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Detective Conan will be going into its 10th year.

One down and more to come!

Let's meet once in 10 years.

The first promise, a smeared postcard.

This is Dr. Agasa's love story.

He sees through the one and only truth.

A child in appearance with the I.Q. of an adult.

His name is Detective Conan!

"Ginkgo-Colored First Love (Part 1)"

Hey, Dr. Agasa.

What kind of letter is it?

A letter in a postcard size envelope.

I guess we've got no choice

but look for it all together.

What was the letter about, Dr. Agasa?

It was an invitation to the wedding

of an acquaintance doctor's son's wedding.

If I remember correctly the R.S.V.P. postcard was enclosed

and the deadline for answering it was today.

You should have kept it carefully.

Absolutely.

Will you stop barking up the wrong tree?

You're all to blame for the letter getting lost too,

since you came over to play games last night

and messed the place up.

That's true.

By the way, you look sleepy as usual.

Bug you?

I guess you can't help being sleepy

since you get up early and go to school with Ayumi

to look in on the rabbits at school.

How come you know?

Were you watching us?

I saw ginkgo leaves on the hair of you both.

That rabbit hut is by the gingko tree lined street

behind the school yard, isn't it?

That's about the only place,

you can find gingko trees around here.

Moreover, the girls were making a fuss

over the rabbit looking sick yesterday.

Cool.

Then, would you please hurry and look for the letter, Mr. Detective?

Let's see.

Dr. Agasa has a habit of putting letters

and postcards that he finishes reading on the TV set,

so behind the set is a likely place for it to be.

But you've probably already looked there.

There are a lot of things down here.

See. This much.

No joke?

That's the first place you should've looked.

Talk about a lot of things down here.

Let's see.

New Year's cards, midsummer greeting cards, and...

Goodness. A driver's license renewal notice too.

Oh My. They're all stuff that I thought I lost.

Oh. What cute handwriting.

"To Mr. Agasa" -This postcard must've been written

by a child.

"Mr. Hiroshi Agasa"

Oh, this is the one.

Yeah! Here it is, Dr. Agasa!

Dr. Agasa?

What? Have you found something good?

What?

Say, that's the postcard written by a child that we saw a while ago.

-Well... -Could it be a love letter?

No, it's a card I received from my friend long ago.

It was 40 years ago.

40 years ago?

Which means that this is something back

from when you were in the 6th grade?

Yeah.

It was the first day of school after summer vacation.

I took a different road from the usual

because I was late for school.

Then, I saw a girl,

who was an under classman standing stalled and looking pale.

She was a cute girl with big round eyes

that could be seen from the cap that she wore quite deeply.

It seems that she was scared of the barking dog

and was stalled because of it.

Well, a person named Mr. Noi owned a big dog,

and it was also well-known in the neighborhood

so I guess it couldn't be helped.

She looked so scared, despite hiding behind me

when passing by the dog, that I asked her why.

She told me that she had been bitten by a dog

that she had when she was little,

and that she had become to hate animals since then.

I felt sorry for her plight,

so I took her to the place of an acquaintance

named Mr. Chono who kept a hamster.

She was scared at first,

but she seemed to get used to as the days went by.

After two months, she turned into an animal lover.

She could even laugh when passing in front of Mr. Noi's dog.

So, you and that girl went to school together every day, right?

Yeah, I guess so.

Only during fall of that year, though...

Only during fall?

Right. On a rainy morning at the end of November,

I was waiting like always in front of the Mr. Noi residence

for her to come but,

no matter how long I waited she didn't show up.

Worried that she may have caught cold or something

I went to her house after school

too check things out but,

the lady next door told me she had moved that morning.

She moved?

Without telling you?

She could've at least said goodbye.

No.

She probably...

She probably couldn't even if she wanted to.

Goodbye, is a sad word

that pricks the heart like a needle.

It can't be.

But, it's too sad leaving without saying a word.

No, she did thank me.

I found that postcard in the mailbox of my house that day.

But, there isn't any stamp on the postcard.

She probably put it in the mailbox of your house herself,

just before she moved.

And? What's written on it?

Oh...

Thank you for the three months.

It was a lot of fun being with you.

I don't like goodbye, so I want to say,

let's meet again.

10 years later, on this day,

before the sun sets at that memorable place.

If I can't see you then, 10 years after that will do.

I'll wait for you even if I grow to be a grandmother.

Come see me if you have the time.

To Hiroshi Agasa who I like, like, like very much.

November 24th, 4th grade, class A,

Kinoshita...

The words are smeared that I can't read it.

It probably got wet in the rain

when she was putting it in the mailbox.

And, did you get to see her? Ms. Kinoshita.

No, I don't know where that memorable place is you see...

