The Secret Rushed Omission

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Episode 271-272 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Secret Rushed Omission
Japanese title:	隠して急いで省略 (Kakushite Isoide Shōryaku)
Original airdate:	March 11, 2002 (Part 1) March 18, 2002 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	19.60% 20.90%
Manga case:	#98
Season:	10
Manga source:	Volume 33: File 10 (338) ~ Volume 34: File 1 (340)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Sonoko Suzuki Ran Mouri Jodie Saintemillion Inspector Megure Detective Takagi Detective Chiba Vermouth Shuichi Akai Yukiko Kudo Shiho Miyano Detective Ida
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Inspector Megure
Next Conan's Hint:	○×△ (Part 1) Square (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Masato Sato
Storyboard:	Masato Sato
Episode director:	271 Johei Matsuura 272 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	271 Akiko Kawashima 272 Keiko Sasaki
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Chafurin as Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi as Detective Takagi, Next Conan's Hint Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Isshin Chiba as Detective Chiba, Staff B Miyuki Ichijou as Jodie Saintemillion Mami Koyama as Vermouth Yuji Fujishiro as Norihisa Kisugi Yutaka Nakano as Katsunori Chujo Tetsu Inada as Forensics officer Fumiko Miyashita as Woman Hiroyuki Yokoo as Staff A Matsuo Matsuo as Bunta Kuniyoshi
Music
Opening song:	I can't stop my love for you♥
Closing song:	Yume Mita Ato de

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Sonoko Suzuki Ran Mouri Jodie Saintemillion Inspector Megure Detective Takagi Detective Chiba Vermouth Shuichi Akai (flashback) Shinichi Kudo (flashback) Yukiko Kudo (flashback) Shiho Miyano (in a photo) Detective Ida

Case

Situation

Part 1

Ran, feeling she met the mysterious man before, attempts to remember why. Jodie interrupts the daydreaming Ran in class and asks her the meaning of X to which she is unable to answer correctly. On the way home, they meet Jodie who takes them to the cafe in a department store to warn them about a serial groper. Conan notices a business man named Norihisa Kisugi making a suspicious phone call to a private detective agency director named Katsunori Chujou. Chujo demands Kisugi to pay four times the promised amount or he will not hand over the investigation documents concerning an unknown individual. Kisugi agrees and Chujo enters the department store only to be killed by the unknown culprit.

Murder
	Location: Department store Victim: Katsunori Chujo Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Unknown culprit

A coincidental blackout occurs at the same time, and when the power returns, Chujo is found dead on the top of an escalator with ○×△ written on an envelope. The police understands the message to be a dying message, and using Chujo's phone, allows them to locate the last caller, Kisugi. Kisugi reveals that he hired the detective to search for an embezzler in the company. The documented that contained the embezzler's identity is missing from Chujo's envelope and the police discern the embezzler must be the culprit. Kisugi then hands them Chujo's list of fifty-eight suspects he had received. The police decrease the suspects down to thirty-one after investigating the alibis of the suspects. Conan tells the police a line of blood is found on the edge of the envelope and explains part of Chujo's dying message must be on the escalator. Using a luminol reaction, they discover □ revealing the whole message to be □○×△; Conan notes the square is much bigger than the other three symbol.

Part 2

Conan's investigation leads him to discover the meaning of the symbols, right after Jodie-sensei giving him a small hint. Apparently she was watching him through the investigation.

People

Norihisa Kisugi
	50 years old Administrative manager of a trading company

Katsunori Chujo
	Victim (stabbed) 43 years old Detective agency director

Resolution

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The culprit's face revealed, Bunta Kuniyoshi.

