E116 - The Mystery Writer Disappearance Case (Part 1)
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Encounters are mysterious!
But the world is even more so!
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I'm so glad I'm with you!
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Today's an author mystery!
Some mysteries exist outside of writing!
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He sees the single truth for what it is,
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and looks like a kid
but has the mind of an adult!
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His name? Detective Conan!
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The Mystery Writer
Disappearance Case (Part 1).
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I, Matsuda Samonji, have solved
tonight's bloody string of murders!
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That person is undoubtedly the killer!
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Detective Samonji
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The son! The son! The son did it!
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That's dumb! The son is a fake!
It's the wife of the murdered man!
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Who do you think did it,
Conan-kun?
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I'll say the same person as you!
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See! Even he thinks so!
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How would he know?
Kids don't know anything!
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The killer...
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...is you, his son!
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I knew it!
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That's impossible!
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It was different the last time I saw it...
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The Detective Samonji
series is always being remade,
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and the killer changes each time!
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That's why it's always so interesting!
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You blockhead!
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What was that for?!
Don't make me mad!
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That's not mad!
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What are you doing, Dad?!
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Quick-draw detective,
my butt! How pathetic!
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Turn it back! Samonji's about to
pull out his sword and say a haiku!
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Too bad!
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Come on! Turn it back!
It's going to end!
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Things sure are peaceful for
father and daughter to argue over this...
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So many people have fallen
victim to their organization.
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But nobody realizes it's
the organization's fault.
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If I want to be normal again,
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I have to turn this bumbling
detective into a real master detective
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and obtain information on the
men in black's organization!
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If he gets more work, I'll eventually
run into a case involving them!
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If I continue to seek
the truth, I know I can do it!
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Now it's over!
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What's so good about it anyway?
He's just a third-rate detective.
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So says the dimwitted detective...
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Besides, the original
series ended long ago.
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It's annoying that
they keep putting it on TV.
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Oh, they started the serials again!
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Let's see. I'm sure it's around here.
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Literature Era started it two months ago.
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See!
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"Shinmei Nintaro's highly
anticipated 'Detective Samonji' returns!"
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Seriously?!
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This takes me back!
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He and a killer disappeared
into a fire ten years ago,
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but I guess he survived!
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It takes you back?
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That's what Shinichi-*niichan
*said on the phone the other day...
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Shinichi did?
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That mystery nerd, huh...
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Oh? I think someone's
at your office downstairs...
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Yeah, tell them it's late
and to come back tomorrow.
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Okay.
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I'm sorry! The office is closed for the day!
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But I really do need to talk
to Detective Mori about something.
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Could he at least hear what I have to say?
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Hottie!
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It's rather late, so could
you come back tomorrow?
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Wait, wait, wait!
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What are you saying to our guest?!
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Sorry to keep you waiting!
I am Mori Kogoro!
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I apologize for my rude daughter!
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Please! Come right in!
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Thank you.
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Right this way!
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What's with that attitude?
You told me to turn her away!
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Please, have a seat!
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My apologies! Go right ahead!
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Thank you.
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It's nothing special, but...
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Thanks.
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Now, then.
May I ask what brings you here?
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Yes. My name is Shinmei Kaori.
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Shinmei Kaori
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Yes. My name is Shinmei Kaori.
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Shinmei? You don't mean--?!
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The mystery writer's--?
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Shinmei Kaori (22), office worker
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Yes. Shinmei Nintaro is my father.
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You're the daughter
of that great master?!
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I can never get enough of
Samonji's haikus!
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Right?!
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So, how can I help you?
Does he want to use me in a novel?
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No, actually... my father
has been missing for two months.
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He's...
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...missing?!
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That is quite--
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Don't be silly!
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He's been writing serials for
Literature Era for the past two months!
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But it's the truth! He and my mother
disappeared from their home!
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Y-Your mother, too?
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They both vanished about one
week before this serialization began.
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I checked with all our relatives
and acquaintances of course,
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but no one knew anything.
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Still, don't his serials mean
that he is writing manuscripts?
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Yes.
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Oddly enough, the manuscripts
are faxed to the editing department.
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Every Saturday, at exactly midnight.
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But don't the faxes have the
sender's phone number or anything?
