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. 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. 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. The series follows high school detective Jimmy Kudo who was transformed into a child after being forced to swallow a poison.
Tankōbon volume 21 to volume 40 encapsulates chapters 201 to 413. Shogakukan released all twenty volumes between October 17, 1998 and February 18, 2003. Viz Media licensed the series and released volume 21 on January 15, 2008 and volume 40 on October 11, 2011.
Volumes
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| 21 | Strangers on a Plane | October 17, 1998 978-4-09-125491-7 | January 15, 2008 978-1-4215-1456-7 | |
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| When Conan, Dr. Agasa, and George go missing in the castle, Amy and Anita try to uncover its secret. On a plane ride, Rachel falls asleep and remembers Jimmy's first case which also took place aboard a plane. The Junior Detective League are given a tour of the police station by officers Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato. They learn of a bank robbery, but when the bank president's wife is murdered, Conan joins Takagi and Sato on the case. Conan and Rachel join Harley and Kazuha for some shopping before the wedding of a family friend's kid. However, the butler is found dead in a closed room. | ||||
| 22 | Murder on the Hokutosei Express | February 18, 1999 978-4-09-125492-4 | March 18, 2008 978-1-4215-1674-5 | |
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| Conan and Harley work on the case of the dead butler in a closed room. While on a train, a killing and a recent robbery leads Conan to believe that both events are tied to a mystery novel that his father once wrote, but never published. On a beach trip, Serena is wooed by a good-looking guy but is attacked in multiple incidents by a mysterious man. | ||||
| 23 | Film Threat | April 17, 1999 978-4-09-125493-1 | May 20, 2008 978-1-4215-1675-2 | |
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| The Junior Detectives spend an afternoon watching monster movies and learn that the theater will be closing; however, the buyer is murdered during a screening. Rachel, Richard and Conan attend a private cruise. They discover that it was arranged by someone related to a famous bank robbery 20 years ago. With a retired police colleague of Richard's and teen detective Harley Hartwell, they attempt to determine who is behind the cruise and the recent deaths of some of the passengers. Sato chases down a fleeing suspect but inadvertently handcuffs him and herself to a toilet. | ||||
| 24 | Love and Death | July 17, 1999 978-4-09-125494-8 | July 15, 2008 978-1-4215-1676-9 | |
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| The Junior Detectives help Takagi investigate a murder suspect so that the original suspect, who is handcuffed to Sato in an art museum, can be freed to make it to his daughter's wedding. However, they soon learn that the art museum is going to be demolished that next morning. Richard's doctor recommends that Richard stop drinking, but when the doctor is found dead in his bathtub due to an electric shock, his family members and their hired maid become suspects. But during the case, Ran acts quite friendly towards the doctor's son Tomoaki Araide, that Jimmy feels jealous. Conan learns that the Black Organization is going to murder someone at a hotel, but that they are aware that Sherry will be there and look forward to killing her. | ||||
| 25 | Along Came A Spider | October 18, 1999 978-4-09-125495-5 | September 16, 2008 978-1-4215-1677-6 | |
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| Conan, Rachel and Serena are out skating when they encounter a group of friends that were in a clay shooting club together. But one of its members is murdered in a bathroom and the others become suspects. Harley and Richard are hired by a family who makes fancy puppets to investigate a curse of the Spider Queen where a string of people have mysteriously hung themselves amidst a web of strings in a shed. During the investigation, Serena is nearly killed. While Rachel prepares for a play in which a Black Knight will kiss her, Conan goes with the Junior Detectives on a camping trip where they find a cave and encounter some criminals hiding a body. Conan is shot in the process, and the other members must escape the cave before they are killed. | ||||
| 26 | The Play's the Thing | February 18, 2000 978-4-09-125496-2 | November 18, 2008 978-1-4215-1678-3 | |
