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:	Nazo no Bijo Kioku Sōshitsu Jiken (謎の美女記憶喪失事件)
Original airdate:	July 15, 1996
Season:	1
English version
English title:	Better Off Forgotten
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Junichi Miyashita
Storyboard:	Johei Matsuura
Episode director:	Johei Matsuura
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri

Case

Situation

Mysterious Woman with Amnesia

Location: Beika City Victim: Maya Tachibana Suspects: Bearded guy with sunglasses 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 Richard help this woman regain her memory and, if so, will it only get him into more trouble than he's already in?

People

Hitoshi Yuda
	Escaped convicted murderer

Maya Tachibana
	The mysterious woman with amnesia

Doctor
	Physician who examined Maya

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 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 strong floss, which she used to strangle her victims; she managed to trap Kogoro and use the floss to hang him in a makeshift gallow. By then, Conan had already notified the police and then used his super sneakers to kick a can towards Maya, forcing her to release Kogoro.

See also

• Season 1