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Im a huge fan of detective conan, I've seen every single episode all 844(keeping up with the current ones as well) all 20 movies, Both of the Lupin The 3rd specials, & all the OVAs including the Gosho Aoyama specials about Yusaku Kudo. I'm a Detective Conan fanatic lol

Alright, it's been quite the while. Dream or Not reached 72 chapters and I decided to complete it and continue in a sequel. Leap to Relatively Unknown in the other hand has now 21 chapters. I've updated the first post to reflect the progress too. Thank you who have read and suppored my fic this far.

I certainly wouldn't mind him being one of the first characters (if not the first character) to be a suspect for the titular character of one arc, then to be a suspect for the titular character of another arc (subsequent arc or otherwise). While I think it'd be inevitable that pesky thing about him knowing true allegiances and secret identities would put him lower on the totem pole, in terms of who's the most likely suspect(s), I think his presence in the Bourbon Arc could really only help, not harm/hinder—it would provide more connections between the arcs, and better tie them together. Actually, he could still be Rum—all it would require is that accident that put him in a coma to have made him forgot what young Shiho looked like. What Shiho/Ai said in that scene from File 925/Episode 822 carries the implication that Rum would know what she looked like—that a certain accident only removed Rum's eye, not Rum's memory, as well. Believe me, I don't think he's going to turn out to be Rum—right now, he's not so high on my totem pole, in terms of who's the most likely suspect—but should he turn out to be, I could safely say that scene from File 925/Episode 822 didn't eliminate him from my list of Rum suspects, as I'm sure it did for others' lists. I think it's unwise to take that scene as definitive as you seem to be taking it—I find it unlikely that Gosho, before the resolution of an arc and the reveal of the identity of its titular character, would introduce a suspect and then rule him out within 15 Files/15 Episodes if their introduction. If anything, this is another issue created by Gosho's penchant for dangling plot threads—apart from that reference to him in File 925/Episode 822, we had to wait around 60 Files, after File 920, to see him, again. Yeah... that's hindsight bias, on my part—20/20 vision makes it a whole lot easier to look back. Hence why she should've been introduced in the 620s–630s/510s, not introduced in the 760s–770s/640s—same goes for Rei/Toru. Eh, I don't think Masumi's completely unaware of the BO—she must've known who Mary meant when she said, in File 952, "they get information about Koji Haneda, and arrive, as well." It's not like we're assuming she had an impassive reaction to her mother suddenly being 12–15. It's not as if we're assuming she was completely clueless as to why her family was moving about, or clueless as to why she and her mother keep switching hotels. If Mary knows anything about the BO—more than Masumi—it's because she'll turn out to be Elena's sister, and is keeping info from Masumi, like Shinichi/Conan keeps info from Shiho/Ai. At the very least, Masumi probably knows that secretive criminals were behind the apparent death of her father, and her mother being shrunk. Again, unless, Elena told Mary about some of the BO's structures, she knows nothing about that, unless she heard something when she was attacked and shrunk. You mean aside from, "Oh, this is a case that's been at least alluded to for 200 Files—and with Shuichi's family coming into plot prominence since Masumi's debut, it must be plot developing." She should've been more involved in Mystery Train, and actually involved in Scarlet Showdown. In the former case, it would've opened more options for Shinichi/Conan to deal with that situation, instead of relying on Kaito/Kid II, who just happened to be there—I think it would've made far more sense if she helped to fake Shiho's/Sherry's death than Kaito/Kid II doing so. And she shouldn't have been the only one who should've been involved in Scarlet Showdown—Shukichi and Mary should've been involved, as well. After all, the post-Mystery Train part of the Bourbon arc focused on them. And your example of this done right in DC? When immediate investment and the urge to continue met? And that's another sign of "sloppy plot setup," right? If so, how could Gosho have avoided this? He appeared immediately after Scarlet Showdown (said appearance landed him on the keyhole of Volume 85), then showed up, again, around 50 Files later. Unfortunately, those two appearances just don't provide enough data. Even Kanenori has more data for analysis than he does. Cause we already know, right? We want to move onto what this threat is going to do, right? So it's gotten too mysterious for too long—we've been kept out of it for too long—and, at this point, we're like Graham Chapman, yelling, "Get on with it!... GET ON WITH IT!!!" The end of 974 seemed to indicate that she didn't call him that because he made "ice cold b*tch" Shuichi laugh, but I don't know—maybe Shinichi/Conan is being slow, again, like he's been with this whole Akai family thing. But, if not, then I guess we still have a chance to figure out why... but even if we eventually do, we didn't get to see it in the flashback case when it was actually happening, in September, 2016. Yeah, robbers accidentally driving their car into the sea isn't too magical. Though, at least in theory, one has the potential to turn that not so magical premise into so much more, right? Don't forget Yusaku, and him going, "Even I can't solve this case with just pictu— ...... " We know all about Yusaku and Shuichi and how smart they are. What about Mary, Shukichi and Masumi? Not nearly as much action and character as they should've gotten, right?

