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  1. And with this, we've ended the double digit volume era (which started back in 1995) and now begin the triple digit volume era.

     

    Spoiler pics of 1,059 are now available (in Chinese). 

     

    Here are some translations, courtesy of Fujiwara:

    Spoiler

    Page 1 
    File 1,059
    Deduction Show Preparation Meeting
     
    In the face of the Kudō family’s crisis—The greatest combination emerges?!
     
    Page 2
    Side note: Appearing at the Kudō house is Kudō Yusaku— no wait, this boastful smile has got to be…
     
    C: You-
    You…
     
    C: You’ve gotta be kidding me—!
     
    K: Hey there.
     
    K: Seeing the seldom-seen Kudō Yusaku in a pinch, I could not ignore it,
     
    K: So I came to help.
     
    K: What? Aren’t you going to welcome me?
     
    K: After all, he helped clear my name, and I pay back my debts — good or bad.
     
    K: So here I am!
     
    C: It really is you!
     
    Page 3
    C: Kaitou Kid!
     
    K: But if you take offense at my coming uninvited,
     
    K: I’ll take my leave…
     
    C: W-Wait!
     
    C: Didn’t you say you paid back kindness?
     
    C: Then go on…
     
    C: Please pay it back.
     
    K: Such a tsundere!
     
    C: Crap!

    The TV crew arrives in less than 10 minutes!
     
    C: Anyway, come in first.
     
    C: I’ll give you an overview over the case!
     
    K: Got it.
     
    Page 8
    *ding dong*
     
    C: Crap! The TV crew is already here!
     
    *ding dong*
     
    C: I’ll go answer the door.
     
    K: But there’s still one more victim, right?
     
    C: Yes.
    Let me invite the crew in first, then we’ll go continue in a different room.
     
    C: Just remember…
     
    C: Don’t talk any nonsense!
     
    K: Got it.
     
    K: Leave it to me!
     
    TV people: Good evening!
     
    Page 9
    Yume: I’m Yumekawa Saiko from Tōto TV!
     
    Yume: Please take good care of us during the broadcast tonight!
     
    K: So you’re miss Yumekawa! You’re very pretty.
     
    Yume: But we already met the other day to discuss the shooting,
     
    Yume: didn’t we?
     
    K: Of course, I just almost didn’t recognize you…
     
    K: Since young women like you get prettier every day.
     
    Yume: oh my…
     
    *thump*
     
    C: Then let’s quickly get you inside and start preparing the shoot!
     
    K: Ah, right…
     
    Yume: In that case, we’ll go ahead to the study.
     
    K: Please do.
     
    C (thoughts): I thought I told you not to talk nonsense!
     
    Page 10
    Yume: Then we’ll first…
     
    Yume: install our equipment.
     
    Yume: Kudō-sensei, please go to a different room and get your make-up done.
     
    K: No need, no need.
     
    K: I already got throroughly made-up.
     
    Yume: I-Is that so?
     
    C (thoughts): Guess being made up by a visagiste would give him away. 
     
    Yume: I feel like I’ve seen this kid before.
     
    C: I’m the famous Kid killer, Edogawa Conan.
     
    K: He’s the kid of a friend of mine.
    He’s been constantly pestering me, saying he wants to know how a TV program is filmed!
     
    Yume: That’s right, where’s your wife? She said she’d be showing up too.
     
    K: Ah, that…
     
    C: Aunt Yukiko wasn’t feeling well, so she’s resting.
     
    Yume: I see…
     
    Yume: Then we'll wait for the dress rehearsal time and then go greet her.
     
    K: All right.
     
    Page 11
    C: Now, let’s get back to the important point…
     
    C: How did you know that my Dad fell ill?
     
    K: In order to pay back his favor, I was tailing you guys for a bit…
     
    K: And thus overheard your conversation at the pharmacy entrance.
     
    K: But who’d have thought both husband and and wife would be out of the game like this…
     
    C: Seriously. It’s most likely food poisoning, they’re still laid up in the bedroom.

     


  2. Apologies for the double post.

     

    More spoiler pics have come out:

    https://imgur.com/a/cLhYTdD

     

    Here are the translations:

    Spoiler

    Page 2

    Yusaku: The case involving serial locked room murders that's happened for the last month...

    Yusaku: Well, each victim has no connection in terms of age or job and the murder methods vary in each case... And so I was told that it's unclear whether they were all killed by the same culprit or not...

     

    Page 4

    Yusaku: An emergency live broadcast next Saturday at 8PM, in Tōto TV!

    Yusaku: Titled "Complete explanation of the serial locked room murder cases"! I will solve the mystery!

    Yusaku: But until I saw the crime scenes photos today at the MPD...

    Yusaku: I only intended to make a deduction based on the available information... 

    Reporter: I-I belong to another station, but I'm looking forward to it...

    Yusaku: If you'll excuse me!

    Reporter: Ah!

    Reporter: Allow me one last question!

    Reporter: You strangely solved a false accusation against Kid, too...

    Reporter: Please send him a message!

