Chekhov MacGuffin

Maybe the boss has someone in particular he wants to use it on. Perhaps the Black Organization and its scientific research has been created for the sake of one person who is simply that important to the boss?

Pisco's comments about the drug were pretty revealing that it wasn't meant as a poison. Haibara said the same.

Something which has got very little attention in the DC fandom was that Gosho said this in the Leaked interview notes from the May issue of the magazine 「ダ・ヴィンチ」 (da Vinci) どうか！　どうか、あと二つ質問させてください！　黒ずくめの組織の目的とはナニ？　APTX4869の作用から考えると、不老不死が怪しいのでは……。 Please! Please, let me ask 2 more questions! What is the BO’s goal? Going by the APTX4869, I would think immortality… 【青山】「違います。確かにそう思っちゃうよね。今ね、組織の中では大変なことが起こっていますよ」 That’s wrong. It’s true that you’d think that, isn’t it? You see, right now, something really big is happening within the organization. We also have this from a monthly Conan newspaper interview: I: So then, the black orginization is full of mysteries. But, what sort of orginization are they, and what is their goal? World Conquest? A: Well, the world....or rather, they want control of lot's of money. They're moving stealthily in the shadows...sort of like (Al) Capone did right? Or, sort of like the image of the bad guys in 007 or something...sitting there stroking a cat. It's probably best not to say too much. The first statement seems to rule out immortality as the primary goal of the BO. Personally, given the pretty good evidence that APTX4869 is supposed to be some sort of deaging/immortality/youth drug, I think Gosho's answer might imply that APTX4869 is something needed to achieve another more important goal rather than trying to say APTX is meant to do something else. Whatever the BO's greater goal is, it might be very expensive. Gosho says they want control of a lot of money, and not just want a lot of money. That suggests to me the money is a means to an end rather than the end itself. Control seems to suggest they might intend to use it in legit business as well as illegal dealings. Keep in mind, with labs to run, experts to hire, bribes to pay, personnel to compensate, and illegal supplies to acquire, the BO's operating costs are probably in the mid to high tens of millions up to lower 100s of millions USD per year (Billions to ten billion yen). And then we have the other part: "You see, right now, something really big is happening within the organization." I don't know what to make of it. We haven't seen signs of a major reorganization or changeover in leadership. The most we have heard of is a purge to look for allies of Sherry. What else could be going on? Why now? Is this statement just Gosho trying to drum up excitement or has something really changed in the BO recently?

I forget if I mentioned this one, but it derailed a whole case solution for me. In the red wall case, there was no damage to the door or the trolley where the man was locked in. If a healthy man is not tied up in a locked room you would think he would definitely try breaking down the door or busting the lock before throwing everything out of the room right? That made me think he was actually tied up, and it was the culprit who painted the red on the wall and nailed down the black and white chairs. I also thought it was strange the guy wouldn't break the window and then drop out. It's definitely possible to fall three stories and live. The chance to break your legs is better than dying of dehydration. I used to have a list of flaws from Gosho's cases somewhere...

I'm not sure which part stood out the most to me. Was it the scene where Conan was being swarmed by an inexplicable army of bizarre dancing numbered doors, or was it the scene where Ran's horn was being used to drill to the core of the earth but then she accidentally exploded and fell into a epileptic monochrome kingdom hearts opening sequence? Most importantly, what part of that opening indicated that you are about to watch a mystery show? Then again, with a weird club dance song like that for an OP, I'm not sure the animators could have done much better. B'z come back soon, we miss you.

Probable partial solution for the kamaitachi.

I've been asking for this for a long time because the spam is so obnoxious. The signal to noise ratio is now much worse than 2+ years ago when it comes to relevance to DCW and Detective Conan. Every now and then twitter and facebook update something and so that posts are no longer linked. Whenever that happens the quality of the status updates gets vastly better and people actually have convos with eachother. Also it gets rid of the incentive for people to sign up for the forum just to spam the status updates.

