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This year's 17th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is annoucing on Monday that Naruto manga creator Masashi Kishimoto is personally conceiving the all-new story and designing the characters for the newest Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja. The film, which marks the 10th anniversary of the Naruto anime franchise, will open throughout Japan on July 28. The magazine had already announced that the sixth Naruto Shippūden film and ninth Naruto film overall will open this summer. Naruto Shippūden: Blood Prison, the fifth Naruto Shippūden film, opened last July. Viz Media released the second Naruto Shippūden film, Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds, in American theaters last October. Source: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-21/naruto/road-to-ninja-film-story-designs-penned-by-kishimoto

Discuss unresolved parts of past and current plots here, although please consider typing in-depth discussion in the relevant topical thread if possible, or creating a separate thread if necessary. For your convenience here is a list of many of the unresolved plots. Please suggest any additions or links to threads where a plot is being discussed.(I did not come up with all of these. Please see original post here.) Items and things • What is in the P.S. of Akemi's last text message to Akai? • What (besides drug data) is on the bloody disk that Haibara lied about losing at the Haido City Hotel? • What was the program about that Itakura couldn't complete for the sake of humanity? • What is the goal of the APTX 4869 project? • What kind of drug is Silver Bullet? Is Silver Bullet a different/early name for the project called APTX 4869? • What kind of drug did the Black Organization really want Shiho to make and how is it different than what she and her parents' actually made? • Night Baron Virus - the Org used it once and it was in another case. What does it signify and is their more plot relevance to it? • What happened to the handkerchief that Vermouth as Sharon gave Ran in the New York case? • What else is on the four tapes left for Haibara by her parents? Why were certain portions blank? • Why were the BO at the mermaid island and are any of the names in the guestbook besides Sherry's, Gin's alias, and Vodka's alias important? (Some discussion is in the main boss thread) Plot people • Vermouth's aging issue, her connection to the Miyanos, and APTX4869 • What is the reason for the antipathy between Sherry and Vermouth? Why does Vermouth hate the Miyanos? • Why is Vermouth the boss's favorite when she is somewhat treacherous? • What secret does Amuro know about the boss and Vermouth's relationship that he is using to blackmail her? (File 898) • "Silver bullets": What is Vermouth plotting by collecting people with the capability to destroy the Organization? • What is Vermouth's precise reason for hiding Shinichi and Shiho's deaging from the rest of the Organization? Is it something more than Shinichi is one of Vermouth's two angels, along with Ran? • Where was Vermouth telephoning Itakura from that had a cat or something that sounds like one? • Why did Vermouth as Sharon and Itakura have a bad relationship? (Volume 78.) • Jodie’s father - how did he find out about Vermouth and what did he find that forced Vermouth to take direct action, kill him, and burn his house down with all the evidence inside? • The husband of Vermouth as Sharon Vineyard - who is he? • Elena and Atsushi Miyano: their lives, their supposed death by accident that they seemed to know about in advance, their connection with Agasa • What secret thing did Miyano Atsushi want to tell Dejima Souhei, but was unable to, when he came to visit with his wife and Akemi 20 years ago? • Shiho and Akemi: why their different fates within the org? One became a high ranked member, the other lived a more normal life. • Why does the boss fear Akai is a silver bullet? • Gin and Akai: how did the personal rivalry start when they probably hadn't met each other much if at all before Akai was ejected from the Org? • If Jodie Starling went into the witness protection program, does that mean Jodie Starling is not her real name? If so what is it? • Amuro's past with Date • Amuro's past in the Organization and childhood connection to Elena Miyano • Who was the mysterious man who staked out Akai's meeting with Gin that Camel ruined? • What is the connection between Gin and Sherry? • What was Conan going to ask Ai after the showdown with Gin? "Hey… Could it be that when you were in the BO…". (Volume 24, File 242) • Shiho's foreshadowed meeting with Akai • Okiya's/Akai's promise with a certain woman. (Probably Akemi) People • Agasa's mysterious friends/connections - to the Miyanos and to unknown parties. • Magic Kaito's Organization related to the Black Organization? How much of Magic Kaito's Pandora story will carry over to DC? • Toichi, Vermouth, and Yukiko - how did that master-apprenticeship start? • Kogoro's absent past and relatives. What was he doing (besides romancing Eri), why did he decide to join the police in the first place when he seemed like a delinquent at school, why did he leave the force, who and where are Kogoro's family, and why do they never appear? • Calvados: was he important for anything other than making Chianti and Korn angry at Vermouth? • James Black: Does he have more relevance or a past? • Shizuka and Heizo Hattori: what are they doing, how are they connected to the story and why don't they come back? • What is the relationship to the plot, if any, of minor recurring characters such as Okino Yoko, Sanada Kazumi, Azusa Enemoto, Akagi Hide, Osamu Kenzaki, etc...? • How did Akai Shuuichi's father die? General issues (please see relevant threads) • Boss's identity • Purpose of the Org and their research: Biochem, computer agenda? • What's the Org's connection with America? Why did the FBI and CIA get involved in the first place? • List of plot points about the Black Organization Specific "current" issues • Ran wondering about when Shinichi touched and got fingerprints on Heiji's omamori and the effect on the plot. (Volume 66: Files 8-10 (693-695)) • Sera Masumi's identity and reason for coming to Japan (Partially resolved Masumi is Akai's sister) • Sera's past connection to Shinichi. (general thread) • Why does Sera think she is a bad kid while watching Ran treat Conan's injury? • What is the incident involving waves that Ran remembers Sera from? • The identity of Masumi's "Wizard" (general thread) • The identity of the Akai family middle brother • Why is Mary, Masumi and Shuuichi's mother, a child and how did that circumstance come about? Why is she in Japan now? • Who is Rum? • Why did Kir send a message about Rum only now? • What is Rum's current goal? • Why are there many conflicting accounts about Rum's appearance, but everyone agrees about the fake eye? • Who the 2 mothers that Aoyama has said are sisters in an interview? • Who keeps reposting the information about Haneda Kohji's death? • How did Haneda Kohji find out information about Rum, and what were the circumstances that led up to his death? • What is the drug that Ai said the BO wanted her to make that wasn't her parents' APTX 4869 project? • Who is Wakasa Rumi and what are her motives? • What is Hyoue Kuroda's past with the Japanese police and injury, and from whom did he learn that Conan is the brains behind Sleeping Kogoro? • Who is Momiji Ooka and why does she think Heiji is her future husband? Resolved • What was Elena about to say on the tape intended to be heard on Shiho's 18th Birthday? (Resolved 821 see wiki for APTX or Elena Miyano) • Yukiko and Yusaku Kudo: what are they doing, how are they connected to the story and why don't they come back? (somewhat resolved with London arc and more resolved for Yukiko in the Bell tree express arc) • Okiya's identity (Resolved as Akai Shuuichi) • Scar Akai's identity (resolved in 822 as Vermouth (train) and Bourbon (Teito bank, Beika dept store, Mouri Detective agency) • Will Kaitou Kid ever get involved in the plot? (Yes, in the train case although he doesn't know about the BO apparently. According to a postcard, Kaitou Kid won;t be involved in the final showdown.) • Is the violent robbery syndicate whose headquarters and warehouse are in Tottori related to the Black Organization? (Volume 44: Files 4-6 (450-452)) (sort of resolved because an interview with Gosho indicated that the BO and Tottori don't have a connection) • Haibara's strange reaction to Kurayoshi city (倉吉市), Tottori or perhaps Tottori in general (sort of resolved because an interview with Gosho indicated that the BO and Tottori don't have a connection) • Who were the shadow people who Akai asked to follow Yukiko and the Detective boys? (Gosho said in an interview we can ignore them) • Why does Bourbon hate Akai? (Akai was related to secret police agent Scotch's death) • Bourbon's promise with Vermouth (File 800 or so) - to not touch Ran or Conan no matter what happens. • How or why did the Secret Police agent known as Scotch die, and how was Akai Shuuichi related to his death? - Suicide, which Bourbon thought was murder. • The identity of the small child from the hotel - Mary is Masumi and Shuuichi's mother

