at the end of that case in Osaka.
• To Cruise Ship Murder Case (Manga: 225-230): Conan Edogawa reminisces about several special encounters he had with Ran Mouri, one of them being Ran asking him to not leave her alone when they stood on the upper deck of the ship during that case.
• To Blackout Murder Case (Manga: 234-237): Ran Mouri mentions Tomoaki Araide as the doctor she knows from the "case from recently". Professor Hiroshi Agasa also mentions the fact that Ran made a sweater for Shinichi Kudo, which she did at the end of that same case.
• To Hotel Party Murder Case (Manga: 238-242): Ai Haibara keeps the burned floppy disk from the basement of the Haido City Hotel next to her computer, about which she lied that it got incinerated in the fire during that case.
• To Sonoko Attempted Murder Case (Manga: 219-221): Conan Edogawa reminisces about several special encounters he had with Ran Mouri, one of them being Ran in her swimsuit at the beach at the beginning of that case.
• To Kaitou Kid and the Black Star (Manga: 156-159): Conan Edogawa reminisces about several special encounters he had with Ran Mouri, one of them being Ran's look to Conan when he said that it's impossible to have seen Shinichi in Shibuya back at the beginning of that case.
• To The Last Wizard of the Century (Movie: 3): Conan Edogawa reminisces about several special encounters he had with Ran Mouri, one of them seemingly being an alternative version of their talk in front of the Mouri Detective Agency's window about his true identity at the end of that movie.

Volume 26

School Play Murder Case (Manga: 255-257)

• This case is a direct continuation of the previous one, the Dangerous Cave Case, and the second part of the so-called "Desperate Revival".
• Introduction of the Voice-Changing Face Mask, which becomes a recurring gadget.
• To Lex Vocalist Murder Case (Manga: 45-48): Shinichi Kudo requests from Juzo Megure to keep his involvement a secret again, like they did back during that case.
• To Hotel Party Murder Case (Manga: 238-242): Ai Haibara briefly creates a ruse about her getting identified back during that case, with her rejoining the Black Organization as her second chance. She also mentions that she based the antidote on the Paikaru alcohol she used in the basement back then by Conan's recommendation to temporarily become tall again.

Elevator Murder Case (Manga: 258-260)

• This case is a direct continuation of the previous one, the School Play Murder Case, and the third and final part of the so-called "Desperate Revival".
• First indirect mention of Jodie Saintemillion as "the new English teacher".

Volume 43

Koshien Bomber Case (Manga: 445-449)

• To 3rd Base 4th, Legendary Confrontation (3B4 Manga: 6): The announcer says that this game is a rematch for the clash from "one year ago", when Ohgane High School lost, referring to the events from the last chapter of 3rd Base 4th.

Volume 44

Kaitou Kid and the Ocean's Miracle (Manga: 453-456)

To Magic Kaito, Akako's Delivery Service (MK Manga: 17): Inspector Ginzo Nakamori mentions that Kaitou Kid has "at least one" assistant, an "old man or a young woman", the latter referring to the moment from Chapter 17 of his own series, where Akako Koizumi disguised as Kid and confused Nakamori and his subordinates when she was screaming like a girl.

Volume 89

UFO Sighting Murder Case (Manga: 942-944)

• To Akai's Past (Manga: 599): At one point, Conan Edogawa thinks about the info he learned back during that chapter - that Akemi Miyano and Shuichi Akai had a relationship before she died.
• To Elementary Teacher Assault (Manga: 891-893): When looking for the sighting place of the UFO in Haido Park, Conan Edogawa tells Ran Mouri that these are the stairs Natsuko Shibuya got assaulted on, referring to that past case to deduce that Haido Elementary School must be nearby. To his own suprise, Ran didn't know about that case so far.
• To Department Store Stabbing Case (Manga: 939-941): Conan Edogawa reminisces about the previous case, when he noticed, after pondering who Mary Sera reminds him of, that she looks similar to Ai Haibara.