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| Rachel gives her blood to save Conan. Suspecting that Rachel might be onto his real identity, Conan plans on revealing his identity to her until Anita tells him the consequences: reveal his identity and put Rachel and everyone else in danger, continue to act cold and ignorant, or a third choice. During the school play, a man is murdered. At first Harley appears as Jimmy in disguise, but he is easily found out. Then the real Jimmy Kudo (in full size thanks to an experimental antidote by Anita) returns and solves the murder mystery. Later, Jimmy takes Rachel to a fancy restaurant and is about to tell her something when someone is murdered in an elevator. Jimmy solves the case but reverts to his kid size before being able to return to Rachel. Richard is hired to investigate a music box given to a girl who had been pen pals with a stranger using a pager. They are able to track the sender of the pager to a family whose late grandfather was the correspondent. Rachel sees a mysterious silhouette crossing the hallway and one of the family members is injured in the head by a koto instrument. Conan solves the mystery and uncovers where the family treasure in the form of a rare postage stamp is hidden. | ||||
| 27 | Game On | April 18, 2000 978-4-09-125497-9 | January 20, 2009 978-1-4215-1679-0 | |
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| Enjoying a day at the hotel resort, Richard is framed for the murder of his separated wife Eva Kaden's lawyer colleague, and must depend on Eva to solve it for him. Miwako Sato's father's murder case is about to expire from a statute of limitations, and Miwako has one last day to try to find the killer. At the same time, the Junior Detectives help Miwako and Takagi track down a serial arsonist. Rachel and Serena find their new English teacher, Jodie Saintmillion, playing games at the video arcade, but when a man is mysteriously killed while playing a virtual reality fighting game, Conan scrambles to find the culprit. The Junior Detectives forage for Matsutake mushrooms, but when George wanders into a zone that is fenced off for hunting, the others have to split up to find him. Anita and Mitch discover a bear cub and a human corpse, but are then shot at by a hunter. | ||||
| 28 | The Mermaid Vanishes | July 18, 2000 978-4-09-125498-6 | March 17, 2009 978-1-4215-2196-1 | |
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| The case continues and the shooter is identified. A mysterious woman hires Richard to look for a guy based on a picture if them in junior high, but when they arrive the man is found dead. Conan finds inconsistencies in the woman's story as well. When they solve the case, the woman is revealed to be Heiji's mother. Heiji and Haruka join Richard's case where a girl has gone missing at Fukui Island, also known as Mermaid Island. There is a tradition where an elder would bestow long life in the form of arrows connected to the legendary mermaid, however the girl's peers are also mysteriously killed. A woman walks out of a payphone and is beaten to death by a man with a bat. When Inspector Megure hears a comment of how useless the police are, he starts getting flashbacks. | ||||
| 29 | What Ms. Jodie Saw | September 18, 2000 978-4-09-125499-3 | May 19, 2009 978-1-4215-2197-8 | |
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| The case regarding the dead ganguro girls continues as Conan discovers the suspect is going after girls with platform shoes, including Serena, and Inspector Megure's past is revealed. When a bus is hijacked, Conan suspects one of the passengers to be part of the gang given that his attempts to gather evidence are caught by the hijackers. However, Anita senses a member of the Black Organization is aboard, and it is revealed that the hijackers intend to blow up the bus. During an estate giveaway among dog-lovers, a dog is kidnapped, and Conan suspects the culprit is one of the regular visitors. Conan gets to meet his soccer idol at an event for a restaurant opening by some sports celebrities, but an infamous tabloid writer is murdered during a lighting of a bunch of rooms on a neighboring hotel, and the celebrities become suspects. | ||||
| 30 | The Kaido Game | December 18, 2000 978-4-09-125500-6 | July 21, 2009 978-1-4215-2198-5 | |
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| The day following the sports celebrity case, Rachel, Richard and Conan take a train when they meet Takagi and Sato who are escorting a drug suspect. However, when a bomb threat is reported in a bathroom, the drug suspect is soon found dead in another bathroom, in an apparent suicide. Richard, Rachel and Conan are invited to a mansion along with many famous detectives by the Kaito Kid. They must solve the mystery of the manor before they are all killed off or kill each other. When George acts differently at school, the Junior Detectives learn he is being targeted by a killer because he had witnessed someone who was wanted for snatching bags. George retraces his steps in trying to remember where he had seen the snatcher. Rachel and Serena take a pottery class, but a murder occurs at the shop. Conan knows who the murderer is but has to find evidence to prove it to the police. | ||||
| 31 | Too Many Moores | March 17, 2001 978-4-09-126161-8 | September 15, 2009 978-1-4215-2199-2 | |
