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==== File 664 - Ikkaku Rock ====
 
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After a day of highly successful sea fishing (on some island under the jurisdiction of Yokohama Prefecture), Okiya comes in a large boat to take the Detective Boys back to the mainland. They are all expecting Agasa, and so are surprised to see Okiya, and Haibara is additionally scared, as she insists that Okiya has the special “smell” that uniquely belongs to Black Organization members. Conan (behind whom Haibara is now hiding), on the other hand, is not worried at all, and says to Haibara that maybe her opinion is preconceived. Okiya does not seem to notice Haibara’s fear of him, and helps her go onto the boat when she slips; Haibara seems genuinely surprised by the fact that nothing bad happened to her and that Okiya seems nice. <br><br>
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The boat starts sailing. It is near evening, and the driver, Iwao Ida (whom the Detective Boys got to know in file 45) suggests that the Detective Boys come to the deck to enjoy the stunningly beautiful sunset glow. They obey happily, and while looking at the sun falling down the horizon, they spot something spiking out of the sea. Ida explains that the spike is actually a tiny odd-shaped isle called “Ikkaku rock”, and that according to legends it is the horn of a sea-dwelling dragon. This dragon is said to dislike fishermen so much that she will try to sink any boat approaching (for this reason boats tend to avoid the seas around Ikkaku rock), but likes children very much. Upon hearing this, Ayumi and Genta both shout that they want to visit it; as a result, to Ikkaku rock they go. As they approach, another boat  appears, and Ida reckons that the three people (called Yusaji Kaita, Rokusuke Oto and Shuhei Aosato respectively) on that boat are divers trying to become friends with some rich entrepreneur’s daughter. They seem to be looking for someone, and when Aosato comments that “it does not appear to be near here” they sail away. <br><br>
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The boat eventually reaches the island, and Okiya and the Detective Boys immediately start exploring. Okiya finds a rock that has been carved very recently, and the carvings are katakana characters meaning “mackerel, carp, sea beam, flounder”; meanwhile, Conan finds a single flipper inserted into the gap between two rocks. He immediately senses something wrong, as leaving the flipper here means that the person that depended on it to reach the isle could not return, and the carvings might be some sort of message. Therefore, Conan decides to run to the other side of the isle to see whether anything is going on there, and he ends up finding the body of a woman who died a few hours ago of dehydration. Beside the body there is a diving tank and a scuba regulator, and the part of the scuba regulator that is supposed to make contact with the mouth is clean despite the woman having lipstick on. Conan and Okiya believe that this means that someone (for some unknown reason) replaced the regulator after the woman’s death but did not call the police, which makes it likely that they are dealing with a murder case.
  
