CASE CLOSED

Volume 1
Shonen Sunday Edition

Story and Art by GOSHO AOYAMA

© 1994 Gosho AOYAMA/Shogakukan

All rights reserved.
Original Japanese edition “MEITANTE! CONAN” published by SHOGAKUKAN Inc.

English Adaptation
Naoko Amemiya
Translator
Joe Yamazaki
Touch-up & Lettering
Walden Wong
Cover & Graphics Design
Veronica Casson
Editor
Andy Nakatani

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Table of Contents
 BUT IT’S THERE'S THE
NOT EVEN FIVE METERS PERPETRATOR
TWO METERS BETWEEN MADE HIS
IF YOU CLIMB . THE ESCAPE BY
UP THE WINDOWS!! IMPOSSI-
MOVING FROM
WALLS TO WINDOW TO
THE ROOF... BLE!! WINDOW

..- BUT THAT

WOULDN'T
OCCUR TO YOU
UNLESS YOU BEFORE
KNOW THE ANYBODY
UNIQUE WHO HEARD
CONSTRUCTION THE VICTIM'S
OF THIS SCREAM HAD
MANSION... A CHANCE
TO RUSH
OVER HERE.
AND THERE'S
ONLY ONE
PERSON WHO
COULD HAVE
MOVED AROUND
INSIDE THE
HOUSE WITHOUT |
AROUSING
SUSPICION AT

THAT'S
WHY THERE
ARE NO
FOOTPRINTS
OUTSIDE
THE
WINDOW.
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 YOUR PLEASE,
COVER'S THAT'S
BLOWN ENOUGH
" 1 OF YOUR
HORRIBLE

$-SIR,
YOUR
LEG...

GIVE IT
uP!! YOUR THAT YOUR LEG
DOCTOR RIGHT, LED
TOLD US 4 INSPECTOR ee
EVERYTHING MEGUIRE?
 WE'RE WE HAD
INDEBTED TO RELY ON
YOUR HELP
You ONCE AGAIN,
TIMMY! !

FEEL ANOTHER
FREE TO DIFFICULT
CALL ON CASE
THE GREAT COMES
DETECTIVE FOS DY. ur...
HE TRULY IS THE
SAVIOR OF THE
JAPANESE POLICE
FORCE!!

ee
SS

————— JUNIOR AT
N= TEITAN HIGH
( \ R
SCHOOL

vil
wld
Ni
I Raa
 WHO Ou,
— NOTHING
YOU'RE ve
ALL OVER
THE NEWS

| RACHEL MOORE,
JUNIOR AT
TEITAN HIGH
SCHOOL

IT’S NOT MY
FAULT HE'S NOT
GETTING ANY
CASES. IT'S
HIS ABILITY...

GUESS THAT'S
WHY YOU'RE
THE CAPTAIN
 JIMMY, IF YOU
HADN'T QUIT
SOCCER YOU'D
BE A HERO AT
THE NATIONALS

I ONLY PLAYED
SOCCER TO DEVELOP
THE PHYSICAL
you COORDINATION A
KNOW, , DETECTIVE NEEDS...
EVEN Q

EN
HOLMES
FENCED

> YN)
it

HE'S
HIS POWERS AWESOME!!
OF OBSERVATION ALWAYS
AND REASONING CALM AND
ARE LINMATCHED COLLECTED
Tl

.
NOVELIST
CONAN
THE td
WORLD'S CREATION,
GREATEST SHERLOCK
ee ale HOLMES...
“
 NO, THANK YOU. AND IN ADDITION
WANT TO TO CONAN DOYLE,
I DON’T WANT BORROW
TO BECOME A AT HOME I'VE
DETECTIVE GEEK GOT DETECTIVE
RACHEL? NOVELS FROM
LIKE YOU...
ALL OVER THE
WORLD!!

fit

ALL OF
THEM LOVE
THIS HERE
DETECTIVE
GEEK!

.-- YOU'VE
GOT TO
PICK ONE
AND STICK
WITH HER!!

AND You
KNOW, IF
YOU HAVE TO YOU KEEP
BE A DETECTIVE? STICKING
IF YOU LIKE YOUR NECK
MYSTERY NOVELS INTO THESE
THAT MUCH, YOU CASES,
DETECTIVES... SHOULD JUST SOMEDAY
I WANT BECOME A YOU'LL FIND
TO BE WRITER... YOURSELF
ONE!!
IN REAL
TROUBLE
i
 THE
THRILL OF THE
TRACKING DOWN HARDER
THE CUNNING THE CASE,
CRIMINAL-- THE MORE
IT'S SUCH A EXCITED
RUSH!!

I'M
GOING
\ TO BEA
DETECTIVE | ! MODERN-DAY
GREAT...) DINE a | SHERLOCK
HOLMES
I!

ADDICTING
Wy

YOU HAVEN'T
FORGOTTEN
ABOUT
TOMORROW,
HAVE YOU?
 YOU SAID YOU'D
TAKE ME TO THE
AMUSEMENT PARK
IF I WON THE CITY
TOURNAMENT! !
YOU
> PROMISED
A /

CAN GO
AMUSE
YOURSELF
 HE FIGURED
OUT WATSON
SERVED AS
A MILITARY
DOCTOR IN
AFGHANISTAN

IT'S THE CALLUSES

ON HER HAND! A GIRL
WITH THAT MANY
CALLUSES MUST BE
SOMEBODY WHO DOES
BUT YOU THE HORIZONTAL
CAN GET
CALLUSES

LISTEN TO

Ladi YOU
FRAUD! As | veTEcTIVES
FOR _'|H} BRUISING
on eR
KNEW TO BE THIGHS WIND BLEW
BEFORE | oeseRvANT|} aio HER SKIRT
YOU EVEN Aral |) Se uP!
SHOOK HER TIMES...
: FROM THE
LINEVEN
BARS...
 TWIRP!
I

‘wana -fi e | AT N DON'T BE

Me ALL “4 MESSIN’
eR Sia WITH My
sie RO
way. Se FRIEND!!
"U

FEELINGS
FROM YOU
ANYMORE

UNDERSTAND
WHAT CONAN
DOYLE WAS
 I'VE BEEN
LOOKING
FORWARD TO
COMING HERE
WHY WITH YOU FOR
CAN'T YOU SUCH A LONG
SEE HOW
I FEEL
ABOUT
YOu?

es HOW
WHEN DO You
YOU'RE EXPECT
SO TO BEA
GULLIBLE GREAT
4 DETECTIVE

TO BE
HONEST
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WAS
LOOKING kg
FORWARD
TO THIS! £
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aw THE ONE Wi
: WHO'S BEEN
HEY, GET THE ‘\\y CRACKING
OVER HERE!! SAVIOR ie ALL THE
IT'S JIMMY OF THE (( , UNSOLVED
KUDO! JAPANESE Up CASES...
POLICE
Ly FORCE!! , a)
hy
 THAT'S RIGHT,
INSPECTOR!
IT’S CLEARLY
MURDER... STANCES,IS
SUICIDE ... THERE
UNLIKELY... ARE NO
gene OF A
MALFLINCTION
WITH THE
ROLLER
COASTER
ITSELF...