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| Conan solves the pottery murder. A man pretends to be Richard Moore in order to have an inn manager give him a case with clues to a treasure, but the impersonator dies and the inn's workers become suspects. At a beach resort, a fisherman does not show for a party, and is found dead in the ocean. His peers are suspects. Harley's school is participating in a kendo tournament, but when a person on another team is murdered and mysteriously relocated from a gym equipment room to the showers, Heiji tries to solve the case before Conan can arrive. In Osaka, a murder takes place among a group of tourists who are role-playing historical characters. One of the victims falls from a rooftop in flames. | ||||
| 32 | You're History | April 18, 2001 978-4-09-126162-5 | November 17, 2009 978-1-4215-2884-7 | |
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| Another of the role-playing tourists dies, Heiji tries to solve the Osaka case, but gets interference from his father. Yoko Okino reunites with her former girl group colleagues to celebrate member Kaoru's engagement, but when Kaoru is mysteriously attacked in the bath, the girls and nearby guys become suspects. A man who goes by the name James Black is mistaken for an owner of a private collection of exotic animals used in animal shows and is abducted. The Junior Detectives trace his whereabouts but must chase them before the signal as well as Black dies out. Pressured by her mother, Sato randomly picks a guy for her omiai (marriage meeting), but he turns out to be her colleague Santos. While Takagi is in the midst of solving a robbery case, Sato and Santos make a wager to get married if Takagi doesn't stop them. | ||||
| 33 | Valentine's Day Massacre | July 18, 2001 978-4-09-126163-2 | January 19, 2010 978-1-4215-2884-7 | |
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| Conan helps Wataru Takagi solve the mystery of the robber with seemingly contradictory descriptions, but he must do it before time runs out and Sato marries Santos. For Valentine's Day, Richard takes Rachel, Serena, and Conan to a house on the snowy mountains where the two girls can make chocolates for their loved ones. However, while there, a man is murdered in the winter storm and a legendary snow lady is blamed. Later a murder occurs in a man's home when he hires the Junior Detectives to search his house for a watch. Rachel and Conan try to figure out what "X" means, but Serena and Jodie won't give them hints. A man is murdered at the mall; his dying message is on a letter with the symbols O X Δ. | ||||
| 34 | The Unusual Suspects | September 18, 2001 978-4-09-126164-9 | April 13, 2010 978-1-4215-2885-4 | |
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| Conan gives hints to Megure so he is able to decode the mysterious symbols to nab the culprit. An unknown person steals the police's investigation records relating to Richard Moore, and Conan is worried it could be the Black Organization. With Harley's persistence, he investigates Jodie to see if she really is Chris Vineyard, daughter of American actress Sharon Vineyard. They visit Jodie's apartment complex, but when their neighbor jumps off a building, they suspect a murder. After a soccer game, a blogger reputed to be a hooligan is killed in a crowded train. The police find three suspects who were at the game, but Conan suspects one of them is lying. At a restaurant, Rachel is courted to star in a film. The group is invited to share dinner but one of the men is poisoned and Richard is suspected of doing the deed. As Conan uses Richard to solve the case, Ran feels really sick from fever, and faints in the restaurant. She has a flash back of the case involving Jimmy, Jimmy's mother, Sharon Vineyard and herself when they were in New York City. | ||||
| 35 | Greek Tragedy | December 18, 2001 978-4-09-126165-6 | July 13, 2010 978-1-4215-2886-1 | |
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| In the New York City case, Rachel recalls how Jimmy's mother and Sharon were meeting up with their actress colleagues. During the stage performance, the lead actor is killed by someone in the balcony, but Jimmy determines it was by one of the actor's colleagues. Rachel then recalls meeting the man wearing the knit cap that she would later see in other cases, and that he was an FBI agent. Back to the present, Rachel checks in with Dr. Araide. One of Araide's patients tells Richard about a haunted apartment. He, Rachel and Conan investigate and find that indeed there are ghost-like incidents: a ghost appears on the television screen, red water appears in a toilet, and a ghost's face forms outside a window. Later on, Mitch skips school without telling anyone and is in a forest for reasons unknown. The Junior Detectives try to find him, but discover there is also a serial killer who escaped into the forest. Richard and Harley are invited to a beach town and island where they are to solve a case involving dead bodies with inscriptions beside them. | ||||
| 36 | With a Bang | February 18, 2002 978-4-09-126166-3 | October 12, 2010 978-1-4215-2887-8 | |
