The Similar Princesses

Chronology
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Episode 333-334 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Similar Princesses
Japanese title:	似た者プリンセス (Nitamono Purinsesu)
Original airdate:	August 25, 2003 (Part 1) September 1, 2003 (Part 2)
Season:	12
Manga source:	Volume 40: File 10 (413) ~ Volume 41: File 3 (414-416)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Eri Kisaki Yukiko Kudo Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Detective Chiba Midori Kuriyama Yoko Okino
Case solved by:	Yukiko Kudo (via Conan)
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Organizer:	Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	333 Nana Harada 334 Kazuyoshi Yokota
Animation director:	333 Hirobi Muranaka 334 Akiko Kawashima
Music
Opening song:	Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made
Closing song:	Kimi to Iu Hikari

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Eri Kisaki Yukiko Kudo Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi 100px Detective Chiba Midori Kuriyama Yoko Okino

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro is hired by a rich man named Mikio Fujieda to find out who wants to kill him and had been promised ¥10 million after solving the case. Kogoro however spends ¥8 million and is unable to solve the case. Ran decides to call her mother, Eri Kisaki, to help solve the mystery. Conan, Ran, and Eri head to Fujieda's mansion to investigate only to run into Conan's mother, Yukiko who is investigating the mystery in place of her husband Yusaku. The two mothers reminiscence about a high-school pageant and how it ended in a tie due to a person not handing in their ballet. Ran reveals that Kogoro has an unhanded ballet from the contest which sparks the interest of the two. Later that night, Fujieda is caught on a camera after being shot.

Murder
	Location: Fujieda Household Study Room Victim: Mikio Fujieda Cause of death: Gunshot wound Suspects: Sohachi Ueki, Kozo Doi, Shigeru Fujieda, and Motoka Fujieda

Part 2

Conan investigates and realizes who the murderer is after receiving a hint from his father.

People

Sohachi Ueki
	69 years old Fujieda family butler

Kozo Doi
	61 years old Fujieda family gardener

Shigeru Fujieda
	47 years old Mikio Fujieda's brother-in-law

Mikio Fujieda
	Victim (gunshot) 58 years old Head of the Fujieda family

Motoka Fujieda
	26 years old Mikio Fujieda's wife

Resolution

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Conan reveals the murderer to be the butler, Sohachi Ueki. Conan reveals that Fujieda was drugged with Isoprenaline causing him to be stunned and dazed when he stood up to stretch causing them to believe that the culprit was in the room at the time of the murder. Conan explains that Fujieda was shot from outside the room. As evidence, Conan reveals that the coffee the butler served should contain traces of Isoprenaline and that the butler should have the silencer on him. Ueki confesses and reveals he murdered Fujieda in order to preserve the garden his former mistress cherished and worked so hard to build. Mikio's will was then read that he will not give his inheritance to those who could not protect his life and Motoka was forced to sell her possession to pay Eri, Kogoro, and Yukiko for total of 10 million yen according to laws No. 415.

At the Mouri Detective Agency, Yukiko and Eri ask Kogoro whom he voted for in their high-school pageant. Kogoro reveals he voted for Eri since he thought "Miss Teitan" meant "mistake" and that it was a mistake for Eri to have entered the competition. Afterward, Eri, Yukiko, and Ran confiscated most of Kogoro's money as Ran threatened to reveal that Kogoro peed his pants.

See also

• Season 12