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No, nothing at all.
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It seems the sender has it configured
not to display those things.
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Hmm...
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It's probably because he and
his wife are on vacation somewhere
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and he sends the faxes
from the hotel they're staying at!
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I thought so too at first!
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But they've never been
quiet for two months like this before!
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I can only think that something happened!
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Did you contact the police?
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Yes.
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I asked them to investigate,
but there had been no ransom calls
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and the manuscripts were
being sent, so they said not to worry.
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I tried the other detective agencies,
but they all said the same thing.
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You're my last hope, Mori-san!
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This is pointless!
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We're only wasting time by sitting here!
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Let's check the editing department
where his manuscripts get sent!
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You can save your
troubles for after that!
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R-Right!
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Taxi!
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After you!
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Yes, Shinmei-sensei's manuscripts get sent here every week.
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Daigakukan
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More should be sent today,
at any time now...
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Are these manuscripts
really written by him?
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Yes. Although they're typed out,
the words are most definitely his!
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He signs his name next
to the title each time, too.
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I can show you the faxed
manuscripts, if you'd like.
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Halves at the Top
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The title is "Halves at the Top"?
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And he's signed them, too.
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Are you certain this is his signature?
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Yes. We confirmed it
when I came here earlier.
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There's nothing
to worry about, Kaori-san!
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I'm sure he's just so focused
on writing that he forgot to contact you.
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The same thing happens
to lots of other writers!
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But are you sure he forgot?
His wife's with him...
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Yeah, now that you mention it...
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Did he seem different in any way?
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Different?
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You know, like during
a meeting or something.
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Yes, we had a simple meeting
before we started the serials,
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but he didn't seem any different...
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Anything at all?
Even the tiniest thing might help...
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I suppose there is the fact he
restarted his Detective Samonji series.
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Huh?
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You see, I have been asking him
to restart this series for the past four years.
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But he always answered by saying...
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Samonji is dead.
There's no bringing him back.
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So I had half given up when
he suddenly called two months ago
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to ask if we could make
room for his new Samonji series.
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We were more than
happy to oblige, of course,
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so we hurriedly canceled
the new series we were running
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and replaced it with Samonji.
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I see. Anything else?
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Oh, come to think of it,
this doesn't pertain to him exactly,
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but for the dedication, he wrote this:
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"Attention, all master
detectives throughout Japan!
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If you wish to surpass my intellect,
solve this case's true mystery."
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That's quite a provocative dedication.
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Yes. And ever since the
first chapter, we've received
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tons of calls and fan letters saying,
"This is how it was done!"
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As an editor, it makes me happy,
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but it seemed like a rare move
for such a mild-mannered writer.
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Though, fans have been waiting
like crazy for over ten years,
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so it's only natural he's
getting such a big reception.
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"Like crazy"?
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Yes, there was even a scary
call last year from a crazed fan
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who threatened to set this place
on fire if he didn't restart the series!
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Talk about extreme...
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Oh, yes! There's one
other thing that seemed strange!
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He appears in his own novel!
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Come again?
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Shinmei-sensei appears in the story,
as an old friend of Samonji's!
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He's a struggling
writer who resides in France.
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There are about forty stories in
the series, but this is a first!
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I think it's going to end
with all the previous cases
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being things Samonji told him about!
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Kind of like how
Watson is to Sherlock Holmes!
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Say! Could you show me that scene?
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Sure!
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But can you read kanji, little boy?
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A little!
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Oh, you're right! Here he is!
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Shinmei-sensei makes his first appearance
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when Samonji calls a friend living
in France for advice on a case.
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His character is absentminded and funny!
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W-What's this?!
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This is strange!
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Look at this!
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10:00 is written in kanji here,
but 1:00 is written with a number!
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This guy must've been pretty tired, huh?
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That is strange. Could this actually be...
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...a misprint on your part?
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No!
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We wanted to fix it to
make it easier to read, too!
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But he said, "The lay of the letters
is a novel's life! Don't change it!"
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He said it many times before the serialization.
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He also said he'd cancel the
series immediately if we defied his wish.
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Then that makes it all the odder.
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It's almost as if something
is being hidden in the writing.
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And then there are
Shinmei-sensei's signatures.
