The Synchronicity Case

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Episode 364-365 (Int. Episode 395-396)
Information
Title:	The Synchronicity Case
Japanese title:	シンクロにシティ事件 (Shinkuronishiti Jiken)
Original airdate:	June 14, 2004 (Part 1) June 21, 2004 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	13.1% 14.0%
Filler case:	#116
Season:	9
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:	Twins (Part 1) Kogoro's investigation (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Screenplay:	Hiro Masaki
Storyboard:	Yuzo Aoki
Episode director:	364: Minoru Tozawa 365: Yukio Okazaki
Animation director:	364: Rei Masunaga 365: Katsunori Enomoto
Character design:	Mari Tominaga Keiko Sasaki (sub-character) Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Hochu Otsuka as Shoichiro Hitomi and Takehiko Hitomi Yuriko Yamamoto as Kanako Hitomi Hideyuki Umezu as Yasuharu Endo Satsuki Yukino as Kaoru Minamizato Isshin Chiba as Announcer, Employee Naoki Makishima as Officer Tetsu Inada as Receptionist Hiromi Ishikawa as Woman Takeshi Kusao as Manabu Anzai
Music
Opening song:	START
Closing song:	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o

The Synchronicity Case (シンクロにシティ事件 ,Shinkuronishiti Jiken) is the 364th and 365th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi (cameo)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro goes undercover at Beika Sports Center: stalking a man named Shoichiro Hitomi who is negotiating with a rich man by the swimming pool. After the negotiation failed, the man enters the sport club's restroom while Kogoro receives a call from Ran and Conan. The two informs him that since he won't be back for the lunch, they decide to go and have "cheap and unlimited buffet" by themselves at Viking which causes Kogoro's stomach to growl. At the same time, the target exits the restroom with a serious expression, worrying Kogoro. He follows Mr. Hitomi to Beika Hotel and witnesses him calling someone with a payphone. However, he runs into Ran and Conan who informs him that they are having lunch at the hotel. The three spy on Mr.Hitomi who repeatedly glances at the reception when a young woman asks the employee if he has a package from a man named Manabu Anzai. Later, as Ran and Conan are eating in the restaurant, they witness Mr.Hitomi falling off the building.

Accident (?)
	Location: Beika Hotel Victim: Shoichiro Hitomi Age: 45 years old Time: 12:15 PM Cause of death: Fell to death from 10th Floor As Ran and Conan are having lunch, Shoichiro Hitomi falls to death from the Kaoru Minamizato's room.

The police soon arrive and take away Mr. Hitomi's body. Kogoro summarizes the situation before the accident to Megure: he was riding the elevator with the victim and Minamizato when the victim left on the ninth floor. Kogoro quickly followed him to the stairway and witnessed him forcing his way into Minamizato's room and attacked her. He broke the door down and saw the unconscious Minamizato on the floor and Hitomi attempting to escape through the balcony. The man slipped, and fell to his doom.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Beika Hotel - Room 1015 Victim: Kaoru Minamizato Age: 25 years old Injury: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Shoichiro Hitomi Minamizato was attacked by Hitomi shortly before the latter fell to death.

Megure interrogates Minamizawa who denies having any connection with her attacker/the victim. They find out that the last person who made a call with the victim was his sister-in-law, Kanako, at 11:20 AM. Afterwards, Minamizawa asks the group to leave. At the lobby, Conan points out that despite having a mobile phone, the victim was using the payphone in the hotel prior to the accident. As they're conversing, Megure arrives and informs the three of the death of Hitomi's twin brother at Haido Mansion.

Murder
	Location: Haido Mansion Victim: Takehiko Hitomi Age: 45 years old Time: 12:15 PM Cause of death: Blunt force trauma with wrench Suspects: Kaoru Minamizato and Kanako Hitomi Around the same time of Hitomi's death, his twin brother Takehiko was murdered.

Kogoro reveals that the person who hired him was Takehiko Hitomi as he suspected that his twin brother was impersonating as him and engaging in illegal businesses. He also found out that the man had a huge amount of debt. Although they think that the two cases are separate, they decide to head to the site of murder. The crime scene showed that the murderer broke in through the window to rob the house, and that the house key is a special one that cannot be duplicated easily. They interrogate Kanako, who informs them that she was at Beika City before returning home and witnessing her murdered husband. Kanako reveals that she gave her brother-in-law her spare key and her phone number as she wants them to reconcile after the two fought due to their father's will of leaving the company to Takehiko. She also reveals that she was called to Beika Station by Shoichiro at 12:30 PM but he never came. From the information, they conclude that the two cases are not connected and are just synchronicity. However, Conan still has his doubts about the attempted murder of Minamizato and her unknown connection with the two victims.

Part 2

Recalling that Minamizato was at the lobby asking about a package from Anzai, the three head to her room to question her about the man's identity when a man in sunglasses attempted to murder her with an ash tray.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Beika Hotel - Room 1015 Victim: Kaoru Minamizato Age: 25 years old Attack Types: Bashing with Ashtray Suspects: Manabu Anzai Minamizato is almost murdered by a man in sunglasses but is saved due to Kogoro, Ran, and Conan's intervention. Unfortunately, Ran's kick misses the man and knocks out Kogoro instead. The man uses the commotion to kick Ran onto Conan before escaping.

