Case Closed, Vol. 37: A Study in Black

名探偵コナン [Meitantei Conan] #37

by Gosho Aoyama

Jimmy Kudo, the son of a world-renowned mystery writer, is a high school detective who has cracked the most baffling of cases. One day while on a date with his childhood friend Rachel Moore, Jimmy observes a pair of men in black involved in some shady business. The men capture Jimmy and give him a poisonous substance to rub out their witness. But instead of killing him, it turns him into a little kid! Jimmy takes on the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and continues to solve all the difficult cases that come his way. All the while, he's looking for the men in black and the mysterious organization they're with in order to find a cure for his miniature malady.

Genres: Manga, Mystery, Comics, Komik, Fiction, Detective, Shonen

184 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 18, 2002

About the author

Gosho Aoyama (青山剛昌) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known as the creator of the manga series Detective Conan (known in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom as Case Closed).

Aoyama made his debut as a manga artist with the work Chotto Matte which was published in the weekly magazine Shōnen Sunday on winter of 1987. Shortly after that, another work by Aoyama, Magic Kaito, was published on the same magazine.

Reviews

[Nina (Nesta's Version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Matsuda, Takagi + Sato. What’s more to love?
Me and a friend were obsessed with these 3 when we were teenagers and we love to go back to those days once a year and watch all the episodes. R.I.P

PS: Ich hatte sie sehr gerne Sato 🎡❤️

[Jeffrey Greek · Rating 5 out of 5]

Baby steps, people.

[Aitor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuemos con esta serie, que está guapota y ya tengo mis tomos para seguir.

Caso Kogoro Sirve Para Algo: genial caso no tanto por las virtudes de siempre como porque Kogoro resuelve prácticamente todo él solito. Siempre está bien ver a mi querido borracho demostrando que puede ser buen detective cuando es un tema más personal. Por lo demás, el arma del crimen está muy bien escondida y con mucha lógica detrás, si bien he notado que Aoyama forzaba demasiado el guion para que todas las pistas quedaran claras.

Caso "Los Videojuegos Son El Demonio Parte 3": cuando Aoyama mezcla sus casos con la trama principal, la cosa mejora una barbaridad. La tensión se palpa en cada página con Conan tratando de hacerse con el disquete mientras resuelve el caso lo más rápido posible (detallazo que Megure señale esa velocidad inusual). Aunque la pista del tablero me resulta excesiva, se lo puedo perdonar un poco por lo bien pensado del braile.

Caso "Aoyama, Déjate de Casos y Pon Más Organización": volvemos a la trama principal con unos capítulos mucho menos distractores de lo normal. En lugar de forzar algún caso (que, en cierto modo, así es con la innecesaria pero breve trama de los ladrones de joyas), el manga pasa directamente a la trama principal, como si Aoyama comenzara a confiar un poco más en ella y en la atención del lector de misterio. Genial tensión, algunos avances argumentales truncados por la inteligencia de Gin y, sobre todo, la sensación de que ha habido un paso adelante en la investigación de la Organización. Lo curioso es que, al final, todo queda en tierra de nadie, pero Aoyama te hace creer que ha habido un auténtico avance.

[Gayatri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow. Mr. Mouri solved a case by himself and Conan's onto the Black Organization.

[Susanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

This edition brings us a lot closer to the organization and who is involved. New information is uncovered.

[Cao Phương · Rating 5 out of 5]

To much drama, i like it

[Mahra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume had the most rarest cases where we saw Mouri solves a case WITHOUT conan tranquilizer.

1.The little talk about Mouri and Eva (Ran's mom) is just cuuuute!! Omg I cannot wait till they appear together once again!

2.I loved this case so much! I actually wanna know more about Mouri and Eva and how they got together!

3.So the Mouri décision case gets 5 stars!

4.The next case is the programmer and his relation to the black organization, which led to Conan having the programmers diary. (the diary had white text which only read if highlighted! NEAT! reminds me of those forums stuff)

5.When they arrived at the house in Genma (I hope I spelled the place right) I knew things will go different.

6.Just when Conan set up a trap to meet Gin (black org) vodka came in and pointed out all the details that Conan left.

