The Desperate Revival

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Episode 188-193 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Desperate Revival
Japanese title:	命がけの復活 (Inochigake no Fukkatsu)
Original airdate:	May 1, 2000 (The Cavern of the Detective Boys) May 8, 2000 (The Wounded Great Detective) May 15, 2000 (The Third Choice) May 22, 2000 (The Black Knight) May 29, 2000 (Shinichi's Return) June 5, 2000 (The Promised Place)
Season:	7
Manga source:	Volume 25: File 9 (251-253) ~ Volume 26: File 7 (254-260)
Case
Cast:	Shinichi Kudo Ran Mouri Heiji Hattori
Cases solved by:	Shinichi Kudo (x2) Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Heiji Hattori
Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	188 Hiroshi Matsuzono 189 Hiroshi Matsuzono 190 Kenji Kodama 191 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 192 Chika Ichimaru 193 Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	188 Hiroshi Matsuzono 189 Hiroshi Matsuzono 190 Kenji Kodama 191 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 192 Chika Ichimaru 193 Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	188 Hiroshi Kurimoto 189 Nana Harada 190 Kazuo Nogami 191 Kazuo Nogami 192 Nana Harada 193 Minoru Tozawa
Animation director:	188 Masayuki Hiraoka 189 Atsushi Aono 190 Miwa Oshima 191 Hirobi Muranaka 192 Kumiko Shishido 193 Keiko Sasaki
Music
Opening song:	Mysterious Eyes
Closing song:	Secret of my heart

The Desperate Revival is a story-arc that appeared in both the manga and the anime. In the anime, the arc was over six episodes long, and consisted of episodes 188-193. In the arc, it's apparent that Ran once again comes to the conclusion that Shinichi and Conan are the same person, and after Conan is shot by a group of thugs in a cave, he decides to tell her the truth. However, with the help of Heiji and Haibara, he is able to convince Ran that Conan and Shinichi are not the same. Plus, Haibara has created a prototype antidote for him, and he is now Shinichi! However, the antidote does not last long, and leads to heartbreaking results in the life of Shinichi and Ran.

Gadgets introduced

Voice-Changing Face Mask
	A face mask voice-changer

Cast

Characters
Shinichi Kudo Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Ai Haibara Heiji Hattori Ayumi Yoshida Genta Kojima Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Kogoro Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Professor Agasa Kazuha Toyama Tomoaki Araide 100px Detective Chiba Yusaku Kudo (flashback) Yukiko Kudo (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Stun-Gun Wristwatch Detective Boys Badge Criminal Tracking Glasses

Plot

The Cavern of the Detective Boys (Manga: , Anime: 188-189)

Situation

Conan´s wound

Ran is practicing for her princess role in a play that Sonoko wrote for their campus festival. Conan and her father object to who her partner is for the said play since she had to kiss someone. Just as Ran decides to take a quick shower for her practice, she is told that the shower is broken. Conan also wanted to take one so he asks Ran if she wants to go with him to Professor Agasa's house and take a shower there. When Ran comes over, Haibara goes to the basement for some important research and says she doesn't want to be bothered by anyone. Later, the Detective boys go to a camping site and find a limestone cavern. The gang decides to explore the cavern and Genta discovers a corpse and people disposing of it. One culprit notices them so he shoots and seriously wounds Conan. The Detective Boys search for an exit while running away from the culprit, and they managed to outrun them, but get trapped in a dead end passage. They hear from the murderers that there is one exit, but all the other passages in the cavern are dead ends. The branches are arranged in an unusual fashion and their is a strange pedestal with a round shaped stone on it. Conan passes out from his injury, but manages to relay a final hint to the detective boys on which passage to take.

People

Man #1
	Suspect

Man #2
	Suspect

Man #3
	Suspect

Resolution

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The Detective boys figure out the caverns are names for Shogi pieces from Conan's hints, the layout, and trial and error. They use their detective badges to attract bats and distract the man watching for them. They flee down the correct path, but the cuspects catch up and threaten to kill them. Luckily Haibara and Agasa informed Megure who has the cave surrounded. The culprits give up.

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The Wounded Great Detective (Manga: , Anime: 189-190)

Situation

As they rush the wounded Conan to the hospital and Conan is in need of a blood transfusion Ran offers her blood saying she has the same blood and Conan thinks Ran already knows he is Shinichi. Recovering in hospital from his bullet wound, Conan contemplates telling Ran his true identity, since, Ran was already certain of who he was as she knew Conan's blood-type when she donated her blood, the same as Shinichi's. But Ai Haibara shows up and points a gun at him, revealing that the Black Organization knew of her real identity and betrayal, but were willing to rerecruit her giving that she killed Conan and his family.

Resolution

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Ai Haibara points a gun at Conan

Haibara reveals her claim to be a hoax which she was using to simply prove a point that it was what she would have done if given such circumstances. She then warns Conan of the dangers of him revealing his identity to Ran, now that Ran suspects Conan to be Shinichi Ai states Conan has 3 choices; 1, he continues coldly not revealing his identity, 2, he reveals his identity to Ran and hopes that the Black Organization doesn't discover them, the third option however is not revealed.

