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== Characters introduced ==
 
== Characters introduced ==
 
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== Case ==
 
== Case ==
 
=== Situation ===
 
=== Situation ===
In Tokyo International Airport, Conan and the group are going to take a trip to Okinawa by taking a passenger plane. When Ran takes the glasses off Conan, who was sound asleep, she smiled, as it reminded her of Shinichi sleeping. Ran falls asleep as well and dreams about going to Los Angeles with Shinichi.
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In Tokyo International Airport, Conan and the group are going to take a trip to Okinawa by taking a passenger plane. When Ran takes the glasses off Conan, who was sound asleep, she smiled, as it reminded her of Shinichi sleeping. Ran falls asleep as well and dreams about going to [[Wikipedia: Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] with Shinichi.
  
 
On the way to Los Angeles, a company employee named Tsuneo Ukai is telling the photographer named Kazuhiro Otaka to not smoke. Otaka said sorry to Ukai and spits smoke at him. Next to him is another photographer named Tsugumi Amano, also his girlfriend, tells him to cut it out. Otaka then tells Amano to lighten up because he will be rich by selling the negatives to the newspaper office. Another photographer named Chizuru Tachikawa questions if the negatives are real or not. She also mentions that the congressman from America might have come to Japan to spread rumors. It would be embarrassing if they caught a wrong person by taking a picture. Otaka tells them that he already sent two pictures and they confirmed it's the right person. After the conversation, Otaka sees Saginuma, another photographer, sleeping. Another man who's in front of Otaka is the freelance journalist, Edward Crowe and he's just looking at Otaka.
 
On the way to Los Angeles, a company employee named Tsuneo Ukai is telling the photographer named Kazuhiro Otaka to not smoke. Otaka said sorry to Ukai and spits smoke at him. Next to him is another photographer named Tsugumi Amano, also his girlfriend, tells him to cut it out. Otaka then tells Amano to lighten up because he will be rich by selling the negatives to the newspaper office. Another photographer named Chizuru Tachikawa questions if the negatives are real or not. She also mentions that the congressman from America might have come to Japan to spread rumors. It would be embarrassing if they caught a wrong person by taking a picture. Otaka tells them that he already sent two pictures and they confirmed it's the right person. After the conversation, Otaka sees Saginuma, another photographer, sleeping. Another man who's in front of Otaka is the freelance journalist, Edward Crowe and he's just looking at Otaka.
  
Amano asked the stewardess to bring her medicine because she felt sick. Ukai stood up and walked around as he isn't comfortable sitting in a plane. Meanwhile, Amano is still feeling sicker and Tachikawa then switches seat with her. They notice that Otaka is missing from his seat.  
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Amano asked the stewardess to bring her medicine because she felt sick. Ukai stood up and walked around as he isn't comfortable sitting in a plane. Meanwhile, Amano is still feeling sicker and Tachikawa then switches seat with her. They notice that Otaka is missing from his seat.
  
 
Later, a drunk passenger is knocking on the restroom door for telling the person who's using the restroom to hurry up. The stewardess unlocks the door and finds the dead body of Kazuhiro Otaka.
 
Later, a drunk passenger is knocking on the restroom door for telling the person who's using the restroom to hurry up. The stewardess unlocks the door and finds the dead body of Kazuhiro Otaka.
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Ran heard people saying they found a dead body in the restroom. Ran is about to tell the person next to her that something horrible happened but he's gone. Inspector Megure who happened to be onboard was taken to the crime scene, suddenly, a strange boy deduces that the cause of death is probably nerve damage. The weapon is pointed but has no blade, like a ice pick. Before he was killed, someone made him take something that put him to sleep. Inspector Megure angrily asks who he is and the strange boy reveals himself as, "Kudo Shinichi". Megure remembers Yusaku Kudo who was his friend but hardly recognizes Shinichi. He is happy to see him but angrily got him out of the crime scene because it is an official police investigation. Then, Megure asks the stewardess that if he could borrow the camera from someone to take a picture. The stewardess said that Shinichi already took the pictures and already returned the camera. Shinichi deduces that from the appearance of the corpse, and the hardening of the chin, he has been dead for around an hour or two. There are three things that Shinichi cannot understand: First, there are some bloodstains on the wall, but there are no stains on the back of victim's clothes. Second, to the right of the death causing injury, there is a scratch. Third is the corpse's left side pocket. The inside is soaking wet, but the victim's hand is dry. Megure makes Shinichi leave. Takagi had now arrived at the scene and starts investigating. The official verdict was the exact same as what Shinichi dedeuced. Takagi wonders of who he is and Megure explains that he is Yusaku's son. He told Takagi that in the past, whenever he gets stuck on cases, Yusaku always solved for him. He remembered Shinichi as a little kid who used to follow his father to the crime scenes. He was so good at analyzing the crime scenes. Takagi became really impressed and wonders if they could ask for his help, Megure calls Takagi an idiot because he doesn't want any help from an amateur.
 
