Akemi Miyano

Akemi Miyano (宮野明美 "Miyano Akemi") is a fictional character in the anime and manga series "Case Closed" ("Detective Conan"). Akemi Miyano is Shiho Miyano's elder sister and her only family after their parents (scientists working for the Black Organization) died.

Manga

Volume 2

Akemi is watched by the Black Organization most of her life. ["Case Closed" Manga Volume: 58, File: 599] Then she decides to join under the alias Masami Hirota which is her old university professor's name. She helps them with robbery in order to get her little sister, Shiho, back from them. [ "Case Closed" Manga Volume: 2 ]

The robbery is a success, however one of her partners takes the money and escapes. [ "Case Closed" Manga Volume: 2 ] In order to find him she hires Richard Moore (Kogoro Mori), pretending to be the man's highschool-aged daughter. [ "Case Closed" Manga Volume: 2 ] The third robber, a giant, strangles their partner in his apartment. Later, Akemi is tricked by the men in black into poisoning the giant. [ "Case Closed" Manga Volume: 2 ]

Akemi meets her contacts, Gin and Vodka. Gin reveals that he knows her real name and shoots her. Conan Edogawa arrives too late and she dies in his arms right after he tells her who he really is: Jimmy Kudo. As the police finds a gun besides her, her death is reported to be a suicide. [ "Case Closed" Manga Volume: 2 ]

Volume 58, File 599

According to file 599 of the manga, Akemi had a relationship with the FBI agent Shuichi Akai while he was undercover as a Black Organization member [ "Case Closed" Manga Volume:58, File: 599 ] . She had to undergo a mission in hopes of getting herself out of the organization, but was lied to and killed despite completing the mission. [ "Case Closed" Manga Volume:58, File: 599 ] . However, it is revealed that she left one last message for Dai (Shuichi's alias when he lnfiltrated the organization) before she died, asking if they could have a real relationship if she ever escaped the Black Organization. [ "Case Closed" Manga Volume:58, File: 599 ] .

Anime

Episode 13 and Episode 128

While Episode 13 (The Strange Person Murder Hunt Case) is pretty much a faithful adaptation of the manga, the portion involving the mastermind is where it diverges. [ "Case Closed" Anime Episode: # 13, Manga Volume:58, File: 599 ] Rather than being Gin and Vodka, the mastermind behind the murders is a character known as Okita (O'Brian in the dub). [ "Case Closed" Anime Episode: # 13] Aside from the fact that the black organization isn't involved, Masami survives the gunshot. [ "Case Closed" Anime Episode: # 13]

Since Shiho Miyano's appearance is coming up in the anime, the writers had to remake Episode 13 for Episode 128 (The Black Corps One Billion Yen Robbery Case). This time including Akemi Miyano and Gin/Vodka.. [ "Case Closed" Anime Episode: # 13 (edition 1 & 2) & Episode: # 128]

* Despite having the exact same name and appearance from episode 13 [ "Case Closed" Anime Episode: # 13 & 128] , there is no evidence of continuity between episodes 13 and 128, and Akemi is presented as a new character. Conan and Akemi recognize each other at the beginning of the episode, but Conan claims he met her under different circumstances when Ran asks him about it. Also, several scenes leading to Akemi's death were altered in the anime.

Episodes 491-500

* The past of Akemi and FBI agent Shuichi Akai plays somewhat of a role in the current longest running BO arc. [ "Case Closed" Anime Episode: # 491-500] Base on the manga, with some added flashback scenes not in the manga, it is revealed that Shuichi and Akemi had a relationship. [ "Case Closed" Anime Episode: # 491-500] She was trying to get her sister out the organization by doing a mission, but was betrayed and killed by Gin. [ "Case Closed" Anime Episode: # 491-500]

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