SETTING
ASIDE YOU
AND RACHEL,
THAT LEAVES
US WITH FIVE
SUSPECTS!!

AND RIDING
BEHIND THE
VICTIM WERE
THE MEN IN
BLACK,
“p" AND “e"

THE ONLY PERSON

WE DON'T HAVE WHO COULD'VE DONE BUT
TIME TO WASTE : IT WAS THAT WOMAN EVERYONE
WATCHING You SITTING NEXT TO HAD THEIR
PLAY DETECTIVE THE VICTIM... SAFETY
03 BARS
ON AND
COULDN'T
MOVE...

Wr)

pion
 : LOOK ~
AT
THIS
GUy'S
EYes!! ss
Wy
Wh

THEY'RE
THE EYES °
OF A
COLD-
BLOODED
KILLER!!

I'VE
NEVER
SEEN THAT
BEFORE!!
“oo
 THOUGHT
THINGS
WERE
GOING WELL
BETWEEN
YOU AND
KISHIDA

OFFICER!

I THOUGHT
SHE WAS
SUSPICIOUS,
TOO...

TO THE
STATION!!
 YOU CAN'T =|
SEVER A Ha WHAT
PERSON'S ue ARE YOU
HEAD WITH TALKING
A KNIFE HN ABOuT!?
LIKE THAT ail DIDN'T YOU
ee SEE THAT
KNIFE IN
AIKO'S BAG
I?

AND EVEN IF
SHE WAS THE
MURDERER,
SHE WOULD'VE
HAD PLENTY OF
TIME TO GET
RID OF THE
WEAPON!!

AND YOu
JUST SAID
YOURSELF THAT

WOULDNT HAVE ) IN YOUR

ITFRIENDS
THE STRENGTH (/ \\~-
TO-- :

A
WOMAN'S
STRENGTH
BY ITSELF
WOULDN'T
BE ENOUGH
 BUT IF YOU
USED THE SPEED
NOW OF THE ROLLER
IF YOU
OFFICERS
COASTER AND
A LOOP OF

PIANO WIRE

NS
Mdddddti IN / an

ees ..T'M THE

— MURDERER
| AND THE
a = INSPECTOR

of oFiRsTOF
NEXT, I PULL OUT ve : y . | ALL, BEFORE
THIS TOOL WHICH PULLING
I PREPARED IN us DOWN THE
ADVANCE-- A LOOP i i | SAFETY BAR
WITH A HOOK I PLACE A
ATTACHED TO IT... ee | BAG OR SOME-
m tthe THING BETWEEN
MY BACK AND
THE SEAT... /
 WITH MY
THIS ALL LEGS HOOKED
TO OCCURS ON THE SAFETY
FINISH OFF INSIDE THE BAR, I EXTEND
THE JOB, PITCH-DARK MY BODY
I HITCH TUNNEL... TOWARDS
THE HOOK THE BACK...
ONTO THE

THE SPEED
AND POWER
OF THE ROLLER
COASTER TAKES
CARE OF THE
REST...

I DEDUCE
YOU REPLACED
YS THE NECKLACE
AND \G STRING WITH NONSENSE
I!
You
HID THE YOU HAVE
NO PROOF
al

WITH YOUR WELL-

TRAINED SENSE OF
BALANCE IT WOULD’VE
BEEN EASY TO
MANEUVER AROUND
EVEN ON A ROLLER
COASTER!!
WHERE'S
THE PEARL
NECKLACE
YOU WERE
WEARING
BEFORE YOU
GOT ON THE
ROLLER
COASTER? £é
 I DON'T
IF THEY THEY'VE KNOW WOULDN'T IT
DID IT, THEY BEEN ACTING HAVE BEEN EASIER
EXTREMELY WHO THOSE
WOULD'VE THEY TWO MAY FOR THESE GUYS
NERVOUS SITTING IN THE
BEEN
EVER SINCE ARE, LOOK BACK TO DO IT IN
PREPARED
THE POLICE SUSPICIOUS THE WAY YOU
FOR THE
POLICE! JUST EXPLAINED?
COMMIT THIS
CRIME!!

WHY THE
MURDERER
SHED A TEAR
BEFORE
KILLING
HIM....
natin
oe THE
@.
MURDERER
KNEW THE
VICTIM WAS
GOING TO
DIE...

ONLY TWO OR
THREE SECONDS
PASSED AFTER
UNLESS WE EMERGED
YOU'RE FROM THE TUNNEL
UNTIL WE
RIDING IN DISCOVERED THE
A ROLLER VICTIM'S DEATH... /2
COASTER

IRREFUT- . Mst/ 1 IN OTHER

ABLE WORDS,
EVIDENCE. AA ONLY THE
MURDERER
COULD'VE
SHED TEARS
WHILE ON
THE ROLLER
COASTER.
 TEARS
DON'T
RUN
SIDEWAYS

/ ‘y /
ih

LiL MMi yy
Wy Mp,YT Wy Yi pi Yf of
us

THAT'S RIGHT!! H-HITOMI,

WE WERE IN LOVE YOU USED
WAY BEFORE WE
MET YOU Guys
TO GO OUT ALL HIS
WITH
IN COLLEGE!! KISHIDA FAULT!
W
wane
XSS
‘S
SS

WITH THE
NECKLACE
HE GAVE
ME...
 LARGE
mR) QUANTITIES Fe
K-21 OF SLEEPING F&:
PILLS WERE
PLANNED TO Bq LATER FOUND
TAKE HER IN HER BAG.
OWN LIFE. MA

E! INSIDE THE
| TUNNEL...

THE STRING
HAD INDEED
HE FEW BEEN REPLACED
PEARLS THAT WITH A PIANO
WERE LEFT WIRE AND MOST
REFLECTED OF THE PEARLS
HAD SCATTERED.

SETTING SUN...

oe ee

THEY WERE
LARGE TEAR
DROPS...
 : I-I'M
USED TO HOW
Lf SEEING CAN YOU
A AWELL CRIME ACT LIKE
a SCENES... NOTHING
YOU KNOW, HAPPENED
LIKE ed
DISMEMBERED
BODIES AND

RACHEL,
STOP
CRYING

MOMENT,
I HADA
mi
STRANGE
PREMONITION
 ABAD
PREMONITION

ALONE AS
PROMISED SORRY
I TO KEEP
you
WAITING

CONFIRMED
THAT FROM
THE TOP OF
THE ROLLER
COASTER.

1a \ ¥,
7
an

Vayet nes
“py AW

MA Re wl
} atl Mal
a eT ee |
 THERE'S
GOT TO
BE OVER A
¥100 MILLION
THERE

HERE
YA GO--
THE EVIDENCE
REVEALING
YOUR
COMPANY'S
INVOLVEMENT
IN GUN
SMUGGLING!

