Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe

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Episode 537-538 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Kaitou Kid vs. the Strongest Safe
Japanese title:	怪盗キッドVS最強金庫 (Kaitō Kiddo VS Saikyō Kinko)
Original airdate:	June 13, 2009 (Part 1) June 20, 2009 (Part 2) April 4, 2015 (Part 1) (Remastered version) April 11, 2015 (Part 2) (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	7,10% 6,80%
Remastered rating:	8,8% 8,1%
Manga case:	#196
Season:	18
Manga source:	Volume 64: File 11 (674) ~ Volume 65: File 2 (676)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kaitou Kid Jirokichi Suzuki Inspector Nakamori Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Detective Takagi Azusa Enomoto Shintaro Chaki Samizu Kichiemon
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	A warning letter (Part 1) Jirokichi Suzuki (Part 2) Iron Tanuki (Part 1) (Remastered version) Jirokichi Suzuki (Part 2) (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	Shigenori Kageyama
Storyboard:	Shigenori Kageyama
Episode director:	537 Masahisa Koyata 538 Fumiharu Kamanaka
Animation director:	537 Masakazu Yamazaki, Aki Kumata 538 Nobuyuki Iwai
Music
Opening song:	Everlasting Luv
Closing song:	Doing all right

Characters introduced

Zengo Goto
	38 years old Bodyguard

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kaitou Kid Jirokichi Suzuki Inspector Nakamori Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Detective Takagi Azusa Enomoto Shintaro Chaki Samizu Kichiemon Lupin Miwako Sato (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Hang Glider Cape

Case

Situation

Part 1

Jirokichi Suzuki receives a letter from the thief, Kaitou Kid which reveals that Kid plans on opening Jirokichi's impenetrable safe, the Iron Tanuki.

Heist

Thief: Kaitou Kid Target: Iron Tanuki Owner: Jirokichi Suzuki Location: Suzuki's house Advanced Notice: It came to me, Senior Advisor Suzuki. That we should stop these senseless bouts of ours and take on the compliant nature of a newborn. When darkness consumes the moon, await me at the grand safe kept precious in your family home and look forward to my surpassing it. A safe that was constructed during the Tokugawa shogunate period by the master of traps, Samizu Kichiemon, just prior to his death.

The letter however is not written in Kid's usual style raising the idea that an imposter is after Jirokichi's safe. Sonoko invites Ran, Kogoro, and Conan to Jirokichi's house. After examining the security of the safe, Kaitou Kid's card, in its usual style, is found confirming Kaitou Kid's plan to open the safe. Conan suspects that Kaitou Kid is one of the three newly hired workers of Jirokichi. Jirokichi however continues to proclaim it to be the work of an imposter, causing Conan to suspect Jirokichi as Kid himself.

Part 2

The nearly hired maid and adviser inform Conan of Jirokichi's strange behavior. They reveal that after dinner, two plates are always missing and Jirokichi always brings his cane with him to the safe. Jirokichi asks the maid for a hand and they head to his room. Jirokichi leaves with his bodyguard for a drive. Shortly after, an unconscious Jirokichi is found tied up and his room and a note of Kaitou Kid is found on the safe. This causes the whole police force that are guarding the safe to abandon their position and chase after "Jirokichi".

People

Zengo Goto
	38 years old Bodyguard

Masuhiko Akitsu
	32 years old Assistant

Mizuki Seto
	23 years old Maid

Resolution

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Conan meanwhile enters the room with the safe revealing Mizuki Seto was Kaitou Kid in disguise. Conan reveals the first message by "Kaitou Kid" was actually done by Jirokichi asking for Kid's assistance. Conan also reveals Jirokichi purposely placed suspicion on himself in order to clear the area of cops so Kaitou Kid could open the safe. Inside the safe is revealed to be Jirokichi's dog, Lupin who was stuck inside since few days with the scarf on which Jirokichi had written the safe combination to remember it.

Remastered version

A remastered version of this case was aired on April 4, 2015 (Part 1) and April 11, 2015 (Part 2).

Gallery

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  Conan, Kid, Jirokichi, Zengo, Masuhiko, Mizuki and the Iron Tanuki

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  Kogoro's group observing the outside protection of the Iron Tanuki

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  Conan and Kid talking on the rooftop

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  Sonoko telling the truth behind the heist, and saying that it's a secret from the society

Trivia

• In the first episode, at roughly 15 to 16 minutes in, when the scene shows the inspector holding the card with the others in the safe room, Sonoko's hair is oddly colored black. This is then seen again in the next episode during the recap where they show the same scene.

See also

• Season 18