    Yusaku: Let's see...

    Yusaku: If you consider you owe me one, please consider buying one of my novels...

     

    Page 6

    Conan: You want to disguise yourself as Dad... and make me use the voice changer?!

    Yukiko: Ssshhhhhh!!!

    Yukiko: Truth is, Yu-chan was supposed to go to the MPD HQ at noon to reveal the truth of the case, but he fell asleep before that...

    Conan: I see..

    Conan: You still haven’t heard the truth of the case yet... 

    Conan: So you want me to go home with you, show me the case’s materials, and solve it to prepare for the television special...

    Yukiko: As excepted of my son!

    Yukiko: You’re spot on!

    Conan: Geez.... got it!

    Conan: So when will the TV crew come?

    Yukiko: 6 pm..

    Conan: 4 hours left, then?

     

    And here is a summary of the chapter, courtesy of Sidier#8557:

    Spoiler

    File 1,058

    Deduction Show on TV!?

     

    Yusaku comes out of the MPD building, and the media accosts him. He mentions that Nakamori came up to him and asked him to look into a recent crime, saying he felt something was off with it. A museum owner, arrested under suspicion of fraud that morning for selling jewels to deal with hard times for his business, had tried to make it look like Kid had stolen from him in order to get insurance money. Yusaku also reveals that he came to the MPD at Megure's request to solve a series of locked room murders that happened over the span of a month. All 3 victims were killed in different ways, and were all of different ages and jobs, so the MPD has had a hard time finding who's responsible. Having now seen photos of the crime scenes, Yusaku has figured out the trick behind the locked rooms, but he still hasn't figured out the culprit. As he leaves, he reveals that he's scheduled for a TV appearance to reveal the truth. A shadowman figure grins while watching this on their phone.

    3 days later, on the day Yusaku is meant to film for the program, he's been lying in bed after eating at an Italian restaurant—he was even supposed to go to the MPD today to tell Megure about the truth of the case, so now no one else knows what the truth of the case . Since the producer of the program is the same producer who played a key role in the first-ever TV adaption of Yusaku's work, it'll be hard to turn him down, so Yukiko suggests Conan solve the case and then he can use the voice changer to relay his deduction through her while she disguises as Yusaku. A shadowman figure grins while eavesdropping on them.

    Akai is out on FBI business as Conan looks at the case files. He figures out the trick to the locked room, that the 3 murders were committed by the same killer, and is thus able to get a rough idea of who the culprit is. He goes to get Yukiko, but she now has the same food poisoning as Yusaku. The TV staff have come and Conan's voice changer hasn't finished charging, so he goes to tell them to leave... but a 3rd Yusaku appears at the door. 

     


  3. On 8/1/2020 at 1:14 PM, nakamura said:

    Plus I wasn't expecting much from a movie done by Sakurai again, but yeah, there might be miracles.

     

    Well, the movie isn't just him, but who knows what this'll mean for Movie 25. Since there's no precedent for this, I assume they're still working on Movie 25, but who knows? If they are working on it, does this mean Movie 25 will be ready for release by April, too?


  4. Apologies for the double post.

     

    Break next week—we can expect 1,059 spoilers in about two weeks.

     

    And here's the full translation of the last two pages of 1,058, courtesy of Manaphy (https://imgur.com/a/cLhYTdD):

    Spoiler

    Page 15
    Conan: If you don't hurry, the TV staff is going to come, you know?
    Conan: Hey...
     
    Conan: At least give me a reply...
     
    Conan: Wait, are you okay, Mom?
    Yukiko (disguised as Yusaku): I'v fine...
    Yukiko (disguised as Yusaku): I wah yust dohing a hittle...
     
    Conan: D-don't tell me you too ate the same cuisine as dad yesterday evening, Mom!?
    Yukiko (disguised as Yusaku): I ate it...
    Yukiko (disguised as Yusaku): We'he mahhied, afteh all..
     
    Conan (internal monologue): That's definitely food poisoning!
    Conan (internal monologue): I have to turn down the TV shooting...
    Conan (internal monologue): And take them to the hospital quick, or else...
     
    Page 16
    SFX : Ding dong
     
    Conan (internal monologue): This is bad! The TV staff's here!
    Conan (internal monologue): Even though the voice-changer isn't done charging...
     
    Conan (internal monologue): In any case, there's no choice but to explain the situation...
    Conan (internal monologue): And ask them to go back...
     
    Conan: I-I'm sorry, today is...
     
    Conan: —a bit...
    Conan (internal monologue): You...
     
    Conan (internal monologue): Don't tell me!?
     
    Side note: The one who rushed to Yusaku Kudō's predicament was... Yusaku Kudō...!?

     


  5. RULES

    1. Please use spoiler boxes until a full English translation is available.

    2. NO DIRECT LINK to any Japanese scans (RAWs) or English scans (Japanese spoiler images are allowed as long as the amount and quality of which are very far away from a full scan).

     

    HOW TO USE A SPOILER BOX?

