Special Volume 1
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| Release date: | January 28, 1997 |
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| Original Work: | Gosho Aoyama |
| Manga: | Eiichi Yamagishi |
| ISBN: | ISBN 4-09-142531-3 |
| Publisher: | Shogakukan |
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| Chronology | |
| Next volume: | Special Volume 2 » |
| List of chapters | |
Special Volume 1 was released on January 28, 1997 in Japan.[1][2]
Contents
Cast
The Missing Man
File 1
Conan, Ran, and Kogoro ride a bus to a pension for some rest and relaxation. On the journey, Ran, trying to feed Conan apple slices, accidentally stabs a bearded man in a parka with a fork after the bus goes on to some bumpy road. Ran apologizes and notices the man is bleeding, but he shouts at her that he's okay. Kogoro bickers with Ran regarding Conan constantly staying with them without paying any money. Ran argues back that Conan has brought him good luck in receiving and solving cases. Upon arriving at the pension, a man named Yamashita introduces himself to Kogoro. The man Ran stabbed earlier, Tanaka, leaves the main group carrying skis with him.
Later that night at dinner, the group notices Yamashita and Tanaka haven't come down yet. Ran and Conan go to get Yamashita from his room but find him dead on the floor with a knife in his back. Conan and Kogoro search for clues as to the murderer and discover a bloody shirt and knife sheath in Tanaka's room. The entire group meets downstairs to discuss what to do, but it seems impossible to chase after Tanaka since there's a blizzard outside. Conan, looking at the serious face of Endou, one of the group members, notices an odd marking. Realizing the trick of how Tanaka disappeared, Conan comments on the marking of where a beard was glued on and points out the odd fork-like markings on the man's wrist. Endou, discovering Conan is responsible for his downfall, grabs a poker from near the stove and chases him with it until Ran uses her karate skills to knock him unconscious. As Endou is taken away by the police the next day, it is revealed that Endou killed Yamashita for stealing his girlfriend from him. The story ends with Kogoro gloating about another successful case and Conan wishing to himself to get his body back.
Kidnapping
File 2
New gadget
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Mitsuhiko shows off his wideband receiver to the other Detective Boys and explains how it is able to overhear phonecalls. When the group overhears a man receiving demands from his daughter's kidnapper, Conan and the Detective Boys set to work to stop him. The group listens carefully to the call for clues as the kidnapper threatens to kill the kidnapped Junko if his demands aren't met. Using the Electronic Notebook Map, Conan manages to narrow the search area to the distance the wideband receiver gets signals. Having overheard a train during the phone call, the group heads for the one spot in range where there are railroad tracks.
Realizing a miscalculation, Conan rushes to find the kidnapper who is watching Junko's father from a distance. As the kidnapper demands Junko's father to commit suicide, Conan uses the Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to slam a soccer ball into the kidnapper's face and stop Junko's father just in time. Genta picks up the wideband receiver only to overhear a phone call between his mother and Mitsuhiko's in which it seems both boys will be in trouble when they return home. Conan remarks that the life of an elementary schooler is rough.
Murderous Intent
File 3
Lead actress of the play "The Tail of a Comet" Michiru and her co-star Saeko Kusunoki are preparing in the dressing room for their next performance. Michiru comments to Saeko she's sorry that Saeko didn't get the lead part. Saeko claims to be okay but as Michiru leaves she comments to herself that Michiru is a thief for taking the role from her and that Michiru's performance will be her last. Meanwhile, the play begins as Ran, Conan, and Kogoro watch in the audience. As Michiru's scene ends, Saeko playing the role of a shining ghost takes her place as Ran comments that even though the lights are all off they can see Saeko's body is shining. As Saeko leaves the stage, Michiru goes back on with a wire harness to perform a flying scene. Saeko anxiously awaits for something to happen to Michiru during the flying scene, but much to her dismay, Michiru gets through the scene safely.
