Chapter 1

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| **Chapter 1** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Heisei Holmes |
| Japanese title: | 平成のホームズ   (Heisei no Hōmuzu) |
| Original release: | January 5th, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #5/1994 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") |
| Pages: | 35 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 1: [Roller Coaster Murder Case](/wiki/Roller_Coaster_Murder_Case "Roller Coaster Murder Case")   TV Special 6: [Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small](/wiki/Episode_One:_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small "Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small") |
| **Viz Media version** | |
| English title: | A Modern-Day Sherlock Holmes |
| English release: | September 7, 2004 |
| **Case** | |
| [Roller Coaster Murder Case](/wiki/Volume_1#Prologue_-_Roller_Coaster_Murder_Case "Volume 1") solved by: | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") |
**The Heisei Holmes (平成のホームズ ,*Heisei no Hōmuzu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the very first chapter of the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. It was written and drawn by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") and first released in [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday") #5/1994 on January 5th, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of [Volume 1](/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") on June 18th, 1994. It was also collected in the compilation book [Detective Conan vs The Black Organization 1](/wiki/Detective_Conan_vs_The_Black_Organization_1 "Detective Conan vs The Black Organization 1") with the subtitle of "VS. Gin and Vodka".
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [4.1 Referenced in](#Referenced_in)
* [5 Errors](#Errors)
* [6 Crossovers](#Crossovers)
+ [6.1 *Magic Kaito*](#Magic_Kaito)
* [7 Shōnen Sunday Q&A](#Sh.C5.8Dnen_Sunday_Q.26A)
* [8 Adaptations](#Adaptations)
+ [8.1 Differences](#Differences)
* [9 See also](#See_also)
* [10 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
In order of introduction:
- | [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") | |
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|  | * 16 years old * High school student * Detective |
- | [Takanori Sewa](/wiki/Takanori_Sewa "Takanori Sewa") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Mansion owner * In a wheelchair due to injured leg |
- | [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Inspector from [Beika Police Department](/wiki/index.php?title=Beika_Police_Department&action=edit&redlink=1 "Beika Police Department (page does not exist)") |
- | [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") | |
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|  | * 16 years old * High school student * Karate champion |
- | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * 38 years old * Ran's father * Detective * Mentioned |
- | Hitomi | |
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|  | * Gymnast * Reiko's friend * First car, right seat |
- | Reiko | |
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|  | * Hitomi's friend * Second car, left seat |
- | Kishida | |
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|  | * Aiko's boyfriend * Second car, right seat |
- | Aiko | |
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|  | * Hitomi's friend * Second car, left seat |
- | [Currently unnamed man #1](/wiki/Gin "Gin") | |
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|  | * [Black Organization](/wiki/Black_Organization "Black Organization") member * Fourth car, left seat |
- | [Currently unnamed man #2](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka") | |
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|  | * Black Organization member * Fourth car, right seat |
- | [Weapon Smuggler](/wiki/Weapon_Smuggler "Weapon Smuggler") | |
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|  | * Shady businessman |
- | [Security Guard A](/wiki/Unnamed_law_enforcers#Security_Guard_A_.28Episode_1.29 "Unnamed law enforcers") | |
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|  | * [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land") security * Found Conan |
- | [Security Guard B](/wiki/Unnamed_law_enforcers#Security_Guard_B_.28Episode_1.29 "Unnamed law enforcers") | |
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|  | * Tropical Land security * Found Conan |
- | [Currently unnamed child](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") | |
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|  | * Physically 6 years old * Shrunken [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") * Detective |
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
In order of introduction:
* [Takanori Sewa's residence](/wiki/index.php?title=Takanori_Sewa%27s_residence&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takanori Sewa's residence (page does not exist)")
* [Teitan High School](/wiki/Teitan_High_School "Teitan High School") (Background)
* [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land")
+ Mystery Coaster
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Plot")]
Shinichi accuses the landlord of being the culprit.
A high schooler just solves his next case, one involving a [landlord](/wiki/Takanori_Sewa "Takanori Sewa") feigning to have an injured leg, which actually already healed three months ago, which the boy can prove with the help of the police and a report by the landlord's doctor. As the owner, he's also knowledgable about the architecture of this building, which made it possible for him to climb between the window sills of his mansion to reach his wife, who got killed before this chapter, and creating an alibi for himself with the help of pretending to be still unable to walk. He tries to flee after getting exposed, but gets knocked out by a globe the high schooler kicks in his direction. Inspector [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure") congratulates the boy, now revealed to be called [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo"), and thanks him for helping out the police again.