    Just simply type the following:

    [spoiler]Text you want to write[/spoiler]

    The final case of the double digit volume era (1995–2020/Volume 10–Volume 99), with the final file of the double digit volume era (File 1,058), and the first file of the triple digit volume era (File 1,059).

     

    Spoiler pics for 1,058 are now out:

    https://tieba.baidu.com/p/6852397664


  6. Obviously, COVID-19 has delayed many films, and Movie 24 is one of them, but it is key to know just when the Movie will actually hit theaters—and in this case, that info is available.

     

    Back in June, Movie 24 was delayed to due COVID-19. It was announced on Twitter through @conan_file (a verified account), and through the official movie website—both had a message from Goshō.

    Then, shortly after the announcement of the delay, it was announced that Movie 24 would release in April 2021. It was announced again via @conan_file, as well as via the official movie website, both with another message from Goshō.


  7. RULES

    1. Please use spoiler boxes until a full English translation is available.

    2. NO DIRECT LINK to any Japanese scans (RAWs) or English scans (Japanese spoiler images are allowed as long as the amount and quality of which are very far away from a full scan).

     

    HOW TO USE A SPOILER BOX?

    Just simply type the following:

    [spoiler]Text you want to write[/spoiler]

    The entirety of 1,055 is already out (not yet translated, but the raws are out there on baidu).

     

    Here's the chapter summary, courtesy of Manaphy:

    Spoiler

    FILE 1055: Kogorō's Dilemma

    Kogorō is in trouble because he ran out of paper in the Detective Agency's restroom. Usually, he'd just yell and ask Ran... however, because Yōko Okino has come to the Agency, he doesn't want Yōko to know about this.

     

    Since he has his smartphone on him, he thought about telling Ran via call or message... but if he tells Ran, there's a chance Yoko will also learn about it, so he decides to ask Conan.

    At that time, Kogoro would never have guessed that this decision would be the key to unraveling a difficult case.

     

    2 HOURS EARLIER...

     

    Ran was searching for a butter sandwich—that was in the fridge and had expired 2 days ago—in order to throw it away, but because Kogorō found it and ate it, she apologizes for not throwing it away. However, Kogorō doesn't complain like usual—he's in a good mood.

     

    Ran suspects he's having an affair because his desk is tidied up, and Kogorō is dressed up fashionably... but Conan tells her that this is because today's client is Yōko.

     

    Yōko came to ask about a certain case, and came alone after her manager told her that it was best that she not get involved.

     

    It turns out that Yoko will play the ghost of a proprietress that was killed in her villa. Kogorō—who knew about that after an interview held by Yoko and the actor playing the detective—has a bad feeling. Instead of solving the mystery revolving around those who came to this villa, the ghost asks the detective to search one by one for her scattered bones. (?)

     

    As they couldn't quite find the villa that suited the one used for the shooting, the producer, Wanya (?) Fukushima (39) said there was a villa where a mistress disappeared for real and suggests visiting it. The mistress who disappeared in that villa was Fukushima's older sister, and the villa was the house she'd lived in after being married.

     

    As Fukushima and Yōko decided to go and check this villa, it took them one glance to think that this place was the best, because of the ominous atmosphere of the mansion. They planned to go back on that day but after seeing around for a while, they decided to spend the night there.

     

    Kogorō is disturbed because he thinks she spent the night only with the producer, but she replies that it was not just the two of them, but also three other people who'd stopped at the villa to escape the summer heat: Nukiyasu Baba (46), the husband of Fukushima's sister; Fūgo Baba (44), Nukiyasu's younger brother; and Satomi Baba (43), Fuugo's wife.

     

    Then, the case happened around midnight after they had dinner and went to sleep. After they thought they heard someone moaning, there was a rustling sound in the hallway, so Yōko,  intrigued, went in there and stumbled upon traces of blood dripping here and there. After following the blood and turning the corner, the bloodstains had stopped and nobody was there. There were neither stairs nor a door to go outside, just the door to the bathroom. She also checked the bathroom, but she didn't find anybody. In the meantime, everyone gathered... but Nukiyasu was missing.

     

    Everyone decided to split up and search for him. However, because everyone besides Yōko was injured, they thought that it would be too dangerous alone, so they split into two groups: Fūgo, who dislocated his left wrist and had his arm hanged by the neck, went with Satomi, who was in a wheelchair because of hernia; and Yōko went with Fukushima, who had sprained his right leg and had a crutch.

     

    At the very moment they decided that, a strange picture of lined-up cards was sent to Fūgo's smartphone from Nukiyasu. Yōko still doesn't know what the meaning behind this message was.

     

    Fūgo sends a message back to Nukiyasu and even calls him, but his phone has no power, so in the end they search for him, but can't find him, anyway. As Yoko and Fūgo walk outside the villa, they still can't find Nukiyasu, even when they search around the villa and in the forest. Yōko and Fukushima, who couldn't let him loose, decide to cancel the job and all four of them keep searching for him, until the fourth morning.

