Season 18

Season 18 aired from March 9, 2009 to February 20, 2010.

List of episodes

The following is a list of episodes for Season 18.

Jpn#	Int#	Episode title	Original broadcast	English dub broadcast	Plot	Manga source	Next Conan's Hint
528	579	Might Over Mystery (Part 1)	March 9, 2009			V62 - F2~4	Ring impression
Eri takes Ran and Conan to a dinner with a friend who is a karate expert, but later her friend's husband is found murdered. Inspector Megure arrives at the scene, and investigates along with Conan, Eri, Takagi, Chiba, and Officer Tome. Conan figures the suspect is the friend, but her alibi stands solid.
529	580	Might Over Mystery (Part 2)	March 16, 2009			V62 - F2~4	Mahjong sounds
Ran decides to phone her father to ask for help, but he is busy playing Mahjong. Later Eri realizes that a tape recording was used to create the alibi of her husband. The wife then reveals that her husband cheated on her with a friend's wife, but Eri revealed he did so because he was jealous that his wife was in love with the husband of the women he was cheating on. Later, Conan finds out Mouri purposely helped his wife solve the case.
176-178	190-192	Reunion with the Black Organization (1 Hour Special) (Remastered)	March 23, 2009			V24 - F7~F11	Reddish brown hair
On the way from school, Conan and Ai Haibara by chance find Gin's car on the street and decide to investigate. Conan places a tracker in their car. Haibara spots Gin and Vodka across the street on their way back to their car. Conan and Haibara quickly get out the car and hide outside while they leave. Conan keeps track of what their doing through his special glasses, however, Gin eventually catches on to the tracker and destroys it as well as learns that Sherry is still alive. They are eventually led to a movie director's party at the Haido City Hotel where a chandelier falls on someone (Mr. Nomiguchi) while in the dark, thus, ending the episode with who's responsible for the murder. In continuance from the last episode, everyone is wondering how the chandelier fell in the first place. Conan knows it's Pisco of the Black Organization, but the police are stumped. When Inspector Megure can't hold anyone anymore, everyone at the party flees toward the doorway. In the mix of all the commotion, Haibara is kidnapped by someone and confined to a wine cellar somewhere in the Haido Hotel. Conan tells her to drink some sake that will temporary turn her back to an adult to help her escape. Will Haibara be able to escape the clutches of Gin and Vodka? In the conclusion of Conan and Ai's encounter with the Black Organization, Ai is trapped in a building with Gin and Vodka after she is kidnapped by them (previous episode). Now she must try to escape (Ai is in her adult form temporarily), but it won't be easy. She makes her way to the roof only to encounter Gin and Vodka who both shoot her down and almost kill her until Conan arrives on the scene. He uses his special bow tie to sound like an older person who distracts them, as well as shoots Gin with a needle, while she jumps down the chimney and barely escapes death. Gin shoots himself in the arm to keep himself awake while Vodka attempts to shoot Conan, but he escapes. Conan and Ai eventually encounter Pisco back inside, but due to an accidental fire, the two get away before Pisco kills them. Gin and Vodka arrive and Gin kills Pisco without hesitation for failing to finish the job. Near the end of the episode, a new female member named Vermouth discusses the dilemma with Gin and Vodka. Introduction of Pisco, Naomichi Mugikura, and Vermouth, the latter becoming a VERY important character a few years later in the series. Conan and Ai suspect that a Black Organization member, Pisco, is going to be at a hotel to plan a murder. Haibara takes the alcohol to turn her back into her adult form, Shiho Miyano. Gin shoots Shiho, who is saved at the last moment by Conan. Gin kills Pisco, and Vermouth is shown at the end, discussing the situation with both Gin and Vodka. Haibara's past is once again explored, and it is hinted that she has some sort of history with Gin, who takes very special interest in finding her. Gin once again takes very special interest in Shiho.
S3	-	Lupin III vs. Detective Conan (TV Special)	March 27, 2009			TV Original	N/A
When the Queen of Vespania and her son are murdered in a hunting accident, Conan must protect the princess following an assassination attempt. Coincidentally, the legendary gentleman thief Lupin III and his friends are after the queen's crown. When the two realize that the recent death wasn't an accident, they must work together to discover who killed the royals and stop him before the princess suffers the same fate.
1	1	Roller Coaster Murder Case (Remastered)	April 4, 2009			V1 ~ F1	Tropical Land
Shinichi Kudo uncovers a murderer along with the police at a party. Later, Shinichi and Ran Mouri take a trip together to an amusement park, where a man is murdered during a roller coaster ride. Shinichi deduces that the people in front and behind the victim are the suspects. Shortly investigating the scene, he reveals the murderer to be the man's ex-girlfriend. After the case Shinichi spots two suspicious black-clothed men. He decides to follow them and witnesses a deal taking place but is attacked from behind. The two men, intending to kill him, force him to swallow newly developed poison. Most of the main characters are introduced. First appearance of Shinichi Kudo, Ran Mouri, Kogoro Mouri, Juzo Megure, Gin, Vodka, Ayumi Yoshida, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya, Genta Kojima, and Hiroshi Agasa. Shinichi turns back into a 7 year old boy after being poisoned. As Shinichi parts from Ran at an amusement park to check on some suspicious activities, Ran feels like she's seeing Shinichi for the last time (which will happen to have been somewhat of a premonition). The men in black poison Shinichi after he is discovered spying on them. Shinichi and Ran are presented as childhood friends and are shown to share a strong bond. Many other important facts about the characters are revealed (such as Shinichi's usual involvement in the police affairs).
