Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case

Episode 690-691 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case
Japanese title:	工藤優作の未解決事件 (Kudō Yūsaku no Mikaiketsujiken)
Original airdate:	March 9, 2013 (Part 1) March 16, 2013 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	8.1% 8.7%
Manga case:	#235
Season:	22
Manga source:	Volume 77: Files 6-8 (812-814)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Yusaku Kudo Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Masumi Sera Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo Detective Boys Ai Haibara Subaru Okiya Wataru Takagi
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Candy (Part 1) Coins (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Umesaburo Sagawa
Storyboard:	Umesaburo Sagawa
Episode director:	690 Kouichirou Kuroda 691 Akira Yoshimura
Animation Director:	690 Michitaka Yamamoto 691 Nobuyuki Iwai, Kenichi Otomo, Miharu Nagano
Music
Opening song:	TRY AGAIN
Closing song:	Hitomi no Melody
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Client's Message
Next episode:	The Evening Cherry Blossom Viewing Route on Sumida River »
List of episodes

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Yusaku Kudo (flashback/background) Kogoro Mouri (flashback) Inspector Megure Masumi Sera Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo (flashback/background) Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ai Haibara Subaru Okiya Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Case

Situation

The case begins with a memory from the past, in which Shinichi's father, Yusaku Kudo, is shown telling Inspector Megure and Mouri Kogoro (who was a police officer at the time) that there is no need to worry about serial murder despite the ominous "death" character written next to the victim's body.

Part 1

Ran, Sonoko, and Sera are discussing the case abandoned by Yusaku Kudo when they come across people crowded around a dead body. The "death" character was written facing the body, indicating a possible murder. At Shinichi's house, Conan, Ran, Sonoko, Sera, and Subaru inspect the photo from the case in the past; when the "death" characters in both cases are found to be similar, they are left wondering how Yusaku Kudo could have determined that the case was not a murder.

Murder? (Past)
	Victim: Takefumi Kooriyama Cause of death: Stab wound

Murder?
	Location: Next to the vending machine on a street Victim: Isao Takaichi Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver

Part 2

In a phone call with Ran as Shinichi, Conan hears that Subaru compared him to a ninja. Reminded of the sanada flag with its six coins, Conan solves the mystery.

People

Isao Takaichi
	Victim (blood loss)

Takefumi Kooriyama
100px	Deceased (stabbed) Preschool principal

Ryousuke Nishimura
100px	5 years old Witness

Man
	Gangster

Man
	Gangster

Man
	Gangster

Resolution

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Takefumi Kooriyama's death was an accident. The death characters were coincidental flukes made by candies and a thumb edge in Kooriyama's case was place by the Ryousuke Nishimura, and coins, the edge of a wallet, and a cigarette in Isao's case. Megure correctly ruled Isao's case to be a theft as some thieves stole Isao's wallet post-mortem. The thieves returned to the crime scene and attacked Sera, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan to cover their involvement in the theft. A little Jeet Kun Do, karate, and a well placed soccer ball dispatched the thieves easily. Sera's thoughts at the end of the episode seem to indicate she knows something about Shinichi's past.

Gallery

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  Sera is inspecting the victim

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  Ran, Sonoko and Sera in front of Shinichi's house

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  Sera is shocked to see Subaru

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  Subaru teasing Conan

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  Discussing about the case

See also

• Season 22