Volume 21
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| Release date: | October 17, 1998 | ||
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| Chapters: | 201-211 | ||
| ISBN: | ISBN 4-09-125491-8 | ||
| Publisher: | Shogakukan | ||
| English release date: | January 15, 2008 | ||
| English ISBN: | ISBN 1-4215-1456-7 | ||
| English Publisher: | Viz Media | ||
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Volume 21 was released on October 17, 1998 in Japan.
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Chapters
Blue Castle Case
Gadgets introduced
| Wristwatch Flashlight | |
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File 201 - And Again...
File 202 - Countdown
File 203 - Ivory Tower
People
Major events
Ayumi admits to Ai that she feels very affectionate to Conan, saving some bread for him because she thinks that if he is lost, he is also very hungry.
Shinichi's First Murder Case
File 204 - His First Bow
File 205 - Midair Sealed Chamber
File 206 - The Last Trump Card
File 207 - Hidden Within The Depth Of The Heart...
People
Major events
- This is Shinichi's first ever murder case. His incredible deduction skills completely overwhelm and impress Inspector Megure. This is also very early in Takagi's career as a member of Megure's police force.
- Ran and Shinichi's budding feelings for each other are briefly explored.
- The whole episode takes place before the actual show. This airplane trip is what leads into Shinichi Kudo's New York Case.
Treadmill Murder Case
Characters introduced
| Yumi Miyamoto | |
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| Ninzaburo Shiratori | |
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File 208 - The Sakuradamon Incident!?
File 209 - The Inspector's Investigation
File 210 - An Unexpected Rival
People
Major events
- Sato's, Takagi's, and Shiratori's characters develop fully. The latter becomes a full time Inspector.
- Sato and Takagi's budding romance is explored for the first time.
- Takagi and Sato are about to eat a ramen dinner together, until Megure interrupts and insists that he takes Sato somewhere, along with Takagi.
Wedding Murder Case
File 211 - A Nice Day in Tokyo
Heiji and Kazuha arrive in Tokyo in order to attend the wedding of the son of a former classmate of Heiji’s mother; she was originally the one invited, but since she broke her toe bones while cooking, Heiji was asked to attend instead. Kazuha comes along because, according to her, Heiji’s mother wants her to take care of him whilst he is in Tokyo; Heiji disputes this account, and claims instead that Kazuha is in Tokyo mainly for shopping. Since they arrive one day in advance, they decide to take a guided tour of the city that day (the guides, unsurprisingly, are Kogoro, Ran and Conan). After spending some time in Shibuya, Kazuha decides to go shopping; Ran suggests that they head to the stores that she knows of. Kazuha rejects this coldly, saying that she already has the stores that she wants to visit in mind. Ran thus offers to accompany her to the stores of her choice, which Kazuha accepts. The two girls thus head to a shopping mall; at one point, Ran asks Kazuha whether a particular shirt suits her; Kazuha, without lifting her head to look at Ran, answers in affirmative, adding indifferently that Ran’s cuteness will make everything fit her well. She then encourages Ran to buy the sweater, which she does.
After shopping, the two girls head back to Kogoro’s rented car to wait for the detectives, who have not returned. Ran, having noticed that Kazuha seems to be holding something against her, asks her what the problem is. Kazuha, after hesitation, reveals that it bothers her that Ran and Heiji wear shirts with the same colors, patterns and styles in their encounters. She conjectures that they have a special relationship, and that before they meet they secretly agree on what to wear (which Kazuha finds gross). Ran, realizing the misunderstanding, takes off her shirt without thinking twice, and puts on the shirt that she just bought. Kazuha is astonished by this, as they are in the middle of a busy commercial district, and Ran only has underwear below. Ran, after changing, tells Kazuha joyfully that now Heiji and she are not wearing the same thing; Kazuha blushes, and exclaims that Ran is a genuinely good person.
After the return of the three detectives, they head to Meiji Shrine, which, because of its historical importance and the fact that if one makes a wish there, it is likely to come true, is a major tourist attraction. There, they coincidentally meet the butler of the family whose son is getting married; his name is Akio Shigematsu. Heiji, who knows Shigematsu from when he was a child, asks what he is doing at the shrine; the latter replies that he is accompanying the fiancée Kaede Katagiri on a tour of Tokyo (as she is from somewhere else). Heiji thus wonders where the fiancé (whose name is Kikuhito Morizono) is, to which Katagiri replies, apologetically, that he is unwell because she insisted on ascending to the panoramic platform of Tokyo Tower, ignorant of his extreme acrophobia.
At this point, Shigematsu asks Katagiri what wish she is making; the latter says that she wants to be blessed with children. Conan and Heiji notice that as she replies, her expression is somewhat unnatural; Ran explains, knowledgably, that women could be slightly unstable ahead of a wedding, and Kazuha adds that that is why the term “pre-wedding anxiety” exists. They then look at each other and say “right?” happily; Heiji is puzzled by this interaction, and wonders when their relationship has grown so close.
After visiting the shrine, and upon the invitation of Shigematsu, Kogoro, Ran and Conan head to the mansion of Morizono family with the butler, the fiancée and the two wedding invitees. In the garden, they meet Kihuhito’s sister Yurie and servant Yuji Sakuraba. Sakuraba has just managed to find the naughty family pet Rebecca (who is a cat) in the crown of a tall tree; as he shows Rebecca to Ran and Kazuha, who find her lovely, Rebecca is able to escape again.
At the dinner table, the visitors finally meet Mikio Morizono, the head of the family and the father of Kikuhito and Yurie. Noticing that Rebecca is not around, he asks Sakuraba to look for it, and tells Kogoro (of whom he is a fan) that her wife used to love the cat. Kogoro wonders why he used the past tense; Kikuhito interjects and explains that her mother passed away in an unfortunate car accident (Mikio is later revealed to be in the car then too, but he was lucky, and only injured his leg).
After the dinner, Kogoro, Ran and Conan plan to return home; Heiji and Kazuha accompany them to the garden to say goodbye. As the three near the entrance of the mansion, Heiji sighs in relief, commenting that there is no murder case this time. This prediction is soon proven to be wrong: right as he speaks, a window on the third floor breaks, prompting the detectives to rush back into the mansion. Ran is ordered to stay where she is to see if anyone suspicious jumps out of the mansion, and Kazuha sets out to look for Shigematsu. He turns out to be missing, and the door leading to the room with the broken window is locked. Since Shigematsu is the only one with the key to that lock, Kogoro and Heiji have no choice but to break in with brute force. There is nothing but a blood trail in the dark room, but by following the blood trail, the detectives are led to the adjoining room; this one is well-lit, and Shigematsu is found sitting on the floor, soundless and unmoving. There is a huge red patch on his left chest, which suggests that he died from a stab wound that penetrated the heart directly.
People
Trivia
- The title for each chapter are worded as the following in Case Closed:
- File 201 - Another Victim
- File 203 - The Ivory Tower
- File 204 - The First Entry
- File 205 - A Locked Room in the Sky
- File 207 - A Secret Hidden in the Heart
- File 208 - The Sakuradamon Incident
- File 209 - The Inspector's Deduction
- File 210 - An Unforeseen Enemy
- File 211 - A Perfect Day for Tokyo
Cover in other countries
See also
| Volumes of the Manga | ||
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