Magic Kaito Volume 4

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Volume 4
Information
Release date:	March 15, 2007 December 16, 2011 (reissue)
ISBN:	ISBN 978-4-09-121005-0 ISBN 978-4-09-123318-9 (reissue)
Publisher:	Shogakukan
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Magic Kaito Volume 4 was released on March 15, 2007 in Japan.

Cast

Characters
Kaitou Kid Kaito Kuroba Ginzo Nakamori Aoko Nakamori Snake Sub-boss (voice) Akako Koizumi Toichi Kuroba Konosuke Jii Keiko Momoi Saguru Hakuba Conan Edogawa (omake cameo)

Chapters

Crystal Mother

Heist Info

Crystal Mother
	Europe's largest topaz

People

Selizabeth
	Queen of the Principality of Ingram

Jikan Shina
	Ministry of foreign affairs

Phillip
	Heir of the Principality of Ingram

Red Tear

Heist Info

Red Tear
	World's largest ruby

People

Jody Hopper
	Magician James Hopper's granddaughter

James Hopper
	Deceased Magician Jody Hopper's grandfather

Paul
	Magician

Black Star

Characters introduced

Shinichi Kudo
	16-17 years old High school student Detective

Juzo Megure
	Inspector from Tokyo Metropolitan Police

Detective Konno
	Police detective Nakamori's subordinate

Heist Info

Station Clock Tower
	Clock tower where Kaito and Aoko first met as kids

People

Futoshi Takarada
	Tower owner

Sujio Hosokawa
	Takarada's assistant

Yoichi Sensui
	27 years old Policeman

Officer Nakamura
	Policeman

Officer Kawata
	Policeman

Golden Eye

Heist Info

Dagger
	A dagger encrusted with jewels

Golden Eye
	Cat's eye encrusted ring

Part 1 (Chapter 25)

Part 2 (Chapter 26)

People

Chat Noir
	French phantom thief who targets the Marie Antoinette jewel collection

Dan Mitsuishi
	Marie Antoinette jewel collection owner

Alan Cartier
	French security company head

Ruby Jones
	Investigator from an American insurance company

Dark Knight

Characters introduced

Shintaro Chaki
	Superintendent of Tokyo Police (2nd Division)

Hakuba's Housekeeper
100px	Saguru's housekeeper

Heist Info

Black Knight
	Black opal earrings

Part 1 (Chapter 27)

Part 2 (Chapter 28)

People

Nightmare
	Mysterious thief

Kenta Connery
	Jack Connery's son

Jack Connery
	Policeman from ICPO

Curator Kondou
	Art museum curator

Omake

Trivia

• Gomera, the monster of the kaiju movie Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori go to in chapter 22, is not only an allusion to Gamera, it also re-appears later in Detective Conan several times as one of the favorite franchises of the Detective Boys.
• Interestingly, Akako Koizumi calls Shinichi Kudo (without knowing him personally, though) a "magician" in the Black Star story, just like Masumi Sera later does in his own series.

Locations

England

• London (Background)

France

• Paris (Introduction)
  • Eiffel Tower (Background)
  • Unnamed hotel Saguru Hakuba stays at (Introduction)

Ingram

(Mentioned + Flashback)

Japan

• Border between Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture
  • Hotel Ocean (Introduction)
• Somewhere between Tokyo and Osaka
  • Royal Express Japan (Introduction)
• Tokyo
  • Chiyoda Ward
    • Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (Introduction)
  • Ekoda Area
    • Clock Tower across the station (Introduction)
    • Ekoda High School
  • Minato Ward
    • Shiba Park
      • Tokyo Tower
    • Unknown district
      • Minato Hotel (Introduction)
      • Minato Police Department
  • Shinjuku Ward (Background)
    • Nishi-Shinjuku skyscrapers (Background)
  • Unknown ward
    • Cinema playing Gomera (Background)
    • Shūhō Museum (Introduction)
    • Warehouse where Kaitou Kid and Nightmare meet (Introduction)

Models

Old Station Clock Tower

The unnamed clock tower Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori had their first meeting in front of and which is the focus of Kaitou Kid's heist during Black Star is based on the clock tower of the Koriyama Public Hall in Koriyama City, located in the Fukushima Prefecture, with the main differences being that the upper part was changed to the place where the bell is integrated and a bigger clock face. The clock was removed for a long time until it was reintegrated into the tower in 1998, possibly inspiring Gosho Aoyama to his story in 1999.

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  Clock tower of Koriyama Public Hall.

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  The old train station clock tower in Chapter 23.

Paris

Saguru Hakuba is staying at a hotel in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower clearly visible in the background.

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  Paris in real life.

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  Paris in chapter 25.

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department (also known as Keishi-chō) appearing from chapter 27 onwards is the real building from the Kasumigaseki District of Chiyoda Ward, just like it is in Detective Conan. It's real address is also given in chapter 29 (Magic Kaito Volume 5, Chapter 1).

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  The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in real life.

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  The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in chapter 27.

Continuity

References to previous chapters:

In "Dark Knight"

• To Chapter 10: Would You Grow Up: Inspector Ginzo Nakamori chained the glass case in mid-air so Kaitou Kid is unable to hide in the display case, with Kaito Kuroba remembering that he did this several times before - like in that chapter, for instance.

Crossover

Detective Conan

Shinichi Kudo in Magic Kaito

• Chapter 23-24 are a direct crossover with Detective Conan. Akako Koizumi foresees a person "from the east" who could be able to stop Kaitou Kid, who is later revealed to be high school detective Shinichi Kudo, accompanying inspector Juzo Megure in a helicopter of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Despite causing several hardships for Kid, he doesn't manage to catch him in the end, not even learning his name, in a foreshadowing of their first meeting in person as Conan Edogawa on the roof of the Haido City Hotel in his own series.
• The story of chapter 27-28 happens on a Friday the 13th, just like FILE.605-609 (Volume 58, File 8-11 and Volume 59, File 1) of Detective Conan, which were released less than half a year apart, perhaps subtly hinting for them to be happening concurrently.
• In the Omake after the "filming" of the 28th chapter of Magic Kaito has wrapped, the meta-fictional "child actor" of Kenta Connery is said of having to go to another shoot right now, which is revealed to be Detective Conan, with Kenta's actor also playing the role of Conan Edogawa.

Yaiba

• The bird Kaitou Kid, disguised as Paul, conjures out of is top hat during the Hopper Magic Show in chapter 22, is Shonosuke, Yaiba Kurogane's pet vulture.

Treasured Edition gallery

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  Back

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  Box

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  DVD

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  DVD cover

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  Postcard

Cover in other countries

China

France

Germany

Hong Kong

Italy

Korea

Spain

Rep. of China (Taiwan)

Thailand

Vietnam

See also

• Magic Kaito Volume 1-5