The Unwelcome Great Detective

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Unwelcome Great Detective |
| Japanese title: | 仲間はずれの名探偵   (Nakama Hazure no Meitantei) |
| Original release: | January 19th, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #7/1994 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 2: [Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case](/wiki/Company_President%27s_Daughter_Kidnapping_Case "Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case") |
| **Viz Media version** | |
| English title: | The Unwelcome Great Detective |
| English release: | September 7, 2004 |
**The Unwelcome Great Detective (仲間はずれの名探偵 ,*Nakama Hazure no Meitantei*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the third 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") and and 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") #7/1994 on January 19th, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of [Volume 1](/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") on June 18th, 1994.
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced_2)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [4.1 Referenced in](#Referenced_in)
* [5 Cameos](#Cameos)
* [6 Real Life Models](#Real_Life_Models)
+ [6.1 Yayoi](#Yayoi)
* [7 Shōnen Sunday Q&A](#Sh.C5.8Dnen_Sunday_Q.26A)
* [8 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [9 Adaptations](#Adaptations)
* [10 See also](#See_also)
* [11 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
- | Tani | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Company president |
- | Asou | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Butler for the Tani family |
- | [Jumbo](/wiki/Jumbo "Jumbo") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Tani family guard dog |
- | Akiko Tani | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Victim (kidnapped) * 10 years old * Daughter of company president * Mention/Photo |
- | Kidnapper | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Akiko's kidnapper * Mention/Voice |
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")
[Men in Black #1 (Mention/Panel background)](/wiki/Gin "Gin")
[Men in Black #2 (Mention/Panel background)](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka")
[Shinichi Kudo (Mention/Flashback)](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
* [Yayoi](/wiki/Yayoi "Yayoi")
+ [Tani residence](/wiki/index.php?title=Tani_residence&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tani residence (page does not exist)")
+ Unnamed hotel [Akiko Tani](/wiki/Akiko_Tani "Akiko Tani") stays at (Mention)
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Plot")]
[Kogoro](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") and [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") arrived at the [Tani residence](/wiki/index.php?title=Tani_residence&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tani residence (page does not exist)") in [Yayoi](/wiki/Yayoi "Yayoi") with [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") in tow, where it becomes clear that [Mr. Tani](/wiki/index.php?title=Mr._Tani&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mr. Tani (page does not exist)")'s daughter, [Akiko Tani](/wiki/Akiko_Tani "Akiko Tani"), got kidnapped. Conan is quick to find several inconsistencies in what [Mr. Asou](/wiki/index.php?title=Mr._Asou&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mr. Asou (page does not exist)"), the Tani family's butler, told about what happened when Akiko got taken away. Asou admits that it was all a ruse when, suddenly, a seemingly real kidnapper calls Mr. Tani and demands his ransom money...
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* Waning Crescent Moon 🌘
* [Akiko Tani](/wiki/Akiko_Tani "Akiko Tani") was born 10 years ago.
* The (fictional) rival companies [Mr. Tani](/wiki/index.php?title=Mr._Tani&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mr. Tani (page does not exist)") mentions are "[Kadobeni](/wiki/index.php?title=Kadobeni&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kadobeni (page does not exist)")" and "[Yotsui](/wiki/index.php?title=Yotsui&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yotsui (page does not exist)")", which later on get bigger roles in the series: Kadobeni is mentioned later in [this volume](/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") in the case with [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") as the place [Akiyoshi Fujie](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiyoshi_Fujie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiyoshi Fujie (page does not exist)") worked at, while Yotsui plays a signicant part in a case in [volume 9](/wiki/Volume_9 "Volume 9").
* Third chapter of the so-called "[Conan Arc](/wiki/Conan_Arc "Conan Arc")", a fan-coined term.
### Referenced in[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Referenced in")]
* **The Same Person (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_3#File_027_-_The_Same_Person "Volume 3")):** When [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") thinks about all the times [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") acted unusual, she remembers the moment from this chapter when he notified [her father](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") about the watchdogs of the [Tani family](/wiki/index.php?title=Tani_family&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tani family (page does not exist)") and the inconsistency in [Mr. Asou](/wiki/index.php?title=Mr._Asou&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mr. Asou (page does not exist)")'s testimony because of their behavior.
* **Wealthy Daughter Murder Case (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_9#Wealthy_Daughter_Murder_Case "Volume 9")-(/wiki/Volume_10#Wealthy_Daughter_Murder_Case.29 "Volume 10")):** The party Conan, Ran and Kogoro get invited to is organized by the rich Yotsui family, whose company was mentioned by [Mr. Tani](/wiki/index.php?title=Mr._Tani&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mr. Tani (page does not exist)") as one of his rivals back during this chapter.
## Cameos[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Cameos")]
* The [Tani family](/wiki/index.php?title=Tani_family&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tani family (page does not exist)")'s name is taken from [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s assistant [Yutaka Tani](/wiki/Yutaka_Tani "Yutaka Tani").
* Mr. Asou's, the Tani family's butler, name is also taken from an assistant of Gosho, in this case [Keiji Asou](/wiki/Keiji_Asou "Keiji Asou").
## Real Life Models[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Real Life Models")]
### Yayoi[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Yayoi")]
Main article: [Yayoi](/wiki/Yayoi "Yayoi")
The Yayoi District [Kogoro](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") and [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") as well as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") drive to for this case and where the Tani family lives is a [real district](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi,_Tokyo "wikipedia:Yayoi, Tokyo") of [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo") in the [Bunkyō Ward](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D "wikipedia:Bunkyō").
* Google Maps: [Bunkyo City, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan](https://goo.gl/maps/fspMzipndwh6hMWSA)
## Shōnen Sunday Q&A[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=12 "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:
**Of goods recently bought, the favorite is**
"Although this was a gift, (my favorite is) the wooden sword with [Kenjuro Kurogane](/wiki/Kenjuro_Kurogane "Kenjuro Kurogane")'s name on it."
(Kenjuro Kurogane is the [main character](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane")'s father in *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")*.)
(Translation by justwantanaccount)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* The traditional Samurai house of the [Tani family](/wiki/index.php?title=Tani_family&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tani family (page does not exist)") strongly resembles [the one](/wiki/Mine_Residence "Mine Residence") the [Mine family](/wiki/Mine_family "Mine family") owns in *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")*. It's possible [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") reused some reference models here.
* The fact about the guard dog not barking creating a contradiction in the culprit's explanation is taken directly from a *[Sherlock Holmes](/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes "Sherlock Holmes")* short story, *[The Adventure of Silver Blaze](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_Silver_Blaze "wikipedia:The Adventure of Silver Blaze")*.
* The kidnapper demands 3,000,000 Yen at the end. This would currently be ~28,000 US-$ (May 2020).
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Unwelcome_Great_Detective&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Adaptations")]
Main article: [Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime")
* **[Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") Episode 2:** [Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case](/wiki/Company_President%27s_Daughter_Kidnapping_Case "Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case")