Shiho Miyano

Shiho Miyano
Case Closed character
File:Anita Hailey.jpg Shiho Miyano shown in her child form
First appearance	Anime Episode The Girl from the Black Organization and the University Professor Murder Case, Manga Volume 18 File.6
Created by	Gosho Aoyama
In-universe information
Alias	Ai Haibara, Sherry
Gender	Female
Occupation	Chemical and Biological researcher.
Relatives	Atsushi Miyano (father) Elena Miyano (mother) Akemi Miyano (older sister)

Shiho Miyano (宮野志保, Miyano Shiho) is a character and protagonist in the detective manga and anime Case Closed. Shiho is an ally, of the main protagonist Jimmy Kudo, and an ex-member and fugitive from the malevolent "Black Organization" which she betrayed. Although mentally an adult, her body has reverted back to childhood form due to an experimental poison, APTX 4869, which she developed for the Black Organization and subsequently used on herself in a failed suicide attempt. She often helps Jimmy Kudo with cases while she tries to develop an antidote for the poison she created. To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered she and Hershel Agasa created her alias Ai Haibara (灰原哀, Haibara Ai), using the names of two fictional female detectives: V.I. Warshawski for 'Ai' and Cordelia Gray for 'Hai' in Haibara. The Viz manga had her alias as Anita Hailey from Anna Katherine Green the first American mystery writer and Hailey was suggested by Agasa as it means Hero. Though she took the name, she disagreed with the reasoning. She then attends Titan Elementary along with Jimmy.

Character outline

Background

Anita grew up within the villainous secret crime syndicate, the "Black Organization," along with her sister, Akemi. She is the daughter of an English mother and a Japanese father, also members of the Black Organization, both of whom are dead. A prodigy, she was sent to the United States for education at a young age, then came back to Japan as a biochemist to continue her parents' unfinished secret project in the Black Organization. Her name in the Black Organization is Sherry.

Shiho was a 17 years old biochemist working on her late parents' secret project for which she developed the experimental poison APTX 4869. While researching its effects, Anita noticed that a rare few of her lab mice had become younger after being given the drug instead of dying. Meanwhile the Black Organization has been using APTX 4869 for untraceable murder. Unaware of the drug's rare side effect, the Black Organization orders a search for Jimmy Kudo because his body had not been found. Shiho searched Jimmy's house for the Black Organization twice after he had been shrunk to confirm his death. She began to suspect Jimmy's transformation after she searched his house for the second time and noticed his childhood clothes were missing. Shiho then confirmed him as deceased so the Organization would not kill him.

Her dissatisfaction over the Black Organization's usage of one of her test compounds -- the APTX 4869-- for killing purposes, in addition to her open questioning over the murder of her sister Akemi Miyano resulted in her imprisonment and scheduled execution by the Organization. With no other way out, she decided to secretly commit suicide by taking a pill of APTX 4869. However, it made her body shrink to that of about her seven-year-old self, the same fluke that happened to Jimmy Kudo. With her new small body, she escapes from the Black Organization collapses in front of Jimmy's house, hoping he could help her. She was then found and adopted by Hiroshi Agasa. To prevent the knowledge of her transfiguration from being discovered she and Hiroshi Agasa created her alias Anita Hailey, known as Ai Haibara (灰原哀, Haibara Ai) in Japan. The Viz manga had her alias as Anita Hailey from Anna Katherine Green the first American mystery writer and Hailey was suggested by Agasa as it means Hero. Though she took the name, she disagreed with the reasoning. She then attends Teitan Elementary along with Jimmy.

Personality

Shiho has a disenchanted, mistrustful, sarcastic, and cold attitude and often reminds others about the darker side of reality and human nature. Anita also acts older than she is supposed to be in school, which the detective boys refer to as "cool". She is fearful of Black Organization members Vermouth, Gin and worries they will find her one day and kill her along with anyone who knows about her. When a Black Organization member is nearby, she can feel their malicious stares.

As Ai Haibara, she is very indifferent to the ideals pitched in by the Junior Detective League. Often she acts as a babysitter for them, explaining complicated matters to them or keeping them out of trouble. Still, she regards them all as the first real friends she has ever had.

Plot overview

Shiho was introduced as Anita Hailey as a new student in Conan's classroom. Later she reveals herself to Conan and reveals the facts about the Black Organization. She then attends the series as a regular cast and joins Conan in his investigation. She has had three run ins with the Black Organization. As the series progress, Anita had developed a temporary antidote to APTX 4869 and continues to tweak it until it becomes complete.

Appearances in other media

Anita Hailey has made appearances in Case Closed video games and through most of the series' movies since her introduction.