The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room

Episode 878-879 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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Information
Title:	The Blind Spot in the Dressing Room
Japanese title:	試着室の死角 (Shichakushitsu no Shikaku)
Original airdate:	October 28, 2017 (Part 1) November 4, 2017 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	7.8% 8.5%
Manga case:	#280
Season:	27
Manga source:	Volume 91: Files 10-11 (969-970) ~ Volume 92: File 1 (971)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Masumi Sera Makoto Kyogoku Shukichi Haneda Shuichi Akai Mary Shinichi Kudo Wataru Takagi Juzo Megure Yukiko Kudo Jinsuke Ninda
Next Conan's Hint:	Swimsuits (Part 1) Sandals (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Umesaburou Sagawa
Storyboard:	Umesaburou Sagawa
Episode director:	878: Minoru Tozawa, 879: Hiroya Saitou
Animation Director:	878: Sasaki Keiko, 879: Asuka Tsubuki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Noriko Hidaka as Masumi Sera Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Marie Hatanaka as Fukunishi Ryoko Hikida as Izumi Roko Takizawa as Ritsuko Sashihara Chisa Yokoyama as Ayami Yamaki Kimiko Saito as Tomoyo Nitsuka Mai Nakahara as Reia Nanbu Shuichi Ikeda as Shuichi Akai Toshiyuki Morikawa as Shukichi Haneda Atsuko Tanaka as Mary
Music
Opening song:	Lie, Lie, Lie,
Closing song:	Togetsukyō ~Kimi Omou~
Chronology
Prev episode:	« A Pair of Crossing Fates
Next episode:	The Detective Boys and the Ghost Mansion »
List of episodes

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Masumi Sera Makoto Kyogoku (background) Shukichi Haneda (flashback) Shuichi Akai (flashback) Mary Sera (flashback) Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Wataru Takagi Juzo Megure Yukiko Kudo (background) Jinsuke Ninda (hand flashback)

Case

Situation

Part 1

Murder
	Location: Shimusa Victim: Ritsuko Sashihara Age: 41 years old Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Tomoyo Nitsuka, Reia Nanbu, and Ayami Yamaki

People

Tomoyo Nitsuka
	43 years old Customer

Reia Nanbu
	24 years old Shimusa Clothing Shop employee

Ritsuko Sashihara
	Victim (strangled) 41 years old Customer

Ayami Yamaki
	35 years old Customer

Fukunishi
	Employee Shimusa Clothing Shop clerk

Izumi
	Employee Shimusa Clothing Shop clerk

Resolution

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The culprit is Ayami Yamaki. She did it because she had been humiliated by the victim when she dress her dog in the same outfit as Yamaki. Yamaki understood that she was a slave to her boss and wanted to leave the company, but couldn't since she was in debt to her boss.

Conan thinks about how Masumi didn't know the difference between how Americans and Japanese count and how Europeans count, and connects it to other instances of Masumi saying and doing things that someone who lived in America wouldn't—being surprised at how thin a baseball bat was, and keeping her fork in her left hand while eating during the Red Woman case, and referring to soccer as "football" during the Romance Novelist case. Conan realizes that these instances show that Masumi actually lived in the United Kingdom, not in the United States — in Britain, cricket is more popular than baseball and has a wider bat, when eating, one would not switch the fork to the right hand, as is the case in the United States, and the British refer to association football as "Football", while in the U.S. it's called "Soccer".

As Conan wonders why Masumi would lie about this, he begins to think of England... and finally remembers.

Manga to anime changes

• During her interrogation scene, Ayami is asked about the gifts in her purse. She tells the police that the boxes contain perfume and are a gift for the store manager. In the manga, Takagi requests to see the contents of her perfumes boxes. In the anime, however, Ayami herself offers to show him.

See also

• Season 27