At the hospital, Minamizato reveals that she was in a relationship with Anzai and they were thinking about marriage. However, she lost all contact with him half a year ago after giving him a huge amount of cash and came to Tokyo to find out about his whereabouts after some people told her that he was last seen in Tokyo. Kogoro concludes that the man must be a gold digger who is only after her money. Also, the picture of Anzai matches with the man Kogoro spotted in the Sports Centre where he tailed Shoichiro, which the fitness instructor reveals that the man also went under another alias known as Tanizaki. They also witness him with another woman who is clearly targeted by him for her money. With this revelation, Conan finally connects the relationships of all the people involved with the two cases and begins the deduction.

People

Shoichiro Hitomi
	Victim (fell) 45 years old Unemployed

Kaoru Minamizato
	Victim (twice beaten - injured) 25 years old Beika Hotel's guest

Takehiko Hitomi
	Victim (bludgeoned) 45 years old Shoichiro's twin brother Company CEO

Kanako Hitomi
	36 years old Takehiko's wife

Manabu Anzai
	31 years old Alias "Shin Tanizaki" Gold digger

Man
	Beika Sport Center's fitness instructor

Yasuharu Endo
	Moneylender

Woman
	Manabu's girlfriend

Mr. Hitomi
	Shoichiro and Takehiko's late father Businessman

Man B
	Beika Hotel receptionist

Pilice officer
	Tokyo MPD detective

Resolution

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The murder of Takehiko was committed by Manabu Anzai, whose real name is later revealed to be Chiezo Negura in a newspaper, who coerced Shoichiro into an exchange murder. The plan was for Shoichiro to call Kanako's outside to create an alibi for himself after he murdered Minamizato, while Anzai used Takehiko's house key received from Shoichiro to enter the house and kill him. Afterwards, he broke the window in the study to conceal the crime as a robbery. However, Shoichiro relented and failed in his part which forced him to carry out the act himself. His motive is to silence Minamizato before his gold digger history is exposed.

Trivia

• Manabu Anzai car driving with lady is a Red 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra GT [SN95] convertible.
• The pastry shop at Beika Station from The City Crows reappears in the first part.
• The idea of murder exchange is based on the movie Strangers on a Train, which is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir. The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train, a young tennis player and a charming psychopath. The psychopath suggests that because they each want to "get rid" of someone, they should "exchange" murders, and that way neither will be caught. The psychopath commits the first murder, then tries to force the tennis player to complete the bargain.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	START	START	START	START
2	推理 （不気味ver.）	Suiri (Bukimi ver.)	Deduction (Ominous ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
3	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	推理 （不気味ver.）	Suiri (Bukimi ver.)	Deduction (Ominous ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	推理 （不気味ver.）	Suiri (Bukimi ver.)	Deduction (Ominous ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	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
7	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	赤い光のスナイパー２	Akai Hikari no Sunaipā 2	The Sniper's Red Light 2	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
9	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	モリアーティ教授の元へ	Moriāti Kyōju no Moto e	The Return of Professor Moriarty	Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
11	迫りくる悪	Semari Kuru Aku	Imminent Evil	Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
12	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	優作の推理	Yūsaku no Suiri	Yusaku's Deduction	Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
14	ノアズ・アーク悪のテーマ	Noazu・Āku Aku no Tēma	Noah's Ark Evil Theme	Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
15	ジャック・ザ・リッパーの考察	Jakku・Za・Rippā no Kōsatsu	Jack the Ripper's Consideration	Detective Conan "The Phantom of Baker Street" Original Soundtrack
16	尋問	Jinmon	Interrogation	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
17	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
18	古城のテーマ	Kojō no Tēma	The Old Castle's Theme	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
19	眠る君の横顔に微笑みを	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o	The Feeling When I See Your Smile While Sleeping	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	START	START	START	START
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	哀のサスペンス～ジンのテーマＢ	Ai no Sasupensu ~ Jin no Tēma B	Ai's Suspense ~ Gin's Theme B	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
4	記憶喪失（影）	Kiokusōshitsu (Kage)	Amnesia (Shadow)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
6	犯人（スナイパー）の正体	Hannin (Sunaipā) no Shōtai	The Culprit's (Sniper's) Identity	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	迷路	Meiro	Labyrinth	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
9	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	事件現場 （ショートver.）	Jiken Genba (Shōto ver.)	Scene of the Case (Short ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
13	漆黒の殺意	Shikkoku no Satsui	Jet Black Murderous Intent	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
14	暗殺者のテーマ─忍び寄る魔手	Ansatsusha no Tēma - Shinobiyoru Mashu	Assassin's Theme - The Devil's Hand Approaches	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
15	眠る君の横顔に微笑みを	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o	The Feeling When I See Your Smile While Sleeping	Nemuru Kimi no Yokogao ni Hohoemi o
16	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	قضية المصادفة
Catalan (Catalan dub)	Un cas de sincronicitat	A synchronicity case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	Un cas de sincronicitat	A synchronicity case
German	Der Synchronizitäts-Fall	The synchronicity case
Italian	Coincidenze	Coincidences
Spanish (Castilian dub)	Un caso de sincronía	A synchronicity case
Thai	คดีซิงโครนิซิตี้	The synchronicity case
Vietnamese	Vụ án đồng phương tương tính	A synchronicity case

See also

• Season 9