The day after, while on his way from [school](/wiki/Teitan_High_School "Teitan High School"), he notices that the people and news seem to talk about nothing else than his accomplishments, which causes him to be full of himself until he encounters his childhood friend [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri"). They walk together and talk for a bit, with her reminding him that he promised her to take her on a date to the [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land") theme park tomorrow.
Unfortunately for her, like the day before, he can't stop talking about his detective work and his great idol, the literary character of [Sherlock Holmes](/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes "Sherlock Holmes"). She interrupts him while they wait in line for the "Mystery Coaster" and in turn teases him for his romantic feelings towards her, to his annoyance, but adds that she was actually looking forward to this date. They enter the coaster with a couple of other people they share the next ride with, including two lovers, [Kishida](/wiki/Kishida "Kishida") and [Aiko](/wiki/Aiko "Aiko"), in the second row seen from the front, two girls who are friends of them, [Hitomi](/wiki/Hitomi "Hitomi") (a gymnast) and [Reiko](/wiki/Reiko "Reiko"), in the first row, as well as a duo of [mysterious](/wiki/Gin "Gin") [men](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka") clad in black clothes, whose names are still unknown at this point, sitting in the fourth row behind Shinichi and Ran. During the ride, right after Shinichi feels a drop of water or something similar in his face, Kishida dies by getting decapitated and his girlfriend Aiko quickly becomes the prime suspect because she sat right next to him and a bloody knife was found between the belongings in her purse.
Shinichi stops Megure from arresting her, though, saying that the actual culprit is Hitomi. With her necklace, which is missing since everyone left the coaster, and a piano wire attached to a hook she hid in her bag before, she created a kind of lariat she threw on the rails during the ride, with the necklace positioned around Kishida's neck, causing his head to get ripped off by the sheer physical force of the roller coaster. As a gymnast, it was also possible for her to do such an acrobatic act. Shinichi also identifies the drop he felt as a tear Hitomi shed briefly before enacting the murder, since she was the only person sitting in front of him, with her tears running sideways due to the airstream.
Afterwards, Shinichi tries to console Ran who is totally distraught because of what just happened, until he notices the two men in black again, which causes him to leave Ran behind, telling her that he'll be right back and starts to tail the suspicious duo. While witnessing a deal between one of them and a weapons dealer at the foot of the ferris wheel, he gets knocked out by the other one, who crept up on Shinichi from behind. He pulls out a small case with several pills, force-feeding it to Shinichi and saying that it's the newest development of their [organization](/wiki/Black_Organization "Black Organization"), which was never tested on a human before and is supposed to leave no traces of a murder. The two escape while Shinichi feels like he's burning, becoming certain that he is going to die.
Later on, and to his own surprise, he wakes up again, discovered by a couple of security guards - and seemingly transformed into a child...
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* There was still a fixed date in place back in this chapter, with the newspapers dated January 12th, 1994 - a week after its real world release.
### Referenced in[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Referenced in")]
* **Company President's Daughter Case (Manga: [2-5](/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1")):** This case is a direct continuation of chapter 1 and set during the same evening.
* **From Third-Rate to Great Detective (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_1#File_006_-_From_Third-Rate_to_Great_Detective "Volume 1")):** [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") mentions his shrinking and the "[men in black](/wiki/Black_Organization "Black Organization")" and says that it's been "three days" since the events of chapter 1. [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") also mentions what happened that evening in front of Professor [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa"), being in concern about [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")'s well-being since the date at [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land").
* **Running Into The Two (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_4#File_033_-_Running_Into_The_Two "Volume 4")):** On the Shinkansen, Conan thinks about the moment [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") and [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka") gave him the poison during chapter 1 - shortly before encountering them on the train.
* **Shinichi's Sweetheart!! (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_7#File_068_-_Shinichi.27s_Sweetheart.21.21 "Volume 7")):** Conan again mentions the moment he got poisoned by the two men in black at the beginning of this case.
* **The Idols' Regret (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_32#File_324_-_The_Idols.27_Regret "Volume 32")):** [Terumi Hoshino](/wiki/Terumi_Hoshino "Terumi Hoshino") secretly keeps a copy of the photo of Shinichi that was made of him after solving the murder [Takanori Sewa](/wiki/Takanori_Sewa "Takanori Sewa") committed at the beginning.
* **Apprentice & Wizard (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_99#File_1050_-_Apprentice_.26_Wizard "Volume 99")):** It's revealed that by the time of "Holmes' Revelation", half a year had passed since Shinichi shrank.