Volume 93

Kendo Tournament Murder Case (Manga: 991-993)

• To Yaiba, Nobunaga Oda Tournament Arc (Yaiba Manga: 237-254): Takeshi Onimaru says that he will return to the semi-finals, because there is someone he "absolutely has to clash swords" with - either referring to Soshi Okita or Yaiba Kurogane (even though there was no indication of him participating in the tournament). In any case, this would be an indirect reference to the Nobunaga Oda Tournament, where he never got to fight the first and lost against the latter.
• To Yaiba, Are You Coming? (Yaiba Manga: 255): It is said that Takeshi Onimaru has already won two national titles at such a young age. In Chapter 255 of Yaiba, an epilogue set three years after the series, he's just winning his third title, technically setting this one year (or less) after this chapter of Detective Conan.

Volume 95

Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: 1000-1005)

• To Anime/Movies: The debut of Fumimaro Ayanokoji and his Chipmunk in the Manga and him already knowing Conan Edogawa could refer to any one of the movies (7, 13, 17, 18 and 21) or the Anime episode (694) they appeared in previously, or alternate versions thereof.

Volume 96

Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lip (Manga: 1018-1021)

• To The Last Wizard of the Century (Movie: 3): Kazuha Toyama mentioning that Kaitou Kid stood on top of the Tsuutenkaku Tower before is a reference to a scene from the third movie.

Volume 99

Sisters' Birthday Party Murder Case (Manga: 1047-1050)

• To Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case (Manga: 1) + Holmes' Revelation (Manga: 743-752): It's revealed that by the time of "Holmes' Revelation", half a year had passed since Shinichi Kudo shrunk.

Volume 100

Shintoist Temple Case (Manga: 1067-1069)

• To FBI Serial Murder Case (Manga: 1059-1066): Conan Edogawa ponders about the events of that case, while the news report about the murders of the foreigners and the fire on Umizarujima.
• To Black Bunny's Club Case (Manga: 1009-1012): Yusaku Kudo and Shuichi Akai talk about the "tea party" they had with Rei Furuya in Conan's flashback - and which the latter didn't know about so far.
• To Lover Code Case (Manga: 1039-1042): Conan remembers two instances proving Heiji Hattori would rather need a love amulet, one of them the moment he and Kazuha Toyama stood atop the stairs at the end of that case, watching the sunset and the ships. Heiji also mentions that day, saying that Muga Iori ruined it.
• To Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lip (Manga: 1018-1021): The other instance Conan remembers was when Heiji almost accidentally kissed Kaitou Kid (who was disguised as Kazuha during this case). Heiji remembers this moment too, saying that Conan and Ran Mouri actually saved him that time.
• To Curse of the Nue (Manga: 958-962): Heiji reminisces about the moment he wanted to propose to Kazuha at Kurogane Lake, when the self-defense forces suddenly appeared and interrupted him.
• To Murder inside Café Poirot Case (Manga: 981-983): Heiji also remembers this case, saying that it ruined his plan to see the Christmas lights at the fourth block of Kinza.

Movie Continuity

The Raven Chaser (Movie: 13)

• To Detective Conan, Hotel Party Murder Case (Manga: 238-242, Anime: 176-178): Irish wants to enact revenge for Pisco, who was rashly killed by Gin back during that case.

Original Video Animation Continuity

A Secret Order From London (OVA: 11)

• To Following Holmes (Manga: 743-752, Anime: 616-621): This OVA happens concurrently to Conan Edogawa being in London, mainly focusing on what Ai Haibara and Ayumi Yoshida did in the meantime.

Zero's Tea Time Continuity

Volume 1

Three Hats (ZTT Manga: 1)

• To Detective Conan, Mystery Train (Manga: 818-824): The end of the chapter is a direct tie-in to Rei Furuya's appearance as Amuro Tohru on the Bell Tree Express, driving to Tohto Station. This would place this chapter between File 817 and 818 (between Episode 700 and 701 in the Anime) of Detective Conan.