     

    Fūgo remembers that when he was a child and came to the villa, his parents almost didn't buy him toys at all, so under their noses he went to play cards with Nukiyasu in the attic. As they head for the attic, it seems that the stairs to go up to the attic are locked from the inside, so without coming down they call the police so they can break the attic's window, and as soon as they enter, they find Nukiyasu dead, a crossbow arrow in his back.

     

    Since they broke the window to get in, it means that the window was locked—this was a locked-room murder. They found the crossbow, lying around the villa, when they were searching in the forest.

     

    Yōko says this case is full of things she doesn't understand: she wonders how the culprit locked Nukiyasu inside the attic; she wonders what was the meaning behind the card pictures sent to Fuugo; and wonders if they could send this picture, why didn't they call the police in the first place?

     

    Kogorō tries to look cool and accept Yoko's request, but the butter sandwich strikes again and he goes to the toilet because his stomach hurts. At this very moment, Wakita, who heard the story and was interested, enters.

     

     

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  8. 2 hours ago, RucyL said:

    I'm not a theory person myself, but I have noticed a few things that I haven't seen adressed on any theory so far, I guess because they are all "recent" (from the last two years). If you know any theory that includes this, please tell me.

     

    I was thinking "What was the point of Gosho showing us Asaka's photo in the webpage?". He could've pulled a Hagiwara and not drawn them. So I think the purpose of Asaka's photo in which you can't see anything but the hand is precisely that you can see the hand. Looking at that hand, I find it way too similar to the photo of "Kohji's" hand, the one with the scissors marks and the weird mark in the centre. That photo shows a suit, similar to the one Asaka was wearing. On the other hand, all Kuroda, Rumi, Mary, Yumi and Amuro have "visualized" Haneda collapsed with a dark clothing that doesn't reach anywhere near his hand. A hand that, btw, has the scissor marks but not the mark in the palm.KohjisHand.png.37da02c98b90e4b2b2d5bcffb843e85a.pngKohjiAmuro.png.01bd57c160e902696d03d19f5f40f659.png

     

    So, some things that could have happened are:

     

    • The one who died was really Asaka, not Kohji, and police colabored to hide this fact, as the image Amuro had in his PSB training is also the "suit hand". This could also mean the uploader has access to police files. In this case Kohji would be alive, presumably under police protection or something similar. He could be Kuroda for all we know.
    • The one who died was Haneda, who was wearing Asaka's suit or a similar one, and the images everyone think up are a fake that never happened. This would mean no one of the people underlined above were actually at the crime scene and are just reconstructing the crime which the info they know, that being how Kohji looked like in his shogi clothes, that he grabbed scissors and he had injuries. (I find this one a bit unlikely due to Rumi's flashbacks in the Edible Plants case)
    • The one who died was Haneda, who had changed into Asaka's suit or a similar one, and the images everyone think up have happened and form part of a police report or news or something Conan hasn't seen yet. In that case, the timeline of the case would be: Haneda wearing shogi clothes gets the scissors, gets beaten up and collapses on the floor with blood coming out of his mouth. That's the picture everyone thinks. He isn't dead yet though; he changes into a suit, gets somehow the mark in the center of the palm and finally dies. This is what the police find hence the photo in Amuro's training.

    Opinions?

     

    The white part of the sleeve is indeed part of Kōji's shogi attire. The black is the outer-most layer, and the white is the inner-most layer, with the gray as the middle layer—all three colors are a part of his multi-layered shogi attire. Just look at Kōji during Rumi's flashback (File 1,033, Page 11). As for Asaka, they have gray and white—no black. So it actually is Kōji's hand that was photographed.

     

    Speaking of the recollections of the body... Hyōe's recollection of Kōjis' body is the odd one out—he doesn't recall blood coming out of Kōji's mouth and pooling underneath his face. By contrast, Mary, Rumi and Rei/Tōru (and even Shinichi/Conan and Yūmi) do recall blood coming out of Kōji's mouth and pooling underneath his face.


  9. Apologies for the double post.


    Here's the 1,054 spoiler summary, courtesy of Baka and nightbaron:

    Spoiler

    "Conan tells Haibara, 'don’t let your guard down... around Wakasa-sensei...'
    It seems that Wakasa lied to the kids and told them that Amuro fainted after losing his footing on the stairs because it became dark after her hands 'accidentally' slipped from the handle of the door. Amuro seems to have bought that and thinks that that little fight was just his imagination... but then he said 'or else' after asserting to himself that it was his imagination."

     

    Side note at the end:
    "The one truth... is that RUM candidate, Wakasa Rumi, is awesome in the dark."

     

    Also:
    "Next week ZTT, Conan possibly on indefinite break."

     

     


  10. 6 hours ago, MeiTanteixX said:

     

     

    Just so you guys know, Gosho had confirmed in the Boss reveal interview, that came out with File 1008, that the anagram hint hits the mark with CARASUMA:

     

    So if there are more twists coming, it's not by the alteration of the mirror message, but by the addition of other elements as a part of the message.