Ran heard people saying they found a dead body in the restroom. Ran is about to tell the person next to her that something horrible happened but he's gone. Inspector Megure who happened to be onboard was taken to the crime scene, suddenly, a strange boy deduces that the cause of death is probably nerve damage. The weapon is pointed but has no blade, like a ice pick. Before he was killed, someone made him take something that put him to sleep. Inspector Megure angrily asks who he is and the strange boy reveals himself as, "Kudo Shinichi". Megure remembers Yusaku Kudo who was his friend but hardly recognizes Shinichi. He is happy to see him but angrily got him out of the crime scene because it is an official police investigation. Then, Megure asks the stewardess that if he could borrow the camera from someone to take a picture. The stewardess said that Shinichi already took the pictures and already returned the camera. Shinichi deduces that from the appearance of the corpse, and the hardening of the chin, he has been dead for around an hour or two. There are three things that Shinichi cannot understand: First, there are some bloodstains on the wall, but there are no stains on the back of victim's clothes. Second, to the right of the death causing injury, there is a scratch. Third is the corpse's left side pocket. The inside is soaking wet, but the victim's hand is dry. Megure makes Shinichi leave. Takagi had now arrived at the scene and starts investigating. The official verdict was the exact same as what Shinichi dedeuced. Takagi wonders of who he is and Megure explains that he is Yusaku's son. He told Takagi that in the past, whenever he gets stuck on cases, Yusaku always solved for him. He remembered Shinichi as a little kid who used to follow his father to the crime scenes. He was so good at analyzing the crime scenes. Takagi became really impressed and wonders if they could ask for his help, Megure calls Takagi an idiot because he doesn't want any help from an amateur.
  
Next, Megure and Takagi decided to find some eyewitnesses but of course Shinichi interrupts again that he's the only witness who saw everything. He thinks it's four suspects. The ones that went to the bathroom, besides the victim. He doesn't remember how long each one took, but he can recognize them. Since his seat is in the back, he was watching them the whole time.  
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Next, Megure and Takagi decided to find some eyewitnesses but of course Shinichi interrupts again that he's the only witness who saw everything. He thinks it's four suspects. The ones that went to the bathroom, besides the victim. He doesn't remember how long each one took, but he can recognize them. Since his seat is in the back, he was watching them the whole time.
  
The four suspect are, the two women next to the victim's empty seat, Tsugumi Amano and Chizuru Tachikawa. The man sitting next to the aisle, Tsuneo Ukai and the man named Edward Crowe in the front.  
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The four suspect are, the two women next to the victim's empty seat, Tsugumi Amano and Chizuru Tachikawa. The man sitting next to the aisle, Tsuneo Ukai and the man named Edward Crowe in the front.
  
 
Tachikawa wonders why would he would be murdered. Megure is about to explain but Ukai mentions that it's because of the negatives. He would sell them to the newspapers for a lot of money. But there were no negatives in Otaka's possession. Saginuma asks if that he was murdered with a sharp object jabbed into his neck. Megure confirms that is correct which means this culprit was professional. But anyone with enough medical knowledge, as well as the right weapon, all of them including Saginuma could have done it.
 
Tachikawa wonders why would he would be murdered. Megure is about to explain but Ukai mentions that it's because of the negatives. He would sell them to the newspapers for a lot of money. But there were no negatives in Otaka's possession. Saginuma asks if that he was murdered with a sharp object jabbed into his neck. Megure confirms that is correct which means this culprit was professional. But anyone with enough medical knowledge, as well as the right weapon, all of them including Saginuma could have done it.
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=== People ===
 
=== People ===
 
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* 47 years old (a year ago)
 
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* Victim (suffocated)
 
* Victim (suffocated)
 
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* 29 years old (a year ago)
 
* Birth date: November 3, 1969
 
* Birth date: November 3, 1969
 
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* 27 years old (a year ago)
 
* 27 years old (a year ago)
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* 29 years old (a year ago)
 
* 29 years old (a year ago)
 
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* Photographer}}
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* 30 years old (a year ago)
 
* 30 years old (a year ago)
 
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* Photographer}}
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* 51 years old (a year ago)
 
* 51 years old (a year ago)
 
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* Freelance journalist}}
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* Hostess}}
 
* Hostess}}
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{{People|[[List of Non-Recurring Characters in Anime|Yuki]]|M8-Yuki.jpg|
 
* Hostess}}
 
* Hostess}}
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* Hostess}}
 
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=== Resolution ===
 
=== Resolution ===
<spoiler>Meanwhile, Megure suspects the most suspicious person is Saginuma. Shinichi tells Megure that's incorrect because he knows that Saginuma is not the culprit. He once said before, the four people instead of Saginuma went to the restroom. Since Saginuma didn't go, his chance to commit the crime was zero.  
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Shinichi begins his deduction by singles out the culprit among the suspects.
  
