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Okay, I know a lot of people's New Year's already passed, but it's still New Year's Day for me! So I did a drawing for DCW, and sorry if my handwriting SUCKS. :V http://dcwuser.deviantart.com/art/Happy-New-Year-s-DCW-277119171

OHOHOHOHOHO~~ xDDDDDD It's Akako!! xD Awesome! Px +1~~~

This is a gift to Lashedcheek! ^___^ I want to thank her for being so kind and generous! An example would be that when my secret Santa didn't create me something, she offered to do something for me instead despite probably being busy. It's nice to know there is such a thoughtful person existing on this earth. :') This isn't really a drawing ....>___> but I'm not really sure where to put this, so I hope this is okay ^ ^; oh, and Happy New Years~!!

What are you talking about? Haibara smiles all the time. lol Just kidding!!! But actually, I don't think Haibara's smile is really quite as rare as people make it out to be. "Brief" is probably a better term for it. It's there and then it's gone. Maybe when she was first introduced it was true her smiles were rare, and she tended to smirk more often. To be honest she had every reason to, what with the BO out to kill her and her sister dying some months earlier. I wouldn't particularly feel like smiling either knowing assassins murdered my only living family member and are coming after me next... But we're about 600 or so chapters past that point. And lately (especially around the DB), she's been opening up and smiling a lot! In fact, if it's not too off topic, I actually used to dislike Haibara a lot. Because the very first instance I can recall of seeing a genuine smile on her face was during the Desperate Revival Arc, when Shinichi changes back into Conan in the bathroom, and afterwards when he mentioned how frustrated he was at not being able to tell Ran what he wanted to tell her. Vol 26 - File 260-261: She. Was. Smiling. At. Someone's. Misfortune. Needless to say, that kinda pissed me off. I mean, the arc was already an emotional roller coaster ride for me at the time, but then to see Ai so satisfied at the whole situation? Yeah, that just left me extremely antsy for months afterward. But, I think she's gotten much better since then thanks to magic of character development, so I don't dislike her as much as I used to. I can remember quite a bit of instances where she's smiled. Like everyone's saying, that one case with the bear cub and Mitsuhiko where she was smiling all over the place. Volume 27 - File 273, Volume 28 File 274-275: For some reason, I'm more inclined to think she was smiling for Mitsuhiko, rather than at Mitsuhiko. totally not a biased aixayumi fangirl When she finally works up the courage to face Ran. Volume 31 - File 313: When Ayumi wanted to call her by her first name like all her other friends. Volume 39 - File 400: When she was sick and ate Ran's cooking. Volume 41 - File 423: After the Vermouth Arc, when Ayumi said she didn't want to run. Volume 43 - File 437: After the Shiragami Case, when she was upset because she lost her static repellents and kept getting shocked. Volume 61 - File 637: Thank you Conan, for teaching everyone how to discharge static electricity! XD But, I don't think I've ever seen her with a sweeter and truer smile on her face than when she's listening to Elena's tapes. C: Volume 42 - File 425, 427:

... Mitsuhiko :3

I think people are overreacting just a *wee* bit. The Detective Boys weren't even that bad. They weren't going out of their way to be morons like they usually are in the movies. They were actually a lot less annoying than usual. It definitely wasn't enough to make me want to shut off the film (or even call the first half of the film "bad"). I'm one of the biggest critics of The Detective Boys but I think some folks are starting to get a little over-dramatic. Come on, guys.

