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Ah, so 9th grade in Japan is not high school, and 6th grade is still elementary school. Gotcha. I wonder—since he's remembered the full encounter—if Shinichi/Conan heard about Mr. Akai's email. Even before he fully remembered, he recalled Mary's comment about Shuichi. That'd be the biggest and most noticeable volume edit I've ever heard of. Here are the changes I'm aware of, when it comes to volumes: Volume 81, File 10/File 860 – The Smell of Kerosine The colors of the sleeve of the person contacting Masumi on Panel 3 of Page 16 are changed from dark gray to white and a lighter gray. Volume 87, File 9/File 924 – Shinichi Boy, Part II Shinichi's line on Panel 3 of Page 14 is changed from, "If you want to cry, just cry...", to, "If you want to cry, just cry, Ran..." Volume 90, File 5/File 953 – Tied to the Demonic Darkness Mary's expression on Panel 1 of Page 16 is changed from her usual countenance to the shock she showed on Panel 7 of Page 7 of File 952 when Shinichi/Conan reached his phone over the edge to where she was hiding. My personal take on the inconsistencies is that Shinichi/Conan hadn't yet remembered, in full, the encounter, so the things we see in File 969 are due to the fact that he only somewhat recalled what happened that day, ten years prior. We'll have to wait and see, in terms of Shukichi's line. (Maybe Volume 91 and Volume 92 will fix Shukichi's chin in both 969 and 972... maybe they'll add in Mary's black short-sleeved shirt and even make Shukichi from 969 look more like... well... Shukichi—it's almost as if he drew Shukichi like that in 969 as his last attempt to hide the middle brother's identity)

Evidently, though, Shinichi/Conan remembers him saying, "It's scary... like being possessed by something...", unless, of course, some are still going to claim that the one who said that in 969 isn't Shukichi. Actually, Shukichi's jaw, in 972, is drawn pointed, not square, like Gosho's drawn it in all of his appearances before this (Including the flashbacks from 900 and 946). And Shinichi/Conan has a jumbled recollection of his appearance, before he remembers (he hadn't yet recalled everything, so perhaps that's also why Mary isn't shown wearing that short-sleeved black shirt, or why Shuichi is shown saying, "Who are you?" as if he wasn't looking at Shinichi when he said it, when, in fact, he was... same should go for Mary and Shukichi appearing like they did in 969) So what of, Freshman – Year 1; Sophomore – Year 2; Junior – Year 3; and Senior – Year 4?

The contradiction that I can think of the easiest is this: The Young Witness and the Giant Hammer (Volume 53, File 550–File 552/Season 15, Episode 462–Episode 463) – January 4th The Shadow of the Black Organization – The Mysterious Job and the Shining Star of Pearl (Volume 53, File 553 and Volume 54, File 554–File 555/Season 15, Episode 464–Episode 465) – February 5th The Magic Spell of Friday the 13th (Volume 58, File 605–File 608 and Volume 59, File 609/Season 17, Episode 501–Episode 504) — January 13th and January 16th The dates for these three cases seem to indicate that the Kir arc's (File 499–File 621/Episode 425–Episode 508) second half took place over the course of a year. This seems to contradict Ran's thoughts in File 882/Episode 772 that it hadn't even been a year between (just before) File 1/Episode 1 and File 882/Episode 772. After all, the period between File 550/Episode 462 and File 609/Episode 504 can't take up a year when the period between (just before) File 1/Episode 1 and File 882/Episode 772 is supposed to take up less than a year.

We've yet to see Shuichi/Subaru and/or Masumi interact with Shukichi during the present—maybe Gosho meant Masumi will call Shukichi "kichi-nii" in the present, and Shukichi will call Shuichi/Subaru "nii-san" in the present.

Apologies for the double post, and the necroing (if that's the proper term) of this thread after over half a year. I forgot to consider Shukichi's shogi outfit from 847–849/731–732 (that he's wearing in the interview after the case) as a possible candidate for what the person contacting Masumi was wearing in 860/745—as far as I can tell, it's the best match for the sleeve of the person contacting Masumi during 860/745 (unfortunately, the only looks we get at it are on a phone, with the lighting all messed up).

Gosho did, fairly recently, say that he could do more than 100 volumes. Question is, how many more?

What I'm saying is that her mother shrunk, and, not long after, she saw Shinichi/Conan at Wimbledon on TV—that was what led to her doing the research you're referring to.