SHUT UP!
COMPARED
TO WHAT
YOUR
SYNDICATE
DOES, WE
HAVEN'T
DONE
ANYTHING--

ENOUGH OF
THAT TALK IF
YOU KNOW
WHAT'S GOOD
FOR YA.
 YOU LET
YOURSELF
Sm \ Se P| le : A
Be TaLep Wy 5.
: Pen ON AWN Pg | PLAYING
: | . ny ] DETECTIVE
FOR

IS STILL
CRAWLING <@ N
WITH ‘
CcOPs!!

SYNDICATE
DEVELOPED

BUT THIS
SUBSTANCE
IS STILL IN
DEVELOPMENT--
NEVER BEEN

dy
k )Mhi
rc IT'S
.. BURNING
5 UP
NM!

nN ay Say tdiif: RSS Ge ¥ i

(i is
We cf \

}
Mish yn) Iss

Wh "Miah

MELTING
AWAY
 THERE'S A
A Bovy »

WAIT,
HE'S STILL
BREATHING
"

THERE'S
60 I SEE...
MANY SO THAT
a SUBSTANCE
MUST NOT
WORK ON
HUMANS
ii HEADS
BLEEDING
PRETTY
BADLY...

I'LL TELL
THEM
WHAT
THOSE
MEN IN
BLACK
WERE
uP TO!!
\‘Ny
 OH YEAH...
I WAS
ATTACKED
FROM BEHIND
BY THAT
GUY IN
 THIS IS
AREA B. WE
DISCOVERED
AN INJURED
Boy!!

een (/ 4

TAKING HIM =o WY CSAS

TO THE FIRST
AID STATION,
OVER!!

LET'S SEE

AGE SIX OR
SEVEN! I
PROBABLY IN
 DAD!!
LOOK
AT THIS

RACHEL’S
FATHER,
RICHARD MOORE
PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR

THIS IS BS
WHY YOU'RE
NOT GETTING
ANY CASES

EL
i If
Hii
—

Ud = i
MM

WHERE'S
THAT
WANNABE
DETECTIVE
FRIEND OF
YOURS?

FORGET | SORRY, —
ABOUT -RACHEL!! ©
HIM! GOON
we
DETEC- ee
TIVES ARE
GOOD-
FOR-
 HOW MANY
I SAW IT eee TIMES DO
ALL!! A Guy
SMUGGLING T HAVE TO
GUNS AND TELL YOU
ANOTHER GUY } 7!
BLACK-MAILING ay
HIM!!

——
youve Yh |7
WATCHED [7 -
TOO MANY [ft —“AG, |Ni
owet | JR | NOES,
[GES ES
fs eee oo RSE

Vg:
Vine
DUA A ATAAL
aw)
1h
A Mae
I'M NOT A
LITTLE Boy!!
I'M A JUNIOR
\{
kK
ps
IN HIGH
SCHOOL!!

DARNIT...
THAT GUY
 CAN
LL WE

THE STAETAIVOEN
AND L
Y OF
CUSTOD
ICE
THE PCOALRE
DAY
...
CENTER
 THE
WINDOW!! TR
HE RAN
OUT THE
WINDOW!!

“a
| F
KG
NE ps
 COME TO
THE PHONE

va A

KSI
ay
OOOHor5 ;
LEE LT rah

AH, HE'S
PROBABLY
OUT EATING
DINNER WITH
THAT FAMOUS
WRITER DAD

JIMMY'S
PARENTS HAVE
BEEN LIVING WHAT
IN AMERICA FOR ARE
THE PAST THREE you
YEARS AND HE’S TALKING
LIVING ON HIS ABOUT
OWN NOW!! !?
.-BUT I'M: DAVEN!T
ALREADY
out or 7 \
ilFil RUN THAT
BREATH...

THE HECK
HAPPENED

WAIT A
SECOND...

BUTIS
BECAUSE STILL IN
_— DEVELOP-
THEY GAVE , MENT--
ME THAT _ NEVER BEEN
SUBSTANCE? USED ON

\\
Ni,
WHAT THE
HELL ARE
YOU DOIN’
IN THE
MIDDLE OF
THE STREET
I?

Ht RS | aaa ena PER Ig

A i
 T CAN'T
EVEN GET
INTO MY
OWN
House!?

YOU KNOW,
YOU LOOK OH,
JUST LIKE YOU'RE
JIMMY WHEN
HE WAS
YOUNG...

JIMMY KUIDO,
JUNIOR AT
TEITAN HIGH

<s 1, (|

Dina WN
 AND YOU YOU ARE
HAVE A HAIR HIROSHI
GROWING OLIT » AGASA, 52
OF THE MOLE YEARS
ON YOUR BUTT!! YOU'RE OLD-- I
A SELF- THE MAD know BELIEVE
ProciaiMep |NVENTOR Me!
Genius BuT WHO LIVES
WHO LIVES
YOU'VE ONLY

I DION’T
T
I WAS FORCED HEAR ABOU COULD HE
TO TAKE SOME HAVE BLABBED
STRANGE
SUBSTANCE AND i eres
NOW I'VE NY
GOTTEN SMALL!!

I'D LIKE
TO SEE STRANGE
SUCH A SUBSTANCE
THING!! MADE YOU
SMALL...7

COME, YOU
&
& SUSPICIOUS
 --e THE
FRONT HAS
TRACES
OF BEING
WET BUT YOU CAME
THE BACK BACK A
DOESN'T!! SHORT WHILE
AGO FROM
RESTAURANT
COLUMGBO!!
RUNNING
HOME IN
THE RAIN.

ONLY ROAD
PLUS, AROUND
YOU'VE HERE THAT
GOT IS MUDDY
COLUMBO'S IS RIGHT IN

TSK TSK...
ELEMEN-
TARY, MY

LET'S GO
IN YOUR HAVEN'T
HOUSE AND you
YOU CAN BEEN
TELL ME A LISTEN-
STRANGE ING?
SUBSTANCE
MADE ME
 SO THEY
GAVE YOU THE YEAH...
SUBSTANCE TO AND I SAW
KEEP YOU FROM ANOTHER
TALKING... GUY BLACK-
MAILING

THE UNTESTED PATHETIC.

SUBSTANCE MY CLOTHES
HAD AN hy) FROM WHEN
UNEXPECTED i I WAS
LITTLE FIT
PERFECTLY

SURE! IF I HAD C'MON, DOC!!

YOU'RE A GENIUS,
ABLE TO DO NEED TO RIGHT? MAKE UP
AN ANTIDOTE
THAT'LL GET
DOWN AND ME MY OLD
GET MY BODY BACK!!
HANDS ON

ORIGINAL
SUBSTANCE

XK
IF THOSE GUYS
FIND OUT THAT SAV AER
SS LISTEN, JIMMY!
YOU'RE JIMMY DO NOT TELL
KUDO, THEY ANYBODY THAT
MIGHT GO AFTER
YOU AGAIN!! YOU'VE BECOME
SMALL!
 YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME!!
NOT TELL THE FACT THAT
ANYBODy!! YOUR TRUE IDENTITY
IS JIMMY KUDO HAS
GOT TO BE OUR
SECRET!!

