Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato

Relationship analysis

Takagi and Sato

Wataru Takagi (高木 渉 ,Takagi Wataru) is an officer who works with Inspector Megure and has a crush on Miwako Sato which is somewhat awkwardly requited. He first appeared in the anime in episode 21, and made his first manga appearance in Volume 18 Chapter 171 - It Must be Similar. His last name, Takagi, is used as the first name in the English Manga.

Takagi has an appearance of ineffectual nervousness, but he's not as useless as he seems. He is quick to assess a situation and take immediate and decisive action when necessary are points in his favor. He also appeared to know (or at least suspect) about Conan/Shinichi's secret identity and problem; this is seen when he makes close observation to Conan in some investigation and in the end of Volume 36 or Episode 304 when Conan wants to defuse the time bomb. Like Sato, he sees that Conan is extraordinary.

Miwako Sato (佐藤 美和子 ,Satō Miwako) is a young female officer who works with Inspector Megure. Her father was also a police officer who was killed on duty when she was only six years old. Her former partner Matsuda was killed in an explosion. She made her debut as a cameo appearance in Volume 19 of the manga or Episode 130 and was properly introduced in Volume 21 or Episode 146.

Tough, energetic, and a dedicated police officer that her "dates" tend to turn into police investigations, but she also can be quite lively and cheerful. Sato is hugely popular with the male members of the police department, but to their chagrin she, albeit hesitantly, begins to develop feelings for her colleague Takagi. A running joke in the series is that their relationship never progresses because of interruptions by the rest of the police force.

Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato moments

Episode 534-535: The Scar that Evokes the Past

Sato kissed Takagi

Sato kissed Takagi when he was hospitalized, after Conan and the Detective Boys warded off Megure and some others who were about to enter.

Episode 681-683: The Life-Threatening Broadcast of Love

Takagi and Sato's second kiss.

Sato saves Takagi and kisses him, with a camera showing them. The male police officers see that scene and make them angry and jealous.

Movies and OVAs

In Movie 4, when a man pushes a woman out of a train and Takagi catches her he remembers when he was holding Sato's lifeless body and gets distracted long enough for the culprit to push Ran onto the rail track.

See also

• Wataru Takagi
• Miwako Sato