As Saeko's first plan to get rid of Michiru fails, she thinks to herself about her motive for doing so in the first place. Michiru managed to get the lead role because her father is the sponsor of the theater group. Saeko leaves the stage after her scene as Michiru goes back on for a solo scene. Saeko watches the scene from a screen backstage as Michiru performs until suddenly at the end of her scene, a massive light fixture falls on top of her.
Conan and Kogoro immediately leap into action, leaving Ran behind. Conan and Kogoro begin investigating backstage, discovering a crew member talking about the "stopper" used on the lights to keep them from moving. As the member explains, Conan discovers that the harness Michiru was flying in earlier was tampered with. As Conan points this out to Kogoro it becomes apparent that the light incident must not have been an accident, but rather a murder. The rest of the stage crew are puzzled as to how this could be since everyone was watching Michiru's scene on the video monitor backstage. As Kogoro tries to work it out, Conan discovers water on the ground by the pulley that holds the lights. The leader in charge of the stage production is about to shut down the production for good when Saeko steps forward claiming she can bravely do Michiru's role. Conan messes around with the lights backstage afterwards to discover fluorescent paint on the floor right where the light fixture pulley is. He then tricks Saeko into going backstage with him and is able to point out to Kogoro that both the floor by the pulley and Saeko are still glowing from the fluorescent paint. It is then revealed that Saeko managed to set up the trick with the pulley using ice in order to provide herself with an alibi. As Conan and Kogoro leave the theater they are shocked to discover Ran has left a mass of destruction from her anger from being left behind.
Sudden Death
File 4
Conan, Ran, and Kogoro are in attendance at movie director Nagira Oosawa's party for his latest hit movie. Oosawa gives a speech to the crowd with his wife Asako standing next to him as Conan overhears a few ladies in the crowd gossiping about Oosawa and Asako's relationship. Kogoro offers his thanks to Oosawa as Conan notices a man standing next to him wearing shoes with shiny rubber soles like rainboots. Conan, puzzled, asks the man if it's raining outside. The man gives Conan an excuse when all of a sudden Oosawa is seen loudly shouting at Asako for forgetting to bring his medicine to the party. Conan feels sorry for Asako until he realizes she oddly has a strange smile on her face as she look across the room at the man with the shoes Conan talked to earlier.
Later that night, Conan runs off for the bathroom only to discover water is covering the entire floor. While in the bathroom Conan discovers a cockroach scuttling across the floor behind him when Oosawa comes in to the bathroom as well. Conan washes his hands when all of a sudden Oosawa clutches his chest and falls to the ground dead. Conan gets help and as Kogoro and the crowd try to calm Asako down, Conan discovers the cockroach from earlier on the bathroom floor dead as well. Over by the drain on the floor, Conan notices odd specks and, thanks to Kogoro's unwilling help, discovers the specks to be salt. Continuing to investigate the bathroom, Conan spots a toilet with electronic settings plugged in to a wall and that at the bottom of Oosawa's outfit there are odd strands of gold thread near his feet.
Putting the clues together, Conan uses the Stun-Gun Wristwatch on Kogoro and the Voice-Changing Bowtie to reveal that the man with the rubber soles and Asako are responsible for Oosawa's death. The man with the rubber soles electrified the floor of the bathroom using the super conductive salty water while Asako, who had been having an affair with the man, had attached the gold thread to Oosawa's clothing to ensure he would be electrocuted.
Haunted Building
File 5
Genta tells Conan, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi a story about a abandoned skyscraper in Beika 4-chōme where the ghost of the building's owner who committed suicide is said to be seen in one of the building's windows. Mitsuhiko dismisses the story as nonsense, irritating Genta. Ayumi suggests that the group should go check out to see if the story is for real or not. The following day, the Detective Boys manage to sneak in to the building carrying flashlights. Conan asks the group how on Earth they plan on proving if they see a real ghost or not and the other members reveal they have brought hand mirror omamoris. The Detective Boys explore the building and find no ghosts, but get spooked by strange sounds and lights until Conan points out the sounds are simply wind blowing through the air duct system and neon signs glowing through the open windows.
