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| name = Miwako Sato | | name = Miwako Sato | ||
| japanese-name = 佐藤 美和子 <br> (Satō Miwako) | | japanese-name = 佐藤 美和子 <br> (Satō Miwako) | ||
| − | | english-name = Detective | + | | english-name = Detective Simone |
| − | | image = Miwako Sato Profile. | + | | image = Miwako Sato Profile.png |
| − | | age = | + | | age = 28<ref>Detective Conan Drill: The Dechipherment of Conan Page 29. Miwako's age is written as '''推定'''28歳 (presumably 28 years old).</ref> |
| gender = Female | | gender = Female | ||
| − | | date-of-birth = April | + | | date-of-birth = April |
| − | | relatives = [[Masayoshi Sato]] (father, deceased) <br> [[Mrs. Sato | + | | relatives = [[Masayoshi Sato]] (father, deceased) <br> [[Mrs. Sato]] (mother) |
| occupation = Police Detective (Assistant Inspector) | | occupation = Police Detective (Assistant Inspector) | ||
| − | | nicknames = | + | | nicknames = |
| − | | first-appearance = Manga: [[ | + | | aliases = Satoko<ref>Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.</ref> |
| + | | status = Alive | ||
| + | | first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 19#Stadium Bomber Case|File 190]] <br> Anime: [[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|Episode 130]] | ||
| appearances = {{:Miwako Sato Appearances}} | | appearances = {{:Miwako Sato Appearances}} | ||
| − | | cases-solved = | + | | cases-solved = |
| keyhole = [[Volume 21]] | | keyhole = [[Volume 21]] | ||
| japanese-voice = [[Atsuko Yuya]] | | japanese-voice = [[Atsuko Yuya]] | ||
| − | | english-voice = [[Kate Oxley]] | + | | english-voice = [[Kate Oxley]] (FUNimation) <br> [[Katelyn Gault]] (Bang Zoom!) <br> [[Sarah Bartels]] (Macias Group) |
| drama-actor = [[Natsuhi Ueno]] | | drama-actor = [[Natsuhi Ueno]] | ||
| − | | footnotes = | + | | footnotes = |
}} | }} | ||
| − | '''{{nihongo|Miwako Sato|佐藤 美和子|Satō Miwako}}''', also known as '''Detective | + | '''{{nihongo|Miwako Sato|佐藤 美和子|Satō Miwako}}''', also known as '''Detective Simone''' in the [[Funimation]] dub, is a police assistant inspector and detective in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. |
== Background == | == Background == | ||
| − | [[Image:Miwako and her father.png|thumb|left| | + | [[Image:Miwako and her father.png|thumb|left|200px|Miwako and her last moment with her father.]] |
| + | Eighteen years ago, when she was still at elementary school, Miwako lost her father, [[Masayoshi Sato]], in a traffic accident as he was about to deliver a bank robber to the police - an event that marked her life. She eventually became a police officer on her own and now works alongside [[Inspector Megure]], [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], [[Kazunobu Chiba]], and especially [[Wataru Takagi]] in the Tokyo police district. Since joining the police force, her natural attractiveness has made practically every male police officer vie for her attention and scorns anyone who gets too close with to, always trying to interfere in any growing relationship. | ||
| − | Sato first met [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and the [[Detective Boys]] during a blackmail case against Nichiuri TV.<ref>Manga Chapter 190: The 56 Thousand Hostages</ref> In a subsequent case which dealt with a cunning murder of a banker's wife by her husband, she became impressed with Conan's intellect and deductionary ability and has since come to trust his judgements implicitly.<ref>Manga Chapter 210: An Unexpected Rival</ref> Eventually, the case of her father's death was also resolved with [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s help, which helped fanning the spark of affection she was feeling for him at the time.<ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> | + | Sato first met [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] and the [[Detective Boys]] during a blackmail case against Nichiuri TV.<ref>Manga Chapter 190: The 56 Thousand Hostages</ref> In a subsequent case which dealt with a cunning murder of a banker's wife by her husband, she became impressed with Conan's intellect and deductionary ability and has since come to trust his judgements implicitly.<ref>Manga Chapter 210: An Unexpected Rival</ref> Eventually, the case of her father's death was also resolved with [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]]'s help, which helped fanning the spark of affection she was feeling for him at the time.<ref>Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up</ref> Although Sato generally follows order from Megure, at one point she secretly asks Takagi investigate a case and not reports to the police department on their whereabouts, which almost leads to their fatality. |
| − | Sato's first love interest was [[Jinpei Matsuda]], whom she only got to know briefly due to his death in a bomb explosion. Although she denied it at first, she finally acknowledged her feelings for Takagi | + | Sato's first love interest was [[Jinpei Matsuda]], whom she only got to know briefly due to his death in a bomb explosion. Although she denied it at first, she finally acknowledged her feelings for Takagi. Nonetheless, for a very long time, each time they were about to take their relationship to the very next step, something got in the way (mostly in the shape of Miwako's best friend, [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]]), until Sato and Takagi - mostly undisturbed (thanks to the help of Conan and the Detective Boys for creating a makeshift reason for the interlopers to leave) - shared their very first kiss when Takagi was hospitalized in the course of a hard case.<ref>Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern</ref>Then had their second kiss (and third) when Takagi survived a bombing accident.<ref>Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love(Enter The Scene)</ref> |
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
| − | Sato is considered one of the most dangerous members of the police, being not at all afraid to get tangled with dangerous men in fights, which she almost always wins. | + | Sato is considered one of the most dangerous members of the police, being not at all afraid to get tangled with dangerous men in fights, which she almost always wins. She has a strong sense of justice, and hates criminals who take lives for an idiotic reason. She does have a softer personality, in which she is very friendly with the [[Detective Boys]], and especially [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]], whom she considers is a big help in difficult cases. When in action, however, Sato can be quite reckless and daring, which has earned her the title 'The Silver Witch' among car racers on Mount Fuyuna due to her driving style.<ref>Manga Chapter 663: The True Identity of the Witch</ref> Sato can also get highly emotional if cases involve people close to her, like Takagi and Matsuda. |
| − | Her favorite hobbies are going to the karaoke, attending all-you-can-eat | + | Her favorite hobbies are going to the karaoke, attending all-you-can-eat buffets, and going out to eat ramen. She dislikes expensive restaurants. |
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| + | She appears to be traumatized of Ferris Wheels most likely because of Matsuda, as seen during her date with Takagi in [[Tropical Land]].<ref>Manga Chapter 406: Misguided but Successful Arrest</ref> | ||
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| + | == Appearance == | ||
| + | Sato is a fairly tall and slender woman of fair complexion. She has short brown hair reaching just past her nape with strands framing the sides of her face and blue eyes. Apart from hair color, she is noted to have a striking resemblance to Sumiko Kobayashi, even similar hairstyles. She is well-recognized as a beautiful woman of curvaceous and well-endow built. Her beauty has ultimately made her very popular with nearly every male officer in the Tokyo Police Department. She is commonly seen wearing a light blue short skirt, dark blue shirt, blue jacket, black leggings, and low black heels. | ||
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| + | == Skills == | ||
| + | === Physical Prowess === | ||
| + | Greatly belying her feminine form, Sato is known to be a very fierce fighter, effortlessly taking down criminals much larger than her. She has advanced prowess in jujitsu and wrestling maneuvers, often ending the confrontation in a single move. She is also quite strong, having once crushed her cellphone in her hand during a fit of anger. | ||
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| + | === Firearms === | ||
| + | Sato is proficient in guns, being able to aim accurately even in very difficult situations. | ||
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| + | === Driving === | ||
| + | Sato is a strong and sometimes a reckless driver. She owns a Mazda RX-7. | ||
== Appellations == | == Appellations == | ||
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<tab title="Law enforcement"> | <tab title="Law enforcement"> | ||
