The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm

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Episode 392 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm
Japanese title:	謎めく身長差20cm (Nazomeku Shinchōsa 20cm)
Original airdate:	March 14, 2005
Broadcast rating:	12.5%
Filler case:	#126
Season:	14
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi Juzo Megure Miwako Sato Kogoro Mouri Presiding judge Detective Konno Side judge A Side judge A
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi
Next Conan's Hint:	Chandelier
Staff
Director:	Masato Sato
Screenplay:	Nao Morishita
Storyboard:	Rokou Ogiwara
Episode director:	Rokou Ogiwara
Animation director:	Akira Watanabe
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Atsuko Yuya as Miwako Sato Takeshi Watabe as Katsugoro Kitamura Shigeru Ushiyama as Yuuichi Minamida Kisho Taniyama as Employee
Music
Opening song:	START
Closing song:	Wasurezaki

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi Juzo Megure Miwako Sato Kogoro Mouri Presiding judge (flashback) Side judge A (flashback) Side judge B (flashback) Detective Konno (flashback) Unnamed officer (flashback) Unnamed officer (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

On a walk with Ran, Conan runs into Detective Takagi who explains that Katsugoro Kitamura, the president of a construction company, is found dead from a stab wound.

Murder
	Location: Construction company office Victim: Katsugoro Kitamura Age: 47 years old Cause of death: Stab wound Suspects: Yuuichi Minamida

The suspect, Yuuichi Minamida, is in custody while the police attempt to figure out how the murder was done. The knife angle on the body suggests Kitamura was murdered by someone shorter than him. Minamida is 20 cm taller than Kitamura making it technically impossible.

People

Katsugoro Kitamura
	Victim (stabbed) 47 years old Town factory president

Yuuichi Minamida
	47 years old Western restaurant owner/chef

Man
	Town factory employee Kitamura's assistant

Resolution

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Conan drops subtle hints allowing Takagi to solve the murder. Takagi reveals that Yuuichi Minamida unscrewed the light bulbs in Kitamura's room. During the meeting, Kitamura uses a step ladder to fix the lights but is stabbed by Minamida. As evidence, Takagi reveals that there is a lack of evidence on the light bulbs even though Kitamura changed them recently. Minamida confesses to the crime and reveals that Kitamura had been blackmailing him for the land below Minamida's restaurant. The restaurant was the gift his father gave him after he was shunned by his family for a murder he did not commit.

Trivia

• They're not listed as such on the credits, but Minami Takayama and Wakana Yamazaki voice the two comedians.
• In Kitamura office, the painting with Taj Mahal reappears in Masakage's house from Conan and Heiji's Deduction Magic and in Sakaguchi house from The Detective Boys' Bluebird Chase. Open spoiler box to see images.

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Episode 392

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BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	START	START	START	START
2	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
3	哀のサスペンス～ジンのテーマＢ	Ai no Sasupensu ~ Jin no Tēma B	Ai's Suspense ~ Gin's Theme B	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
4	事件現場 （謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
5	何かが起きる…	Nanika ga Okiru...	Something Happened...	Detective Conan "The Fourteenth Target" Original Soundtrack
6	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
7	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
8	怪人包帯男１	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	忍び寄る危機	Shinobiyoru Kiki	Incoming Crisis	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
10	忍び寄る影	Shinobiyoru Kage	Creeping Shadow	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
11	「何だこの痕跡は？」 （未収録ヴァージョン）	"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?" (Mi Shūroku Vājon)	"What Is This a Trace Of?" (Unreleased Version)
12	推理 （オリジナルver.）	Suiri (Orijinaru ver.)	Deduction (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	顛末（TENMATSU）	Tenmatsu (TENMATSU)	The Facts (TENMATSU)	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
14	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
15	映画BGM	Eiga BGM	Movie BGM	Detective Conan "Countdown to Heaven" Original Soundtrack
16	事件現場 （ショートver.）	Jiken Genba (Shōto ver.)	Scene of the Case (Short ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
17	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
18	Need not to know.	Need not to know.	Need not to know.	Detective Conan "Captured in Her Eyes" Original Soundtrack
19	コナンの夢 （夕暮れver.）	Konan no Yume (Yūgure ver.)	Conan's Dream (Twilight ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
20	忘れ咲き	Wasurezaki	Forget-Me-Not	Wasurezaki
21	はずむ蘭	Hazumu Ran	Bouncing Ran	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La misteriosa discrepància dels 20 centímetres	The mysteryous divergence of 20 centimeters
Catalan (Valencian dub)	La misteriosa diferència dels vint centímetres	The mysteryous difference of 20 centimeters
German	Die geheimnisvollen 20 Zentimeter Größenunterschied	The mysteryous big difference of 20 centimeters
Italian	Venti centimetri di troppo	The Too Much 20cm
Vietnamese	Cách biệt chiều cao khó hiểu 20cm

See also

• Season 14