Hey, hey...

But... Isn't November 24th today?

And it's exactly 40 years ago...

Maybe that girl...

She is waiting for you there today too!

But, if Dr. Agasa can't remember the place.

So... I'm sorry...

Really...

You've always been dense when it came to things like this from before.

Hey, maybe it's the place where that scary dog was?

I see. The place where you first met each other.

I thought so too, so I went there 10 years later

and waited for her there for a long time,

but no one came.

Then, what about the house of the person who had the hamster?

I went to his house 20 years later,

one day before and spent the night there.

Too bad, she didn't show up though.

I'm sure she was waiting elsewhere.

You never got a letter from her after that?

No. She had the address of my parent's home,

but my parents moved to the country too so.

Then, why don't you write her?

I don't know her address or her name,

so I can't even if I wanted to.

What? You don't know her name?

I think you can easily get it at the grade school you went to?

Of course, I thought of asking her.

But I figured I could see her 10 years later anyway,

so I didn't.

That's right!

You went to Teitan Elementary school too, didn't you, Dr. Agasa?

Then, maybe we can give them a call?

Oh, but there's no school today,

so only the custodian is there.

Besides, if by chance you're able to find out

what her name and address are,

and if you fortunately are able to get in touch with her

and see her, maybe all you'll be doing is hurting her feelings?

Dr. Agasa didn't know what place she thought was important,

and the fact that he made her wait meaninglessly

for 40 years is going to be revealed.

I don't think you need to take it that far.

That is, only if she's waiting there today.

Then, Dr. Agasa's going to have to remember the place

and go see her after all.

But, it's already been 40 years, so remembering is...

But we've got clues.

Clues?

"To Mr. Agasa" -See,

"The Hint Is: Animal" -below the name of the addressee,

you can see a row of numbers, right?

"The Hint Is: Animal" -This could be a code that indicates the place.

-Really. -But, what does it mean?

4163, 33, 6, 0.

It says here that the hint is an animal.

Hey, Dr. Agasa, what does this mean?

Well...

If you knew, you would've met her already, right?

I'm ashamed.

But, maybe you can solve it, Conan.

Nope, I don't have the slightest idea.

I see.

Hey, if she's only waiting till sundown,

you only have about four hours left.

Then, I guess we have no choice but to go to Sleeping Kogoro

and have him decipher the code.

Pops is at the joint live concert of Yoko Okino and Misa Nakayama,

so he's not in now.

What?

Misa?

Did you remember something?

The first name of the person called Kinoshita.

I sort of think her name was something like that.

Hey, if Sleeping Kogoro's not around,

maybe we should ask Sonoko?

Right. She was bragging that she solved a case the other day too.

Sonoko's not around either.

She's out with Ran since this morning standing in line

to buy a brand-name handbag that's going on sale just today.

Besides, if I can't solve it,

those two wouldn't be able to solve it either.

Oh, it's the one that's on sale

in commemoration of Fusae Campbell's visit to Japan.

Fusae?

It could've been that sort of name too.

No, wait... Misae...

No, or was it Fusako?

I wonder what's so good about that leaf-patterned handbag.

It' s expensive, isn't it?

The "Fusae Brand" handbag are not leaf-patterned, those are ginkgos.

They're the trademark of the "Fusae brand".

And, not all the items are that expensive.

That brand has a number of reasonably priced items too.

A number?

Will you show it to me, Conan?

What's up, Ayumi?

Hey, maybe this code

has something to do with the number of animals at our school.

Well, there are six rabbits, chickens, society finches and pigeons.

All the birds added together make a total of 33 birds, right?

Then, what about the zero?

That's the number of turtles

that died during summer vacation.

No way.

When I was in elementary school,

the turtle was still alive and kicking,

and the only animal other than that were the chickens.

Besides, the first numbers 4163 are unexplained, right?

Oh, that's right.

But, turtles live long, don't they to be alive for 40 years?

No, that's actually the 3rd turtle,

and it's rumored that each time a turtle dies,

a new one is brought over from the zoo.

That's true.

A graduate of Teitan Elementary school,

and the first head of the Tohto Zoo,

Mr. Yoichirou Kobata,

in hopes of wanting the children to live

a long life gave the turtle to the school as a gift.

They say that turtles live a million years too.

Dr. Agasa, what did you just say?

Turtles live a million years?

No. The name of the first head of Tohto Zoo.

He said, Kobata...

Mr. Yoichirou?

"Four" -Yo... (In Japanese 4)

"One, Six" -Ichirou... (1 and 6)

"Three" -San... (means Mr.)

-That's it! -That's it!

Hey, hey...

Oh, boy.

"Tohto Zoo"

Hey, look good and hard.

Yes. She's sure to be here somewhere.

