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{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
 
{{Char|Ayumi Yoshida}}
 
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Hiroshi Agasa (background)}}
 
{{Char|Hiroshi Agasa|display=Hiroshi Agasa (background)}}
{{Char|Mrs. Yoshida|No pic female|display=Mrs. Yoshida (hand)}}
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{{Char|Mrs. Yoshida|display=Mrs. Yoshida<br>(hand)}}
 
{{Char|Tomoko Suzuki|display=Tomoko Suzuki (voice)}}
 
{{Char|Tomoko Suzuki|display=Tomoko Suzuki (voice)}}
{{Char|Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy|George Kirishima|display=George Kirishima (on TV)}}
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{{Char|Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy|George Kirishima|display=George Kirishima<br>(on TV)}}
 
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{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
 
{{Gadget|Stun-Gun Wristwatch}}
 
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== Chapters ==
== Snowy Mountain Cabin Case ==
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=== Medical Professors Murder Case ===
 
{{ref anime|46|Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case}}
 
{{ref anime|46|Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case}}
=== File 101 - A Talking Table Cloth ===
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==== File 101 - A Talking Table Cloth ====
  
=== People ===
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==== People ====
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{People|Masashi Oyama|Masashi Oyama manga.jpg|fsize=0.94em|squeezed=1|
 
{{People|Masashi Oyama|Masashi Oyama manga.jpg|fsize=0.94em|squeezed=1|
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* 48 years old
 
* 48 years old
 
* Tohto University Medical School associate professor, Department of Surgery I}}
 
* Tohto University Medical School associate professor, Department of Surgery I}}
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{{People|Ginji Tobita|Ginji Tobita manga.jpg|squeezed=1|
 
{{People|Ginji Tobita|Ginji Tobita manga.jpg|squeezed=1|
 
* 31 years old
 
* 31 years old
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{{EndBox}}
 
{{EndBox}}
  
== TV Station Murder Case ==
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=== TV Station Murder Case ===
 
{{ref anime|31|TV Station Murder Case}}
 
{{ref anime|31|TV Station Murder Case}}
=== File 102 - A Death During a Live Broadcast ===
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==== File 102 - A Death During a Live Broadcast ====
In the Nichiuri TV Production Team office Suwa receives a call from Director Kuroshima. Suwa starts to apologise about a special broadcast cancelling a movie when he recognises the voice as Matsuo's, a colleague of his. They reminisce about how they met— Matsuo imitating Kuroshima— and Suwa asks Matsuo what he wants. If it was about the decision at the meeting, the answer was still no. But no, Matsuo wanted to talk about an idea he had for a new show, and suggests that they meet up in the usual room after tonight's live show. He half-jokingly pleads for Suwa to come early when there are less people because he didn't want his idea to get stolen. He then pleads in earnest saying that it'll be the last time he asks, and then Suwa hangs up, saying that it better be. Matsuo is then revealed to be looking at a photograph of him and Suwa at an old press conference. He tosses the photo in the air and fires a gun at it.
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In the Nichiuri TV Production Team office Suwa receives a call from Director Kuroshima. Suwa starts to apologise about a special broadcast cancelling a movie when he recognises the voice as Matsuo's, a colleague of his. They reminisce about how they met - Matsuo imitating Kuroshima - and Suwa asks Matsuo what he wants. If it was about the decision at the meeting, the answer was still no. But no, Matsuo wanted to talk about an idea he had for a new show, and suggests that they meet up in the usual room after tonight's live show. He half-jokingly pleads for Suwa to come early when there are less people because he didn't want his idea to get stolen. He then pleads in earnest saying that it'll be the last time he asks, and then Suwa hangs up, saying that it better be. Matsuo is then revealed to be looking at a photograph of him and Suwa at an old press conference. He tosses the photo in the air and fires a gun at it.
  
 
A countdown begins for the live show. Matsuo and his assistant, Ayako Nagai, do the introduction. Kogoro is today's guest star. Ayako asks him what investigation caused him the most trouble and he answers that in truth, after each investigation, he can't resist falling asleep, so he doesn't remember a thing. Ran and Conan are in the audience. She says that's just like Kogoro while Conan thinks it's because Kogoro is sleeping. Everyone else laughs. Tonight's show has three hosts. Commercials are sent on.
 
