The Convenience Store Trap

Chronology
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Episode 343-344 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Convenience Store Trap
Japanese title:	コンビニの落とし穴 (Konbini no Otoshiana)
Original airdate:	December 1, 2003 (Part 1) December 8, 2003 (Part 2)
Season:	12
Manga source:	Volume 42: Files 2-4 (426-428)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Jodie Starling Ai Haibara Professor Agasa Shinichi Kudo
Case solved by:	Ran Mouri
Next Conan's Hint:	Convenience store bathroom (Part 1) Tarot card (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Organizer:	Hirohito Ochi
Storyboard:	Hirohito Ochi
Episode director:	343 Hideaki Oniwa 344 Masato Sato
Animation director:	343 Hirobi Muranaka 344 Izumi Shimura
Music
Opening song:	Kimi to Yakusoku Shita Yasashii Ano Basho Made
Closing song:	Kimi to Iu Hikari

Characters introduced

Aya Nanakawa
	Ran and Sonoko's middle school classmate

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Gin (Background) Vodka (Background) Vermouth (Background) Shuichi Akai (Background) Sonoko Suzuki Jodie Starling Ai Haibara Professor Agasa Shinichi Kudo (voice)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Part 1

Jodie is planning to leave, and Ran and Sonoko, stunned by the news, decide to throw her a going away party. They go into the store and find young woman named Aya being accused of shoplifting by her boss. They manage to come up with three possible suspects. Ran attempts to call Shinichi or Conan for help, since both are better at solving mysteries, but surprisingly, Jodie stops her and tells her to use her own deduction.

Shoplifting
	Location: Sunday Mart Suspects: Aya Nanakawa, game maniac, salaryman, and the old lady

Part 2

Aya's boss threatens to fire her and call the police if the case isn't solved, leaving Ran as her only hope. Ran speaks to Shinichi before sharing her deduction.

People

Aya Nanakawa
	Ran and Sonoko's middle school classmate

Store manager
	Sunday Mart manager

Man
	Game maniac

Man
	Salaryman

Old lady
	Old lady

Resolution

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She yells about a fire, forcing the culprit, who was hiding in the store, to reveal culprit, the salaryman. From there, Ran explains her theory. The reason why none of the security cameras was able to capture an intruder was because the thief was residing within the store's restroom air ventilation system. She suspects this idea in how the salaryman would always wait last in line to enter the bathroom politely letting other customers past. He confesses and says he got trapped in the store after closing hours after having been fired. With no way to sustain his life, he decided to stake out the store for food and other daily necessities though he genuinely regretted getting Aya involved and refrained from stealing for a week as well as taking only near expiration bentos to eat. The manager has a change of heart after the confession and hires him as a new store employee. Later, Ran discovers pictures of Shinichi, Conan, and Haibara at Jodie's house.

Manga to anime changes

• The anime failed to draw the irregular borders of Jodie's pictures correctly for a second time after the first omission in English Teacher vs. Great Western Detective. This time, Araide's face was hidden completely under other pictures, making this clue, once again, useless.

See also

• Season 12