Chekhov MacGuffin

I finally got around to actually figuring out what to do with the theory articles, and I plan on keeping them for reference because they have some nifty arguments that don't fit in "hints that x was really y". Basically there will be a little link to the theory in the hints section. What actually happens will be up to subsequent editors because no one person calls the shots, but I think no one will object to this way of doing things. Unless someone objects.Manga spoilers

They probably are defraying the cost of running, but even so the sketchy ones need to be blocked. If I knew the adserver I could figure out how to report them. Googlesyndication.com is the one here?

I thought it would be the other way around: Jii as the old lady, Kaito as the maid. They could probably go either way though with their level of disguise and playing the smarter person would be more up Kaito's alley and Jii as the maid would match his real life role. Edit: Kaito probably wouldn't have made the mistake of running too fast. The problem is the old lady smoking... but maybe he finally learned to rectify his mistake as Kogoro or is using a fake smoking device?

I think Kaitou Kid (and Jii) might be on the train in disguise as room D's occupants. I thought they were case culprits because the should have ran into the string, but now they have been cleared of any role they are suspicious. First Conan accused the maid of running awfully quickly like she did sports. Second he got really close to accusing them of not mentioning the string because they didn't want to get involved in the case. Third, when all the suspects fled completely panicked at the fire, room D's occupants remained where they were until Conan told them to get a move on when they should have been terrified of fire because of their pasts like Vermouth said. The thieving duo would know a fake fire when they see one because of the stage tricks. I don't think Kaitou Kid would have a clue what is going on with the Black Org, but he might chip in a smoke bomb at the end or something like that if he sees suspicious people with guns and make some mayhem to allow Conan and crew to escape. Edit: ⇩ lol, Detective Kudo posted the same thing at the exact same time...

Ask again when you get to to chapter 609.

No, she wasn't. Chances are highly likely she was only Scar Akai this time. We know she wasn't Scar Akai in the Beika dept store case. Anyway it was confirmed in 822 that Sera Masumi is Akai's sister.

Spoilers for non translated files need to be in boxes. 822 and below is safe to discuss without boxes.

I think it was because she was a female "high school" detective. I wouldn't be surprised if her following dropped with Sera on the scene. The only problem is that Sera is not very feminine.

I looked through the chapters to try to figure that out yesterday. I think she might have bugged the room because Scar Akai had hands in pockets when the kids, Ran, and Sonoko passed in the hallway - although she could have bugged one of the people. Amuro had to bug someone as well for him to hear about the murder case in detail despite not being around. He also knew when Sera was going to run by his door despite being in his own room the whole time, and Sera did say she was going to take the video to the kids while Kogoro was around. I think he might have bugged Kogoro himself when they met in the dining car.

Inspector Shiratori, Memories of the Cherry Blossom

Everything is better with videos Heiji speaking English Conan speaks something that sort of sounds like English. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42Y7P8FFGyA

Something strikes me as odd with Conan's deduction. If the guy really put string up in the hall to open his own door, wouldn't the wheelchair from D had run into it since Andou would have placed it when he went to room B around the time of the phone call? Also Conan failed to mention who was the running person. There might be something else going on here, especially since last chapter's questioning...

It's been translated for nearly a week.

Sera is not a forensic investigator. There has been no police evaluation saying that there is gunpowder on the victim's hand; it was an assumption Sera made. This is why I suggested the alernate solution that Murobashi himself fired that shot on instructions from the culprit. See the notes section. Maybe he didn't mind because he was being blackmailed. If he is the one holding a working weapon, that is reassuring if he is being threatened, right? This was done before she ever got on the train when one of the culprits was in disguise as a cabin attendant. She can't be possessive about her room if she isn't in it. Maybe they took clothes with them to wherever they wheeled to, like a bathroom? I explained this in the beginning.

I read your deduction Detective Kudo and I am a bit confused how the locked room trick works. Does the culprit break into and then exit the room, or was he there from the start and then only came back to his room after the shooting and someone else opened his door first? By "Fourth, it is clearly an extra lock there", do you mean there is clearly an extra link in 8B's door chain which has six links (not counting end rings) while 8E has only five? Reference for my earlier attempted solution

So I took a look through the thread and I think that it would be an excellent time to return back to the original topic of politics and social issues of concern to gay people, and away from topics about the validity of religion or certain religious interpretations. While religious issues are sometimes relevant to LGBT issues, it's one giant flamewar causing headache and as a moderator, I don't want to have to deal with it and the hurt feelings that come out of it. Let me be clear I am not picking sides, I don't want this to escalate anymore.

We have a topic for this in general discussion here Since this is on the wrong board, I'm going to lock this thread and encourage posting over there instead.

It's hard to judge between non-identical-perspective panels, but the hallway may be skinnier in first class versus others.

Here is a more complete shot at the solution to the case:

Like I said before, this is false info...