The Secret of the Search for his Wife

Episode 975 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Secret of the Search for his Wife
Japanese title:	妻探しの秘密 (Tsuma Sagashi no Himitsu)
Original airdate:	July 4, 2020
Broadcast rating:	?.?%
Filler case:	#330
Season:	28
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Crab
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Asami Ishikawa
Animation Director:	Seiji Muta (supervisor)
Character Design:	Rei Masunaga
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi
Music
Opening song:	ANSWER
Closing song:	Sissy Sky
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Target is the Metropolitan Police Traffic Department
Next episode:	Chase the Detective Taxi! »
List of episodes

The Secret of the Search for his Wife (妻探しの秘密 ,Tsuma Sagashi no Himitsu) is the 975th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Teacher B

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Missing person
290px	Location: Beika-cho Victim: Tomomi Higuchi Age: 29 Time: 3 days ago Masaki Higuchi asks Kogoro to solve the mystery behind his wife's disappearance, which he thought was strange.

Murder
290px	Location: Higuchi house Victim: Tomomi Higuchi Age: 29 Time: 3 days ago Cause of death: Stabbing Suspects: Masaki Higuchi While the police were searching the house, one of the officers dug in the ground and found what was Tomomi's body. Masaki then became the prime suspect.

People

Masaki Higuchi
	32 years old Office worker

Tomomi Higuchi
	Victim (stabbed) 29 years old Masaki's wife Florist Amateur actress

Woman A
	Next door neighbor of the Higuchis Housewife

Man A
	Man living in front of the Higuchis Retired

Man B
	Man living diagonally from the Higuchis

Man C
	Man living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Bandage on forehead

Woman B
100px	Woman living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Scratches on legs

Woman C
	Woman living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Bandages on left arm

Boy
	Woman C's son

Police Officer A
	Tokyo MPD police officer

Police Officer B
	Tokyo MPD police officer

Resolution

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The culprit is the woman with scratches, who is named in fact Sakie Tsutsumi.

Aftermath

Trivia

• The case shares similarities with The Missing Girlfriend, written by Tatsuro Inamoto.
• The restaurant where Masaki had a date with his wife is Arsène, the skyview restaurant which appeared in The Desperate Revival.
• The kindergarten where Shinichi and Ran went to is located near the Higuchis' house.
• The play Tomomi is cast in is Shakespeare's Othello.

See also

• Season 28