An Unfortunate Misunderstanding

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | An Unfortunate Misunderstanding |
| Japanese title: | 不幸な誤解   (Fukōna Gokai) |
| Original release: | March 2nd, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #13/1994 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 3: [An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case](/wiki/An_Idol%27s_Locked_Room_Murder_Case "An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case") |
| **Viz Media version** | |
| English title: | Resemblance |
| English release: | September 7, 2004 |
**An Unfortunate Misunderstanding (不幸な誤解 ,*Fukōna Gokai*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the ninth 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") #13/1994 on March 2nd, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of [Volume 1](/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") on June 18th, 1994. It was also featured as the fourth chapter of the compilation book [Detective Conan Romantic Selection 1](/wiki/Detective_Conan_Romantic_Selection_1 "Detective Conan Romantic Selection 1").
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
+ [2.1 Featured](#Featured_2)
* [3 Settings](#Settings)
+ [3.1 Featured](#Featured_3)
* [4 Plot](#Plot)
* [5 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [5.1 Referencing](#Referencing)
* [6 Cameos](#Cameos)
* [7 Real Life Models](#Real_Life_Models)
+ [7.1 Yoko Okino's apartment complex](#Yoko_Okino.27s_apartment_complex)
* [8 Shōnen Sunday Q&A](#Sh.C5.8Dnen_Sunday_Q.26A)
* [9 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [10 Adaptations](#Adaptations)
* [11 See also](#See_also)
* [12 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")
[Yuko Ikezawa](/wiki/Yuko_Ikezawa "Yuko Ikezawa")
[Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino")
[Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi")
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Akiyoshi Fujie (Corpse on photo & Flashback)](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiyoshi_Fujie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiyoshi Fujie (page does not exist)")
[Shinichi Kudo (Mention/Panel background)](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")
## Gadgets[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Gadgets")]
Main article: [Gadgets](/wiki/Gadgets "Gadgets")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Gadgets
[Voice-Changing Bowtie](/wiki/Voice-Changing_Bowtie "Voice-Changing Bowtie")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
* [Yoko Okino's apartment complex](/wiki/index.php?title=Yoko_Okino%27s_apartment_complex&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yoko Okino's apartment complex (page does not exist)")
* [Mouri Detective Agency](/wiki/Mouri_Detective_Agency "Mouri Detective Agency")
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Plot")]
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa"), knocking out [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") with an ash tray and imitating his voice with his new [Voice-Changing Bowtie](/wiki/Voice-Changing_Bowtie "Voice-Changing Bowtie"), solves the case. But not all's well that ends well: [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") still misses [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo"), so Conan has to tell her somehow that he's alright and will return to her someday.
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* First deduction show by the "Sleeping Kogoro".
* The off-voice monologue about the diary at the end is explained like it's been a while ago; a rhetorical device that was already used in the very first chapter by [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")'s "off-voice" (depending on the translation). It's conceivable *Detective Conan* is/was intended to be a retelling by [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") and/or Ran early on, even though off-monologues like those happen very rarely by now.
* Ran wears her winter school uniform (October 1st-May 31st).
* It's Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 during the night in the chapter.
* The chapter ends with a small timeskip of "three days later".
* Ninth chapter of the so-called "[Conan Arc](/wiki/Conan_Arc "Conan Arc")", a fan-coined term.
### Referencing[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Referencing")]
* **[Resemblance](/wiki/Resemblance "Resemblance") (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_1#File_008_-_Resemblance "Volume 1"))**: This chapter is a direct continuation of File 8.
## Cameos[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Cameos")]
Eiichi Yamagishi is modeled and named after one of Gosho's assistants.
* [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") and [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi") are both based on real people acquainted with Gosho. The former is named after the mangaka [Yōko Okino (沖野ヨーコ)](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%96%E9%87%8E%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3_%28%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB%E5%AE%B6%29), who was studying manga art at Nihon University in a higher semester the same time Gosho studied there.
* Yoko's manager, Yamagishi, on the other hand, is another of Gosho's assistants, this time not only named, but even modeled after him (judging by how he is usually portrayed in other manga and the Omakes). According to Gosho, Yamagishi is in charge of designing and drawing technical stuff, like machinery, vehicles, weapons and architecture. He already had some cameos and mentions in previous works, like *[WALK MAN](/wiki/WALK_MAN "WALK MAN")*, *[Nonchalant Lupin](/wiki/Nonchalant_Lupin "Nonchalant Lupin")*, *[Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")*, *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")* and *[3rd Base 4th](/wiki/3rd_Base_4th "3rd Base 4th")*.
## Real Life Models[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Real Life Models")]
Main article: [Setting models (Manga)](/wiki/Setting_models_(Manga) "Setting models (Manga)")
### Yoko Okino's apartment complex[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Yoko Okino's apartment complex")]
The apartment complex [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") lives in is modeled after the Cite Neuve Kita-Senju, a skyscraper in the district of the same name around [Kita-Senju Station](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kita-Senju_Station "wikipedia:Kita-Senju Station") in the [Adachi](/wiki/Adachi "Adachi") Ward of [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo"). Gosho Aoyama was living in Kita-Senju himself not long before serialization of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* started and used the surroundings there as inspiration for his works.
* The Cite Neuve Kita-Senju.
* Yoko's apartment complex in file 6.
## Shōnen Sunday Q&A[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=13 "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 athelete you cheer the most these days is,**
"Go go [Ogiwara](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Ogiwara "wikipedia:Kenji Ogiwara") at [Nordic combined](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_combined "wikipedia:Nordic combined") in skiing!"
(Translation by justwantanaccount)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* The large building with the monitor on it could have been inspired by the Studio ALTA in the [Shinjuku](/wiki/Shinjuku "Shinjuku") Ward, which often appears in [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s different works, but it's never named or otherwise made clear.
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Adaptations")]
Main article: [Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime")
* **[Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") Episode 3:** [An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case](/wiki/An_Idol%27s_Locked_Room_Murder_Case "An Idol's Locked Room Murder Case")