 
==== File 665 - Mackerel · Carp · Sea Bream · Flounder ====
 
==== File 665 - Mackerel · Carp · Sea Bream · Flounder ====
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Jugo Yokomizo arrives at the crime scene and comes to the same conclusion as Conan and Okiya after examining the body. He is then told about the strangely inserted flipper and the carvings, but cannot figure out their carver or their purpose. Conan argues that the carver was definitely the victim: there is a wristwatch on the isle whose abrasions are of a width that matches the width of the carvings, and there is a clear mark on the wrist of the victim whose width matches that of the watch. Furthermore, since the wristwatch is well-hidden, it is unlikely that the murderer carved to confuse the police, as he (or she) would want to leave the isle as quickly as possible and thus simply toss the watch aside after carving. Conan then hands the wristwatch to Yokomizo, who notices the initials H.A. on the back of the watch, the words “Akamine angle … club” and an indiscernible word between “angle” and “club” that has been removed by rubbing that part of the watch against some surface. <br><br>
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Having established that the fish names constitute a dying message, Conan further reveals that the victim is called Hikari Akamine, the only child of a banker who opened a branch in Yokohama prefecture only recently. Yokomizo is stunned by Conan’s knowledge of the victim’s identity, but before he has a chance to ask how Conan figured it all out he (and everyone else) is distracted by an approaching boat. It is the three young men that Conan and company encountered a while ago, and they explain (after Yokomizo tells them about the situation) that the victim is their friend, that they often dive together and that she disappeared during a dive three days ago, leaving them nothing but an email reading “you guys, take care of the rest!”. Yokomizo asks how they reacted to the message, and they say that they did nothing during the first two days, as it is not the first time that Akamine disappears and leaves such a message. Once, she reappeared on the second day after partying all night long on another boat, and was very unhappy when realizing that her friends had called the police (to search for her). They also reveal that Akamine prefers going into the ocean alone (as opposed to going in a group or finding a partner to form a pair, which is a safer and the standard practice) despite not knowing how to swim, and that her stubbornness imperiled her life during a dive half a year ago and resulted in the death of a diver and friend called Yoshiro. Yokomizo wants to know more about this person, but Aosato insists that he has nothing to do with the case at hand; thus Yokomizo asks instead about the band-aid that he has attached under the mouth. Aosato claims that he is just trying to cover the scar formed after popping a pimple the day before; he adds that he did so while navigating the Internet in a cybercafé (he wanted to see whether there was any news concerning Akamine) and supporting his chin on one of the hands. <br><br>
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At this point, Conan notices that all three divers have a wristwatch identical to Akamine’s; he thus knows very soon that the word between “angle” and “club” is “fish”. He believes that this word is related to the dying message, but does not know how. Meanwhile, the other members of the Detective Boys are trying to unravel the meaning of the dying message, with Mitsuhiko suggesting that by adding syllables to the fish names, new words emerge, and that by putting them together one can more or less construct a sentence. Haibara says that adding or deleting syllables could work, but that there must be a set of instructions contained in the dying message that tell people what to attach or remove and when (in other words, she is saying that Mitsuhiko’s arbitrary approach will likely not work, that they need something systematic). These words seem to make Conan and Okiya realize something, and they soon are able to decode the dying message and know who the murderer is. Conan thanks his friends for inspiring him, and Okiya remarks that children’s naive comments cannot be underestimated and dismissed.
  
 
==== File 666 - Thirst for Blood ====
 
==== File 666 - Thirst for Blood ====
  
 
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Conan and Okiya point out that the message sent from Akamine’s email address must have been written and sent by one of her three friends, as Akamine never returned to the boat and could not take her phone into the ocean. The divers agree with the logic, but argue that there is no solid evidence of anyone impersonating Akamine, because of which deducing from this that the murderer is among them is foolish. Conan, however, disputes what they are saying, and tells them that Akamine’s dying message indicates unequivocally that Shuhei Aosato is the murderer. He then challenges others to write the fish names mentioned in the dying message not in katakana but in kanji. The result is as follows: “サバ” (mackerel) becomes “鯖”, “コイ” (carp) becomes “鯉”, “タイ” (sea beam) becomes “鯛” and “ヒラメ” (flounder) becomes “鮃” (note that the left side of all four kanjis is “魚”, which means “fish”).
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The removed word “fish” on Akamine’s wristwatch means that one is supposed to read those four characters without the fish part (i.e. without “魚”), which leaves “青里周平”, which is the name of Shuhei Aosato written in kanji.  <br><br>
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The accused dismisses their findings and says that this kind of word game means nothing, and notes that if Akamine wanted to incriminate him it would suffice to write his name down directly. Okiya says that leaving such a straightforward message risked it being erased, and Aosato argues that they have no evidence of him returning to Ikkaku rock after the dying message was written. Conan retorts that although nobody saw him come, that he came is almost certain by following logic. Conan conjectures that three days ago, Aosato, when diving with Akamine, damaged her tank in some way (and claiming that it was an accident) and took her to the nearest landmass - the Ikkaku rock. He then promised Akamine that he would return with help, but never did, and her inability to swim combined with the lack of traffic around the isle made sure that she could not leave and would eventually die on it. Conan further says that this theory explains the murderer’s need to come back to the isle after Akamine’s death to replace the (damaged) diving tank (and scuba regulator) with a functional one: otherwise, people would sow doubt on the abnormal state of the diving tank (“abnormal” probably becasue natural damage or wear-off does not resemble deliberate damage) and realize that her death was not an unfortunate accident (in which Akamine encountered problems while diving, was able to swim to Ikkaku rock but eventually died because no boat would approach and rescue her) but a well-crafted murder.  <br><br>
  