     

    Oh, I'm well aware if we're going by interviews, it's case closed (pun not intended).


  11. 4 hours ago, AnimeOtakuDrew said:

    I wasn't suggesting that Karasuma would be just one of three suspects for the boss of the Organization (though that would fit with Aoyama-sensei's usual pattern for such things. I was suggesting that maybe we should look at the dying message the same way we look at one of the "three suspect" situations, with the two currently known interpretations and one more that is forthcoming. Although, I would like to point out that it is possible for Karasuma Renya to be both correct AND wrong. Remember that this dying message was left 17 years ago. A lot can happen in 17 years, especially in the criminal underworld. It's entirely possible that Karasuma WAS boss at the time of that message, but has since died (illness, old age, killed by enemy, killed by ambitious underling wanting to replace him). At the same time, even if "carasuma" is the intended reading of the dying message, maybe it doesn't mean that Karasuma is the LEADER of the organization. He could have been the original founder without actively leading it himself ("Karasuma started it"). It could be that he is a benefactor or financial supporter of the Organization ("Follow Karasuma's money to find them"). There are countless ways he could be involved with the organization without being Anokata. Maybe Karasuma is Rum (I don't really believe that, but it's a possibility). The thing is that, with the 'asaca rum' message, what it conveyed was very clear, but when the message instead becomes nothing but one name, 'carasuma,' it also becomes more vague. Many people take it for granted that this mean that Karasuma is the boss of the Organization, just as they take it for granted that this guess of Yusaku's is the definitive answer, but we have nothing to confirm that. It is LIKELY, but it is not definite. Somehow, I have a feeling that it will end up that Karasuma was founder, and probably leader in the past, but someone else is Anokata.

     

    Ah, gotcha. That would be an interesting switch-up—rather than suspects, he'd be using messages.

     

    Certainly. I think that's a more likely outcome than CARASUMA being only wrong. 

     

    Yeah, you're right—it's not "definite," but, rather, simply "likely." And until we get new info, it's going to stay that way.

     

    That's my guess, as well. Karasuma relates to crows, yet there's this talk about silver bullets, which harm/kill werewolves.

     

    4 hours ago, AnimeOtakuDrew said:

    Regarding Rumi as Rum, I'm hung up on that mostly because neither of the other two candidates feels right for it.

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    I agree that the assertion that "only the killer could have that shogi piece" makes the possibility less likely, even in my own head, but somehow I can't let the Rumi=Rum idea go.

    The only other thing I can imagine is that Rumi is Asaka, but NOT Rum. In that case, my guess would be that, after disappearing for a time and establishing a new identity for herself to avoid capture since she was the prime suspect, she started working from the shadows to solve the case herself (possibly to clear her own name, possibly out of feelings of devotion or obligation to her old boss, possibly because she had feelings for Haneda Kohji, or possibly some combination of those). The trouble with that idea in my mind is that her ruthlessness and her cold efficiency don't feel right for a simple bodyguard. It feels more like the kind of thing one would expect from, say, the number 2 of a major criminal syndicate. But I wouldn't put it past Aoyama-sensei to subvert expectations by breaking with his usual tropes just once and making it so the obvious suspect really is the right one. That really would be an amazing way to subvert expectations! We're all here over-analyzing things six ways to Sunday while the real answer was right there all along. I just don't know anything for sure, and won't until we get the reveal. I really hope that will be soon.

     

    Unless Gosho made a mistake in drawing Rumi's hand in File 980 (that then went uncorrected even with the volume release, which Goshō uses to revise any mistakes, making him missing it even more unlikely), then I don't think she's Asaka. Asaka's right hand doesn't match Rumi's—their index/ring finger proportions are different. 

     

    Exactly. And that's why I don't think she's Rum. 

     

    Kanenori is also too obvious, in my book—he has far too many similarities to Rei/Bourbon (who turned out to be it only one arc ago). If either he or Rumi turn out to be Rum, then Goshō isn't focusing on the shock of a big reveal, but, rather, on what comes next (i.e., what Team Shinichi/Conan will do in light of the revelation, and how they and Rum will face off).


  12. Apologies for the double post.

     

    Here are 1,053 text spoilers, courtesy of Manaphy:

    Spoiler

    "The three who were riding the bus were looking for a meteorite which crashed here, perfect for money and research.

    In the past, Gisuke found the meteorite, but he met a swindler and was robbed of it—that was the reason he committed suicide.

    Umisuke has no intention to kill Conan's group, but he locked them up so they don't get in his way as he takes his revenge against the swindler who pushed his brother to commit suicide.

    Conan gets everyone to cooperate with him and thinks about a way to shine a light on the culprit who drove Gisuke into committing suicide."

     


  13. 21 hours ago, Balthazar Manfredie said:

    wish i could have contributed 

    but i gave up on DC

     

    Yep, franchises, in whatever form they may come, can do that to fans—they can end up breaking the base they built, segmenting the fans into groups, in terms of the perception of quality. When a work first gets conceived and produced—before it becomes a franchise, a brand—be the end product a film trilogy, or the first couple arcs of a comic, those beginning works end up preferred over any works that come after, even if a majority still deems the later works a net positive. To some, I think even a good product pales in comparison to a great product.


