Chapter 8

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| **Chapter 8** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Resemblance |
| Japanese title: | あなたに似た人   (Anata ni Nita Hito) |
| Original release: | February 23rd, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #12/1994 |
| 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 |
**Resemblance (あなたに似た人 ,*Anata ni Nita Hito*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** (actually "Someone like you") is the eighth 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") #12/1994 on February 23rd, 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 third 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 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced_2)
+ [2.2 Featured](#Featured_2)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [4.1 Referencing](#Referencing)
+ [4.2 Referenced in](#Referenced_in)
* [5 Cameos](#Cameos)
* [6 Crossover](#Crossover)
+ [6.1 *3rd Base 4th*](#3rd_Base_4th)
* [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=Resemblance&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
- | [Yuko Ikezawa](/wiki/Yuko_Ikezawa "Yuko Ikezawa") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Pop idol * Rival of Yoko * Proper introduction |
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")
[Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino")
[Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")
[Akiyoshi Fujie (Corpse, Photo & Flashback)](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiyoshi_Fujie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiyoshi Fujie (page does not exist)")
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Shinichi Kudo (Mention/Panel background)](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")
[Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
* [Kohnan High School](/wiki/Kohnan_High_School "Kohnan High School") (Mentioned)
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&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)")
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Plot")]
[Yuko Ikezawa](/wiki/Yuko_Ikezawa "Yuko Ikezawa") incriminates herself by instantly knowing the finer details of [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino")'s apartment - despite allegedly never being there before -, [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi") tried to remove evidence from the active crime scene and [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") reveals to actually know the victim after all. All of this helps [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") to get closer to the truth behind all of it, but how should he convey it to [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") and the police?
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* [Yuko Ikezawa](/wiki/Yuko_Ikezawa "Yuko Ikezawa") broke into [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino")'s apartment the afternoon before.
* [Akiyoshi Fujie](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiyoshi_Fujie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiyoshi Fujie (page does not exist)") was born 22 years ago.
* Ran wears her winter school uniform (October 1st-May 31st).
* It's Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 during the night in the chapter.
* Eighth chapter of the so-called "[Conan Arc](/wiki/Conan_Arc "Conan Arc")", a fan-coined term.
### Referencing[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Referencing")]
* **[The Bloody Case of the Lovely Pop Idol](/wiki/The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol "The Bloody Case of the Lovely Pop Idol") (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_1#File_007_-_The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol "Volume 1"))**: This chapter is a direct continuation of File 7.
### Referenced in[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Referenced in")]
* **[An Unfortunate Misunderstanding](/wiki/An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding "An Unfortunate Misunderstanding") (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_1#File_009_-_An_Unfortunate_Misunderstanding "Volume 1"))**: File 9 is a direct continuation of this chapter.
## Cameos[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=11 "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")*.
## Crossover[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Crossover")]
Main article: [Crossover](/wiki/Crossover "Crossover")
Kohnan High School in *3rd Base 4th*.
### *3rd Base 4th*[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: 3rd Base 4th")]
Main article: [3rd Base 4th](/wiki/3rd_Base_4th "3rd Base 4th")
* The alma mater of [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") and [Akiyoshi Fujie](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiyoshi_Fujie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiyoshi Fujie (page does not exist)") mentioned in this chapter is [Kohnan High School](/wiki/Kohnan_High_School "Kohnan High School"), the school the protagonists of *3rd Base 4th* attend.
## Real Life Models[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=14 "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=Resemblance&action=edit&section=15 "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=Resemblance&action=edit&section=16 "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:
**Songs, radio, TV shows that you play often these days at work is**
"The [YAIBA anime](/wiki/Kenyuu_Densetsu_Yaiba "Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba"), of course!!"
(Translation by justwantanaccount)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=17 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* The original title of the chapter, **Someone like you** (あなたに似た人 ,*Anata ni Nita Hito*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is also the title of [a book of collected mystery short stories](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Someone_Like_You_(short_story_collection) "wikipedia:Someone Like You (short story collection)") by [Roald Dahl](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl "wikipedia:Roald Dahl") in English and Japanese.
* [Akiyoshi Fujie](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiyoshi_Fujie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiyoshi Fujie (page does not exist)") worked at [Kadobeni](/wiki/index.php?title=Kadobeni&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kadobeni (page does not exist)") after [high school](/wiki/Kohnan_High_School "Kohnan High School"), which is the same company [Mr. Tani](/wiki/index.php?title=Mr._Tani&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mr. Tani (page does not exist)") mentioned during the previous case.
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Resemblance&action=edit&section=18 "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")