Nonchalant Lupin

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Information
Title: Nonchalant Lupin
Japanese title: さりげなく ルパン
(Sarigenaku Rupan)
Original release: 1987
Volume: Collected Short Stories of Gosho Aoyama 3rd Base 4th
Magic Kaito Volume 5
Pages: 40
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Nonchalant Lupin (さりげなく ルパン Sarigenaku Rupan?) is a short story by Gosho Aoyama from 1987, made with the help of some fellow university students from the Nekketsu Manga Konjō-kai back then (some of whom are his assistants nowadays) and the second professionally released work (after Wait For Me, thus excluding several doujinshis he made as part of the Manga Konjō-kai for a couple of fanzines) and made for a contest by the Shōnen Magazine before switching to the Shōnen Sunday. It was the prototype for Magic Kaito, featuring early versions of Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori called "Kaito Lupin" and "Aoko Holmes", already combining the names of two of Gosho's favorite characters from literature.

It was rereleased 18 years after its original publication in Collected Short Stories of Gosho Aoyama 3rd Base 4th and 30 years later as a bonus chapter in the "Treasured Edition" of Magic Kaito Volume 5.

Characters

Introduced

In order of introduction:

Picture Name Role
Kaito Lupin 60px.jpg Kaito Lupin A mischivious high school student who also acts as a mysterious thief.
Okuzo Tsubura 60px.jpg Okuzo Tsubura Headmaster of the high school who wants to get rid of Kaito.
Aoko Holmes 60px.jpg Aoko Holmes High school student, friend of Kaito and leader of the detective club at school.
Doctor Aso 60px.jpg Doctor Aso High school physician. Named and modeled after one of Gosho Aoyama's assistants.
Kenzo Gurikoji 60px.jpg Kenzo Gurikoji Head of the Gurikoji Financial Group and Ken's father.
Ken Gurikoji 60px.jpg Ken Gurikoji High school student, Kaito's rival and Kenzo's son.
Eiichi Yamagishi 60px.jpg Eiichi Yamagishi Fox-like animal, cameo by one of Gosho Aoyama's assistants.
Keiji Aso 60px.jpg Keiji Aso High school student, cameo by one of Gosho Aoyama's assistants
60px Yutaka Abe Mouse/Rat-like animal, cameo by Gosho Aoyama's senpai/later assistant.
60px Masaki Negishi Bear/Dog-like animal, cameo by one of Gosho Aoyama's assistants.
Inspector Holmes 60px.jpg Inspector Holmes Police inspector and Aoko's father.
Aoko Holmes' mother 60px.jpg Aoko Holmes' mother Inspector Holmes's wife and Aoko's mother.
Priest of Kikuchi Church 60px.jpg Priest of Kikuchi Church Gets tasked with officiating the wedding between Kenzo and Aoko.

Gadgets

Introduced

In order of introduction:

Settings

Introduced

In order of introduction:

Plot

While sneaking around the school late at night searching for the answers to the final exam, Kaito Lupin stumbles across a list for "Illegally Accepted Students" for his school. To prevent a scandal from happening and to put Kaito in his place once and for all, the headmaster Okuzo Tsubura teams up with the Gurikoji Financial Group's Kenzo Gurikoji. Gurikoji is currently being investigated by inspector Holmes, regarding the group's drug trafficking and gun smuggling. Tsubura and Gurikoji intend to trick Kaito's friend and inspector Holmes' daughter, Aoko Holmes, into believing Kaito might be expelled from school and blackmail her into marrying Gurikoji's son, Ken. By doing this, Gurikoji would gain control over police investigations and Tsubura would finally be able to remove Lupin from the school. Aoko reluctantly agrees and it's up to Kaito to crash the wedding and steal her away somehow.

Cameos

Continuity

  • The plot takes place over two days, December 23rd and December 24th of an unspecified year.

Real Life Models

Nishi-Shinjuku

Some of the skyscrapers of the Nishi-Shinjuku district in the Shinjuku Ward can be seen in the background, showing that this story is at least set in Tokyo somewhere.