  14. 13 hours ago, AnimeOtakuDrew said:

    There's one thing that a lot of people don't seem to be acknowledging about this. When Yusaku pointed out that the "asaca rum" message could alternatively be read as "carasuma," he himself pointed out that it was just an idea he had and it might be wrong. Yet many of us fans are taking this as a definitive confirmation that Karasuma Renya is indeed head of the Black Organization, as well as the extended idea you propose here that the alternate solution to the dying message nullifies any suspicion based on Wakasa Rumi's name. I was guilty of falling into that assumption shortly after Yusaku's revelation as well, but having carefully analyzed things since then, I see that there are actually five possibilities.

     

    1. The initial interpretation of the dying message was correct and it was intended to indicate that Asaka was indeed Rum, having nothing to do wit Karasuma.
    2. Yusaku's interpretation of the message was correct and it was intended to indicate Karasuma Renya as the leader of the Black Organization, having nothing to do with either Asaka or Rum.
    3. The one who left the dying message intended it to contain multiple meanings to leave behind as much information as possible, meaning the intent was to convey BOTH the fact that Rum was Asaka AND the Karasuma Renya is leader of the Black Organization.
    4. Neither of the previously given interpretations are correct and the true meaning of the dying message is some other interpretation that Aoyama-sensei has yet to reveal to the readers.
    5. The message is intended to be layered as stated in #3, with one or both of the currently known interpretations being true AS WELL AS one or more currently unknown interpretations.

    We won't get a definitive answer about this until Aoyama-sensei finally reveals the full flashback to us of the double murder and we're able to see the context and mindset under which the dying message was left. As frustrating as that is, I believe we'll see that within the next two years of the manga--possibly even within the next year. WE're in the information dump stage, with at least one major clue being revealed in every case; it is just impossible to maintain this for long without Conan finally being able to put the pieces together. We MUST be getting close to the reveal!

     

    Another thing to consider is this: maybe we're looking at the interpretation of the dying message wrong! We're looking at it more or less as we would any other clue in any case Conan finds himself in the middle of. However, with two possible interpretations having been presented to us, maybe that isn't the direction Aoyama-sensei is meaning this to go. Maybe we should instead analyze this the way we look at SUSPECTS in the series! Particularly for major arcs (Vermouth, Bourbon, Rum, etc.), we are gradually introduced to three major suspects. We then get clues along the way, building up to the reveal of the truth. In this case, our first 'suspect' was "asaca rum." Then we were later introduced to our second 'suspect,' "carasuma." It's entirely possible--maybe even likely--that Aoyama-sensei will introduce a third 'suspect' to us, which would probably happen quite soon if that is the case.

     

    Either way, it is not yet time to dismiss our suspicions of Wakasa just because an alternative interpretation of the dying message has been presented to us. I am still inclined to think she is indeed both Asaka AND Rum.

      Reveal hidden contents

    The reveal of the shogi piece in the newest chapter is intriguing, though I can't put my finger on exactly what it means yet.

    Any thoughts?

     

    Oh, yes, it's possible CARASUMA will turn out to be either one of the mirror's messages, or just a red herring (I'd say the mirror having more than one message, one of them being CARASUMA, is more likely than the message not being CARASUMA at all)... but not likely, I think. You do not simply bring up a character who hadn't, at the time File 1,008 came out, been even referenced to in over 700 files/nearly 17 years, and imply that character is the leader of the main antagonists, only to turn around and go, "Psych! Just a red herring!" Especially considering Goshō's health and how, consequently, the yearly file/case output, as well as the amount of information and development that happens within each case, has changed since this reveal in File 1,008.

     

    Now, if Gosho was referencing more characters, besides Renya Karasuma, from the first couple years of DC (like Genshirō Kaneshiro from the Night Baron case (File 72–File 77/Episode 68–Episode 70)) and implying they also could be the BO Boss/Anokata, then I'd be more likely to believe that Renya Karasuma is but a suspect, not the only possible candidate. If someone like Kaneshiro is brought up in the future, then yes, Gosho would indeed be taking his suspects formula and applying it to the BO Boss, and the possibilities would open up. But unless that happens, I'll continue standing behind the strong probability that Karasuma is the boss. And even if Karasuma is the boss, there's still room for twists and turns, if we're going down that avenue. 

     

    As for the odds of Rumi being Rum... if Goshō goes that route, he's not doing it for surprise/shock. No one would be taken aback at her being Rum. Her violence and instability really make her stand out from her fellow Rum suspects.

    Spoiler

    And we now have Rei/Bourbon asserting to himself that the one who has the shogi piece—Rumi—must have killed Kōji Haneda. You ask me what this (among other suspicious Rumi moments) means? It means to me, that Goshō is setting up subversion, here—the reveal that she isn't Rum, in spite of the violent instability and all the other suspicious moments.