A countdown begins for the live show. Matsuo and his assistant, Ayako Nagai, do the introduction. Kogoro is today's guest star. Ayako asks him what investigation caused him the most trouble and he answers that in truth, after each investigation, he can't resist falling asleep, so he doesn't remember a thing. Ran and Conan are in the audience. She says that's just like Kogoro while Conan thinks it's because Kogoro is sleeping. Everyone else laughs. Tonight's show has three hosts. Commercials are sent on.
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Suwa is in a meeting room on the fourth floor assuring over the phone he was watching the show from a monitor. The show implies Kogoro is uneasy with firearms while revealing Matsuo is a pro at handling firearms. Suwa talks to himself, noting that TV ratings have stabilized but if Matsuo was replaced with the most beautiful TV host and the show was re-worked to appeal to a wider audience.
 
Suwa is in a meeting room on the fourth floor assuring over the phone he was watching the show from a monitor. The show implies Kogoro is uneasy with firearms while revealing Matsuo is a pro at handling firearms. Suwa talks to himself, noting that TV ratings have stabilized but if Matsuo was replaced with the most beautiful TV host and the show was re-worked to appeal to a wider audience.
  
=== File 103 - Illusionary Road ===
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==== File 103 - Illusionary Road ====
  
=== File 104 - Flash News Deduction Show ===
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==== File 104 - Flash News Deduction Show ====
  
=== People ===
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==== People ====
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{People|Michihiko Suwa|Michihiko Suwa manga.jpg|
 
{{People|Michihiko Suwa|Michihiko Suwa manga.jpg|
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{{People|Takashi Matsuo|EP31 Takashi Matsuo manga.jpg|
 
{{People|Takashi Matsuo|EP31 Takashi Matsuo manga.jpg|
 
* 35 years old
 
* 35 years old
* Television talent}}
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* Nichiuri Television talent}}
 
{{People|Ayako Nagai|Ayako Nagai manga.jpg|
 
{{People|Ayako Nagai|Ayako Nagai manga.jpg|
 
* Takashi Matsuo's assistant}}
 
* Takashi Matsuo's assistant}}
 
{{People|Yuuko Suzuki|Yuuko Suzuki.jpg|
 
{{People|Yuuko Suzuki|Yuuko Suzuki.jpg|
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* Talent chosen to replace Matsuo}}
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{{People|Izumi|No pic female.jpg|
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* Kogoro's fan}}
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{{People|Kuroshima|No face.jpg|
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* Nichiuri Television movie director}}
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{{People|Man|V11-Man.jpg|
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* Nichiuri Television section chief}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
{{EndBox}}
  
== Coffee Shop Case ==
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=== Coffee Shop Case ===
 
{{ref anime|32|Coffee Shop Murder Case}}
 
{{ref anime|32|Coffee Shop Murder Case}}
=== Characters introduced ===
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==== Characters introduced ====
 
{{NewChar|name = [[Eri Kisaki]]|image = Eri Kisaki.jpg|description =
 
{{NewChar|name = [[Eri Kisaki]]|image = Eri Kisaki.jpg|description =
 
* 37 years old
 
* 37 years old
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=== File 105 - An Important Person!? ===
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==== File 105 - An Important Person!? ====
 
Conan wakes up to catch Ran sneaking out of the house. She says she is going to meet Shinichi for breakfast, which makes Conan happy until he wakes up enough to realize that Ran can't possibly be going to meet ''him''. Though he tries not to care, he ends up following her with the excuse he wants to see Shinichi as well. Ran admits that she isn't meeting with Shinichi, but all she'll tell Conan about her 'date' is that it's someone important to her. When Conan refuses to leave, Ran goes out to get some cakes to bribe him with. Conan watches other cafe patrons arrive: a woman in dark hair and sunglasses who keeps checking her watch, a graduate student with his thesis, and a beautiful lady lawyer with an appointment. As Conan watches her, he gets a strong vibe that makes him think she's angry. Another patron arrives, a big man with a bandage on his ring finger who sits immediately at the bar. The dark-haired woman asks after the bathroom, though she already knows that they're not gender-separated. The odd knowledge piques Conan's interest before his thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Shiro Wakaoji, a handsome young man with a scheduled rendezvous. Shiro's phone rings and he brags to a friend about how easily he'll be able to take advantage of his date, whose description sounds like she could be Ran.
 
