The Bloody Case of the Lovely Pop Idol

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| Title: | The Bloody Case of the Lovely Pop Idol |
| Japanese title: | 血ぬられたアイドル   (Chi Nurareta Aidoru) |
| Original release: | February 16th, 1994 |
| Shōnen Sunday issue: | #11/1994 |
| 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: | The Bloody Case of the Lovely Pop Idol |
| English release: | September 7, 2004 |
**The Bloody Case of the Lovely Pop Idol (血ぬられたアイドル ,*Chi Nurareta Aidoru*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is the seventh 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") #11/1994 on February 16th, 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 second 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 Featured](#Featured_2)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [4.1 Referencing](#Referencing)
+ [4.2 Referenced in](#Referenced_in)
* [5 Errors](#Errors)
* [6 Cameos](#Cameos)
* [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=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
- | [Yuko Ikezawa](/wiki/Yuko_Ikezawa "Yuko Ikezawa") | |
| --- | --- |
|  | * Pop idol * Rival of Yoko * Mentioned/Panel background |
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Featured")]
In order of appearance:
Characters
[Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino")
[Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")
[Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")
[Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Akiyoshi Fujie (Corpse)](/wiki/index.php?title=Akiyoshi_Fujie&action=edit&redlink=1 "Akiyoshi Fujie (page does not exist)")
[Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi")
[Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")
[Hiroshi Agasa (Flashback)](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=5 "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)")
* [Hiroshi Agasa's residence](/wiki/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Agasa%27s_residence&action=edit&redlink=1 "Hiroshi Agasa's residence (page does not exist)") (Flashback)
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Plot")]
Shortly after arriving at [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino")'s apartment complex, a corpse has been found and there are three suspects - [Yuko Ikezawa](/wiki/Yuko_Ikezawa "Yuko Ikezawa"), whose earring was found here, Yoko's manager [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi") and Yoko Okino himself. Who is that dead man and does the aforementioned trio know him?
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* Ran wears her winter school uniform (October 1st-May 31st).
* It's Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 during the night in the chapter.
* Seventh chapter of the so-called "[Conan Arc](/wiki/Conan_Arc "Conan Arc")", a fan-coined term.
### Referencing[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Referencing")]
* **[From Third-Rate to Great Detective](/wiki/From_Third-Rate_to_Great_Detective "From Third-Rate to Great Detective") (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_1#File_006_-_From_Third-Rate_to_Great_Detective "Volume 1"))**: This chapter is a direct continuation of File 6. [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") also briefly remembers the moment professor [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa") explained the [Voice-Changing Bowtie](/wiki/Voice-Changing_Bowtie "Voice-Changing Bowtie") to him in the previous chapter.
### Referenced in[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Referenced in")]
* **[Resemblance](/wiki/Resemblance "Resemblance") (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_1#File_008_-_Resemblance "Volume 1"))**: File 8 is a direct continuation of this chapter.
## Errors[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Errors")]
Main article: [Oversights in Detective Conan](/wiki/Oversights_in_Detective_Conan "Oversights in Detective Conan")
* During the outside shots of the skyscraper apartment building [Yoko Okino](/wiki/Yoko_Okino "Yoko Okino") lives in in this chapter, the moon randomly changes from a waning crescent moon 🌘 to a waxing crescent moon 🌒, despite constantly being the former one during the other chapters of the case.
## Cameos[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&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")*.
## Real Life Models[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=12 "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=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=13 "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=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=14 "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:
**If your current work becomes a film, you want your protagonist and your heroine played by**
"*Sanma the Great Teacher'*s Yuuta for [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa"), [Riho Makise](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riho_Makise "wikipedia:Riho Makise") for [Ran](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")."
(Translation by justwantanaccount)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=15 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* This chapter had the first few pages colored with water colors in its original release. Judging by the colored pages, [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")'s clothes really still seemed to be red by then, with a green bow-tie.
* After professor [Hiroshi Agasa](/wiki/Hiroshi_Agasa "Hiroshi Agasa")'s rather positive description about [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")'s past in the previous chapter, [Juzo Megure](/wiki/Juzo_Megure "Juzo Megure")'s memories as his colleague in this one don't seem to be as fond.
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=The_Bloody_Case_of_the_Lovely_Pop_Idol&action=edit&section=16 "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")