Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule

Chronology
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Episode 1093-1094 (Int. Episode 1151-1152)
Information
Title:	Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule
Japanese title:	宮野明美のタイムカプセル (Miyano Akemi no Taimu Kapuseru)
Original airdate:	August 5, 2023 (Part 1) August 12, 2023 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	4.7% (Part 1)
Manga case:	#307
Season:	31
Manga source:	Volume 101: Files 1-3 (1070-1072)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Detective Boys Sumiko Kobayashi Rumi Wakasa Akemi Miyano Kohji Haneda Shiho Miyano "Skeleton" Kunigami Kanenori Wakita
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Class reunion (Part 1) Keyboard (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Nobuharu Kamanaka
Organizer:	Nobuharu Kamanaka
Storyboard:	Nobuharu Kamanaka
Episode director:	Nobuharu Kamanaka
Animation director:	1093: Akio Kawamura 1094: Masatomo Sudo (supervisor) Kenichi Otomo Marie Nagano Yoshitsugu Hatano FALCO Suzuki
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Nariyuki Takahashi (sub-character) Hiroshi Ogawa (design works)
Production cooperation:	1093: BIG BANG
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yuko Kato as Sumiko Kobayashi Fumi Hirano as Rumi Wakasa Sakiko Tamagawa as Akemi Miyano Shigeru Chiba as Kanenori Wakita Noriaki Sugiyama as Shou Murata Yumi Kakazu as Seiko Ichihashi Mitsuaki Kanuka as Gaku Yanagimachi Shomaru Zoza as Man Koichi Kuroda as Man Saya Horigome as Woman Wakana Kowaka as Woman
Music
Opening song:	RAISE INSIGHT
Closing song:	…and Rescue Me

Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule (宮野明美のタイムカプセル ,Miyano Akemi no Taimu Kapuseru) is the 1093rd and 1094th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Sumiko Kobayashi Rumi Wakasa Kanenori Wakita Akemi Miyano (flashback) Kohji Haneda (background) Shiho Miyano (picture) Kunigami (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Detective Boys Badge

Case

Situation

Part 1

Haibara got frightened.

Face, dark, Sherry, organisation, betrayal, Gin, pursuers, and Rum... These words came from aimless conversations liaising together within Haibara's mind, which struck her with fear, worry, and timidity. Slowly, one hand from the abyss of darkness approached her shoulder. Haibara was horrified after the hand landed on her shoulder, it was in fact Conan. The Detective Boys were out on a morning, planning to see the new black rabbit that did not seem as energetic as they last saw it. After they arrived at the Teitan Elementary School, they saw that the black rabbit was feeling much better in comparison to their last visit. After greeting the two teachers who also appeared at their school on a Sunday, someone reached Haibara and inqured of her if she was Shiho Miyano, the younger sister of Akemi Miyano, This caught both Conan and Haibara off guard. After confirming, the person who asked about Haibara's name was actually a graduate of the school, who got there to celebrate a class reunion. There were three people in front of the Detective Boys: the man who asked about Shiho, Murata Sho, who used to be the class president, Gaku Yanagimachi, who used to be the class vice-president, and lastly, Seiko Ichihashi, who used to be the class secretary. It was obvious that they were Akemi's former classmates, they recognised Haibara as Shiho right away as Haibara matched the brown-hair girl who was standing beside Akemi in a photo that Akemi showed them. However, considering that it was thirteen years ago, they concluded that they must have mistaken Haibara for her.

The three of them decided to leave the rest of the old alumnus behind in classroom 6-A, who were organising everything for the reunion party. The three of them wanted to dig out the time capsule they buried before their graduation. They told the two teachers that Akemi was the one who buried those time capsules, and Mrs. Kobayashi said that she wrote the location on a piece of paper, which she handed to their teacher, Mr. Kunigami. When she took out the paper, the three of them reacted in astonishment. It was nothing obvious but a sophisticated code that said the following:

The code left by Akemi.

Librarian Miyano Akemi Show me a Monet Plane attack Artist don't go Doctor don't lie Don't burn charm 89