YOU COULD
AT LEAST
ANSWER
THE PHONE

eam

Aa
 NO
WONDER
HE'S A
DETECTIVE
GEEK. HE
GREW UP
SURROUNDED

RENOWNED
MYSTERY
WRITER

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Be

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 WHAT KIND
OF A NAME /S
CONAN!? YOU'RE
NOT SOME
FOREIGNER...
I COULDN'T ej)
COME UP ~ SSS
WITH 4

ANYTHING A
Sa
ay
7<\

SURE, BUT | I WAS ASKED TO OH YEAH,

T'LL HAVE ed CARE FOR HIM AS MISS RACHEL!!
TO VISCHSS ei HIS PARENTS WERE I KNOW IT'S
ii\ IN AN ACCIDENT AND SHORT NOTICE,
ARE IN THE HOSPITAL. BUT DO You
BUT I LIVE
ALONE AND I'M THINK THIS BOY
COULD STAY
WITH YOU FOR

STUPIO!!
IF I 00 THAT,
RACHEL wit EXCELLENT!
FIND OUT WHO SO YOU'LL
I REALLY
RACHEL'S . ;
HOME /S | THEN THEY"LL LISTEN!!
ALSOA THINK! IF YOU! mm | /MMEDIATELY SOONER OR
PRIVATE WANT TO GET ae SUSPECT LATER THE MEN
INVESTI- BACK TO NORMAL, Z P| WHOEVER'S IN BLACK WILL
GATOR'S YOU FIRST HAVE Ko 8) | GOINGINAND Ep LIT THAT
OFFICE!! 70 FIND OUT A OUT OFTHIS YOUR BODY
THEIR WHERE- yA pie x WASN'T FOLIND

LGET IT!
JF I'M AT
A PRIVATE
/INVEST/-
GATOR'S
OFFICE.

T
WANNA
GO
HOME
WITH
BIG
SISTER.
. 8=8// Ma tiers

THERE
SOMEONE
SPECIAL
you
LIKE?

ui
gyuanuat

bal
|

WHY'S SHE YOU KNOW,

TALKING SOMEONE
WELL, ABOUT THIS N WHO'S ON
ALL OF A w\. YOUR MIND?
I HAVE i LIKE AT
SOMEONE .’ G eaise
i
 BUT WHEN
PUSH COMES
TO SHOVE...
 IT'S LIKE
I HAVE A
CUTE LITTLE
 WHAT ARE
YOU DOING,

DRINKING?
OR MAHJONG

\t
S\Ut

THE CLIENTS
SAY THEIR
DAUGHTER WAS
KIDNAPPED BY
A MAN DRESSED
IN BLACK!!
 DRESSED
BLACK
ie
ti

Y i ae LJ

vat Jey,

YAYOICHO.
TO THE
cabo 7 K SS —_— AW yuanHiT aie Tale
ESTATE!!
ME...! ia 3 . | |

~ \ sutra
x N
ss se ees
4
THE GREAT
PRIVATE
INVESTIGATOR
RICHARD
> MOORE WILL
LOOK EVERY-
> THING OVER!!
 Am
WE

{_\

ARE YOU GET OUT

CRAZY!? Hs
WE'RE YOU'RE
ON THE GOING TO
HIGHWAY! GET IN
WE CAN'T
GET OUT!!

+ AND
GET THAT
STRANGE
SUBSTANCE.

oe
EXPOSE
ALL
YOUR
EVIL
DEEDS!!
FILE 3:
THE UNWELCOME
GREAT DETECTIVE

c—

VL
: SY
GEA
OB\>
 TANI WAS
KIONAPPED
AND SHE'S
YOUR ONLY
DAUGHTER.

KIDNAPPED
HER WAS
YES. a0 A LARGE
MY BUTLER MAN DRESSED
IN BLACK...

EVERYONE
CAME
RUNNING OTHER
WHEN THEY WITNESSES
HEARD 2
YOUNG
MISS AKIKO
SCREAM.
BUT HE WAS
GONE BEFORE
ANYONE ELSE A
 R,
HE'S THE
RACHEL! CHILD
KEEP AN I} OF AN
EYE ON lf} ACQUAIN-
HIM!! , TANCE OF
GIVE
ME A
DETAILED
DESCRIPTION
OF EXACTLY
WHAT YOU
SAW...

MAN WHO'S
ACCOUNTABLE
FOR MAKING
MY BODY
LIKE THIS
 yr S)
VG, (<<
PEE )\\ wer
TELL ME
5 AFTER SHE
CAME HOME
\ ai OOL
M SCH
FROAND WAS
PLAYING IN
THE GARDEN

ASUDDMAENN LYIN JBULMAPCEKD

OUT FROM THE
= EDGAGERDENOF..TH E
f
ik “an
.

WANTS TEHIRS
DAUGH
BACK, TO
SHUT HIS
COMPANY
DOWN FOR
A MONTH!!
 WHAT
WAS THIS
MAN'S

LIKE?
hee H Eaere
CLIMBED

TREE
OVER

MMM

COULD
YOU BE
MORE
SPECIFIC
?

WHEN WE YOU LADIES DIDN'T

HURRIED OUT HEAR ANYTHING?
HERE, ABOUT MAYBE THE KID-
TEN SECONDS NAPPER'S VOICE
HAD PASSED OR SOME STRANGE
SINCE WE NOISES...7?
HEARD THE
SCREAM. MR.
ASO WAS
SHOUTING

THE ONLY
PERSON WHO Ha come arte
SAW OR HEARD »,
THE KIDNAPPER ) THE KIDNAPPER!!
IS THAT OLD Mm YOU TWO CONTACT
i? MASTER TANI!!
 THOSE
KIDNAPPER BASTARDS... JUDGING
ONLY SAID NOT ONLY DO FROM THE
TO SHUT THE NS THEY KIDNAP KIDNAPPER'S
MY DAUGHTER, DEMANDS,
THEY ALSO ONE OF
YOUR RIVAL
COMPANIES
IS PROBABLY
BEHIND

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MILLION IN
UNMARKED
BILLS!!!

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MUST
Ne, I
SEEMED
BE SOME LIKE
MISTAKE HE WAS
rial DISGUISING
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KADOBENI IDEA
COMPANY WHICH
OR MAYBE COMPANIES
YOTSUI MIGHT
INDUSTRIES BENEFIT
IF YOUR
COMPANY
SHUT
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YOU NOT
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WV YOUR EYES
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AT SOCCER,
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THE BALL
LIKE THAT
WHENEVER HE
WAS THINKING
ABOUT SOME-

AT THE SAME TIME,

HE WAS UNUSUALLY
RAFTY-- WHY DID THE
DISGUISED HIS VOICE KIDNAPPER ABDLUCT
AND DEMANDED THE GIRL FROM
UNMARKED BILLS... HER HOME? IT
WOULD'VE BEEN
EASIER IF SHE WAS
ON HER WAY
TO SCHOOL...
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EXCELLENT ANY THIS SIZE
WOULD HAVE
too STRANGER
A GUARD
DOG OR
TWO...