2	2	Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case (Remastered)	April 11, 2009			V1 - F2~5	Skyscraper
Shinichi wakes up as a young child due to the effect of the poison. After running into Professor Agasa he decides he must hide his identity or those men in black will come back to finish off those connected to him. Shinichi renamed "Conan Edogawa" is placed in the care of Ran and her father, Kogoro Mouri, who owns a detective agency which may allow him to gather information on the men in black. Kogoro receives a case to find a man's kidnapped daughter, Akiko. Conan drops subtle hints for Kogoro to solve the case revealing Asao, the butler, to have kidnapped Akiko. A phone call reveals Akiko has been kidnapped again. Conan follows the clues from the phone call and is able to locate her. After arresting the kidnapper, Akiko reveals she asked Asao to fake a kidnapping in an attempt to get her father away from work to spend time with her. The father asks Asao to arrange a vacation for him and Akiko. Kogoro, happy to have solved a difficult case, allows Conan to stay. First appearance of Conan Edogawa. Shinichi moves to Ran's place and calls himself Conan Edogawa.
530	581	The Truth Behind the Urban Legend (Part 1)	April 18, 2009			V60 - F6~8	Hammer man
A person who murders people with a hammer dubbed "Hammer Man" has be spotted after a murder heading to an apartment. Sato and Takagi stalk out the apartment. After realizing there was no activity in the apartment, they enter the suite and find a man who's hanged himself. They then realize that the man who hanged himself is not the hammer man and that the culprit has impersonated a delivery worker and escaped. While Sato and Takagi are on a date, Sato suddenly asks Takagi to give her "a HOT kiss RIGHT NOW" only to be interrupted by Conan. When asked if they were pretending to be lovers as cover for a stakeout, Sato answers with a resounding "YES," to the shock of a disappointed Takagi. Later, during an investigation, Takagi discovers that Chiba and Sato would sometimes pretend to be lovers during their stakeouts as well. When Takagi asked if anything would happen during the stakeouts, Chiba mentions something that happened was "very soft".
531	582	The Truth Behind the Urban Legend (Part 2)	April 25, 2009			V60 - F6~8	Shift pad
Inspector Megure, Sato, Chiba, Takagi, and Tome investigate the scene along with Conan, Ran, and Sonoko. After investigating the apartment, they find out the hammer man was actually a woman. They manage to capture her before she escapes, with some help from Shiratori. Later, Kiyonaga Matsumoto is awaken by a nightmare from a past case. Bothered by what happened between Chiba and Sato in stakeouts, Chiba eventually tells Takagi that sometimes they held hands and Sato's hands were very soft hearing that's all what happened with Chiba and Sato and what happened between him and Sato (kiss incident) he realizes that because it was him (Takagi) that Sato requested something like a kiss, only because it was him.
532	583	The Scar of First Love	May 2, 2009			V64 - F4~6	Nickname
A blind rich woman named Shoudo Kuromi asks Mouri to help her find a boy who saved her life in the past; the only clue is that the boy should have a large scar across his torso. She has been able to narrow it down to two people and they are both staying at her house. Conan meanwhile notices the police are stalking the woman's house. Kiyonaga Matsumoto tells Kogoro that a serial killer from a past case may be there as the killer also has a scar across his chest. During a bath, Mouri notices that the butler also happens to have a scar across his torso.
533	584	The Scar that Evokes the Past	May 9, 2009			V64 - F4~10	Sushi
After going over the characteristics of the boy, Conan realizes who it is. During the midnight snack, Conan uses Kogoro to solve the case. Conan reveals the boy who was honest would never have taken the money. He reveals the identity of the boy to be the butler, Taisuke Houya; The boy's nickname was revealed to be "gari" because he liked to eat Gari. Later, Kiyonaga barges in and accuses one of the men with the scar as a serial killer from a past case. The man reveals that he copied the scar from a strange man a few years ago whom they realize is the serial killer. The next day, a criminal psychologist named Douji Hiramune challenges the serial killer to reveal himself. He happens to leave in the same apartment as Ayumi where the Detective Boys are staying with. Ai later reveals to Conan she saw a mysterious man whistling a song, which is the serial killer's trademark. After revealing the truth about the scar of boy from the past, Conan curses his misfortune as his current situation he "can't tell the truth (his feelings for Ran) even if he wanted to" unaware he is thinking aloud.
534	585	The New Scar and the Whistling Man	May 16, 2009			V64 - F7~10	The letter Z
Conan finds Hiramune murdered with the letter "Z" burned into his back. The police department arrive and are confused as the letter they were expecting was "N" as the previous victims had the letters "E", "S", "W" and were thought to be Cardinal direction. They notice the Hiramune's left hand was on his keyboard on the keys "Ctrl" and "C" and his right hand holding the wire of his mouse. Takagi and the Detective Boys decide to accompany him and his interrogation of the victim's relatives. Conan than realizes the victims share one thing in connection, Mahjong. Sato and Takagi make a promise if they arrest the serial killer in the next 3 days they will go on a date to a hot spring.
