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The Haibara scene, in my opinion, wasn't really insulting. It's more symbolic than anything, and it's apparent if you watch it a few times. Haibara sitting alone at first with the mirrors represents her being alone with no one else, and it's striking especially since it's right after the Shinichi and Ran scene, the Kogoro and Eri scene, the Heiji and Kazuha scene, the police officers scene, and the Detective Boys scene, where all of them are portrayed in pairs or in groups. But, a few moments after she first appears, the mirrors vanish and are replaced with the Detective Boys which then make her smile. This represents the fact that the three actual kids in this series, innocent as they are, attempt to make another individual happy in the only way they can: being kind. Even though they don't understand the full situation, they at least try, and it's that act of kindness that makes sure Haibara is never alone with those mirrors again. That's just the way I read it. I'm sure other people may think differently.

I personally think he's a bit overrated. The original MK series is fine, since it's mainly comedy, but when he's featured in DC... Bleh, I could do without it. Most of his cases aren't that great and I never look forward to them. The only cases that I look forward to are BO cases. Just my two cents.

I've never heard of them or seen them, but since everyone else says they exist we'll just go with that then. Living in New Jersey makes it extremely difficult to find rare and exclusive DC related stuff like the movie mangas. But I think I'd prefer the movies themselves anyway, mostly because it's in color, you can hear them speak, and there's Katsuo's amazing music.

I'm not saying B'z isn't good, it's just that Garnet Crow's songs seem to appeal to me just a hair more. I'm still a B'z fan, and I look forward to their new releases.

Though M-13 isn't plot related, I'll answer your questions the best I can. > When Irish says those words he probably realized that the BO is a lying low blow organization that doesn't play fair. He probably had a change of heart and made it clear to Conan (Shinichi) to continue and fight the organization. > As for this, I really have no idea. They might have had a few conversations about Shinichi, but I doubt it. > When Chianti shot Irish, she shot the memory card as well. The bullet hit the memory card and then continued its path to hit Irish. That's why Gin told Irish to move closer. Not because he couldn't see the chip well, but because he wanted him to line up with Chianti's sights.

Just read the file. I'm interested to learn more about this Phantom Lady, and I want to see how she ties in with the plot. And the old man with the eye patch glasses... Want to know more about him, too.

I definitely don't think this is their best work, and Pilgrim isn't bad at all. EDIT: The real opening has been uploaded to YouTube! Finally, after all this time waiting, it has been released! Okay, so this is my opinion of it: I have to say this is one of the most flawlessly done openings so far. I extremely like this song, which sort of makes me a bit biased, but I think most people would agree Misty Mystery is better than As the Dew. Anyway, as for the opening, I am relieved that they have gone back to showing a huge number of characters in the openings. I think the only person they missed that I was sort of expecting was Okiya, but I can overlook that. The opening referred to a few cases (the London arc being one of them). They also showed a scene from one of the HeijixKazuha episodes, just forgot the name of it. The opening has a lot of ShinRan of course, but nothing too special. Haibara appears very briefly at one part with the Detective Boys, but it was symbolic so I guess it wasn't too bad for her. But most importantly, the BO has returned! They haven't had an appearance in an opening since Summer Time Gone, and that was OP-29. Not to mention they only appeared for a brief split second as a shadowy image. The real solid appearance they had was in OP-28, As the Dew. I don't really know why OP-30 and OP-31 lacked the BO. Don't Wanna Lie could have very easily featured them, but they didn't. Oh well, what's done is done. I'm really happy with this opening, considering the dry spell we've had for months. I give it a 9/10. Hope OP-33 can live up to it! I decided to add the opening to the first post of this thread for those of you who don't feel like going on YouTube to find it yourself. Enjoy!

I thought it was pretty good. If you hear the longer version of the song, it's better than the opening version (listen to it here).

Can't wait to watch it! Ah ha, just noticed Delon is left-handed...

My run down of the major artists: (Note: I am judging these bands on their songs in general, not just the ones featured in DC openings, endings, and movies) 5. Zard She is a very talented singer no doubt about that. Unfortunately she passed away a few years ago and can not continue to create great music. But she did manage to make some great songs, all of which are memorable. I place her fifth mainly because she has only had one or two songs that I truly can not get enough of, while the rest are okay. 4. Rina Aiuchi Very talented singer, just a pity she retired last year. But her final album, Last Scene, has some great songs in it. Her older songs are good as well, but not as good as her most recent songs. I place her fourth only because I don't think her songs can compare to number three, two and one. 3. Mai Kuraki She's a very gifted singer with some pretty darn good songs outside of DC. She can sing both sad and happy songs, with a huge range of variety. She's still young and she's already made so much progress I'm sure she'll do even better in years to come. I place her third because, though she has some good songs, she doesn't have a huge amount of songs compared to other artists and she doesn't make new albums or singles and fast as other artists. 2. B'z Really close to first, this is my favorite male Japanese band. And I think most of the world agrees, because B'z tours to all corners of the globe and racks up huge numbers of views on YouTube for a foreign band (their C'mon PV surpassed 1,000,000 views in only a matter of weeks). They have a huge variety and they're getting better and better as the years go on. I place B'z a close second only because their main stream songs are good, but their not so well known songs are poor in comparison. 1. Garnet Crow My favorite DC artist of all time by a slim margin. GC has amazing talent and can sing some extremely sad songs (Rainy Soul) and also some extremely happy songs (Smiley Nation). Their skill goes past even the advertised and famous songs. Some of their not so well known songs that have fallen beneath the radar are equally as good, if not even better. For example, the songs Nora; Candy Pop; Wish; Crier Girl, Crier Boy (Ice Cold Sky); Strangers; and The Crack-Up are all songs that are worth hearing. I place this band first due to this fact, and also because it's something I find the other artists couldn't achieve.