WAIT A SECOND...
THE KIDNAPPER IS
ASO WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
SHOUTING, CLIMBED THIS TREE.
BUT BUT WHEN THE
ACTUALLY BESIDES MAIDS RAN
THAT...” OUT...
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WHERE DO
YOU THINK
YOU'RE
GOING,

EVEN
AFTER KIONAPPER
THE ESCAPED THERE'S
KIDNAP- BY CLIMBING
P ER THAT TREE,
FLED!! THE GUARD
DOGS
WOLLD'VE

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WERE SUPPOSED BUT THE MAIDS
TO HAVE WIT-
NESSED THE
WHO RAN
KIDNAPPER, OUT LATER DIDN'T
THERE ARE TOO HEAR ANYTHING
MANY AMBIGUITIES BUT YOUR
IN YOUR SHOUTING...
STATEMENT...

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GOOD... BUT
THE KID-
NAPPER ENOUGH YES
MUST BE TO LOCATE THAT'S A SCHOOL
WORRIED toe EXACTLY WHERE YOU
ABOUT BEING _ WHAT CAN SEE A
FOUND NOW. SHE SAID BIG SMOKE-

WE DON'T
HAVE TIME
TO COMB
THE AREA

OUT WITH IT!!

WHERE'S AKIKO!?
THAT Guy IS
YOUR ACCOM-
PLICE, RIGHT!?

Uf
 IT HASN'T BEEN THE
THAT LONG SINCE KIDNAPPER
THE ABDUCTION,
AND HE COULDN'T
HAVE GOTTEN
VERY FAR WITH
THE GIRL!!

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FIVE SCHOOLS
IN THIS AREA
WHERE YOU
CAN SEE
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LET ME IF I SMELL HYAKUJIII
HEAR ANY COPS, PARK!!
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VOICE ONE KID RIGHT
MORE

THE
NEGOTIA-
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YOUR PARTNER
ARE YOU
HERE IS CAUGHT!?
SAYING,
YOU SHOULD GIVE

‘er
SMart hrarst
date

CONFINED!? WHAT? THEN I SAW THE KID

WHAT A JOKE!! YOU ABDUCTED AT THE HOTEL
THE BRAT WAS HER FROM THE AND JUST DECIDED
ALONE IN VERY ROOM SHE TO KIDNAP HER.
THE HOTEL WAS ORIGINALLY
RESTAURANT, CONFINED IN!?
HAVING A,

WHAT, WHAT
YOU'RE REALLY WHAT!?
STILL THEN
HERE? THAT
FIRST
KIDNAPPING
CASE...
 euell
THOUGHT
AGAINST MY IF YOUR
PLAN BUT I . COMPANY
FORCED HIM WAS CLOSED,
» TOHELP ME! | YOU COULD
THE FAKE SPEND MORE
KIDNAPPING = TIME WITH
oo ME.

I MADE HIM SAY

“IF YOU WANT YOUR
DAUGHTER BACK, plas
WL
SHUT THE COMPANY fj

DOWN FOR A MONTH.”

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(ANS

EVEN IF IT WAS
MY DAUGHTER'S FIRST
REQUEST, WHAT KIDNAPPING
YOU DID WAS WAS A
UNFORGIVABLE FAKE...
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DESTINATION
, AUSTRALIA!
AKIKO'S
ARRANGE-
ALWAYS MENTS FOR
WANTED TO
y GO THERE!! x

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SECOND,
I HAVE A
BOARD MAKE
MEETING RESER-
VATIONS

OF THESE
EVENT, THE DAYS, I

CASE |S
SOLVED!!

IT WAS ME, .--AND I ONLY HMPHY HERE YOU ARE

JIMMY KUDO, USED JUMBO IT WAS ME WAS INDEED A
WHO FOUND AS TRANS- WHO TOOK / MOST
GREAT
THE GIRL. PORTATION. THE DOG ATTACHED
DETECTIVE,
TO THINK
TO AKIKO OF SETTING
THE DOG
LOOSE TO
FIND MY
a. DAUGHTER!!

KNOWING
RACHEL’S Bs
FATHER,
ID BET. + CARER
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YES, YES... |
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TO SWALLOW
WAS BEATEN
SOME WEIRD
UP BY A KID-
SUBSTANCE, MY
NAPPER...
h BODY SHRUNK...

DR.
AGASA *
ASKED IF
WE COULD
TAKE CARE
OF HIM
FORA
 DON'T KNOW
WHY, BUT I wr
Now GUESS SOMEHOW SURE?!
I CAN THAT'S SOLVED THIS
USE HIS see ite CASE QUITE
OFFICE TO i SMOOTHLY!
MAYBE THE KID
IS GOOD LUCK!

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wis IT OFF, I HAD
Ve =e Tian) To Be saven
GOTTEN ALL = Se Mp BY AGIRL...
BACKWARDS...
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FROM THIRD RATE TO
GREAT DETECTIVE
 ALREADY
| THREE
RAR «|DAYS HAVE
 HE DOESN'T
HAVE ANY
CASES COMING
IN AT ALL, LET
ALONE VITAL
INFORMATION
ABOUT THE
MEN IN BLACK.

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GOING
OUTSIDE
TO PLAY
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NOW,
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SAY THAT... MAN'S THAT BAD
HE WAS A COM- IS HE, THAT
TOP-NOTCH PLETELY DETECTIVE
COP BACK IN USELESS RICHARD
HIS DAY... "

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7 gu i a

NOW DON'T hes AYA.

BE IN SUCH PRR I HAVE TO FIND
THOSE MEN IN BLACK
SOON SO I CAN GET
THE SUBSTANCE
THAT MADE ME
SHRINK!!