Saginuma thanks Shinichi that he's proven innocent and he knows that he has nothing to do with the case. Shinichi said no but he is involved in the case because he was used by the culprit. By the one who, out of these four people, is lying about what happened. Takagi mentions that Tachikawa said that Otaka knocked back when she went to check on him. She might have said that to set up Amano, so Takagi thinks Tachikawa is the one who's lying. Shinichi said it's wrong that Tachikawa didn't lie. Because at the time, there really was someone in the bathroom. Someone was with the dead body.  
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* First, although Megure claims that the most suspicious person is Saginuma, he is the least likely person to commit the crime as he was not among the people that went to the restroom. However, he is not entirely uninvolved with the case, as he was unknowingly '''used by''' the culprit, who is among the 4 people and told a lie to cover up their crime.  
  
It is revealed to be '''Edward Crowe'''. He was searching for the negatives, and put his hands into Otaka's pocket. Then, he remembered his cologne. He left the smell of the cologne in Otaka's pocket. So he quickly washed his hands. Then he tried to get rid of the smell by using his own handkerchief. The evidence is that his hands do not smell of the cologne. Megure asks how can that be counted as evidence. By talking to Edward, Shinichi has to speak English but Shinichi knows that Edward can speak Japanese. It is revealed that he can speak Japanese and it made everyone surprised. Of course he does because his checkbook was going to be used to make a deal for Otaka's negatives. Edward reveals that he was asked to buy the negatives by Representative Dickson.  
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* Next, even though Tachikawa claims that the victim knocked the restroom's door back when she went to check sounds not so believable, but the truth is that there was a person inside the restroom other than the victim: '''Edward Crowe''', who was searching for Otaka's negatives, causing his colonge's smell to get on the victim's clothes. Realizing this, he used his handkerchief smeared with water to wipe the smell away, resulting in one of his hands not having colonge's smell. Though Megure thinks that Edward doesn't understand what they're speaking, Shinichi reveals that Edward is actually fluent in Japanese due to his checkbook is in Japanese. With this revealed, Edward confessed that he was hired to buy the negatives by Representative Dickson before it could reach America. When Otaka went to the restroom, Edward thought it was a good time to make a deal with him and followed shortly later, but instead found the murdered Otaka. Not wanting to leave empty handed, he searched Otaka's body for the negatives, but didn't find it. When Tachikawa knocked the restroom's door, he replied by knocking it back to prevent her from coming in. His statement is verified by Shinichi, as Otaka's body was moved from the original position after the blood '''had dried''': only the person who came in after the murderer was capable of such action as the murderer didn't need to wait until the blood dried if they wanted to move the body. Additionally, Edward was the only person among the suspects who didn't know that Otaka kept the the negatives in his pocket due to his seating position, thus it was necessary for him to search in every possible locations, hence the need to move the body. Due of this, the murder must happened '''before''' Edward went to the restroom, thus Shinichi removes both Tachikawa and Edward from the suspect list, leaving Ukai and Amano.
  
Saginuma angrily accuses him as the culprit but actually he's not the culprit of murdering Otaka because when he went to the restroom, Otaka was already dead. Edward confirms it and he heard that he had gone to the restroom, so he thought it was a good time to try to make the deal. But when he knocked on the door, he didn't answer. So Edward just went in, but he was already dead. He knew it was wrong, but he needed money, so he searched the body for the negatives. He was the one who answered Tachikawa's knock. There were bloodstains on the wall of the bathroom, but no blood on the shirt of the victim. If the culprit had wanted to move the victim, there was no need to wait for the blood to dry. This means that someone moved the corpse afterwards, but didn't tell anyone that he had found it. The reason that person moved the corpse, should be because they were looking for the negatives. When he couldn't find it anywhere else on the body, he tried the pocket. The only person who would do this to someone who hadn't seen where the victim hid the negatives. The only one who couldn't have seen was Edward.  
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* From Ukai's statement, when Amano asked the flight attendant for medicine, Saginuma was not in his seat. However, Saginuma was '''indeed''' in his seat sleeping and being '''used by''' the culprit '''Tsugumi Amano'''.
  
The two suspects left are Ukai and Amano. The important point is when Amano asked the flight attendant for medicine, the seat behind the victim was empty. Saginuma was not in his seat. Saginuma was indeed sleeping in his own seat and someone put a wool cap on him and the eye mask too. Someone dressed Saginuma as Otaka sleeping. After the culprit killed Otaka, she didn't return to her own seat. Instead, she sat by Saginuma. After dressing Saginuma as Otaka, she then asked the flight attendant for medicine. Only to make everyone think that Otaka was still alive. The culprit who murdered Otaka and used Saginuma to clear herself is '''Tsugumi Amano''', Otaka's girlfriend.  
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Shinichi then explains Amano's method in committing the murder.
  