7. Thank god vodka did not find him.HOWEVER this akai guy (known as the long hair FBI from New-York days arc) spotted Conan and Sherry! And sherry did feel that he is from the black org? So far we need more clues

Cannot wait till I read the next volume! \*O*/

[Chocotube · Rating 5 out of 5]

- la fin de l'affaire des 12 millions d'otage
- l'affaire de l'amie d'enfance de Kogoro et Eri
- l'Empreinte noire
- le début de l'affaire des voleurs de bijoux

Un excellent tome qui conjugue quatre affaires différentes et très importantes, aussi bien pour l'intrigue que pour le développement des persos. Les "12 millions d'otages" fait progresser la relation Sato-Takagi et renforce cette complicité entre Conan et Takagi. Une affaire stressante. Ensuite, le rythme s'adoucit avec l'affaire de l'amie d'enfance de Kogoro, avec une résolution surprenante et inédite : Kogoro résoud l'affaire seul, on veut croire en lui. Avec l'Empreinte noire, le rythme se resserre à nouveau, on ne s'y attendait pas mais l'Organisation pointe le bout de son nez. Conan fait une découverte et, après une apparition très rapide d'Akai, on plonge sans transition dans l'affaire des voleurs de bijoux. Le suspense et la tension sont à leur comble, Conan n'a jamais été autant en danger depuis longtemps face à l'Organisation et il prépare une nouvelle rencontre avec les membres de cette dernière. Les deux dernières affaires sont entremêlées et c'est ce qui fait leur charme : on a une impression de vrai, de réel danger. Ça permet de bien maintenir le rythme et la tension.

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume of Case Closed continues the story from the previous volume and ends with a very fulfilling conclusion, in my opinion! It was so fulfilling and as I mentioned in my review of vol., 36, I believe it should have been its very own volume. I have never seen any of the movies, but this would make for an excellent one! The next story looks like a simple case on the service, but turns out to be anything but! The case leads Detective Conan to look into a bigger case which has more of a personal touch to it! The final story is a slight continuation of the previous story and has to do with the data on the disk that Conan acquired in the last case. It’s a race against the elements to get from Gunma to Tokyo. With a breakdown of their transportation, the team hitches a ride…..with some thieves! (Of course you don’t know that at first). The story isn’t over but sadly so is this volume of Case Closed.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picked this up as a random Manga selection from my library (I've checked online, and they have volume 9 and 37... how does this work?). Really enjoyed it. Aimed at teens in Japan, it moves at a good pace. The exposition can be clunky in how characters are introduced, but the crime investigation element is at a maturity level way beyond its intended audience (and no doubt all the better appreciated for it). Really interesting forensic science mixed in with comic book humour, although a small bit of lecherous humour is employed unnecessarily. Any fans of manga will be used to this.

[miie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tập Conan đầu tiên coi xong tôy khóc hù hụ. Anh Matsuda người chồng đoản mệnh của tôy =)))))) Coi mà vừa đau vừa buồn. Cũng tiếc cho anh Matsuda với chị Sato, nhưng mà cái kết như vậy cũng hợp lí, mình cảm thấy chị Sato với anh Takagi là đẹp đôi nhất. Anh Matsuda nên là quá khứ thôi. Nhưng vẫn mong có cái twist nào đó cho ảnh trở lại đi chứ mê ảnh xỉu. Giờ muốn gặp lại ảnh chỉ có thể xem movie 25 và một số cảnh hồi tưởng của những người khác thôi hic

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Se merece mil estrellas este tomo. Quizás los casos no son los mejores en el manga pero sin duda hay una parte esencial que hace que la historia sea increíble y no es más que: la Organización de los Hombres de Negro. No recordaba ni del anime ni del manga cuando lo leí hace muchos años, que Gin y Vodka estuvieron tan cerca de encontrarlo. En verdad, piel de gallina.

[Cecillie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I'm in a bit of reading slump right now, and that's why I haven't had the motivation to finish this one.
My strongest take away from this volume is that Shinichi really is a dumb teenage boy with no sense of self preservation. If he would just stop and think a bit instead of getting too eager he would see that what he is doing isn't the greatest idea in the world.

[Akaigita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rate: 4.0

Hawa-hawanya masih sama kayak volume sebelumnya, tapi excitement-nya agak jomplang sih.

[mee ☁️ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Surprising Ending!!!!!

[Rafiq · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seperti biasa sih dengan cara penyelidikan yg khas,lumayan menarik

[Felicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A case solved by Gokoro without Conan's help. Final chapters dedicated to the saga of the Black Crow organization.

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Eccoci qua a inserire gli ultimi volumi per questo tour de force di GR.

Mi chiedo come Mori possa essere tanto affascinante con le donne.

[aloni · Rating 5 out of 5]

i loved this, my inner child is healing.

