The Secret of the Search for his Wife

Chronology
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Episode 975 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Secret of the Search for his Wife
Japanese title:	妻探しの秘密 (Tsuma Sagashi no Himitsu)
Original airdate:	July 4, 2020
Broadcast rating:	7.8%
Filler case:	#330
Season:	28
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Teacher B
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Flyer
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Screenplay:	Asami Ishikawa
Storyboard:	Koichiro Kuroda
Episode director:	Koichiro Kuroda
Animation director:	Seiji Muta (supervisor) Kaoru Nagakawa and Michitaka Yamamoto
Character design:	Hiroshi Ogawa (design works) Rei Masunaga
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Takahiro Mizushima as Masaki Higuchi Chinatsu Akasaki as Tomomi Higuchi Masumi Asano as Sakie Tsutsumi Naoki Tamanoi as Old man Rinko Hayashi as Housewife Katsumi Fukuhara as Boy Yuko Tsubaki as Mother Yukinori Okubata as Young man
Music
Opening song:	Makka na Lip
Closing song:	Sukoshi Zutsu Sukoshi Zutsu

The Secret of the Search for his Wife (妻探しの秘密 ,Tsuma Sagashi no Himitsu) is the 975th episode of the Detective Conan anime. It was originally scheduled for April 25, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Teacher B (cameo)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Voice-Changing Bowtie

Case

Situation

Missing person
290px	Location: Beika-cho Victim: Tomomi Higuchi Age: 29 Time: 3 days ago Masaki Higuchi asks Kogoro to solve the mystery behind his wife's disappearance, which he thought was strange.

Murder
290px	Location: Higuchi house Victim: Tomomi Higuchi Age: 29 Time: 3 days ago Cause of death: Stabbing Suspects: Masaki Higuchi While the police were searching the house, one of the officers dug in the ground and found what was Tomomi's body. Masaki then became the prime suspect.

People

Masaki Higuchi
	32 years old Office worker

Tomomi Higuchi
	Victim (stabbed) 29 years old Masaki's wife Florist Amateur actress

Woman A
	Next door neighbor of the Higuchis Housewife

Man A
	Man living in front of the Higuchis Retired

Man B
	Man living diagonally from the Higuchis

Man C
	Man living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Bandage on forehead

Woman B
100px	Woman living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Scratches on legs

Woman C
	Woman living behind the Higuchis Suspicious neighbor Bandages on left arm

Boy
	Woman C's son

Police Officer A
	Tokyo MPD police officer

Police Officer B
	Tokyo MPD police officer

Resolution

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The culprit is the woman with scratches, who is named in fact Sakie Tsutsumi.

Trivia

• The restaurant where Masaki had a date with his wife is Arsène, the skyview restaurant which appeared in The Desperate Revival, and he was bringing his wife a Fusae brand gift.
• The kindergarten where Shinichi, Ran, and Sonoko went to is located near the Higuchis' house.
• The play Tomomi is cast in is Shakespeare's Othello.
• The sweatshirt wearing by Ran in the ending is the same from The Missing Sweets in the Old Shop.

See also

• Season 28