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If my theory is correct,
it's possible that he's already...
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Oh! Here's his latest fax!
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Let's see here...
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You can't look yet!
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It's a mystery story!
Wait until it's in book form to read it!
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Hey!
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I thought so!
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Hey, you!
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But his signature is weird!
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Chapters six through eight match perfectly.
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Nintaro
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Th-They do!
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Chapters one through six are all
slightly different, though. I wonder why!
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He obviously just
copied an earlier signature.
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Why would he do that?
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Because he didn't
want to write it anymore...
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...or he couldn't anymore?
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Mori-san!
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If he can't write anymore,
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that means Shinmei-*sensei
*might already be dead, doesn't it?
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Y-You can't be serious!
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This is bad! This
requires immediate action!
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You! The police! Call the police!
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Right!
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It's not 100% yet!
There's a chance he's still alive!
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The key to saving his life is
probably hidden inside this novel!
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As a message he's left for us detectives!
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Daigakukan
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You can't open an investigation?
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No, we still can't. Not at this stage.
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Hold on, Inspector!
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Shinmei Nintaro,
her father and a mystery writer,
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has been missing for two months now!
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What's more, his wife is also gone!
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I can only think they got
caught up in some sort of incident!
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Even so, his manuscripts are
being faxed here every single week.
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Even though they're faxes,
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his daughter and the editors
all agree it's his writing!
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And like I said, those
faxes are the issue here!
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Don't those signatures
seem strange to you?!
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Signatures? But they were
already confirmed to be his.
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Between Chapter one and six,
his signatures are all slightly different,
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but between Chapter six and eight,
they're all exactly the same!
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They're obviously copies
of a previous signature
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and evidence that he's now in
a condition in which he can't write!
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In other words,
something has happened to him!
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Then tell me...
Who did what to Mr. Shinmei?
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I'd believe you more if there
was a threatening phone call,
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but there's been nothing at all.
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Besides, maybe he got sick of
signing them and used copies instead.
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True. Given the circumstances,
Inspector Megure is right.
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It wouldn't be surprising
for an eccentric writer
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to take his wife and hole up
somewhere to focus on his writing.
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But something bugs me!
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Attention, all master detectives throughout
Japan!
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It wasn't like him to write that dedication.
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It was very extreme and provocative
for someone so mild-mannered.
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Then, there's the fact the writer
suddenly appears in the series.
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And then there's his odd dialogue
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that mixes numbers, kanji
numbers, and English letters...
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If my theory is correct,
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there must be a message
from Shinmei-sensei in here!
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Inspector! I made copies of all
the lines Mori-san was curious about.
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Mr. Shinmei makes
four appearances so far?
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Can I have a copy, too?
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Stop that! Don't get in the way!
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It's okay! There are extras!
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Here you go!
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Thank you!
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Let's see, his first appearance
is when the main detective character
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calls Mr. Shinmei,
who is residing in France.
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He's also in France the second time...
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He's in France the third time...
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And the fourth time, too.
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Does Mr. Shinmei like France?
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Yes. He and my mother
often traveled there.
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Damn! Reading them backwards
or rearranging them doesn't work!
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If only I had a point to start from!
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Umm, do you mind if we use
Chapter eight of "Halves at the Top,"
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the manuscript he just faxed?
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Halves at the top?
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It's the title of the work
you're reading right now!
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Halves at the--?
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Halves at the top?!
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Hold on, now!
Could this actually be--?!
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T-This is--!
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Just as I thought!
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There's a message from
Shinmei-sensei hidden in these lines!
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Which makes it all fit:
that provocative dedication,
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the author's appearance in the story,
and the odd lines of dialogue!
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But what is the goal of the person
holding him and his wife captive?!
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Inspector!
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What is it, Takagi-kun?
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Look at this manuscript!
There's more dialogue!
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Huh? This is the eighth
chapter that was just faxed here?
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"Hurry..."
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"There's..."
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"...no time..."
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"Hurry, there's no time!"
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On the next Conan--
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"The Mystery Writer
Disappearance Case (Part 2)."
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Next Conan's hint:
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French language.
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Message from author Aoyama-sensei.
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What'd he say? That he likes this segment?
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