Volume 24
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| Release date: | July 17, 1999 | ||
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| ISBN: | ISBN 4-09-125494-2 | ||
| Publisher: | Shogakukan | ||
| English release date: | July 15, 2008 | ||
| English ISBN: | ISBN 1-4215-1676-4 | ||
| English Publisher: | Viz Media | ||
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Volume 24 was released on July 17, 1999 in Japan.
Contents
Cast
Gadgets
Innocent Suspect Case
File 232 - Finding Evidence
The Detective Boys are still investigating.
File 233 - Countdown
People
Blackout Murder Case
Characters introduced
| Tomoaki Araide | |
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| Hikaru Yasumoto | |
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File 234 - Another Half Year...
For some time, Conan has taken notice that Ran seems unusually distant to him (Shinichi) whenever he calls her up lately. The day the case begins, Kogoro (along with Conan and Ran) is called by his physician, Yoshiteru Araide, who tells him that he has "just half a year ..." Devastated, Kogoro confronts his doctor with the assumption that he has only half a year left to live, only to learn that the doctor actually meant for Kogoro to reduce his excessive alcohol consumption in that time to ease up on his liver. When he is called away to treat another patient, his wife, Yoko Araide, mutters derisively under her breath that this case is less medical and more sexual.
While looking for the bathroom, Ran runs into the doctor's son, Tomoaki, and the household aid, Hikaru. Upon learning that Kogoro is the famed 'master detective', Dr. Araide invites Kogoro and company for dinner. While preparing to eat, Dr. Araide decides to take a bath. All the while, Conan notices Ran staring at Tomoaki, and almost all the family present agrees that the two would make a good couple (much to Conan's consternation).
Suddenly, the lights go out, and Hikaru hurries to the fuse box to switch it back on. The light goes on, then blinks out and goes back on again. Wondering where Dr. Ariade is, Yoko and Hikaru go to the bathroom and find him in the bathtub, dead...
File 235 - In the Darkness...
Conan is quick to discover the cause for Dr. Araide's death: his electric razor has fallen into the filled tub, electrocuting him. Though it seems that Dr. Araide must have dropped the razor himself, Conan notices that some things don't quite add up: Why was Dr. Araide sitting with his back to the mirror mounted at the end of the bathtub when he was shaving? And where did Hikaru get the burn mark on her arm? But what distracts Conan from the case is that Ran and Tomoaki seems strangely drawn to each other, and a disconcerting thought dawns inside him: Could Ran have become interested in Tomoaki now ...?
File 236 - The Unbelievable Link
While Kogoro, Megure and Takagi test all possible scenarios, Conan discovers several clues missed by the police and adds them up to the solution of the case. And as usual, he stuns Kogoro to use him as a mouthpiece to deliver his conclusions. But Tomoaki vehemently protests the questionings, claiming that none of his family could have done such a thing!
File 237 - From the Bottom of Heart
People
Hotel Party Murder Case
Characters introduced
| Kenzo Masuyama | |
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| Chris Vineyard | |
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| Shigehiko Nomiguchi | |
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File 238 - The Secret Corner of Betrayal
Haibara had a nightmare about Gin. The day after, back from school with Conan and the Detective Boys, Haibara comes across Gin's Porsche. Conan places a microphone under the seat and they get to know about a Black Organisation member named Pisco, who was sent to Haido City Hotel and tasked to eliminate the corrupt politician Shigehiko Nomiguchi, who had ties with the Organisation.
File 239 - The Black Burial Ranks
All people are all wearing black. There's Chris Vineyard who is an actress from America. Later, the murder occurs.
File 240 - The Sudden Parting
Conan thinks the purple handkerchief he found right after the murder must belong to Pisco and he asks the receptionist about the identity of those who were given such a handkerchief. As the party's guests suddenly rush out of the hall and confront the media, Haibara gets separated from Conan and is abducted by Pisco.
File 241 - The Bullet from the Past
Haibara is locked in a liquor store but manages to escape through the fireplace after regaining her adult body, thanks to Conan's advice to drink baikal. Meanwhile, Conan deduces the identity of Pisco and how he had the room's chandelier fall over Nomiguchi. Gin and Vodka turn up to the hotel and enter the liquor store, hoping to meet Pisco, but left as none was there. Once out of the chimney, Haibara gets shot by Gin.
File 242 - The White World
Conan rushes to the hotel's rooftop to rescue Haibara, who dives into the chimney and ends up recovering her child body. Pisco then confronts her but Conan reveals the latter's identity and how he murdered Nomiguchi. Conan takes Haibara out of the liquor store while Pisco inadvertently causes a fire with his cigarette. He is later killed by Gin as a picture of him will be released tomorrow in the press, showing his raised arm with the gun. Later on, a Black Organisation member named Vermouth tells Gin and Vodka that she will stay in Japan for a while to check out for "something".
People
Trivia
- The title for each chapter are worded as the following in Case Closed:
- File 232 - On the Spot
- File 234 - Six More Months
- File 235 - In the Dark
- File 236 - An Unbelievable Connection
- File 237 - The Remains of the Heart
- File 238 - The Street Corner of Betrayal
- File 239 - The Black Funeral
- File 240 - A Sudden Farewell
- File 241 - A Bullet From the Past
- File 242 - A World in White
Cover in other countries
See also
| Volumes of the Manga | ||
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