535	586	An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit	May 23, 2009			V64 - F7~10	Mouse
Later, Takagi comes to the conclusion that Kibo Dokurou is the serial killer. Conan notices something is strange about Hiramune's dying message, and realizes his message indicates the person who murdered him was a copycat killer. Conan reveals to Sato that Hiramune was actually the serial killer from the past. Conan reveals that Nabei Eiki is the murderer. Takagi who was ordered to bring Eiki to the police station was taken hostage by Eiki. Takagi is shot in an attempt to subdue Eiki from shooting the police. Takagi is later revealed to be saved by a mahjong tile in his shirt pocket. Takagi and Sato share their first kiss, with Takagi in the hospital. Takagi and Sato kiss(FINALLY) for the first time!
536	587	The Secret of the Vanished Masterpiece	May 30, 2009			TV Original	Nameplate
The Detective Boys decide investigate a spooky Château when a man starts to live there. They find the château and its garden have been remodeled. The next day, the man living in the château, Rokuro Wada is revealed to have died. They learn from Keiichi Yagami, Wada's agent who sells his paintings, that Wada had been working on a masterpiece at the château for three months. They decide to search the château for the painting but to no avail. Afterwards they are visited by Wada's old aunt Saeko Takato and her caretaker Mina Eguichi who reveals that Wada sent them a letter telling them to visit the château tomorrow to view the masterpiece. Eguichi reveals Wada's masterpiece is going to help Takatoo regain her memories which she lost from an accident a year ago. Conan finds a photo revealing a château Takato owned in the past and realizes what Wada's masterpiece is. Conan reveals the masterpiece would be complete tomorrow. The next day, the flowers at the château have bloomed revealing a scenery similar to the one in the photo. The scenery causes Takato to regain memories of her life.
4	4	The Coded Map of the City Case (Remastered)	June 6, 2009			V4 - F7~10	The Detective Boys
After a day at the museum, the Conan and his friends find a piece of paper with symbols and the word "Oro" written on it. Conan believes that it is a treasure map after he discovers "Oro" means gold in Italian. Following clues, they find gold coins hanging from the ceiling of an abandoned building, but they interrupted by a gang from the Italian mafia. With Conan's quick thinking, they are able to capture the men. Later, Ayumi gives Conan a kiss, thanking him for saving them as Mitsuhiko and Genta stare jealously. Creation of the Detective Boys.
537	588	Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe (Part 1)	June 13, 2009			V64 - F11 ~ V65 - F2	A warning letter
Jirokichi Suzuki receives a letter from Kaitou Kid which reveals that Kid plans on opening Jirokichi's impenetrable safe, the Iron Tanuki. The letter however is not written in Kid's usual style raising the ideal that an imposter is after Jirokichi's safe. Sonoko invites Ran, Kogoro, and Conan to Jirokichi's house. After examining the security of the safe, Kaitou Kid's card, in its usual style, is found confirming Kaitou Kid's plan to open the safe. Conan suspects that Kaitou Kid is one of the three newly hired workers of Jirokichi. Jirokichi, however, continues to proclaim it to be the work of an imposter, causing Conan to suspect Jirokichi's behavior. Kaitou Kid goes after Suzuki's safe.
538	589	Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe (Part 2)	June 20, 2009			V64 - F11 ~ V65 - F2	Jirokichi Suzuki
The nearly hired maid and adviser inform Conan of Jirokichi's strange behavior. They reveal that after dinner, two places are always missing and Jirokichi always brings his cane with him to the safe. Jirokichi asks the maid for a hand and they head to his room. Jirokichi leaves with his bodyguard for a drive. Shortly after, an unconscious Jirokichi is found tied up and his room and a note of Kaitou Kid is found on the safe. This causes the whole police force that are guarding the safe to abandon their position and chase after "Jirokichi". Conan meanwhile enters the room with the safe revealing the maid was Kaitou Kid in disguise. Conan reveals the first message by "Kaitou Kid" was actually done by Jirokichi asking for Kaitou's kid assistance. Conan also reveals Jirokichi purposely placed suspicion on himself in order to clear the area of cops so Kaitou Kid can open the safe. Inside the safe is revealed to be Jirokichi's dog, Lupin. Kid does a favor for Suzuki.
12	13	Ayumi-chan Kidnapping Case (Remastered)	June 27, 2009			V9 - F1~3	Skateboard
While playing hide-and-seek in the park, Ayumi Yoshida hides herself in the trunk of a car and falls asleep. When she wakes, the car has already left the park, and Ayumi finds herself with a head of a girl wrapped in newspapers. Conan uses the new radio transmitters the Detective Boys received from Professor Agasa to get clues and find where the car is heading. They boys finally catch up to rescue Ayumi, but not before they find out the girl's head was prop for a play. Having knocked out one of the actors, Conan and his friends must take over his part. Agasa invents the Detective Boys Badges and Turbo Engine Skateboard.
