The Truth Behind Valentine's

Location:	Suito House
Victim:	Yoshitaka Nigaki
Cause of death:	Blunt force trauma
Suspects:	Chiyoko Yuasa, Mika Konakawa, Ako Amari, Yuzo Sakami, and Hajime Itakura

	Murder
Location:	Suito House
Victim:	Yoshitaka Nigaki
Cause of death:	Blunt force trauma
Suspects:	Chiyoko Yuasa, Mika Konakawa, Ako Amari, Yuzo Sakami, and Hajime Itakura

	Episode 266-268 ; (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
	Information
Title:	The Truth Behind Valentine's
Japanese title:	バレンタインの真実 ; (Barentain no Shinjitsu)
Original airdate:	January 28, 2002 (The Case); February 4, 2002 (The Deduction); February 11, 2002 (The Resolution)
Season:	10
Manga source:	Volume 33: Files 3-6 (331-334)
	Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa; Ran Mouri; Sonoko Suzuki; Kogoro Mouri; Makoto Kyogoku; Ai Haibara; Detective Boys; James Black; Shuichi Akai
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Playing ball (Part 1); Completely black photo (Part 2); Wristwatch (Part 3)
	Staff
Director:	Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer:	Chika Ichimaru
Storyboard:	Chika Ichimaru
Episode director:	266 Hideaki Oniwa; 267 Toru Kitahata; 268 Hideki Hiroshima
Animation director:	266 Keiichi Ishida; 267 Hirobi Muranaka; 268 Atsushi Aono
Voice Cast:
	Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2); Kappei Yamaguchi as Shinichi Kudo; Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri, Next Conan's Hint (Part 2 & 3); Akira Kamiya as Kogoro Mouri; Megumi Hayashibara as Ai Haibara; Yukiko Iwai as Ayumi Yoshida; Ikue Otani as Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya; Wataru Takagi as Genta Kojima, Next Conan's Hint (Part 1); Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki, Next Conan's Hint (Part 3); Nobuyuki Hiyama as Makoto Kyogoku; Tomie Kataoka as Chiyoko Yuasa; Tomoyuki Dan as Yoshitaka Nigaki; Aya Hisakawa as Ako Amari; Yuko Sasaki as Mika Konakawa; Mugihito as Yuzo Sakami; Tetsuo Kaneo as Hajime Itakura
	Music
Opening song:	Winter Bells
Closing song:	Yume Mita Ato de

Chronology
‹ Courtroom Confrontation: Kisaki vs. Kogoro	List of Episodes	The Forgotten Memento from the Crime ›

Cast

Characters

James Black (flashback)

Shuichi Akai (flashback)

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Wristwatch Flashlight

Case

Situation

The Murder

Sonoko invites Ran to come to a house in the hills where their chocolates are blissed with good fortune for love. Conan and Mouri attend too. Once there, they meet two men who are out hunting for a Japanese wolf, an old lady who owns the place her two female assistants and a male photographer. The females there start making chocolate as gifts for the one they love. Sonoko makes hers for Makoto and Ran leaves hers nameless. A snowstorm occurs and the photographer is found dead by Conan and the dog named Subaru.

The Reasoning

The mystery continues and they develop the film on the camera to find droplets of blood on it. Apparently the murder takes place before the snowstorm but Conan feels like there's a trick to it. The characters are given more back story.

The Resolution

While examining the chocolates, Conan figures out who the murder is. Mouri pops in finding Conan snooping around and is put to sleep. Conan tells everyone in the house Mouri is ready to place his deduction.