Volume 6

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Volume 6
Information
Release date:	July 18, 1995
Chapters:	051-060
ISBN:	ISBN 4-09-123376-7
Publisher:	Shogakukan
English release date:	July 5, 2005
English ISBN:	ISBN 1-59116-838-4
English Publisher:	Viz Media
Featured Detective & Keyhole
Kosuke Kindaichi Ayumi Yoshida
Aoyama's death & Conan side images

Volume 6 was released on July 18, 1995 in Japan.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Hiroshi Agasa Juzo Megure Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Chapters

Conan Kidnapping Case

Characters introduced

Yusaku Kudo
	Shinichi's father Mystery writer

Yukiko Kudo
	Shinichi's mother Retired actress

File 051 - The Truth Under the Mask

Trapped between two agents in black, Conan appears to have no way out until the door of the hotel room in the hallway opens, blocking the view of the woman in black. A mother leaves her little boy in their room while she goes out, but when the boy closes the door, he finds Conan has ducked into the room to hide. Conan convinces the boy he's not a thief, then borrows the room phone and a package of gum.

Room service arrives at room 301—the woman protests they didn't ask for anything, but the masked man in black orders them to bring it in and then throws the bellhop out. As the man goes to shut the door, he finds gum in the keyhole that prevents it from automatically locking. Amused, he proposes a toast to their extra guest, who is not hiding beneath the cart, but inside the room's closet. Facing down a gun, Conan tries to use his tranquilizer watch, only to be informed that the masked man already used the needle on him earlier, and high school detective Shinichi Kudo will regret underestimating them.

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The masked man fires his gun, but rather than a bullet, a suction dart hits Conan in the forehead. All three adults burst out laughing, and the masked man reveals himself to be Shinichi's father, Yusaku. The woman in black and the masked contact turn out to be Yukiko and Agasa in sophisticated disguises. Conan is unamused, but Yusaku explains that the plot was meant as a test of Shinichi's detective skills, which Shinichi "passed" according to Yusaku's calculations, even down to getting himself shot in the end. Yusaku is only surprised that Conan didn't recognize that Yusaku was impersonating the Night Baron, a character from his own detective novels, but Conan complains he had other things to worry about, like dying.

Immediately, Yusaku and Yukiko offer Conan the chance to leave the country with them, and not worry about the dangers or risk his life again. Their little show was to drive home how dangerous chasing the men in black will be. Yusaku even offers to use his contacts at Interpol to chase the men and get the drug so Conan can return to being Shinichi. Conan utterly refuses, determined that this is his case to solve, and privately not wanting to leave Ran behind in Japan. Yukiko protests, but Yusaku seems to understand (both the determination and knowing Shinichi's feelings for Ran). In the end, "Fumiyo Edogawa" returns to ask the Mouris to continue taking care of Conan, with a large check for expenses obtaining Kogoro's cooperation, and flattering Ran with how much Conan loves staying with her.

On an airplane out of Narita Airport, Yusaku admits that the visit was worth leaving his editors hanging without a finished manuscript. Yukiko worries about Shinichi, but Yusaku assures her that Conan will come begging for help sooner or later. They plan to do more traveling, but suddenly a horde of editors descend on Yusaku and demand their promised manuscripts, preventing them from going anywhere. Conan alerted the editors as revenge against his parents for their trick.

People

Fumiyo Edogawa
	Conan Edogawa's mother?!

Night Baron
	Masked man

Big man
	Night Baron's comrade

Antique Collector Case

People

Denjiro Maru
	Victim (stabbed) 51 years old Chairman of the Maru Group

Ineko Maru
	34 years old Denjiro's wife

Ikuya Hatano
	37 years old Denjiro's physician

Makoto Akutsu
	48 years old Engraver

Yuji Suwa
	46 years old Instructor at the Suwa Dojo

Kumi
	Maru's house staff

Saori
	Maru's house staff

Twin Brothers Case

Gadgets introduced

Detective Boys Badge
	Communication device for the Detective Boys Also contains an emitter

People

Hiroki
	Owner of the missing cat

Kazuyoshi Tanaka
	Writer Tomofumi's older brother

Tomofumi Tanaka
	Employed in an investing firm Kazuyoshi's younger brother

Tenkaichi Festival Case

Characters introduced

Sango Yokomizo
	Police inspector Saitama Prefecture

Yamada
	Representative from Imatake's Publisher

People

Satoru Imatake
	Victim (gunshot) Author/Novelist

Norikazu Sasai
	Author Imatake's friend

Trivia

• The title for each chapter are worded as the following in Case Closed:

• File 052 - Three Visitors?
• File 053 - Three Men Without Alibis
• File 054 - The Mystery of the Answering Machine
• File 055 - The Testimony of the Tansu Chest
• File 056 - The Junior Detective League!
• File 058 - The Mystery of the Moving Body
• File 059 - Night of the Festival
• File 060 - The Perfect Alibi?

• This volume introduces the badges of the Detective Boys for transmitting/receiving spoken messages.

Locations

Settings featured in this volume:

• Chiba Prefecture
  • Narita Airport
• Kyoto (Mentioned)
• Saitama Prefecture (Introduction)
  • Okeyama Hotel (Introduction)
  • Tenkaichi Festival (Introduction)
• Tokyo
  • Beika Ward
    • Beika Town
      • Beika Hotel
      • Beika Police Station
      • Denjiro Maru's residence (Introduction)
      • Mouri Detective Agency
      • Residence of the Tanaka brothers (Introduction)
      • Teitan Elementary School
      • Yuji Suwa's Dojo (Mentioned)
  • Chūō Ward
    • Ginza (Mentioned as "Kinza")

Models

Tenkaichi Festival

The "Tenkaichi Festival" in Saitama which Conan Edogawa, Ran and Kogoro Mouri go to is based on the Gozan no Okuribi, also known as "Daimonji", in Kyoto, which is also mentioned by Conan during the case.

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  The Daimonji Festival fires in real life.

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  The Tenkaichi Festival fires in FILE.59.

Call-backs

In "Twin Brothers Case"

• To Code Sheet Case: Inspector Juzo Megure regrets trusting the Detective Boys based on them catching those "italian mobsters", referencing this case from Volume 4.

Crossover

The Santa Claus of Summer

One of the suspects in the Antique Collector Case explains that he has been to the cinema in Kinza, where they played "The Summer Santa Claus" (Natsu no Santa Claus aka The Santa Claus of Summer). Conan Edogawa and Ran Mouri have also been to that movie, which Conan uses to counter his alibi.

Yaiba

An ONY camera with an "Onicolor" brand.

The TV in the hotel room at the beginning of the Tenkaichi Festival Case is an ONY brand model and the disposable camera used by the culprit is a "ONY Onicolor Flash" (differing in spelling between "Onycolor" and "Onicolor"). Additionally, Satoru Imatake's next novel mentioned in the same case, "Kenyuu Densetsu" ("Legend of the Swordmaster" or "Brave Sword Legend") is a reference to the Anime Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba, which is translatable as "Legend of the Swordmaster Yaiba" or "Brave Sword Legend Yaiba".

Cover in other countries

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  Rep. of China (Taiwan)
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  Spain (Spanish, First issue)
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  Spain (Spanish, Volumen 1)
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  Thailand
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See also

• Manga
• Volume 1-10
• Detective Conan