Did this for my Art exam. Personally, I want to redo it but since I have no time now, I will be satisfied with it. Take a look and do tell me what you think: A bit blur but I was in a hurry. So tell me what you think and what I can improve on.

I wasn't aware that the Fan Works section was DC centric. I always figured since it was outside of the realm of the DC forum section anything was open game, so long as it followed the rules of the site. However, I do think it would be a good idea to perhaps think of subsections to organize particular types of work that are popular. Like a DC Specific heading in each. Crossover Specific heading in each... Just so that it is a bit more organized and people can find work that they are interested in more easily. Or better yet, a section for nondc work.

If I'd have to say it would be anything that has to do with Itachi.

Today the Raw came out ~!!! Waiting for subs ~! I hope you read this Kaoko !

DCW's Itachi

They're awesome, Rom-chan . Please post more , I wanna see your brilliant work of art of meddling with characters which is turning out wickedly awesome and amusingly fun to the eyes !

It's actually an extremely good detective mystery game called Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations which is the third game in the series. You play a lawyer who is trying to exonerate his clients who have been accused of murder. The cases are all very good and the story and characters are extremely strong. The gameplay has an investigation phase where you examine crime scenes and look for clues, talk to suspects and witnesses, and arm yourself with information for the trial part where you cross examine witnesses and suspects, try to defeat the prosecutor's and hostile witnesses' theories, and basically use all the evidence you collected in the investigation phase to find the true culprit. The game is a few years old, and can be purchased cheap for a few platforms. You can see the first case here:

It sounds like a threat to me. I have seen one other Japanese context where offers of hot bitter coffee came up; it did turn out to be threat.

This is kinda for a competition. As you can see the details suck =x so I'll probably fix it up a bit before I submit it. (and yes I know the man's face is crappy ) (oh yeah this is kinda late and people on dA saw this already and yeah...)

wrong position. again. again.

It's probably because Aoyama can't afford to develop main characters that often 'cause we'll see them all the time and it'll affect how everything plays out. Basically, certain points can only be confronted when the plot is... at the right part I suppose, probably why pairings are only really starting to be tied up recently...

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:

I'm sure that everyone assumes that being a great detective also means you are an equally great ventriloquist.

I always found it contradicting how paranoid Haibara (and sometimes Conan) can be about avoiding the lime light and drawing the attention of others. It's not the "staying undercover" part that's the issue, it's the "keeping my appearance the same, yet in short form" part that bugs me. Get a haircut, change the style, SOMETHING. At least Conan looks somewhat different with his glasses on (and he does have similar appearances with other Japanese boys), but Haibara, a girl who is easily identifiable with her hairstyle, should do something about her image that could fool a BO member at first glance. It's not like anybody ever went out hunting for Haibara or anything. *sarcasm* But yeah, you'd think that two geniuses would have realized this AGES ago (and yes, I'm well aware that it's just an anime and that Gosho has already defied so many logic before). But if I were in their shoes, you can doggone bet that the first thing I would do is change appearance (unless the thrill and excitement of being discovered prevents me from doing so). I KNOW I'm not the only one thinking this...

I know, right?

god not another dctp member...they're like f-ing pests :/