| − | {| | + | {{appellations/head|Miwako}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Kiyonaga Matsumoto|Sato|Managing Officer (''Kanrikan'')}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Juzo Megure|Sato <br> Sato-kun|Inspector Megure (''Megure-keibu'') <br> Inspector (''Keibu'')}} |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Wataru Takagi|Sato-san <br> Lieutenant Miwako Sato (''Sato Miwako-keibu-ho'')<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|Episode 254]]</ref><br> Satoko-san<ref name="file930">[[volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|File 930 (Volume88)]]</ref>|Takagi-kun (usually) <br> Takagi <br> Wataru (rare) <br> Sergeant Wataru Takagi<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|Episode 254]]</ref><br> Takao-kun<ref name="file930"/>}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Ninzaburo Shiratori|Sato-san <br> Miwako-san <br> Sato<ref name="m13">Movie 13: ''[[The Raven Chaser]]''</ref>|Shiratori-kun}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Kazunobu Chiba|Sato-san|Chiba-kun}} |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Yumi Miyamoto|Miwako|Yumi}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Naeko Miike|Sato-san|Miike <br> Miike-chan<ref name="file946">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 946 (Volume 89)]]</ref><br> ''Anata''<ref>[[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|Episode 681]]</ref>}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Jinpei Matsuda|Anta<ref>[[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|Episode 304]]</ref>|Matsuda-kun}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Kenji Hagiwara|Officer Hagiwara Kenji (''Hagiwara Kenji-taiin'')<ref>[[The Bride of Halloween|Movie 25]]</ref><br>Hagiwara-san|-}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Hyoue Kuroda|Sato}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Misao Yamamura|Sato-san}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Wataru Date|-|Date-san}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori|-|Inspector Nakamori (''Nakamori-keibu'')<ref name="file545">[[Volume 53#Kaitou Kid and the Four Masterpieces|File 545: Konjiki (Volume 53)]]</ref><br> Inspector (''Keibu'')<ref name="file545"/>}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Koichi Zenigata|This girl (''kono nēchan''; talking to [[Lupin III]])|Inspector (''Keibu'') <br> Inspector Zenigata (''Zenigata-keibu'')}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Detective Sogawa|Sato-san|file=Detective Sogawa.jpg}} | |
| − | |- | + | {{appellations|Yuya Kazami|Lieutenant Inspector Sato (''Satō keibuho'')|-}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Rei Furuya|-|Furuya}} | |
| − | {{appellations|Koichi Zenigata|This girl ('' | + | {{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|-|Morofushi}} |
|} | |} | ||
</tab> | </tab> | ||
<tab title="Friends & relatives"> | <tab title="Friends & relatives"> | ||
| − | {| | + | {{appellations/head|Miwako}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Kudo-kun}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'') <br> Sato-san<ref name="ep791">[[Captured in Her Eyes]]</ref>|Conan-kun}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Ran Mouri|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Ran-chan}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Mouri-san}} |
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|} | |} | ||
</tab> | </tab> | ||
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<tab title="Detective Boys"> | <tab title="Detective Boys"> | ||
| − | {| | + | {{appellations/head|Miwako}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Ayumi Yoshida|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Ayumi-chan}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Genta Kojima|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Genta-kun}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Mitsuhiko-kun}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Ai Haibara|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Hiroshi Agasa|-|Agasa-san<ref name="m13"/><br> Professor (''Hakase'')<ref name="m13"/>}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Sumiko Kobayashi|Sato Miwako-san <br> Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Kobayashi-sensei}} |
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|} | |} | ||
</tab> | </tab> | ||
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<tab title="Others"> | <tab title="Others"> | ||
| − | {| | + | {{appellations/head|Miwako}} |
| − | + | {{appellations|Sonoko Suzuki|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Sonoko-chan}} | |
| − | + | {{appellations|Heiji Hattori|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')|Hattori-kun}} | |
| − | + | {{appellations|Shukichi Haneda|-|Taiko Meijin<ref name="file946"/><br> Haneda Shukichi<ref name="file946"/><br> Your boyfriend (''kareshi''; talking to [[Yumi Miyamoto|Yumi]]<ref name="file945">[[Volume 89#Shukichi's Envelope Case|File 945 (Volume 89)]]</ref>}} | |
| − | + | {{appellations|Lupin III{{!}}Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|Girl (''Onēchan'')|Lupin <br> Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'') <br> My first love (''Watashi no Hatsukoi'')}} | |
| − | + | {{appellations|Kazuha Toyama|-|Kazuha-chan<ref>File 1068</ref>}} | |
| − | | | + | {{appellations|Azusa Enomoto|Detective Sato (''Sato-keiji'')<ref>File 1079</ref>|-}} |
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| − | {{appellations|Lupin III{{!}}Arsène Lupin III|file=Lupin III.jpg|Girl (''Onēchan'')|Lupin<br>Lupin III (''Lupin Sansei'')<br>My first love (''Watashi no Hatsukoi'')}} | ||
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== Plot overview == | == Plot overview == | ||
| + | === Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 19|189]]-[[Volume 20|191]], Anime: [[The Indiscriminate Stadium Threatening Case|130-131]]) === | ||
| + | Miwako's first appearance was in episode 130, and in manga file 190, where she is seen trying to arrest the culprit's accomplice along with other police officers, but failed. | ||
| − | + | === Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story|146-147]]) === | |
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| − | === Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 21|208-210]] | ||
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This case is the very beginning of the long and enduring love story between Miwako Sato and her fellow police officer, [[Wataru Takagi]]. | This case is the very beginning of the long and enduring love story between Miwako Sato and her fellow police officer, [[Wataru Takagi]]. | ||
| − | One night, Sato and her friend [[Yumi Miyamoto]] from the traffic department have a drink together. In her drunken state, Sato unknowingly reveals to Yumi the person that she has feelings for | + | One night, Sato and her best friend [[Yumi Miyamoto]] from the traffic department have a drink together. In her drunken state, Sato unknowingly reveals to Yumi the person that she has feelings for. However, when she wakes up, she doesn't remember the exact details of what she has told her friend. The next day, Sato arrives at the Police Headquarters and meets up with detective [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]], who is talking to the [[Detective Boys]] at the time. She asks Takagi who the children are, only to be mistaken by them that she is his girlfriend. However, both of them deny this. She also wonders if Takagi has heard anything from Yumi, without knowing that her friend has already told the police officer about what happened the previous night, saying that the person whom Sato likes is "someone from the first investigation division". |
Later, the bank manager from a recent bank robbery case comes to see the police. During his phone call to his wife, everyone hears her sudden scream. Sato immediately drives Takagi, Conan and the manager to their house, only to discover the wife's stabbed body instead. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. Sato sarcastically congratulates Shiratori on his rapid promotion, and jokingly comments that he may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", without knowing that this statement has raised a major misunderstanding from Takagi, who thinks that she really has affection for the new police inspector. | Later, the bank manager from a recent bank robbery case comes to see the police. During his phone call to his wife, everyone hears her sudden scream. Sato immediately drives Takagi, Conan and the manager to their house, only to discover the wife's stabbed body instead. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector [[Ninzaburo Shiratori]], a police officer who has just been promoted recently. Sato sarcastically congratulates Shiratori on his rapid promotion, and jokingly comments that he may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", without knowing that this statement has raised a major misunderstanding from Takagi, who thinks that she really has affection for the new police inspector. | ||
| − | With the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. When all | + | With the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. When all is done, Shiratori invites Sato to have dinner with him at a restaurant that he knows, but she turns down the offer, saying that French cuisine isn't her favorite. She instead invites Takagi to go out and eat ramen together. Just as the misunderstanding earlier is about to be cleared and Takagi finally has the chance to be with Sato, a drunken [[Juzo Megure|Megure]] suddenly appears and suggests to them to go out for a drink with him at a bar. Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the other invitation to Takagi, thus raising another serious misconception: Detective Sato has special feelings for Inspector Megure. |
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| + | === Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: [[Volume 23|231]]-[[Volume 24|233]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|156-157]]) === | ||
| + | In the course of chasing down Higashida, a suspect in a murder case, Sato corners him in a public bathroom and manages to cuff him to herself to end any further escape attempts. However, she soon discovers that she has accidentally cuffed them around a toilet pipe, meaning neither of them were going anywhere. When Higashida protests his innocence, and that he has to catch a plane the next day to attend his daughter's wedding, Sato relies on Takagi and the Detective Boys to find the true culprit without alerting headquarters to the embarrassing situation - headquarters, meanwhile, launches a hunt for the apparently missing Higashida, Sato and Takagi. While Takagi and the Detective Boys are able to unveil the true culprit, proving Higashida innocent, they also discover that the building that Sato is trapped in is due to be demolished by Agasa using the Tropical Rainbow device, an experimental bomb that detonates with a multicoloured explosion. Conan manages to subdue Agasa before he hits the button using his [[Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes|power shoes]], and Sato is cut free - though naturally the embarrassing situation was found out. Sato also finds herself having to explain to Takagi that she only sees Megure as a father figure - much to Takagi's relief. | ||