[Wina S. Albert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yang menarik, di volume ini ada pergeseran halus:
Sebelumnya → Conan banyak mengumpulkan dan menafsirkan.
Sekarang → Conan mulai memvalidasi dan menegaskan apa yang benar.

[Robin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Proper review to follow

One Word Rec.: READ

Rating: 5 🔍🔍🔍🔍🔍

Aoyama Gosho; DETECTIVE CONAN [Meitantei Conan #37]

e/read online; genre: { manga, mystery, shounen }; shelves: |comics, GN, manga, manhua, manhwa|

General Synopsis:
As mentioned above, I am going to write a proper review for this soon, but I have a few books ahead of this one in the queue, so I cannot stop reading DC NOW! That's sacrilege. I have decided to read all the chapters available up to now (we are almost to 1000!) As you can see, I am totally fangirling over here and I don't care, because this is one of my favorite manga series, ever! But all of this aside, there are a few things I wanted to list so I don't need to go back and look everything up when I do finally sit down and write my fangirl review. ✌🏻

V.37, includes Files 373 - 382

DO NOT click on the spoiler link if you don't want to read all the cases in this volume, because it will ruin it for you. On the other hand, if you're a fan like me or are looking for a certain case (and please note, these are how I have set the cases), etc. click away, that's why it's there.


Case 109 - Serial Bomber Case (solved), File - 373 (DB)
Case 110 - Kogoro's Childhood Friend Murder Case (solved), File 374 - 376
Case 111 - Footsteps of Darkness Murder Case (solved), File 377 - 379
Case 112 - Jewel Thieves Case (unsolved), File 380 -

Another spoiler link, so don't click if you don't want to ruin this manga. I am going to include the characters introduced or as the series continues are in this volume. Personally, I think us DC fans love certain characters more than other (yes, Heiji, I mean you!), so sometimes when we are re-reading this series (like all the time!) you might wish to start at a specific case or start when a certain character is involved.

Characters in this volume:
Edogawa Conan, main protagonist (and the shrunk form of Shinichi)
Mouri Ran, main protagonist & love interest of Shinichi
Mouri Kogoro, detective & Ran's father
Professor Agasa Hiroshi, inventor & long time friend to the Kudo family
"Criminal" silhouette
Suzuki Sonoko, Ran's best friend & fellow classmate of Shinichi's
Haibara Ai, shrunk form of Miyano Shiho, former member of the Black Organization
Akai Shuichi, undercover FBI agent

Law Enforcement changed from Police due to progression of series, fans know what I mean!
Inspector Megure Juzo, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Detective Takagi Wataru, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Detective Sato Miwako, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Detective Chiba Kazunobu, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Patrol Officer Miyamoto Yumi, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Inspector Shiratori Ninzaburo, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Inspector Yokomizo Sango, Shizuoka district
Yamamura Misao, detective and police officer from the Gunma district

Detective Boys
Yoshida Ayumi, a student in Conan's class
Kojima Genta, a student in Conan's class
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko, a student in Conan's class

rare appearance
Kisaki Eri, Ran's mother

Black Organization
Vodka
Tequila, deceased, mentioned in flashback only


Personal Opinion:
#1, I never call this CASE CLOSED. If you do, you're not a true fan of this series, so don't even bother reading my review or my personal opinions. I'm sorry if I offend you, but you offended me first by telling me you want to read CASE CLOSED or you just love Jimmy.

#2, as you can tell by #1, I read this online. I would never waste my money buying a manga series in english that cannot get the name correct and mess up the main characters to make it appear more "ENGLISH." I am so happy I don't run a blog and this isn't a review on Sailor Moon, #1, because I have a huge soap box tirade against DiC. I also don't think there is anything against reading something online. Comics, which is what manga are, are meant to be read and shared and sometimes paying over $10 is too much in my opinion. Plus, I read the newest chapters as soon as they are released from Japan, because I would never miss a release of DC. So this is my personal shout out to you translators from me, Thank You!

[Munir · Rating 4 out of 5]

a nice continue of story

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5/5

That ended so good! Loved seeing the Men in Black popping up again!

[Veronica Ika · Rating 5 out of 5]

DEADLY PERFORMANCE: A TV STAR’S MYSTERIOUS DEMISE
Kogoro Mouri is invited to introduce an episode of a popular detective drama, only to find himself challenged by its arrogant lead actor to solve a staged murder mystery. Conan secretly aids Kogoro, but real tragedy strikes when the actor is found dead during a filming break—without a visible murder weapon. Suspicion falls on the cast, including Ruri Ujo, a childhood acquaintance of Kogoro’s who harbors old memories of his relationship with Eri. With no clear means of murder, Conan must unravel the truth behind this perplexing crime.

