The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case

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Episode 116-117 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case
Japanese title:	ミステリー作家失踪事件 (Misuterii Sakka Shissō Jiken)
Original airdate:	September 7, 1998 (Part 1) September 14, 1998 (Part 2)
Season:	5
Manga source:	Volume 19: Files 2-4 (182-184)
English version
English title:	The Mystery Writer Disappearance
Dubbed episode:	Episode 122-123
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Heiji Hattori
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	French (Part 1) Car mirror (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	116 Johei Matsuura 117 Kazuo Nogami
Storyboard:	116 Johei Matsuura 117 Kazuo Nogami
Episode director:	116 Johei Matsuura 117 Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	116 Atsushi Aono 117 Hirobi Muranaka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori Fumiko Osaka as Kaori Shinmei Yuzuru Fujimoto as Nintaro Shinmei Chikako Akimoto as Kaori's mother Eiichiro Suzuki as Samonji Matsuda Toshihiko Nakajima as Editor A Isshin Chiba as Editor B Naoki Makishima as Editor C Ikkei Seta as Comedian A Nobuaki Kanemitsu as Comedian B
Music
Opening song:	Unmei no Roulette Mawashite
Closing song:	Kōri no Ue ni Tatsu Yō ni

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Heiji Hattori

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro Mouri hates the Samurai Detective series being shown on TV, written by Nintaro Shinmei. But when Shinmei's daughter hires him to find her father and mother, who have been missing for two months, they find clues that lead them to believe the Shinmeis have been kidnapped, with Mr. Shinmei only being able to leak hints in his scripts...

Missing Person
	Victim: Nintaro Shinmei Suspects: Unknown kidnapper

Part 2

Heiji Hattori calls having deciphered the text in the first new chapter, and with this information Conan manages to solve the rest of the hidden riddles, but can him and the cops get to the hotel before any type of death takes place?

People

Kaori Shinmei
	22 years old Office lady

Nintaro Shinmei
	Kaori's father Author/Novelist

Yamada
	Representative from Daigakukan

Mrs. Shinmei
	Nintaro's wife Kaori's mother

Doctor
	Nintaro's physician

Resolution

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There never was a crime. Mr. Shinmei was all the time in an hotel, living his last days peacefully with his wife. The whole deal was his last mystery, and the mesages were his way too say goodbye to Kaori and everyone he knew. In fact, when he's found, Shinmei is already dead of natural cases, and Mrs. Shinmei explains everything to Kaori and the group.

Manga to anime changes

• While Ran and Kogoro are arguing over which shows to watch, Conan recalls Haibara reminding him that if he wants to get his body back, he needs to help Kogoro to become a real detective. Doing so will result in more leads to the Organization. In the anime, he reminds himself of the objective as Haibara doesn't show up until The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case, where as the manga version of Episode 116-117 follows it.

See also

• Season 5