A Secret Visit to the Shrine

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Chapter 1067
Information
Title:	A Secret Visit to the Shrine
Japanese title:	秘密の参り (Himitsu no Mairi)
Original release:	January 27th, 2021
Shōnen Sunday issue:	#9/2021
Volume:	100
Pages:	16
Anime adaptation:	Episode 1085: The Inauspicious Matchmaking (Part 1)

A Secret Visit to the Shrine (秘密の参り ,Himitsu no Mairi) is the 1067th chapter of the manga of Detective Conan. It was written by Gosho Aoyama, drawn by him and his assistants and first released in Shōnen Sunday #9/2021 on January 27, 2021 and has been published as part of Volume 100 on October 18, 2021.

Characters

Introduced

Hyouga Koumoto
	Member of the idol group "Naniwa Kids"

Usagi Mikage
	Entertainer in a relationship with Koumoto

Soushi Hidaka
	Victim (bludgeoned) 31 years old Investigative Cooperation Department Assistant Inspector

Kyouma Jinnai
	29 years old Marriage fraud perpetrator

Tsurumi Shamoto
	30 years old Repeated shoplifter

Torahiko Kawano
	38 years old Unlincensed driving, caused hit and run

Man
	Wanted criminal on Hidaka's list

Featured

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Kogoro Mouri Miwako Sato Wataru Takagi Yusaku Kudo (flashback) Shuichi Akai (flashback) Andre Camel (flashback) Jodie Starling (flashback) FBI Agent 1 (flashback) Jim Mason (corpse, background) Tohru Amuro (background) Kaitou Kid (background/disguised as Kazuha) Self Defense Force member (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Settings

Featured

• Tokyo Metropolis
  • Beika Ward
    • Beika Town
      • Mouri Detective Agency
    • Haido Town
      • Haido Shrine

Plot

At the Mouri Detective Agency, Conan, Ran and Kogoro are watching the news on TV. There is a report about the dead foreigners and the fire on Sea Monkey Island. According to the reporter, there is an unverified source claiming that the dead were FBI agents, which the FBI has officially denied as baseless rumors. Kogoro and Ran don't believe it either. Conan thinks back to the fact that he had removed the FBI ID from Jim Mason's body and given it to James Black, which meant that there was still no evidence of the dead aliens' identities. Nevertheless, a large number of agents were withdrawn from Japan because of the great losses during the showdown against the Black Organization.

Two things bother Conan about that night: firstly, his father mentioned a tea party to Akai at which something had come up that they hadn't gotten an answer to yet. Conan, however, knows nothing about said tea party and the thing that came up. Secondly, Conan is concerned with the information about Rum that Camel has passed on regarding his new identity, about using a "silly name". The FBI is at a loss for answers regarding that, and Amuro would probably refuse to give any clues, Conan thinks. But there is another person with whom he could consult about these matters. Just at that moment, Ran and Kogoro mention that a visitor is coming from Osaka today. A moment later, there is a knock at the door. Perfect timing, Conan thinks to himself, but only Kazuha is at the door, without Heiji, who Conan actually wanted to talk to.

Ran and Kazuha want to visit Haido Shrine, which is close to the agency, for a girls' only outing, and invite Conan to come with them, which Conan thinks is better than eating lunch with the old man. When they arrive at the shrine, a long queue is already lined up, as that day is the 15th, and lucky charms and stamps are on sale for that day only. All sorts of people queue up for it, high school students, female office workers, and a man who catches Kazuha's attention. The man in question is looking intently at a stack of flashcards, so he's probably a student, even if he looks a bit old.

Kazuha is also surprised that Ran knew nothing about the shrine, even though she lives in Tokyo; Kazuha herself had heard about the shrine from Heiji. A few days ago, Heiji had been staring very seriously at his cell phone; when Kazuha spoke to him about it, Heiji had been very frightened and dropped his cell phone. Kazuha picked it up and saw an article about the shrine on the screen. Kazuha suspects that Heiji was actually looking for something else. Conan, on the other hand, thinks that Heiji has done a lot of research on this shrine, as he desperately needs a lucky charm for his love life. As the lucky charm is only on sale today, Conan looks around the long queue again - and actually discovers Heiji, whose disguise with a kitsune mask is immediately seen through by Conan. Conan sets his voice changer to Kazuha's voice and teases Heiji a little before the two start talking. Conan can hardly believe that Heiji is now looking to the gods for help, but Heiji replies that he has little choice after his numerous recent failures. Heiji quickly bought the mask at the shrine when he saw Kazuha, Ran and Conan there.

Conan helps Heiji by sticking the voice changer into Heiji's mask and setting a different voice so that Heiji remains unrecognized. Not a second too soon, because Ran and Kazuha promptly arrive and ask who Conan is actually talking to. Heiji is just stammering out an excuse when Kazuha happily says that she can tell by the voice that the person under the mask must be Hyoga Komoto from the idol group Naniwa Kids from Osaka, of whom she is a big fan. Coincidentally, Conan has set a voice on the voice changer that sounds like Komoto's voice. Komoto is currently embroiled in a scandal in which he is allegedly having a relationship with Usagi Mikage, another celebrity. Kazuha therefore suspects that he is also here for the lucky charm and promises to keep his secret until he has been able to buy the lucky charm.

