Chekhov MacGuffin

Without knowing anything else beyond that some woman with associations with the FBI thinks it is a good reason to use Amuro on a case, it is possible that Amuro is the son of an FBI agent and was taken in by the Black Organization. Maybe the woman knew Amuro's parent and then incidentally came across Amuro as a detective and assumed that because Jodie was in Japan that he was over for the same reason and had followed in his parent's footsteps. If Conan makes the same leaps of logic, he could come to the conclusion Amuro is an embedded spy, but the conclusion is off because Conan doesn't know Amuro's history with the Black Organization. That's why Amuro tells Conan he is mistaken. I still don't think Amuro is an Akai because he was shown in association with the Black Organization (Elena) as a child and his skin color doesn't match the apparent middle brother's (or the rest of the Akai family who is pale). Havin a connection with the FBI would open up a new avenue for why he hates Shuuichi. Maybe Shuuichi had some involvement in whatever situation led to Amuro being left behind and adopted by the Black Organization. (Death of parent? Lots of possibilities here.) It seems that Conan understood a meaning behind the nickname "Zero" that we readers have not figured out yet. That seems to lead him to whatever conclusion he makes regarding Amuro's background. It seems Amuro has a particular grudge against the FBI in general, and appears to be enjoying ribbing them. I think it is a stronger reaction than most members of the Black Org would have to the FBI. If Amuro does have FBI parents, maybe he does not know exactly what went down between them and the Organization, and blames the FBI (and maybe Shuuichi or the Akai family [maybe even daddy Akai]) for whatever happened. A confrontation with Shuuichi might clear some of that up since Amuro now knows the fake death trick. All that is left for Amuro now is to figure out Okiya is Akai, and Amuro already knows Okiya exists and cooperates with Conan from the cat + cold truck case. I bet the solution to the case has to do with the fact that in America a check by the answer means correct, while in Japan that means incorrect. Circling an answer doesn't mean incorrect in America, but it seems like it is being used that way by the foreign teacher. The motive is probably something along the line of some diligent student commits suicide because he thinks he got a terrible grade and the teacher was mocking him with flowers. I'll think about all this some more when there are more translations.

It's a variant of Kuroi Kage (Black Shadow) that first appeared in the movie 4 soundtrack that I have never been able to track down.

There is usually a Black Organization case in the manga during 00 chapters. What do you think is going to happen?

I looked at the various trailers a bit more closely this time and here is what I can suss out about the plot based on what characters are wearing and such. The movie takes place over three or four days at least based on Conan's clothing changes. Standard cautions about misinterpreting the footage apply. Day 1 So far the most footage from the previews is from the first day. On the first day, Conan is wearing green and he, the DB, Ran, and Agasa go to the Bell tree tower, and the sniper kills a man in broad daylight. The sniper takes off on a bike and Conan chases him on the skateboard. Conan goes along a waterway, and weaves in and out of traffic until the board begins to malfunction because the sniper shot at it. I'm guessing right after the board malfunctions is the scene with the black car balancing on two wheels which nearly squishes Conan before Masumi saves him. Masumi stops briefly, gives Conan her helmet, and she and Conan resume chase after the sniper on Masumi's bike until the sniper reaches the docks. The FBI and the police presumably get involved in the chase somewhere in the middle of Conan's chase. The police cars are blown up near the docks when the sniper lobs a grenade. The scene with Jodie shooting from her car and declaring "FBI" appears to be near somewhere with water, so it could be the docks when the chase has slowed down. Her window is broken so most likely she was shot at. After that, the clues about the sniper "vanish into the ocean" according to the official description, whatever that means. That seems to be the extent of the chase on the first day. Unknown, Night of day 1, Day 2 or 3 The sniper has at least two more attacks, one man whose face we can't see in a car at night, and one named Bill Murphy who is a former US army sergeant and secretary to one of the suspects. Unknown, Day 2 or 3 On day 2 or 3, the internet goes crazy and Ran and Kogoro read some of the messages. Jodie (Blue jacket), Camel, and a man I don't recognize hear about something surprising (Jodie: "What do you mean?"). That same day in the evening, Jodie has a car conversation with Camel about Akai with some flashbacks. Night of Day 2 Conan's red shirt and black tie night happens most likely before Masumi is shot. Conan is wearing Masumi's helmet which likely means he was investigating with her. He finds a bullet-less rifle cartridge and dice clue like the one seen earlier, so chances are a second person was killed by now. Day 3 On orange shirt day, Conan is with Masumi investigating near a bridge, which is when the sniper targets him. The train they are waving to looks almost exactly like the train where Bill Murphy was shot at. Therefore, it is extremely likely that the two were investigating Bill's shooting when the sniper decided to target Conan from the bridge. Day 4 and Night 4 On what appears to be the final day and night of the climax, Conan is in a blue jacket and yellow shirt. During the day, Conan reviews a small model of downtown Tokyo, presumably scoping out sniping positions because there is a mystery there. As evening approaches, Ran and Kogoro meet up and look worried about something. (Ran: "Conan-kun") That night there is a bombing at the Bell tree tower that shuts down its lights. This is where the climax takes place. Conan runs around the tower structure being shot at and Ran is danger and shot at as well. Jodie in a light jacket and dark shirt is shot and injured too. Ai is somewhere nearby. Unknown One day has the Metropolitan police in bullet resistant vests charge upstairs in a building. Okiya has the same clothes on the night he looks out from the Kudo house window and the one where he is standing with some sort of steel structure in the background. That could be the final night or Okiya wearing repeat clothes. The sniper leaves behind a rifle cartridge with the bullet part removed and a dice turned so the number 4, which sounds like "death" in Japanese, is facing upwards. The number might change though with each death because Conan thinks it is a countdown. That would imply six deaths are intended, 3 of which we know about not counting Conan. Since the Navy Seals are involved and a dice is six sided, I think it is worth mentioning Navy SEAL Team Six which is/was famous for elite missions like the takedown of Osama bin Laden (the team has changed its name but the origin is SEAL Team 6). I think that covers about all of it.

