The cover of Case Closed volume 71 released in Japan by Shogakukan on February 18, 2011
The Case Closed manga, known in Japan as Detective Conan (名探偵コナン, Meitantei Conan), is written by Gosho Aoyama and serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since January 19, 1994.[1] Since Case Closed's premiere, over 1,000 chapters have been released in Japan, making it the 25th longest running manga series. Several adaptations based on Case Closed have been made, including an anime series and animated films. A database consisting of all the cases from the manga was launched in 2007.[2][3]Viz Media announced its licensing of the series on June 1, 2004, and following Funimation Entertainment's English localization, released the series under the name Case Closed with renamed characters.[4][5] The series follows high school detective Jimmy Kudo who was transformed into a child after being forced to swallow a poison.
Tankōbon volume 61 to 80 encapsulates all the chapters 630 to 850.
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"Burn" (燃える, "Moeru")
"Tinder" (火種, "Hidane")
"Crackle" (バチバチ, "Bachibachi")
"Paper Airplane" (紙飛行機, "Kami Hikōki")
"Message" (メッセージ, "Messēji")
"Rescue" (レスキュー, "Resukyū")
"Destruction" (隠滅, "Inmetsu")
Serena's uncle Jirokichi challenges the Kaito Kid to steal a pair of jeweled shoes called the Purple Nails in the center of a city intersection. When Kid arrives, nets cover the intersection seemingly trapping him, but Kid proclaims that he can teleport, and he soon disappears and reappears on a roof top. Since one of the shoes was a fake, he and Jirokichi arrange another challenge. Conan Edogawa tries to determine how Kid is able to move so quickly. The Junior Detective League and Dr. Agasa are on a road trip when their car runs out of gas. An arrogant driver of a luxury car on the way to the top of a hill refuses to help them, but then the driver is killed from a car explosion. His fiancee believes it was because he had lit up a cigarette in a gasoline-filled garage, but Conan suspects foul play. In another case, Conan and Subaru Okiya, a grad student who is living at Jimmy's place, try to deduce what is going on with a bunch of paper airplanes with peculiar markings that have appeared around town. They find it is a code by someone who had been abducted, and, with Rachel's help, scramble to find the person as the kidnapper had apparently committed suicide. The brother of Cafe Poirot's waitress Azusa becomes a suspect in a murder case, but Azusa reacts strangely to the news and then runs off in response to a package she received.
"The Wings of Icarus" (イカロスの翼, "Ikarosu no Tsubasa")
"Counterattack" (返し技, "Kaeshi Waza")
"Lucky Chance" (ケガの功名, "Kega no Kōmyō")
"Village of Hatred" (憎悪の村, "Zōo no Mura")
"Lost Memory" (失われた記憶, "Ushinawareta Kioku")
"Jimmy Kudo's Murder" (工藤新一の殺人, "Kudō Shinichi no Satsujin")
"The Shiragami" (死羅神様, "Shiragami-sama")
"Endless Tears" (止まらぬ涙, "Tomaranu Namida")
"True Identity" (正体, "Shōtai")
"What I Really Want to Ask" (ホントに聞きたいコト, "Honto ni Kikitai Koto")
Conan helps Meguire, Richard and the detectives identify the real killer behind the murder of Azusa's brother's boss. Yuko Arisawa, a former judo champion, asks Eva Kaden to help find who has been stalking her husband, but when they return to her home, they find the husband has been murdered. Eva suspects Yuko did it but she has an alibi of being with the group at a restaurant. Rachel calls Richard to get involved. Later, a letter addressed to Jimmy requests his presence at a distant village. Conan follows the directions in the letter but is trapped in a cabin. Realizing he took the prototype antidote to APTX 4869, he escapes through the window and falls into a river. Jimmy is later found but he has amnesia and then he becomes the prime suspect in an attempted murder. Harley Hartwell tries to uncover the truth behind the amnesiac. Later, Harley and Jimmy investigate a man who was strangled while driving on the highway.
