Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope!

Episode 490 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Heiji Hattori vs. Shinichi Kudo: Deduction Battle on the Ski Slope
Original airdate:	December 3, 2007
Season:	16
Case
Cast:	Shinichi Kudo Heiji Hattori Yusaku Kudo
Case solved by:	Shinichi Kudo Heiji Hattori Yusaku Kudo Heizo Hattori
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Organizer:	Masato Sato Yuzo Aoki Fumiharu Kamanaka
Storyboard:	Masato Sato Yuzo Aoki Fumiharu Kamanaka
Episode director:	Minoru Tozawa Fumiharu Kamanaka Yoshio Suzuki
Animation Director:	Keiko Sasaki Rei Masunaga Seiji Muta
Music
Opening song:	Glorious Mind
Closing song:	Sekai wa mawaru to yuu keredo
Chronology
Prev episode:	« Courtroom Confrontation III: Prosecutor as Eyewitness
Next episode:	Clash of Red and Black »
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Shinichi Kudo Heiji Hattori Shizuka Hattori Yukiko Kudo Yusaku Kudo Heizo Hattori Kazuha Toyama Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki

Case

Situation

Heiji tells Conan that he met a better Detective then Conan during his middle school years and reminisces about the case. At a ski resort, an actor named Shouhei Minowa, is murdered in the same fashion as his stunt performer, Jirou Mizugami, who was murdered four years ago. Minowa is killed while on a ski lift and the gun is placed in his hand suggesting suicide. Minowa's bag is filled with snow to suggest that a Yuki-onna murdered him.

People

Shohei Minowa
	Victim 32 years old Actor

Morizo Oyama
	56 years old Movie director

Kosuke Mimata
	27 years old Stuntman

Shizuku Tateishi
	31 years old Make-up specialist

Rikuto Katashina
	35 years old Private detective

Jiro Mizugami
100px	Deceased

Resolution

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Heiji and the unknown Detective, revealed to be Shinichi, investigates and realizes how the murder is done. Heiji reveals his deductions to the police while Shinichi tells them over the phone. They both reveal that the Minowa who skied for his fans was actually his stunt double in disguise, Kosuke Mimata, and that the bag Minowa was hiding in a bag Mimata was carrying. On the ski lift, Mimata kills Minowa and grabs the a similar pre-arranged bag containing snow with the use of his ski pole and places it in his seat before dropping down from the ski lift. As evidence, Heiji and Shinichi reveal that Mimata should have Minowa's clothes underneath. Mimata confesses and reveals that Minowa was afraid Mizugami would reveal to the public that Minowa did not perform in skiing scenes in his movies which motivated Minowa to murder Mizugami. Later that day, Heiji and Shinichi pass by each other and praise each others detective skills.

See also

• Season 16