Conan wakes up to catch Ran sneaking out of the house. She says she is going to meet Shinichi for breakfast, which makes Conan happy until he wakes up enough to realize that Ran can't possibly be going to meet ''him''. Though he tries not to care, he ends up following her with the excuse he wants to see Shinichi as well. Ran admits that she isn't meeting with Shinichi, but all she'll tell Conan about her 'date' is that it's someone important to her. When Conan refuses to leave, Ran goes out to get some cakes to bribe him with. Conan watches other cafe patrons arrive: a woman in dark hair and sunglasses who keeps checking her watch, a graduate student with his thesis, and a beautiful lady lawyer with an appointment. As Conan watches her, he gets a strong vibe that makes him think she's angry. Another patron arrives, a big man with a bandage on his ring finger who sits immediately at the bar. The dark-haired woman asks after the bathroom, though she already knows that they're not gender-separated. The odd knowledge piques Conan's interest before his thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Shiro Wakaoji, a handsome young man with a scheduled rendezvous. Shiro's phone rings and he brags to a friend about how easily he'll be able to take advantage of his date, whose description sounds like she could be Ran.
  
 
Before Conan can do anything, Ran calls him on the restaurant phone, explaining her delay and asking if anyone was looking for her. Conan describes Shiro as "someone with long hair", which Ran affirms must be her date even though the hair is usually tied back, like Shiro did just after getting of his phone. Shiro goes into the bathroom just before Ran hangs up to come back to the cafe. However, almost immediately, Shiro screams because he found blood oozing out of a bathroom stall. Conan rushes in and after finding the stall door stuck, jumps up to peer over the top. The dark-haired woman from before, Yayoi Himeno, is messily dead on the floor.
 
Before Conan can do anything, Ran calls him on the restaurant phone, explaining her delay and asking if anyone was looking for her. Conan describes Shiro as "someone with long hair", which Ran affirms must be her date even though the hair is usually tied back, like Shiro did just after getting of his phone. Shiro goes into the bathroom just before Ran hangs up to come back to the cafe. However, almost immediately, Shiro screams because he found blood oozing out of a bathroom stall. Conan rushes in and after finding the stall door stuck, jumps up to peer over the top. The dark-haired woman from before, Yayoi Himeno, is messily dead on the floor.
  
=== File 106 - The Weapon Of The Crime ===
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==== File 106 - The Weapon Of The Crime ====
 
Ran arrives at the café, joining the crowd gawking at the crime scene. Inside, Megure confirms with Conan that Yayoi's body was up against the stall door, dead from a knife to the heart. In addition, a red line around her neck implies that she was likely  strangled unconscious before she died. Megure concludes that Yayoi was the unlucky victim of robber who fled through the bathroom window. Conan protests that the window is clean, but when Megure sees no significance to the point the lady lawyer says that Megure should listen to Conan. Megure recognizes her with surprise, but before Conan can ask from where, she explains that the window should be bloody if a blood-spattered robber escaped through it. Because the weapon was also left behind, the culprit must still be one of the café patrons, who tried to disguise the murder as a robbery. Her quick deductions leave Conan in awe for matching him and a bit intimidated.
 
Ran arrives at the café, joining the crowd gawking at the crime scene. Inside, Megure confirms with Conan that Yayoi's body was up against the stall door, dead from a knife to the heart. In addition, a red line around her neck implies that she was likely  strangled unconscious before she died. Megure concludes that Yayoi was the unlucky victim of robber who fled through the bathroom window. Conan protests that the window is clean, but when Megure sees no significance to the point the lady lawyer says that Megure should listen to Conan. Megure recognizes her with surprise, but before Conan can ask from where, she explains that the window should be bloody if a blood-spattered robber escaped through it. Because the weapon was also left behind, the culprit must still be one of the café patrons, who tried to disguise the murder as a robbery. Her quick deductions leave Conan in awe for matching him and a bit intimidated.
  