     


  15. Apologies for the double post. 

     

    Courtesy of Fujiwara and Hoshino Linzz, here are translations of Pages 10-14 and Page 16 of 1,052:

    Spoiler

    Page 10

    Genta: Hm?

    Genta: Your back pocket has a hole in it.

    Wakasa: What?

     

    Wakasa (internal monologue): I-it’s gone…

    Wakasa (internal monologue): I lost it?!

     

    Genta: You must’ve gotten it because you’re clumsy and fall a lot.

    Ai: Did you lose anything?

    Wakasa: W-well, it wasn’t anything important, anyway…

     

    Genta: Now that I think about it, that Amuro-niichan picked something up earlier.

    Genta: Something like a wood chip…

     

    Wakasa: That detective?

    Genta: Yes…

    Ai: That aside, you should hurry up and call the police.

     

    Wakasa: R-right…

     

    Wakasa: Aah!

    Wakasa: No!

     

    Page 11

    Wakasa: Ahh!

    Ai/Genta: What?!

     

    Ai: Sorry, we’ve lost our means to call the police…

    Conan: What? Are you serious?!

    Ai: Anyway, the three of us will head to the office and contact you once we’ve arrived.

     

    SFX: huff

    SFX: huff

     

    Guy: Damn it!

    Guy: Where is it?!

     

    Guy: Where…

    Guy: The hell…

    Guy: Is this place?!

     

    Page 12

    Conan: Huh?

    Conan: A beam in the night sky?

    Sign: Hatoyama Farm

     

    Conan: That’s what that big guy was watching…?

    Mitsu: Yes! He was watching a tokusatsu film.

     

    Mitsu: But there was a quiet voice, saying…

    Mitsu: Who is it? Who’s setting off fireworks in the middle of the mountains?

    Mitsu: So it might have been some kind of sci-fi comedy…

     

    Kazami: What have you been staring at this whole time?

    Amuro: A Shogi piece!

     

    Amuro: I can’t shake the feeling that I’ve seen this bishop piece somewhere before…

    Amuro: A piece with a cut on its lower left…

     

    Page 13

    Kazami: Speaking of shogi, how 'bout Haneda Shūkichi Meijin!

    Kazami: He defended his title again and still holds six titles! Awesome, isn’t he?!

    Amuro (internal monologue): Haneda!

     

    Amuro (internal monologue): The one who mysteriously died in America 17 years ago...

    Amuro (internal monologue): The genius player, Haneda Kōji!

     

    Amuro (internal monologue): After that incident, the only thing that was missing from his belongings was...

    Amuro (internal monologue): A bishop piece, which he always carried around as a charm.

    Piece: Bishop (and the rest of the panels)

     

    Amuro (internal monologue): According to the documents of unsolved cases that was shown to us during our training for Public Safety...

    Amuro (internal monologue): That bishop was the last piece he moved when he won for the first time against his master in shogi.

    Amuro (internal monologue): And his family mentioned (testified) that there’s no way that their son would ever have let go of that piece...

    Amuro (internal monologue): So whoever has it now must be the criminal.

     

    Amuro (internal monologue): It's just like the one I saw in the photos back then...

    Amuro (internal monologue): The shape of the crack and the letter style on this bishop are extremely similar.

     

    Amuro (internal monologue): Don’t tell me...

     

    Page 14

    Amuro (internal monologue): Are they here in this farm?

    Amuro (internal monologue): The criminal who murdered Haneda Kōji…

     

    [clack] *2

    Ai: It’s really no use...

    Ai: The backdoor is also locked.

    Genta: Then we can’t enter!

     

    [slip]

     

    [shatter]

    Wakasa: Kya!

     

    Ai: Sensei, are you alright?

    Genta: You’re not injured anywhere?

    Wakasa: Yeah...

     

    Wakasa: But now that the glass shattered, it seems like we can enter, huh?

    Genta: Yep!

     

    Page 16

    Ayumi: Also, there was something like a reaally long groove...

    Ayumi: Dug on the ground.

     

    Conan (internal monologue): A hole on the wall of the chicken farm...

    Conan (internal monologue): A trace of something buried right in front of it...

     

    Conan (internal monologue): A video of a beam shooting through the night sky...

    Conan (internal monologue): That the kids got scolded for watching...

     

    Conan (internal monologue): Then, the countless number of burnt tree branches...

    Conan (internal monologue): And the long groove dug on the ground...

     

    Conan (internal monologue): I finally got it.

    Conan (internal monologue): Those three who were on the bus with us...

    Conan (internal monologue): I know why they came here!

     

    Side Text: A dark room that’s hard to move around… But things are gradually coming together?!

     


  16. 12 hours ago, Rosemary said:

     

      Reveal hidden contents

    In the latest spoiler pics of file 1052, we can see that the blood is coming out of kohji's mouth in amuro's memory of that case file. It concludes that the blood was not wiped when the Kohji's body was found. Which confirms that Kuroda had been involved directely in the case and that he witnessed the corpse earlier than Rumi. At least I think so.