"The Deduction Answered" (推理の答え, "Suiri no Kotae")
"The Revolving Weapon" (回る凶器, "Mawaru Kyōki")
"Target" (狙い撃ち, "Nerai Uchi")
"The Whereabouts of the Poison" (毒物のありか, "Dokubutsu no Arika")
"Boar, Deer, Butterfly" (猪・鹿・蝶, "Ino Shika Chō")
"801, Bamboo Flute, Item" (八百一と尺八と一品, "Happyaku-ichi to Shakuhachi to Ippin")
"The Purpose of the Tournament" (選手権の目的, "Senshuken no Mokuteki")
"The Silver Witch" (銀白の魔女, "Ginpaku no Majo")
"White Car" (白のFD, "Shiro no Efu Dī")
"The Witch's Identity" (魔女の正体, "Majo no Shōtai")
Jimmy and Harley identify three suspects related to the man who was strangled while driving on the highway. Jimmy tries to excuse himself as he transforms back to Conan but Rachel will not let go of his hand. Agasa and the Junior Detectives are at a revolving sushi bar restaurant when an irritating food critic is poisoned with cyanide. Several guests and staff are suspect, but it is not clear how only one plate was poisoned and there was no poison on the suspects. Later, George's father participates in a competition for people who share his family name in order to win a rare hanafuda print, but when the host of the competition is murdered and three men, including George's father, become the suspects. Conan tricks the culprit into confessing allowing the police to identify the murderer. A ghost racer, dubbed the Silver Witch, is rumored to be causing accidents on a foggy mountain. Richard, with Rachel and Conan riding, races against the witch, but the car's tail lights seem to imply she can drive over a cliffside into the air. Conan narrows the suspect list to three pairs of drivers, and deduces who could have used the fog to create a mirage of driving in the air. The culprits attempt to escape the authorities but is caught by Miwako Sato who is revealed to be the original Silver Witch.
"Mackerel, Carp, Sea Bream, Flounder" (サバ・コイ・タイ・ヒラメ, "Saba Koi Tai Hirame")
"A Bad Feeling" (殺気, "Sakki")
"Scar" (傷, "Kizu")
"The Boy in the Memory" (思い出の少年, "Omoide no Shōnen")
"Gari" (ガリ君, "Gari-kun")
"The Whistling Man" (口笛の男, "Kuchibue no Otoko")
"Connection" (つながり, "Tsunagari")
"ESWN"
"A Stereotypical Scene" (よくあるパターン, "Yoku Aru Patān")
"Iron Tanuki" (鉄狸, "Tetsu Tanuki")
The Junior Detectives and Subaru Okiya visit an isolated island called Horn Rock reputed to be off limits where they discover the body of a stranded diver with a list of fish etched into a rock nearby. Conan determines which of the diver's colleagues is the suspect. A rich blind woman hires Richard to help her find a boy who had saved her many years ago, but received a scar on his torso in return. With her offering a large cash reward, Richard has to determine which of two candidates is the boy. They discover that Superintendent McLaughlin is secretly surveying the manor to determine if the man could be a serial killer who had scarred McLaughlin's face but had received a slash across the torso 15 years ago. Although Conan determines who the boy is, the trail goes cold for McLaughlin's attacker, until a psychologist publicly challenges the serial killer to come to his place before the statute of limitations expires. When the psychologist is murdered with the letter Z on his back, Wataru Takagi, Conan and the junior detectives visit the family members of the previous victims to gather more clues. Conan and Takagi deduce that the victims were all part of a mahjong group, that the psychologist was the original serial killer, and that the one who murdered him was a copycat. Later, Jirokichi receives what seems to be a forged note from the Kaito Kid declaring he will opening his impenetrable safe, the Iron Tanuki. While demonstrating his security to Richard, he then receives a note by the real Kaito Kid confirming his plan to open the safe.
"The Dangerous Duo" (危険な2人連れ, "Kiken na Futarizure")
"Half Dead" (半殺し, "Hangoroshi")
"Red Wall" (赤い壁, "Akai Kabe")
"In One's Grasp" (掌中, "Shōchū")
"A Dead Kong Ming" (死せる孔明, "Shiseru Kōmei")
"A Living Zhongda" (生ける仲達を走らす, "Ikeru Chūdatsu o Hashirasu")
Conan determines how the Kaito Kid had managed to write and slip in a real note, and that he was tasked to open Jirokichi's safe in order to free Jirokichi's dog who was stuck there. Later, the junior detectives are at a bank when a robbery occurs. They hide in the restroom until one of the robbers brings captive Jodie Starling, who breaks free momentarily but is captured again by the other robbers. Conan thwarts the robbers' plan of escape, but when one of the robbers then holds Amy hostage, someone that resembles the deceased Shuichi Akai stops him. Later, Dr. Agasa and Anita get a ride into town but suspect their drivers could be criminals looking to kill Richard and Conan. It turns out the drivers are Nagano police detectives Kansuke Yamato and Yui Uehara and they need Richard to help investigate a murder where the victim had spray painted a wall red before his death. They suspect the victim's former housemates, who have colors in their names, as well as some characters who resemble the Romance of the Three Kingdoms stories. Things get complicated when one of the housemates is killed in a similar fashion and the original manor is burned to the ground while detective Takaaki Morofushi is investigating.