| − | === | + | === Sato's Father Case (Manga: [[Volume 27|267-269]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3|205-206]]) === |
| + | It is the last day before the case of Sato's father's death - a murder/robbery - hits the statute of limitations, allowing the culprit to leave scot-free. Sato intends to solve both this case and a serial arson case currently ongoing in the city, promising Takagi a request if they are successful. In the course of investigating, Sato gives Takagi her father's handcuffs to use, being as hers had to be broken to release her during the [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 2|Innocent Suspect case]]. However, the arsonist attacks Takagi and uses the cuffs to restrain him to a set of window bars in his final target building. As midnight approaches, Sato - unaware of Takagi's predicament - sits down with the culprit of her father's murder, and once midnight has passed he reveals to her the entire story. At this point, Sato reveals to him that given that time outside Japan does not count towards the statute of limitations, and he had spent time in Italy since the crime, the time limit had been extended some. While the suspect knew this, upon returning to Japan from Italy a flight delay due to bad weather caused his arrival time to fall just after midnight the day after the scheduled time - meaning there are in fact still twenty-four hours in which he could be charged, and he had just given a full confession. He is promptly arrested. | ||
| − | + | Sato is then informed of Takagi's situation, and returns to the warehouse where the arsonist - subdued by Conan - has struck. Takagi has managed to escape by breaking the window bars off the frame - being unable to bring himself to break Sato's father's handcuffs - and he collapses in Sato's arms, but ultimately survives. Once he has recuperated, he uses his request to ask Sato out on a date - which she doubles with tailing a suspect, to Takagi's annoyance. | |
| − | === Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]] | + | === Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 30|296-298]], Anime: [[The Shinkansen Transport Case|240-241]]) === |
| − | === Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]] | + | === Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: [[Volume 32|328]]-[[Volume 33|330]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4|253-254]]) === |
| − | [[File:Miwako picking randomly.jpg|thumb|right| | + | [[File:Miwako picking randomly.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato randomly picks up a file.]] |
| − | In these episodes, Sato and Takagi's feelings for each other are explored. Sato chose randomly and incidentally Shiratori for her omiai. Meanwhile, Sato realized her feelings for Takagi. Before she and Shiratori can kiss, Conan stopped them with Araide's help. | + | In these episodes, Sato and Takagi's feelings for each other are explored. Sato chose randomly and incidentally landed on Shiratori for her omiai (arranged date). Meanwhile, Sato realized her feelings for Takagi. Before she and Shiratori can kiss, Conan stopped them with Takagi and [[Tomoaki Araide|Dr. Araide's]] help. |
| − | === Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]] | + | === Parade Bomber Case (Manga: [[Volume 36|366-368]], Anime: [[Parade of Malice and Saint|301-302]]) === |
| + | Sato and the rest of the department are undercover at the Tokyo Spirits' victory parade, having received a fax alluding to a bombing from three years ago that targeted police. She comes across the Detective Boys and Professor Agasa, and then Takagi, also undercover. However, Sato abruptly slaps him and scolds him, since as a new addition to the Beika police he did not have to be undercover. Privately, she is upset that his diguise makes him resemble [[Matsuda Jinpei|an officer]] who apparently died in the prior case. Takagi returns his disguise to his car, shortly before a bomb explodes underneath the car. Sato attempts to pull him out, suffering burns on her hands, before Miyamoto informs her that Takagi had in fact gotten away. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys, it is determined that the allusions to the previous case and the bombs are all false flags and this is in fact a robbery targeting the postal service - the police organise a sting and the offenders are taken in. | ||
| − | + | Later, Sato suggests to Takagi that they should cancel an upcoming date as everyone who Sato cares about, including her father, an old teacher, a club senpai and (though she does not say out loud) the officer that died in the previous bombings, seems to disappear and she would prefer not to live through such pain again. Takagi struggles to reveal his feelings, and ultimately - in front of the Detective Boys, Shiratori, Miyamoto, and a significant portion of the police department - agrees that their relationship should remain professional, much to the audience's chagrin. Though Takagi tries to get her attention as she walks away, Sato merely waves. | |
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| − | === | + | === The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (Manga: [[Volume 36|369]]-[[Volume 37|373]], Anime: [[The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages|304]]) === |
| + | During this case, Sato was having many flash backs of her former crush, Jinpei Matsuda, who was killed during a bombing incident. When the bombing started to involve more familiar police officers (including Shiratori), she became very worried for Takagi. When Takagi and Conan were trapped in an elevator with a mercury lever bomb, Takagi told Sato that he and Conan would have to remain and die with the bomb to get the name of the location of a much bigger bomb. She tried to force her way through police to get to Takagi, but failed. However, the bomb was disabled by Conan at the last second. Later after apprehending the bomber, she chased and attempted to kill him, being fully taken in with the impulse of revenge. At the last moment before she would have killed him, Takagi tackled Sato and even smacked her in the face to make her regain her senses. Takagi and Sato then almost kissed, but the arrival of Inspector Megure broke the moment. | ||
| − | === | + | === Missing Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 40|404-406]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 5|358-359]]) === |
| − | === | + | === Takagi's Last Case (Manga: [[Volume 44|450-452]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 6|390-391]]) === |
| − | === | + | === Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: [[Volume 47|484-486]], Anime: [[A Jewel Thief Caught Red-Handed|401-402]]) === |
| − | === | + | === Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: [[Volume 50|511-514]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7|431-432]]) === |
| − | === | + | === Fake Wedding Case (Manga: [[Volume 52|535-537]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|449]]) === |
| − | === | + | === Sato's Ring Case (Manga: [[Volume 56|576-578]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 8: The Left Hand's Ring Finger|487]]) === |
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| − | === | + | === Hammer Man Case (Manga: [[Volume 60|625-627]], Anime: [[The Truth Behind the Urban Legend|530-531]]) === |
| + | [[File:Takagi and Miwako about to kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Miwako and Takagi about to kiss.]] | ||
| − | Sato and Takagi had agreed on going out to a spa as soon as a difficult case (involving a serial killer whose cases are about to caducate) that they | + | === Whistling Killer Case (Manga: [[Volume 64|670-673]], Anime: [[The Scar that Evokes the Past|534-535]]) === |
| + | Sato and Takagi had agreed on going out to a spa as soon as a difficult case (involving a serial killer whose cases are about to caducate) that they were working on (alongside Megure, Shiratori, and Matsumoto) was resolved. Takagi gets very fired up and decides to work harder than usual; their seniors, however, see it as a terrible signal since officers who behave like that often end up dying in the line of duty, which greatly worries Sato. This bad omen almost becomes true when Takagi ends up being shot, with only a mahjong tile he carried in his pocket saving him from death. Sato is greatly relieved when he survives, and they ''finally'' can share a kiss. | ||
| − | === | + | === White Day Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 69|725-727]], Anime: [[White Day of Betrayal |608-609]]) === |
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| − | Takagi is kidnapped by a mysterious man who | + | === The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: [[Volume 76|804]]-[[Volume 77|808]], Anime: [[The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love|681-683]]) === |
| + | [[File:683-6.png|thumb|left|200px|Sato jumps from a helicopter to save Takagi.]] | ||
| + | Takagi is kidnapped by a mysterious man who mistakes him to be [[Wataru Date]] (a deceased police officer and Takagi's former mentor) who had made the kidnapper's daughter commit suicide. He is bandaged on a plank of wood and there is a bomb under it. Sato saves Takagi from getting killed by the bomb, and the duo kiss again. | ||
| − | === | + | === Taii's Owner (Manga: [[Volume 82|865-868]], Anime: [[The Case of the Lucky Calico|751-752]]) === |
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| + | === Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Manga: [[Volume 82|869-871]], Anime: [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9|748-749]]) === | ||
| + | [[File:748-1.png|thumb|200px|Embarrassed Sato.]] | ||
Sato hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting but has lost. Naeko, Takagi and Yumi believe that her period is late... and since Takagi is now her lover as well as her partner, this means she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding. | Sato hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting but has lost. Naeko, Takagi and Yumi believe that her period is late... and since Takagi is now her lover as well as her partner, this means she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding. | ||