IF THEY FIND MORE THEY TRIED TO USE

OUT YOU'RE IMPORTANTLY, THAT SUBSTANCE
ACTUALLY YOU HAVEN'T TOLD TO KILL YOU. THEY
ANYBODY BESIDES MAY TRY AGAIN
ME, HAVE YOU? ONCE THEY REALIZE
YOUR CORPSE

DON'T WORRY! THE

I’M FIRMLY PEOPLE
ESTABLISHED
AS CONAN AROUND
EDOGAWA ME WILL
AROUND BOTH BE IN
RACHEL AND DANGER SIT TIGHT 7
THE OLD MAN!! TOO FOR A WHILE!!
u NO NEED TO
RIGHT? I BE SO EAGER
TO TAKE
ACTION...
 OH...
SPEAKING
OF RACHEL,
SHE CAME
BY AGAIN
YESTERDAY

MISSING BEEN
SINCE THE HOME,
DAY WE
WENTTO 4 EITHER.
THE AMUSE-
MENT PARK
TOGETHER!! *

I'M GOING I REMEMBER

TO GO TELL JIMMY KEPT
THE POLICE EYEING SOME
ABOUT IT!! MEN DRESSED
IN BLACK
THAT DAY

I WONDER
IF HE HAD
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ose i ee | POP BACK OUT
MUCH LONGER WE a L ota Ne
CAN KEEP THIS . a 2 ANGTHER
A SECRET. >

IN ANY CASE
WE'VE GOT TO: SHE NEVER
GET YOU BACK SHOWS HOW
INTO YOUR OLD WORRIED SHE
BODY AS SOON ‘ IS AT HOME
AS POSSIBLE -

agok
CAN’T LET
RACHEL
KEEP
WORRYING

Ze

[Pr

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if THOUGHT IT'D
HELP YOUR
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OLD PEOPLE'S VOICES,

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CHILDREN’S VOICES,
MEN'S, WOMEN'S--
THIS CAN DO IT ALL/!

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HEY, DOC!
THING THIS IS GREAT,
THAT CAN BUT CAN YOU
CATCH \ MAKE SOMETHING
CRIMINALS EVEN COOLER?
IN ONE
SHOT.

EVEN IF
BUT EVEN IF YOU ALL RIGHT, I CAN
DO MAKE SOMETHING, LEAVE IT FIND THE YOU SEE?
WHO KNOWS IF I'LL }} TO ME! I'LL CRIMINALS, SINCE I'VE
I CAN'T SHRUNK
EVER GET TO USE IT! COME UP CAPTURE SO SMALL,
NOBODY COMES IN WITH SOME- I’M NOT
TO THE OLD MAN'S THING!! VERY
OFFICE. STRONG
 \ YOU NEED
HIS TO WORK HARD
REPLITATION BEHIND THE SCENES! SOLVE <
WILL RISE A LOT OF CASES AND MAKE 4
AND THE Cases 4“ RICHARD MOORE SEEM
WILL START LIKE A GREAT
POURING IN/! DETECTIVE!!

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OFFICE
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WHAT'S
THE
MATTER,
MISS
OKINO?

SOMEONE'S
BEEN
STALKING

«+»THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT'S
STRANGE WHAT T
ABOUT HIS THOUGHT
ACTIONS. AT FIRST
TABLOID
REPORTER
 seek RECEIVE
PHOTOS OF
MYSELF IN

FURNITURE
Q) REARRANGED

I GET
SILENT
PHONE
CALLS
ALL THE

SCARED I I WAS OUT

CAN'T GET A LAST NIGHT,
DECENT NIGHT'S
SLEEP!!

mA }
I'M HER
i
MANAGER MANAGER,
INVOLVED, KEEP THIS
YAMAGISHI, HER IMAGE INVESTI-
EH? GATION AS
 NOW IF
YOU'LL UNDER-
JUST WRITE STOOD! THE
DOWN YOUR INVESTI-
GATION WILL
BE COMFI-
DENTIAL!!
\ADDRESS

Eons

NOW JUST LEAVE

I WON'T LET MATTERS TO THIS
HERE GREAT
A SOUL LAY DETECTIVE RICHARD
A FINGER ON
YOU, MISS WILL TURN OUT FINE!!
OKINO!!

LET'S
I WANNA SEE START BY
WHAT A STAR'S CHECKING
ROOM IS LIKE!! OUT YOUR
 YOU CAN
TAG ALONG
THIS IS
BUT YOU'D
THE GIRL
BETTER NOT
WHO'S
GET IN THE
SUPPOSED
TO BE SO
WORRIED
ABOUT
ME?

(PITTING
\., RESIDENCE wow!
FOR MISS WHAT
A
BUILDING

NOBODY
KNOWS
SHE LIVES

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ANY WAY" CALL THE
WE CAN WE DON'T Ora POLICE!!
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IF THE
PRESS
GETS A
HOLD OF
u
, THIS...

OH,
CERTAINLY
WE CAN
KEEP
THIS A
SECRET

TALKING
STUPID
ABOUT
DO YOU
MURDER
HERE!!!
fo»

CALL THE
POLICE
i!
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AND AT THAT
TIME YOU WERE SO
ACCOMPANIED WHEN YOU
RETURNED TO
YOUR ROOM,
THIS MAN WAS
ALREADY
 IT'S BEEN A YES
WITH YOu LONG TIME! ! ?
WORKING ALL THOSE INSPECTOR
pyMOSTaaOF biel at MEGUIRE!
THE CASES |'\\7 TOGETHER!! | | IT'S ME,
WENT ft a: ih, RICHARD
\ MOORE!!
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, y)
HEARD HE & Ie

BECAME A es
P.I. AFTER = t
QUITTING : x.
THE FORCE,
I DIDN'T :
KNOW
HE WAS
STILL
IN THE
BUSINESS

AND
I'M SURE
I TURNED
EVERYTHING
OFF WHEN

ake
Koy

THAT'S
NOT ALL
THAT'S
STRANGE
INSPECTOR
MEGUIRE...

138
 THERE'S
A SLIGHT
TRACE OF
WETNESS
ON THE
FLOOR
AROUND
THE BODy.

THIS ROOM IS
TRASHED. WHY
WOULD THIS ONE
CHAIR REMAIN
UPRIGHT?

WAS THIS
DONE IN
ORDER TO
PREVENT
ACCURATE
ESTIMATIONS
OF THE TIME
OF DEATH?

IN WATER
WOULD
 THE SON
OF AN
ACQUAIN-
TANCE. HE'S
STAYING
A WITH US...

i GrJ\
| aoe‘ |

How's IT
THE KNIFE IN HIS GOING? DID
BACK. IT'S JUST YOU FIGURE
AS IT APPEARS. OUT THE
CAUSE OF
DEATH?

MOST
LIKELY
KILLED
INSTANTLY

Y-YOU DON'T SO IT'D

BE ONLY
NATURAL
TO FIND
YOUR PRINTS

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Y-YOKO'S
MANAGER,
RECOGNIZE
THE
VICTIM?
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SLIPPED
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THINGS WILL CLEAR
UP ONCE WE
DO IDENTIFY aS
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515

S INS

THE , : THAT
MURDERER io A MANAGER
| TRIED TO
HIDE IT!?
 NO PRINTS THE
WINDOWS
BESIDES . THAT WERE
MISS OKINO'S LEAVES LOCKED
WERE LIFTED THE FRONT AND WE'RE
FROM DOOR AS
THE MURDER THE ONLY
WEAPON WAY
_ IN.

BREAKING
IN FROM
THE OUT-
SIDE IS
CLOSE TO
IMPOSSI-

OF HIRING
ME...

THERE'VE BEEN MANY

CASES WHERE A
CRIMINAL HIRES A
DETECTIVE...

