Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case

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Episode 690-691 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Yusaku Kudo's Cold Case
Japanese title:	工藤優作の未解決事件 (Kudō Yūsaku no Mikaiketsu Jiken)
Original airdate:	March 9, 2013 (Part 1) March 16, 2013 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	8.1% 8.7%
Manga case:	#235
Season:	22
Manga source:	Volume 77: Files 6-8 (812-814)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Yusaku Kudo Kogoro Mouri Inspector Megure Masumi Sera Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo Detective Boys Ai Haibara Subaru Okiya Detective Takagi
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Next Conan's Hint:	Candy (Part 1) Coins (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Umesaburo Sagawa
Storyboard:	Umesaburo Sagawa
Episode director:	690 Kouichirou Kuroda 691 Akira Yoshimura
Animation director:	690 Michitaka Yamamoto 691 Nobuyuki Iwai, Kenichi Otomo, Miharu Nagano
Music
Opening song:	TRY AGAIN
Closing song:	Hitomi no Melody

The case begins with a memory from the past, in which Shinichi's father, Yusaku Kudo, is shown telling Inspector Megure and Mouri Kogoro (who was a police officer at the time) that there is no need to worry about serial murder despite the ominous "death" character written next to the victim's body.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Yusaku Kudo (flashback/background) Kogoro Mouri (flashback) Inspector Megure Masumi Sera Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Shinichi Kudo (flashback/background) Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Ai Haibara Subaru Okiya Detective Takagi Night Baron (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Anywhere Ball Dispensing Belt

Case

Situation

Part 1

Ran, Sonoko, and Sera are discussing the case abandoned by Yusaku Kudo when they come across people crowded around a dead body. The "death" character was written facing the body, indicating a possible murder. At Shinichi's house, Conan, Ran, Sonoko, Sera, and Subaru inspect the photo from the case in the past; when the "death" characters in both cases are found to be similar, they are left wondering how Yusaku Kudo could have determined that the case was not a murder.

Murder? (Past)
	Victim: Takefumi Kooriyama Cause of death: Stab wound

Murder?
	Location: Next to the vending machine on a street Victim: Isao Takaichi Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the liver

Part 2

In a phone call with Ran as Shinichi, Conan hears that Subaru compared him to a ninja. Reminded of the sanada flag with its six coins, Conan solves the mystery.

People

Isao Takaichi
	Victim (blood loss)

Takefumi Kooriyama
100px	Deceased (stabbed) Preschool principal

Ryousuke Nishimura
100px	5 years old Witness

Man
	Gangster

Man
	Gangster

Man
	Gangster

Resolution

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Takefumi Kooriyama's death was an accident. The death characters were coincidental flukes made by candies and a thumb edge in Kooriyama's case was place by the Ryousuke Nishimura, and coins, the edge of a wallet, and a cigarette in Isao's case. The reason why the truth in Korriyama's death wasn't made public was to protect the child from being looked down on, since his action could be misunderstood as a prank. Megure correctly ruled Isao's case to be a theft as some thieves stole Isao's wallet post-mortem. The thieves returned to the crime scene and attacked Sera, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan to cover their involvement in the theft. A little Jeet Kun Do, karate, and a well placed soccer ball dispatched the thieves easily. Sera's thoughts at the end of the episode seem to indicate she knows something about Shinichi's past.

Gallery

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  Sera is inspecting the victim

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  Ran, Sonoko and Sera in front of Shinichi's house

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  Sera is shocked to see Subaru

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  Subaru teasing Conan

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  Discussing about the case

See also

• Season 22