The Mysterious Woman With Amnesia Case

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Episode 24 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mysterious Woman With Amnesia Case
Japanese title:	謎の美女記憶喪失事件 (Nazo no Bijo Kioku Sōshitsu Jiken)
Original airdate:	July 15, 1996
Broadcast rating:	14.4%
Filler case:	#6
Season:	1
Manga source:	TV Original
English version
English title:	Better Off Forgotten
Dubbed episode:	Episode 25
English airdate:	July 5, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Pendant
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Youko Matsuoka as Maya Tachibana Yuji Mikimoto as Hitoshi Yuda Toshihiko Kojima as Doctor Wataru Takagi as Policeman, Next Conan's Hint Katsumi Suzuki as Doorman
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

Characters introduced

Doctor
	Yokoyama General Hospital physician

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes Voice-Changing Bowtie (Flashback)

Case

Just as Kogoro's luck seems to be running out after a bad day at the horse races with a revenge fueled escaped con bearing down on him, a beautiful woman practically falls into his arms. The only problem is, she can't remember a thing about herself, except her name. Can Kogoro help this woman regain her memory and, if so, will it only get him into more trouble than he's already in?

Situation

Mysterious Woman with Amnesia
	Location: Beika City Victim: Maya Tachibana Suspects: Bearded guy with sunglasses

Attempted Murder
	Location: In front of Beika Grand Hotel Victim: Kogoro Mouri and Maya Tachibana Attack types: Car-ramming Suspects: Bearded guy with sunglasses A bearded man with sunglasses tries to run over Maya and Kogoro with a car.

Attempted Murder
	Victim: Maya Tachibana Cause: Falling bebris Suspects: Bearded guy with sunglasses

People

Hitoshi Yuda
	Escaped convicted murderer

Maya Tachibana
	Mysterious woman with amnesia

Keiko Yuda
	Victim (murdered) Hitoshi's wife

Doctor
	Yokoyama General Hospital physician

Doorman
	Beika Grand Hotel doorman

Hotel receptionist
	Beika Grand Hotel receptionist

Policeman
	Local police officer

Resolution

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The "Bearded guy with sunglasses" was Hitoshi Yuda in a disguise, and Maya Tachibana was a hitwoman that he hired to kill Kogoro for "revealing" him as the killer of his wife. She lost her memories when she got involved in a traffic accident and hit her head; midway through the episode she recovered it, specially after Yuda kept trying to kill Kogoro himself; Maya then decided to pretend she was still amnesiac, both to set the deal with Yuda and then finish her mission of killing Kogoro.

Maya's weapon was a wire garrote, which she used to strangle her victims; she managed to trap Kogoro and use the garrote to hang him in a makeshift gallow.

Attempted Murder
	Victim: Kogoro Mouri Attack types: Strangulation Culprit: Maya Tachibana Maya Tachibana attempts to strangle Kogoro with a wire garrote.

By then, Conan had already notified the police and then used his super sneakers to kick a baseball towards Maya, forcing her to release Kogoro.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the English dub are:

• Hitoshi Yuda - Harrington Yancy
• Maya Tachibana - Maya Reardon

Trivia

• The biblical painting is a replica of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, which reappears in a background from Sunflowers of Inferno.
• People's names are associated with religion: Hitoshi Yuda as Judas, and Maya Tachibana as Illusion.
• In the beginning of the episode, the newspaper that informs the Mouris of the escape bears the date July 15, 1996, the original air date of the episode.
• In The Fearful Traversing Murder Case, the story Shingo Nose is said to have written describes the plot of this episode. Nose's character design seems to be based off of Maya Tachibana's: he even appears to be wearing her headband.
• Hitoshi Yuda in Beardman Vehicle is 1992 Fiery Red Mitsubishi Galant VR4.
• This is the first episode to feature a person with amnesia.
• This is the first episode to feature a culprit having hired a professional killer.
• This is the first episode to feature a Hit Person, and it is a female hit woman at that, and she kills by using a wire garrot to strangle her victims.
• This is the first episode to feature a culprit figuring out that their target should have been Conan Edogawa, Detective, instead of Kogoro Mouri.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	胸がドキドキ	Mune ga Dokidoki	The Pounding of My Heart	Mune ga Dokidoki
2	蘭のテーマ （音コンテ）	Ran no Tēma (Oto Konte)	Ran's Theme (Sound Cue)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
3	(Unreleased BGM 1)
4	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	沈む夕陽１	Shizumu Yūhi 1	Depressing Sunset 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	脅迫 （パート２）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 2)	Threat (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
11	「名探偵コナン」メイン・テーマ （予告）	"Meitantei Konan" Mein・Tēma (Yokoku)	"Detective Conan" Main Theme (Preview)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	沈む夕陽１	Shizumu Yūhi 1	Depressing Sunset 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	(Unreleased BGM 1)
15	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
16	悪のテーマ１	Aku no Tēma 1	Theme of Evil 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma	Detective Conan Main Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
18	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
19	それいけコナン （超早ver.）	Soreike Konan (Chōhaya ver.)	Let's Go Conan (Very Fast ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	سر الجميلة التي فقدت ذاكرتها	The Mystery of the Beauty Who Lost Her Memory
Basque	Amnesia gaixo ederraren misterioa
Catalan (Balearic dub)	Es misteri de la dona amnèsica	The Mystery of the Amnesic Woman
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El misteri de la bonica amnèsica	The Mystery of the Beautiful Amnesic Woman
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El misteri de la dona amb amnèsia	The Mystery of the Woman with Amnesia
French	La Mystérieuse amnésique	The Mysterious Amnesic Woman
Galician	O misterio da guapa amnésica	Beautiful Woman with Amnesia Mystery
German	Die Frau ohne Gedächtnis	The Woman Without Memory
Italian	Il mistero della bella smemorata	The Beautiful Forgetful's Mistery
Portuguese	O caso da mulher com amnésia	The Woman with Amnesia Case
Spanish (American dub)	El caso de la misteriosa y bella mujer con amnesia	The mysterious and beautiful women with amnesia
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caso de la mujer con amnesia	The Woman with Amnesia Case
Thai	คดีสาวสวยลึกลับผู้ไร้ความทรงจำ	The mysterious beautiful women who lost her memories case
Vietnamese	Vụ án người phụ nữ bí ẩn	The Mysterious Woman Case

See also

• Season 1