The culprit is '''Shuhei Aosato'''. Once found out, he tries to run away taking Ayumi hostage with a dagger, but is easily frightened and disarmed by Okiya, which arouses Ai's attention.
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Aosato is tired of yet another evidence-free guess and repeats that nobody has ever seen him do something like that. But Okiya says that the evidence is right on him; namely, under the band-aid below the mouth. He explains that since the computer mouses in cybercafés are invariably on the right, the hand that Aosato used to support his chin must have been the left one. But the band-aid is on the right side of his face, which his left hand could not have reached. Yokomizo realizes that Aosato was lying, and thus tears off the band-aid; this reveals that what he was trying to hide is a lipstick mark. Conan explains that after replacing the diving tank, he had to dive back using the damaged one, which had lipstick on it and thus left a mark on his face. Yokomizo carries on where Conan leaves off and says that lipstick cannot be easily wiped off or washed away, which is why Aosato had to cover the mark with a band-aid. <br><br>
  
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Aosato, knowing that his whole plan has been uncovered, finally admits guilt. He says that during the dangerous dive half a year ago, when the three divers on the boat lost sight of Akamine because of the dreadful weather, Yoshiro jumped into the sea to look for her. A while after, Akamine appeared beside the boat, demanded that she be dragged up and indicated that she had not seen Yoshiro. However, Aosato later found that that was a lie, which he believed suggests that she did not care about Yoshiro at all. He shouts that for that he stranded Akamine on this lonely isle, and that now he will repeat it. As he says so, he grabs Ayumi, produces a dagger, orders Yokomizo to make his subordinates leave and orders Ida to cut the tie and let his boat drift on itself (so that he could escape in his boat with Ayumi and nobody else could follow him). Conan finds dismayingly that none of his “weapons” is on him, and asks Haibara whether she has any. The latter is not able to respond properly, as she suddenly senses something and is horrified to the core. Haibara turns around, and sees Okiya calmly inform the murderer-kidnapper that the overwhelming majority of criminals that attempts to escape is eventually brought to justice, and that among the ones protected by Satan himself (i.e. the ones that manages to not be caught) most lives in a state of fear so mentally exhausting that they eventually commit suicide or turn themselves in. Okiya continues to say (while approaching Aosato) that for those reasons, the success rate of a fugitive is infinitesimal, and he also questions Aosato’s ability to withstand the immeasurable loneliness and pressure that accompanies an escape. Aosato is apparently shaken by the brutal truths that Okiya has uttered, and in an attempt to restore his confidence points his dagger at Okiya. This act turns out to achieve the opposite of what it intended to, as Okiya is completely unafraid; he hits Aosato’s extending arm and sends the dagger flying in the air. As Aosato stupidly watches his weapon fall into the bottomless sea, with astonishment written on his face, Okiya swiftly steals Ayumi from him and tells her kindly that the danger is over. As Yokomizo takes the defeated criminal away, Ayumi, Genta and Mitsuhiko cheer for Okiya, but Haibara only gets more frightened. She hides behind an unconcerned Conan, holds onto him tightly and thinks to herself that Okiya is undoubtedly from the Black Organization.
 
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Revision as of 20:36, 5 July 2022

Volume 64

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Information
Release date: April 2, 2009
Chapters: 664-674
ISBN: ISBN 4-09-121892-X
Publisher: Shogakukan
English release date: October 10, 2017
English ISBN: ISBN 1-42159-445-5
English Publisher: Viz Media
Featured Detective & Keyhole
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Inspector Zenigata
Keyhole 64.jpg
Kiyonaga Matsumoto
Aoyama's death & Conan side images
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ConanSide 64.jpg
Chronology
Prev volume: « Volume 63
Next volume: Volume 65 »
List of chaptersList of cases

Volume 64 was released on April 2, 2009 in Japan.