As Conan peers out one of the windows, he discovers that the building still has more floors to explore above even though the group hadn't come across a staircase leading to the next level. The group manages to discover a ladder in the elevator shaft leading to the next floor and they follow it up. While exploring the new floor the group is startled by the sound of a phone echoing throughout the area. As Conan tracks down the source of the sound, they discover the ringing came from a cell phone lying next to a bloodied corpse. As Ayumi clutches her mirror in front of her using it as a protective amulet she is shocked to discover someone else's reflection above her own. The group turns around to discover the ragged looking man responsible for killing the person on the floor. The man then chases the group with a long pipe in an attempt to kill them, leaving Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko to become separated from Conan. Conan manages to hold the man's attention away from the other kids and attempts to use the Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes only for them to fail. Without any protection, Conan dodges the man's attacks and cuts off his flashlight. The man in an attempt to see where Conan is manages to create a torch. The man spots Conan and charges only to fall into the elevator shaft and falls unconscious. Conan tricked the man using the mirror in his pocket he had picked up from Ayumi earlier and had attached it to the wire of the elevator's pulley system. The police bring the murderer to justice and as the group is scolded by their mothers and Ran for going out to a dangerous place without permission, Conan jokingly remarks how the omamori won't be able to protect him from Ran.
Trump Card
File 6
Ran and Conan go snorkeling while Kogoro relaxes on a beach only to find a corpse with a heavy weight attached to her feet floating in the shallow water. The corpse is revealed to be Mitsuko Sekine after being identified by one of her friends. The local doctor, Tanaka, is surprised to find out Kogoro is a detective and claims that Mitsuko committed suicide. Tanaka gives a valid reason for how she did but Conan seems uneasy about the doctor's reasoning.
Mitsuko's friend calls Tanaka a murderer as he leaves the scene and she reveals that Mitsuko and Tanaka had been seeing eachother until Tanaka broke up with her after becoming engaged to the daughter of a major hospital. Kogoro tries to confront Tanaka and pin the murder of Mitsuko on him but Tanaka reveals he has a solid alibi. Conan then rushes to the beach in order to look for clues when he discovers an old man who explains that trash from the ocean tends to end up in front of his shack because of the currents. In the pile of trash, Conan discovers an intertube with a small hole punctured in the side and then sets to work figuring out where the murderer originally dropped the body in the water. By conducting an experiment in which he throws a bunch of water bottles into the ocean at random places, Conan is able to figure out how Tanaka set up his alibi and commit the murder.
Conan uses the Stun-Gun Wristwatch and Voice-Changing Bowtie on Kogoro to reveal his deduction. Conan explains that Tanaka drugged Mitsuko, placed her in the ring of the intertube, made a small hole, and then set her adrift in the ocean. The air escaped from the intertube slowly and the currents carried Mitsuko far away so that Tanaka was able to create his alibi. To further prove Tanaka's guilt, Conan points out that the knot of rope that was around Mitsuko's ankles is facing the wrong direction of what it should be if Mitsuko had tied the rope herself to commit suicide. Tanaka is then caught as Kogoro, Conan, and Ran wrap up their vacation by eating kakigōri.
Bank Robbery
File 7
Masterpiece Thief
File 8
Poisoning
File 9
See also
References
- ^ "名探偵コナン 特別編コミックス". Koware Site Detective Conan Branch. http://www.koware.net/data_room/b_tokubetsuhen_data/tokubetsu_top.htm. Retrieved on 2010-06-26.
- ^ "名探偵コナン 特別編コミックリス". Mouri Kogoro Detective Agency. http://conan.aga-search.com/501-33-3tokubetsuhen.html. Retrieved on 2010-06-26.
