
The main clue in the episode was that the family's dogs did not bark, as in "Silver Blaze" with its "curious incident of the dog in the night-time." In the Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case a shrunken Shinichi uses Holmes' method of deduction (including recognizing mud stains) to prove to Agasa that he really is Shinichi.Ran is surprised until Shinichi explains that the calluses on her hand are from performing on the uneven bars and that he had seen odd bruising above the girl's legs when the wind lifted her skirt earlier. In the Roller Coaster Murder Case Shinichi tells Ran about Holmes' deduction about Watson when they first met and proceeds to demonstrate the process by grabbing the hand of the girl waiting in line in front of him for the Mystery Coaster, deducing that she's a gymnast.It was to be more like Holmes that Shinichi played soccer and picked up the violin. Shinichi admires his deductive skills, physical abilities, and even his love for the violin. He was also quite physically fit, skilled at boxing, fencing, and baritsu.Īlthough a fictional character, Shinichi Kudo looks up to him as the world's greatest detective. When he first met Watson, he was able to tell with a glance and a handshake that he was an army surgeon and had been to Afghanistan.


He can use the same method to figure out someone's occupation. Holmes is famous for using small details, such as mud or water stains, to piece together the solution to a crime. A brilliant London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases.
