An Advantageous Shadow

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | An Advantageous Shadow |
| Japanese title: | 割のいい尾行   (Wari no Ii Bikō) |
| Original release: | March 9th, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #14/1994 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2") |
| Pages: | 16 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 38: [Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case](/wiki/Akaoni_Village_Fire_Festival_Murder_Case "Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case") |
| **Viz Media version** | |
| English title: | A Lucrative Tailing Job |
| English release: | November 3rd, 2004 |
**An Advantageous Shadow (割のいい尾行 ,*Wari no ii Bikō*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the tenth 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") #14/1994 on March 9th, 1994 and later on reprinted as part of [Volume 2](/wiki/Volume_2 "Volume 2") on July 18th, 1994.
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced_2)
* [3 Settings](#Settings)
+ [3.1 Introduced](#Introduced_3)
+ [3.2 Featured](#Featured_2)
* [4 Plot](#Plot)
* [5 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [5.1 Referencing](#Referencing)
* [6 Cameos](#Cameos)
* [7 Shōnen Sunday Q&A](#Sh.C5.8Dnen_Sunday_Q.26A)
* [8 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [9 Adaptations](#Adaptations)
* [10 See also](#See_also)
* [11 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
- | [Toya](/wiki/Toya "Toya") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Teacher of Teitan Elementary School |
- | [Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Victim (burned) * 42 years old |
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Hiroshi Agasa (Flashbacks)](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
## Gadgets[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Gadgets")]
Main article: [Gadgets](/wiki/Gadgets "Gadgets")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
| [Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes](/wiki/Power-Enhancing_Kick_Shoes "Power-Enhancing Kick Shoes") | |
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|  | * Stimulates feet muscles for extra power |
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
* [Teitan Elementary School](/wiki/Teitan_Elementary_School "Teitan Elementary School")
* [Gunma Prefecture](/wiki/Gunma_Prefecture "Gunma Prefecture")
+ [Akaoni](/wiki/index.php?title=Akaoni&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akaoni (page does not exist)")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
* [Mouri Detective Agency](/wiki/Mouri_Detective_Agency "Mouri Detective Agency")
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Plot")]
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") tails a man named [Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") for three days in a row and gets paid a considerable amount of money for it. But then a corpse is found which gets identified as Negishi according to the news, which is seemingly impossible, since that person must have died before Kogoro's job observing him ended...
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* The chapter plays out over two days. [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") visited [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") on the first one off-panel, while [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") met [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") tailing "[Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi")", which was the third day he did this. On the evening of the second day, at 8 pm, the corpse of the real Negishi gets found in the fire of the [Akanoni](/wiki/index.php?title=Akanoni&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akanoni (page does not exist)") Village Festival.
* Tenth chapter of the so-called "[Conan Arc](/wiki/Conan_Arc "Conan Arc")", a fan-coined term.
### Referencing[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Referencing")]
* **[The Great Detective Turned Small](/wiki/The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small "The Great Detective Turned Small") (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_1#File_002_-_The_Great_Detective_Turned_Small "Volume 1"))**: [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") inquires [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") about the whereabouts of [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")'s (fictional) parents he told her about during the second chapter.
## Cameos[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Cameos")]
Masaki Negishi is named after one of Gosho's assistants.
* [Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") is directly named after one of [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s assistants.
## Shōnen Sunday Q&A[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&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 movie or novel that left you with the strongest impression is,**
"The long-running anime I've seen for the first time, *[Puss in Boots](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_World_of_Puss_%27n_Boots "wikipedia:The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots")*."
(Translation by justwantanaccount)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=14 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")'s walking pose on the chapter cover is identical to the pose [Yaiba Kurogane](/wiki/Yaiba_Kurogane "Yaiba Kurogane") (and sometimes [Sayaka Mine](/wiki/Sayaka_Mine "Sayaka Mine")) made on a couple of *[Yaiba](/wiki/Yaiba "Yaiba")* artworks, reminiscent of figures on traffic signs and lights.
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=An_Advantageous_Shadow&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Adaptations")]
Main article: [Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime")
* **[Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime") Episode 38:** [Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case](/wiki/Akaoni_Village_Fire_Festival_Murder_Case "Akaoni Village Fire Festival Murder Case")