Cast

Gadgets

Chapters

Ikkaku Rock Case

File 664 - Ikkaku Rock

After a day of highly successful sea fishing (on some island under the jurisdiction of Yokohama Prefecture), Okiya comes in a large boat to take the Detective Boys back to the mainland. They are all expecting Agasa, and so are surprised to see Okiya, and Haibara is additionally scared, as she insists that Okiya has the special “smell” that uniquely belongs to Black Organization members. Conan (behind whom Haibara is now hiding), on the other hand, is not worried at all, and says to Haibara that maybe her opinion is preconceived. Okiya does not seem to notice Haibara’s fear of him, and helps her go onto the boat when she slips; Haibara seems genuinely surprised by the fact that nothing bad happened to her and that Okiya seems nice.

The boat starts sailing. It is near evening, and the driver, Iwao Ida (whom the Detective Boys got to know in file 45) suggests that the Detective Boys come to the deck to enjoy the stunningly beautiful sunset glow. They obey happily, and while looking at the sun falling down the horizon, they spot something spiking out of the sea. Ida explains that the spike is actually a tiny odd-shaped isle called “Ikkaku rock”, and that according to legends it is the horn of a sea-dwelling dragon. This dragon is said to dislike fishermen so much that she will try to sink any boat approaching (for this reason boats tend to avoid the seas around Ikkaku rock), but likes children very much. Upon hearing this, Ayumi and Genta both shout that they want to visit it; as a result, to Ikkaku rock they go. As they approach, another boat appears, and Ida reckons that the three people (called Yusaji Kaita, Rokusuke Oto and Shuhei Aosato respectively) on that boat are divers trying to become friends with some rich entrepreneur’s daughter. They seem to be looking for someone, and when Aosato comments that “it does not appear to be near here” they sail away.

The boat eventually reaches the island, and Okiya and the Detective Boys immediately start exploring. Okiya finds a rock that has been carved very recently, and the carvings are katakana characters meaning “mackerel, carp, sea beam, flounder”; meanwhile, Conan finds a single flipper inserted into the gap between two rocks. He immediately senses something wrong, as leaving the flipper here means that the person that depended on it to reach the isle could not return, and the carvings might be some sort of message. Therefore, Conan decides to run to the other side of the isle to see whether anything is going on there, and he ends up finding the body of a woman who died a few hours ago of dehydration. Beside the body there is a diving tank and a scuba regulator, and the part of the scuba regulator that is supposed to make contact with the mouth is clean despite the woman having lipstick on. Conan and Okiya believe that this means that someone (for some unknown reason) replaced the regulator after the woman’s death but did not call the police, which makes it likely that they are dealing with a murder case.

File 665 - Mackerel · Carp · Sea Bream · Flounder

Jugo Yokomizo arrives at the crime scene and comes to the same conclusion as Conan and Okiya after examining the body. He is then told about the strangely inserted flipper and the carvings, but cannot figure out their carver or their purpose. Conan argues that the carver was definitely the victim: there is a wristwatch on the isle whose abrasions are of a width that matches the width of the carvings, and there is a clear mark on the wrist of the victim whose width matches that of the watch. Furthermore, since the wristwatch is well-hidden, it is unlikely that the murderer carved to confuse the police, as he (or she) would want to leave the isle as quickly as possible and thus simply toss the watch aside after carving. Conan then hands the wristwatch to Yokomizo, who notices the initials H.A. on the back of the watch, the words “Akamine angle … club” and an indiscernible word between “angle” and “club” that has been removed by rubbing that part of the watch against some surface.