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Conan's thoughts are interrupted by a CSI officer leaving with the knife—as it passes by, Conan realizes there is blood spatter on the entire knife except for a thin strip of the blade next to the handle. He snatches the knife evidence bag to look closer, and realizes he also has blood on one of his hands. The only place it could have happened was in looking over the stall door, but there's no way it should have been there. In a flash of inspiration, Conan realizes why and how it could be there, and thus who the murderer is. However, he still needs to find the string as evidence. Kisaki interrupts his thoughts to return the evidence bag; Conan finds it hard to think for some reason when facing her, but then notices the wedding ring on her finger and realizes what he missed before.
 
Conan's thoughts are interrupted by a CSI officer leaving with the knife—as it passes by, Conan realizes there is blood spatter on the entire knife except for a thin strip of the blade next to the handle. He snatches the knife evidence bag to look closer, and realizes he also has blood on one of his hands. The only place it could have happened was in looking over the stall door, but there's no way it should have been there. In a flash of inspiration, Conan realizes why and how it could be there, and thus who the murderer is. However, he still needs to find the string as evidence. Kisaki interrupts his thoughts to return the evidence bag; Conan finds it hard to think for some reason when facing her, but then notices the wedding ring on her finger and realizes what he missed before.
  
=== File 107 - The Two Mysteries ===
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==== File 107 - The Two Mysteries ====
 
Conan realizes the culprit and evidence while Megure accuses Yuichi of being the murderer. To prevent a wrong arrest, Conan draws attention to the blood on top of the door, which doesn't fit with someone climbing out of the stall. He then draws attention to the knife, and how the culprit likely has no blood on them, but something was tied to the knife to pull it out of the victim from a distance. Eri picks up on Conan's train of thought to conclude that the ''victim'' passed over the door rather than the murderer.
 
Conan realizes the culprit and evidence while Megure accuses Yuichi of being the murderer. To prevent a wrong arrest, Conan draws attention to the blood on top of the door, which doesn't fit with someone climbing out of the stall. He then draws attention to the knife, and how the culprit likely has no blood on them, but something was tied to the knife to pull it out of the victim from a distance. Eri picks up on Conan's train of thought to conclude that the ''victim'' passed over the door rather than the murderer.
  
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After Juzo is taken away by the police, Conan refocuses on who the person Ran was meeting must be. When Ran finally makes it into the restaurant, Conan calls out Shiro on his attitude, but Ran doesn't know him and is confused by Conan's behavior. It turns out that Sonoko was the man's intended rendezvous, while Ran's meeting was with '''Eri Kisaki'''—her mother. Conan is shocked, and finds himself hiding behind Ran while they walk together because his body reflexively remembers the times Eri berated them for getting into trouble as children. Ran brings up that it has been ten years since Eri left Kogoro, and suggests she come back. Eri vehemently refuses, but it's clear she retains some feelings for Kogoro. However, upon seeing Kogoro's behavior on his recent TV show, she warns Ran off getting involved with any childhood friends and storms off, leaving Conan to glare at Kogoro's image on TV.</spoiler>
 
After Juzo is taken away by the police, Conan refocuses on who the person Ran was meeting must be. When Ran finally makes it into the restaurant, Conan calls out Shiro on his attitude, but Ran doesn't know him and is confused by Conan's behavior. It turns out that Sonoko was the man's intended rendezvous, while Ran's meeting was with '''Eri Kisaki'''—her mother. Conan is shocked, and finds himself hiding behind Ran while they walk together because his body reflexively remembers the times Eri berated them for getting into trouble as children. Ran brings up that it has been ten years since Eri left Kogoro, and suggests she come back. Eri vehemently refuses, but it's clear she retains some feelings for Kogoro. However, upon seeing Kogoro's behavior on his recent TV show, she warns Ran off getting involved with any childhood friends and storms off, leaving Conan to glare at Kogoro's image on TV.</spoiler>
  
=== People ===
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==== People ====
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{People|Yayoi Himeno|Yayoi Himeno manga.jpg|
 