Well, can't blame the flight attendant for her mistake. It was very dark inside the plane and only a bit above Saginuma's nose was showing. Then, while the flight attendant was getting her the medicine, Amano moved back to her own seat. Finally, she acted like she was going to throw up and woke Tachikawa. This gave the impression that Otaka wasn't in his seat. Thus making the flight attendant and Tachikawa confused about exactly when he really went to the restroom. The empty seat that Ukai saw was the empty seat behind Saginuma.  
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* Before the trip, Amano reserved a seat behind Saginuma in advance for her alibi trick and canceled it shortly before the plane took off.
  
Megure suddenly says that if the seat beside Saginuma hadn't been empty, the plan would have failed. Shinichi says it could work. All she had to do is buy an extra plane ticket and if the medicine Saginuma took from her was sleeping pills, it'd be hard to wake up. She had a wool cap in her personal luggage and she knows that Otaka has a habit of wearing an eye mask when he sleeps. Takagi asks that what if the flight attendant had realized that Tachikawa wasn't sitting next to her. Shinichi answers that she could have put her luggage on the seat, and covered it up with the blanket. Now the negatives, with the small scissors she had in her sewing kit, she cut them up and flushed them away. This made everyone think that the motive was the negatives, and drew attention away from herself. But at the time, some pieces of the negatives had stick to her clothes.  
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* While on the plane, Amano switched Tachikawa's sickness medicine with sleeping pill and gave it to Saginuma, causing him to fall asleep.
  
The negatives that fell off her clothes are still by Saginuma's seat. In other words, her plan was this: after she was sure that Tachikawa was asleep, she told Otaka that she wanted to talk to him in the bathroom. She prepared the chloroform-soaked handkerchief, and waited for him there. She used the handkerchief as he came in, and closed the door as he fell asleep. Then she pulled out the weapon and killed him. Afterward, she took out the sewing kit, cut the negatives, and flush them. Then she locked the bathroom door from the outside. The next phase was the method Shinichi explained a moment ago. This way she had an alibi, and made Saginuma to look like Otaka was still alive. Therefore, she would be found innocent.  
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* She then waited until Tachikawa was asleep as well, and asked Otaka to go to the restroom for that she needs to talk with him. She then brought a handkerchief soaked with anesthesia and the murder weapon to the restroom, neutralized Otaka and stabbed him to death. Afterward, she hid the weapon and used scissor from her knitting set to cut the Negatives in Otaka's possession and flushed in down the toilet in order to disguise the crime as Otaka being murdered for it, in order to remove the suspicion from herself. Amano also didn't lock the door during the murder to see if there is a passenger waiting outside when she leaves the crime scene, and if someone tries to get in she would just use her hand to block them from coming in so that they would have to use other restroom instead.
  
Megure says that's risky, if someone had seen her coming out. Shinichi says that she could have left the door unlocked. That way no one would be waiting when she came out. As for someone walking in, if someone had tried to come in, it would have only have cracked open. The room is too small for the door to open if someone is inside. The person wouldn't have been able to see anything, but would still realize that someone was already in the bathroom. They're probably just try a different stall.  
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* After leaving the crime scene, Amano went to sit next to the sleeping Saginuma, using a hat similar to the one worn by Otaka in her possession, a sleeping mask, and a blanket to disguise Saginuma as Otaka, and called one of the air hostesses for a sickness medicine in order for the hostess to confirm that Otoka was still alive after she returned from the toilet. She also used her luggage and another blacket to disguise the seat next to her as the sleeping Tachikawa to further this deception. The empty seat behind Saginuma was to prevent anyone from noticing that she wasn't sitting in her original seat, and to cast suspicion that Saginuma had left his seat at some point. Because the entire plane was dark, the hostess easily fell for Amano's trick, and while the hostess was fetching the medicine, Amano removed the disguises, returned to her own seat, and pretended to cough to wake up Tachikawa. Once the hostess came back with the medicine, Amano pretended to notice that Otaka hasn't returned from the restroom so that Tachikawa would go to check it out. All of her actions were to shift the exact time that Otaka went to the restroom, and with the hostess and Ukai as a witness, Amano would be removed from the suspect list as she was still in her seat during the time the murder supposedly took place. A piece of the cut Negatives was found on a seat next to Saginuma's, confirming this theory.
  
