The Revival of the Dying Message

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Episode 172-173 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Revival of the Dying Message
Japanese title:	よみがえる死の伝言 (Yomigaeru Shi no Dengon)
Original airdate:	December 14, 1999 (Part 1) December 20, 1999 (Part 2)
Season:	7
Manga source:	Volume 25: Files 1-3 (243-245)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Detective Chiba Makoto Kyogoku
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	5 yen coin (Part 1) Tennis ball (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Masato Sato
Storyboard:	Masato Sato
Episode director:	172 Masato Sato 173 Hideki Hiroshima
Animation director:	172 Miwa Oshima 173 Masayuki Hiraoka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Yuri Satou as Chihiro Itami Akiko Koike as Woman A Keiko Sonoda as Woman B Mari Yokoo as Yoriko Komatsu Yukimasa Kishino as Kunitomo Oda Hiroshi Watari as Yasuharu Misawa Nobuyuki Hiyama as Makoto Kyogoku Isshin Chiba as Detective Chiba Rumiko Ukai as Izumi Sano
Music
Opening song:	Mysterious Eyes
Closing song:	Free Magic

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi 100px Detective Chiba Makoto Kyogoku

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Ran, Sonoko, and Conan are at Tropical Land ice skating. A murder occurs in the women's bathroom and there are two dying messages, S smeared in blood and the victims phone revealing the letters KIX.

Murder
	Date: 14 December 1999 Location: Restroom Victim: Chihiro Itami Cause of death: Gunshot wound Suspects: Yasuharu Misawa, Izumi Sano, Yoriko Komatsu, and Kunitomo Oda

People

Chihiro Itami
	Victim (gunshot) 27 years old President's daughter

Yasuharu Misawa
	29 years old Banker

Izumi Sano
	28 years old Office lady

Yoriko Komatsu
	30 years old Housewife

Kunitomo Oda
	29 years old Firefighter

Resolution

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Conan solves the case and reveals that the culprit imitated the fireworks noise as it came too early. He reveals that the S was not the real code, but the phone was. He then revealed the final clue that the culprit is Izumi Sano. She killed Chihiro who dated a friend of the suspect group then ruthlessly dump him. The accident he had loading his skeet shotgun was actually suicide. She then says how the victim was already two-timing with Kunitomo Oda. Oda reveals it was a mistake and that he was the one who started the relationship leaving the murderer silenced.

See also

• Season 7