It's at the very top of the reference thread under Plot and the Black Organization. Always check the reference thread! It is a useful thing. http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/2757-thread-reference-guide/

I have some copypasta from here

File 909 Title: Kamaitachi Is Coming This is going to be a long case (more than three files) involving the Nagano detectives. Conan threatens Heiji by using his confession recorded back from File 881. Conan also decides to leave Heiji out of any RUM investigation. No break next week. Here is where the people were cut compared to where they were standing. Only the blond woman was cut on a side that wasn't sort of facing the lightbulb.

I think it's wrong to be sure. We haven't ruled out Chikage disguising as Toichi. Without the final chapter translated I can't be certain, but I have a feeling she might be behind it, especially considering all the little details that she and the Crow Thief have in common.

We have a topic on Rum already here. http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/5102-discussion-thread-about-rum/

Most of you have already heard the news, but just in case some of you haven't Movie 19 is going to feature Kaitou Kid and Vincent van Gogh's artworks. The sunflower teaser preview at the end of Dimensional Sniper was a reference to van Gogh's "Sunflowers" series. (Source) Movie 19 will be released in theaters around April 19th, 2015. You can expect Gosho's poster, basic plot information, and maybe the first teaser trailer (very short) to come out around somewhere between the middle of November and the first week of December (estimation based on past recent movies).

I think solving that was worth 45 picarats.

It is certainly true that James' alibi will be broken if Gin received orders from Rum. The question now is did Gin receive orders from Rum? This is what Gin said to Chianti. Chianti: Are you telling me to quit after coming all the way here!? Gin: Yeah, I just got ano kata's approval. We are changing targets. The alibi is broken if Gin regularly refers to Rum as "ano kata", the same as the boss of the Black Organization. If it turns out there are two ano katas running around then it is going to confuse a lot of issues. Like which ano kata is Vermouth the favorite of?

今回 【こんかい】 (n-adv,n-t) now; this time; lately; (P); ED Possible inflected verb or adjective: (adj. -> adverb) 珍しい : 珍しい(P); 珍らしい(io) 【めずらしい】 (adj-i) (1) unusual; rare; curious; (2) new; novel; (3) fine (e.g. gift); (P); ED 前中 【まえなか】 (s) Maenaka 後編 : 後編; 後篇 【こうへん】 (n) (See 前編) latter part (of book, etc.); sequel; concluding part; ED らしい (aux-adj) (1) seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...; (suf,adj-i) (2) -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...; KD Maybe it is something like "after the series concludes?"

Fixed this. (after all this time)

Copied from the spoiler cbox. I'm told this solution is mostly correct.

What do you think is the most important missing piece or part of the wiki that needs the most work right now? Are there any critical missing features that would make the wiki more convenient? I want to know what you think editors should be focusing their efforts on most right now.

I am surprised this deadlocked! Two of the issues brought up are that some characters are on both pages and certain characters should be moved. Right now the main page has the following characters: Kaito Kuroba Kaitou Kid Konosuke Jii Toichi Kuroba Chikage Kuroba Aoko Nakamori Ginzo Nakamori Akako Koizumi Saguru Hakuba Keiko Momoi (duplicate) Snake Magic Kaito Sub-boss (duplicate) Magic Kaito Boss (duplicate) Rose (duplicate) Spider And the minor characters page has these characters: Keiko Momoi (duplicate) Shintaro Chaki Hakuba's Housekeeper Akako's assistant Erika Konno Magic Kaito Sub-boss (duplicate) Detective Konno Detective Yamabuki Magic Kaito Organization Boss (duplicate) Superintendent General Hakuba Rose (duplicate) Who needs to move where? If it were me, I'd have Keiko and Rose on the minor page, and the Magic Kaito boss and subboss on the main page. Spider I'm not sure about because who knows if he is going to appear again, but he was fairly prominent in the specials.

I changed your thread title because having a thread about Bourbon titled "Akai Shuuichi" was confusing.

Reasonshallprevail from reddit has some leftover guest passes he is thinking of having some sort of giveaway contest for, so it would be worth keeping an eye on his One Truth Prevails! subreddit in case he starts something.

I've been thinking about doing a complete manga reread since we are starting a new arc and I need a refresher, but there is no way I'd rewatch the anime unless I got paid. I would watch some classic episodes again though.