Chekhov MacGuffin

I'd take it as a joke if you weren't the Rush Limbaugh of DC pairings... Except you effectively did.Seriously, either be educated, provide proof, and tone down the hate in your commentary or leave all the Ran topics alone. You are free to dislike Ran, you are free to let people know you dislike Ran and explain the reasons why, but I expect some tact and class about it especially from established users.

Yes.... very much so. A very FRISKY old lady she must be! xD LOL Comments like this make me wish there was a downvote option....

The wiki has a lot of the English names for the characters. http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Characters

Wrong part of forum. Moved to Chatroom.

Just noticed this. Deleted for not making sense.

She isn't wearing anything revealing by American or Japanese standards, that is she dresses how most girls her age do.

That and it is easier to get away with drawing more revealing clothes on foreigners because they are foreigners. Americans especially get the skimpy clothing rap in part because of Hollywood exporting.The stereotypes go both ways. In the 50s and 60s the beautiful Asian temptress in skimpy clothing was a pretty common depiction in American film. It is also a pretty common depiction in that era's mystery novels featuring Asian characters.

well if he is the culprit then he would have left room when message came without finishing beer .then he went to 26th floor then murdered him and went to road.according to subaru's theory he could not have prepared an alibi beforehand .and in practical time taken, froth would have gone away and his neighbor would be on his door complaining the noise My assumption is that the effervescent tablets are something he has on him or was in the bag by the entryway (reason = medical condition), that is not prepared ahead of time. Now that I think about it, anything that induces foam would work. Even if the foam goes down, you can still make more foam out of what is still left in solution using something that nucleates the bubbles. (Works with already-been-poured-coke and mentos) Obviously the guy couldn't use a mentos, but the right kind of powder would do it. Let's see what the suspects have with them in the next file, and it whoever did it should become clear.

None because we have a week break. DC resumes in SS-15 which is a Japanese publication date of 3/14/12. Spoilers come 5 days earlier.

I've been thinking about this for while, and I was curious how other people viewed the issue. How effective or dysfunctional do you all think the Organization is and what are the Organization's strengths and weaknesses?

He appears suddenly, silently, in the same clothes he used to appear in from Jodie. He then vanishes right away after the person of interest lays eyes on him and chases him down. He's got the scar. He targets people who seem to have a relationship with Akai. The modus operandi and appearance match. To avoid unnecessarily complicating things without good reason, you should generally assume the simplest possible solution and that things are like how they appear unless there is evidence otherwise. Do have any evidence this guy is not scar Akai or that there are different scar Akai's wandering around? Scar Akai is not Akai. Now that we are past that, Scar Akai picked a bad day to target Amuro because that was his day off. Shouldn't he have done his research ahead of time? Black Demon snagged my other points. Akai faked his death because Kir would need to undergo a loyalty test after Gin and the boss became suspicious. Black Demon covered the rest.

In terms of how you fake each one... Something that foams like an effervescent antacid crushed to make powder would work for the beer. As a powder it would fizz away before sinking so there would be no sign of what the man had done, and he doesn't need a whole lot. Since he was standing over the beer it is possible. However this guy was the first to have his room checked so there would be little prep time. He also fiddled with the bag in the entryway for some reason which might relate to whatever he did. I can't think of a way for the coffee to be faked because the lady was not close to pour another cup of it, but there was no signs of the spill she mentioned at the crime scene. There isn't even a coffee ring on the platter. She must have cleaned it entirely up and replaced everything before going outside to check or else lied about spilling the coffee. The third guy could have chained the cigarettes together but that would break the rule that the suspects didn't know their rooms would be checked soon afterwards. There was one cigarette with an exceptionally long ash stub in the dish, but the one the man picked up and showed was short. It could have fallen apart, or maybe he palmed one that he lit outside the room? I really like how Ai is harassing Subaru in this chapter. Its pretty obvious she is digging for info on him, and he is so far playing dumb about it.

He thought it sounded cool. It came from a German interview I think...

Ano kata is very formal, thus using it implies strong respect.

