The opening highway chase is a masterclass in animation that exists purely to show off what MAPPA can do when they're not holding back, and it immediately tells you this isn't a mystery story pretending to be one. Curaçao's arc flips the typical Black Organization operative into someone you're watching lose everything in real time, not a villain you're supposed to hate. If you came for detective work, you've walked into the wrong movie, but if you came to watch Conan's world collapse under spy thriller weight, the animation alone justifies the ticket.

One night a spy breaks into the Japanese police and tries to make off with secret files belonging to foreign intelligence services, including MI6, the BND, the CIA and the FBI. Public safety officers under Tooru Amuro intervene, and a highway chase ends when FBI agent Shuichi Akai's rifle shot sends the fleeing car off the road. The following day, Conan and his friends visit a recently renovated Tokyo aquarium, where he finds a hurt woman alone beneath its Ferris wheel. Her eyes are two different colors, her phone is broken, and she cannot even recall her own name. The group pledges to stay by her side and help her remember, unaware that Vermouth is quietly watching and reporting to Gin that everything is going according to plan.