My problem with Ran, is the same problem I have with the majority of the cast of DC... They are cookie-cutout characters that we have seen a million times before. Now that wouldn't be bad if they developed some and improved changed and were dynamic, but they aren't. They are the same characters that were there in the first episode/file. The only characters that seem to be dynamic at all are the side characters. Now I don't mean side characters that barely show up (I would love to see Gosho give them some love and development) I mean the regularly occurring characters. Megure is the only one I sort of understand, and even he had some light shown on his past development, he is just locked into his current state and nothing has happened to him to change him in any way. Going through the characters... Ran has won competitions, lost her BF and almost never sees or hears from him, seen countless bodies, thought to have seen and been proven wrong about ghosts, nearly been killed SEVERAL times... THESE ARE ALL LIFE CHANGING EVENTS! And not one has affected her in the slightest. She is the same person she was all the way back in the beginning. Shinichi was also nearly killed SEVERAL times (and was even shot due to his OWN carelessness), was shrunk in one of those aforementioned close calls, seen his GF in ways he probably never imagined he would see her, had to break the law in quite creative ways in order to maintain his ability to be a detective, and has had life experiences that most people can only dream of being the son of a wealthy author and actress. Sonoko is the same as Ran without the superstition and karate (though her BF seems to communicate more). You know I could go on, but I'll stop there... I mean really... I don't hate them because of any character affiliation I have, but because they have NEVER CHANGED! That is NOT good character writing. Gosho seems really adept at writing mysteries, but can't write characters to save his life. Characters that don't develop and are not dynamic get really boring REALLY fast. I started hating the main cast of DC pretty quickly (within 100 episodes, because I have seen series that were 1/10th of that that developed characters AMAZINGLY and there is no excuse for no development within 100 eps let alone over 600). But yeah... that is why I hate them. And is why I have nearly dropped this series a dozen times. If it wasn't for the mysteries and the great community, I'd have dropped it long ago. And for the record, my enjoyment of Ai, and my supporting of ShinShi have nothing to do with my hatred of Ran or the rest of the main cast. I personally find it sad that characters we don't see or are exposed to as often (Satou, Takagi, Shiratori, Kobayashi, Ai, and even Mitsu) have developed their characters further than the titular and main characters have in a fraction of the time. It is really inexcusable and Gosho needs to correct this. Hell, doing so might even improve the love story that ShinRan's seem to love so much, because development like that would lead to CONFLICT more than the usual "OMG CONAN IS SHINICHI" case that could in theory BRING THEM CLOSER if done right. Gosho sort of did that in London, but that took him 600 episodes and over 700 files to do! And he quickly switched focus and DIDN'T COMPLETE THE EMOTIONAL ARC OF THE TWO CHARACTERS! It is almost like it NEVER HAPPENED! Development of characters and non-mystery related stories is one of the MAJOR pitfalls of DC. If Gosho started dropping the unnecessary and focused only on the mystery like SACD did, I'd have no problems because then character development would not be as paramount. Seeing as he won't do that, it annoys me and gives me reason to hate his characters. </rant> Apologies for the jumping around with thought process too.... Edit: I should note, that is why it took so long to actually post here... I couldn't very well type that on my phone. Also, I hope I satisfied the requirements needed to dislike or hate a character so that my post doesn't get taken apart by pro-Ran (or any other character I mentioned in there or anti-[insert character I spoke more highly of here]) Because I really feel legitimate in my dislike/hate of these characters. *Looks at AJ* Seriously... I could go on with superficial reasons on why not to like her like others have done, but all that is pointless because what I ranted about here is really the main reason why I dislike her.

That's almost right. I pay for the domain, the hosting company, the increase in bandwidth (the site is getting more and more popular and requires more and more bandwidth to accommodate the traffic! We currently reach about 200K visits per month , which is a HUGE increase from our starting point 2 years ago, and even compared to one year ago when it was around 20-30K). I also pay for a separate server for the database to increase performance. I even paid for some advertising in the past, etc... Anyway, I won't tell everything here and give out too much information but let's just say that pretty much everything comes out of my pocket for now and donations do help out whenever they come by. Fortunately I have a job and I can pay the bills without any problems for now. As long as the site doesn't become as popular as Facebook, it should be ok. But it's true that donations could really help. Thanks again to our donators btw! I really appreciate the support. It's always great to see when people appreciate what's being done, not only by myself, but by the whole community with their amazing and exceptional contributions in all areas!

Gosho was planning ShinRan from the beginning though! (he better have) So ConAi never stood a chance!!! If it ended ConAi, I swear, I would have a heart attack or something. But MitsuAi is a better pair than ConAi! Conan will never truly forgive Ai for ruining his life and ripping it into pieces! (that's what I think) It'll prevent a romantic relationship.

You know what, I changed my mind. I dislike this pairing more than ConAi, and that's quite the accomplishment. Just saying. Ayumi is way too annoying.