539	590	A Fool's Inheritance	July 4, 2009			TV Original	Network camera
While on a walk, Conan, Ran, and Kogoro heard a gunshot from a house. While heading to investigate, Kogoro was unable to catch a masked man that runs past them. Conan finds a dead man with dried blood and white powdery substance on his shirt. The man, Hisaemon Yaguchi, is revealed to have died hours ago and his three sons are the suspects to the murder. Inspector Jugo Yokomizo arrives at the scene. After investigating the three suspects, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and with his voice changing bow-tie, reveals that the murder was an accident. Conan reveals that the eldest son Rokuro Yaguchi witnessed his father's death through the webcam. The video shows that Hisaemon had a heart attack and accidentally shot himself. Conan also reveals that after his son tried to rob his safe, he cried in sorrow as evidenced by the salt on Hisaemon. Once the police were able to open Hisaemon's safe, it is revealed Hisaemon signed a loan contract to continue supporting his sons.
540	591	The Day Kogoro Mouri Ceased Being a Detective (Part 1)	July 11, 2009			TV Original	Flashlight
Kogoro receives a request from a client named Ryouzou Gamou to find a witness to confirm his alibi. On the sixth day Gamou calls Kogoro and tells him he has lost hope in him. The next day, Gamou is found hanged in a forest an hour in distance away. Inspector Megure, Takagi, Chiba, and Tome all are investigating. The police suspect it to be suicide but Mouri reveals it is a murder, as Gamou could have killed himself at home if he wanted to. After interrogating Gamou's nephew, Kyousuke Arai, Kogoro returns home to find news reporters who question Kogoro about the suicide revealed to be murder. The next day, Kogoro heads to the horse track and meets up with detective Isao Takeoka, the detective who falsely accused Gamou five years ago. They work together and investigate Ryouzou's ties and end up at his nephew's house. They interrogate Arai and reveal his motive for the murder would be the inheritance. The next day, Arai is found in his house hanged and Kogoro decides to close his detective agency by removing its sign.
541	592	The Day Kogoro Mouri Ceased Being a Detective (Part 2)	July 18, 2009			TV Original	Voice
The Police continue their search for the suspect of the murder. Kogoro is forced by a fat woman who is intrigued with him to go jogging. He defeats robbers after her jewelry and is escorted to the hospital. Once there, Kogoro overhears a patient discuss Gamou and his medical test which took place on the day Kogoro met with him. Kogoro investigates and heads to Gamou's company to retrieve a recording of the victim's voice. However the culprit steals the recording from Kogoro and escapes. Conan tells Kogoro that Gamou filed a complain to a company and that the company has a recording of the phone call. Kogoro realizes who the suspect is and calls Takeoka to meet with him. Once there, Kogoro reveals Takeoka has been impersonated Gamou half a month before meeting him and reveals Takeoka was also the one calling Kogoro pretending to be Gamou. He reveals Takeoka to be the murderer. Takeoka reveals that his wife was the witness who accused Gamou of his crime five years ago. On the day his wife died, she apologized to Takeoka for her mistaken accusation. Takeoka realized Gamou was indeed the criminal five years ago and desired revenge against him. After telling Kogoro his story, Takeoka proceeds to jump off a cliff but is saved by Kogoro.
542	593	Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish (Part 1)	July 25, 2009			V64 - F1~3	Names of fish
After fishing, Conan and the Detective Boys are picked up at a fishing dock by Subaru Okiya while the professor is busy. On the way home, they decide to explore an island named Ikkaku Rock and come upon a dead woman's body. Conan deduces, from her wristwatch bearing her name, the woman to be Akamine Hikari, the daughter of the head of a famous company. Conan reveals that Akamine was murdered and reveals that her dying message were the names of the fishes "Mackerel, Carp, Sea Bream, and Flounder" in Kanji. Akamine's diving companions Ohto Rokusuke, Aosato Shuuhei, and Kaita Yasuji arrive on the island and reveal that Akamine went missing on their last diving trip but they thought she was okay due to her message, "Take care of the rest".
543	594	Ikkaku Rock's Disappearing Fish (Part 2)	August 1, 2009			V64 - F1~3	Diver's watch
While Inspector Jugo Yokomizo interrogates the three, the Detective Boys try to figure out the meaning of the dying message. Conan realizes that on Akamine's watch, the word "Fish" is scratched out and finds out the meaning of the dying message. Conan reveals Aosato Shuuhei is the name spelt when the Kanji of Fish is removed from the dying message. He reveals Aosato cut Akamine's diving regulator and leaves her on the island after promising he would return with help. After she died Aosato returns and exchanges the regulator to hide the cut and uses Akamine's regulator to leave, causing her lipstick to appear on his face. Aosato confesses his crime and reveals Akamine caused the death of their past companion Yoshirou and he murdered her in revenge. Aosato then unveils his knife and holds Ayumi hostage demanding an escape route. Subaru disarms him and saves Ayumi and Aosato is arrested. Later that night, Subaru is seen drinking bourbon whiskey. Okiya is again shown drinking bourbon in Kudo's house.
