Volume 87

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Volume 87
Information
Release date:	August 18, 2015
Chapters:	916-926
ISBN:	ISBN 978-4-09-126209-7
Publisher:	Shogakukan
English release date:	July 11, 2023'
English ISBN:	ISBN 1-9747-3743-7
English Publisher:	Viz Media
Featured Detective & Keyhole
Jiro Egami Sakurako Yonehara
Aoyama's death & Conan side images

Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa Kansuke Yamato Yui Uehara Taka'aki Morofushi Hyoue Kuroda Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Eri Kisaki (flashback) Yusaku Kudo (flashback) Yukiko Kudo (flashback) Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Hiroshi Agasa Sakurako Yonehara Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Mrs. Kojima (background) Genji Kojima (background) Masumi Sera Sonoko Suzuki Yoko Okino Ryusuke Higo Takahiro Sanada (background/TV) Kazunobu Chiba

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Chapters

Kawanakajima Murder Case

File 916 - The Past Flows Like Running Water

They call Akiyama's phone and find it lying around. There's a text message calling Akiyama to the mountain cabin, signed by Yamato, saying he'll disclose the culprit's identity. Conan interrupts saying Yamato might be framed by the culprit. Kuroda notices him and mentions having heard of him from the rumors in the NPA, as being the brains behind Kogoro. Kuroda orders to put an APB on Yamato as a murder suspect, as there is a record on Akiyama's phone of having rejected a call from Yamato and also Yamato's fingerprints were found along the length of the rope encircling Kano's neck. Taka'aki confirms that Yamato didn't touch that part of rope when they were examining the body. They decide to retrieve Akiyama's corpse the next day, and head to the headquarters.

While heading back, Yui and Taka'aki tell the details of the Kano crime scene to Conan. Upon mulling over it, he says he knows who the next targets are. The victims so far have names that resemble those who fell down in the fourth battle of Kawanakajima. Based on this, Conan deduces the next two targets to be Inspector Saegusa and Yamato.

Later at the HQ, Inspector Saegusa comes hurriedly with information of someone having spotted Yamato. He wants to burrow Taka'aki's car, but Taka'aki is hesistant, but upon Kuroda's orders, lends him the car keys. Just then Taka'aki recives text message from Yamato saying "The past flows like running water."

File 917 - Sound of the Horse Whips, Softly, Softly, Crossing the River at Night

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Shinsuke Akiyama is the culprit. He faked his own death using Takeda's lifeless body (whom he first strangled, then he decapitated) as a decoy, and was aiming to kill Saegusa and Yamato too. His motive is that years ago, Yamato and his companions's mistakes led to a serial killer terrorizing Nagano before being shot dead, and one of his victims was Akiyama's beloved younger sister.

People

Mamoru Saegusa
	Victim (shocked - injured) 37 years old Nagano Police Inspector

Shinsuke Akiyama
	Victim (decapitated) 26 years old Nagano Police Sergeant

Shoji Kano
	Victim (hanged) 45 years old Nagano Police Assistant Inspector

Shigeru Takeda
	Victim (throat slit) Nagano Police Squad Leader

Hyoue Kuroda
	50 years old Nagano Police First Division Chief

A Blog That Causes a Death

File 918 - Blog

The detective boys and Agasa are at a cake buffet in a hotel. They are having a good time eating, just when a toy helicopter crashes into Genta's cake. Saya Kitami, a lead actress and a blogger, approaches them, apologizing for her mistake of flying the toy in the wrong direction. Just then, Shouno Kyona, a lead actress and a blogger, intercepts them, calling out the Saya's intentions, which were to take a selfie with the kids and post it on her blog to gain popularity and take a lead in the Blog ranking competition against Kyona. Kyona claims she will win the contest for sure, as she has posted Saya's 'secret' on her blog.

Conan notices Sakurako Yonehara, who is now working as an agent for Kyona. She tells him about the sequel to the drama 'Top class' in which both the actress are performing and whose stage is set in that hotel. As Sakurako was about to leave, Saya asks her to come to her room later. Conan tries to look up for the 'secret' on Kyona's blog, but only finds stuff about her playing with her dogs, discussing her favourite manga and cooking.

Later, Kyona gets mad at Sakurako for not getting the things she had asked for and tells her to wake her up in time and that she will not allow anyone else but her to enter her room. Sakurako visits Saya's room after that, and notices a envelope stuck on the door outside. The door gets opened and Saya takes the envelope and closes the door on Sakurako, saying the reason she had called her doesn't matter anymore.

