Episode 1 first aired on January 8, 1996 in Japan. It is the pilot episode of the series.
Characters introduced
Plot
Case 1: Crime at the Private Mansion
The episode starts with a crime investigation at a private mansion after a man was found dead with a bullet in his heart in a locked room.
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Private Mansion
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| Victim:
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Yamazaki
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| Cause of death:
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Gunshot Wound
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| Suspects:
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Owner/Host, Guests
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| President Yamazaki of Yatsubishi Bank is found dead in a locked room with a bullet through his chest.
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People
Situation
The episode starts in a mansion where a party seemed to have been interrupted after a man was found dead with a bullet in his heart. The police, lead by Inspector Megure, is investigating the crime scene. The victim is President Yamazaki of Yatsubishi Bank.
Resolution
While the mansion owner, ???, is talking to Megure about the case, Shinichi Kudo comes on the crime scene and affirms that the murderer is still in the room and that he entered from the window on the 3rd floor and left the same way. The lack of footprints implies it was an inside job. [...]
Case 2: Roller Coaster Murder Case
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Tropical Land
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| Victim:
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Kishida
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Decapitation
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| Suspects:
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Aiko, Hitomi, Reiko, Men in Black
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| Kishida was beheaded while riding a roller-coaster in a tunnel.
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People
Situation
Resolution
The killer used her backpack to escape her seatbelt and used wire and put it around the victim's head, tying it somewhere else on the ride, beheading him.
Differences from the manga
- The inclusion of the Detective Boys.
- The mansion owner kills a friend instead of his wife.
See also
