... ... ... Hmm... I've been reading through some previous comments and it seems I missed a fight... TT-TT I'm sad. ShinRan just has this magical aura to it that I can't describe, like an intangible thread binding them together, so strong that wherever they are and no matter what has come between them, they're still connected, and cannot help but think of the other. It's just that simple, just that complex. For those of you about Shinichi not trusting Ran... I think he's afraid of the opposite. If he tells the one person he loves most in his life his true identity, for him, that's breaking down the last wall of his facade. He's hiding for her, so if by telling her he's coming out of hiding, what happens when Ran gets pulled into it for real? Will he accidentally reveal his identity if he gets into a conversation with Ran, will the wrong people hear his incriminating words? Will he forget himself for too long, show the world around him that he's not the six year old he pretends to be? After time, will he lower his defenses in front of others, will they spread the news? There's so much that can go wrong. And he's afraid to tell her. Every day, the tension between them grows wider, and their newly forged bond as brother and sister grows warmer, and it's something he's comfortable with, but he can't help wanting more. If he tells her, what will become of Conan? What if she rejects both sides of him, Shinichi and Conan? How could he possibly live with that? So he trudges along, trying his hardest from breaking down and confessing everything from that first night to all the months he's spent trapped beside her yet locked away, stuck in a self-made cage. It's just so pitiful sometimes I feel that both of them are total wimps, and yet that connection they have is mind-blowing. It's absolutely beautiful. It's cliche, but it feels so much more powerful. I can't help but feel that any connection to Ai is inferior to this. That's just the way it is for me.