The Alibi of the Black Dress

Chronology
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Episode 575-576 (Int. Episode 626-627)
Information
Title:	The Alibi of the Black Dress
Japanese title:	黒きドレスのアリバイ (Kuroki Doresu no Aribai)
Original airdate:	May 29, 2010 (Part 1) June 5, 2010 (Part 2)
Broadcast rating:	8,10% 7,90%
Manga case:	#203
Season:	19
Manga source:	Volume 66: File 11 (696) ~ Volume 67: File 2 (698)
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Ai Haibara Officer Tome
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Cup (Part 1) Twins (Part 2)
Staff
Director:	Koujin Ochi
Organizer:	Shigenori Kageyama
Storyboard:	Shigenori Kageyama
Episode director:	575 Minoru Tozawa 576 Shigeru Yamazaki
Animation director:	575 Chiemi Hironaka 576 Akio Kawamura
Character design:	Masatomo Sudo Junko Yamanaka Miharu Nagano (sub-character) Kumiko Shishido (design works)
Production cooperation:	576 BIG BANG
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Edogawa Conan Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri   Rikiya Koyama as Kogoro Mouri  Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Chafurin as Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi as Wataru Takagi Yuri Shiratori as Mihiro Kuze Yuko Kaida as Yuika Shodo Asako Dodo as Clerk Emiri Kato as Girl Takashi Maejima as Foreigner A Toshimitsu Oda as Foreigner B Rika Komatsu as Gothic Lolita shop clerk
Music
Opening song:	As the Dew
Closing song:	Hello Mr. my yesterday

The Alibi of the Black Dress (黒きドレスのアリバイ ,Kuroki Doresu no Aribai) is the 575th and 576th episode of Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Juzo Megure Wataru Takagi Officer Tome Ai Haibara (background)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Part 1

Kogoro, Ran, Sonoko, and Conan are at a tea house when a woman wearing gothic lolita fashion clothing enters the tea house, orders a glass of water, and leaves. Ten minutes later, a woman named Yuika Shodo, arrives to the tea house where they learn that she was suppose to meet with the woman from before. The four then leave to go shopping. On the way, a pair of thieves tries to steal their shopping bags by spilling ice cream on Ran and Sonoko but are foiled by Conan. The girls are forced to change in a public restroom where they find the gothic girl from before dead.

Murder
	Location: Women restroom at Yoyogi park, Harajuku Victim: Mihiro Kuze Age: 26 years old Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Yuika Shodo Conan and Kogoro panic from Sonoko's scream. The gothic girl is dead in restroom.

The cellphone of the gothic girl, revealed to be Mihiro Kuze, has been ringing every ten minutes for the past two hours and on the phone is Shodo. The police confirm with the waitress at the tea house that Kuze and Shodo arrived ten minutes apart and with the public restroom thirty minutes away, it removes Shodo as a suspect. Conan however reveals that the gothic girl that entered the restaurant may not have been Kuze since the gothic lolita fashion distracts them from her face.

Part 2

The police investigate the glass the gothic girl was drinking which holds Kuze's fingerprints. At the ghotic lolita shop where Kuze bought her clothes. The employee there revealed that the gothic clothes Conan investigates and realizes the trick to Shodo's alibi.

People

Mihiro Kuze
	Victim (strangled) 26 years old Birthday: February 18th, 1983 Lives in Haido-cho

Yuika Shodo
	26 years old Office lady Mihiro's best friend

Mr. Kuze
	Mihiro's father

Kadowaki
	Mihiro's dating partner

Waitress
	Star Moon Cafe waitress

Sayaka
	Gothic and Lolita Sayaka shop owner Costume maker

Man #1
	Ice cream robber

Man #2
	Ice cream robber

Lady
	Yoyogi Park restroom user

Resolution

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Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and reveals that the Gothic Girl that entered the tea house was Yuika Shodo and that the glass was prepared with Mihiro's fingerprints. As evidence, Conan reveals that the wound on Shodo's left arm shows that she had been scratched recently, most likely by Kuze while strangling her, and that her blood must be in the public restroom somewhere. Soon after, Takagi calls confirming that a luminol reaction reveals blood in the next stall and a test will prove whose blood it is. Shodo confesses and reveals that Kuze caused her to lose her boyfriend, housing, job, and friends as Mihiro wanted to Shodo to be friends with only her as she is also unsure that Shodo will forgot her as her friend or not. This prompted Sonoko to give a speech to Shodo. "Are you an idiot?! So what if a friendship is unreliable and fragile! That way, when you communicate with your heart, you can feel warmth inside. If it were as hard as some chattering iron plate... You wouldn't feel that warmth, you know?!", yelled Sonoko. Hearing that, Shodo finally realized if she had told this to Mihiro long ago, Mihiro would have more trust and belief in their friendship.

