Chekhov MacGuffin

I added you to the artists reference thread and deleted the duplicate topic.

It isn't 100% official: Okiya hasn't taken off his wig and glasses and announced he is Akai Shuuichi, but there isn't much room for arguing anymore. Okiya put Sera in her room where Sera's hat was lying on the table beside where he laid her down, then Akai shows up wearing it in the same clothes as Okiya to throw a grenade, then the hat is found in the hallway by Ran, and then Okiya opens his eyes to reveal they look pretty much identical to Akai's. I think the full reveal is being saved for some drama when Sera and Haibara confront him officially because Akai owes them both an explanation, but Okiya's identity is pretty much a done deal at this point IMHO.

Google translate does a half decent job of it for being ... well google translate. : P

One from the German forum. It's old and may have been done before by someone else. http://detektivconan-wiki.com/wiki/Interview_mit_Gosho_Aoyama

Their exact ages have never been given, and based on their grade level, 6 or 7 is the age they should be. Also those numbers come from a guidebook to the series called Conan Drill. Less than a year. In the Shiragami case, Shinichi mentioned going to the village as a teen less than a year ago. According to Gosho, Detective Conan runs on Sazae-san time. The concept is called a floating timeline and is quite common in long running works.

I fixed the picture, although I didn't wind up using yours, Kyuu, in favor of one where I could definitely track down the original poster (also GNU licensed). It's a pretty hideous pic, but it definitely is the right car. I also screenshot a few cars for ID. Jii's, Vodka's, and Snake's Smart lackey Lackey Dumb lackey

http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/User:Black_Demon/Crimes_in_Detective_Conan You don't need permission to make wiki articles. You just make them. Click the above link and start editing it and it will make a user subpage of Black Demon, not a mainspace page, which you can freely monopolize and mess around in. When you feel the article is ready for other people to look at it, you just move it to mainspace. Or you could start it in the mainspace. As for how you edit, just take a look at the source for other pages and copy what works. You can also use this guide: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial

He didn't say anything about that.

Ignoring the drama rule that distinctive villains are generally more awesome, I wonder if Gin purposefully cultivates his distinctive appearance so one day he can blow it on a gambit to throw off everyone's expectations? As an example, everyone has got it ground into their minds that the Porsche is Gin's car, so one day Gin surprises the FBI by coming from behind on a motorcycle and it turns out Vodka is the only one driving the Porsche.

Maybe he was raised in the Organization like Shiho and groomed to become a high level agent because they saw he was pretty smart? Unlike Vermouth though he doesn't seem to care especially much about the science end, but that is only what we have seen so far. He seems like he likes his job of assassination, planning, and otherwise keeping tabs on and ordering people around, but he doesn't seem particularly cash or success driven.

Can you post info on who/where you got the picture so credit can be given?

We have a guy on the wiki saying Kir's car is a Citroen BX, not an XM. Thoughts?

A completely new character who has never appeared, unless someone gave a false name earlier. It's the second name from the left in Heiji's notebook.There is a possible issue though that Gosho intended the name to be a pun for a banker. An alternate way to read the characters for Ooguro is Daikoku. Daikoku is a god of wealth apparently, and Heiji did say there was a prominent individuals on the list (he didn't specify a banker though).

I can close it for sure. Erasing is pretty drastic, but I can do that too. Any particular reason?

