The Client Full of Lies

Chronology
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Episode 220-221 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Client Full of Lies
Japanese title:	偽りだらけの依頼人 (Itsuwari Darake no Irainin)
Original airdate:	January 15, 2001 (Part 1) January 22, 2001 (Part 2)
Season:	9
Manga source:	Volume 28: Files 3-5 (276-278)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Shizuka Hattori Eri Kisaki Azusa Enomoto Shinichi Kudo Gin Vodka Sango Yokomizo Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Bandage (Part 1) Numbered tag (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	220 Hiroshi Kurimoto 221 Mashu Ito
Animation director:	220 Masayuki Hiraoka 221 Hirobi Muranaka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Akio Otsuka as Sango Yokomizo Mikiko Enomoto as Azusa Enomoto Masako Katsuki as Shizuka Ikenami Ryo Horikawa as Heiji Hattori Youko Matsuoka as Kyoko Shibata Takao Ohyama as Takezo Yoshikawa Isshin Chiba as Detective Takashi Nagasako as Forensics officer A Junichi Sugawara as Forensics officer B Kazuyuki Ishikawa as Medical examiner
Music
Opening song:	Koi wa Thrill, Shock, Suspense
Closing song:	Start in my life

Characters introduced

Shizuka Hattori
	42 years old Heiji Hattori's mother

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Eri Kisaki (background) Azusa Enomoto Shinichi Kudo (background) Gin (background) Vodka (background) Sango Yokomizo Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

A woman named Shizuka Ikenami asks Kogoro to help find a man named Shiro Shibata so she could retrieve an old photograph; Conan realizes that the Ikenami is lying to Kogoro when she introduces herself for unknown reasons. Realizing that Shiro was skilled with kendo, Conan assumes that his name would show up in past kendo competitions. After finding an address, they enter Shiro's apartment and find out Shiro has been murdered.

Murder
	Victim: Shiro Shibata Suspects: Shizuka Ikenami

Shiro's right hand contains the photograph Ikenami is searching for and makes her the prime suspect to the murder.

People

Shizuka Ikenami
	42 years old Mouri Detective Agency client

Shiro Shibata
	Victim (beaten)

Takezo Yoshikawa
	47 years old Shiro Shibata's friend

Kyoko Shibata
	38 years old Shiro Shibata's wife

Resolution

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After a thorough investigation, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and reveals the culprit to be Shiro's wife, Kyoko Shibata. Conan reveals that the photograph was used to hide the Shiro's real dying message, his wedding ring covered in blood in his right hand. Conan reveals that Kyoko falsified Shiro's time of death by placing the morning newspaper by Shiro's late night snack to pretend it was breakfast and by using a timed videocassette recorder to record a show. Kyoko confesses and reveals that Shiro was gambling them into debt and she was forced to kill him. She attempts to commit suicide but is stopped by Shizuka. Heiji and Kazuha arrive and reveal that Shizuka is actually Heiji's mother. Shizuka confesses and tells Kogoro that she wanted to see what kind of person he was since Heiji was injured the last time he stayed over.

See also

• Season 8