Maki Shinjou (Case Closed)

Maki Shinjou (Harumi Asai) was a villainess from "The Nanki Shirahama Mystery Tour", episodes 9.23 and 9.24 of Case Closed (airdates June 4 and 11, 2001). She was a senior at Naniwa Medical School and was in the school's art club along with four of her classmates: Tatsuhiko Yura, Madoka Mitsui, Kanako Miyahara, and Kouta Fuji.
The episode had the group of friends going to the Shirahama beach to find creative inspiration on Maki's suggestion, with the group running into Kogoro Mouri, his daughter Ran, and Conan Edogawa. During the encounter, however, it became clear there were tensions amongst the friends, with Tatushiko chiding Maki for her materialism and the cavalier way she treated her friends, while also revealing that he'd dated her in the past before breaking up with her and starting a relationship with Madoka. Kanaka also snapped at Maki when she tried to get her to buy a soda for her, accusing her of trying to order her around due to the fact that she'd helped her pass math in order to get admitted to Naniwa.
Throughout their first meeting, Conan also took note of Maki's vicious glare at Kogoro, with later serving as foreshadowing to her villainous nature. Vengeful at Madoka for (in her mind) stealing Tatsuhiko from her, the evil Maki plotted to kill her during their trip to Shirahama; deciding during her group's chance encounter with the Mouris and Conan to use them to establish her alibi. Kanaka acted as Maki's accomplice, as Maki had helped Kanaka get into Naniwa illegally using her father's influence and was threatening to reveal the truth if she didn't obey her. To help set up Maki's false alibi for killing Madoka, Kanaka publicly proclaimed she was done letting Maki order her around to divert suspicions early on and later dressed as Maki at the Shirahama Station to make it appear she wouldn't have time to kill Madoka (who she had convinced to go do sketches out at an isolated spot in Sandabeki).
However, as Maki snuck up on Madoka and was preparing to stab her to death, she was attacked and stabbed by Kanaka, killing her and leaving her body for Madoka to find. While her murder was ultimately believed to be a case of a robbery gone wrong, Conan deduced how Maki had been plotting to kill Madoka and had been double crossed by her accomplice Kanaka, evidenced by the gloves in her jacket pocket she was planning to wear during the murder to avoid leaving fingerprints.
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Maki Shinjou glare.png|Maki's evil glare upon meeting Kogoro Mouri
Maki Shinjou corpse.png|Maki after being stabbed to death by Kanaka
Category:2000s
Category:A Taste Of Her Own Medicine
Category:Anime Villainess
Category:Attempted Murder
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Category:Demise: Stabbed
Category:Fate: Deceased
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