You Can't Sleep? (ZTT Manga: 7)

• To Detective Conan, Tennis Meetup (Manga: 825-827): The beginning of the chapter is a direct tie-in to the end of File 827, continuing Rei Furuya's conversation with Vermouth. This would, in conjunction with Time 1, place Time 2-6 between File 824 and 825 (between Episode 704 and 705 in the Anime) of Detective Conan.

I'll Clean You Right Up (ZTT Manga: 8)

• To Detective Conan, When Objects Collide (Manga: 800): When Rei Furuya remembers the things he experienced with his Mazda FD RX-7, one of them is the moment from File 800 he grabbed Ran Mouri next to him before making a sharp turn to stop Takayo Tegawa's car.
• To Detective Conan, The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: 20): Rei also remembers the crash he caused in that movie with his RX-7.

You Can't (ZTT Manga: 9)

• To Detective Conan, Black Bunny's Club Case (Manga: 1009-1012, Anime: 952-954): Rei Furuya again reminisces part of his flashback about Elena Miyano he finally remembered during that case in Detective Conan.

Volume 2

This is Camel (ZTT Manga: 12)

• To Detective Conan, Elementary Teacher Assault (Manga: 891-893, Anime: 779-783): Andre Camel remembers his first (non-disguised) meeting with Amuro Tohru back at the hospital from that case, when he meets him again at Café Poirot.

Big Brother!? (ZTT Manga: 17)

• To Detective Conan, Taii's Owner (Manga: 865-868, Anime: 751-752): Rei Furuya at one point mentions the day several people showed up and claimed that they are Taii's owner respectively, directly referring to that case from Detective Conan.

Volume 4

Counting On You (ZTT Manga: 39)

• To Detective Conan, Haibara's Lost Phone Strap Case (Manga: 997-999, Anime: 925-926): This chapter happens concurrently to that case of Detective Conan, showing Yuya Kazami's side of the story when Rei Furuya was calling him during it.

Volume 5

Telephone Conversation (ZTT Manga: 46)

• To Detective Conan, Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: 1027-1031): The beginning of the chapter happens after that case of Detective Conan, showing that the team almost missed the returning trip from Nagano.

Magic Kaito Continuities

Manga Continuity

Volume 1

The Revived Phantom Thief (MK Manga: 1)

• Indirect Magic Kaito Organization chapter.
• Kaito Kuroba, his mother Chikage Kuroba, Aoko Nakamori, her father Ginzo Nakamori, Konosuke Jii and Erika Konno debut and become recurring characters. The identity of Kaitou Kid gets introduced, first by Jii, then taken over by Kaito. It's also established that his father Toichi Kuroba was the first Kaitou Kid, who seemingly died during a stage accident 8 years ago.
• An old man appears in the flashback about Toichi who probably is a still unnamed James Hopper, predating his second, named appearance in a flashback during Red Tear (MK Manga, 22).
• The (real) Ekoda Area with the fictional Ekoda High School and the Minato Ward, including the (equally fictional) Minato Police Department, get introduced and become recurring settings.
• The Card Gun gets introduced and becomes a recurring gadget.

The Police Are Everywhere (MK Manga: 2)

• First mention of Paris, which also appears in a later chapter.

The Clockwork Heart (MK Manga: 3)

• Keiko Momoi debuts in an unnamed, non-speaking role. She becomes a recurring character later on, with the sixth chapter.

Kaitou Kid's Busy Day Off (MK Manga: 4)

• Tropical Land gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting in Detective Conan later on. This would also place this chapter sometime between the Aquarium Murder Case (Detective Conan Manga, Files 882-884, where it's said that Tropical Land "will open in Tokyo soon", when Shinichi Kudo invites Ran Mouri to it) and Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case (Detective Conan Manga, File 1, when Shinichi and Ran finally go there).