Before handing the note to Mr. Kunigami, Akemi claimed that there was a message for everyone and, most importantly, a message for her younger sister as well. The trio then insisted on going to look for the time capsule themselves, without the assistance of their other classmates who were inside the classroom. Conan also spoke for the Detective Boys, saying they would also help find the time capsule with them. Conan's intent was to find the message left by Akemi for Haibara before the others and secretly deliver it to her. They divided themselves into three searching groups: Haibara, Ayumi, and Conan would go with Murata; Mrs. Kobayashi and Mitsuhiko would go with Ichihashi; and Mrs. Wakasa and Genta would go with Yanagimachi. Conan thought that "Show me a Monet", must be connected to a Monet painting, and precisely, their principal loves the work of Monet. So they headed towards the principal's room, as there was usually a replica of Monet's work hanging on the office wall. Nevertheless, the painting on display that day was not Monet's work but instead Murata's work, which won the award. Conan did not find anything written on the back of the painting. In the nurse's office, Mitsuhiko was searching for clues in the sink because he surmised that "tell a lie" from "doctor don't lie" sounded like "tearai", which is the word sink. Unfortunately, he did not find anything near the sink. In the home economics room, Genta was admiring how cool Yanagimachi was for being a firefighter and having saved numerous lives, just like a hero. Meanwhile, Mrs. Wakasa was searching around the cookstove to find a match for the phrase "don't burn charm 89". Mrs. Wakasa mentioned that the music room was nearly caught on fire once, 14-15 years ago, which even resulted in the thousands of cranes in the room that were folded for the choral contest getting slightly burned. Yanagimachi recalled the scenario in which Akemi witnessed himself igniting the fire in the backyard of the school at that time.

Akemi's witness.

After the search for time capsules failed, Mrs. Kobayashi proposed showing the code to the rest of the class for help. But they all acted very nervous after hearing the proposal and kept claiming that they were able to find it themselves. Therefore, their second investigation started off. They went to the principal's room once again for the sentence "Show me a Monet". The two teachers phoned the principal and informed him to check if there was anything written on the Monet painting that he had taken home. But the principal said there was nothing. Ichihashi thought that the clue might also be written on the wall, if it was not on the back of the painting. Finally, they really found a character on the wall. Which recorded the hiragana symbol "よ" (Yo), they got picked up and were determined to solve the rest of the code.

Part 2

For the second sentence, "plane attack", Yanagimachi led everyone towards the auditorium, as he explained that a plane attack has the same meaning as hijacking, hence, the clue might be hidden somewhere with a high altitude. He placed a ladder under the clock hanging high up the auditorium and decided to climb up to check if any clues remained. It would be a piece of cake for a firefighter like him to do all these kinds of things. Despite the fact that it was all covered with dust, he was still able to see that there was a letter "u" on top. Combining with the first clue, which was "yo", they got "yo-u". Next up, for the third sentence, "artist don't go", Murata led everyone towards the art room. While searching, Conan found a symbol written on the side of the clock edge, right under the seven. Which recorded the hiragana symbol "ぐ" (Gu), he only took a photo and said nothing. Murata suddenly got reminded of the roof, as they were prohibited from drawing landscapes on top of the school roof. When they arrived there, they immediately found the hiragana symbol "ぐ" (Gu) as well, on the bottom of the doorknob that leads to the roof. Everyone exclaimed that it was amazing that the note did not wear off after 13 years. For the fourth sentence, "doctor don't lie", Ichihashi deduced the meaning and led everyone towards the nurse's office, where they found something written under the bed. It recorded the hiragana symbol "し" (Shi). Since most kids fake being sick and lie on a bed. At the same time, Conan also found another hiragana symbol "し" (Shi) behind the scale for measuring the student's height. With the clues they had, "yo-u-gu-shi", they were totally capable of knowing that the answer Akemi wanted to convey was "yougusitsu", namely the tool shed, without the need to search for the last sentence, "don't burn charm 89".

The old keyboard in the library.

However, Mrs. Kobayashi said that the tool shed was already removed ten years ago due to deterioration and was replaced with a bathroom. Everyone got really discouraged for learning that the time capsule might have been gone along with the tool shed, but Conan sensed a sort of fishy going on here. Later, Mrs. Wakasa inquired of Mrs. Kobayashi why she would look up information on a computer from the library, she justified that it was the only computer loaded with school information that she could access without a password. Moreover, although it may seem quite old now, it was brand new when she was a school librarian. "I see. That's why 'Librarian Miyano Akemi' was oriented that way." Conan understood everything. When Conan realised the actual place where Akemi had hid the time capsule, he contacted the Detective Boys, and told them to find the time capsule.

Among the chitchats within the alumnus reunion, the culprit sneakly walked out of the classroom, gently closing the classroom door, and quickly ran towards the yard. With their maximum speed, the consecutive foot steps indicated his anxiety. They instantly grabbed the shovel and headed towards the actual time capsule hiding place... The animal shed! While they were hesitating and did not know where to start, Conan interrupted them: "I knew it was you." 