PLAYBACK EPISODE

The Treasured Edition of each Magic Kaito volume contained some short comments by Gosho Aoyama about every chapter. Since Nonchalant Lupin was released as part of the Treasured Edition of Magic Kaito Volume 5, it got featured, too:

"It's a short story I sent to Shōnen Magazine, and I got an award for it. As you can see, it was a prototype for Magic Kaito (laughs) The form is different, but even the Card Gun appears. I drew this because the editor I had at that time told me: "Show me a story you want to write." It's my second work! Now that I look back, I'm embarassed because it looks bad. (laughs) Anyway, the hero's name is Lupin, and the name of the story Nonchalant Lupin, but I don't know where he's nonchalant... (laughs)"
(Translated by Startold (TL Note: Thanks to Yunnie for the help), with a few corrections.)

Trivia

  • This short story served as a prototype to Magic Kaito. Elements taken over to it were:
    • Kaito Lupin and Aoko Holmes, who were only slightly redesigned and renamed Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori.
    • The Arsène Lupin-like costume from the cover of Nonchalant Lupin was taken over as Kaitou Kid's costume, but interestingly never appears in the short story itself. The closest to it is Kaito's suit he wears at the end of the chapter.
    • Kaito Lupin's card gun was taken over into Magic Kaito pretty much unchanged in function, but wholly redesigned.
    • Doctor Aso bears more than a passing resemblance to Konosuke Jii.
    • Ken Gurikoji seemingly served as a prototype to Saguru Hakuba, who was made more handsome and a detective instead of a criminal, but otherwise fulfills the same role of the blond-haired adversary to Kaito who also vies for Aoko's affection.
    • Inspector Holmes was split into the characters of inspector Ginzo Nakamori, who's still Aoko's father, and Toichi Kuroba, who serves as Kaito's father. Aoko Holmes' mother was seemingly repurposed into the role of Chikage Kuroba, Kaito's mother.
    • Childhood flashbacks between Kaito and Aoko similar to the one shown in this story are featured in Magic Kaito a couple of times, too, including right in the first chapter.
  • Aoko Nakamori founds a detective club to hunt Kaitou Kid at the end of the last episode of Magic Kaito 1412, Midnight Crow (Part 2): Clash! White or Black!?. This could be a throwback to her prototype, Aoko Holmes, being the leader of her own detective club in this short story.

See also

References


Short Stories
Self-published Mococo (HOLEMAIL RUNNER) (1986) • WALK MAN (1986)
Competition entry Nonchalant Lupin (1987)
Shōnen Sunday Wait For Me (1986) • The Santa Claus of Summer (1987) • Sunday 19 Show - The Wandering Red Butterfly (1988) • Play It Again (1988) • Excalibur (1988) • K∀ITO (1989)
Young Sunday Tell Me A Lie (2007)
Magic Kaito
Main Characters Kaito KurobaKaitou KidAoko NakamoriGinzo NakamoriAkako KoizumiSaguru Hakuba
Secondary Characters Toichi KurobaChikage KurobaKonosuke JiiKeiko MomoiSnakeSuperintendent General HakubaRose (OVA only) • Spider (TV specials only) • List of minor Magic Kaito characters
Manga Magic Kaito Volume 1-5Volume 1Volume 2Volume 3Volume 4Volume 5Magic Kaito Chapters not yet included in a VolumeMagic Kaito Manga Listed By Heist
OVA adaptations Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!Conan, Kid, and the Crystal Mother
Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief specials The Revived Phantom ThiefKaitou Kid's Busy DateThe Princess Prefers MagicA Witch Sheds No TearsThe Fated Blue BirthdayLove on the Ski Slope on Christmas EveThe Splendid RivalsThe Secret of the Red TearThe Witch, the Detective, and the Phantom ThiefThe Reminiscent Golden EyeThe Tearful Crystal MotherTears of Love for the Dark Knight
Magic Kaito 1412 Season 1Staff
Crossovers The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid (Detective Conan anime only)
Related Articles List of characters who know Kaitou Kid's identityKaitou Kid's GadgetsMagic Kaito OrganizationPandora GemEkodaNonchalant LupinK∀ITOCrowList of Kaitou Kid Heists Items