## Errors[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Errors")]
Main article: [Oversights in Detective Conan](/wiki/Oversights_in_Detective_Conan "Oversights in Detective Conan")
* [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") is depicted as right-handed during this chapter, while he's later on shown and confirmed by [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") to be a lefty [canonically](/wiki/Canon "Canon").
* [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") gets knocked unconscious right in front of the concrete foundation of the ferris wheel by Gin and still wakes up in his [shrunken form](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") in front of it when found by the security guards, but at the beginning of chapter 2, directly continuing that moment, he's found in the middle of a meadow, with the silhouette of the ferris wheel visible in the far distance.
## Crossovers[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Crossovers")]
Tropical Land, as seen in this chapter.
Main article: [Crossover](/wiki/Crossover "Crossover")
### *Magic Kaito*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Magic Kaito")]
* The [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land") featured in this chapter appeared in chapter 4 ([Magic Kaito Volume 1](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_1 "Magic Kaito Volume 1"), [Chapter 4](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_1#Kaitou_Kid.27s_Busy_Day_Off "Magic Kaito Volume 1")) of *Magic Kaito* before, also as the place for a date of its two protagonists ([Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") and [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")).
## Shōnen Sunday Q&A[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=10 "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 person who stands out in 1994, whom [Aoyama] wants to meet the most is,**
[Sherlock Holmes](/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes "Sherlock Holmes")! ... That's impossible, isn't it...
(Translation by justwantanaccount)
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Adaptations")]
Main article: [Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime")
* **[Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") Episode 1:** [Roller Coaster Murder Case](/wiki/Roller_Coaster_Murder_Case "Roller Coaster Murder Case")
* **Every prologue featured in the [movies](/wiki/Movies "Movies")**, depicting [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")'s origin, partly adapts his date with [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") at [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land") and his encounter with [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") and [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka").
* **[TV Special](/wiki/TV_Specials#Detective_Conan "TV Specials") 6:** [Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small](/wiki/Episode_One:_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small "Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small") (A large portion of this chapter serves as template for this TV Special)
### Differences[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Heisei_Holmes&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Differences")]
Main article: [List of differences between the manga and anime](/wiki/List_of_differences_between_the_manga_and_anime "List of differences between the manga and anime")
* [Takanori Sewa](/wiki/Takanori_Sewa "Takanori Sewa")'s name is never revealed during this chapter, but way later on, in the [TV Special](/wiki/Episode_One:_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small "Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small"). [Kishida](/wiki/Kishida "Kishida")'s name is also only revealed in the [anime episode](/wiki/Roller_Coaster_Murder_Case "Roller Coaster Murder Case").
* While they don't appear in this chapter, [Ayumi Yoshida](/wiki/Ayumi_Yoshida "Ayumi Yoshida"), [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima") and [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya") (the future [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")) are present in the [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") adaptation of it, trying to sneak into the [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land") rides without paying. They actually don't appear until many chapters later in the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga").
* Professor [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") also isn't present in this chapter and [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") only gets brief mention by his [daughter](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri"), with both of them properly debuting in the next one. They are both featured in the anime episode.
* [Takanori Sewa](/wiki/Takanori_Sewa "Takanori Sewa") killed his wife briefly before the chapter starts. In the anime episode and the TV special he killed his business partner, [Tetsu Yamazaki](/wiki/index.php?title=Tetsu_Yamazaki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tetsu Yamazaki (page does not exist)").
* [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") is asked for the football by a group of small children. In the anime episode, the ball is from his school's soccer team; Shinichi also scores a goal with the ball, instead of merely kicking it back. In the TV Special, it's the Detective Boys kicking the ball in Ran's and his direction.
* While just Shinichi's face is seen on the TV monitors he walks past at the beginning of the chapter, two moderators are seen reporting about the case he solved at Sewa's mansion in the TV Special, one of them being [Rena Mizunashi](/wiki/Rena_Mizunashi "Rena Mizunashi").
* In this chapter, when Ran is trying to kick Shinichi, he leaps out of the way. In the anime episode, he is getting his face under her skirt and is then being hit for that.
* Shinichi uses a camera when spying on [Vodka](/wiki/Vodka "Vodka"). In the anime episode, he simply eavesdrops on the deal going on. In the TV Special, he uses a camera again.
* When Shinichi is found out by the security guards, a loadful of them discover him in this chapter, while in the anime episode, only two of them show up.