544	595	The Hand That Plays in Dissonance	August 8, 2009			TV Original	Crayon
Conan, Kogoro, and Ran all attend a concert at a local department store. After the drummer meets the three, Ran tells him about a CD she is looking for, and he tells her to come with him to the storage room to find it. While there, they discover the lead vocalist, dead, in the storage room. Inspector Megure, Takagi, Chiba, and Tome all arrive at the scene, and we learn that this is a locked room murder case. The body has green crayon on it, and strange markings. Can Conan figure out the culprit, as well as their trick?
68	70	Night Baron Murder Case (The Case) (Remastered)	August 15, 2009			V8 - F2~7	Computer virus
Professor Agasa offers Conan, Ran, and Kogoro a free vacation which they gladly accept, but when the Night Baron arrives the vacation is quickly changed into a case as murder occurs. Yuusaku Kudo's Night Baron character is explored.
69	71	Night Baron Murder Case (The Suspicion) (Remastered)	August 22, 2009			V8 - F2~7	Security lock
Another person assumes the role of Night Baron as Kogoro investigates the murder of Tokio Ebara. When he is found dead in the Night Baron costume, everybody believes it was an accident, but Conan thinks otherwise. Later Ran, Conan, and a member of the tour are attacked coming out of the elevator by the Night Baron. Ran fights him off but doesn't land a hit, which makes her believe she knows who is in the Night Baron costume. Can Conan solve this case even if the wind is a factor?
70	72	Night Baron Murder Case (The Resolution) (Remastered)	August 29, 2009			V8 - F2~7	Wind
Conan, Kogoro, and Inspector Yokomizo solve the case, but who is really Night Baron?
545	596	The Witch Enshrouded by Fog (Part 1)	September 5, 2009			V63 - F9~11	Detective Yamamura's Granny
Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are all driving on a foggy road, when they meet up with a road block with a police force, led by the recently promoted Inspector Misao Yamamura. Yamamura explains to them that there is a white FD that is challenging people to race their car in the fog, and the FD somehow is able to float in the air. The FD is thought to be driven by a "witch," based off of a legend from years before. Yamamura's grandmother even claims to have seen the witch, waving to her after the race between her and the grandmother was over. Ran calls Yumi and Sato for advice, but neither of them have any leads. Kogoro, Conan, and Ran decide to go next time themselves, to face off with the FD. There they finally meet the witch, who escapes them. Conan and Kogoro deduce that the "witch" may be a man or a woman, and Kogoro calls Yamamura to tell him to stop all cars that have passed that are white FD's. A set of three FD's are stopped, and they all have two people in them. Can Conan figure out the identity of the witch, as well as the tricks used? Ran suspects Conan to be Shinichi for a moment once again.
546	597	The Witch Enshrouded by Fog (Part 2)	September 12, 2009			V63 - F9~11	Mirage
Thanks to the title of a song that Kogoro's idol, Yoko Okino, is playing at a television show later that week, Conan is able to figure out the trick of the mysterious witch. With the help of Inspector Yamamura, he is able to capture the witch! However, after the witch and their accomplice escapes, Yumi and Sato show up to help out, and capture the suspects. Also, Yumi reveals a funny tidbit about Sato's past: Sato is the "witch" from four years ago!
547	598	Two Days with the Culprit (First Day)	September 19, 2009			TV Original	Gun
A man is shown accidentally shooting the President of a large gaming company, and then fleeing the scene. Conan, Ran, and Sonoko are at a mall, where they are using Conan to get a discount on some cake. While there, they spot Chiba and Takagi looking for suspicious individuals. Conan eavesdrops on them and Inspector Megure. The man who shot the President has kidnapped a little girl in the mall. Thanks to Conan's help, the girl is freed, but the man kidnaps Conan! Ran and Kogoro do their best to figure out Conan's location, and Kogoro goes on the hunt for clues. Kogoro learns that the President was not very popular in his company, and was angering three individuals in the company, including the shooter's friend, a secretary, and the Vice President. However, Conan discovers that the man is not armed, and is not going out of his way to treat Conan like a hostage. While trying to talk to the man, the lights go out in their hideout, and the man is shot by a mysterious individual. Conan and the man escape the hideout, and are saved in Agasa's car. Conan believes that this man may not be a criminal after all...
548	599	Two Days with the Culprit (Second Day)	September 26, 2009			TV Original	Window wiping
After avoiding violent situations with Ran and Kogoro, the man pleads his case to Conan. Kogoro, Conan, and Agasa all begin an investigation. Conan discovers the missing murder weapon. The man claims that the gun he used was not a real gun, but an air gun. Conan deduces that the man is not a murderer, and was used by somebody else to do their dirty work. Kogoro interrupts Megure's investigation in his office the next day, and Conan and the shooter show up, with the shooter pretending to have kidnapped Conan. He wants the shooter the stick the gun to Conan's head. Conan believes the real murderer will try to save Conan, because he will know the gun isn't real. Conan's plan works, and he stuns Kogoro to announce the real murderer.
