Resemblance

Chronology
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Chapter 8
Information
Title:	Resemblance
Japanese title:	あなたに似た人 (Anata ni Nita Hito)
Original release:	February 23rd, 1994
Shōnen Sunday issue:	#12/1994
Volume:	1
Pages:	16
Anime adaptation:	Episode 3: An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case
Viz Media version
English title:	Resemblance
English release:	September 7, 2004

Resemblance (あなたに似た人 ,Anata ni Nita Hito) (actually "Someone like you") is the eighth chapter of the manga of Detective Conan. It was written by Gosho Aoyama, drawn by him and his assistants and first released in Shōnen Sunday #12/1994 on February 23rd, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of Volume 1 on June 18th, 1994. It was also featured as the third chapter of the compilation book Detective Conan Romantic Selection 1.

Characters

Introduced

In order of introduction:

Yuko Ikezawa
	Pop idol Rival of Yoko Proper introduction

Featured

In order of appearance:

Characters
Kogoro Mouri Yoko Okino Juzo Megure Akiyoshi Fujie (Corpse, Photo & Flashback) Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Shinichi Kudo (Mention/Panel background) Eiichi Yamagishi

Settings

Introduced

In order of introduction:

• Kohnan High School (Mentioned)

Featured

In order of appearance:

• Yoko Okino's apartment complex

Plot

Yuko Ikezawa incriminates herself by instantly knowing the finer details of Yoko Okino's apartment - despite allegedly never being there before -, Eiichi Yamagishi tried to remove evidence from the active crime scene and Yoko Okino reveals to actually know the victim after all. All of this helps Conan Edogawa to get closer to the truth behind all of it, but how should he convey it to Kogoro Mouri and the police?

Continuity

• Yuko Ikezawa broke into Yoko Okino's apartment the afternoon before.
• Akiyoshi Fujie was born 22 years ago.
• Ran wears her winter school uniform (October 1st-May 31st).
• It's Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 during the night in the chapter.
• Eighth chapter of the so-called "Conan Arc", a fan-coined term.

Referencing

• The Bloody Case of the Lovely Pop Idol (Manga: 7): This chapter is a direct continuation of File 7.

Referenced in

• An Unfortunate Misunderstanding (Manga: 9): File 9 is a direct continuation of this chapter.

Cameos

Eiichi Yamagishi is modeled and named after one of Gosho's assistants.

• Yoko Okino and Eiichi Yamagishi are both based on real people acquainted with Gosho. The former is named after the mangaka Yōko Okino (沖野ヨーコ), who was studying manga art at Nihon University in a higher semester the same time Gosho studied there.
• Yoko's manager, Yamagishi, on the other hand, is another of Gosho's assistants, this time not only named, but even modeled after him (judging by how he is usually portrayed in other manga and the Omakes). According to Gosho, Yamagishi is in charge of designing and drawing technical stuff, like machinery, vehicles, weapons and architecture. He already had some cameos and mentions in previous works, like WALK MAN, Nonchalant Lupin, Magic Kaito, Yaiba and 3rd Base 4th.

Crossover

Kohnan High School in 3rd Base 4th.

3rd Base 4th

• The alma mater of Yoko Okino and Akiyoshi Fujie mentioned in this chapter is Kohnan High School, the school the protagonists of 3rd Base 4th attend.

Real Life Models

Yoko Okino's apartment complex

The apartment complex Yoko Okino lives in is modeled after the Cite Neuve Kita-Senju, a skyscraper in the district of the same name around Kita-Senju Station in the Adachi Ward of Tokyo. Gosho Aoyama was living in Kita-Senju himself not long before serialization of Detective Conan started and used the surroundings there as inspiration for his works.

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  The Cite Neuve Kita-Senju.

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  Yoko's apartment complex in file 6.

Shōnen Sunday Q&A

Every issue of the Shōnen Sunday features a question asked by the magazine to the manga artists featured in it. The one accompanying this chapter was:

Songs, radio, TV shows that you play often these days at work is
"The YAIBA anime, of course!!"
(Translation by justwantanaccount)

Trivia

• The original title of the chapter, Someone like you (あなたに似た人 ,Anata ni Nita Hito) is also the title of a book of collected mystery short stories by Roald Dahl in English and Japanese.
• Akiyoshi Fujie worked at Kadobeni after high school, which is the same company Mr. Tani mentioned during the previous case.

Adaptions

• Anime Episode 3: An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case

See also

• Manga
• Volume 1-10
• Detective Conan