     

     

    Spoiler

    Yep, I have to agree with you on that one. Rumi (File 1,032, Page 11 / File 1,033, Page 10) and Mary (File 1,037, Page 4—and this was a flashback, her recollection of the state of his body from 17 years ago, just after he was killed) both recall blood pooling beneath Kōji's face, as well. Even those far removed from the case like Yumi recall Kōji's face having blood pooled beneath it (File 1,043, Page 8). Shinichi/Conan, too, recalls the blood (File 1,042, Page 16).

     

    In the end, Hyōe's recollection from File 987 (Page 2)/Episode 909 is the only one without blood pooling beneath Kōji's face.

     


  17. Here are the full 1,052 text spoilers, translation courtesy of Manaphy:

     

    Spoiler

    File 1,052: Clumsiness and Suspicions

    The deceased man who looks like Umisuke Hatoyama, but whose face is more wrinkled, is probably the older brother. Kobayashi looks at his face and confirms the corpse is that of Ginsuke, the owner of the farm. She only talked with him the phone, but after doing some research on the net, she knew his face—Umisuke's claim of being a younger brother was not a lie.

    Kazami judges that it's been around 30 hours since the excavation bombs were stolen in large amounts from a construction site, and that there is now a risk of a terrorist attack. Amuro suggested that they make a move only after getting more conclusive evidence, but Kazami decided on his own to follow the steps of the suspicious worker Umisuke, and upon arriving at the ranch, he had the tables turned on him. Kazami was thinking that Umisuke killed Gisuke, but Conan and Amuro realize that Gisuke killed himself in this room from the corpse and the scene's conditions—Umisuke, who came after, merely laid Gisuke's corpse on the bed. As for the motive, from the marks left by the corpse's highlighter pen, they think that he was investigating something. However, they couldn't find a yellow highlighter among the pen he supposedly used.

    Conan uses the detective badge to contact Haibara, Genta and Wakasa, and tell them about their own situation. As he tells them that Umisuke has bombs, so they shouldn't act carelessly. Umisuke appears, and Haibara realizes who he is—she stops and deceives Genta, who didn't realize and was going to reveal their identities by saying that he is a friend of Conan. Just then, Hitsuka and Nanbu appear, they wanted to ask various things to Gisuke because they're not familiar with the ranch, but he wasn't there. Umisuke lies by saying his older brother is away because he's hospitalized. It looks like the thing Hitsuka and co. are setting their sights on is in some place in the mountains, so they don't know where it went. Umisuke, Hitsuka, Nanbu gather with Kanō and decide to search for it together.

    Conan tells them to look for a chance to contact the police while Umisuke is away. Haibara's smartphone is out of battery and Genta left his at home, but Wakasa brings out her smartphone from her backpocket. However, as she tries to contact them, she notices that the Shogi piece is gone and loses her composure. When Genta tells her that Amuro picked something, Wakasa becomes discouraged, and drops her smartphone in a bucket, submerged it in water—their only means of contacting the police is gone. Meanwhile, Kanō tries to find the place while watching the footage of his smartphone, but becomes impatient because he can't find it. Conan learns from Mitsuhiko what kind of footage Kanō was watching.

    As Kazami looks at the shogi piece Amuro's holding, he casually starts gossiping about how Haneda Shukichi maintained his Six-Crowns by defending himself in one of the title matches. Amuro remembers during their conversation that he saw the Kōji case files during his Security Police training. This shogi piece was a good luck charm—the only personal belonging of Kōji's that went missing. The piece was something he'd earned after beating his master in a shogi tournament for the first time. Looking closely at piece, it is clear that it was stabbed. Recalling the Haneda family's conviction that the piece—something he'd never let go of—must now be in the hands of the culprit, Amuro starts to think that the one who killed Koji Haneda is at this very farm.

    Meanwhile, Haibara and the others try to go back inside the ranch, but they can't even go in from the back door—it's locked. At this moment, Wakasa pretends that there's broken glass on what she tripped on and makes it so they can go in. Conan hears about the kidnapping from Ayumi who woke up, and realizes the goal of Kanō, Hitsuka and Nanbu from all the information he's gathered.

     

    Spoiler
    On 4/12/2020 at 6:20 AM, Aries Bless said:

    It's possible that the manager comitted suicide by hanging and his brother found him, got him down and placed him in the bed.

    Yep, you nailed it.

     


  18. 2 hours ago, Balthazar Manfredie said:

    this still is going on

    lol

    wth is going on

     

    Hey, there. Been a while. ^_^

     

    Well, this is what happens when yearly file/case output literally drops by half—and in spite of the Akai, Miyano and Morofushi info we've gotten since 2018 (and longer cases in general), Gosho seems to be in no rush to have the big arc confrontation case, so here we are. Volume 100 (Files 1,059–1,069) is not far off, but who knows how many more volumes will come after that.

     

    Suffice to say, once DC's all said and done, newcomers will be able to avoid any potential pacing pitfalls (provided they have a filler guide, of course).

     

     

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