Episode 171

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| **Episode 170-171   (Int. Episode 181-182)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Blind Spot in the Darkness |
| Japanese title: | 暗闇の中の死角   (Kurayami no Naka no Shikaku) |
| Original airdate: | November 29, 1999 (Part 1)   December 6, 1999 (Part 2) |
| Broadcast rating: | 17.5%   17.9% |
| Manga case: | #67 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_4 "Season 4") |
| Manga source: | [Volume 24: Files 3-6 (234-237)](/wiki/Volume_24#Blackout_Murder_Case "Volume 24") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi")   [Eri Kisaki](/wiki/Eri_Kisaki "Eri Kisaki")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Tomoaki Araide](/wiki/Tomoaki_Araide "Tomoaki Araide")   [Hikaru Yasumoto](/wiki/Hikaru_Yasumoto "Hikaru Yasumoto")   [Detective Kojima](/wiki/Detective_Kojima "Detective Kojima")   [Officer Tome](/wiki/Officer_Tome "Officer Tome") |
| Case solved by: | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")) |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Fuse box (Part 1)   Burn injury (Part 2) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto")   [Kenji Kodama](/wiki/Kenji_Kodama "Kenji Kodama") (chief) |
| Organizer: | [Michiyo Sakurai](/wiki/Michiyo_Sakurai "Michiyo Sakurai") |
| Storyboard: | [Michiyo Sakurai](/wiki/Michiyo_Sakurai "Michiyo Sakurai") |
| Episode director: | 170: [Hirohito Ochi](/wiki/Koujin_Ochi "Koujin Ochi")   171: [Kazuo Nogami](/wiki/Kazuo_Nogami "Kazuo Nogami") |
| Animation director: | 170: [Atsushi Aono](/wiki/Atsushi_Aono "Atsushi Aono")   171: [Hirobi Muranaka](/wiki/Hiromi_Muranaka "Hiromi Muranaka") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Kumiko Shishido](/wiki/Kumiko_Shishido "Kumiko Shishido") (design works) |
| | Voice Cast: | | --- | | [Minami Takayama](/wiki/Minami_Takayama "Minami Takayama") as [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Kappei Yamaguchi](/wiki/Kappei_Yamaguchi "Kappei Yamaguchi") as [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")   [Wakana Yamazaki](/wiki/Wakana_Yamazaki "Wakana Yamazaki") as [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Chafurin](/wiki/Chafurin "Chafurin") as [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi "Wataru Takagi"), Next Conan's Hint   [Gara Takashima](/wiki/Gara_Takashima "Gara Takashima") as [Eri Kisaki](/wiki/Eri_Kisaki "Eri Kisaki")   [Toshihiko Kojima](/wiki/index.php?title=Toshihiko_Kojima&action=edit&redlink=1 "Toshihiko Kojima (page does not exist)") as Yoshiteru Araide   [Kumiko Hironaka](/wiki/index.php?title=Kumiko_Hironaka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kumiko Hironaka (page does not exist)") as Yoko Araide   [Hideyuki Hori](/wiki/Hideyuki_Hori "Hideyuki Hori") as [Tomoaki Araide](/wiki/Tomoaki_Araide "Tomoaki Araide")   [Rin Mizuhara](/wiki/index.php?title=Rin_Mizuhara&action=edit&redlink=1 "Rin Mizuhara (page does not exist)") as Mitsu Araide   [Akiko Hiramatsu](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiko_Hiramatsu&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiko Hiramatsu (page does not exist)") as [Hikaru Yasumoto](/wiki/Hikaru_Yasumoto "Hikaru Yasumoto")   [Keiko Sonoda](/wiki/index.php?title=Keiko_Sonoda&action=edit&redlink=1 "Keiko Sonoda (page does not exist)") as Masae   [Akiko Koike](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiko_Koike&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiko Koike (page does not exist)") as Nurse   [Takashi Nagasako](/wiki/index.php?title=Takashi_Nagasako&action=edit&redlink=1 "Takashi Nagasako (page does not exist)") as [Officer Tome](/wiki/Officer_Tome "Officer Tome"), [Detective Kojima](/wiki/Detective_Kojima "Detective Kojima") | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Mysterious Eyes](/wiki/Mysterious_Eyes "Mysterious Eyes") |
| Closing song: | [Free Magic](/wiki/Free_Magic "Free Magic") |
***The Blind Spot in the Darkness*** (暗闇の中の死角 ,*Kurayami no Naka no Shikaku*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 170th and 171st episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Characters introduced](#Characters_introduced)
* [2 Cast](#Cast)
* [3 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [4 Case](#Case)
+ [4.1 Situation](#Situation)
- [4.1.1 Part 1](#Part_1)
- [4.1.2 Part 2](#Part_2)
+ [4.2 People](#People)
+ [4.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [5 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [6 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
+ [6.1 Part 1](#Part_1_2)
+ [6.2 Part 2](#Part_2_2)
* [7 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [8 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [9 See also](#See_also)
## Characters introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Blind_Spot_in_the_Darkness&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters introduced")]
- | [Tomoaki Araide](/wiki/Tomoaki_Araide "Tomoaki Araide") | |
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|  | * 25 years old * Doctor |
- | [Hikaru Yasumoto](/wiki/Hikaru_Yasumoto "Hikaru Yasumoto") | |
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|  | * 22 years old * Housemaid |