3
We 2

Tr (?
 IS THERE
YOKO
IS YOU,
ANY EVIDENCE
THAT PROVES PROBABLY
MISS OKINO DUMPED youl!!
/SN'T THE
MURDERER?
AND TO GET
BACK AT THE
HER, YOU--

A GIRL AS
LOVELY AS
YOKO OKINO
WOULD NEVER
KILL ANYBODY.

IT’S TRUE.
I LOST IT FIVE
DAYS AGO, IN I DID HAVE
THE DRESSING
ROOM OF THE THE SPARE
TV STATION... KEY, BUT I
LOST IT.s

HE'S TELLING
THE TRUTH!!
PEOPLE FROM
THE TV STATION
EVEN TRIED TO
HELP US LOOK

|Vee
 NO...
YOKO'S THE x
LAST PERSON IT WAS AFTER THAT--
TO HAVE I GOT THE FEELING
ENEMIES... 8. THAT SOMEONE WAS
ee ENTERING MY HOME
VERY WHILE I WASN‘T
INTEREST-

LIKE
THERE'S
SOMETHING SOME-
I NEED TO THING
GRASP THE |! MISSING
BIGGER : i
PICTURE
OF THIS
CASE...

WHAT'S
IT
DOING
HERE
¥
 WHy'D you
BRING A KID
TO A CRIME

EVEN INSPECTOR
MEGUIRE WON'T GIVE
ME THE TIME OF DAY
NOW THAT I LOOK
LIKE A LITTLE

INTO AN
ADULT

YOU CAN fi Wf tuaT's

USE THIS p RIGHT!!
TO SPEAK yoN , I'VE
IN THE \ GOT THIS
VOICE OF ~— Sam i BOW
AN ADULT, AM OAS | TIE!!
A CHILD, OR
sent AT We - a A) Us
i ez ;
} oe
$0 T JUST
TURN THE
DIAL TO THE
 INSPECTOR!
THERE’S
SOMETHING
UNDER THE

YUKO
BUT WHAT'S IKEZAWA.
YUKO'S EARRING WE
DOING IN DEBUTED
IN THE
SAME
YEAR...

I WORKED
WITH HER
A LOT SO
I'VE SEEN
HER
TO THINK WEARING
OF IT
 YUKO
IKEZAWA
LOST THE
LEAD ROLE
IN A SOAP
TO YOKO.

IT HEARD
THAT SHE
HAS A
GRUDGE
AGAINST

es YES...
YOU HEARD |; BRING HER
THE MAN!) TE IN TO THE
‘ ON THE TATION...
DOUBLE!!! eco

NO, JUST
BRING HER
DIRECTLY
 NO...
AND THERE JUDGING
WAS ALL FROM THE
THAT EVIDENCE
STRANGE HERE, THE
EVIDENCE MURDERER IS
LEFT IN THE OBVIOUSLY

WE HAVE
THE PIECES
OF THE
PUZZLE
HY

WE JUST
HAVE TO
PUT THEM
TOGETHER
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RESEMBLANCE
 I HATED
YOKO FOR
OM] STEALING
BuT THIS «= | RBs THE LEAD
MURDER wy}
TOOK PLACE
IN YOKO'S 4
APARTMENT, Para py
RIGHT!? aN

IF YOU'RE
YOU'RE LOOKING
SAYING TO POINT
IS FINGERS, I
EXACTLY THINK YOKO
RIGHT, WOULD BE
MISS \ THE NATURAL
IKEZAWA SUSPECT!
 THE ONLY THE
VICTIM WAS
PRINTS STABBED IN
FOUND ON THE BACK
THE WEAPON WITH A
WERE KITCHEN
YOKO'S. KNIFE.

IN
ADDITION,
THIS ROOM
IS ON THE
25TH FLOOR!!
IT'D BE
IMPOSSIBLE
TO GET INSIDE
HERE WITHOUT
A KEy!!

HAH!
AFTER ALL, THEN
EARRING!! THIS IS IT'S CLEAR
IT’S YOURS, MY FIRST
ISN'T IT!? I HAD
NOTHING
TO DO
WITH IT!

IT’S NOT JUST

THE EARRING! THE THOUGHT
SUPER DOWNSTAIRS I'D LOST
SAYS HE SAW Mosae
SOMEONE MATCHING WHERE
YOUR DESCRIPTION!! DID you
FIND IT

THIS IS
ABSURD!
NOW IF
YOU'LL
EXCUSE ME,
I'M GOING
TO USE THE
RESTROOM
Ny
 IF THE
I WON'T
PRESE THOUGH NOT
ris or
HAVE YOU
THIS, YOUR
Keene |,
NUMBER ONE |KX
ACCUSING
ME OF MURDER
pop root! |S ust BECAUSE
res SEY MYYOUEA FOUND
RRING!!

THEN YOU'LL
HAVE A LOT
OF FREE TIME

WOMAN,
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YOU'RE
SOLVE DON’T WORRY. STILL TOO
IT DAD AND INSPECTOR YOUNG FOR
BEFORE MEGUIRE ARE BOTH
LONG!! ON THE JOB!

HERE...
 HERE, THIS
CASE WOULD
BE SOLVED
SURE
THING

A HE'LL
T 4 BE
BACK
SOON
I THOUGHT
IT WAS
JUST A
STATUE
BUT IT’S
ACTUALLY
a A LIGHTER!
COOL!!
 YOU'RE
REAL
SMART!
YOU KNEW
THIS WAS
A LIGHTER

UH...
I SAW THE
EXACT SAME

AND WHICH
FRIEND IS

DEER
COME TO
THOUGHT THINK OF
YOU SAID IT, YOU
ALSO KNEW
YOUE WHERE THE
NEVER
BEEN Here =BATHROOM
AE
BEFORE! ne
 IT'S
YOU KILLED BECAUSE
THIS MAN IN fi YOU, YUKO
MISS OKINO'S a> IKEZAWA,
APARTMENT TO _~ (i ARE THE

if
CREATE A ” MURDERER
SCANDAL!!

I FOUGHT
HIM OFF
BECAUSE HE
 CRANK BEGINNING T
PHONE % JUST WANTED
$0 I GOT
CALLS AND SQ ! TO GET BACK
ANGRY AND ss . AT YOKO FOR
SENT HER
SNUCK IN STEALING THE
HERE WHILE ROLE THAT
SHOULD HAVE
BEEN MINE!

TO FIND
SOMETHING
THAT WOULD
CAUSE A
SCANDAL.

BUT WHEN I
CAME HERE THIS
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TOGETHER

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NO IDEA
WHAT
HAPPENED
HERE
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KILL HIM
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HAVE RUN
INTO THE
VICTIM HIDING
IN THIS ROOM!
AN ARGUMENT
ENSUED, AND
THAT'S WHEN
YOU DID IT...

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NEEDED TO f_aAS We
STAB A MAN ——
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IN THE BACK
WITH A KNIFE
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ALL I HAVE
TO DO IS USE
THE BOW TIE
VOICE
MODULATOR
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ACTUALLY
MR. THAT IS
YAMAGISHI,
YOU HAD A NOT THE
SPARE KEY
TO THIS
APARTMENT,
CORRECT

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OBVIOUSLY
you
WOULD
BEA
SUSPECT.

