Case Closed (1994) 名探偵コナン
Author: Gosho Aoyama
Illustrator: Gosho Aoyama
Publisher: Shogakukan
Format: Paperback
Genre: Mystery / Fiction / Crime
Date: January 5, 1994
Number of issues: 107
Pages: 192 pages
ISBN: 9781591163275
ASIN: 1591163277
Language: Japanese / English
Also known as: Detective Conan
Adaptation: Homage
Summary:
Jimmy Kudo (Japanese name: Shinichi Kudo) is a high school detective who sometimes works with police to solve cases. During an investigation, he is ambushed and incapacitated by a member of a crime syndicate known as the Black Organization. In an attempt to murder the young detective, they force-feed him a dangerous experimental drug. However, instead of killing him, it shrinks his body to the size of an elementary school child. Adopting the pseudonym Conan Edogawa, Kudo lives with his childhood friend Rachel Moore (Ran Mori) and her father, Richard (Kogoro Mori), who is a private detective. Kudo keeps his real identity secret from most people, but early on confides in family friend and inventor Dr. Agasa, who supplies Kudo with an array of spy gadgets. Throughout the series, young Kudo tags along on Richard's cases. Kudo typically solves them, revealing the culprit by sedating Richard with a tranquilizer dart from his wristwatch and copying Richard's voice with a bowtie gadget. This ruse helps Kudo maintain his cover, but also gives Kogoro the reputation as a brilliant but narcoleptic detective. Kudo also enrolls in Teitan Elementary School, where he makes friends with a group of classmates who form their own Junior Detective League (Detective Boys). While he continues to dig deeper into the Black Organization, he frequently interacts with other characters, including his neighbor, Dr. Agasa; Ran's friend Serena Sebastian (Sonoko Suzuki); a fellow teenage detective, Harley Hartwell (Heiji Hattori); assorted police detectives from different regions; and a phantom thief called Kaito Kid.