Conan and the Nagano officers realize the murderer was the roommate with the kanji for green in his name, indicated by the complementary colorafterimage caused by the red wall. Shiratori goes to a movies and runs into the Detective Boys. He reveals his unhappiness with the developments between Takagi and Sato's relationship, and shares his childhood encounter with a girl he assumed to be Sato. Shiratori meets a woman and believes her to be the real girl from his childhood and watches a movie with her. She asks Shiratori to accompany her home due to a stalker where they discover her ex-boyfriend dead in her home. Conan suspects Shiratori's date to be the murderer who has an alibi established by Shiratori. They discover Shiratori's date drugged him to sleep during the movie while she committed the murder. Shiratori realizes Sumiko Kobayashi was the girl from his past when she picks up the Detective Boys. Later, the Detective Boys investigate a mysterious warehouse containing a ghost treasure. Conan reveals the warehouse contained a secret attic with stolen goods. Heiji and Kazuha travel to Tokyo to search for a student who Heiji gave Kazuha's good luck charm to. Kazuha wants to retrieve the charm before Heiji can check its contents which contains a photo of him. They find the student had been assaulted in a sports bar after attending a baseball game and begin deduce the culprit to be the man posing as a soccer fan. Heiji finds his picture in the charm doodled on and mistakes Kazuha's feelings to be antagonistic. Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are at a restaurant when they see a woman dressed up in a gothic lolita fashion. The same woman is later found dead in a restroom stall.
"A Fashion Curse" (呪いのファッション!?, "Noroi no Fasshon!?")
"An Uncertain and Fragile Thing" (不確かでもろい物, "Futashika de Moroimono")
"Tomorrow is There" (明日があるさ, "Ashita ga Aru sa")
"Dangerous Area" (危険なエリア, "Kiken na Eria")
"Hint of Red and 13" (赤と13の暗示, "Aka to Jū-san no Anji")
"The Bomber's Aim" (爆弾犯の狙い, "Bakudan-han no Nerai")
"The Truth Amidst the Snowstorm" (吹雪の中の真実, "Fubuki no Naka no Shinjitsu")
"Silent Clash" (静かなる戦い, "Shizuka Naru Tatakai")
"Kobayashi-sensei's Love" (小林先生の恋, "Kobayashi-sensei no Koi")
"Kobayashi-sensei's Misunderstanding" (小林先生の誤解, "Kobayashi-sensei no Gokai")
"The Sakura Girl Is...?" (桜の少女は?, "Sakura no Shōjo wa?")
After realizing the Gothic girl they saw at the restaurant was impersonating the victim, Conan declares the victim's friend as the murderer. The Detective Boys meet a man and discerning he plans on killing himself after analyzing his style of speaking. Later, Kogoro is hired to investigate the sender of a red shirt at the mall. A man proclaims an unknown person has strapped the man with bombs. Upon investigation, Conan realizes the bomber is the man strapped with bombs and the red shirts are flag signals dictating the bomber's murder in the past; He reveals the sender to be the murdered victim's daughter. Outside the mall, the Black Organization wait with snipers for Akai Shuichi after hearing rumors of his survivor. Upon seeing him, Gin drops the assassination commenting how Bourbon is always doing what he pleases. Kobayashi is involved as a witness to a murder and is taken into questioning Tokyo Metropolitan Police. She overhears Kobayashi is Shiratori's substitution for Sato and is deeply hurt.
"Kisaki Eri's Misfortune" (妃英里の災難, "Kisaki Eri no Sainan")
"Raise and then Lower?" (落として上げる?, "Otoshite Ageru?")
