The Perfect Alibi

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | A Perfect Alibi |
| Japanese title: | 完璧なアリバイ   (Kanpeki na Aribai) |
| Original release: | March 16th, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #15/1994 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2") |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 38: [Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case](/wiki/Akaoni_Village_Fire_Festival_Murder_Case "Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case") |
| **Viz Media version** | |
| English title: | The Perfect Alibi |
| English release: | November 3rd, 2004 |
**A Perfect Alibi (完璧なアリバイ ,*Kanpeki na Aribai*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the eleventh chapter of the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. It was written by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama"), drawn by him and his [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants") and first released in [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") #15/1994 on March 16th, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of [Volume 2](/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2") on July 18th, 1994.
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [2.2 Featured](#Featured_2)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
* [5 Cameos](#Cameos)
* [6 Shōnen Sunday Q&A](#Sh.C5.8Dnen_Sunday_Q.26A)
* [7 Adaptations](#Adaptations)
* [8 See also](#See_also)
* [9 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")
[Yutaka Abe](/wiki/Yutaka_Abe "Yutaka Abe")
[Masaki Negishi (Background/Flashback)](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
* [Beika Police Station](/wiki/Beika_Police_Station "Beika Police Station")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
* [Gunma Prefecture](/wiki/Gunma_Prefecture "Gunma Prefecture") (Panel background)
+ [Akaoni](/wiki/index.php?title=Akaoni&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akaoni (page does not exist)") (Mentioned/Panel background)
* [Mouri Detective Agency](/wiki/Mouri_Detective_Agency "Mouri Detective Agency")
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Plot")]
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") is convinced that [Yutaka Abe](/wiki/Yutaka_Abe "Yutaka Abe") duped him somehow and just uses him as part of a trick for his alibi, but he can't prove it. After browsing through Abe's photos, [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") notices that something seems off...
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* Ran wears her winter school uniform (October 1st-May 31st).
* Eleventh chapter of the so-called "[Conan Arc](/wiki/Conan_Arc "Conan Arc")", a fan-coined term.
## Cameos[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Cameos")]
* [Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") and [Yutaka Abe](/wiki/Yutaka_Abe "Yutaka Abe") are directly named after two of [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants"). The latter one was also the author of *[100% Tantei Monogatari](/wiki/100%25_Tantei_Monogatari "100% Tantei Monogatari")* Gosho assisted him with in turn and works on the manga adaptations of the movies and the novel illustrations nowadays.
* Masaki Negishi is named after an assistant of Gosho.
* Yutaka Abe is named after a current assistant and previous mentor of him.
## Shōnen Sunday Q&A[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Shōnen Sunday Q&A")]
Main article: [Questions given by the Shonen Sunday magazine](/wiki/Questions_given_by_the_Shonen_Sunday_magazine "Questions given by the Shonen Sunday magazine")
Every issue of the [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") features a question asked by the magazine to the manga artists featured in it. The one accompanying this chapter was:
**The country that you want to go to, or an activity that you want to do, just once, is**
"Bungee jumping in Australia."
(Translation by justwantanaccount)
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=A_Perfect_Alibi&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Adaptations")]
Main article: [Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime")
* **[Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") Episode 38:** [Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case](/wiki/Akaoni_Village_Fire_Festival_Murder_Case "Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case")