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| The case of the dead bodies with inscriptions next to them continues. One of the visiting girls who scuba dives is killed as well as the ship's captain, leaving the gang stranded on an island. A threatening letter is sent to the police about an event that will happen during a Tokyo parade. It relates to a bombing crime in the past. Takaki disguised as Matsuda and the bombings causes Sato to suffer flashbacks. After reviewing video footage from Mitch and noticing something peculiar, they arrest a robber, but it turns out to be only coincidental and that the bomber is still on the loose. A riddled letter is found near one of the bombings, revealing the location of a bomb big enough to destroy a tower. Conan and Takagi find the bomb, but realize that another bomb lies in the wait, and that during the last three seconds to detonation, a hint will reveal the bomb's location. If they wait for the hint, Conan and Takagi will die in the explosion and if they dismantle it, more people will die. | ||||
| 37 | A Study in Black | April 18, 2002 978-4-09-126167-0 | January 11, 2011 978-1-4215-2888-5 | |
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| Conan defuses the elevator bomb, but they must find the next location before those bombs are detonated. Richard makes a guest appearance for an episode in a detective show, and meets a childhood classmate who has become a pretty actress and who also knows about Richard and Eva's relationship when they were in school. However, one of the actors is killed, and Conan, who has used his only sleeping dart earlier, must rely on Richard to actually solve the case. Richard is asked to track down the whereabouts of a renowned game designer Itakura who had given a challenge to three of his developers to develop chess, shogi, and go computer games, but remains elusive from the press. When Itakura is found dead in a staged heart attack, the developers become suspects, but Conan discovers Itakura has also been working to develop some software for Vodka of the Black Organization. After solving the Itakura case, Conan manages to take the data disk of the man's diary and arranges a meeting with Vodka to drop off the software at a locker. On the way there, the car breaks down but they manage to get a ride with two suspicious people. | ||||
| 38 | On the Ropes | July 18, 2002 978-4-09-126168-7 | April 12, 2011 978-1-4215-2889-2 | |
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| Conan stops the two robbers. He plants the data disk in the locker with various devices to try and track down the black organization, but was thwarted due to Gin. A friend of Amy's neighbor offers to give Amy their Girls Day doll set, but while they are there, a valuable wall scroll is stolen. Richard is invited to attend a pro wrestling event where a popular wrestler Wolf Face is putting his lucha libre mask on the line. However, his opponent is killed just before the match by someone dressed as Wolf Face. Harley and Kazuha are kidnapped and are forced to solve a code or be killed. Their only hope is for Conan to figure out Harley's clues. | ||||
| 39 | The Adventure of the Scarlet Blaze | November 18, 2002 978-4-09-126169-4 | July 12, 2011 978-1-4215-3499-2 | |
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| An arsonist has been hitting houses in Tokyo and leaving a calling card of a red horse figurine at the scene. At first, the shop owner who sells the figurines is suspected as he has been sleepwalking, and he even confesses to the crime, but Conan and Harley uncover motives from multiple people connected to him and a victim from one of the fires. When Agasa and the Junior Detectives go camping, they meet a group of college students who are using a motorhome. One of the students who biked ahead to an overlook is found dead on the road. Next, a child actor hires Richard to find his mother who had abandoned him as a baby but had sent him fan mail postcards regularly. They trace the postcards to an inn with a hot springs, but a freelance writer also looking for the mother is killed. The writer's cell phone picture shows the killer with a mole on her breast. | ||||
| 40 | A Kiss Before Sleuthing | February 18, 2003 978-4-09-126170-0 | October 11, 2011 978-1-4215-3500-5 | |
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| The police department stakes out Takagi and Sato who are on a date at the amusement park. Takagi plans to give Sato an engagement ring but his backpack gets mixed up with a drug dealer's. Serena and Rachel go to a tennis court near Serena's summer home, but it's rainy, and a storm washes Richard's rental car. A tennis instructor guy invites them to stay over but when the guy's father dies in an apparent suicide, Conan suspects foul play. However, because he has caught a cold, Conan loses his voice. Later, the Junior Detectives help Agasa locate his first love based on a letter with a mysterious set of numbers, as his previous attempts to meet her the previous three decades has failed. Richard accepts a case where a woman wants him to find out who is planning to murder her husband, but when Richard gets into serious debt having spent the potential reward money, Eva and Rachel take on the case. Conan accompanies them to the client, who is a young woman, but they receive a visit from Jimmy's mother. | ||||
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