Later Edit: Other people have attempted to look at the same guestbook and do not agree on the name, so take the theory with a grain of salt please. See this thread: http://www.japanisch-netzwerk.de/Thread-Übersetzung--8840?usg=ALkJrhjsW7HnyTyaHB3a2lFfEt6d7paacg Since the German speakers are having a field day with this, here is some suspicious name trivia for you all. So Zenthisoror and HADAA did a translation of one of the names from Heiji's guestbook in the mermaid case. 8 Aug 2012, 10:17 vinyard: can someone pls translate the names in the guestbook ? 8 Aug 2012, 12:03 Zenthisoror: Hmm...well on the page Conan's looking at, the names are: Sakanazuka Saburo, Miyano Shiho And the clearest name on Hattori's page looks like Ooguro (or Daikoku) Kentaro, although it could be Oozato Kentaro. 8 Aug 2012, 12:05 Zenthisoror: If it was Ooguro (or Daikoku) Kentaro, maybe we could put him on the list of suspects for the head of the BO - the symbols for the surname, after all, mean Big Black. 8 Aug 2012, 12:05 Zenthisoror: But, mustn't jump to conclusions. 8 Aug 2012, 13:13 HADAA: Zen, it's actually Ooguro (or Daikoku) -R-entarou（大黒連太郎）, and the name Ooguro/Daikoku did appear as the building's name in that Tequila's case (The "Daiko" building which is an alternate pronunciation for the same kanji) 8 Aug 2012, 13:20 HADAA: Tidbit: Number 49 is Miyano Shiho and Number 50 looks suspiciously like 土井塔 (Doitou, and with 克樹 Kakki it would become the alias used by Kid once), but at this point I think Gosho prolly simply ran out of names or just inserted random easter eggs, like we did with our movie releases So if we play the parse-the-kanji game for Ooguro/Daikoku Rentarou (大黒 連太郎) 大 【おお】 (pref) big; large 黒 【くろ】 (n) black 連 【むらじ】 (n) (arch) Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) 太郎 【たろう】- Son. By itself it usally means eldest son, but when prefixed you get other meanings like Kintaro ("Golden Boy"), or Momotaro (Peach Boy) Big Black Seventh Child? Note: Gosho is fond of odd pronunciations: 大黒 can be Ooguro (Common pronunciation) or Daikoku (god of wealth and fortune, also used as building name in earlier case) Edit for posterity: The disaster started here in German, and then moved to here...

He never told her about Bourbon I am pretty sure. He might have only recently been activated after not doing anything for a while.Stuff.

THIS THREAD will be used to discuss the ENGLISH ONLY VERSION. In other words, if you only read early spoilers or the Chinese scanlation and wish to discuss them, this is NOT the right place for you ! RULES OF THE ENGLISH ONLY NO SPOILER DISCUSSION THREAD: 1. DO NOT POST any kind of spoiler involving the case (Pictures, Texts, Information, Full Scans...) of any language. Even posting spoilers in spoiler boxes is not allowed. 2. Please DO NOT reveal, give hints or talk about any information or event that has not yet happened in the English releases in this thread. Q&A: 1. Why is this whole thing necessary ? A: Click here. 2. Can I join the discussion in the other thread as well ? A: Of course you can. HOWEVER, as mentioned in the rules above, you MUST NOT reveal, give hints or talk about ANYTHING that spoils in this thread if you do. Copy Pasta: The chain on the jewel makes the turtle hookable with a thin implement, so it could be easily dragged around the cage and stuffed under something. Kaito Kid is the master of making it look like the target was stolen while the it is really still there after all. Kaito Kid would probably not drown the turtle though, so wherever he stuffed it should have an air pocket. I swore there was a log on page 8, but you can't see one on page 16 - There is just a giant rock outcropping. There is a convenient sign at the waterline on the front of the tank right where the guards, Nakamori, Kogoro, Sonoko, and Sera were smashed up against. On page 8, the top of the sign looks to be just below the waterline, but it looks to have just crossed it on 7, 10, 12, and 16. If that was covering a small hole predrilled in the tank, it would let Kaito Kid manipulate the contents with a thin implement. (A premade hole being covered calls back to the soda trick at the beginning of the case.) Getting smashed up against the tank is more liable to help Kaito Kid then hurt him if he is trying to manipulate it. It would be easier if Kaitou Kid were on the top of the dog pile by the tank, and Sera and Sonoko were the furthest back which is the best position. Also Nakamori and Kogoro had their faces slammed into the tank, which should have dealt mask damage, but it is hard to tell. Without further clues I am leaning towards Sonoko. Sonoko was awfully precise with the turtle length: Ten cm. She also asked Ran the question about the current time that led to her looking at her cellphone at just the right moment to miss the trap. I wonder if Kaitou Kid stuck something on the cellphone instead of texting. Also maybe he had to exclude Ran for a reason. (Karate? Too heavy?)

Voting has closed. Movie 3 wins for featured article. Also the main page now features a Kid related song and Kaitou Kid related facts! The Last Wizard of the Century (Movie 3) (8 votes [53.33%]) Nonchalant Lupin (3 votes [20.00%]) Magic Kaito Organization (4 votes [26.67%]) Which villain will conquer the front page for the Month of October? VS. In September/October, I am hoping we can have a runoff between Gin and Vermouth for the October featured article because the two Black Organization members were really popular choices in a previous poll. However, before they can compete, they need to have their articles spruced up to tip top shape, especially Gin who has been a little neglected compared to Vermouth. It would be awesome if you could write a quick plot summary, add a fact, fix a little grammar and spelling, or add some awesome pictures (we especially need pictures). Every sentence helps! Also, if there is something you want to see in an article, feel free to make suggestions here.