People

Shou Murata
	25 years old Former class president Freeter

Seiko Ichihashi
	25 years old Former class secretary Trainee doctor

Gaku Yanagimachi
	25 years old Former class vice president Firefighter

Man 1
	Teitan Elementary School graduate

Man 2
	Teitan Elementary School graduate

Woman 1
	Teitan Elementary School graduate

Woman 2
	Teitan Elementary School graduate

Man 3
	Pedestrian

Man 4
	Pedestrian Man 3's friend

Woman 3
	Pedestrian

Woman 4
	Pedestrian Woman 3's friend

Resolution

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Yanagimachi faking the clues.

"I knew it was you. Our search was being obstructed by Gaku Yanagimachi the firefighter." Conan revealed the identity of the black silhouette. Actually, those answers everyone saw in their second investigation were fake ones planted by him, who had the non-divulging intent to do so. The relative evidence for it would be the multiple clues in the same location but having the same information. For the third sentence, "artist don't go", not only the doorknob to the prohibited roof had the hiragana symbol "ぐ" (Gu) on it, but also on the edge of the clock, under the numebr seven, as Conan took the photo. Suppose people had thought of "don't go", in romanji would be i-ku-na, which is 197, which implies 19:07. This may also explain why the symbol "ぐ" (Gu) was written under the number seven on the clock. On the other hand, regarding the fourth sentence, "doctor don't lie", Conan also found the clue in another place, which was behind the scale. Having the clue here is also quite reasonable, as kids usually "lie" to the doctors about their height when measuring, as they often like to stretch themselves taller, in order to make themselves seem taller. In addition, in the first sentence "show me a Monet", the hiragana symbol "よ" (Yo) also seemed off for Conan, since before their second search, he already checked the back of the painting as well as the wall and did not find anything like that, so it must have been faked by Yanagimachi afterwards. Therefore, there was only one explanation that could fit all these phenomena: Yanagimachi attempted to fake these clues during their first search by leaving the clues in multiple places, this would increase the probability of people noticing the clue in the second search. That was also why it was Yanagimachi, the friefighter hismelf, who climbed up the ladder and viewed the clue on the clock. It would be obvious if he wrote stuff on the clock, as he would need a ladder to do so. Not to be seen as acting suspicious during the first search, he just decided to leave the clock empty and not write anything. Then, during the second search, he just had to pretend to see something written on the clock and tell the rest. This was totally safe, as no one would bother climbing the ladder up just to confirm it. Conan deduced that Yanagimachi must also have known that Akemi was not coming to this reunion party; otherwise,  he wouldn't have set all this up. Thus, probably Yanagimachi was the organiser of this reunion and sent the invitation to Akemi but did not get a response; that way, he was able to confirm that Akemi was not coming.

Akemi's apartment mailbox.

Yanagimachi confessed everything, he claimed that he even visited Akemi's apartment afterwards, since he did not hear any response from her. And apparently her mailbox was full of unread envelopes, so he was certain that Akemi had not been home lately. He did all of these because he was scared that Akemi would write stuff about him igniting some fireworks with some local punks, causing the music room to be on fire, in her time capsule. He remarked that Akemi probably had seen everything, otherwise, she would not tell him to "be brave" on the day of the graduation. And most likely, she was telling Yanagimachi to turn himself in concerning that incident. Surprisingly, the other two members also had something disgraceful and were also afraid it would be written on that time capsule as well. Ichihashi disclosed that she once copied Akemi's answers during a Japanese language test, since Akemi was sitting right in front of her. Murata also said that he and Akemi were drawing a landscape in the same location, and she obviously drew better than him, but he was the one who won the award. The three of them were all afraid that Akemi would write these in her time capsule. Nevertheless, Conan corrected them, saying that Akemi would never do such things as that, as she is very kind and popular among the class, and would never leave a negative message.

Conan claimed that the Detective Boys had already found the time capsule by solving Akemi's code.

Decipherment of Akemi's code

The phrase "Librarian Miyano Akemi" was oriented sideways, this was to indicate that Akemi was a librarian and sat in front of the old computer in the library. We could assume that her name is the chair, and the other five clues were the keyboard. If you rotate the keyboard 90 degrees clockwise and separate the phrases with romanji pronounciations, you would find a hiragana symbol for each phrase.

#	Resolution	Description
1		"Show me a Monet" (モネみせられる) can be written as romanji mo-ne-mi-se-ra-re-ru. You will get し (shi) after you account for all hiragana keys on the keyboard.
2		"Plane attack" (飛行機襲え) can be written as romanji hi-ko-u-ki-o-so-e. You will get い (i) after you account for all hiragana keys on the keyboard.
3		"Artist don't go" (絵描き行くな) can be written as romanji e-ka-ki-i-ku-na. If you read the last bit as yu-ku-na, you will get く (ku) after you account for all hiragana keys on the keyboard.
4		"Doctor don't lie" (医者ウソこくな) can be written as romanji i-sha-u-so-ko-ku-na. You will get こ (ko) after you account for all hiragana keys on the keyboard.
5		"Don't burn charm 89" (89のお守り焼くな) can be written as romanji 8-9-no-o-ma-mo-ri-ya-ku-na, by taking the 8 and 9 as the function keys available on the keyboard (F8 and F9). You will get や (ya) after you account for all hiragana keys on the keyboard.