{{People|Yayoi Himeno|Yayoi Himeno manga.jpg|
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{{People|Shiro Wakaoji|Shiro Wakaoji manga.jpg|
 
{{People|Shiro Wakaoji|Shiro Wakaoji manga.jpg|
 
* 21 years old
 
* 21 years old
* AD Agency employee}}
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* AD agency employee}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
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== Mist Tengu Case ==
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=== Mist Tengu Case ===
 
{{ref anime|52|The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case}}
 
{{ref anime|52|The Mist Goblin Legend Murder Case}}
=== Gadgets introduced ===
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==== Gadgets introduced ====
 
{{NewGadget|name = [[Button Speaker]]|image = Button Speaker.jpg |description =
 
{{NewGadget|name = [[Button Speaker]]|image = Button Speaker.jpg |description =
 
* Works with Conan's bowtie to relay his voice from a distance}}
 
* Works with Conan's bowtie to relay his voice from a distance}}
 
{{clearleft}}
 
{{clearleft}}
  
=== File 108 - The Fasting Room ===
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==== File 108 - The Fasting Room ====
  
=== File 109 - The Sakura Blossoms and the Hole in the Wall ===
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==== File 109 - The Sakura Blossoms and the Hole in the Wall ====
  
=== File 110 - The Power Of Levitation ===
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==== File 110 - The Power Of Levitation ====
  
=== People ===
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==== People ====
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{BeginBox}}
 
{{People|Priest Tenei|Priest Tenei manga.jpg|
 
{{People|Priest Tenei|Priest Tenei manga.jpg|
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{{People|Kikuno|108-110 Kikuno manga.jpg|
 
{{People|Kikuno|108-110 Kikuno manga.jpg|
 
* 21 years old
 
* 21 years old
* Tenei's granddaughter}}
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* Tenei's grand-daughter}}
 
{{EndBox}}
 
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== Cover in other countries ==
 
== Cover in other countries ==
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11cc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|China]]</div>
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<div><ul>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11fi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Finland]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11cc.jpg|150px|thumb|left|China]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11f.jpg|150px|thumb|left|France]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11fi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Finland]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11g.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Germany]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11f.jpg|150px|thumb|left|France]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11ce.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Hong Kong]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11g.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Germany]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11bi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Indonesia]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11ce.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Hong Kong]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11i.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11bi.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Indonesia]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11k.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Korea]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11i_Comicart.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy (Comic Art)]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11ct.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Chinese)]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11i.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Italy (Star Comics)]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11m.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Malay)]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11k.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Korea]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11n.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Norway]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11ct.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Chinese)]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11cw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rep. of China (Taiwan)]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11m.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Malaysia (Malay)]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume0_11sp.jpg|135px|thumb|left|Spain (Spanish, First issue)]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11n.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Norway]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11sp.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Spain (Spanish, Volumen 1)]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11cw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Rep. of China (Taiwan)]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11sw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Sweden]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11pl.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Philippines]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11th.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Thailand]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11ca.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Spain (Catalan)]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume 11e.jpg|150px|thumb|left|United States]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume0_11sp.jpg|135px|thumb|left|Spain (Spanish, First issue)]]</li>
<div class="left">[[File:Volume11v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</div>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11sp.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Spain (Spanish, Volumen 1)]]</li>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11sw.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Sweden]]</li>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11th.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Thailand]]</li>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume 11e.jpg|150px|thumb|left|United States]]</li>
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<li style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Volume11v.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Vietnam]]</li>
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== See also ==
 
== See also ==
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* [[Volume 11-20]]
 
* [[Volume 11-20]]
 
* [[Detective Conan]]
 
* [[Detective Conan]]
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{{Volumes}}
  
 
[[Category:Volumes]]
 
[[Category:Volumes]]
  
 
[[de:Band 11]]
 
[[de:Band 11]]
 
{{Volumes}}
 

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Chronology
Volume 10 List of ChaptersList of Cases Volume 12
Volume 11

Volume 11.jpg

Information
Release date: July 18, 1996
Chapters: 101-110
ISBN: ISBN 4-09-125041-6
Publisher: Shogakukan
English release date: May 16, 2006
English ISBN: ISBN 1-4215-0441-3
English Publisher: Viz Media
Featured Detective & Keyhole
Detective 11.jpg
Ellery Queen
Keyhole 11.jpg
Eri Kisaki
Aoyama's death & Conan side images
Aoyama 11.jpg
ConanSide 11.jpg

Volume 11 was released on July 18, 1996 in Japan.

