0 Detective Conan Episode 1031: The Blank Year (Part 2)

Episode 1031: The Blank Year (Part Two)

Scenario: Conan and Kogoro investigate to find the lost year in Kouri-cho, where an amnesiac man named Ritsuo Esaka spent time. Esaka is reunited with the people he spent time with in Kouri Town and almost regains his memory after being barked at by a dog he hates. Two days later, Conan and Kogoro head to Esaka's house with high hopes, only to find out that Esaka has been found dead.

The police say that it is a suicide because there is a suicide note written on the laptop, and the apartment was locked, with two keys a re found inside the room. There were also two phone call made by Esaka, one to Hida Industries construction company, and one to weather information system. It turns out that Esaka was at Wakabadai on June 10, the same day where Akira Kisugi was murdered, and there was also a lightning strike on that day. The police deduce that the murderer is Ritsuo Esaka.

However, Conan finds out that one of the cup is placed differently on the shelf, which means that someone was there with Esaka before his death.

Later, they go to Wakabadai and ask people if they recognize Esaka. A woman who owns takoyaki shop says that on that day, Esaka was chased by a dog and he climbed a pole. Later, he saw something, before a lightning appeared. The direction he saw is the street where Akira Kisugi's residence and a temple located. Conan deduces that Esaka saw the culprit, and only tried to kill him recently because they don't know where he live, which also means that the culprit lives in Koneru.

However, among the suspect list, no one lives in Koneru. They later asked Takuzo about it, but he haven't heard anything about it. Hida, Mizutani, and Mamoru later decide to help Kogoro searching anything suspicious.

Conan decides to investigate the intersection where Esaka almost got hit by a car. Next to the intersection is bicycle parking lot, where Takuzo works at. After some futher investigation, Conan knows the culprit.