When the kids and Agasa are leaving, they notice Sakurako at the receptionist, visibly upset, and demanding to open Kyona's room with the master key, as she was not answering the door. Upon doing so, they find Kyona lying dead in a pool of blood. Conan notices the room key on the floor and a drop of fresh cream along side it.

File 919 - Photo

Inspector Megure and detective Takagi arrive and inspect the crime scene. Conan grows suspicious of Saya Kitami. They head off to her room, to await questioning. Conan remarks on the room being just below Kyona's room and also how they are alike, while Sakurako tells him about the strange envelope that she had noticed on the door before. Conan mentions how Saya's blog has no pictures with her face included, quite opposite to Konya's blog, to which she says she doesn't use pictures to express herself. Conan asks about the helicopter toy from earlier, she says discarded it. The rest of the detective boys arrives with a new helicopter toy. Conan flies it around getting it stuck in the air conditioning vent on the ceiling. Saya climbs on the desk, to get it down. The detective boys take their leave. Haibara mentions that Kyono was unexpectedly careful and sensitive based on how she neatly arranged her nail polish based on their numbers. Hearing Haibara talking about making cakes in rice cooker, Conan sees through the case.

File 920 - Selfie

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The culprit is Saya Kitami, and she is actually 29 years old. She used a recording of Sakurako to lure Kyona into opening the door for her. The murder weapon was Kyona Shono's selfie stick, which Saya took to her own apartment. To close Kyona's apartment door and leave the card inside, she used her toy helicopter. Her motive was that she thought Kyona knew she had accidentally killed an old man in a car accident and fled the crime scene, but in fact the only secret Kyona knew was that Saya was actually 5 years older than she claimed to be.

Afterwards, Hyoue Kuroda arrives on the scene, announces that Kiyonaga Matsumoto has been promoted, and that he will be taking his place. Conan looks on in shock and Ai grips his shoulder in fear, as Kuroda asks for Conan's assistance in his new position.

People

Saya Kitami
	24 years old Actress

Kyona Shono
	Victim (bludgeoned) 25 years old Actress

Major events

Superintendent Kuroda is transferred from the Nagano Prefectural Police to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police. It is implied by him that Kiyonaga Matsumoto has been promoted.

Ran & Shinichi – First Contact

Shinichi encounters Ran for the first time.

File 921 - Ran GIRL (Part 1)

Thirteen years ago, Eri is still married to Kogoro. It is Kogoro's first day at the headquarters and she is searching for Ran's Sakura Badge for pre-school. Kogoro accidentally steps on it and breaks it, so Eri makes Ran a temporary one using colored paper and cardboard.

In another scene, Yusaku is in book-signing event where a fan admires his writing that says that she liked one of the last lines of the wandering woman detective in his story: "There are no time constraints to starting over." She hails from Hokkaido. Yukiko calls Yusaku to inform that Shinichi's pre-school badge is missing. Yusaku accidently brought everything that was on his desk, including the badge.

Ran's paper badge is admired by Sonoko in school, but some guys don't seem too happy about it. Sonoko and one of them get into a fight over Ran's badge, which is resolved by their teacher, Ronsuke Efune. Unfortunately, Ran's badge is all crumpled up but she says that she can make it again since she saw her mom make it.

While everyone is sleeping, Ran is struggling to make her badge out of paper again. This is when Shinichi approaches her. "It's a Cherry Blossom, right?", he says. Upon Ran asking why, he presents his deduction. By the time he finishes, everyone is listening and amused. But Ran doesn't seem too flattered by someone who called her a "crybaby". Sonoko admires him but Ran tries to refute his claim exclaiming that she wasn't crying. Yukiko arrives and scolds Shinichi for running away and losing his badge. Shinichi says that he was telling Ran to make a new one for him. Yukiko recognizes Ran as Eri's daughter. Ran asks for Shinichi name and writes it on the badge, telling him that he can keep it, but he has to promise that Ran is not a crybaby so he won't ever call her that.

File 922 - Ran GIRL (Part 2)

Back to the present, Ran says that she couldn't digest the fact that Shinichi being just a kid himself like everyone was acting all like an adult. She was actually crying because the badge her mom made for her was ruined. At that time, she couldn't understand the real reason why Shinichi asked her to make a badge for him.