The Scarlet Temptress (MK Manga: 6)

• Akako Koizumi, joining the school on Valentine's Day, and her servant debut and become recurring characters.
• Momoko Aoyama, the protagonist of 100% Tantei Monogatari, also debuts in her only appearance in Magic Kaito so far, confirmedly attending the same class as the protagonists. Since they're in the second year in both series, it would set this chapter concurrently to chapter 3 of 100% Tantei Monogatari, which also happens on Valentine's Day.
• Akako Koizumi's residence gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.

Volume 2

Japan's Most Irresponsible Prime Minister (MK Manga: 8)

• Ikebukuro Station gets introduced, confirming the Toshima Ward as the place Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori live in somewhere when they leave the train there to go home. This gets reinforced in the following chapter, where it's confirmed that Aoko's house is explicitly located in Toshima.

I Am the Master (MK Manga: 9)

• The spherical RZ-04 mini robots debut in their so far only appearance in Magic Kaito, but they later on reappear as cameos in Yaiba and Detective Conan.

Would You Grow Up (MK Manga: 10)

• Lucufer debuts and becomes a recurring character.
• Tokyo Tower gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.
• The Hang Glider Cape gets introduced, becoming a recurring gadget.

The Boy Who Bet on the Ball (MK Manga: 11)

• The real persons Kazushige Nagashima and Shigeo Nagashima debut, who later on get referenced in 3rd Base 4th again, with the the protagonist of that series sharing his name with the latter.

Hustler vs. Magician (MK Manga: 13)

• The actual second chapter, according to Gosho Aoyama, so very probably set inbetween chapter 1, The Revived Phantom Thief, and chapter 2, The Police Are Everywhere.
• The Blue Parrot Pool Bar gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting. The local train station is also mentioned for the first time and gets mentioned again in a later chapter, but hasn't appeared on-panel so far.
• To The Revived Phantom Thief (MK Manga: 1): Aoko Nakamori puts on a fish patterned underwear to scare Kaito Kuroba after provoking him to look under her skirt again like he did in the first chapter, where she also learned about his fear of fish.

Volume 3

Star War (MK Manga: 14)

• According to Ginzo Nakamori, Kaitou Kid has been inactive for "three months".
• A television by ONY is shown in the Minato Police Department, which is the first appearance of this fictionalized company in this manga after its introduction/founding in Yaiba. Other appliances made by ONY become a recurring accessoire in future chapters.

The Great Detective Appears!! (MK Manga: 15)

• Saguru Hakuba debuts and becomes a recurring character. His father, Superintendent General Hakuba, also debuts, but only becomes a recurring character in the extended universe canon, including Movie 4 of Detective Conan.
• A painting by "Pekaso", a fictionalized version of Pablo Picasso, appears, which Kaitou Kid wants to steal. Another painting by him later on appears in the Museum Owner Murder Case (Detective Conan Manga: 30-32).
• To Stay Away From Him (MK Manga: 7): Aoko Nakamori's teasing of Kaito Kuroba's inability to ice skate, telling him about the time he teased her about not being able to ski, is a reference to the plot of that chapter from Magic Kaito Volume 2.

Kaitou Under Scrutiny (MK Manga: 16)

• Ana Shioji and her cameraman debut, who are recurring characters from Yaiba.
• The fictional band "Prince X Prince" also gets mentioned for the first time and gets further name drops in the extended canon.

Yaiba vs. Kaito! (MK Manga: 18)

• This crossover was originally a one shot named "K∀ITO" and is explicitly non-canon according to Gosho Aoyama.
• Shonosuke, Yaiba Kurogane's pet vulture, debuts from the perspective of Magic Kaito and later reappears as a stage animal in Red Tear (MK Manga, 22) during Kaitou Kid's stint as Paul.

Blue Birthday (MK Manga: 19)

• Magic Kaito Organization story.
• It's Aoko Nakamori's birthday, with her becoming 17.
• Kaitou Kid learns the truth about his father's "stage accident" and changes his modus operandi to specifically looking for Pandora, the legend of which is explained during this chapter.
• Snake and his superior debut. The former becomes a recurring character, the latter only gets another appearance in the extended canon of the Magic Kaito TV Specials so far. Keiko's friend also debuts and reappears with her in the last chapter of Yaiba.
• Anokata, the boss of the organization (not to be confused with the one of Detective Conan), gets mentioned for the first time.

