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==Plot==
{{See also|List of Case Closed characters{{!}}List of ''Case Closed'' characters}}
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[[Jimmy Kudo]] (Japanese name: Shinichi Kudo) is a high school detective who sometimes works with police to solve cases.<ref name="FAQ"/> During an investigation, he is ambushed and incapacitated by a member of a crime syndicate known as the [[List of Case Closed characters#Black Organization|Black Organization]]. In an attempt to murder the young detective, they force-feed him a dangerous experimental drug. However, instead of killing him, it shrinks his body to the size of an elementary school child.<ref name="Ch 1 P44">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|isbn=1-59116-327-7|chapter=File 2|date=September 7, 2004|page=[https://archive.org/details/caseclosedvol10000aoya/page/44 44]|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/caseclosedvol10000aoya/page/44 }}</ref> Adopting the pseudonym Conan Edogawa and keeping his true identity a secret, Kudo lives with his childhood friend [[Rachel Moore (Case Closed)|Rachel Moore]] (Ran Mori) and her father, [[Richard Moore (Case Closed)|Richard]] (Kogoro Mori), who is a private detective. Throughout the series, he tags along on Richard's cases. Nonetheless, after Kudo solves one, he uses [[List of Case Closed characters#Hiroshi Agasa|Dr. Agasa]]'s hidden tranquilizer to sedate Richard and then uses a voice changer to simulate his voice to reveal the solution.<ref name="Ch 1 P56">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|title=Case Closed|volume=1|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|date=September 7, 2004|isbn=1-59116-327-7|chapter=File 2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/caseclosedvol10000aoya/page/56 56–57]|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/caseclosedvol10000aoya/page/56 }}</ref> He also enrolls in Teitan Elementary School, where he makes friends with a group of classmates who form their own [[List of Case Closed characters#Junior Detective League|Junior Detective League]] (Detective Boys). While he continues to dig deeper into the Black Organization, he frequently interacts with other characters, including his neighbor, Dr. Agasa; Ran's friend [[List of Case Closed characters#Serena Sebastian|Serena Sebastian]] (Sonoko Suzuki); a fellow teenage detective, [[List of Case Closed characters#Harley Hartwell|Harley Hartwell]] (Heiji Hattori); assorted police detectives from different regions; and a [[phantom thief]] called [[Kaito Kid]].

Kudo later encounters an elementary school transfer student, [[List of Case Closed characters#Ai Haibara|Anita Hailey]] (Ai Haibara), who reveals herself to be a former member of the Black Organization under the code name Sherry and the creator of the experimental drug that shrunk him. She too ingested it to evade the pursuit of the organization.<ref name="Ch 178">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|script-title=ja:名探偵 コナン|trans-title=Detective Conan|chapter=File 8. コードネーム・シェリー|trans-chapter=File 8. Code Name Sherry|date=January 17, 1998|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|volume=18|isbn=4-09-125048-3|language=Japanese}}</ref> She soon joins the Junior Detectives. During a rare encounter with the Black Organization, Conan helps the FBI plant a CIA agent, [[List of Case Closed characters#Hidemi Hondo|Kir]], inside the Black Organization as a spy.<ref name="Ch 604">{{cite book|last=Aoyama|first=Gosho|script-title=ja:名探偵 コナン|trans-title=Detective Conan|chapter=File 7. 姉弟|trans-chapter=File 7. Older Sister and Younger Brother|date=July 18, 2007|publisher=[[Shogakukan]]|volume=58|isbn=978-4-09-121155-2|language=Japanese}}</ref>