Chekhov MacGuffin

I've been looking for this interview forever. Thanks a bunch. 1 rep for you. It's the other way around! Note that it's only specific about the name, not the boss! Why bother specifying only the name of the boss has appeared if the boss has actually shown up in person? This is a hint that while the name has appeared, the boss himself/herself may have not.

777 Conan's proof the coffee stain marks on the rug are Ayumi's reminds me of the The Adventure of the Cardboard Box.

I'd imagine she'd probably go the same way as Akai: colder, more introverted, being unable to forget and move on, still dwelling on the past. Unlike Akai, there would probably be a lot of crying at first. Her tenacious personality means she'd probably take a few years to get over it. She'd probably avoid trying to see Shinichi in person, but she would still read his articles in the newspaper. Kogoro would probably hate Shinichi's guts for depressing Ran. Kogoro and Ran's relationship might degrade a bit. Sonoko would be there as support though and would lift Ran's spirits.

The forum is pretty flexible. Try to edit your previous post unless your additional content is substantially different, like you rethought something, or you have new information to add that goes well beyond your previous post. If you are quoting or replying to multiple people, edit your previous post. The one day rule is a good rule of thumb, but I have broken it by posting a self-contained solution to the current case after a separate post replying to someone else. I have also combined people's posts that are separated by more than 24 hours. Just try to be sensible and it will work out. Necroing is longer than seven days on this forum, but it doesn't matter. The basic rules are that you should necro a thread rather than start a new one on the same topic. Please only necro old threads when you have something new or thought provoking to add to the discussion. Don't necro threads if you don't have anything more than "I agree/disagree" or "my view of things in one sentence that someone else posted earlier and I didn't see it because I didn't read any of the other posts". Mods aren't going to delete your posts, but it's annoying to find current topics pushed to the second page. If you want to necro a bunch (15+) of threads, space it out over a few days to avoid this. Finally, don't post to jack up your post count and don't have offtopic conversations in the threads. That is what PMs and the offtopic area are for.

The second post in this thread.

No, just not probably not interested in Vermouth romantically.

Except it is canon that Vermouth and Gin have... made mixed drinks. They are not hiding it either; Vermouth was hanging all over Gin at the bar in the Mysterious Passenger. Would the all-powerful boss really let Vermouth and Gin off the hook?Conan Drill page 239

I wondered what that was. I thought I was crazy when the bar went from an orangey color to dark blue.

Yeah, it's pretty complicated. About the only way I can make it make sense is to assume the criminals are one of the pairs of appraisers who wanted to steal one of Agasa's items (the rug). The problem with just going in, stunning Agasa, and taking it is that suspicion will naturally first fall on the appraisers who visited Agasa. Therefore, the pair had to come up with some other plan to try to steal the rug without Agasa realizing it, and make it look like random, unknown people were the culprits to avoid placing suspicion on themselves. Not wanting to actually kill anyone, they came up with this strange plan involving a desperate lost cat search in order to take the genuine rug and plant a fake rug so nobody will realize that the goal all along was the rug. If they just took the rug and Ayumi, then dumped Ayumi without the rug, it would be easier to realize that the cat thing was just some excuse they made up.Regarding which pair are the culprits, I think the middle aged couple are the baddies. If Agasa is going to talk to anyone about his schedule, kids, and stuff, this topic would be most natural for a middle aged couple. The young girls might find it weird and the father son team made Agasa angry so pleasantries are unlikely. In terms of their investigation methods, the middle aged couple not touching the pot is weird because makers marks are often placed on the bottom. The girl pair didn't seem very professional, like they didn't know what they were doing. The father son team did seem to know what they were doing though they didn't bring a magnifying glass, but they didn't accept Agasa's offer to buy the rug and the vase at 50000 yen (~$615 USD). I don't think the culprits would bother to stage a kidnapping for a rug worth less than that. Finally the middle aged couple also suggested that Agasa take the vase to a real appraiser which would get him out of the house, but also not show it to anyone else, perhaps because they are worried someone might mention the rug. The way the father son team reacted to Agasa's offer, I bet they knew the value of the carpet, but they walked out on it. They also joked about how "people without an eye for these things are sad", which would most certainly goad Agasa into trying harder to get a good evaluation, not the reaction thieves would want. The girl duo didn't mention the rug at all.

Time to swap out a question now that we have suspects for the two people and all. It is pretty obvious they were after the rug. Haibara even said the coffee would come right out in the wash, Agasa noted the rug was unstained indicating it was switched, and Conan stared right at it when pointing out the real aim was not the cat, Ayumi, or the vase. I have had a bad experience with coffee stains that didn't come out easily, but maybe the rug-nappers have a better technique than mine so they didn't care about getting coffee on the rug? I would have changed another one of questions to ask about Sera and Okiya's aid/interference later, but technically the people in the car haven't been revealed, and although it is easy to guess that the culprits were after the rug, Conan hasn't officially said so. I wish four questions were allowed... Old poll results (775)

Someone we haven't met yet!

No She'll probably reappear in the final file of this case. I wonder if she witnessed the break in at all? Maybe she will find Okiya's bugs if she barges in Agasa's house later. He could have planted them earlier, but wasn't listening at the time.

Lawyers sent a threatening letter saying no linking to Detective Conan videos. To avoid a fight, DCW removed all the links. So, you can't watch episodes here anymore.

Cute. I like the eyes!

I haven't done any account locking or blocking on the forums, although I did block a few IP ranges on the wiki roughly a month ago. I don't think that should cross over to this side, especially since that block wore off already. I can give further details if someone suspects that it is the source of the problem.

Go for it.

Once again, Agasa's house has been bugged. Bad Okiya! I wonder when he did it, or possibly he did so with Conan's help. It explains how he knew to follow the db in the prior chapter though. Now that I think about it, he probably didn't have Agasa's house bugged/wasn't listening in the 252 case which was the second most recent appearance of Okiya. He would have heard the kidnappers kidnapping Agasa and have made his move earlier. Maybe that case was a wake up call that he had to step up his protection. This case is really confusing without the translation with the cat, Eri, the mystery rug and all. I feel like a jerk for laughing when I found out the criminals had left Ayumi in the garbage area. Are the criminals attempting some sort of lure out gambit so they can re-invade Agasa's house? If so Okiya and his bugs would have heard them coming back. I think it's pretty certain that the two shadowpeople are going to be random criminals of the week, but no cheating on your votes now.

Not close enough and scar Akai wasn't in a particularly malicious mood? Haibara and the Prof were not on camera, so they weren't too close. Someone did start a scar Akai thread btw, but I suppose the Bourbon thread works as well.

There is no picture.

Moved. Personal status updates aren't really appropriate topics for general discussion.

V30-3; chap 298; ep 241

The mystery solution was so illogically bad, I became depressed that I wasted my time watching it.