"The Best Birthday" (最高の誕生日, "Saikō no Tanjōbi")
"Azure Dragon" (青龍, "Seiryū")
"Vermilion Bird" (朱雀, "Suzaku")
"White Tiger" (白虎, "Byakko")
"Black Tortoise" (玄武, "Genbu")
"Rooster Festival" (酉の市, "Tori no Ichi")
"Monkey & Nine" (猿と9, "Saru to Kyū")
"Naivety" (天真爛漫, "Tenshinranman")
After catching the murderer who attempts to silence her, Shiratori is able to help Kobayashi recall their meeting during their childhood and fixes her misunderstanding. Ran tries to get her parents together by having Kogoro celebrate Eri's birthday at a luxury hotel. Eri, who coincidentally has a client at the hotel, accepts and after dinner, finds her client dead in her room. Conan drops hints for Kogoro allowing him to deduce the client's husband is the murderer. Kogoro mistakenly gives Eri prayer beads instead of a necklace causing her to angrily yell at him. Later, Jirokichi enlists the Detective Boys as he attempts to capture Kid by baiting him with a jewel called Kirin's Horn. Kid manages to steal Kirin's Horn from its pedestal. The Detective Boys are able to deduce Kid is disguised as Ginzo Nakamori who escapes before the authorities catch him. A serial thief with a hyottoko mask stabs a man who exclaims "monkey" and "nine" before losing consciousness. Realizing the victim is relating to the Chinese zodiac, Conan discerns the identity of the stabber who is apprehended by Ran.
"The True Identity of the Kappa" (河童の正体, "Kappa no Shōtai")
"Steam Murder" (湯けむりの殺人, "Yukemuri no Satsujin")
"Locked Room on the Lake" (湖上の密室, "Kojō no Misshitsu")
"An Eye for an Eye" (目には目を, "Me ni wa Me o")
"White Day Murder" (ホワイトデーの殺人, "Howaito Dē no Satsujin")
"Miracle Trick" (ミラクルなトリック, "Mirakuru na Torikku")
"Happy White Day" (ハッピーホワイトデー, "Happii Howaito Dē")
"Air on the G String" (G線上のアリア, "Jī Senjō no Aria")
"Genius" (天才, "Tensai")
Kogoro receives a request to solve the drowning of a boy eleven years prior at an inn. During their stay at the inn, the boy's father is found dead after being drowned in a basin of swamp water. Conan investigates and point out the murderer to be the boy's teacher due to a misunderstood vengeance. Kogoro stars in a commercial for White Day chocolates and is invited to the company party. There, the company president is murdered through an unknown method. Conan is able to deduce the president was murdered by his wife with the use of a poison lemon. The Detective Boys are stranded atop a mountain after Agasa's car breaks down. They take shelter from the rain in a house where they discover a dairy with plans to kidnap and murder a boy.
Conan's investigation leads him to discover the boy was kidnapped to prevent him from entering a piano competition to allow the kidnapper's daughter to win the competition. The Detective Boys find the boy in good health and are able to save the kidnapper when he attempts to commit suicide due to guilt. The Phantom Thief Kid sends a notice announcing he will return three possessions of Sakamoto Ryōma. Kid succeeds and returns a large number forgeries evidencing the Ryōma exhibitionist organizer and his appraiser business of selling forged items. Heiji and Kazuha visit Tokyo in order to investigate the inheritance affair of the Inubushi family and murders cited to be caused by an inugami. After their investigation, Conan and Heiji reveal the inugami to be a fake created by one of the inheritors of the Inubushi fortune who wanted to increase his share-hold.
"VHS of Memories" (思い出のVHS, "Omoide no Bui Eichi Esu")
"13-Year-Old Message" (13年越しの想い, "Jū-san'nen Goshi no Messēji")
"Holmes' Apprentice" (名探偵の弟子, "Hōmuzu no Deshi")
"Book of Revelation" (黙示録, "Mokushiroku")
"Love is Zero" (ラブは0, "Rabu wa Zero")
"Ask Holmes" (ホームズに聞け, "Hōmuzu ni Kike")
"The Holmes Code" (ホームズの暗号, "Hōmuzu no Angō")
"The Other A" (もう1つのA, "Mō Hitotsu no Ē")
"Message from the Queen" (女王からのメッセージ, "Joō kara no Messēji")
"The Real Target" (真の標的, "Shin no Tāgetto")
"The Queen's True Worth" (女王の真価, "Joō no Shinka")
Officer Chiba is searching for a VHS in Teitan Elementary after his childhood love, Naeko Miike, calls him for a school reunion. The VHS contains a reply to Chiba's love letter. The Detective Boys, after some deduction, find the tape and learn she requited Chiba's feelings. Chiba goes to the reunion to discover Naeko did not attend, and, unbeknownst to him, passes by Naeko in an officer uniform, having recently transferred to the same department as Chiba. At the usual diner, Kogoro receives an offer from a rich English woman to travel to London and share his detective stories with her husband. Conan boards the plane by taking an antidote to APTX 4869 and traveling as Shinichi. At the Sherlock Holmes Museum, Apollo Glass, younger brother of tennis player Minerva Glass, gives Conan a riddle he received from a strange man whom proclaims the riddle is an advance notice to a murder. When Conan accidentally reveals to Ran he is in London while posing as Shinichi, he is forced to take the antidote for the return trip to hide his identity. He discerns the strange man to be Sabara Hades. Decoding the riddle indicates the finals tennis match where Minerva plays. At the stadium, Conan realizes Minerva's mother is holding a bomb to which Hades plans on detonating at the end of her match.
