Chapter 15

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| **Chapter 15** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Follow the Giant! |
| Japanese title: | 大男を追え!   (Ō Otoko o Oe!) |
| Original release: | April 27th, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #19/1994 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2") |
| Pages: | 18 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 13: [The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case](/wiki/The_Strange_Person_Hunt_Murder_Case "The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case")   Episode 128: [The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case](/wiki/The_Black_Organization:_One_Billion_Yen_Robbery_Case "The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case") |
| **Viz Media version** | |
| English title: | Follow the Big Man! |
| English release: | November 3rd, 2004 |
**Follow the Giant! (大男を追え! ,*Ō Otoko o Oe!*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the fifteenth 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") #19/1994 on April 27th, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of [Volume 2](/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2") on July 18th, 1994. It was released in English by Viz Manga on November 3, 2004 under the name **Follow the Big Man!**.
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Settings](#Settings)
* [4 Plot](#Plot)
* [5 See also](#See_also)
* [6 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Follow_the_Giant!&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
Characters
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")
[Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")
[Masami Hirota](/wiki/Akemi_Miyano "Akemi Miyano")
[Kenzo Hirota (flashback)](/wiki/Volume_2#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000_Robbery "Volume 2")
[Akira Hirota](/wiki/Volume_2#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000_Robbery "Volume 2")
[Detective](/wiki/Volume_2#.C2.A51.2C000.2C000.2C000_Robbery "Volume 2")
## Gadgets[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Follow_the_Giant!&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Gadgets")]
Main article: [Gadgets](/wiki/Gadgets "Gadgets")
Gadgets
[Criminal Tracking Glasses](/wiki/Criminal_Tracking_Glasses "Criminal Tracking Glasses")
[Transmitter](/wiki/Transmitter "Transmitter")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Follow_the_Giant!&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
* [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo")
+ [Beika Ward](/wiki/Beika "Beika")
- [Beika Town](/wiki/Beika_(Town) "Beika (Town)")
* [Mouri Detective Agency](/wiki/Mouri_Detective_Agency "Mouri Detective Agency")
* Unknown ward
+ Tenju City Hotel
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Follow_the_Giant!&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Plot")]
As the suspicious detective explains himself, it comes to light that Masami and the giant man both claimed to be Kenzo's only living relative, each with different histories. The giant claimed to be Akira Hirota, younger brother. Another suspicious point is that Kenzo used to drive a particular route every night, without passengers, at reckless speeds. When Akira's great height is mentioned, Kogoro agrees with the detective's suspicions that Akira murdered Kenzo, but the contact addresses were all fakes and so there are no leads. Conan confirms to himself that Akira was the man at the pachinko parlor, but before he can track Akira down he must get Agasa to recharge the tracker's battery. Agasa warns Conan about the dangers, and about how a bank guard and now Kenzo are both dead, and uses Holmes's ideals to convince Conan to take Kogoro as backup.
Telling Kogoro that he found Akira's hiding place on the way home from school, rather than that he's directing the taxi via his glasses, Conan brings Ran, Kogoro and the other detective to the tracker's location, a hotel. After acquiring Akira's room number, their use of the elevator is postponed by a woman with a cart of multiple stacked suitcases that spill as she tries to move forward. By the time they reach the room, they find it has been left unlocked, and Akira is dead from potassium cyanide in his drink. Kogoro calls Inspector Megure about Akira's corpse before they can continue searching for Masami, dead or alive. Conan inspects the drink, the pile of empty briefcases haphazardly stacked nearby, and realizes how they connect to the contradictory stories, Kenzo's the erratic taxi driving, and Megure's news that Kenzo was a bachelor with no children.