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The Third Choice and The Black Knight (Manga: , Anime: 190-191)

Situation

Later Ran is cast in a school play, while discussing the play with her friends, Conan shows up wearing a face mask due to a cold he had. During the play Ran plays a princess who was abducted by bandits but saved by a mysterious Black Knight with his face shrouded, at first believing it was sensei, the Black Knight appears to go off script embracing her and kisses her, but the romantic scene is disrupted when a man is murdered, seemingly by potassium cyanide poisoning in a drink.

Murder
	Location: High school stage Victim: Kohei Kamata Cause of death: Cyanide poisoning Suspects: Yota Mitani, Mai Kogami, Yumemi Noda, and Ayako Ninagawa

As revealed by a young man in the audience who seemingly turns out to be Shinichi Kudo, but is quickly revealed by Kazuha to be Heiji in disguise. After a series of questionings Heiji, although unsure of how the victim was poisoned was certain that the murderer was one of four prime suspects. The police are unable to find the source of the poison from the drinks. As they are able to rule the death as a suicide, the black knight declares it was a murder

People

Yota Mitani
	27 years old Audience member Beika General Hospital guard

Mai Kogami
	28 years old Audience member Beika General Hospital clerical employee

Yumemi Noda
	27 years old Audience member Beika General Hospital nurse

Kohei Kamata
	Victim (poison) 28 years old Audience member Beika General Hospital doctor

Ayako Ninagawa
	18 years old High school senior

Resolution

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The Black Knight reveals his identity to be Shinichi. Shinichi reveals that the poison was placed in the ice cubes and that Mazuda had a habit of eating ice. He reveals the murderer to be Mazuda's friend, Mai Kogami. Shinichi explains that Mai kept the ice cubes in a little purse which was kept cool through dry ice. Mai says that she bought the same drink as Mazuda and that there was only a fifty percent chance that he would take the drink with the poisoned ice cubes. Shinichi explains she put ice cubes in both drinks and that after emptying her drink, she placed the poisoned ice cubes in her hood evidenced when a 10 yen coin undergoes a chemical reaction with contact to her hood. Mai confesses and explains that Mazuda murdered his patient in order to have his medical thesis published. Shinichi collapses after solving the case and wakes up and realizes he still retains he is still Shinichi and has not regressed back to Conan.

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Shinichi's Return and The Promised Place (Manga: , Anime: 192-193)

Situation

Shinichi´s confession

The next day, Shinichi takes Ran to a fancy restaurant in order to confess his love. Meanwhile, a man named Satoru Ooba kisses his girlfriend. When the elevator opens up behind her, he shoots and murders, Taiji Tatsumi, his boss and his girlfriend's father-in-law.

Murder
	Location: Elevator Victim: Taiji Tatsumi Cause of death: Gunshot wound Suspects: Satoru Ooba

Before Shinichi could confess, he investigates the murder and realizes Ooba is the murderer.

Conan says the words of Shinichi to Ran

People

Taiji Tatsumi
	Victim (gunshot) 58 years old Game company chief executive

Satoru Ooba
	31 years old Game company department head

Sakurako Tatsumi
	26 years old Taiji Tatsumi's daughter

Resolution

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Shinichi confirms Ooba to be the murderer and reveals that he used a glove and plastic bag so his clothes would not be stained with gunpowder. He reveals that the plastic bag was hid in a mascot costume and that it contains Ooba's fingerprints. Ooba counters stating that his co-workers also touched the plastic bag. Shinichi reveals that Ooba confessed to the crimes also since he said his girlfriend's earrings were pink yet color is not distinguishable in the dark and thus reveals that Ooba was with his girlfriend when the elevator doors opened. Ooba confesses and reveals that his father's company was destroyed by Tatsumi and prompted his father to suicide. Shinichi escapes to the bathroom and regresses back to Conan. Conan tells Ran that Shinichi left to solve the case and leaves her heartbroken.

Resolution

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Important event summaries

• Conan is shot and is given a blood transfusion by Ran. Ran thinks Conan is Shinichi.
• In order to alleviate Ran's suspicion, Haibara gives Conan the first temporary antidote to APTX 4869 so he can become Shinichi while she takes up the role of Conan so they can both appear at the same time. Ran is fooled
• Shinichi tries to confess to Ran at the place Yukiko and Yuusaku proposed, but fails to do so before he turns back into Conan.

Trivia

The melody of the song that sings in the shower Ran is "Secret of my Heart " by Mai Kuraki

Manga to anime changes

• The Wounded Great Detective: When thinking over whether to tell Ran his secret, he recalls his parents parting words from The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases. The anime omits that scene.
• The Third Choice: In the anime, after it's revealed that Shinichi is really Heiji, Megure made a comment about how they don't need anyone else showing idiotic behavior like Kogoro (prompting an annoyed stare by Kogoro, with Megure passing his comment as a joke).

Gallery

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  Ran offers to donate blood to Conan

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  Haibara fires a gun of roses at Conan

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  Heiji attempting to disguise himself as Shinichi to alleviate Ran's suspicions.

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  Shinichi returns

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  Shinichi and Haibara in the bathroom

See also

• Season 7