Another day in the school, Shinichi catches Efune staring at Ran while singing. Sonoko claims that Efune can do that since he's the teacher and very popular, so much that many kids want to marry him when they grow up. Upon asking if she likes Efune, Ran shies away from Shinichi shouting why would she tell him that.

Later that day, Shinichi confronts Efune regarding some inconsistencies he found in his behavior towards Ran. He presents his questions: Why would he hold her hand when they cross the street? Why would he let her slide first in the park? Why would the location of the park be changed to a distant one without any reason? Why does Ran only have a designated spot for sleeping? He concludes that Efune is trying to win her over and do bad things to her. Efune states his reasons: He holds her hand because one time she lost the way and ended up on the other side of town in Haido City. He lets her slide first because she always ends up letting everybody go first and doesn't get to slide herself sometimes. And she sleeps where she does because it is nearest to the bathroom as one time she was sleeping so far away that she didn't make it. He says that he'll state his reasons for switching the park the next day.

The next day at the park, Efune explains that he chose the farthest park so that the kids will have to walk through two cross-walks and hence learn the traffic rules better. He further mentions another reason, that of her wife being admitted in the hospital next to the park. He says she likes kids, who are full of energy, and hence Efune brings the kids to that park for her watch from the hospital window. Ran suggests waving out to her, but the boys from before taunt her, saying they won't play with someone wearing a 'weird' name tag. Shinichi defends Ran saying he too is wearing the same type of name tag, the one Ran made for him before, and hence there was no way he was not going to play with her. Upon hearing this, Ran realises the real reason Shinichi asked her to make the name tag for him.

File 923 - Shinichi BOY (Part 1)

The story goes back to the scene when everything started. Yukiko is searching for Shinichi's badge and calls Yusaku to enquire about it. Meanwhile, Shinichi is lost in a mystery book. He reads, "If one simply knocks out all the central inferences, and presents one's audience with the starting-point and conclusion, one may produce a startling, though possibly a meretricious, effect." Shinichi seems typically embarrassed about wearing glasses when his mother tells him that he will end up wearing them if he reads in the dark.

They leave to Yusaku's book-signing event where Yusaku hands-over the badge and Shinichi clips it to his shirt. Shinichi and his mother arrive next at Beika Pre-school. Efune is carrying out the formalities for Shinichi joining pre-school. Wandering in search of the library, Shinichi ends up opening the doors to the room Ran and others are sleeping in. His first reaction is to be shocked at the sight of so many children lying in rows, which he mistook for a morgue from a scene he saw in a movie. He walks by the sleeping children and finds Ran crying. He sees her uniform missing a badge. He looks at the folds she is making from a distance and accurately deduces it to be a Cherry Blossom Petal from when he saw his dad making stars for decorating the Christmas Tree. He's embarrassed to ask her if he's right. When he tries to speak, he sees a badge made of paper. "What was taken from her wasn't a plastic badge.", he realises. He removes his own badge and all while maintaining his serious expression, tells her, "Make me one, too. (Pause) It's a cherry blossom, right?" He is worried if he's wrong in his deduction. Ran asks him how did he know that. Shinichi thinks she is making of him and explains his deduction, additionally calling her a 'crybaby'. Everyone is amused but Ran is mad at him. "I'm not a crybaby." She exclaims. Shinichi argues that she was crying, but Ran is insistent that she wasn't. That's when Yukiko finds Shinichi and starts scolding him. Shinichi tells her that he lost his nametag while he hides it in his pocket. The situation plays out like Ran's viewpoint, except only that Shinichi notices Efune staring darkly at Ran.

File 924 - Shinichi BOY (Part 2)

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Shinichi notices that Ronsuke is seemingly showing favoritism towards Ran. The reason is because that is preparation for a kidnapping attempt by Ronsuke Efune, his wife and his brother-in-law. Ronsuke's motive is to get a child for his wife to replace their daughter, as she ran away from home, which is why his wife has a mental disorder. Yusaku reveals to Ronsuke that a fan of his that he met a few days ago is actually Ronsuke's daughter, and she has just returned to them. The brother-in-law is arrested, and Ronsuke and his wife decide to give themselves in after that.

People

Girl
	Yusaku's fan

Ronsuke Efune
	39 years old Childminder

Mrs. Efune
	Ronsuke's wife

Major events

• Shinichi and Ran's first encounter.
• Shinichi was in love with Ran since they first ever met.

A Secret of the Big Couple

File 925 - Birth of a Big Couple?!