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Yes, Masumi knows Conan is Shinichi and it seems she knew his identity already during her introduction case. Based on the evidence from the manga, it seems Masumi met Shinichi when both she and he were young. Ran was there too because she has memories of Masumi running away from her and the sound of water.

The long trailer for the movie is out now. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQG4DG7zCH0

Status update: 72 articles left to repair 421 articles are repaired 95 images left to reupload ~25 miscellaneous pages (talk, category, user, etc.)

Status update: 174 articles left to repair 319 articles are repaired Hundreds of files still to reupload + assorted extras

There is also lots of information about the Akai family in the manga that hasn't been made into episodes yet.

The internet archive? You'll have to look up how to do google cache. It seems google might have delisted the wiki or changed something about their search because it has been down a while. My personal text backups are probably not going to help people much more than the slightly outdated internet archive site will. Most of the the 25 articles I copied are character articles. I can answer anyone's specific questions if they want a reference to an article while the wiki is in locked for fixing mode. (What episode is the one where X happens, etc.)

Volunteers with experience on wikis would definitely be helpful. For mainspace articles we have 136 restored and 357 remaining to be restored + 50 or so templates, talk pages, and userpages. And a zillion files are still missing. I calculate that if it were just me working alone it would take a month...

Let's not spam on people's art pages. It's rude. And it gets you warning points towards permanent site ban. ~~Always watching (◡‿◡✿) ~~

I haven't really had time to closely examine the case but I suspect the solution has something to do with the color of the tea. For Amuro, the nickname "Zero" ("Rei" in Japanese) is another Gundam reference. The Gundam character Amuro Ray's given name is pronounced the same way zero (Rei) is in Japanese. I suspect there will be another real reason for Amuro's nickname in-story though. Amuro seems pretty young when he met Elena, like 6-10 years old. (He really does seem to be a Black Organization child.) That would place his meeting with Elena back before Shiho was born, assuming she really is 18. It seems that Elena and Atsushi knew they were going away/dying before even Shiho was born. Given how close Amuro seems to be to the Miyano family, I wonder of that has something to do with the reason he hates Akai. Does Amuro know the whole story behind Akai's betrayal? Amuro didn't seem incredibly upset that Shiho apparently died though so I'm not really sure about that theory. We do know Amuro's skin color is relevant for some reason according to the interview with Gosho, so that is something to keep in mind. Now that Amuro knows Conan met Rikumichi and that both Shuuichi and Rikumichi touched Conan's cellphone (from eavesdropping on Jodie) the only information Amuro is missing is knowing Conan has two identical cellphones and that he loaned one to Jodie in order to get the body in the truck identified. Those two pieces are all Amuro needs now to deduce how Akai faked his death.

http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/4972-wiki-down/

Just to let you all know we did have to roll back to an December 2013 version of the wiki like Maurice said, but Maurice managed to save cached copies of all the articles that were updated between then and now! (Go Maurice!) All the mods are manually trying to restore the articles that were changed between December and now. Not all is lost, and we are fixing it as best and quickly as we can. It's a huge job, there are hundred of pages that have been edited in two months and tons of pictures added. Just to give you an idea, here are all the main space pages only left to do. And here are the pictures we need to upload again If I get another update, I will let you all know.