549	600	The Revolving Sushi Mystery (Part 1)	October 3, 2009			V63 - F3~5	Clockwise
Agasa promises to take Haibara, Conan, and the Detective Boys to a fancy sushi place. Instead, they go to a place with revolving sushi. While there, they see a man act arrogant and rude to various people in the restaurant. Later, that man is killed from poison. Who could have done this, and how could they have done it? All three suspects have a perfectly good chance to poison the man.
550	601	The Revolving Sushi Mystery (Part 2)	October 10, 2009			V63 - F3~5	Method of eating sushi
After some investigating, Conan is able to solve the case. He has Agasa put on a "deduction show," and the Detective Boys assist Agasa in his deductions. The killer reveals that this murder was an act of revenge over the man having humiliated them, making their wife leave them.
551	602	The Culprit is Genta's Dad (Part 1)	October 17, 2009			V63 - F6~8	Kojima-san
There is a nation-wide Kojima-san contest, where all Kojima's are able to participate. There is a stamina, writing, and singing contest. Genta's father is surprisingly one of the three finalists. However, the man in charge of the contest is found murdered before the final round can begin, having fallen to his death from a flight of stairs. Inspector Megure, Detective Takagi, and Detective Chiba arrive at the scene. Conan and Inspector Megure believe that one of the three Kojima finalists is the murderer, which includes Genta's own father! Can Conan figure out the murderer? Also, Conan does not know which of the three is Genta's father! First appearance of Genji Kojima.
552	603	The Culprit is Genta's Dad (Part 2)	October 24, 2009			V63 - F6~8	Tokyoite
Conan tells Agasa and Haibara to keep the Detective Boys away from the scene, as Genta may be upset by his father being a suspect. Through an investigation, Conan figures out who the murderer is. When the murderer is confronted, Genta's father reveals himself, as he is a very proud man who hates liars. Genta's father, Genji, is then shown walking with Conan, Haibara, Agasa, and the Detective Boys.
553	604	The Interrogation Room	October 31, 2009			TV Original	Left-handed
Inspector Megure and Detective Takagi are interrogating a man who was arrested for murder. They bring in Kogoro, as he knew the man from a murder trial years before. The man is on parole, but on trial for the murder of a crooked police officer. Kogoro tries to get him to talk, but he remains silent. So, Conan and Takagi visit the crime scene to try to figure out what really happened. Could the interrogated man be hiding something?
554	605	Stork Mystery Tour (Ran's Search Chapter)	November 7, 2009			TV Original	Letter
Conan accidentally sprained his ankle when he saw Ran talking with Dr. Araide, and it still hasn't been healed. Conan, Ran, Kogoro, and the Detective Boys visit a place where a tour and festival are going on. While there, they meet various people, and Ran finds a run-away girl. The girl, Haruna, is discovered to have been missing for a while, and now it seems that Ran has gone missing as well! To help in the search, Heiji and Kazuha also show up. Heiji, Kogoro, and Conan investigate, while Kazuha takes control of the kids. Later, we see that a man has knocked out Ran, and kidnapped her! Will Conan find Ran? Conan injures his leg because as he slipped down the stairs as he saw Ran together with Araide sensei.
555	606	Stork Mystery Tour (Haruna's Pursuit Chapter)	November 14, 2009			TV Original	Detective Boys Badge
After an investigation, Conan and Heiji are able to solve the case! Could there be two kidnappers? And could there be a reason that Haruna has been running around all over the town? Even with a sprained ankle, Conan is still on the culprit's pursuit!
556	607	Intersection of Fear	November 21, 2009			TV Original	Rainbow
Conan, Kogoro, and Ran are driving, when they see a car crash, with a car in the river, up in smoke! Unfortunately, they are unable to rescue the man, but the other man involved in the accident is able to be saved. A police investigation concludes that the crash was an accident, but Conan believes otherwise. Could this be more than just an accident, and possibly a murder?
557	608	A Dangerous Party of Two	November 28, 2009			V65 - F6~7	Dialect
Conan has a day off... or so he thinks. He gets a call from Agasa and Haibara, saying that their car broke down, and they're getting picked up by a man and a woman in a car. However, things make a turn for the worst, as the man and woman are acting very strangely... they want to go to Mouri's Detective Agency, and keep mentioning things like "half-kill," and know about Conan's personality! Could these people be members of the Black Organization? Conan re-assures Haibara and Agasa that things are fine, and the man and woman are revealed to be none other than Inspector Kansuke Yamato and Detective Yui Uehara! They have come to Mouri and Conan to ask about a case that they cannot solve...
558	609	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Three Visits)	December 5, 2009			V65 - F8 ~ V66 - F1	Red paint
Yamato and Uehara takes Kogoro, Ran, and Conan to a mansion. Uehara reveals that the man was owned by a rich man in the past; The man one day decided to search for five talented people and gave the five a room in the mansion until they have reached their dreams. Euhara reveals that six people, Shusaku Akashi, Aoi Kobashi, Naoki Midorikawa, Shoji Yamabuki, Takuto Momose, and Shiro Naiko, referred to each others as colors that sound alike to their names. They were called Red (赤 Aka), Blue (青 Ao), Green (緑 Midori), Golden Yellow (山吹 Yamabuki), Pink (桃色 Momoiro), and White (白 Shiro) respectively. Yamato reveals that the doors in the mansion swung outward and that someone used a pile of boxes filled with books to trap Akashi inside a room. They examine the room to find one wall of the room painted red and in the center of the room a white and black chair placed back to back and nailed into the ground with the white chair facing the red wall. Yamato's rival, Taka'aki Morofushi, who's name can be read in Chinese as Komei, arrives and reveals he was the first to find the body as he was delivering flowers to the late Aoi who died from a heart attack in the storage room of the house. Conan reveals that the culprit knew the door would open outwards in the house and the location of the boxes of books which means the culprit is one of the three people who use to live in the mansion. First appearance of Taka'aki Morofushi.
