Episode 266

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| **Episode 266-268   (Int. Episode 288-290)** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | The Truth Behind Valentine's |
| Japanese title: | バレンタインの真実   (Barentain no Shinjitsu) |
| Original airdate: | January 28, 2002 (The Case)   February 4, 2002 (The Deduction)   February 11, 2002 (The Resolution) |
| Broadcast rating: | 20.4%   20%   21.2% |
| Manga case: | #96 |
| Season: | (/wiki/Season_7 "Season 7") |
| Manga source: | [Volume 33: Files 3-6 (331-334)](/wiki/Volume_33#Valentine_Chocolate_Case "Volume 33") |
| **Case** | |
| Cast: | [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")   [Ran Mouri](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")   [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki")   [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Makoto Kyogoku](/wiki/Makoto_Kyogoku "Makoto Kyogoku")   [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Detective Boys](/wiki/Detective_Boys "Detective Boys")   [James Black](/wiki/James_Black "James Black")   [Shuichi Akai](/wiki/Shuichi_Akai "Shuichi Akai")   [Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") |
| Case solved by: | [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri") (via [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa")) |
| Next Conan's Hint: | Chocolate (The Case)   Playing ball (The Deduction)   Completely black photo (The Resolution) |
| **Staff** | |
| Director: | [Yasuichiro Yamamoto](/wiki/Yasuichiro_Yamamoto "Yasuichiro Yamamoto") |
| Organizer: | [Chika Ichimaru](/wiki/Chika_Ichimaru "Chika Ichimaru") |
| Storyboard: | [Chika Ichimaru](/wiki/Chika_Ichimaru "Chika Ichimaru") |
| Episode director: | 266: [Hideaki Oba](/wiki/Hideaki_Oba "Hideaki Oba")   267: [Toru Kitahata](/wiki/Toru_Kitahata "Toru Kitahata")   268: [Hideki Hiroshima](/wiki/Hideki_Hiroshima "Hideki Hiroshima") |
| Animation director: | 266: [Keiichi Ishida](/wiki/Keiichi_Ishida "Keiichi Ishida")   267: [Hirobi Muranaka](/wiki/Hiromi_Muranaka "Hiromi Muranaka")   268: [Atsushi Aono](/wiki/Atsushi_Aono "Atsushi Aono") |
| Character design: | [Masatomo Sudo](/wiki/Masatomo_Sudo "Masatomo Sudo")   [Junko Yamanaka](/wiki/Junko_Yamanaka "Junko Yamanaka") and [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"), Next Conan's Hint (Part 2)   [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"), Next Conan's Hint (Part 2 & 3)   [Akira Kamiya](/wiki/Akira_Kamiya "Akira Kamiya") as [Kogoro Mouri](/wiki/Kogoro_Mouri "Kogoro Mouri")   [Megumi Hayashibara](/wiki/Megumi_Hayashibara "Megumi Hayashibara") as [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara")   [Yukiko Iwai](/wiki/Yukiko_Iwai "Yukiko Iwai") as [Ayumi Yoshida](/wiki/Ayumi_Yoshida "Ayumi Yoshida")   [Ikue Otani](/wiki/Ikue_Otani "Ikue Otani") as [Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya](/wiki/Mitsuhiko_Tsuburaya "Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya")   [Wataru Takagi](/wiki/Wataru_Takagi_(voice_actor) "Wataru Takagi (voice actor)") as [Genta Kojima](/wiki/Genta_Kojima "Genta Kojima"), Next Conan's Hint (Part 1)   [Naoko Matsui](/wiki/Naoko_Matsui "Naoko Matsui") as [Sonoko Suzuki](/wiki/Sonoko_Suzuki "Sonoko Suzuki"), Next Conan's Hint (Part 3)   [Nobuyuki Hiyama](/wiki/Nobuyuki_Hiyama "Nobuyuki Hiyama") as [Makoto Kyogoku](/wiki/Makoto_Kyogoku "Makoto Kyogoku")   [Tomie Kataoka](/wiki/index.php?title=Tomie_Kataoka&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tomie Kataoka (page does not exist)") as Chiyoko Yuasa   [Tomoyuki Dan](/wiki/index.php?title=Tomoyuki_Dan&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tomoyuki Dan (page does not exist)") as Yoshitaka Nigaki   [Aya Hisakawa](/wiki/index.php?title=Aya_Hisakawa&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aya Hisakawa (page does not exist)") as Ako Amari   [Yuko Sasaki](/wiki/index.php?title=Yuko_Sasaki&action=edit&redlink=1 "Yuko Sasaki (page does not exist)") as Mika Konakawa   [Mugihito](/wiki/index.php?title=Mugihito&action=edit&redlink=1 "Mugihito (page does not exist)") as Yuzo Sakami   [Tetsuo Kanao](/wiki/index.php?title=Tetsuo_Kanao&action=edit&redlink=1 "Tetsuo Kanao (page does not exist)") as Hajime Itakura | | |
| **Music** | |
| Opening song: | [Winter Bells](/wiki/Winter_Bells "Winter Bells") |
| Closing song: | [Yume Mita Ato de](/wiki/Yume_Mita_Ato_de "Yume Mita Ato de") |
***The Truth Behind Valentine's*** (バレンタインの真実 ,*Barentain no Shinjitsu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is the 266th, 267th, and 268th episode of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")* [anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime").
## Contents
* [1 Cast](#Cast)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
* [3 Case](#Case)
+ [3.1 Situation](#Situation)
- [3.1.1 The Case](#The_Case)
- [3.1.2 The Deduction](#The_Deduction)
- [3.1.3 The Resolution](#The_Resolution)
+ [3.2 People](#People)
+ [3.3 Resolution](#Resolution)
* [4 Manga to anime changes](#Manga_to_anime_changes)
* [5 Continuity](#Continuity)
* [6 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [7 BGM listing](#BGM_listing)
+ [7.1 Case Part](#Case_Part)
+ [7.2 Investigation Part](#Investigation_Part)
+ [7.3 Resolution Part](#Resolution_Part)
* [8 Gallery](#Gallery)
* [9 In other languages](#In_other_languages)
* [10 See also](#See_also)