Manga to anime changes

• The manga has a short scene where Mihiro and Yuika talk over the phone and agree to meet, with Mihiro's gothic lolita stuff seen briefly behind her. The anime makes said scene much longer, showing off Mihiro's very large and lavish wardrobe and accessories collection.

Trivia

• This is the first case in Harajuku, a Tokyo district associated with Japanese street fashion.
• Mihiro is a member of the Japanese subculture known as Gothic Lolita.

BGM listing

Part 1

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:06 - 0:46	ベルモット	Berumotto	Vermouth	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
1:13 - 1:22	クリスタル	Kurisutaru	Crystal	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
3:27 - 4:30	?????
4:42 - 5:07	?????
5:16 - 6:15	ハテナレンコン	Hatena Renkon	Now the Lotus Root	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
6:36 - 7:04	?????
8:04 - 8:24	ディスティニー アイランド	Disutinii Airando	Destiny Island	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
8:26 - 9:20	?????
9:43 - 9:52	サスペンスウィンドウ	Sasupensu Windō	Suspense Window	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
9:53 - 10:14	しなやかな刑事たち	Shinayakana Keijitachi	Pliant Detectives	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
10:34 - 10:38	記憶の色	Kioku no Iro	Colour of Memory	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
11:46 - 12:00	シャーク フィアー	Shāku Fiā	Fear Shark	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
12:05 - 12:18	エグザミネ	Eguzamine	Examine	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
12:19 - 13:31	ラルゴ サスペンス	Rarugo Sasupensu	Largo Suspense	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
14:02 - 16:01	?????
16:41 - 18:26	からくれないの雲	Kurakurenai no Kumo	Unable to Hide in the Clouds	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
19:01 - 20:19	?????
21:01 - 22:38	現金輸送車(回想)	Genkin Yusōsha (Kaisō)	Bank Transport Vehicle (Flashback)	Detective Conan "The Private Eyes' Requiem" Original Soundtrack

Part 2

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
0:01 - 0:43	?????
2:51 - 3:51	?????
3:57 - 4:17	?????
4:21 - 5:20	?????
5:35 - 6:01	?????
6:03 - 6:34	ダークな予感	Dāku na Yokan	Foreboding Darkness	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
6:48 - 8:02	?????
8:06 - 8:33	?????
8:46 - 10:14	「何だこの痕跡は？」	"Nanda Kono Konseki wa?"	"What Is This a Trace Of?"	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 4 ~Isoge! Shōnen Tanteidan~
10:35 - 10:43	記憶の色	Kioku no Iro	Colour of Memory	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
10:46 - 11:16	キープアウト	Kiipu Auto	Keep Out	Detective Conan "The Raven Chaser" Original Soundtrack
11:20 - 12:34	シャーク テラー	Shāku Terā	Terror Shark	Detective Conan "Jolly Roger in the Deep Azure" Original Soundtrack
12:37 - 14:30	?????
14:57 - 16:44	?????
17:00 - 17:49	?????
18:09 - 18:55	グラーヴェ サイド	Gurāve Saido	Grave Side	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
19:31 - 21:24	どこだどこだ!!	Doko da Doko da!!	Where is it Where is it!!	Detective Conan "Magician of the Silver Sky" Original Soundtrack
22:46 - 23:06	?????
23:22 - 23:49	ドルチェ サウンド	Doruche Saundo	Dolce Sound	Detective Conan "Full Score of Fear" Original Soundtrack
23:52 - 23:59	?????

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Catalan (Catalan dub)	La coartada del vestit negre	The alibi of the black dress
Indonesian (subbed)	Alibi Gaun Hitam	Alibi of the Black Dress
Italian	L'alibi del vestito nero	The alibi of the black dress
Thai	หลักฐานที่อยู่จากชุดสีดำ	The Alibi of the Black Dress
Vietnamese	Chứng cớ ngoại phạm của chiếc váy đen

See also

• Season 19