Cast

Gadgets

Chapters

Medical Professors Murder Case

File 101 - A Talking Table Cloth

People

  • TV Station Murder Case

    File 102 - A Death During a Live Broadcast

    In the Nichiuri TV Production Team office Suwa receives a call from Director Kuroshima. Suwa starts to apologise about a special broadcast cancelling a movie when he recognises the voice as Matsuo's, a colleague of his. They reminisce about how they met - Matsuo imitating Kuroshima - and Suwa asks Matsuo what he wants. If it was about the decision at the meeting, the answer was still no. But no, Matsuo wanted to talk about an idea he had for a new show, and suggests that they meet up in the usual room after tonight's live show. He half-jokingly pleads for Suwa to come early when there are less people because he didn't want his idea to get stolen. He then pleads in earnest saying that it'll be the last time he asks, and then Suwa hangs up, saying that it better be. Matsuo is then revealed to be looking at a photograph of him and Suwa at an old press conference. He tosses the photo in the air and fires a gun at it.

    A countdown begins for the live show. Matsuo and his assistant, Ayako Nagai, do the introduction. Kogoro is today's guest star. Ayako asks him what investigation caused him the most trouble and he answers that in truth, after each investigation, he can't resist falling asleep, so he doesn't remember a thing. Ran and Conan are in the audience. She says that's just like Kogoro while Conan thinks it's because Kogoro is sleeping. Everyone else laughs. Tonight's show has three hosts. Commercials are sent on. During the commercial break Ayako asks Matsuo what joke they are ending the show on. She notices him groaning. He tells her he's had heatburn since morning and then wonders where Suwa is. Ayako knows Suwa usually comes to watch, but maybe he was busy. Matsuo asks an aide to find Suwa.

    Ayako suggests they go for a drink after the show but Matsuo doesn't want to. He was going to be replaced but Suwa called him last night begging him to stay on. Wasn't the replacement idea was Suwa's? Matsuo says Suwa doesn't always know what he wants. Matsuo already has a new job elsewhere so he probably can't stay anyway. Suwa is in a meeting room on the fourth floor assuring over the phone he was watching the show from a monitor. The show implies Kogoro is uneasy with firearms while revealing Matsuo is a pro at handling firearms. Suwa talks to himself, noting that TV ratings have stabilized but if Matsuo was replaced with the most beautiful TV host and the show was re-worked to appeal to a wider audience.

    File 103 - Illusionary Road

    File 104 - Flash News Deduction Show

    People

  • Coffee Shop Case

    Characters introduced

    File 105 - An Important Person!?

    Conan wakes up to catch Ran sneaking out of the house. She says she is going to meet Shinichi for breakfast, which makes Conan happy until he wakes up enough to realize that Ran can't possibly be going to meet him. Though he tries not to care, he ends up following her with the excuse he wants to see Shinichi as well. Ran admits that she isn't meeting with Shinichi, but all she'll tell Conan about her 'date' is that it's someone important to her. When Conan refuses to leave, Ran goes out to get some cakes to bribe him with. Conan watches other cafe patrons arrive: a woman in dark hair and sunglasses who keeps checking her watch, a graduate student with his thesis, and a beautiful lady lawyer with an appointment. As Conan watches her, he gets a strong vibe that makes him think she's angry. Another patron arrives, a big man with a bandage on his ring finger who sits immediately at the bar. The dark-haired woman asks after the bathroom, though she already knows that they're not gender-separated. The odd knowledge piques Conan's interest before his thoughts are interrupted by the arrival of Shiro Wakaoji, a handsome young man with a scheduled rendezvous. Shiro's phone rings and he brags to a friend about how easily he'll be able to take advantage of his date, whose description sounds like she could be Ran.