Dr. Agasa's first love.

We'll get her for sure.

-Yeah! -Yeah!

Hey. I never said she was my love.

It's so obvious.

Well, even if I were to believe what they said

about 4163 being Mr. Yoichirou.

The connection with 33, 6, and 0 that comes after that is not solved...

Pandas are cute after all.

Yeah.

I'd like to have one.

Hey, you guys...

Hey, I wonder what that number is?

See, the number that is written on the name plate of the animals.

The numbers are probably designated to categorize the animals.

But the numbers are picked too much at random.

The numbers are designated in the order

in which the animals came into the zoo.

Therefore, the panda was the 58th animal that was put in here.

Then, which animal is the 33rd?

If I remember correctly, I think it was a donkey?

Donkey?

I get it.

"Mr. Yoichirou" -The 33rd animal that...

"33rd animal" -Yoichirou put in the zoo...

"Donkey" -Was a donkey!

That's it!

Hey! The zero hasn't been figured out yet.

Hurry up, hurry up!

-Yes! -Yes!

They've been switched on.

Number 33, number 33, number 33.

Donkey, donkey, donkey.

Woman, woman, woman.

"33, Donkey"

Number 33!

Donkey!

Woman!

-Found her! -Found her!

Hey, you guys...

There she is. There she is.

No joke?

She's wearing a hat so it's probably her, right?

Let's try asking her then.

Hey.

-Excuse me. -Excuse me.

Aren't you?

Oh, Mr. Hiroshi Agasa?

It's been a long time.

Yes, 40 years, is it?

You sure lost a lot of hair.

No.

Then, don't tell me that

this grandmother is...

the one with the big round eyes...

Of 40 years ago...

Your first love?

I guess this is a typical case of time beautifying all things.

But don't you think she looks a bit too old?

When Dr. Agasa was in the 6th grade,

she was in the 4th grade, right?

If so, she should be around 49 or 50 years old.

Maybe she went through a lot of hard times.

I guess so.

Well then, see you then.

Yeah. Take care.

Hey... Are you done already?

She's your first love, isn't she?

No... She's Mrs. Noi.

I told you about her, didn't I?

She's the owner of the big dog

that used to bark a lot on our way back from school.

The grand-dog of that dog seems to have died last month,

and she got lonely so she came to the zoo.

What?

Wrong person.

I thought she was a bit too old.

But, how strange.

If the place you are to meet her is the code 4163,

it's about the head of the zoo,

Mr. Yoichirou Kobata, and,

if three, three designates the 33rd animal that came here,

and if six is a donkey,

she supposed to be waiting here.

I told you, right?

That the last zero hasn't been solved yet.

And? Can't you remember anything else that would could be a hint?

Nothing other than that her eyes were big

and that her last name was Kinoshita.

And also that she liked to take care of the chickens at school.

She had freckles on her cheeks,

and for some reason always wore her cap deeply over her head.

That's about it.

Always?

Yeah. On the way to school and back.

Of course I think she took it off during class, though.

I wonder if there was a reason for her wearing the cap?

She wasn't bald.

She was probably a very shy girl.

Then we have no choice but to figure out

the code and find the place after all.

Let's say that 4163 is this zoo.

The problem is the number three, three, six and zero.

"Mimimure" -Mimimure...

"Mimiroku" -Mimiroku...

Hey, maybe it's about an owl?

If it's an owl, the numbers would be three, three, two, nine.

"Sasarokuwa" -Sasarokuwa...

"Sasarokure" -Sasarokure...

"Sasamu" -Sasamu...

Flying squirrel (Musasabi)!

How silly. Then it would be the same as before.

The meaning of zero is not solved, is it?

No. Not really.

It says on the postcard,

let's meet before the sun sets, right?

Flying squirrels are nocturnal animals

that move about only at night.

In other words, before the sun sets it is asleep in its nest,

and the number of flying squirrels

that meet the eyes of the zoo comers is...

Zero!

Is zero flying squirrels.

But, are there animals at the zoo that you only get to see at night?

Stupid.

Cages are set up indoors in most zoos

so that nocturnal animals can also be viewed.

Okay, let's go then.

-Yeah! -Yeah!

"Nocturnal Animals Building"

Really...

It's full of nocturnal animals.

But, it's full of bats and snakes that it's kind of eerie.

Yes.

Let's see. Flying squirrels, flying squirrels.

There they are!

The flying squirrels!

Dr. Agasa, there's someone there.

She seems to be waiting for someone.

She's not wearing a hat, but I'm sure it's her.

See. You're meeting her after 40 years,

so go do your thing.

Yeah.

Next Conan's Hint:

"Blonde"

Ai's first love is?

Dr. Agasa.

Just joking.