"A Troublesome and Difficult Case" (厄介な難事件, "Yakkai na Nanjiken")
"A Person in Need of Rescue" (要救助者, "Yōkyūjosha")
"A Dangerous Game of Hide-and-seek" (危険なかくれんぼ, "Kiken na Kakurenbo")
"Communications Code" (通話コード, "Fūwa Kōdo")
"A Terrible Death" (ヤバイ死に様, "Yabai Shi ni Zama")
"Moving Corpse" (動く死体, "Ugoku Shitai")
"Fake Feet" (偽りの足, "Itsuwari no Ashi")
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" (オオカミ少年, "Ōkami Shōnen")
"The Horsehair Crab from Lake Suwa" (諏訪湖の毛ガニ, "Suwa-ko no Kegani")
"The Truth of the Karuta Cards" (カルタの真実, "Karuta no Shinjitsu")
"The Guardian of Time" (時の番人, "Toki no Ban'nin")
Conan is able to locate Hades in the crowd and apprehends him before the bomb is detonated. He receives another antidote to the APTX 4869 from his parents and is able to return to Japan. The Detective Boys play in an abandoned warehouse when a small earthquake occurs. They hear an unknown person in the warehouse banging the code 252 on the walls, indicating they need help. Originally deducing someone got trapped by the earthquake, they discover that two kidnappers posing as construction workers. With the assistance of Okiya Subaru, they are able to apprehend the kidnappers and reveal the kidanappe to be Agasa. Later, a kid who is known to be an obsessive liar tells the Detective Boys his home has been invaded but is taken away by his parents. They decide to investigate to see if the boy is telling the truth. After concluding the boy is telling the truth, the invaders, who were posing as the boy's parents, corner the Detective Boys. Conan, having deduced the boy was telling the truth, had called the police to apprehend the criminals. A wealthy woman hires Kogoro to investigate threatening letters she received. While celebrating her midnight birthday, a black out occurs and Kogoro's employer is found dead.
"Ramen to Die For" (死ぬほど美味いラーメン, "Shinu Hodo Umai Rāmen")
"Ramen and Poison" (ラーメンと毒薬, "Rāmen to Dokuyaku")
"The Truth Over the Spectacles" (眼鏡越しの真実, "Megane Goshi no Shinjitsu")
"Jeet Kune Do" (截拳道, "Jī Kun Dō")
"A Detective Just Like You, Little Boy" (ボウヤと同じ探偵, "Bōya to Onaji Tantei")
"Sera's Careless Deduction" (世良の迂闊な推理, "Sera no Ukatsu na Suiri")
"Let's Hear Your Brilliant Deduction!" (名推理を聞かせろ!, "Meisuiri o Kikasero!")
"The Law of Nicknames" (あだ名の法則, "Adana no Hōsoku")
"Possible Sniping!" (狙撃可能!, "Sogeki Kanō!")
The police presume the murderer escaped out from the balcony as the doors opened up during the time of death. Conan investigates and reveals the balcony doors were tied to a system of strings connected to the large clock on the house which caused it to open at midnight. As for the murderer, he declares it to be the architect who used a modified umbrella to stab the victim. Later, Conan and Kogoro eat out at a restaurant when a costumer dies from poison. After a thorough investigation, Conan reveals the poison was applied near the lens of the victim's glasses by his barber. Conan, Ran, and Sonoko are on the way to a hotel for a cake buffet when a man seemingly commits suicide. Conan, along with teenage detective Masumi Sera, investigate and deduce he was murdered. They reveal the victim was placed in a wheelchair and pulled by a system of strings connected to the elevator which launched him out a window. Sera enrolls as a student at Teitan high-school and accompanies Ran home. Sera questions Kogoro about Conan's presence during his deductions but is interrupted when a man and three hostages enter Kogoro's office demanding him to deduce which of the three murdered his sister. The clue to the murderer is from his sister's final blog, detailing her visit from an elephant, rat, and fox.