Episode 1030: The Blank Year (Part One)
Scenario: While Kogoro is walking through the residential area of Kouri-machi after finishing his work, he hears a scream. When Kogoro goes to the scene, he finds a man named Ritsuo Esaka slumped over. It seems that he was waiting at a traffic light when someone suddenly pushed him in the back and almost hit him with a car. Conan and Kogoro talked to Esaka at the detective agency and found out that he had lost his memory for a year and may have done something to cause a grudge during that time.
The son of a world famous mystery writer, Jimmy Kudo, has achieved his own notoriety by assisting the local police as a student detective. He has always been able to solve the most difficult of criminal cases using his wits and power of reason.
Kogoro just finished his investigation report when he heard someone almost got hit by a car. Kogoro then discovers that the man, Ritsuo Esaka, does not remember what happened during the past year.
They later go to detective agency, where Esaka tells about how suddenly one year has passed, and how he recovered his original memory while forgetting the memory from the past year. He checked his train card history and he used to left from and returned to Koneru. They conclude that he must have lived in Koneru for the past year.
Meanwhile, there is a news about Akira Kisugi, a con artist who suddenly disappeared six months ago and was found buried in the mountains of Wakabadai three days ago, partially skeletonized.
Later, they go to Koneru, and ask a police there if he knew Esaka, but the police does not recognize him. Kogoro then try to use shock theraphy to make Esaka regain his memory, but it does not work. Esaka later becomes scared to know if he had done something bad, so he runs away. Apparently, they find out that the police they previously meet is a serial burglar faking as police, so they try to ask the real police at Koneru Station police box. The police recognized Esaka, and says that he was found by an old man named Takuzo Kinbara.
They later visit Kinbara residence, where they meet Takuzo and his wife, Tae, and three other people who helped Esaka. For the past year, he had been living under the name Taro Koneru, lived in an apartment Mamoru's father owns, and worked at Hida's construction company. Mizutani also frequently cooked meal for Esaka.
Later, Kogoro asks if there is anyone who has grudge against Esaka, but they say that Esaka never did anything wrong.
On the way to celebrate Esaka's recovery, a dog appears. Esaka is so scared that he climb up a nearby pole. They later find out that Esaka remember the dog's name, which means his memories are returning.
While they are celebrating, a thunder appears, and Esaka feels that there was a scene that is related to dog and thunder. After he goes home, he suddenly interested in Akira Kisugi's death.
Two days later, Ritsuo Esaka is found dead in his apartment. According to police investigation, he commited suicide.