IF YOU WERE
THE MURDERER,
AND YOU WENT
; SURELY YOU TO THE TROUBLE
BUT WOULD HAVE OF HIRING ME
THERE'S PREPARED AN S0 I COULD
NOTHING ALIBI OR SOME DISCOVER THE
LIKE THAT EVIDENCE THAT BODY...
WOULD PROVE
YOUR INNOCENCE...

RESIDENT
OF THIS
HOME WOULD
BE THE PRIME
SUSPECT.

SAME
COULD
BE SAID
FOR YOU.
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YOU HID THE
FACT THAT
YOU'VE BEEN

BEFORE...

IF YOU HAD
KILLED HIM, EVEN
UNINTENTIONALLY,
BESIDES
YOURSELF
YOU WOULDN'T
WOULD HAVE REVEALED
KNOW IF EVEN MEETING
you
ACTUALLY
HAD CONTACT
WITH THE
VICTIM...

THAT'S RIGHT.
HOWEVER, I DO IT IS ALL
HAVE EVIDENCE PSYCHOLOGICAL
TO SUPPORT INFERENCE.
MY THEORY...

THERE'S NO
PROOF TO
SUBSTANTIATE
THEIR
INNOCENCE.
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YAMAGISHI,
YOU PRETENDED I WAS
TO SLIP SO YOU ; WATCHING I SAW
COULD PULL OUT you YOU HIDE
THE HAIRS FROM Soe ae THE
THE DEAD MAN'S
HAIR
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WHAT TI SAID....
MY POINT IS NOT
WHY MR. YAMAGISHI
_BUT DID SUCH A f
RATHER WHY THING...
THE VICTIM
HAD THE HAIRS
IN HIS HAND
IN THE FIRST
PLACE.

THE THE VICTIM

PERPETRATOR YOU THINK WAS STABBED
WANTED TO THAT'S IN THE BACK
MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE AND DIED
LIKE A HOMICIDE-- INSTANTLY.
JUST AS IF HOW COULD HE
BE HOLDING THE
HAIR OF HIS
MURDERER?
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LATE MR.
FUJIE,
HIMSELF
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IN THIS IMPOSSIBLE!
ROOM WAS PLEASE HOW CAN
TURNED RECALL WITH A WHAT HE YOU STAB
ON HIGH KNIFE IN WANTED § YOUR OWN
AND THERE HIS BACK, YOu TO
WERE TRACES IT DOESN'T
OF WATER LOOK LIKE
ON THE SUICIDE.
FLOOR...

THE
ROOM WAS
TURNED
UPSIDE
DOWN, YET
THE CHAIR
BY THE DEAD
MAN'S FEET
WAS STILL
UPRIGHT.
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RAISED THE JUMPED MR. FUJIE
TEMPERATURE BACKWARD INSERTED
THE THEROOM
OF SO OFF THE THE KNIFE
CHAIR INTO A HOLE
BITS OF ONTO THE HE MADE IN
SHATTERED THE ICE...
ICE WOULD
MELT.

THE DENT
MR. FUJIE LEFT ON
OVERDID IT IN THE FLOOR
HIS MEASURES NEAR THE
TO FRAME MISS BODY IS
OKINO AS THE EVIDENCE.
MURDERER.

SORRY, : ' MR. YAMAGISHI

YOKO SAW THE HAIR
tasi ~— / AND ASSUMED
aa MISS OKINO HAD
I EXPECT
KILLED HER OLD IT MATCHES
BOYFRIEND. THE SHAPE
THAT'S WHY OF THE
HE HID IT. KNIFE
HANDLE

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AS MISS OKINO ANYONE
ENTERED THE ROOM, NOTICED?
HE MISTOOK HER THE TWO
FOR MISS IKEZAWA OF YOU
AND ATTACKED LOOK
HER.. EXACTLY
THE SAME
FROM
BEHIND.

APPROACHED
HER TO
TALK.

PENT UP % : i A IKEZAWA
AFFECTION WAS SURPRISED
R : A BY THE SUDDEN
APPEARANCE OF
MR. FUSIE A STRANGE MAN.
THOUGHT SHE SCREAMED,
SHE WAS MISS FOUGHT HIM OFF,
OKINO, AND HE AND THEN
WAS SHOCKED BY FLED.
HER BEHAVIOR.

BUT HE
ACTUALLY, X
I ASKED HIM A BROKE UP
TO BREAK UP ‘ WITH ME!!
WITH YOu... ‘ SO WHY--?7

INSPECTOR!!
WE FOUND THE
VICTIM'S JOURNAL
IN HIS HOUSE!!
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HER BACK MISS OKINO ww
EVEN IF IT EVEN AFTER
MEANT THE THEY BROKE WRITING
END OF HER
CAREER AS
UP, HE WENT oi IN HIS DIARY
TO SEE WAS FULL OF
A POP IDOL.
SUFFERING

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HE WANTED, AT
THE VERY LEAST,
TO EXPLAIN TO
HER WHAT REALLY
HAPPENED. THE LAST
WORDS IN THE DIARY
WERE “I CAN NO
LONGER LIVE LIKE

I SEE...
A FATEFUL
COMBINATION
OF LIES, MIS-
UNDERSTANDINGS,
& AND COINCIDENCE
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YOKO
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BECAUSE
JIMMY |S I MEAN,
MISSING. T CAN'T
EVEN
SLEEP
AT NIGHT
 PLEASE
HURRY UP
AND COME
BACK...

RICHARD
MOORE
PRIVATE
INVESTI-
GATOR'S
OFFICE
 CAN YOU
TELL WHO
THIS 1S?
\IT'S ME.

KNOWING
YOU, I
THOUGHT
YOU M/GHT
BE WORRIED
7O TEARS
ABOUT ME
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llo!
I’m Gosho Aoyama.
I’ve loved detective stories ever since I was a
kid. Whenever I’m in a bookstore I can’t help
but pick up anything that has “Holmes” or
“Great Detective” on the cover. For this series,
I try to squeeze out every bit of detective
story knowledge that I have.

Can you solve the crimes before Conan does?

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Sy tery Pay,
Libre s,

SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sherlock Holmes was the legendary great detective created by
novelist Arthur Conan Doyle. Always cool and collected, Holmes
has uncanny powers of observation and deduction. And he’s even
a master fencer. When he’s not on a case he’s at 221B Baker
Street relaxing, smoking his pipe, and not doing much of any-
thing. But when he gets hired for a case he goes all out like a wolf
after its prey. The more complicated the case, the more excited
Holmes gets. And apparently he doesn’t have much interest in
women. With the famous phrase “elementary, my dear...”
he ribs his companion Dr. Watson for not keeping up with him.
But as a reader, I’m in the same position as Watson.
IT highly recommend Tx# Sign or Four.