Well, I might have some sort of good news, I apparently have some sort of second sense that the wiki could have eventual problems, so I made backups of the top twenty five most visited articles on Feb 6. I do know also that the internet archive has a backup from Feb 9, 2014 and Google cached on Feb 6, 2014 (If you remember editing something, please look at this resource!), so there is also that resource. Also, Maurice, maybe you could give us some diagnostics on how to keep page size down to reduce the server burden? --- Articles rescued: Gallery images for galleries I made 02/14/2014 06:58 PM 48,726 A Happy E-mail Brings Sadness - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:11 PM 40,002 Akai family - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:11 PM 57,464 Akai family's middle brother - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:52 PM 707,406 Anime - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/06/2014 11:09 AM 46,194 DCW Ai Haibara 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 10:56 AM 44,863 DCW Black Organization 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:00 AM 21,651 DCW Boss of the Black Organization 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:08 AM 16,458 DCW Characters 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:16 AM 49,317 DCW Conan Edogawa 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:33 AM 23,011 DCW Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:00 AM 9,330 DCW Fusae Campbell 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:31 AM 46,440 DCW Gin 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:27 AM 40,944 DCW Heiji Hattori 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:30 AM 20,504 DCW Heiji Hattori Appearances 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:32 AM 14,783 DCW Hidemi Hondou 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:17 AM 25,377 DCW Kaitou Kid 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:31 AM 9,043 DCW Kaitou Kid Appearances 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:29 AM 50,102 DCW Kogoro Mouri 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:30 AM 22,523 DCW List of minor recurring manga characters 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:10 AM 45,216 DCW Masumi Sera 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:17 AM 17,139 DCW Movies 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:28 AM 19,793 DCW Music 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:19 AM 37,327 DCW Ran Mouri 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:33 AM 33,159 DCW Shiho Miyano 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:09 AM 45,714 DCW Shinichi Kudo 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:29 AM 67,352 DCW Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:17 AM 53,364 DCW Shuichi Akai 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:01 AM 49,916 DCW Subaru Okiya 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:18 AM 51,145 DCW Tooru Amuro 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 10:49 AM 57,509 DCW Vermouth 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:04 AM 39,373 DCW Vermouth timeline 2-6-2014.txt 02/06/2014 11:32 AM 11,139 DCW Yukiko Kudo 2-6-2014.txt 02/14/2014 06:57 PM 47,482 Kaitou Kid and the Blush Mermaid - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 05:55 PM 71,177 Kaitou Kid timeline - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:26 PM 45,052 List of characters who know Ai Haibara'sidentity - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:26 PM 64,110 List of characters who know Conan's identity - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:26 PM 58,219 List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identity - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:52 PM 157,875 Manga - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:26 PM 145,100 Masumi Sera - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:22 PM 44,894 Prototype antidote - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:55 PM 128,021 Sherry's soliloquy - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:06 PM 157,559 Shinichi Kudo - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 05:54 PM 75,362 Suguru Itakura - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:56 PM 54,133 Sweet and Cold Delivery Service - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:59 PM 32,871 The Diamond, the Painting, and the Great Actress - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:59 PM 45,025 The Treasure Chest Filled With Fruits - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:09 PM 46,162 Unknown child - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 05:53 PM 52,422 User Chekhov MacGuffin - Detective Conan Wiki.htm 02/14/2014 06:19 PM 50,647 User Chekhov MacGuffin_Image rescue - Detective Conan Wiki.htm Articles lost: Minor gadgets page and associated templates, the text of the Sniper from Another Dimesnion Article (I have some of the pictures.)

Detective Conan uses a floating timeline. It's common in long-running works that evolve with the times. Officially in-universe, it has been less than a year since Conan shrank, as mentioned in the Aquarium murder case.