The Shinkansen's Bomb Case

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Information
Title:	The Shinkansen's Bomb Case
Japanese title:	新幹線大爆破事件 (Shinkansen Dai Bakuha Jiken)
Original airdate:	February 5, 1996 December 3, 2016 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	13.4%
Remastered rating:	7.4%
Manga case:	#10
Season:	1
Manga source:	Volume 4: Files 4-6 (033-035) (h.a.)
English version
English title:	The Time Bomb Express
Dubbed episode:	Episode 5
English airdate:	May 31, 2004
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Detective Boys Hiroshi Agasa Shinichi Kudo Gin Vodka
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Cell phone Black handbag (Remastered version)
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 Kenichi Ogata as Hiroshi Agasa Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida Kiyoyuki Yanada as Ueda Naoki Makishima as Shimoda Isshin Chiba as Conductor Sayuri as Woman Minoru Inaba as Man A Takumi Yamazaki as Man B Masa'aki Tsukada as Old man
Music
Opening song:	Mune ga Dokidoki
Closing song:	STEP BY STEP

Gadgets introduced

Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes
	Stimulates feet muscles for extra power

Microphone
	Miniature device Connected to Conan's glasses Bug

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Hiroshi Agasa Shinichi Kudo (background) Gin (background) Vodka (background)

Case

Situation

(Potential) Bombing
	Location: Bullet train Victim: Everyone on the bullet train Suspects: Two men in black Conan and Ran accompany Kogoro on the bullet train to go to Kogoro's best friend's wedding when Conan overhears two men in black talking about a bomb set to go off on the train. If Conan doesn't find the briefcase with the bomb in time, everyone's life on the bullet train is in danger.

People

Ueda & Shimoda
	Completed a deal in the dining car Left a bomb on the bullet train

Man A
	Possibly has the bomb case

Woman
	Possibly has the bomb case

Old man
	Possibly has the bomb case

Man B
	Possibly has the bomb case

Resolution

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• Evidence
  • Conan remembers the Vodka lookalike saying "I can finally have a smoke". Conan realizes this must be because the transaction the men in black had with the person in the dining car cannot stand the smell of smoke. Therefore the person with the bomb must be in a non-smoking car of the train. According to Mitsuhiko there are eight non-smoking cars on the bullet train.
  • The Gin lookalike made a remark about how the person with the bomb is probably "looking out at the last scenic view" they will ever see. Conan and the Detective Boys realize the person with the briefcase must be in one of the two-story Green Cars. Mitsuhiko explains only one of the three Green Cars is non-smoking.
  • Conan notes that the man in glasses with the laptop is trading stocks and has a gold Rolex watch. Conan remarks the man must really be raking in money. The man in glasses shouts at Conan that he could not possibly go anywhere on the train due to the amount of work he has.
  • The woman in the Green Car has a cell phone and remarks to Conan that since the sky is clear today "you can see Mt. Fuji" from her window. The woman claims to have not visited the dining car during the trip.
  • The elderly man does not seem to hear Conan's question correctly, so Conan is unclear whether the man did or did not visit the dining car.
  • Although the brutish man with gold rimmed glasses doesn't answer Conan's question outright, it's clear the man visited the dining car because he wipes his glasses with one of the dining car napkins.
  • When the Vodka lookalike questions his partner about the bomb being timed, the Gin lookalike replies that although the bomb isn't on a timer, the bomb will definitely go off when the person with the briefcase unknowingly triggers the detonation button. Conan realizes this means the explosion will be set off by the passenger's "reaction to something".

• Conclusion

After ruling out the brutish man Conan knows went to the dining car, the briefcase was full of underwear, Conan realizes one of the passengers he spoke to said something strange.

The woman claims to have had a great view of Mt. Fuji earlier in the train ride, but it would be impossible to see Mt. Fuji from her window in the Green Car. She must have been in the dining car at the time and mistook her view from the dining car for the one back in her Green Car seat.