Shinichi has the weapon and the proof. They are still on the culprit's body. Of course the people have been checked twice but this weapon is that hard to spot. It can also make it past the metal detector. It's something only women have. It is the wire in the right side of Amano's bra. If she sharpened one end of the wire, and stabbed it into the back of the victim's neck using her weight. She could put it in five or six centimeters. Deep enough to hit a spinal nerve. Even a woman could accomplish this. Other than a puncture wound, the scratch beside it is the best proof. It was caused by the other end of the wire. Amano didn't get rid of her weapon, because she was afraid the police would find it and might trace it back to her.  
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* The weapon is something that can easily passed through metal detector at the airport and wouldn't be noticed even if she had undergone body check twice: her '''bra wire''' that was specifically sharpened for the murder. By using full force, she could easily stab the back of Otaka's neck up to five or six centimeters and deep enough to hit a spinal nerve. The scratch besides the wound is a concrete proof that it was used in the crime, and since it was impossible to get rid of the weapon without the police realizing that the woman who is missing a wire in her bra is the culprit, Amano must still has that specific wire in her possession, and Otaka's blood on it will prove beyond all doubts that she is the murderer.  
  
Amano confesses to her crime and reveals that three years ago, Otaka won the prize for journalistic photography because of the picture of mother handing the baby to the fireman. She began liking Otaka because of that picture, he captured so well. The tragedy of the fire that killed her older brother. The same fire as the one in that picture. The famous photo of the fire, it wasn't the only one. He took so many pictures of the fire, some were even taken before the fire started. Picture of when the fire was small, and was just a little smoke. More than she could count. Otaka was the one who set the fire. When she asked about it, Otaka said, "Instead of waiting for the perfect moment, I created it myself." Amano thought she was so confident that she hid the weapon well. Shinichi thinks it's obvious. When she started taking down the luggage, she used her right hand but stopped short. Later she used her left. Therefore, he concluded that it was because the wire had started to poke into her arm. Because of the pain she had to swap hands to take down the bag. The mistakes a person makes when in a hurry can be very important clues. The careless mistake that Amano made caused Shinichi to realize that her movement was very strange. Amano is now arrested for murder.
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In the end, Ran is still dreaming talking to Shinichi about bra is sexual harassment. Kogoro is asking Ran what did Shinichi do to her in a big fuss. Suddenly the stewardess is telling Kogoro to get back in his seat. Ran woke up after that.</spoiler>
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Amano confesses to her crime and reveals that three years ago, Otaka won a journalistic photography award because of a picture of a mother inside a burning building handing her baby to a fireman. She began liking Otaka because of said picture captured its emotion so well, as it was also the same fire that killed her older brother. After dating him, Amano discovered that the photo in fact wasn't the only one that he had taken: Otaka took so many pictures of the fire, some were even before the fire had started, until the entire building was enveloped in flames, and realized that he was the one who started it in the first place. Her thought was soon confirmed when Otaka revealed "Instead of waiting for the perfect moment, he created the moment by  himself".
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Amano also expresses a disappointment that Shinichi easily discovered her weapon, as she was very confident in her plan. Shinichi answers that it was because of her unnatural action of switching her hand from right to left midway while trying to take down the luggage. This seemingly unimportant action caused him to realize that the wire had started to poke into her arm, requiring her to switch her hand, and thus allowed him to come to conclusion that she is the murderer. Satisfied with Shinichi's explaination, Amano silently nods as Takagi places her under arrest.
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==Afterward==
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In the end, Ran is still dreaming talking to Shinichi about bra is sexual harassment. Kogoro is asking Ran what did Shinichi do to her in a big fuss while the stewardess tells Kogoro to get back in his seat. Ran wakes shortly after while the befuddled Ayumi asks for the meaning of sexual harassment.</spoiler>
  
 
== Continuity ==
 
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== Rerun ==
 
== Rerun ==
 
* The episode was rerun on September 26, 2005.
 
* The episode was rerun on September 26, 2005.
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== Trivia ==
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* The names of the characters are related to birds: Ukai (鵜飼) cormoran fishing, Otaka (大鷹) big hawk, Tsugumi (つぐみ) [[Wikipedia: Thrush (bird)|thrush]], Chizuru (千鶴) one thousand cranes, Saginuma (鷺沼) heron swamp/lake, and Crowe sounds phonetically similar to the bird [[crow]].
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* Sasai Norikazu from [[Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case]] made a cameo.
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* Naomichi from [[Valentine Murder Case]] made a cameo.
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* Ryoichi Takahashi from [[Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case]] made a cameo.
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* Maria Todd from [[Holmes Freak Murder Case]] made a cameo.
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* This case is the first time that Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi are on a plane.
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* Although [[Professor Agasa]] won the trip to Okinawa, he caught a cold at the last minute, so [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] is taking care of the sick doctor instead of them going.
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* This is the second time that Ran removes [[Conan Edogawa|Conan's]] glasses when he is sleeping. The first time was in [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases]].
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* Interesting Note: A year ago, Ran and Shinichi were on a plane to go to America, to see his parents, and [[Megure]] and [[Takagi]] happened to be on the same flight.
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* This is the second case that involves [[Shinichi Kudo]], since he was transformed into a little boy in the [[Roller Coaster Murder Case]], however, unlike that time, Conan did not take [[Paikaru]], as he did in the [[Diplomat Murder Case]].
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* This is the first flashback case, which shows a previous case that Shinichi solved, and this one was one year ago, and on a plane.
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* Megure would probably have recognized Shinichi sooner, however the last time that he had seen [[Yusaku Kudo|Yusaku's]] son, was when Shinichi was in middle school or 6th grade.
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* This is the first case that Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa proved that they are fluent in English, which apparently Megure is not. Whenever Kudo is speaking specifically to Edward, he is talking to him in English, however for his deduction show, he reverted to Japanese, which he knew they all understood, including the English speaking suspect.
  