Having established that the fish names constitute a dying message, Conan further reveals that the victim is called Hikari Akamine, the only child of a banker who opened a branch in Yokohama prefecture only recently. Yokomizo is stunned by Conan’s knowledge of the victim’s identity, but before he has a chance to ask how Conan figured it all out he (and everyone else) is distracted by an approaching boat. It is the three young men that Conan and company encountered a while ago, and they explain (after Yokomizo tells them about the situation) that the victim is their friend, that they often dive together and that she disappeared during a dive three days ago, leaving them nothing but an email reading “you guys, take care of the rest!”. Yokomizo asks how they reacted to the message, and they say that they did nothing during the first two days, as it is not the first time that Akamine disappears and leaves such a message. Once, she reappeared on the second day after partying all night long on another boat, and was very unhappy when realizing that her friends had called the police (to search for her). They also reveal that Akamine prefers going into the ocean alone (as opposed to going in a group or finding a partner to form a pair, which is a safer and the standard practice) despite not knowing how to swim, and that her stubbornness imperiled her life during a dive half a year ago and resulted in the death of a diver and friend called Yoshiro. Yokomizo wants to know more about this person, but Aosato insists that he has nothing to do with the case at hand; thus Yokomizo asks instead about the band-aid that he has attached under the mouth. Aosato claims that he is just trying to cover the scar formed after popping a pimple the day before; he adds that he did so while navigating the Internet in a cybercafé (he wanted to see whether there was any news concerning Akamine) and supporting his chin on one of the hands.

At this point, Conan notices that all three divers have a wristwatch identical to Akamine’s; he thus knows very soon that the word between “angle” and “club” is “fish”. He believes that this word is related to the dying message, but does not know how. Meanwhile, the other members of the Detective Boys are trying to unravel the meaning of the dying message, with Mitsuhiko suggesting that by adding syllables to the fish names, new words emerge, and that by putting them together one can more or less construct a sentence. Haibara says that adding or deleting syllables could work, but that there must be a set of instructions contained in the dying message that tell people what to attach or remove and when (in other words, she is saying that Mitsuhiko’s arbitrary approach will likely not work, that they need something systematic). These words seem to make Conan and Okiya realize something, and they soon are able to decode the dying message and know who the murderer is. Conan thanks his friends for inspiring him, and Okiya remarks that children’s naive comments cannot be underestimated and dismissed.

File 666 - Thirst for Blood

People

  • Scar and Ginger Case

    File 667 - Scar

    File 668 - The Boy of Memory

    File 669 - Gari-kun

    People

  • Whistling Killer Case

    File 670 - The One Who Whistles

    In the flashback, Superintendent Matsumoto found the culprit that sang the song, "Let it be".

    File 671 - The Connection

    File 672 - ESWN

    File 673 - The Common Pattern

    People

  • Kaitou Kid and the Iron Tanuki

    Characters introduced

    Heist Info

    File 674 - Iron Tanuki

    People

  • Cover in other countries

    • China
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Hong Kong
    • Indonesia
    • Italy
    • Korea
    • Malaysia (Chinese)
    • Malaysia (Malay)
    • Rep. of China (Taiwan)
    • Singapore (Chinese)
    • Spain (Spanish, Volumen 2)
    • Thailand
    • Vietnam
    • United States

    See also

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    Magic Kaito
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    Secondary Characters Toichi KurobaChikage KurobaKonosuke JiiKeiko MomoiSnakeSuperintendent General HakubaRose (OVA only) • Spider (TV specials only) • List of minor Magic Kaito characters
    Manga Magic Kaito Volume 1-5Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5Magic Kaito Chapters not yet included in a VolumeMagic Kaito Manga Listed By Heist
    OVA adaptations Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother
    Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief specials The Revived Phantom ThiefKaitou Kid's Busy DateThe Princess Prefers MagicA Witch Sheds No TearsThe Fated Blue BirthdayLove on the Ski Slope on Christmas EveThe Splendid RivalsThe Secret of the Red TearThe Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom ThiefThe Reminiscent Golden EyeThe Tearful Crystal MotherTears of Love for the Dark Knight
    Magic Kaito 1412 Season 1Staff
    Crossovers The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid (Detective Conan anime only)
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