Conan drops hints to Inspector Megure to deduce what the symbols are. Megure explains that the symbols are outlines for kanji and □ is bigger than the other three symbols since it was not cut off. He elaborates further, explaining the three symbols are missing the top portion since they were written past the envelope and onto the document. The culprit is revealed to be Bunta Kuniyoshi (国吉文太, Kuniyoshi Bunta), correcting that the bottom of 吉 is usually more round. The police interrogate Kuniyoshi and convict him for the murder after Takagi gathers the shredded pieces of the documents with blood and piece them together forming the missing top portion of ○×△ and fully spelling Kuniyoshi's name. Kuniyoshi confesses explaining he wanted a better life for his poor family. Ran, learning the meaning of X, sends a mail to Shinichi with Xs. Elsewhere, Vermouth sends a message to Gin with X's in her message explaining they are a sign of feminine affection but can also be a sign of hate before throwing a dart at a picture of Shiho with an X through it.

Manga to anime changes

• As Ran is distracted by trying to remember more about the man with a black cap and Shinichi's disappearance, the anime adds a scene where Sonoko is try to get Ran's attention before Jodie takes notice that the former isn't focusing on the assignment.
• Episode 271 ends with Conan questioning why the □ symbol is larger than the other with the screen zooming out on him while showing all symbols in the background.
• The anime shows Conan sneezing after Sonoko talks about how Shinichi lacks an understanding on certain subjects.

Trivia

• Although this episode is traditionally animated, this is the first non-special episode to use digital animation due to the opening credits.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	小五郎の推理	Kogorō no Suiri	Kogoro's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
3	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
4	新少年探偵団のテーマ	Shin Shōnen Tanteidan no Tēma	The New Detective Boys' Theme	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
5	新一の名推理	Shin'ichi no Meisuiri	Shinichi's Great Deduction	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
6	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
8	悪のテーマ （パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	ターゲット サスペンスＡ	Tāgetto Sasupensu A	Target Suspense A	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	黒い影─挑戦	Kuroi Kage - Chōsen	Black Shadow - Challenge	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
12	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
14	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	真相究明	Shinsō Kyūmei	Investigating the Truth	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
17	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
18	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
19	犯人のアジト	Hannin no Ajito	The Culprit's Hideout	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
20	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
21	夢みたあとで	Yume Mita Ato de	After I've Been Dreaming	Yume Mita Ato de

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥	I can't stop my love for you♥
2	謎解き （その２）	Nazotoki (Sono 2)	Riddle Solution (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
4	尋問	Jinmon	Interrogation	Detective Conan "The Last Wizard of the Century" Original Soundtrack
5	第２の殺人事件	Dai 2 no Satsujin Jiken	The Second Murder Case	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
6	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
7	キーワードの謎解き	Kiiwādo no Nazotoki	Keyword to the Riddle Solution	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
8	ターゲット サスペンスＣ	Tāgetto Sasupensu C	Target Suspense C	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
9	真相究明	Shinsō Kyūmei	Investigating the Truth	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
10	小さな巨人	Chiisana Kyojin	A Small Great Person	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
11	小五郎の推理	Kogorō no Suiri	Kogoro's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
12	小五郎の推理	Kogorō no Suiri	Kogoro's Deduction	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
13	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
14	とっておきクイズ	Totte Oki Kuizu	Take the Quiz	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
15	トリック	Torikku	Trick	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
16	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	コナンの勝利 （夜空ver.）	Konan no Shōri (Yozora ver.)	Conan's Victory (Night Sky ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
18	１０年後の歩美	10 Nengo no Ayumi	Ayumi 10 Years Later	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
19	哀の予感～ジンのテーマＥ	Ai no Yokan ~ Jin no Tēma E	Ai's Premonition ~ Gin's Theme E	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
20	夢みたあとで	Yume Mita Ato de	After I've Been Dreaming	Yume Mita Ato de
21	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
22	驚愕の真実	Kyōgaku no Shinjitsu	Surprising Truth	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack

In other languanges

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan	L'enigma dels abreujaments
Galician	Agóchate, apura e abrevia
German	Eine ungewöhnliche Nachricht	An Unusual Message
Spanish	Oculto, con prisas y abreviado

See also

• Season 10