The woman lied about going to the dining car in order to cover up the transaction she had with the men in black.

Conan also realizes that the detonation button the Gin lookalike referred to is when the woman dials a specific telephone number on her cell phone.

The woman manages to dial the number on her cell phone at 3:10 PM, but thankfully Conan manages to use the Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes to kick the briefcase out of the train just before it exploded.

• Motive

The woman's motive for making a deal with the men in black was to gain "inside information on the trading market" in exchange for 100 million yen.

The men in black's motive for planting the bomb of course was to kill off the woman and cover their tracks while getting away with a hefty amount of money.

Remastered version

A remastered version of this case was aired on December 3, 2016.

Manga to anime changes

Conan meets Gin and Vodka.

• In the manga, the two men in black are in fact Gin and Vodka. It is here that Conan first learns of their codenames. The line about their mastermind is omitted.
• Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko didn't appear in the manga version of the story. Thus, it's Ran who deposits the gum that Conan uses.
• The bullet train was stopped forty minutes after departed from Nagoya Station. The trip from Nagoya to Kyoto via bullet train takes about 40-50 minutes, then it was under the Kyoto police jurisdiction. However, the anime version improperly replaced them with Inspector Megure and his men.
• The manga version ends with Conan reflecting on the knowledge he learned about the two men in black. Ran's questioning of his true identity doesn't occur here, but in The Coded Map of the City Case, which follows the story in the manga rather than preceding it.

Translation changes

Manga

• The Viz Media version of volume 4 has Gin and Vodka's codenames being revealed as Kaspar and Melkior. Though later Viz produced volumes later revert to their usual names, this prompted modification to the English manga version of Game Company Murder Case.

Trivia

• This is the first bombing case.
• This is also the first time that the Black Organization showed that they are willing to commit mass murder, such as blowing up everyone on the train just to kill one person.
• This is also the first episode to feature actual lenses in Conan's glasses, since he pushed his Dad's lenses out of the frames.
• This episode marks Canon Day 9 of Shinichi's life as Conan.
• This is the first episode to take place on board a train.
• Although the Black Organization was involved in the manga version of this episode, the anime version has Ueda & Shimoda take over Gin and Vodka's role, and therefore cutting out the Black Organization involvement.

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	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
3	沈む夕陽	Shizumu Yūhi	Depressing Sunset	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	脅迫 （パート１）	Kyōhaku (Pāto 1)	Threat (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	(Unreleased BGM 2)
6	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	悪のテーマ （パート３）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 3)	Theme of Evil (Part 3)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
10	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	絶体絶命	Zettai Zetsumei	A Desperate Situation	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
12	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
13	「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
14	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
15	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP	STEP BY STEP
16	コナンの勝利	Konan no Shōri	Conan's Victory	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	قنبلة في قطار الأمان السريع	A Bomb in the Fast Safety Train
Basque	Leherketa bala trenean
Catalan (Catalan dub)	L'explosió del tren d'alta velocitat	The High Speed Train's Explosion
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La gran explosió del tren d'alta velocitat	The High Speed Train's Big Explosion
French	La Bombe roulante	The Rolling Bomb
Galician	A grande explosión do tren bala	The Bullet Train's Big Explosion
German	Explosion im Express	Explosion in the Express
Italian	L'esplosione del treno super rapido	The High Speed Train's Explosion
Portuguese	A explosão do comboio-bala	The Bullet Train explosion
Spanish (Castilian dub)	La gran explosión del tren bala	The Bullet Train's Big Explosion
Spanish (American dub)	La explosión del tren bala	The Bullet train explosion
Thai	คดีรถไฟชินคันเซ็นมรณะ	The Dangerous Shinkansen Train Case
Vietnamese	Vụ án quả bom trên tàu siêu tốc	The Bullet Train's Bomb Case
China	新干线大爆破事件	The Shinkansen's Bomb Case

See also

• Season 1