| − | ===Non-canon | + | === Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Manga: [[Volume 88|930]], Anime: [[Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2|828]]) === |
| + | Sato and Takagi put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark. | ||
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| + | === Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: [[Volume 101|1079]]-[[Volume 102|1081]], Anime: [[Takagi and Date and the Notebook Promise|1109-1110]]) === | ||
| + | {{clear}} | ||
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| + | === List of disguises used === | ||
| + | {{main|Disguise}}<!--This link is being worked on--> | ||
| + | Sato has used many disguises over the course of the series with her preference being a simple disguise with wig and sun glasses. However, she is also capable of disguising as other individual if given enough time. These are the known ones used so far. | ||
| + | <gallery perrow=6> | ||
| + | File:Satodisguise217.jpg|Female Civilian<ref>[[Megure's Sealed Secret|217-218]]</ref> | ||
| + | File:Satodisguise242.jpg|Mall Shopper<ref>[[Boy_Genta's Misfortune|Episode 242]]</ref> | ||
| + | File:Miwakofirstdisguise.png|Random citizen<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 301]]</ref> | ||
| + | File:EP303 Police G.jpg|Post Office Employee<ref>[[Parade of Malice and Saint|Episode 302]]</ref> | ||
| + | File:satorei.jpg|Rei Masudo<ref>[[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story - Fake Wedding|Episode 449]]</ref> | ||
| + | File:satokoba.jpg|Sumiko Kobayashi<ref>[[Kobayashi-sensei's Love|Episode 583-585]]</ref> | ||
| + | File:satoko 828.jpg|''Satoko''<ref>[[Volume 88#A Killer in Ramen Ogura|A Killer in Ramen Ogura]]</ref> | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Non-canon plot overview== | ||
==== Captured in Her Eyes ([[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4]]) ==== | ==== Captured in Her Eyes ([[Captured in Her Eyes|Movie 4]]) ==== | ||
| + | [[File:Movie4 Case3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|]] | ||
During ''Captured in Her Eyes'', Miwako was a target of a serial killer. She thought she was safe, but when she and Ran went to the bathroom, a blackout in the hotel occurred. A gunman then came into the bathroom, and she jumped on Ran to protect her. However, she was shot several times and put into a coma. This incident caused a large deal of grief for Ran and Takagi, even going as far as to make Ran completely lose her memories. She was given by doctors a 50% chance at surviving due to one bullet stopping extremely close to her heart. Luckily, she survived. | During ''Captured in Her Eyes'', Miwako was a target of a serial killer. She thought she was safe, but when she and Ran went to the bathroom, a blackout in the hotel occurred. A gunman then came into the bathroom, and she jumped on Ran to protect her. However, she was shot several times and put into a coma. This incident caused a large deal of grief for Ran and Takagi, even going as far as to make Ran completely lose her memories. She was given by doctors a 50% chance at surviving due to one bullet stopping extremely close to her heart. Luckily, she survived. | ||
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| + | ==== [[Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie]] ==== | ||
| + | After the international criminal [[Lupin III]] announced his intention to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, [[Inspector Zenigata]] from the ICPO put together an operation to prevent the theft. Miwako eagerly volunteered to join Zenigata's team, relishing the chance to capture her hero. During the operation, she actually managed to handcuff Lupin, but lost him after he electrocuted her. Though weakened from the electrical attack, Miwako pursued him into the subway tunnels underneath the city, but was nearly killed after collapsing on the train tracks. Impressed with her tenacity, Lupin returned and saved Miwako from being hit by the train, before disappearing with the sapphire. | ||
== Relationship analysis == | == Relationship analysis == | ||
| − | + | === Wataru Takagi === | |
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{{main|Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato}} | {{main|Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato}} | ||
| − | [[Image:Episode 535 - Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right| | + | [[Image:Episode 535 - Sato and Takagi kiss.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato and Takagi sharing their first kiss]] |
| + | Since their first meeting, Takagi was revealed to have strong romantic feelings towards her, but it was unknown if Sato felt the same way as she was shown to be quite oblivious to his feelings for her. However as time went on, their relationship slowly grew and they soon became more closer towards each other as Takagi learned more of her past, including the death of her father. Eventually, Sato finally realized her true feelings for [[Takagi]] when she was nearly force to marry Shiratori. Their relationship gradually develops as the series continues. However their relationship became threatened when Sato revealed she still hadn't completely gotten over the death of her former love, Jinpei Matsuda. However, after finally confronting the man who killed him and after being comforted by Takagi, Sato was finally able to move on with her life and renew her relationship with Takagi. At present, Takagi and Sato are very much in love, having kissed at least thrice. | ||
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| + | === Jinpei Matsuda === | ||
| + | Matsuda was Sato's former partner and first love.They only got to know each other for a brief period but his death affected her greatly. Before his death, he sent her a message of the next bomb location and a note that he actually liked her.She struggled to put his death behind her but finally managed to do so when she avenged matsuda by capturing the bomber.She also developed a strong fear of Ferris Wheels due to the trauma she experienced when he died. | ||
| − | + | === Yumi Miyamoto === | |
| − | [[Image:Miwako and Yumi. | + | [[Image:Miwako and Yumi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Miwako and Yumi.]] |
| + | Yumi is Miwako's best friend in the headquarter. They are seen together a lot, and Yumi always teases Miwako about her relationship with Takagi. She often tries to bring the two closer together, much to the chagrin of Sato and Takagi. They have been friends for at least 10 years. | ||
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| − | === | + | === Juzo Megure === |
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Miwako&Juzo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Inspector Megure with Miwako Sato.]] |
| + | Inspector Megure is like a father figure to Miwako as she said to Takagi in one of the episodes (although Takagi mistook it as a love interest at first). | ||
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| − | Miwako seems to admire Conan and consider him an equal (quite surprisingly), like Takagi, usually telling Conan information that is actually forbidden to be leaked to normal citizens. | + | === Conan Edogawa === |
| + | Miwako seems to admire Conan and consider him an equal (quite surprisingly), like Takagi, usually telling Conan information that is actually forbidden to be leaked to normal citizens.<ref>Episode 533</ref> | ||
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| − | + | === Ninzaburo Shiratori === | |
| − | Although Shiratori, initially, had a crush on Sato and attempted to marry her, she views him only as a friend. It is later revealed that the main reason Shiratori had a crush on her was because he believed her to be the "girl of destiny" who changed his life, but later it turned out that the said girl was [[Sumiko Kobayashi]], who bears an extreme physical similarity to Sato. Once this is revealed, Shiratori stops chasing after Sato's affections, and has become very friendly to her. | + | [[File:NinzaburoShiratori & MiwakoSato.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ninzaburo and Miwako]] |
| − | + | Although Shiratori, initially, had a crush on Sato and attempted to marry her, she views him only as a friend. It is later revealed that the main reason Shiratori had a crush on her was because he believed her to be the "girl of destiny" who changed his life, but later it turned out that the said girl was [[Sumiko Kobayashi]], who bears an extreme physical similarity to Sato. Once this is revealed, Shiratori stops chasing after Sato's affections, and has become very friendly to her. Sato really supports Shiratori and Kobayashi relationship. | |
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== Character popularity == | == Character popularity == | ||
| − | *eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Sato placed 13th in the poll with 50 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref> | + | * eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Sato placed 13th in the poll with 50 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp|title=『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結|date=2011-05-12|publisher=eBookJapan|accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref> |
| − | *In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Sato placed 14th overall with 107 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> | + | * In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Sato placed 14th overall with 107 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566|title=Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic]|date=2012-02-28|publisher=eva|accessdate=2012-02-29}}</ref> |
| − | *She ranked 7th in the Super Digest Book 60+ "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 80 votes. | + | * She ranked 7th in the Super Digest Book 60+ "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 80 votes. |
== Name origin == | == Name origin == | ||
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== Different looks == | == Different looks == | ||
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| − | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File: | + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako Before.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 146]] |
| − | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px| | + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako Middle.JPG|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 402]] |
| − | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File: | + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Miwako After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 661]] |
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== Quotes == | == Quotes == | ||
{{cquote|But kid, remember one thing... The word "justice" isn't a word you can involve in any occasion... it's something we must hold secretly in our heart.|To [[Genta]]}} | {{cquote|But kid, remember one thing... The word "justice" isn't a word you can involve in any occasion... it's something we must hold secretly in our heart.|To [[Genta]]}} | ||
| + | {{cquote|Kidnapping is an extremely vulgar crime, right up there with murder.|Episode 432 [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7]]}} | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
| − | <gallery widths= | + | <gallery widths=200px perrow=5> |
| − | File:Miwako as a child.png| | + | File:Miwako as a child.png|As a child (18 years ago). |
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| − | [[File: | + | [[File:Satorx7.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sato's RX-7]] |
| − | * Sato drives a [[Cars# | + | * Sato drives a [[Cars#Miwako Sato|red series 6 Mazda (Ẽfini) RX-7]]. It used to be white, but she painted it red so it would be more visible in the fog. |
| − | * Sato has a habit of shrieking while drifting without pulling the handbrake, as she feels that shrieking helps make it easier. But she finds it embarrassing, though. This habit caused the "Mountain Witch" story to happen, as people reported | + | * Sato has a habit of shrieking while drifting without pulling the handbrake, as she feels that shrieking helps make it easier. But she finds it embarrassing, though. This habit caused the "Mountain Witch" story to happen, as people reported the witch would drift using a white FD and scream really loud. |
| + | * It is likely that Sato's driving style is inspired by Takumi Fujiwara, the protagonist of the manga / anime Initial D. (with one difference that Sato drives an FD, while Takumi drives a Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 panda). | ||
* Sato is a fan of [[Lupin III]] and has stated that he was her first love. | * Sato is a fan of [[Lupin III]] and has stated that he was her first love. | ||
| − | * Sato dislikes any shiny and expensive jewelry. This fact was used by Yumi to trick some of Sato's admirers to buy expensive jewels for her that Yumi herself finds nice. However, Sato currently wears a ring that Takagi had bought for her, not realizing that he intended it to be an engagement ring. | + | * Sato dislikes any shiny and expensive jewelry. This fact was used by Yumi to trick some of Sato's admirers to buy expensive jewels for her that Yumi herself finds nice.<ref>Episode 402</ref> However, Sato currently wears a ring that Takagi had bought for her, not realizing that he intended it to be an engagement ring.<ref>Episode 487</ref> |
| − | * A running gag in the series is how whenever she and Takagi go on a date, they are stalked by other police | + | *Sato dislikes expensive restaurants, and once denied an offer made by Inspector Shiratori to go eat at a French cuisine.<ref>Chapter 205</ref> |
| − | * | + | * A running gag in the series is how whenever she and Takagi go on a date, they are stalked by other police officers who have crushes on her.<ref>Episode 358</ref> Previously, this 'Miwako Sato's Line of Defence' was led by Inspector Shiratori.<ref>Episode 583</ref> |
| − | * Sato is bad at drawing. | + | * A script Error in the English Dub of [[Movie 4]]: [[Captured in Her Eyes]] referred that Sato died from the shot in the restroom (which, in fact, she does not and remained critically injured in hospital until her fate is known at the end of the film). This creates continuity error, as beyond that point, others characters in the Dubbing version continued to make reference that she died until the news of her recovery reaches the policemen at the end of the film. |
| + | * Sato is bad at drawing.<ref>Episode 205</ref> | ||
* Sato, Takagi and Yumi are the only Police Officers to take Conan seriously, usually treating him as an equal. | * Sato, Takagi and Yumi are the only Police Officers to take Conan seriously, usually treating him as an equal. | ||
| − | * | + | * Her last name Satō (佐藤) is written with the characters for 'help' and 'wisteria'. Written with different characters, Satō (砂糖) can also mean sugar. In a flashback showing the first encountering of her and Takagi, he uses this as a pun and refers to her as 'Inspector Sugar'. |
| + | * Her first name Miwako (美和子) is written with the characters for 'beautiful', 'peace' and 'child'. | ||
| + | * Sato doesn't know that the whole police department all have a romantic attraction to her...or is at least trying to ignore that... | ||
| + | * According to Gosho in Super Digest Book 80+, Miwako is the faster driver than Yukiko. | ||
| + | * Miwako appeared to not know what White Day was until she learned it from Yumi. | ||
| + | *According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, she taught herself her driving techniques. | ||
| + | *According to RECIPE PLUS Super Digest Book she can't cook. | ||
| + | *Miwako used to wear lipstick in her earlier appearance. | ||
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| + | == In other languages == | ||
| + | {{BeginTable CharLang}} | ||
| + | {{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|美和子 Miwako|佐藤 Satou}} | ||
| + | {{CharLangItem|flag=China|flag2 = Hong Kong | Chinese <br>(Simplified and Traditional)</br>|美和子 Měihézǐ|佐藤 Zhúoténg}} | ||
| + | {{EndTable}} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Characters]] | * [[Characters]] | ||
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* [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]] | * [[Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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{{Characters}} | {{Characters}} | ||
{{Police}} | {{Police}} | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato Miwako}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Sato Miwako}} | ||
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[[Category:Female characters]] | [[Category:Female characters]] | ||
[[Category:Martial artists]] | [[Category:Martial artists]] | ||
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| Japanese name: | 佐藤 美和子 (Satō Miwako) |
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| English name: | Detective Simone |
| Age: | 28[1] |
| Gender: | Female |
| Date of birth: | April |
| Relatives: | Masayoshi Sato (father, deceased) Mrs. Sato (mother) |
| Occupation: | Police Detective (Assistant Inspector) |
| Status: | Alive |
| Aliases: | Satoko[2] |
| First appearance: | Manga: File 190 Anime: Episode 130 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 124 Chapters: 2 Chapters: 2 Episodes: 132 Movies: 18 OVAs: 3 Specials: 12 Openings: 35 Closings: 10 |
| Keyhole number: | Volume 21 |
| Japanese voice: | Atsuko Yuya |
| English voice: | Kate Oxley (FUNimation) Katelyn Gault (Bang Zoom!) Sarah Bartels (Macias Group) |
| Drama actor: | Natsuhi Ueno |
Miwako Sato (佐藤 美和子 Satō Miwako), also known as Detective Simone in the Funimation dub, is a police assistant inspector and detective in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Personality
- 3 Appearance
- 4 Skills
- 5 Appellations
- 6 Plot overview
- 6.1 Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: 189-191, Anime: 130-131)
- 6.2 Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: 208-210, Anime: 146-147)
- 6.3 Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: 231-233, Anime: 156-157)
- 6.4 Sato's Father Case (Manga: 267-269, Anime: 205-206)
- 6.5 Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: 296-298, Anime: 240-241)
- 6.6 Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: 328-330, Anime: 253-254)
- 6.7 Parade Bomber Case (Manga: 366-368, Anime: 301-302)
- 6.8 The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (Manga: 369-373, Anime: 304)
- 6.9 Missing Ring Case (Manga: 404-406, Anime: 358-359)
- 6.10 Takagi's Last Case (Manga: 450-452, Anime: 390-391)
- 6.11 Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: 484-486, Anime: 401-402)
- 6.12 Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: 511-514, Anime: 431-432)
- 6.13 Fake Wedding Case (Manga: 535-537, Anime: 449)
- 6.14 Sato's Ring Case (Manga: 576-578, Anime: 487)
- 6.15 Hammer Man Case (Manga: 625-627, Anime: 530-531)
- 6.16 Whistling Killer Case (Manga: 670-673, Anime: 534-535)
- 6.17 White Day Murder Case (Manga: 725-727, Anime: 608-609)
- 6.18 The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: 804-808, Anime: 681-683)
- 6.19 Taii's Owner (Manga: 865-868, Anime: 751-752)
- 6.20 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Manga: 869-871, Anime: 748-749)
- 6.21 Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Manga: 930, Anime: 828)
- 6.22 Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: 1079-1081, Anime: 1109-1110)
- 6.23 List of disguises used
- 7 Non-canon plot overview
- 8 Relationship analysis
- 9 Character popularity
- 10 Name origin
- 11 Different looks
- 12 Quotes
- 13 Gallery
- 14 Trivia
- 15 In other languages
- 16 See also
- 17 References
Background
Eighteen years ago, when she was still at elementary school, Miwako lost her father, Masayoshi Sato, in a traffic accident as he was about to deliver a bank robber to the police - an event that marked her life. She eventually became a police officer on her own and now works alongside Inspector Megure, Ninzaburo Shiratori, Kazunobu Chiba, and especially Wataru Takagi in the Tokyo police district. Since joining the police force, her natural attractiveness has made practically every male police officer vie for her attention and scorns anyone who gets too close with to, always trying to interfere in any growing relationship.