 
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Revision as of 23:33, 22 November 2020

Episode 162
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Information
Title: The Locked Room in the Sky: Shinichi Kudo's First Case
Japanese title: 空飛ぶ密室 工藤新一最初の事件
(Soratobu Misshitsu Kudō Shin'ichi Saisho no Jiken)
Original airdate: September 27, 1999 *
September 26, 2005 (Rerun) *
Broadcast rating: 19.8%
Manga case: #59
Season: 6
Manga source: Volume 21: Files 4-7 (204-207)
Case
Cast: Shinichi Kudo
Ran Mouri
Conan Edogawa
Juzo Megure
Wataru Takagi
Kogoro Mouri
Detective Boys
Case solved by: Shinichi Kudo
Next Conan's Hint: Tablets
N/A (Rerun)
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Kenji Kodama
Organizer: Kenji Kodama
Masato Sato
Storyboard: Kenji Kodama
Masato Sato
Episode director: Masato Sato
Animation Director: Mari Tominaga
Miwa Oshima (assistant)
Music
Opening song: Girigiri chop
Closing song: Free Magic
Chronology
Prev episode: « The Murder Floating in the Water Stream Restaurant
Next episode: The Secret of the Moon, the Star, and the Sun »
List of episodes
* 1 Hour Special


Characters introduced

Cast

Case

Situation

In Tokyo International Airport, Conan and the group are going to take a trip to Okinawa by taking a passenger plane. When Ran takes the glasses off Conan, who was sound asleep, she smiled, as it reminded her of Shinichi sleeping. Ran falls asleep as well and dreams about going to Los Angeles with Shinichi.

On the way to Los Angeles, a company employee named Tsuneo Ukai is telling the photographer named Kazuhiro Otaka to not smoke. Otaka said sorry to Ukai and spits smoke at him. Next to him is another photographer named Tsugumi Amano, also his girlfriend, tells him to cut it out. Otaka then tells Amano to lighten up because he will be rich by selling the negatives to the newspaper office. Another photographer named Chizuru Tachikawa questions if the negatives are real or not. She also mentions that the congressman from America might have come to Japan to spread rumors. It would be embarrassing if they caught a wrong person by taking a picture. Otaka tells them that he already sent two pictures and they confirmed it's the right person. After the conversation, Otaka sees Saginuma, another photographer, sleeping. Another man who's in front of Otaka is the freelance journalist, Edward Crowe and he's just looking at Otaka.

Amano asked the stewardess to bring her medicine because she felt sick. Ukai stood up and walked around as he isn't comfortable sitting in a plane. Meanwhile, Amano is still feeling sicker and Tachikawa then switches seat with her. They notice that Otaka is missing from his seat.

Later, a drunk passenger is knocking on the restroom door for telling the person who's using the restroom to hurry up. The stewardess unlocks the door and finds the dead body of Kazuhiro Otaka.

Murder

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Location: Luna Airliners restroom
Victim: Kazuhiro Otaka
Age: 29 years old
Cause of death: Suffocation due to cervical spinal cord injury
Suspects: Tsuneo Ukai, Tsugumi Amano, Chizuru Tachikawa, Noboru Saginuma, and Edward Crowe
Photographer Kazuhiro Otaka was found dead in the plane's lavatory with an unusual scratch on his neck and a puncture wound just below his hairline.

Ran heard people saying they found a dead body in the restroom. Ran is about to tell the person next to her that something horrible happened but he's gone. Inspector Megure who happened to be onboard was taken to the crime scene, suddenly, a strange boy deduces that the cause of death is probably nerve damage. The weapon is pointed but has no blade, like a ice pick. Before he was killed, someone made him take something that put him to sleep. Inspector Megure angrily asks who he is and the strange boy reveals himself as, "Kudo Shinichi". Megure remembers Yusaku Kudo who was his friend but hardly recognizes Shinichi. He is happy to see him but angrily got him out of the crime scene because it is an official police investigation. Then, Megure asks the stewardess that if he could borrow the camera from someone to take a picture. The stewardess said that Shinichi already took the pictures and already returned the camera. Shinichi deduces that from the appearance of the corpse, and the hardening of the chin, he has been dead for around an hour or two. There are three things that Shinichi cannot understand: First, there are some bloodstains on the wall, but there are no stains on the back of victim's clothes. Second, to the right of the death causing injury, there is a scratch. Third is the corpse's left side pocket. The inside is soaking wet, but the victim's hand is dry. Megure makes Shinichi leave. Takagi had now arrived at the scene and starts investigating. The official verdict was the exact same as what Shinichi dedeuced. Takagi wonders of who he is and Megure explains that he is Yusaku's son. He told Takagi that in the past, whenever he gets stuck on cases, Yusaku always solved for him. He remembered Shinichi as a little kid who used to follow his father to the crime scenes. He was so good at analyzing the crime scenes. Takagi became really impressed and wonders if they could ask for his help, Megure calls Takagi an idiot because he doesn't want any help from an amateur.

