Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain

Chronology
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Episode 284-285 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Chinatown Deja Vu in the Rain
Japanese title:	中華街 雨のデジャビュ (Chūkagai Ame no Deja Byu)
Original airdate:	July 1, 2002 (Part 1) July 8, 2002 (Part 2)
Season:	10
Manga source:	Volume 34: Files 8-10 (347-349)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Jugo Yokomizo Shuichi Akai Sharon Vineyard Yukiko Kudo Sango Yokomizo Shinichi Kudo
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Wet towel (Part 1) Costumes (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	284 Yasumi Mikamoto 285 Shuichi Hirokawa
Storyboard:	284 Yasumi Mikamoto 285 Shuichi Hirokawa
Episode director:	284 Mashu Ito 285 Hideki Hiroshima
Animation director:	284 Atsushi Aono 285 Masaki Kudo
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2) Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2) Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Akio Otsuka as Jugo Yokomizo, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1) Takaya Hashi as Kaizo Isogami Tetsuo Goto as Motohiro Ito Kazuhiro Yamaji as Keigo Kitaura Katsuhisa Houki as Shiro Kawabata Masatoshi Nagase as Mike Hama Isshin Chiba as Detective A Naoki Makishima as Detective B Hiromichi Kogami as Forensics officer A, Boy Masafumi Kimura as Forensics officer B, Clerk Mami Koyama as Sharon Vineyard Shuichi Ikeda as Shuichi Akai
Music
Opening song:	I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song:	Yume Mita Ato de

Characters introduced

Jugo Yokomizo
	Inspector from Kanagawa Prefecture Police Sango Yokomizo's twin brother

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Shuichi Akai (flashback) Sharon Vineyard (flashback) Yukiko Kudo (flashback) Sango Yokomizo (flashback) Shinichi Kudo (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch Button Speaker

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are all heading into Chinatown to have a nice dinner. In the car, Ran is studying extensively for an exam, and hasn't slept very well. Her mind keeps thinking back to a blurry memory of her and Shinichi, and she keeps thinking about that mysterious man, Shuichi Akai, and about how she believes she has seen him before. Conan is very worried for her health. While at the restaurant, they share a dinner table with another group of guests, because Kogoro didn't read the fine print on a coupon. One of the guests on the table dies.

Murder
	Location: Chinese restaurant Victim: Shiro Kawabata Cause of death: Cyanide poisoning Suspects: Kaizo Isogami, Motohiro Ito, Keigo Kitaura, and Kogoro Mouri

Inspector Jugo Yokomizo arrives on the scene. Kogoro mistakes him for his older brother, Sango, which angers Jugo, who is not a fan of Kogoro. Because Ran sat near the victim, she is considered a suspect! Conan wants to figure out who is the murderer, not just because Ran is a suspect, but also because she keeps looking more and more ill. Could something bad happen to Ran?

Part 2

After an investigation, which sometimes is tense, Conan finally figures out how the killer could have killed the victim.

People

Kaizo Isogami
	52 years old Movie director

Motohiro Ito
	38 years old Assistant director

Keigo Kitaura
	29 years old Writer

Shiro Kawabata
	Victim (poison) 46 years old Producer

Mike Hama
	Private detective

Resolution

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Conan then stuns Kogoro and declares Kaizo Isogami to be the culprit. It's because of Kawabata's reflexes and distaste for certain food, and also last time, Isogami stopped the table for not Conan to eat the meat bun because he already know that Conan's hand is poisoned.

As the investigation goes by, Ran looks more and more ill.

Isogami confesses and reveals Kawabata murdered the actress Rika a year ago, disguising it as a accident. Kawabata knew about the sudden change all along, he was fully aware of the fact the stuntman and Rika were switched for the last action scene, he also said he only did her a favour by acknowledging her wish to do her own scenes with disgusting grin, he also said it was a smash hit because of her death he didn't stop her despite his power and opportunity and reveals a director falls in love with his heroine in the course of filming even if she is not a good actress and not very attractive.

After the case is solved, Ran passes out on the floor. She finally remembers, thanks to the rain, just who Shuichi Akai is, and what the connection is with Shinichi. It was a case, over a year ago...

Trivia

• This is the first episode to use the new animation introduced in the Eleventh Opening.
• The name of the restaurant, 柯南道爾楼, literally means "Conan Doyle Tower" in Chinese.
• Episode 284 marks the first use of the show's second "Next Conan's Hint" image, replacing the previous image of Ran and Conan looking at a sign bearing the hint. The new image instead features a picture of the hint tacked onto a brick wall, and illuminated by spotlights.

See also

• Season 10