The Scar that Evokes the Past

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Episode 532-535 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
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Information
Title:	532: The Scar of First Love 533: The Scar that Evokes the Past 534: The New Scar and the Whistling Man 535: An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit
Japanese title:	532: 初恋の傷跡 (Hatsukoi no Kizuato) 533: 過去を呼ぶ傷跡 (Kako o Yobu Kizuato) 534: 新たな傷跡と口笛の男 (Arata na Kizuato to Kuchibue no Otoko) 535: 古き傷跡と刑事の魂 (Furuki Kizuato to Keiji no Tamashii)
Original airdate:	May 2, 2009 (The Scar of First Love) May 9, 2009 (The Scar that Evokes the Past) May 16, 2009 (The New Scar and the Whistling Man) May 23, 2009 (An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit)
Season:	18
Manga source:	Volume 64: Files 4-10 (667-673)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Kiyonaga Matsumoto Ai Haibara Detective Boys Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Inspector Megure Detective Chiba Ninzaburo Shiratori Jinpei Matsuda Masayoshi Sato
Cases solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan) Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Sushi (The Scar of First Love) The letter Z (The Scar that Evokes the Past) Mouse (The New Scar and the Whistling Man) Nameplate (An Old Scar and the Detective's Spirit)
Staff
Director:	532: Koujin Ochi 533: Koujin Ochi 534: Koujin Ochi 535: Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	532: Seiki Taichuu 533: Seiki Taichuu 534: Takaomi Kanezaki 535: Takaomi Kanezaki
Storyboard:	532: Seiki Taichuu 533: Seiki Taichuu 534: Takaomi Kanezaki 535: Takaomi Kanezaki
Episode director:	532: Masahisa Koyata 533: Kouichirou Kuroda 534: Fumiharu Kamanaka 535: Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	532: Masakazu Yamazaki 532: Aki Kumata 533: Michitaka Yamamoto 533: Masashi Hasegawa 534: Nobuyuki Iwai 535: Rei Masunaga
Music
Opening song:	Everlasting Luv
Closing song:	Doing all right

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Kiyonaga Matsumoto Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato Inspector Megure 100px Detective Chiba Ninzaburo Shiratori Jinpei Matsuda Masayoshi Sato

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

The Scar of First Love

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Kiyonaga Matsumoto Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi 100px Detective Chiba

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Situation

A blind rich woman named Kurumi Shodo asks Kogoro to help her find a boy who saved her life in the past; the only clue is that the boy should have a large scar across his torso. She has been able to narrow it down to two people and they are both staying at her house. Conan meanwhile notices the police are stalking the woman's house. He confronts them and finds Kiyonaga Matsumoto who tells Conan that a serial killer from a past case may be there as the killer also has a scar across his chest. During a bath, Kogoro notices that the butler also happens to have a scar across his torso.

After going over the characteristics of the boy, Conan realizes who it is. During the midnight snack, Conan uses Kogoro to solve the case.

People

Kurumi Shodo
	39 years old Head of the Shodo family

Taisuke Hoya
	40 years old Butler

Ryuhei Kusumoto
	42 years old

Sogo Banba
	41 years old

Maid
	One of the two maids working for Kurumi

Resolution

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Conan finds out that both the people who claimed to be the boy from her past were lying. He says that their scars are too long. Kurumi Shodo said that the scar stretched across the boy's back, however, when a boy grows, the scar does not grow as well, it would stay the same size. A scar that was huge on the boy would seem small on a man. Conan realizes that Shodo's butler, Taisuke Hoya, is the boy from her past and that Kurumi most likely already knew for a while now and is using the public attention to try and get him to confess knowing he would never tell her otherwise because of his selflessness. The boy's nickname was revealed to be "gari" because he liked to eat Gari. Later, Kiyonaga barges in and accuses Ryuhei Kusumoto with the scar as a serial killer from a past case. Kusumoto reveals that he copied the scar from a strange man a few years ago whom they realize is the serial killer.

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The Scar and the Whistling Man

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ai Haibara Genta Kojima Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi Inspector Megure Kiyonaga Matsumoto Miwako Sato Ninzaburo Shiratori 100px Detective Chiba Jinpei Matsuda Masayoshi Sato

Situation

The next day, a criminal psychologist named Doji Hiramune challenges the serial killer to reveal himself. He happens to live in the same apartment complex as Ayumi where the Detective Boys are staying with. Haibara later reveals to Conan she saw a mysterious man whistling Let It Be which is the serial killer's trademark.

Conan finds Hiramune murdered with the letter "Z" burned into his back.

Murder
	Location: Doji Hiramune's room in Ayumi's apartment complex Victim: Doji Hiramune Cause of death: Slash wound Suspects: Serial killer from 20 years ago

The police department arrive and are confused as the letter they were expecting was "N" as the previous victims had the letters "E", "S", "W" and were thought to be cardinal direction. They notice Hiramune's left hand was on his keyboard on the keys "Ctrl" and "C" and his right hand holding the wire of his mouse. Takagi and the Detective Boys decide to accompany him and his interrogation of the victim's relatives. Conan than realizes the victims share one thing in connection, Mahjong.

Later, Takagi comes to the conclusion that Dokuro Kibo is the serial killer.

People

Superintendent Morimura
	Deceased Superintendent of Tokyo Metropolitan Police

Doji Hiramune
	Victim (slashed) 41 years old Criminal psychologist

Tsuguharu Bokawa
	Deceased 50 years old Bokawa General Hospital director

Maiko Bokawa
	62 years old Tsuguharu Bokawa's wife

Atsunori Mugita
	Deceased 42 years old Associate professor of science and engineering, Touto University

Hidekuni Mugita
	56 years old Atsunori Mugita's younger brother

Susumu Nabei
	Deceased 34 years old Lawyer

Eiki Nabei
	25 years old Susumu Nabei's son

Dokuro Kibo
	Ex-con

Resolution

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Sato kissed Takagi

Dokuro Kibo has an alibi and he's not the serial killer. Conan notices something is strange about Hiramune's dying message, and realizes his message indicates the person who murdered him was a copycat killer. Conan reveals to Sato that Doji Hiramune was actually the serial killer from the past and that Eiki Nabei murdered him. Takagi who was ordered to bring Nabei to the police station was taken hostage by Nabei.

Hostage Situation
	Location: Nabei's house Victim: Wataru Takagi Suspects: Eiki Nabei

Takagi is shot in an attempt to subdue Nabei and is hospitalized. Takagi is later revealed to be saved by a mahjong tile he had in his shirt pocket. Conan and the detective boys go into Takagi's hospital room to find Sato kissing Takagi.

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See also

• Season 18