845 has my interest it was decent

The Akai family part certainly wasn't in the cards back in '07—had it been, we probably wouldn't have had that year and a half plot break (September '09–February '11), and the Post-Mystery Train part (825–898/705–783) wouldn't have taken 2 years (July '12–June '14). It should've been Kir arc length (~120 Files) at the shortest, and probably shorter than Vermouth arc length (150–170 Files) at the longest. Shuichi's reintroduction/Subaru's introduction – 622–624/509–511 Rei's/Toru's non Scar-Akai introduction – 793–795/667–668 Gap – ~170 Files/~160 Episodes Yeah... this was pretty off. Bourbon Arc Act I – 622–704/509–581 Act II – 705–767/582–645 Act III – 768–824/646–704 Act IV – 825–898/705–783 Act III is by far the fastest paced of all the acts (if that's your word choice when you go beyond divvying up the overall story into arcs, and divvy up the arcs, themselves), and, even then, the Bourbon arc is so long, that the acts are, at least, around 60 Files. Rei/Toru and Masumi should've been introduced in Act I, when Shuichi/Subaru was (re)introduced... they were instead introduced in Act III. Masumi, thanks to her age, appearance and hints that she'd met Shinichi and Ran before—and thus knew who Shinichi/Conan was—was a dead ringer for another younger sibling of an intelligence agent, and so soon after the Kir arc. Thus, it was Shuichi/Subaru Vs. Rei/Toru, in terms of who was Bourbon... and with all those things about Shuichi/Subaru, well... a 203 File/196 Episode wait and a 277 File/275 Episode wait wasn't, to some (or even many), worth the answers to these mysteries. He could've certainly been introduced in the Red Wall case (682–686/558–561), though this may have lessened him as a suspect, as I presume (due to you comparing him to James) he would've been revealed to be Rei's/Toru's superior at the NPA, thus making him aware of not only Rei's/Toru's true allegiance, but Shuichi's survival, as well—and leaving him with the conclusion that Hidemi/Rena/Kir is, if not a NOC, a traitor to the BO—I find it very unlikely Rum would not take immediate action on both these pieces of knowledge, especially the latter. I personally think she was potentially involved as early as the Adultery case (856–858/740–741), since I see no reason for Masumi to take a picture of Shinichi/Conan, there, unless it was to show to Mary—unless it was a prelude to her showing him a picture of Mary (872–875/754–756). Thus, we have the non-Mary part of the Akai family subplot only really lasting from Mystery Train to the Adultery case (822–846/703–728)—you can include 768–821/646–702 (the period in which she was a Bourbon suspect), if you really care to—it's not a very long period, in terms of Masumi, if you ask me. Include Shukichi's intro, and it's only 3 Files/2 Episodes more, as the appearance of mid bro's hand comes the case after Mary's earliest potential involvement. Considering Chikara Katsumasa is one of my top Rum suspects, I expect that to be how Shukichi will be tied into the plot—beyond being the brother of someone who faked his death due to the BO, and the son of someone who ended up like Shinichi/Conan and Shiho/Ai due to the BO—maybe even put in danger, should Chikara Katsumasa turn out to be Rum. But in terms of tension in the Bourbon arc, relating to Shukichi? You're correct in that—and the "mystery?" Forget it. Maybe it should've been him who was kidnapped, instead of Yumi. Eh, in that one case, you can argue. She is to Shuichi and Shukichi (and Mary, even) what Shinichi is to Yusaku, in terms of why she and Shinichi ended up as smart as they now are. I'm still waiting for the origins of the "Guess I'm a bad girl, after all" thought (812–814/690–691). Wasn't expecting that case to be so short, either. Well, 2016 was a pretty good year for DC (being the year that brought about the latter two points), and we have File 1000 fast approaching (with 998 marking 100 Files since the Rum arc started, bringing us even closer to Kir arc length).

Hi everyone! I don't know how many times have I posted in this section of the forum but I just got back to this site so hiiiii. It's been a 5-year on and off relationship with me and this site. So yeah. nice to meet everyone!