The Missing Girlfriend (姿を消した恋人 ,Sugata o Keshita Koibito?) is the 940th episode of the Detective Conan anime.
Cast
Gadgets
Case
Situation
Missing
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Location:
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Kaho's apartment
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Victim:
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Kaho Mizunuma
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Age:
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24 years old
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Time:
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Saturday
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Jun Naruse, Kaho's boyfriend, went to Mouri Detective Agency to ask the great detective to help him find his girlfriend, with whom he wanted to by rings with but vanished.
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Suicide ?
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Location:
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Bridge
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Victim:
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Kaho Mizunuma
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Age:
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24 years old
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Time:
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5:15
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Cause of death:
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Drowning after falling
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Suspects:
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Herself, Jun Naruse, Tetsuya Ushio, and Maki Ohara
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At 5:30 AM, Tetsuya Ushio, a passerby, saw Kaho jumping off the bridge to commit suicide and recorded the video before calling the police. The video is mysteriously precise, which brings suspicions on Ushio, and Maki Ohara, a taxi driver, comes at the crime scene also raising suspicion instead on her.
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Accident
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Location:
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Bridge
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Victim:
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Conan Edogawa
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Age:
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6/7 years old
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Cause of accident:
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Falling
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Culprit:
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Wataru Takagi
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While Kogoro grabbed Conan to teach him a lesson, Takagi fells on the sidewalk and pushes the great detective by accident who loses grip of Conan. Conan then falls into the river but hopefully is saved by Maki Ohara, who jumps into the river to save him.
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Murder (past)
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Location:
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Park near Kaho's house
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Victim:
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Girl
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Age:
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around 20 years old
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Time:
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3 months ago
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Cause of death:
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Falling
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Suspects:
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Mysterious tattooed man
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Three months ago, a man attacked a lady in a park by pushing her off the stairs. While the police ruled it as an accident, the family of the victim still believes the man exists.
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People
Resolution
Kaho Mizunuma
did not commit a suicide or was murdered, but is actually hiding at
Maki Ohara's house for her own safety.
Four months ago, Kaho witnessed a murder committed by Jun Naruse, who threatened to kill her should she reveal his crime. Kaho tried to contact the police, but was dismissed due them believing the case to be an accident. Driven to despair, Kaho attempted to commit suicide at the bridge after riding in Maki's taxi to the location.
Although Maki resented her at first for being weak-willed and wanting to die, unlike her daughter who fought her illness to her very last breath, and thought of killing Kaho herself, she had a change of heart and decided to protect Kaho. Being an ex-swimmer, Maki disguised herself as Kaho and pretended to commit suicide by jumping off the bridge during the time Tetsuya Ushio would be in the area. Conan realized that Kaho is still alive due to the following reasons: the shoelaces were tied differently, Maki was buying contact lens despite having no vision problem along with two lunch boxes, and the woman who jumped off the bridge in the video was wearing a jewelry despite Kaho herself being allergic to metal accessories; with the last one used as an evidence that Naruse was pretending to be her boyfriend as he didn't know about her condition. Additionally, although Naruse cut and dyed his hair to differentiated himself from the wanted poster, the tattoos on both of his arm is the decisive evidence that he is the prime suspect from the murder case four months ago.
Full of gratitude for Maki's help, Kaho decides to not run away anymore and testifies against Naruse.
Following Kaho's testimony, the college girl murder case is reopened by the police and Naruse is convicted for his crime.
Aftermath
At the end, Ran, Kogoro and Conan are in the Detective Agency and receive cookies made by Ohara and Mizunuma together who became best friends.
Trivia
- Maki Ohara's taxi is the same as the one owned by a taxi driver in Tokyo from Conan Kidnapped, and as the one owned by another one from Kyoto in The Scarlet School Trip. The license plate is similar to the one used by the Tokyo taxi driver.
Gallery
See also