THE VANISHING ENGINEER AND THE SHADOW OF THE BLACK ORGANIZATION
Three video game designers seek Kogoro’s help in locating their missing system engineer, whose last known appearance was in a cryptic video mail featuring Shogi, Chess, and Igo sets. Conan quickly deduces that the disappearance is linked to Tequila, a dangerous operative from the Black Organization. Their search leads them to a hotel room, but instead of answers, they find the missing man dead from an apparent stroke. While the police investigate, Conan seizes an opportunity to retrieve a floppy disk containing the man’s records—hoping it will unveil secrets about the Black Organization.

A FATEFUL ENCOUNTER AND A RACE AGAINST THE BLACK ORGANIZATION
On the way home, Conan is unsettled when Ran recognizes Shuichi Akai—a mysterious man he knows all too well. When Ran later reveals that Akai is an FBI agent, Conan becomes deeply suspicious about the agency’s activities in Japan. With the stolen disk in hand, he and Professor Agasa analyze its contents, uncovering a dangerous lead: the Black Organization is heading to the deceased engineer’s cottage to retrieve a critical program. Racing against time, Conan intercepts their email, but a security mechanism erases the message, alerting the Organization to the cottage. With Vodka calling the house, Conan daringly impersonates the dead man using his voice-changing bow tie, extracting crucial details about their next meeting—bringing him one step closer to the elusive enemy.

[Gabriella Nerina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sejak pindah ke Bali jadi jarang ke Gramedia. Tadi siang ada waktu nganggur, jalan-jalan ke Gramedia, ada komik ini. Sudah lama juga nggak baca komik Conan, biasanya langsung nonton animenya, ternyata harga komik sekarang tambah gila-gilaan ya -.- dulu harga Rp9.500 rasanya sudah mahal, sekarang Rp18.500.. bukannya tambah tebel, malah beberapa komik jadi tambah tipis, tintanya juga tetep aja luntur di tangan.
Ok back to the point... sebenernya beli volume ini, salah beli sih. Dulu sudah punya yang volume ini, tapi hilang waktu pindahan. Lagipula it was forever ago, jadi lupa ceritanya.
Detektif Conan memang nggak ada matinya! Mulai jaman masih SD sampai sekarang sudah nggak kuliah lagi, makin bagus ceritanya.
Chapter yang aku paling suka di volume ini, chapter terakhirnya. Yaitu chapter dimana Conan sama Profesor Agasa hitchhiking sama dua orang ini. Ternyata kedua orang ini adalah perampok permata. Pokoknya plot twist banget deh chapter yang ini.
Kayak yang aku selalu bilang, "the day they end this series, it's the day my childhood will officially be over." Jangan tamat dulu deh yaaaaaa, pokoknya aku pingin lihat Shinichi balik besar lagi, penasaran lihat kelanjutannya Ran-Shinichi. Kalau Ai sih, tetep kecil juga nggak papa *nggak suka sama Ai nih, ceritanya*

[Pato Myers · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick and enjoyable read.

[Bill Fish · Rating 4 out of 5]

Conclusion of Bomber story line. Next, Mouri is asked to guest star on a mystery show as the narrator only to find he knows one of the main actresses - then a body is discovered, but Conan has to rely on Mouri solving the mystery without him (well, he does provide hints to lead him in the right direction). Next, Mouri is hired to find a software developer only to find him... dead! Conan also discovers a link to the organization. After solving that mystery, Conan and Dr Agasa use the information gathered about the organization to set a trap - only to be distracted by a couple giving them a ride to their destination - but this couple has their own mystery Conan must resolve in time to make a meeting with the organization's Vodka.

[Lissibith · Rating 4 out of 5]

The men in black are back... maybe. A game designer turns up dead and one of the three people he was building games for is the suspect. But Conan's more interested in the possibility that he might have been a link to the Men in Black.

I know better than to hope for it, but I really *wanted* this to be the start of some more information about the Black organization. Alas, as so many volumes of this manga, it ends in the middle of a case. What next, Detective Conan? WHAT NEXT?!?

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 5 out of 5]

#Program BUBU

Pertama kali dibeli dan dibaca pada tanggal 8 Januari 2004.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally! I just wanted Conan to not be left diffusing a bomb.

But now he's left with a gun pointed at his head!