559	610	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Item in Hand)	December 12, 2009			V65 - F8 ~ V66 - F1	Chess
Yamato tells Komei to take Ran and Conan with him to investigate the four suspects. They learn that Akashi and Aoi were avid chess fan and that Aoi was adored by all her friends. After investigating the four, they believe Naiko is involved in the murder in some way and travel to his apartment to arrest him. Upon arrival, they find that Naiko has been strangled and that the culprit had spray painted the wall in front of Naiko red. Komei then heads off to investigate the case on his own.
560	611	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (The Late Komei)	December 19, 2009			V65 - F8 ~ V66 - F1	Operating gown
Komei investigates the crime scene at the mansion and realizes who the culprit is. Before he could text his answer to Yamato, he is knocked unconscious by the culprit. The building is set ablaze and Koumei is saved by Euhara. At the hospital, Conan and Yamato deduced from Komei's incomplete text "The late Komei" was a saying which was alluded from the Battle of Wuzhang Plains; the moral of the story is that one can have great influence even after death. They believe that the culprit murdered Akashi to avenge Aoi's death. Conan and Yamato then realize what Akashi's dying message means.
561	612	The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall (Empty Fort Strategy)	December 26, 2009			V65 - F8 ~ V66 - F1	Italy
Komei regains consciousness, together they conclude that they lack the evidence to capture the culprit and thus decide to empty the Empty Fort Strategy to lure the culprit out. Using the strategy, they created the sense that no officers are guarding Naiko's apartment and successfully lure Naoki Midorikawa. Yamato reveals that Akashi had katakana spray painted on his wall indicating Naoki to be the murderer. Naiko, who was meeting his old friends to ask for money, finds Akashi and having misread the message began to spray it over with red paint cans. He realized that the message was indicating Naoki, takes a picture of the message, and uses it to extort money from Midorikawa. Conan reveals that Akashi had prepared the room to indicate the murderer to be Midorikawa even if the message was painted over. Conan reveals that the white chair was facing the red wall while the black chair was facing the white wall. This corresponds to chess piece colors where white makes the first move. Conan explains that the message tells a person to look at the red wall then look at the white wall; Doing so causes one to see a green complementary color afterimage which indicates Midorikawa. Midorikawa confesses and explains that he blamed Akashi was Aoi's death since she got a heart attack from frantically searching for a portrait of herself. He reveals that Akashi had painted over the portrait since he lacked the money to buy more painting supplies and had Akashi told her, she would not have died. Komei reveals that Akashi was working on a new portrait for her in secret and had intended to surprise her on her birthday. Midorikawa having realize his mistake breaks down in tears.
63	65	Big Monster Gomera Murder Case (Remastered)	January 9, 2010			V13 - F8~10	Footprints
Lights, Camera, Murder! Conan and the Detective Boys visit the film set of their favorite monster, Gomera, and stumble onto a real-life murder! The most puzzling aspect of the case is the prime suspect: Gomera! The kids must uncover the truth behind the grizzly killing before the death toll rises higher! First appearance of Tonomi Sakaguchi and the Gomera franchise.
562	613	Rainbow Color Kidnapping	January 16, 2010			TV Original	Cavan
Kogoro is hired by the Nijimura company to investigate a counterfeit company who has been copying their styles in handbags. Kogoro, Ran, and Conan witness the president of Nijimura become kidnapped by an unknown culprit. The culprit sends the president's wife, Saki Nijimura, a ransom note demanding her to place the money in a water-proof Nijimura handbag and to meet with him on a train at a specific time. While the police spy Saki, she runs into a crowd and receives a note demanding her to throw the handbag into the river below the train. Saki does as demanded and the river carries the handbag away. The next day, the police discover the empty purse downstream and President Nijimura's body in the woods. Conan notices something strange about the handbag they found and realizes it is a handbag from the company that has been counterfeiting Nijimura products. Conan gathers the police and Kogoro to the scene and tranquilizes Kogoro to reveal that the handbag actually sank to the bottom of the river and that Saki had staged the kidnapping and the ransom note. Saki confesses and reveals that the president had been selling off her designs for the handbags to the counterfeit companies and that he had gambled their family into debt.