Green Dream (MK Manga: 20)

• Magic Kaito Organization story.
• The fictional magazine "non-an", a parody of the real magazine non-no, is seen for the first time, read by Aoko Nakamori. It becomes a recurring accessoire and later on also appears in Detective Conan, read by Ai Haibara most of the time.

Volume 4

Crystal Mother (MK Manga: 21)

• Magic Kaito Organization story.
• Queen Selizabeth (or Sallybeth, depending on the translation) debuts. Her name later reappears in Kaitou Kid and the Black Star (Detective Conan Manga, 156-159) as the name for the cruise liner, the "Queen Selizabeth/Sallybeth".

Red Tear (MK Manga: 22)

• Magic Kaito Organization story.

Black Star (MK Manga: 22-23)

• Shinichi Kudo, protagonist of Detective Conan, and Juzo Megure, a recurring character from the same series, debut in Magic Kaito. Detective Konno also debuts and becomes a recurring character, who also retroactively gets more appearances in past Magic Kaito stories in the extended canon.
• The frame story happens briefly before Kaitou Kid flies over to the roof of Haido City Hotel, where he meets Conan Edogawa for the very first time, which sets it concurrently to File 156 - Chance Meeting of Detective Conan.
• The flashback story has to be set at least one month before the frame story and before Detective Conan as a whole, since Ginzo Nakamori is still working at Minato Police Department, while working at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department under Shintaro Chaki "for at least one month" in Kaitou Kid and the Black Star (Detective Conan Manga, 156-159) and stays there in future chapters. It also has to be sometime between the Aquarium Murder Case (Detective Conan Manga, Files 882-884) and Prologue - Roller Coaster Murder Case (Detective Conan Manga, File 1), since Tropical Land wasn't opened yet in the former, while Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori already visited it in the meantime, and Shinichi isn't shrunken yet, which happens to him in the latter.
• Ginzo also explains in the flashback story that Saguru Hakuba suddenly went abroad to England.

Golden Eye (MK Manga: 27-28)

• Saguru Hakuba is back from England, having arrived shortly before his appearance in the Sunset Mansion Case, currently being abroad again in France. This implies that at least Files 160-302 of Detective Conan have happened inbetween the framework of Black Star and this story.
• Paris gets introduced on-panel and becomes a recurring setting.

Dark Knight (MK Manga: 27-28)

• Shintaro Chaki debuts as Ginzo Nakamori's superior, which he already appeared as before in Kaitou Kid and the Black Star (Detective Conan Manga, 156-159). Baaya also debuts after being mentioned in the Sunset Mansion Case (Detective Conan Manga, 299-302) first.
• This story also happens during a night on Friday the 13th, which could mean that it's happening concurrently to the night of Friday the 13th in the Foreign Suspect Case (Detective Conan Manga, 605-609), which would also fit the previous chronological info and the following story and the fact that all of these chapters were released relatively close together in real time. It would also imply that at least Files 303-604 of Detective Conan have happened in the meantime between Golden Eye and this story.
• The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department gets introduced and becomes a recurring setting.
• To Would You Grow Up (MK Manga: 10): Inspector Ginzo Nakamori chained the glass case in mid-air so Kaitou Kid is unable to hide in the display case, with Kaito Kuroba remembering that he did this several times before - like in that chapter from Magic Kaito Volume 2, for instance.

Volume 5

The Phantom Lady (MK Manga: 29-30)

• Chikage Kuroba's second identity of Phantom Lady debuts in a flashback, after being mentioned in Ryoma's Gunbelt Case (Detective Conan Manga: Files 731-733) first, which is a sequel to this story.
• To Kaitou Kid's Busy Day Off (MK Manga: 4): President Gozu says that it's the "fifth time" Kaitou Kid disguised as Aoko Nakamori. One instance of this was seen in that chapter from the first volume.
• To Ryoma's Gunbelt Case (Manga: 731-733): This story ends with a direct tie-in to the beginning of this case of Detective Conan, making it a prologue of it. This also implies that Detective Conan has happened from at least File 610-730 in the meantime between Dark Knight and this story.