Ai tells Conan that she doesn't recognize Superintendent Kuroda, that her reaction towards him was trigger purely by his scary appearance. She further reassures him by mentioning that, since Hyoue got a clear look at her face, he would've done something by now. As Ai checks her phone she is left shocked, Conan, believing that it might be regarding the professor, grabs her phone away, but sees that her speechlessness was induced by a tabloid article claiming to have exposed Ryusuke and Yoko's affair. In the Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro has lost his spirits after hearing about the relationship on television. Soon afterwards Ai barges into the office and hires him as a private eye on Yoko, pro bono. After a quick search on the internet Conan, Ran, Ai and Kogoro visit the restaurant where the alleged couple was seen, and stake out their date under the pretense of dining. The owner of the restaurant, Higo's friend and former Tokyo Spirits player, Teiya Asuka, is told to be absent, according to the sommelier Akimichi Yamada. The waitress Reiko Banba is approaching the couple's table carrying desserts, however as she was placing down a plate she knocked over Yoko's wineglass. Ex-boyfriend and fellow waiter Yasuto Kounoe warns her that the owner will be scolding her for the mishap, since Higo is an acquaintance of him, but she brushes it off. As the owner is running late, the staff decides to go look for him. Akimichi suggests him and Yasuto check the back room, while Reiko checks the storeroom. Both men check the back room and don't find the owner resting there, pointing out that the couch in the middle of the room is used for naps, and that the owner hasn't been getting enough rest lately. Yasuto mentions an argument between the sommelier and owner, regarding the wine prices. Upon her return, Reiko announces that the owner isn't to be found in the storeroom either, and the staff decides to wait it out. After another of Ryusuke's inquiries, the staff decides to look for the owner once again. Yasuto will head into the back room, Akimichi will check the storeroom and Reiko will look for him in the staff room, where she finds him taking a nap on the couch, covered from head to toe with a blanket. After ten minutes, the owner is still asleep, so the staff decides to wake him up. Akimichi heads into the room with the key, but outside Yasuto receives a message from the owner, asking him to bring his acquaintance Higo and Yoko to the storeroom. Just as Kogoro decides to take a short smoking break, they hear Yoko scream and run towards the back area. Kogoro rushes down into the cellar only to find Yoko and Ryusuke next to Teiya Asuka's dead body.

File 926 - The Staff's Alibis Are?

Inspector Megure and Detective Takagi arrive. Takagi says that the time of death is between seven and eight p.m. and that the cause of death is blood loss due to a severed carotid artery. The weapon was most likely the pen knife near the body. While Megure and Takagi question the famous pair, Takagi inquires about whether they are dating only to be interrupted by Kogoro and Ai who have their own questions. As the investigation continues Megure asks the suspects about their movements prior to the discovery of the body. They told him about the visits to the backroom and seeing the owner sleeping on the couch. Individual questioning begins with Yasuto, who tells them he couldn't be the killer due to the storeroom being locked and the key remaining on the hook. The only other spare key was in the victims pocket. He also tells them that the other two had motive. Yamada previously had an argument with the victim over wine choices and Reiko was the victims woman and they could have broken up. The next interrogation was with Reiko who denies a break up. She says that the owner had been staying at the restaurant due to the turnover being low. In the interrogation with Yamada, they asked him about his argument with the owner. He says that the owner wanted him to buy cheaper wines, but Yamada was insistent on the more expensive ones. Chiba comes in and reveals that there were cigarettes found in the restroom, to which Yamada replied that Yasuto had been caught smoking in the backroom and was forced to smoke in the restroom instead where he could blend in. Finally they interrogate Yoko and Higo together and they explain why they couldn't have received a message from the victim due to Yoko's phone being dead and Higo's phone going missing. Conan notices that the blanket on the couch has a hole in it that is stained dark red, and that the owner's jacket in his locker has a hole and is stained with a bit of wine. He turns to look at the suspects and thinks that he knows who of the three suspects is the killer.

People

Teiya Asuka
	Victim (throat slit) 31 years old Former football player Restaurant Owner Ryusuke's acquaintance

Akimichi Yamada
	43 years old Sommelier

Reiko Banba
	27 years old Waitress Konoe's ex-girlfriend Asuka's girlfriend

Yasuto Konoe
	28 years old Waiter Banba's ex-boyfriend

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See also

• Manga
• Volume 81-90
• Detective Conan