The Silent Loop Line

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Episode 158 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Silent Kanjo Line
Japanese title:	沈黙の環状線 (Chinmoku no Kanjosen)
Original airdate:	August 23, 1999
Season:	6
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Rope
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Screenplay:	Takeshi Mochizuki
Storyboard:	Takashi Iwama
Episode director:	Nana Harada
Animation director:	Atsushi Aono
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 Akira Kanou as Seiji Kurata Yuriko Yamaguchi as Shizuka Kawai Akiko Yajima as Yukiko Mori Isshin Chiba as Announcement
Music
Opening song:	Girigiri chop
Closing song:	Free Magic

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are waiting for the train when they notice a group of people leaving work on a Sunday. Once they boarded the train the group finds their co-worker dead in an empty train car.

Murder
	Victim: Kiyomi Hashimoto Cause of death: Blowdart poisoning Suspects: Seiji Kurata, Shizuka Kawai, and Yukiko Mori

After all three are presented as possible suspects Conan notices a couple of clues, there is a mark on her ear and a line on her arm.

People

Seiji Kurata
	26 years old

Shizuka Kawai
	24 years old

Yukiko Mori
	20 years old

Kiyomi Hashimoto
100px	Victim (poison)

Resolution

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Before long Conan stuns Mouri and reveals Yukiko Mori did it. First, she knew Kiyomi was leaving first, saw her off at the station, and established what time she boarded the train. From that, she timed how long it would take for the body to loop back around to the station. And return the murder weapon is the headphones. And when they boarded the train Yukiko who is retrieving the headphones but it took long so she pulled it hard and causing it to break.

Yukiko confesses and reveals Kiyomi stole her boyfriend.

Misc

• According to the mini disc label, this episode's plot takes place August 22, 1999.

See also

• Season 6