Sato first met Conan and the Detective Boys during a blackmail case against Nichiuri TV.[3] In a subsequent case which dealt with a cunning murder of a banker's wife by her husband, she became impressed with Conan's intellect and deductionary ability and has since come to trust his judgements implicitly.[4] Eventually, the case of her father's death was also resolved with Takagi's help, which helped fanning the spark of affection she was feeling for him at the time.[5] Although Sato generally follows order from Megure, at one point she secretly asks Takagi investigate a case and not reports to the police department on their whereabouts, which almost leads to their fatality.
Sato's first love interest was Jinpei Matsuda, whom she only got to know briefly due to his death in a bomb explosion. Although she denied it at first, she finally acknowledged her feelings for Takagi. Nonetheless, for a very long time, each time they were about to take their relationship to the very next step, something got in the way (mostly in the shape of Miwako's best friend, Yumi), until Sato and Takagi - mostly undisturbed (thanks to the help of Conan and the Detective Boys for creating a makeshift reason for the interlopers to leave) - shared their very first kiss when Takagi was hospitalized in the course of a hard case.[6]Then had their second kiss (and third) when Takagi survived a bombing accident.[7]
Personality
Sato is considered one of the most dangerous members of the police, being not at all afraid to get tangled with dangerous men in fights, which she almost always wins. She has a strong sense of justice, and hates criminals who take lives for an idiotic reason. She does have a softer personality, in which she is very friendly with the Detective Boys, and especially Conan, whom she considers is a big help in difficult cases. When in action, however, Sato can be quite reckless and daring, which has earned her the title 'The Silver Witch' among car racers on Mount Fuyuna due to her driving style.[8] Sato can also get highly emotional if cases involve people close to her, like Takagi and Matsuda.
Her favorite hobbies are going to the karaoke, attending all-you-can-eat buffets, and going out to eat ramen. She dislikes expensive restaurants.
She appears to be traumatized of Ferris Wheels most likely because of Matsuda, as seen during her date with Takagi in Tropical Land.[9]
Appearance
Sato is a fairly tall and slender woman of fair complexion. She has short brown hair reaching just past her nape with strands framing the sides of her face and blue eyes. Apart from hair color, she is noted to have a striking resemblance to Sumiko Kobayashi, even similar hairstyles. She is well-recognized as a beautiful woman of curvaceous and well-endow built. Her beauty has ultimately made her very popular with nearly every male officer in the Tokyo Police Department. She is commonly seen wearing a light blue short skirt, dark blue shirt, blue jacket, black leggings, and low black heels.
Skills
Physical Prowess
Greatly belying her feminine form, Sato is known to be a very fierce fighter, effortlessly taking down criminals much larger than her. She has advanced prowess in jujitsu and wrestling maneuvers, often ending the confrontation in a single move. She is also quite strong, having once crushed her cellphone in her hand during a fit of anger.
Firearms
Sato is proficient in guns, being able to aim accurately even in very difficult situations.
Driving
Sato is a strong and sometimes a reckless driver. She owns a Mazda RX-7.
Appellations
Plot overview
Stadium Bomber Case (Manga: 189-191, Anime: 130-131)
Miwako's first appearance was in episode 130, and in manga file 190, where she is seen trying to arrest the culprit's accomplice along with other police officers, but failed.
Treadmill Murder Case (Manga: 208-210, Anime: 146-147)
This case is the very beginning of the long and enduring love story between Miwako Sato and her fellow police officer, Wataru Takagi.
One night, Sato and her best friend Yumi Miyamoto from the traffic department have a drink together. In her drunken state, Sato unknowingly reveals to Yumi the person that she has feelings for. However, when she wakes up, she doesn't remember the exact details of what she has told her friend. The next day, Sato arrives at the Police Headquarters and meets up with detective Takagi, who is talking to the Detective Boys at the time. She asks Takagi who the children are, only to be mistaken by them that she is his girlfriend. However, both of them deny this. She also wonders if Takagi has heard anything from Yumi, without knowing that her friend has already told the police officer about what happened the previous night, saying that the person whom Sato likes is "someone from the first investigation division".
Later, the bank manager from a recent bank robbery case comes to see the police. During his phone call to his wife, everyone hears her sudden scream. Sato immediately drives Takagi, Conan and the manager to their house, only to discover the wife's stabbed body instead. The person to be in charge of this murder case is Inspector Ninzaburo Shiratori, a police officer who has just been promoted recently. Sato sarcastically congratulates Shiratori on his rapid promotion, and jokingly comments that he may as well consider her "a possible wedding match", without knowing that this statement has raised a major misunderstanding from Takagi, who thinks that she really has affection for the new police inspector.
With the help from Conan, the trick and the identity of the killer are uncovered, and the case goes to an end. When all is done, Shiratori invites Sato to have dinner with him at a restaurant that he knows, but she turns down the offer, saying that French cuisine isn't her favorite. She instead invites Takagi to go out and eat ramen together. Just as the misunderstanding earlier is about to be cleared and Takagi finally has the chance to be with Sato, a drunken Megure suddenly appears and suggests to them to go out for a drink with him at a bar. Sato immediately approves of the idea despite the other invitation to Takagi, thus raising another serious misconception: Detective Sato has special feelings for Inspector Megure.
Innocent Suspect Case (Manga: 231-233, Anime: 156-157)
In the course of chasing down Higashida, a suspect in a murder case, Sato corners him in a public bathroom and manages to cuff him to herself to end any further escape attempts. However, she soon discovers that she has accidentally cuffed them around a toilet pipe, meaning neither of them were going anywhere. When Higashida protests his innocence, and that he has to catch a plane the next day to attend his daughter's wedding, Sato relies on Takagi and the Detective Boys to find the true culprit without alerting headquarters to the embarrassing situation - headquarters, meanwhile, launches a hunt for the apparently missing Higashida, Sato and Takagi. While Takagi and the Detective Boys are able to unveil the true culprit, proving Higashida innocent, they also discover that the building that Sato is trapped in is due to be demolished by Agasa using the Tropical Rainbow device, an experimental bomb that detonates with a multicoloured explosion. Conan manages to subdue Agasa before he hits the button using his power shoes, and Sato is cut free - though naturally the embarrassing situation was found out. Sato also finds herself having to explain to Takagi that she only sees Megure as a father figure - much to Takagi's relief.
