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Sounds like a plan.

And appearing at a gaming event. He seems healthy enough.

This ANN article on the new upcoming files states that there is a tease that Conan will reveal his true identity.. To whom, we don't know.. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-04-27/gosho-aoyama-publishes-1st-detective-conan-chapter-since-surgery/.87564 EDIT: Sorry, Waka pointed out that it's a mistranslation about Shinichi and Ran meeting and has nothing to do with Shinichi's identity.

Fine..

Yes, you did a great job. You're welcome.

OUTSTANDING, Meitantei! As I've said before, you really did provide a solid background for all of Vermouth's actions during her classic "actually active" period. SO faithfully illustrated as well. Pretty cool how the beginning also sort of corresponds with the alternate "Yoko as Vermouth" work I commissioned.

Burn, from the later posts, you can see that he's doing well, now. He attended a gaming event a little while after the announcement and the new files have just been announced for mid-May.

"Panda and the Magic Serpent" from 1958. Haven't seen it since I was a kid. Still pretty good.

I'm mentioned in an issue of Entertainment Weekly.

I know the feeling. I like to give all the KUDOs (forgive the pun) I can.

News on the horizon courtesy of Conan #1 in the DCTP spoiler C-Box. According to a Chinese translator, the hiatus ends on May 13, as file 921, concerning how Shinichi and Ran met, will be released!

Also hate to spoil anything since I hate giving the entire plot away, but to get any additional buzz going, I was also thinking of elevating Masumi's potential as well. Since a bunch of people wanted her to be Bourbon, I was considering as the FBI kidnappings/assaults get more and more severe, Amuro (real name this time) makes himself known in an unsuspiscious way (not sure if it would/should be drastically different from his official one;i.e. hooking up as Kogro's apprentice) as does Masumi joining Ran's class. Only unlike before, the comment she had made in her previous appearance indicates an actual attraction to her. She "buddies up" with Sonoko and she, casually flirts with her, while denying anything serious, and sort of makes depressed monologues talking to Ran about her dead brother Shuichi possibly faking his death and how Shinichi may in fact be playing Ran in a similar way.

Thanks so much, Chek. Yes, I believe they were from #50. I apologize for not letting you know.

Some more, from an earlier Q&A session courtesy of c61515555 in the Spoiler C-Box: Q12: plz draw conan being sick or close to death, that kind of dangerous story. Gosho: i used to draw his being sick often. maybe something will happen in the future Q17: how much does Genta weigh? gosho: dont know...池中玄太 is 80 kilograms (176 lbs.) Q24: do u go online to see ppl's plot predictions? if yes, how do u feel? Gosho: sometimes. when they predict correctly, i think "wow they r good!" and even when that happens, i dont think of changing the plot. (I know he means the Japanese ones, but, Chek, I'm lookin' at you..) Q67: hi gosho sensei! since u cant tell us who the anokata is, can u tell us what is the gender of anokata? Gosho: eh...laugh Q81: what is vermouth's secret of not aging? Gosho: please solve that mystery Q109: is DC's story now thought out only by Gosho sensei or is it by a team? Gosho: this I can't say right now...laugh