While buying their lucky charms, the girls also saw the conspicuous man again, who seemed to be running after someone, muttering something about three particular people having appeared at the shrine. At that moment, a shout is heard from the direction of the stairs behind the shrine. Heiji and Conan immediately run off; while Kazuha rants about why boys always have to be like Heiji, Ran notices that "Komoto" is acting pretty much exactly like Heiji.

They find the body of the conspicuous man on the stairs behind the shrine. Kazuha speculates that he slipped, but Heiji can deduce that the man was knocked unconscious beforehand and then pushed down the stairs, meaning this was a murder. Meanwhile, Conan examines the victim's index cards, which have photos on them. According to Conan, the man is probably a police officer who walks the streets of the city looking for criminals. So the man spoke of "three criminals" as he walked past Ran and Kazuha.

The group calls Takagi, who arrives with Sato and has the shrine grounds surrounded as the culprit is probably still on the premises. Some time later, the police have completely searched the premises and actually found three people whose photos were among the victim's cards. One of them is therefore the perpetrator.

Continuity

Referencing

• The Sad Legend of the Nue (Manga: Volume 91, file 3 (962) : Flashback to Heiji's confession being interrupted by the landing of the self-defense forces by helicopter, per Sango Yokomizo's request.
• Solution of the Mystery at Café Poirot (Manga: Volume 93, file 2 (983) : Flashback to illuminated lights of Ginza for Christmas during another failed attempt of Heiji's at confessing.
• Lead Around by the Nose (Manga: Volume 96, file 6 (1020) : Flashback to Kid almost confessing to Kid disguised as Kazuha while doing a wall-slam.
• The Jingisukan of Memories (Manga: Volume 98, file 6 (1042) : Flashback to Heiji trying to confess to Kazuha with the sunset and the heart made by the two cruise ships stopping near each other.
• The Bloodstained ID (Manga: Volume 100, file 3 (1061) : Flashback to Conan discovering Jim Mason's body along with his FBI ID.
• RUM (Manga: Volume 100, file 8 (1066) : Flashback to the FBI's discussions about Rum in the Kudo Residence and the conclusion of the FBI serial murder case.

Referenced in

• Wanted Criminal Investigation (Manga: Volume 100, file 10 (1068)) : Flashback to the events that led to Hidaka's murder.

Cameos

• Appearance of the brand ONY, on the Mouri family's TV (recurring appearance).
• The plane the FBI uses to go back to America is with United Airlines, labeled as "Umited".
• Café Poirot, on Amuro's apron in the background panel (recurring appearance).
• The American baseball team Chicago White Sox, on Heiji's cap in a flashback scene, but labeled as "SAX" instead of "SOX" (recurring appearance).

Sherry's Soliloquy

Sherry's soliloquy for File 1067.

Sherry's Soliloquy (シェリーのひとりごと ,Sherī no Hitorigoto) is a collection of comments Gosho Aoyama has Ai Haibara say on the official Detective Conan website, Conan News Agency (こなん通信社 Konan Tsūshin-sha) in the course of every new chapter's publication.

Soliloquy of File 1067:
京本大我君、コナンファンらしいけど見てるかしら・・・？
Kyoumoto Taiga-kun is apparently a Conan fan, I wonder if he watches / sees the chapters / episodes?
(January 29, 2021, translation by Spimer)

Taiga Kyomoto (京本 大我) is a real-life singer for the boy band SixTONES, and Hyouga Koumoto (光本 兵我) is based on him.

Animal Crossing Promotional Hints

With every new chapter, players can receive these hints written by Gosho Aoyama in Animal Crossing: New Leaf and Animal Crossing: New Horizons by interacting with four characters named Spade (スペード), Heart (ハート), Diamond (ダイヤ), and Clover (クローバ), who appear in Gosho's Dream Town.

February 1st, 2021:
Spade: I drew Conan having a toast!
Heart: I'm sure that this person has to be...! (一"一;)
Diamond: Moron, I won't lose to that guy!
Clover: I like the water view of AC!
(Translation by Spimer)

Trivia

• The Haido Shrine appearing from file 1067 onwards is based on the Shibuya Hikawa Shrine, which in real life is located in the Higashi district of Shibuya in Tokyo. Gosho Aoyama personally visited the place to shoot the reference photos.
• Heiji's mask is a Noh mask based on the mythological figure "Kitsune", a fox-like monster in Japanese folklore.

Adaptations

The Inauspicious Matchmaking (episodes 1085-1086)

• The anime add some original scenes not in the manga:

• Conan asks Ran if he can go for a walk rather than standing in line, before go to approach Heiji.
• Conan thinking the reason why the suspects stay at the shrine and if the flagpole is really the weapon.
• Conan wondering if Kazuha would have known Heiji is the man behind the mask, and what Heiji will do if she knows.
• Conversation between Conan and Kazuha about what Heiji might be doing at the moment.

• While the cases where Heiji attempted to confess Kazuha were mentioned in the manga, the anime add flashback scenes of those cases.
• In the manga, Shinichi is shown in the background while Conan is thinking about the mysterious sound. In the anime it is not shown.
• The anime change how Sato deal with Kawano when he got provoked by Heiji. Instead of hitting Kawano on the head, Sato pulls his ear.
• The anime add more reaction from Shamoto when she heard Kawano is responsible of her current condition. She tried to kick Kawano several times, and when Takagi tried to calm them down, Shamoto kicked Takagi several times.

See also

• Manga
• Volume 91-100
• Detective Conan

References

1. Summary translated from the German version of December 17, 2023.