563	614	Detective Boys vs. Robber Group (Turmoil)	January 23, 2010			V65 - F3~5	Eye-covering
Jodie Starling sees a man who looks the deceased Shuichi Akai with a burn on his face but dismisses it as an illusion. She heads to the bank to withdraw some money when a bank robbery occurs. The bank robbers begin taking cellphones away from the bankers and separates them into two groups, one group has bankers with relatives or friends, and the others are those without. One of the hostages happens to be Scar Akai causing Jodie to believe the possibility that Akai is alive. Jodie manages to lure one of the robbers to the bathroom and incapacitate him and finds the Detective Boys hiding in the stalls. Jodie tells Conan the bank robber's are separating people and taping their mouth and eyes. She is knocked out by one of the robbers from behind who then hide the body of the incapacitated robber in one of the bathroom and disguise him as a normal banker. Conan and the Detective Boys then formulate a plan to capture the four bank robbers. First appearance of Scar Akai. Jodie sees Scar Akai who resembles Shuichi Akai with a scar on his face. Jodie meets Scar Akai for the first time and thinks there is a possibility that Akai is alive and he survived the assassination by the Black Organization. She later becomes one of the hostages during the bank robbery.
564	615	Detective Boys vs. Robber Group (Silence)	January 30, 2010			V65 - F3~5	Hostages
Conan manages to incapacitate one of the robbers and realizes the robber had changed into his clothes and realizes that the robbers plan to escape the bank by pretending to be the hostages. Conan reveals to the Detective Boys that from the evidence of the robbers dialogue, they plan to choose five hostages, without friends or relatives, and disguise them as the bank robbers where the real robbers will then detonate an explosive and kill the five chosen hostages. The Detective Boys manage to detonate the explosives safely in an elevator and Conan manages to locate the three robbers who have mingled into the crowd. However Conan is grabbed by a robber who regained consciousness and is about to be killed until the robber is shot by scar Akai. The gunshot causes the police to infiltrate the bank and arrest the robbers. While Conan wonders who shot the robber, Jodie realizes it could only have been Scar Akai.
565	616	The Eyewitness Who Did Not See	February 6, 2010			TV Original	Wig
Kogoro enters a barber shop and rests in a chair with a towel over his face. A few minutes later, a statue breaks and the owner, Ebihara, is found dead with a poisoned dart through his heart. Conan investigates and realizes who the murderer is. He tranquilizes Kogoro to reveal that Masao Noda, the man who slept in the chair beside him before the murder. Conan reveals that Noda had murdered Ebihara beforehand and explains Ebihara was the man in the chair when Kogoro entered the shop. Noda, disguised as Ebihara, was the one who invited Kogoro to the barber shop and covered his face with a towel. Noda then switched places with Ebihara and used aimed a dart to knock down some pottery to create catch Kogoro's attention. As evidence, Conan reveals that Noda should have the same shirt as Ebihara. Noda confesses and reveals that Ebihara sold him to loan sharks. Conan(Shinichi) imagines Ran tying his tie just like a married couple would.
136	146	The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case (Part 1) (Remastered)	February 13, 2010			V20 - F10 ~ V21 - F3	Clock
The Detective Boys are on a camping trip but Professor Agasa forgot the tent. They then wander to a castle owned by a mistress and learn that there's a secret treasure in the castle. Conan finds a clue to the treasure and enters a secret passage but is attacked by an unknown assailant. Agasa and Ai release that something has happened to Conan. Agasa is about to phone the police to investigate but upon seeing a secret agent, is knocked out by the same culprit. Agasa invents the Wristwatch Flashlight. Ayumi admits to Ai that she feels very affectionate to Conan, saving some bread for him because she thinks that if he is lost, he is also very hungry.
137	147	The Old Blue Castle Investigation Case (Part 2) (Remastered)	February 20, 2010			V20 - F10 ~ V21 - F3	Passport
When nighttime comes, Ai investigates freely and is accompanied by the Detective Boys. They enter the same secret passage as Conan did and wander out of another secret entrance. Genta remains trapped and captured by the culprit. Mitsuhiko ends up missing too. Ai and Ayumi investigate the abandoned tower of the castle and find the culprit using a secret entrance connected to the castle. They find a corpse and release who the culprit is pretending to be the mistress. After re-uniting with the everyone, Conan reveals the location of the treasure. The treasure was the castle, and a beautiful scene. The culprit breaks down realizing that they wasted 10 years and killed a huge number of people just for this. The culprit is captured.

Trivia

• Kogoro Mouri Voice Actor have changed, Kamiya Akira was replaced with the voice actor Rikiya Koyama, In Episode 554 airing at November 7, 2009.
• This is the last season of the 2000s, with Episode 561 airing at December 26, 2009.

• Also, this is the first season of the 2010s, with Episode 562 airing at January 16, 2010.

Theme songs

Openings

• Episodes 528-529: Revive by Mai Kuraki
• Episodes 530-546: Everlasting Luv by BREAKERZ
• Episodes 547-564: MAGIC by Rina Aiuchi
• Episodes 565: As the Dew by GARNET CROW

Endings

• Episodes 528-529: Koigokoro Kagayaki Nagara by Naifu
• Episodes 530-539: Doing all right by GARNET CROW
• Episodes 540-561: Hikari by BREAKERZ
• Episodes 562-565: Hello Mr. my yesterday by Hundred Percent Free

See also

• Anime
• Staff Listing Season 18