Here's some more! Thanks to bluesun over at DCTP: Q19: What happened to the 10 million yen given to help raise Conan? They're probably spending it on lots of things, I expect... Also, Ran-chan's looking after the money. Q20: Does Conan-kun like Fluke Fin [Engawa] Sushi? What, because his name is Edogawa? (laughs) Q23: What would happen if Gin [Jin] fell down the stairs and twisted his ankle? Huh? That would hurt, wouldn't it? The pain would probably be really 'sharp' [Jiin]! (laughs) Q24: When did Gin and Vodka meet? Huh? When could it have been...? (laughs) Q29: You must have a great mind to think up so many cases!! What should I study to have a mind as great as yours? Oh, my mind's not that great. (laughs) Q31: If Conan-kun's a primary school student and a freeloader, how come he has a nice mobile phone? Did he buy it himself? It was probably bought from him out of the 10 million yen they got... Must be nice to have all that. Q35: Is Amuro-san popular with the girls in his job at Poirot? Of course he is! (laughs) Q36: Amuro went and sacrificed his own car (the RX-7) to save Conan, but being that crash should've wrecked it. Did he buy the car he drives after that secondhand? Maybe he bought it secondhand off a manga artist who hardly ever gets to drive his car, and repainted it. (laughs) Wait, that's me! Q40: There was a preview for 2015's movie at the end of 'The Dimensional Sniper', but I have no idea what it's going to be about from just a sunflower! What sort of film is it?! Or will I just have to wait until it's out in cinemas? You'll have to do that. (laughs) Q45: Thank you for doing so many stories in Gunma prefecture. There's more than just mountains here, so how about doing a case set at the Tomioka Silk Mill, a world heritage site? Would it reallly be a good idea to have a case occuring there? Q55:Please give the series a happy end, with Shuuichi Akai and Jodie getting back together, and draw what happens after they do (For example, with Akai's cooking skills, he'd be an elite FBI Agent by day, but when he comes home, he's actually a family man who's better at housekeeping than Jodie, maybe?). That wouldn't be interesting! (laughs) Q58: What do you think of the 'wall slam' technique that's popular in Shoujo manga lately? I'd like it if you did a 'wall slam' scene in Detective Conan. [A 'wall slam' (kabe don) is a situation 1) where a boy corners a girl by slamming his hand against a wall with his body over her, trapping her, usually in a romance scene; or 2) when someone gets so angry out of frustration that they want to punch a wall] I've drawn Ran doing a 'telephone pole slam' on Shinichi before, actually... Q60: What do you think will happen to Shinichi and Ran after graduating high-school? That's something you're going to have to wait and see! (laughs) Q64: I want to see a collaboration between Sera-chan and Hakuba-kun! You do? How come? (laughs) Q75: Does Shuuichi Akai have back pain? Why? (laughs) Q76: If you went on a date with Shuuichi Akai, where do you think he'd take you? He'd probably keep driving for the whole thing. Q77: What types of women do Shuuichi Akai and Tooru Amuro like? Let's see... Akai would like someone who can have a controlling aura without saying a word. And Amuro would like someone who doesn't mind him talking all the time.

Aside from my alternate Bourbon thing, I was also thinking of doing another "Yoko as Vermouth" piece. This one would probably similar be similar to the "Halloween Party" case where Yoko takes Ai (who has a cold) with her, with apparently benevolent intentions, only to reveal herself and point a gun at her, however "Ai" reveals herself to be Conan in disguise, and there begins the whole "contest of wills" where Yoko threatens to blackmail Conan regarding his secret by threatening to use Kogoro's lust for her as a way to interfere with him. Conan would then find himself in a tough spot.

Q73: Does Akai-san like kids? A: He probably has come to like them. (laughs) Q150: Currently, how much has DC been covered? A: How can I say that... Maybe just a half, maybe close to the end. It depends on your imagination! Thanks to ALAKTORN and Kor.

Exactly my stance as well.

We've talked about this over and over here and elsewhere. It's not likely him. It's the same type of misdirection he's done previously. Gosho has never broken this pattern and he's not likely to start soon.

That also seems the most plausible order for me as well.

Thanks so much!

Agreed, 100%!

More: Q2: Wich horn is the hardest between a rhino horn and Ran's horn? A: What? Q7: Have you already thought about drawing a fight between Heiji and Kaito? A: Hm... Should I do it or not...? Q9: Will there really be more than 100 volumes? Thinking that I'm going to wait many years to read the end of the story makes me sad... A: I think I can do more than 100 volumes, there's still room for the story. Q10: The drawing of Conan and Shinichi sitting on the chair for the 20th anniversary of the manga is really cool. What was your inspiration for this drawing? A: A drawing I had already drawn before where Conan was sitting on a char, and I just added Shinichi. Q11: In volume 42, Conan receives a message where a "Ok" with a heart is written. Don't tell me that was Heiji?! A: It was him, sorry (laugh) Q12: I'm really amazed by something... How do you manage to draw a manga with so many sub-plots? A: Well... (laugh) Q13: What do you really take care of when you create a character? A: I don't want him to look like a character I've created in the past. (note: Erm. Kaito/Shinichi, Sayaka/Aoko/Ran, Yaiba/Conan...) Q14: I want to see a kiss between Conan and Ran in the manga! A: What?? Not Shinichi?! Q15 has already been translated, but Gosho doesn't just say "laugh", but "big laugh". Q16: What kind of feeling Conan has for Haibara? Is it trust? A: I think he has total trust in her.

I think she looked better without it, too.