Next, Megure and Takagi decided to find some eyewitnesses but of course Shinichi interrupts again that he's the only witness who saw everything. He thinks it's four suspects. The ones that went to the bathroom, besides the victim. He doesn't remember how long each one took, but he can recognize them. Since his seat is in the back, he was watching them the whole time.

The four suspect are, the two women next to the victim's empty seat, Tsugumi Amano and Chizuru Tachikawa. The man sitting next to the aisle, Tsuneo Ukai and the man named Edward Crowe in the front.

Tachikawa wonders why would he would be murdered. Megure is about to explain but Ukai mentions that it's because of the negatives. He would sell them to the newspapers for a lot of money. But there were no negatives in Otaka's possession. Saginuma asks if that he was murdered with a sharp object jabbed into his neck. Megure confirms that is correct which means this culprit was professional. But anyone with enough medical knowledge, as well as the right weapon, all of them including Saginuma could have done it.

Amano said that she wasn't feeling well, so she went to the restroom to throw up. When she came back, Otaka was still in his seat. After that, she asked the flight attendant for air sickness medication. Shortly after, Ukai left to go the restroom, which took about five minutes. Megure said that he should have been sitting next to the victim, with the aisle in between. Ukai said he was uncomfortable, so he walked around for a bit. When the flight attendant came back with the medicine and water, Otaka already left his seat. It took less than a minute. Tachikawa went to the bathroom too, after Tsugumi had taken the medicine. It had been about twenty minutes. Since Otaka hadn't come back yet, she went to check on him. At that time, he was still alive. She knocked and asked, "Is anything wrong?" He answered back by knocking. Next for Edward, Shinichi asks him when did he go to the toilet. Unfortunately, he doesn't remember when he did. Saginuma wonders how long is the police going to keep up with the pointless questioning. The one who has the weapon is the culprit so he thinks the police should search the other four because he said as for him, he was asleep the entire time. Ukai calls Saginuma a liar because he knows that he left his seat that's behind Otaka's. Saginuma got confused and Megure asks what is he saying. Ukai said that Otaka was in his seat before he left the restroom. At that time, Saginuma wasn't in his seat. Saginuma asks Ukai that what is he talking about because he was so sure that he was asleep the entire time. He also said that the other four had gone to the restroom and points at Shinichi that he saw it too. Since all five of them are suspects, the police are going to conduct a body search and inspect their luggages.

Later, the police couldn't find a murder weapon even by searching the five people's bodies and luggages. They decided to search the victim's belongings as nothing suspicious was found on the suspects.

Takagi opens the overhead bin door and asks Amano which luggage is Otaka's. Amano points to the bag so she reaches to get it with her right arm but suddenly stops. Amano remembers that Otaka said something strange. About a week ago, he left his bag in the photo studio. The next day, he found the bag had been cut up with a knife. So it's the new bag that Otaka brought currently and Amano reaches to get it with her left arm. In Otaka's bag, there's nothing that could be the murder weapon. After seeing his passport, Takagi remembers that three years ago, Kazuhiro Otaka won the newspaper's big journalistic photography contest. The picture he won was about the mother handing her baby to the fireman during a big apartment fire.

Meanwhile, Ukai is still accusing Saginuma that he's the culprit. He knows that Saginuma is lying about sleeping the whole time. He saw it when Amano was taking medication, Saginuma wasn't in his seat. Megure asks where was Saginuma at that time. The stewardess doesn't think he was in his seat. Saginuma asks the other flight attendant if he was asleep in his seat but unfortunately, she can't remember. When Shinichi asks something to the stewardess by whispering, she said yes. Shinichi had finally figured out who the culprit is. He then asks Ran something that's inappropriate and Ran confirms his suspicions. Shinichi finally found the weapon that the culprit used to killed the victim.

People

  • Resolution

    Continuity

    Anime to live action changes

    See also: Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case

    Rerun

    • The episode was rerun on September 26, 2005.