Sato's Father Case (Manga: 267-269, Anime: 205-206)
It is the last day before the case of Sato's father's death - a murder/robbery - hits the statute of limitations, allowing the culprit to leave scot-free. Sato intends to solve both this case and a serial arson case currently ongoing in the city, promising Takagi a request if they are successful. In the course of investigating, Sato gives Takagi her father's handcuffs to use, being as hers had to be broken to release her during the Innocent Suspect case. However, the arsonist attacks Takagi and uses the cuffs to restrain him to a set of window bars in his final target building. As midnight approaches, Sato - unaware of Takagi's predicament - sits down with the culprit of her father's murder, and once midnight has passed he reveals to her the entire story. At this point, Sato reveals to him that given that time outside Japan does not count towards the statute of limitations, and he had spent time in Italy since the crime, the time limit had been extended some. While the suspect knew this, upon returning to Japan from Italy a flight delay due to bad weather caused his arrival time to fall just after midnight the day after the scheduled time - meaning there are in fact still twenty-four hours in which he could be charged, and he had just given a full confession. He is promptly arrested.
Sato is then informed of Takagi's situation, and returns to the warehouse where the arsonist - subdued by Conan - has struck. Takagi has managed to escape by breaking the window bars off the frame - being unable to bring himself to break Sato's father's handcuffs - and he collapses in Sato's arms, but ultimately survives. Once he has recuperated, he uses his request to ask Sato out on a date - which she doubles with tailing a suspect, to Takagi's annoyance.
Police Escort Murder Case (Manga: 296-298, Anime: 240-241)
Sato's Omiai Case (Manga: 328-330, Anime: 253-254)
In these episodes, Sato and Takagi's feelings for each other are explored. Sato chose randomly and incidentally landed on Shiratori for her omiai (arranged date). Meanwhile, Sato realized her feelings for Takagi. Before she and Shiratori can kiss, Conan stopped them with Takagi and Dr. Araide's help.
Parade Bomber Case (Manga: 366-368, Anime: 301-302)
Sato and the rest of the department are undercover at the Tokyo Spirits' victory parade, having received a fax alluding to a bombing from three years ago that targeted police. She comes across the Detective Boys and Professor Agasa, and then Takagi, also undercover. However, Sato abruptly slaps him and scolds him, since as a new addition to the Beika police he did not have to be undercover. Privately, she is upset that his diguise makes him resemble an officer who apparently died in the prior case. Takagi returns his disguise to his car, shortly before a bomb explodes underneath the car. Sato attempts to pull him out, suffering burns on her hands, before Miyamoto informs her that Takagi had in fact gotten away. With the help of Conan and the Detective Boys, it is determined that the allusions to the previous case and the bombs are all false flags and this is in fact a robbery targeting the postal service - the police organise a sting and the offenders are taken in.
Later, Sato suggests to Takagi that they should cancel an upcoming date as everyone who Sato cares about, including her father, an old teacher, a club senpai and (though she does not say out loud) the officer that died in the previous bombings, seems to disappear and she would prefer not to live through such pain again. Takagi struggles to reveal his feelings, and ultimately - in front of the Detective Boys, Shiratori, Miyamoto, and a significant portion of the police department - agrees that their relationship should remain professional, much to the audience's chagrin. Though Takagi tries to get her attention as she walks away, Sato merely waves.
The Trembling Police Headquarters: 12 Million Hostages (Manga: 369-373, Anime: 304)
During this case, Sato was having many flash backs of her former crush, Jinpei Matsuda, who was killed during a bombing incident. When the bombing started to involve more familiar police officers (including Shiratori), she became very worried for Takagi. When Takagi and Conan were trapped in an elevator with a mercury lever bomb, Takagi told Sato that he and Conan would have to remain and die with the bomb to get the name of the location of a much bigger bomb. She tried to force her way through police to get to Takagi, but failed. However, the bomb was disabled by Conan at the last second. Later after apprehending the bomber, she chased and attempted to kill him, being fully taken in with the impulse of revenge. At the last moment before she would have killed him, Takagi tackled Sato and even smacked her in the face to make her regain her senses. Takagi and Sato then almost kissed, but the arrival of Inspector Megure broke the moment.
Missing Ring Case (Manga: 404-406, Anime: 358-359)
Takagi's Last Case (Manga: 450-452, Anime: 390-391)
Jewel Robber's Suicide Case (Manga: 484-486, Anime: 401-402)
Group Date Kidnapping Case (Manga: 511-514, Anime: 431-432)
Fake Wedding Case (Manga: 535-537, Anime: 449)
Sato's Ring Case (Manga: 576-578, Anime: 487)
Hammer Man Case (Manga: 625-627, Anime: 530-531)
Whistling Killer Case (Manga: 670-673, Anime: 534-535)
Sato and Takagi had agreed on going out to a spa as soon as a difficult case (involving a serial killer whose cases are about to caducate) that they were working on (alongside Megure, Shiratori, and Matsumoto) was resolved. Takagi gets very fired up and decides to work harder than usual; their seniors, however, see it as a terrible signal since officers who behave like that often end up dying in the line of duty, which greatly worries Sato. This bad omen almost becomes true when Takagi ends up being shot, with only a mahjong tile he carried in his pocket saving him from death. Sato is greatly relieved when he survives, and they finally can share a kiss.
White Day Murder Case (Manga: 725-727, Anime: 608-609)
The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love (Manga: 804-808, Anime: 681-683)
Takagi is kidnapped by a mysterious man who mistakes him to be Wataru Date (a deceased police officer and Takagi's former mentor) who had made the kidnapper's daughter commit suicide. He is bandaged on a plank of wood and there is a bomb under it. Sato saves Takagi from getting killed by the bomb, and the duo kiss again.
Taii's Owner (Manga: 865-868, Anime: 751-752)
Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 9 (Manga: 869-871, Anime: 748-749)
Sato hesitates when thinking about that she's expecting but has lost. Naeko, Takagi and Yumi believe that her period is late... and since Takagi is now her lover as well as her partner, this means she might be pregnant. The thing Sato was actually missing was her red badge which is given to all officers in the 1st Division. The whole pregnancy situation was a huge misunderstanding.
Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2 (Manga: 930, Anime: 828)
Sato and Takagi put on disguise to catch the culprit at a ramen shop. It's again stated that they're sexually active, as Sato tells Takagi that she plans to work out *intensely* that night to burn out calories (implying that she wants to have sex with him) and is mad when he misses the point of her remark.
Wataru Date's Notebook (Manga: 1079-1081, Anime: 1109-1110)
List of disguises used
Sato has used many disguises over the course of the series with her preference being a simple disguise with wig and sun glasses. However, she is also capable of disguising as other individual if given enough time. These are the known ones used so far.
Female Civilian[23]
Mall Shopper[24]
Random citizen[25]
Post Office Employee[26]
Rei Masudo[27]
Sumiko Kobayashi[28]
Satoko[29]
Non-canon plot overview
Captured in Her Eyes (Movie 4)
During Captured in Her Eyes, Miwako was a target of a serial killer. She thought she was safe, but when she and Ran went to the bathroom, a blackout in the hotel occurred. A gunman then came into the bathroom, and she jumped on Ran to protect her. However, she was shot several times and put into a coma. This incident caused a large deal of grief for Ran and Takagi, even going as far as to make Ran completely lose her memories. She was given by doctors a 50% chance at surviving due to one bullet stopping extremely close to her heart. Luckily, she survived.
Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
After the international criminal Lupin III announced his intention to steal a jewel called the Cherry Sapphire, Inspector Zenigata from the ICPO put together an operation to prevent the theft. Miwako eagerly volunteered to join Zenigata's team, relishing the chance to capture her hero. During the operation, she actually managed to handcuff Lupin, but lost him after he electrocuted her. Though weakened from the electrical attack, Miwako pursued him into the subway tunnels underneath the city, but was nearly killed after collapsing on the train tracks. Impressed with her tenacity, Lupin returned and saved Miwako from being hit by the train, before disappearing with the sapphire.