Regardless of what you claim is the emotional norm in the ME office, I know even experienced cops run up against stuff where they just can't help themselves emotionally. They don’t let it out on the scene, or even talk about it with their coworkers for the sake of the stoic culture (probably what you have been picking up), but it comes home with them. You only need to look as far as police marriage counselors to see some of the real picture. That emotion doesn't stop them from doing what they need to do, but pretending that somehow all negative emotions can be cleanly burned away like kerosene to make work is naive. The people who try to do that get burnt out or change personality for the worse. The reality is that there is a time and place for everything, including emotions like sorrow and even crying, and one copes by allotting one’s emotional time well, so to speak. I don't mind those who fail to control their emotions at times because it shows they are emotionally functioning, it's those who fail to have emotions I worry about; do they have no empathy, no emotional connections, are are they so traumatized and worn out they have trouble feeling anymore? The second order of business is that you are pretty badly mischaracterizing Ran’s emotional reactions. First, the dead body/case-based emotional reactions and the Shinichi emotional reactions come from two different sources, so conflating them as you seem to have implied in your response is wrong. The dead body reaction is fear, disgust, and empathy. Edit: The DB react similar to Ran when there is a dead body. Flipping through a few chapters, Ran doesn't act worse than the DB, except when there is a ghost involved. Sure Conan or Mouri usually recover faster to declare that it's time to call the ambulance and the police, but Ran's delay isn't noteworthy compared to other characters. Shinichi’s emotional stuff is related to romantic hardship. You are misunderstanding why Ran is crying about Shinichi. Although I don't necessarily like how Gosho has been portraying Ran’s recent emotional state, it makes sense. Ran cries because she knows she must let Shinichi go. This decision making process has recently become extremely overt: see the post-Shiragami car case in the dialogue with Kazuha. Ran is aware Shinichi is on an important case, yet she is deliberately avoiding forcing him to choose between her and his case/sense of justice. She also knows from repeated romance plot developments that Shinichi would rather be with her if he wasn't doing the case. Although Ran occasionally frivolously comments on Shinichi’s deduction-prioritizing behavior, Ran does not think Shinichi is being selfish by valuing justice as highly as he does. This leads to the point of pain: the more you love someone, the more painful it is to separate. Shinichi is not just a romantic interest to Ran, he is someone she has grown up closely with for most of her life, and furthermore, Ran has been repeatedly letting Shinichi go with no sign of stopping in sight. If it became less painful for her over time, that would mean she would be losing her emotional connection with him. I wouldn’t be against this sort of development, but the way Gosho has been going, Ran and Shinichi have been getting romantically closer. As would be expected, the separation gets emotionally worse every time: more crying. Ran has always been pretty aggressive with her karate so I don’t see the Sera thing as her losing it more than any other time. I recall Ran intentionally stopping short of putting a foot in a waiter’s face when she thought he was going to throw the Mouris out of the restaurant. Then there was the whole veterinarian Eri incident… Ran gets aggressive when she feels someone has been wronged or taken advantage of, and she definitely does get ahead of herself. It’s one of her character flaws, and one I’d rather not see go because we don’t need a perfect heroine who always acts just so appropriately. I do think the lavender locked mansion redux case highlighted how this sort of behavior makes things more interesting.

We even have a thread about favorite AOs if you want recommendations:

I am pretty sure that's were I heard it. I do watch the movies, just not the anime. (I am watching Sera's intro though.)

I think Sera might have revealed his disguise if she caught up with him.Sera: "Big Bro!" *grabs Scar Akai's arms and puts Scar Akai in an arm lock* Onlookers: "Le gasp!" Sera: *emits aura of pure evil* "What. the. hell. have. you. been. doing? They came to our door to tell us you were dead!" *Sera tightens arm lock painfully* Scar Akai: *whimpers in pain* Sera: "Mom has been crying for weeks straight!" *Sera performs totally awesome throw which sends Scar Akai face first into the pavement* Onlookers: "Le gasp!" Sera: "And I've been... !?!? ... You... You're that Amuro guy! Why the hell are you disguised as my brother!?" ...

Go go Gadget super Poll! Ai wanting to get close to Subaru? I approve of this case! I do wonder what Haibara's real goal concerning Okiya is. Is she gathering evidence he is Dai by teasing him and watching his reactions, or is she confident and just messing with his head as payback? Case wise it looks like the issue is going to be who can fake their alibi. The beer should go warm, the coffee cold, and the cigarette should go out. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:i2ErTXbj_a8J:beeradvocate.com/forum/read/4204075+beer+head+minutes+-dogfish&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a With the cigarettes one could set them in a chain so one gets lit as the other burns down, but I don't know if the setup matches that. All the people look like they did something suspicious or hid something.