Midnight Crow (MK Manga: 31-33)

• Magic Kaito Organization story.
• Kaitou Corbeau, who could be Toichi Kuroba, debuts, in his only appearance so far.
• The National Museum of Nature and Science (or a fictional one modeled after it) gets introduced and reappears in the following story.

Sun Halo (MK Manga: 34-36)

• To Magic Kaito 1412, Blue Birthday: Kaito Kuroba is mentioning Konosuke Jii's "professor friend" first mentioned in that episode. This allusion is returned in File 997 of Detective Conan, where Agasa mentions that he lent his VW Beetle to his "barkeeper friend".

TV Specials Continuity

Kaitou Kid's Busy Date (MK Special Episode 2)

• To The Revived Phantom Thief (MK Special Episode 1): Kaito Kuroba confronts Konosuke Jii in the living room of the Kuroba residence about their meeting on the top of the Tokyo City Museum and the revelations about his father which happened close to the end of the first episode.

Magic Kaito 1412 Continuity

Midnight Crow (MK Special Episode 23-24)

• To Blue Birthday (MK1412 Episode 2): Kaito Kuroba remembers his first clash with the organization from that episode during his flashback montage.
• To Kid and Conan’s Ryoma Treasure Illusion (MK1412 Episode 11): Kaito Kuroba remembers his appearance as Kaitou Kid in the museum, spitting fire, from that episode during his flashback montage.
• To Kid Vs Conan, Miraculous Midair Walk (MK1412 Episode 16): Kaito Kuroba remembers his walk in the air as Kid from that episode during his flashback montage.
• To Kid vs Conan: Teleportation Under the Moonlight (MK1412 Episode 21): Kaito Kuroba remembers him as Kid appearing on the roof of the building above the crossing in Kinza after seemingly "teleporting" from that episode during his flashback montage.

Yaiba Continuities

Manga Continuity

Volume 1

Yaiba Appears + You'll Be Taking Care of Me (Yaiba Manga: 1-2)

• Chapter 1-2 are direct continuations of each other.

What's "School"? (Yaiba Manga: 3)

• Chapter 3 seems to begin the morning right after Yaiba Kurogane's arrival in Japan in Chapter 1-2.
• To You'll Be Taking Care of Me (Yaiba Manga: 2): Yaiba Kurogane tries to lure Mr. Sudo into a trap by turning his back to him, just like he did with Muto during the second chapter, which Sayaka Mine also notices.

Lots of Samurai + No Need For Mercy (Yaiba Manga: 4-5)

• Chapter 4 and 5 are direct continuations of each other.
• To What's "School"? (Yaiba Manga: 3): Chapter 4 and 5 happen on the same school day as Chapter 3.

Stupid Onimaru (Yaiba Manga: 6)

• Chapter 6 is implicitely set the day after the previous chapter.

I'll Be Your Opponent + Great Clash (Yaiba Manga: 7-8)

• Chapter 7 and 8 are direct continuations of each other and seem to be set on the day right after Chapter 6.

Training! (Yaiba Manga: 9)

• Chapter 9 is implicitely set the day after the previous two chapters.

Volume 2

Resurrected Wind God (Yaiba Manga: 10)

• To Training! (Yaiba Manga: 9): Chapter 10 is a direct continuation of the last chapter of the first volume.
• This chapter happens over the course of 7 days, ending on the morning of Takeshi Onimaru's transformation into an Oni.

Onimaru's Great Transformation/The Other Demon Sword (Yaiba Manga: 11-12)

• Chapter 9 and 10 are direct continuations of each other.
• Chapter 9 seems to implicitely be set on the same morning Chapter 8 ended.

See also

• Canon

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