The trio cried after seeing Akemi's message.

Therefore, combining these hiragana symbols, we would get: shiikugoya, which is basically the animal shed where the Detective Boys took care of the rabbit.

The Detective Boys had already discovered the time capsule there and showed the trio that there was a note stuck to a metal box. The note said: "This is the 19th graduating class' time capsule! Please contact a teacher if found." There was only a photo left inside the box, which was a photo of the entire class, and on the back of the photo, Akemi wrote: "I hope all our dreams come true. -- Class 6-A Miyano Akemi". The trio got touched by Akemi's warm message, and in fact, Conan was right, she was the kind of person who would never put a negative message in the time capsule.

Conan also informed Yanagimachi that the fire in the music room had nothing to do with the fireworks he had ignited. It was actually caused by the old AC unit short-circuiting. And maybe, the "be brave" sentence uttered by Akemi was just suggesting Gaku not hang out with those local punks. Meanwhile, Ichihashi also recalled that, after she got caught by the teacher for cheating, Akemi invited her to study with her at the library, and her grades eventually improved thanks to Akemi. Lastly, Murata speculated that maybe Akemi did not submit her painting to the contest on purpose just to cheer him up. The three of them finally realised what was going on, they peered at the message left by Akemi and smiled together.

Akemi's message to Haibara

The Detective Boys were also invited to join the reunion party since they had helped them find the meaningful time capsule. During the party, Haibara asked Conan about the message that Akemi left for her. Conan took it out, it was a photo of young Shiho hugging young Akemi. And a note, "I love you Shiho" written on top. Haibara took the sticker off the back of the photo, and she saw what her sister said 13 years ago:

Dear Shiho, my younger sister. Since you've got such a high IQ, I'm sure our parents will make you study abroad, and take over their research someday. But remember this. Even if we can't be together, Dad, Mom, and I all love you. Mom said a silver bullet is the bullet of justice. So like that bullet, I hope you fly straight and true toward whatever you think is right. I hope these words reach my sister someday. Akemi.

Aftermath

Asaka?

Haibara was exceedingly gleeful after "hearing" her sister's voice from 13 years ago. However, she felt a shock just after that. Since she sensed some people from the Balck organisation around, just when the sushi order had been delivered at the school. At the same time, Mrs. Wakasa was watching the situation outside through the window while putting her hand on the window. She saw a sushi delivery guy riding an electric bicycle and was about to depart from this school after the sushi had been delivered. It was Kanenori Wakita (Rum). He seemed really interested in Akemi and uttered: "The dead don't attend parties".

Manga to anime changes

• The anime add some original flashback about Akemi that is not in the manga:

• Akemi changing her shoes at shoes locker room
• The boys silently observe Akemi from far, and got noticed by her friend
• Akemi reading Japanese Language book
• Akemi walked away while talking to her friend

• The anime add the scene where Conan shows the group photo clearly, while in the manga only the silhouette of the people is shown in the photo.
• In the anime, when Murata and Yanagimachi mentioned about pizza and sushi delivery guy, they say it clearly. In the manga, they only say it in their mind.

Trivia

• The names of the suspects come from the "municipal system in Japan" and also make up the word "elementary school student" (小学生 ,shōgakusei) :
  • Shō Murata (村田 匠) makes the "shō" sound and comes from village (村 ,mura) ;
  • Gaku Yanagimachi (柳町 岳) makes the "gaku" sound and comes from town (町 ,machi) ;
  • Seiko Ichihashi (市橋 聖子) makes the "sei" sound and comes from city (市 ,ichi).

Quotes

Wakita riding his electric bicycle.

There's no way she'd do any of that! She was kind, considerate, and popular with the whole class. She'd never leave a negative message like that!
(んなわけねぇっつの！優しくて、思いやりがあって、クラスの人気者の彼女が。そんなネガティブなメッセージを残すわけねぇっつってんだよ！)

—Conan Edogawa describing Akemi Miyano

Miyano Akemi was part of Teitan Elementary School's 19th graduating class. But the dead don't attend parties.
(帝丹小学校、19期生は。あの宮野明美だが、死人が来るわけないか。)

—Kanenori Wakita

See also

• Season 31