    Before Conan can do anything, Ran calls him on the restaurant phone, explaining her delay and asking if anyone was looking for her. Conan describes Shiro as "someone with long hair", which Ran affirms must be her date even though the hair is usually tied back, like Shiro did just after getting of his phone. Shiro goes into the bathroom just before Ran hangs up to come back to the cafe. However, almost immediately, Shiro screams because he found blood oozing out of a bathroom stall. Conan rushes in and after finding the stall door stuck, jumps up to peer over the top. The dark-haired woman from before, Yayoi Himeno, is messily dead on the floor.

    File 106 - The Weapon Of The Crime

    Ran arrives at the café, joining the crowd gawking at the crime scene. Inside, Megure confirms with Conan that Yayoi's body was up against the stall door, dead from a knife to the heart. In addition, a red line around her neck implies that she was likely strangled unconscious before she died. Megure concludes that Yayoi was the unlucky victim of robber who fled through the bathroom window. Conan protests that the window is clean, but when Megure sees no significance to the point the lady lawyer says that Megure should listen to Conan. Megure recognizes her with surprise, but before Conan can ask from where, she explains that the window should be bloody if a blood-spattered robber escaped through it. Because the weapon was also left behind, the culprit must still be one of the café patrons, who tried to disguise the murder as a robbery. Her quick deductions leave Conan in awe for matching him and a bit intimidated.

    In order to leave the stall, the murderer had to climb over the top of the stall door, which the lawyer (Ms. Kisaki) proves is possible for some people. Following Eri's admonishment to find the culprit quickly, Megure tries to find who else visited the toilet. Conan volunteers that the four patrons he had been watching all did, including Eri, who smirks and compliments his memory. All four suspects explain why they came to the café. Conan finds himself oddly certain that something is different from before the murder, but he can't pinpoint what. Given the victim's behavior, he realizes the meeting place must have been the toilets, not the café, and suggests Megure have everyone try to fit over the stalls. Only Yuichi and Eri fit, but the conclusive evidence of the strangling-string is absent. The ribbon Yuichi uses to tie his books is found, but he denies being the murderer. Conan believes him because he used the toilet first and Yayoi didn't simply follow him in. As a result, Eri is the primary suspect, but if so then her involvement in the investigation is strange.

    Conan's thoughts are interrupted by a CSI officer leaving with the knife—as it passes by, Conan realizes there is blood spatter on the entire knife except for a thin strip of the blade next to the handle. He snatches the knife evidence bag to look closer, and realizes he also has blood on one of his hands. The only place it could have happened was in looking over the stall door, but there's no way it should have been there. In a flash of inspiration, Conan realizes why and how it could be there, and thus who the murderer is. However, he still needs to find the string as evidence. Kisaki interrupts his thoughts to return the evidence bag; Conan finds it hard to think for some reason when facing her, but then notices the wedding ring on her finger and realizes what he missed before.

    File 107 - The Two Mysteries

    Conan realizes the culprit and evidence while Megure accuses Yuichi of being the murderer. To prevent a wrong arrest, Conan draws attention to the blood on top of the door, which doesn't fit with someone climbing out of the stall. He then draws attention to the knife, and how the culprit likely has no blood on them, but something was tied to the knife to pull it out of the victim from a distance. Eri picks up on Conan's train of thought to conclude that the victim passed over the door rather than the murderer.

    People

  • Mist Tengu Case

    Gadgets introduced

    File 108 - The Fasting Room

    File 109 - The Sakura Blossoms and the Hole in the Wall

    File 110 - The Power Of Levitation

    People

  • Trivia

    • On page 33, a character similar to George Kirishima from Gosho Aoyama's Short Stories, with the same name, appears on the tv screen. However the character is a much different height and exists with in a different style of detective story.
    • The title for each chapter are worded as the following in Case Closed:
    • File 101 - The Talking Tablecloth
    • File 102 - Death During Live Broadcast
    • File 103 - The Secret Road
    • File 104 - Emergency Detective Show
    • File 105 - An Important Person?
    • File 106 - Location of the Waepon
    • File 107 - Two Mysteries
    • File 108 - Training Room
    • File 109 - Cherry Blossoms and the Hole in the Wall
    • File 110 - The Power to Float in the Air

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