I thought it was weird that he changed subjects so quickly... so he was just subtly hinting Shinichi, huh? Maybe Gosho could make a joke out of that, if this flashback takes place just a bit after the 570s one. Maybe her comment about seeing his soccer skills on TV was because she was watching Wimbledon, live, and saw him kick that tennis ball at Hades Sabara—the cameras probably panned up to that scene because Minerva Glass launched that ball up there, to begin with. Maybe she saw him in that moment, and immediately recognized him. Thus, we may have an event sequence like this—Mary was shrunk in the U.K., Masumi saw Shinichi/Conan, and then they went to Japan so Masumi could contact him, and they could find out how to remedy Mary's situation (and it also may be that Mary was living with Masumi from the start (that she was in Masumi's apartment in 775–777/656–657 and 796–800/671–674, and we just couldn't see her).

In Shinichi Kudo's Childhood Adventure (570–573/472–473), Yusaku says to Yukiko, in one scene, "Why don't we go to the beach?" Perhaps the upcoming flashback case takes place just after Shinichi's Childhood Adventure. Perhaps Ran went with Shinichi (and probably both Yusaku and Yukiko) because Kogoro and Eri had just split up.

Here are the 971 Text Spoilers, translated by Yunnie Chan:

EDIT:

This needs to be addressed first: "Perilous?" I'm sorry, but that's just hyperbolic. I don't know how you came to the conclusion that I'm wedded to/clingy with "Rumi is Asaka," (or that Meitantei is wedded to/clingy with "Mary is Asaka") like I'm going to resent Gosho if he doesn't do it, or I'm actually going to be hurt. Like I won't be able to see the writing on the wall—those people you mention, here... are they still insisting that Shuichi is Bourbon, unable to accept the truth, saying that if their theory is wrong, then DC's not worthy of being read by them anymore? Is that what you think of me or Meitantei? I certainly hope not. I'm the one who doesn't mind (and has even defended) Gosho's "vanilla" plot choices. I like the Bourbon arc, from Red, White, Yellow and the Detective Boys to Scarlet Showdown. I don't know why you've even begun to worry (Seriously, worry? Again, hyperbolic.)—I don't care if I end up having picked the wrong theory (and who knows? I might change my mind, as this arc progresses), because I'll just move on. Bottom line—please don't think that I'm wedded to/clingy with "Rumi is Asaka," (or that Meitantei is wedded to/clingy with "Mary is Asaka") because we're not. End of discussion. All I'll say is that, unless you have a quote from Gosho in which he says, "Vermouth knew who Ai was from before the Four Porsches case," or this is unambiguously revealed to be the case later on in the story, this, to me, is just your interpretation of what Vermouth knew, during the Vermouth arc.

While he has been right with them, Shinichi's/Conan's initial suspicions/impressions/theories are... well... not always on the mark (Shuichi is a BO mole in the FBI; Eisuke is a BO agent; Rena Mizunashi killed Hidemi Hondo, then had plastic surgery to look like her; the CIA were looking for Kir at Haido Central Hospital). Sometimes, he needs additional info to realize his thoughts, initially, were lacking—that's when he gets to the truth, in those times when he's initially wrong. We're on case #21 of the Rum arc, right now. Other than the Sherry/Haibara arc and the Cell Phone arc (both 17 cases), all but one of the arcs were over twice as longer than that (Kir arc: 37 cases; Intro/Conan arc: 50 cases; Vermouth arc: 58 cases; Bourbon arc: 80 cases). In the cases of the Vermouth, Kir and Bourbon arcs, it took well beyond Case #21 until Shinichi/Conan had all the info he needed to reach the correct conclusion—I don't think it'll be any different, here (meaning, Shinichi/Conan will re-assess this initial conclusion of his at a later date and come to a different conclusion). Maybe he did. We only see pictures of the mirror, and thus, the letters he didn't cut out. Maybe that's how he sought to get past the "There's no W in 'Put on Mascara'" problem. Perilous? If Asaka really is Rum and is not Rumi, then I'm wrong, and that's that... it'll have been my third choice, which I considered unlikely, but possible. Currently, right now, yes—she's not a priority for those engaging in theory-crafting. But with how slow things have been, the past 9 years, I think we are going to see that moment come, most likely during this arc.

Apologies for the double post.

Now that'd be a picture to show Shuichi...