Relationship analysis
Wataru Takagi
Since their first meeting, Takagi was revealed to have strong romantic feelings towards her, but it was unknown if Sato felt the same way as she was shown to be quite oblivious to his feelings for her. However as time went on, their relationship slowly grew and they soon became more closer towards each other as Takagi learned more of her past, including the death of her father. Eventually, Sato finally realized her true feelings for Takagi when she was nearly force to marry Shiratori. Their relationship gradually develops as the series continues. However their relationship became threatened when Sato revealed she still hadn't completely gotten over the death of her former love, Jinpei Matsuda. However, after finally confronting the man who killed him and after being comforted by Takagi, Sato was finally able to move on with her life and renew her relationship with Takagi. At present, Takagi and Sato are very much in love, having kissed at least thrice.
Jinpei Matsuda
Matsuda was Sato's former partner and first love.They only got to know each other for a brief period but his death affected her greatly. Before his death, he sent her a message of the next bomb location and a note that he actually liked her.She struggled to put his death behind her but finally managed to do so when she avenged matsuda by capturing the bomber.She also developed a strong fear of Ferris Wheels due to the trauma she experienced when he died.
Yumi Miyamoto
Yumi is Miwako's best friend in the headquarter. They are seen together a lot, and Yumi always teases Miwako about her relationship with Takagi. She often tries to bring the two closer together, much to the chagrin of Sato and Takagi. They have been friends for at least 10 years.
Juzo Megure
Inspector Megure is like a father figure to Miwako as she said to Takagi in one of the episodes (although Takagi mistook it as a love interest at first).
Conan Edogawa
Miwako seems to admire Conan and consider him an equal (quite surprisingly), like Takagi, usually telling Conan information that is actually forbidden to be leaked to normal citizens.[30]
Ninzaburo Shiratori
Although Shiratori, initially, had a crush on Sato and attempted to marry her, she views him only as a friend. It is later revealed that the main reason Shiratori had a crush on her was because he believed her to be the "girl of destiny" who changed his life, but later it turned out that the said girl was Sumiko Kobayashi, who bears an extreme physical similarity to Sato. Once this is revealed, Shiratori stops chasing after Sato's affections, and has become very friendly to her. Sato really supports Shiratori and Kobayashi relationship.
Character popularity
- eBookJapan held a character popularity poll from April 12, 2011 to May 12, 2011 in which readers of Detective Conan (international included) could vote for their favorite character. Sato placed 13th in the poll with 50 votes out of the 5,883 that were cast.[31]
- In honor of the release of the 800th manga chapter, Shonen Sunday held a popularity poll/contest containing 91 Detective Conan characters to choose from. Sato placed 14th overall with 107 votes.[32]
- She ranked 7th in the Super Digest Book 60+ "Cutest Detective Conan characters" poll, with 80 votes.
Name origin
Different looks
Quotes
| “ | But kid, remember one thing... The word "justice" isn't a word you can involve in any occasion... it's something we must hold secretly in our heart. | „ |
— To Genta | ||
| “ | Kidnapping is an extremely vulgar crime, right up there with murder. | „ |
— Episode 432 Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 7 | ||
Gallery
As a child (18 years ago).
Trivia
- Sato drives a red series 6 Mazda (Ẽfini) RX-7. It used to be white, but she painted it red so it would be more visible in the fog.
- Sato has a habit of shrieking while drifting without pulling the handbrake, as she feels that shrieking helps make it easier. But she finds it embarrassing, though. This habit caused the "Mountain Witch" story to happen, as people reported the witch would drift using a white FD and scream really loud.
- It is likely that Sato's driving style is inspired by Takumi Fujiwara, the protagonist of the manga / anime Initial D. (with one difference that Sato drives an FD, while Takumi drives a Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86 panda).
- Sato is a fan of Lupin III and has stated that he was her first love.
- Sato dislikes any shiny and expensive jewelry. This fact was used by Yumi to trick some of Sato's admirers to buy expensive jewels for her that Yumi herself finds nice.[33] However, Sato currently wears a ring that Takagi had bought for her, not realizing that he intended it to be an engagement ring.[34]
- Sato dislikes expensive restaurants, and once denied an offer made by Inspector Shiratori to go eat at a French cuisine.[35]
- A running gag in the series is how whenever she and Takagi go on a date, they are stalked by other police officers who have crushes on her.[36] Previously, this 'Miwako Sato's Line of Defence' was led by Inspector Shiratori.[37]
- A script Error in the English Dub of Movie 4: Captured in Her Eyes referred that Sato died from the shot in the restroom (which, in fact, she does not and remained critically injured in hospital until her fate is known at the end of the film). This creates continuity error, as beyond that point, others characters in the Dubbing version continued to make reference that she died until the news of her recovery reaches the policemen at the end of the film.
- Sato is bad at drawing.[38]
- Sato, Takagi and Yumi are the only Police Officers to take Conan seriously, usually treating him as an equal.
- Her last name Satō (佐藤) is written with the characters for 'help' and 'wisteria'. Written with different characters, Satō (砂糖) can also mean sugar. In a flashback showing the first encountering of her and Takagi, he uses this as a pun and refers to her as 'Inspector Sugar'.
- Her first name Miwako (美和子) is written with the characters for 'beautiful', 'peace' and 'child'.
- Sato doesn't know that the whole police department all have a romantic attraction to her...or is at least trying to ignore that...
- According to Gosho in Super Digest Book 80+, Miwako is the faster driver than Yukiko.
- Miwako appeared to not know what White Day was until she learned it from Yumi.
- According to Gosho in JUSTICE PLUS Super Digest Book, she taught herself her driving techniques.
- According to RECIPE PLUS Super Digest Book she can't cook.
- Miwako used to wear lipstick in her earlier appearance.
In other languages
| Language | Given Name | Family Name |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
美和子 Miwako | 佐藤 Satou |
  Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) |
美和子 Měihézǐ | 佐藤 Zhúoténg |
See also
References
- ^ Detective Conan Drill: The Dechipherment of Conan Page 29. Miwako's age is written as 推定28歳 (presumably 28 years old).
- ^ Undercover name in Ramen So Good, It's to Die For 2.
- ^ Manga Chapter 190: The 56 Thousand Hostages
- ^ Manga Chapter 210: An Unexpected Rival
- ^ Manga Chapter 269: Time's Up
- ^ Manga Chapter 673: The Common Pattern
- ^ Episode 683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love(Enter The Scene)
- ^ Manga Chapter 663: The True Identity of the Witch
- ^ Manga Chapter 406: Misguided but Successful Arrest
- ^ Episode 254
- ^ a b File 930 (Volume88)
- ^ Episode 254
- ^ a b c Movie 13: The Raven Chaser
- ^ a b c File 946 (Volume 89)
- ^ Episode 681
- ^ Episode 304
- ^ Movie 25
- ^ a b File 545: Konjiki (Volume 53)
- ^ Captured in Her Eyes
- ^ File 945 (Volume 89)
- ^ File 1068
- ^ File 1079
- ^ 217-218
- ^ Episode 242
- ^ Episode 301
- ^ Episode 302
- ^ Episode 449
- ^ Episode 583-585
- ^ A Killer in Ramen Ogura
- ^ Episode 533
- ^ "『名探偵コナン』 人気投票結". eBookJapan. 2011-05-12. http://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/special/conan/vote_kekka2.asp. Retrieved on 2011-05-15.
- ^ "Shonen magazine detective conan official poll results published [magazine pic"]. eva. 2012-02-28. http://forum.dctp.ws/index.php?topic=8024.msg651566#msg651566. Retrieved on 2012-02-29.
- ^ Episode 402
- ^ Episode 487
- ^ Chapter 205
- ^ Episode 358
- ^ Episode 583
- ^ Episode 205