    Trivia

    • The names of the characters are related to birds: Ukai (鵜飼) cormoran fishing, Otaka (大鷹) big hawk, Tsugumi (つぐみ) thrush, Chizuru (千鶴) one thousand cranes, Saginuma (鷺沼) heron swamp/lake, and Crowe sounds phonetically similar to the bird crow.
    • Sasai Norikazu from Tenkaichi Night Festival Murder Case made a cameo.
    • Naomichi from Valentine Murder Case made a cameo.
    • Ryoichi Takahashi from Mountain Villa Bandaged Man Murder Case made a cameo.
    • Maria Todd from Holmes Freak Murder Case made a cameo.
    • This case is the first time that Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi are on a plane.
    • Although Professor Agasa won the trip to Okinawa, he caught a cold at the last minute, so Haibara is taking care of the sick doctor instead of them going.
    • This is the second time that Ran removes Conan's glasses when he is sleeping. The first time was in The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases.
    • Interesting Note: A year ago, Ran and Shinichi were on a plane to go to America, to see his parents, and Megure and Takagi happened to be on the same flight.
    • This is the second case that involves Shinichi Kudo, since he was transformed into a little boy in the Roller Coaster Murder Case, however, unlike that time, Conan did not take Paikaru, as he did in the Diplomat Murder Case.
    • This is the first flashback case, which shows a previous case that Shinichi solved, and this one was one year ago, and on a plane.
    • Megure would probably have recognized Shinichi sooner, however the last time that he had seen Yusaku's son, was when Shinichi was in middle school or 6th grade.
    • This is the first case that Shinichi Kudo/Conan Edogawa proved that they are fluent in English, which apparently Megure is not. Whenever Kudo is speaking specifically to Edward, he is talking to him in English, however for his deduction show, he reverted to Japanese, which he knew they all understood, including the English speaking suspect.

    BGM listing

    # Song Title Romaji Translation OST
    1 ギリギリchop Girigiri chop On the edge chop Girigiri chop
    2 のんびり気分 Nonbiri Kibun Carefree Feeling Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    3 緊迫 Kinpaku Tension Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    4 対決のテーマ (落ち着きver.) Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.) Showdown Theme (Calm ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    5 悪のテーマ (パート2) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2) Theme of Evil (Part 2) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    6 事件現場 (謎ver.) Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.) Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    7 ターゲット サスペンスC Tāgetto Sasupensu C Target Suspense C Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    8 犯人のアジト (忍び込みver.) Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.) The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    9 悪のテーマ (パート1) Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1) Theme of Evil (Part 1) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    10 犯人のアジト Hannin no Ajito The Culprit's Hideout Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    11 推理 (不気味ver.) Suiri (Bukimi ver.) Deduction (Ominous ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    12 推理 (オリジナルver.) Suiri (Orijinaru ver.) Deduction (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    13 尋問 Jinmon Interrogation Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
    14 犯人からの電話 Hannin Kara no Denwa Phone Call From the Culprit Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
    15 ターゲット サスペンスH Tāgetto Sasupensu H Target Suspense H Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    16 事件現場 (オリジナルver.) Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.) Scene of the Case (Original ver.) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
    17 真相究明 Shinsō Kyūmei Investigating the Truth Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    18 トリック Torikku Trick Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
    19 西の名探偵 Nishi no Meitantei The Great Detective of the West Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    20 怪人包帯男2 Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2 The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2 Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
    21 名探偵コナン・メインテーマ (ヴォーカル・ヴァージョン) Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Vōkaru・Vājon) Detective Conan Main Theme (Vocal Version) Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
    22 Free Magic Free Magic Free Magic Free Magic
    23 蘭のテーマ Ran no Tēma Ran's Theme Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

    Gallery

    In other languages

    Language Title Translation
    Flag of Arabic Arabic لقاء طال انتظاره A Long-Awaited Meeting
    Flag of Catalonia Catalan (Catalan dub) Un espai tancat volant, el 1r cas d'en Shinichi Kudo A locked area in the sky, Shinichi Kudo's first case
    Flag of Valencia Catalan (Valencian dub) Assassinat en l'aire, el primer cas de Shinichi Murder in sky, Shinichi's first case
    Flag of France French Meurtre dans les nuage Murder in the Clouds
    Flag of Galicia Galician O cadaleito voador. O primeiro caso de Shinichi The flying coffin. Shinichi's first case
    Flag of Germany German Mord an Bord Murder aboard
    Flag of Italy Italian Il primo caso di Shinichi Shinichi's first case
    Flag of Spain Spanish (Castilian dub) Especial del primer caso de Shinichi en un vuelo Special of Shinichi's first case in a flight
    Flag of Chile Spanish (American dub) El primer caso de Shinichi Kudo: Asesinato en el cielo Shinichi Kudo's first case: Murder in the sky
    Flag of Thailand Thai ห้องปิดตายลอยฟ้า คดีแรกของคุโด้ ชินอิจิ The locked room in the sky - Shinichi Kudo's first case
    Flag of Vietnam Vietnamese Căn phòng kín trên không: Vụ án đầu tiên của Kudo Shinichi The Locked Room in the Sky: Kudo Shinichi's First Case

    See also

    Episodes of Season 6
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