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Namako re-reads the Manga by Gosho Aoyama and makes some quick notes about a lot of things. Characters and locations are listed by order of appearance for every chapter. You are welcome to bore the heck out of yourself. :D

I actually started this re-read a long while ago and wrote down these things, which I will just dump on this page. Feel free to put anything you might find useful into the Wiki proper.

Detective Conan

Manga

Volume 1
Conan Edogawa in Sherlock Holmes's typical accessories (Inverness cape, Deerstalker and Calabash pipe), standing in front of an old photography of London, including Elizabeth Tower, seen from Westminster Bridge on the front cover. The keyhole on the back cover features Shinichi Kudo in his Teitan High School Winter uniform. Gosho Aoyama's alter-ego is killed by a knife straight through his head. The book spine shows a smiling Conan with a green bow-tie.
File 1 (FILE.1)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
平成のホームズ (Heisei no Hōmuzu ) Heisei Holmes	Shōnen Sunday #5/1994 (January 5th, 1994)	Shinichi Kudo (Debut) Guests and servants in Sewa's mansion (Debut) Takanori Sewa (Debut) Juzo Megure (Debut) Policemen under Megure's command (Debut) Some random passersby in the streets Two school girls reading magazines Ran Mouri (Debut) Kogoro Mouri (Mentioned) Three kids playing soccer (Debut) Sherlock Holmes (Mentioned) Arthur Conan Doyle (Mentioned) Other visitors at Tropical Land (Debut) John Watson (Mentioned) Gin (Unnamed debut) Vodka (Unnamed debut) Makes it the first appearance of the Black Organization by default, too Aiko (Debut) Kishida (Debut) Hitomi (Debut) Reiko (Debut) Weapons smuggling company director (Debut) Security guards of Tropical Land (Debut) Conan Edogawa (Unnamed debut)	Takanori Sewa's mansion (First appearance) Teitan High School (First appearance) Tropical Land (First appearance) Castle (First appearance) Ferris wheel (First appearance) Mystery Coaster (First appearance)	Takanori Sewa's leg already healed "3 months ago" The day after exposing Sewa, Shinichi reads a newspaper dated "January 12th, 1994" (a Wednesday) Fittingly, students of Teitan High School wear their Winter uniforms (October 1st-May 31st) The next day after that in turn, Shinichi and Ran meet to go to Tropical Land at 10 am (which hence should be January 13th, 1994, a Thursday) Aiko had a date with Kishida herself an undefined time before this chapter (in her university days) After the sunset at the end of the chapter, there's a Waning Crescent Moon 🌘	There will be a direct prequel to the events of this chapter in FILE.882-884 (Volume 84, File 10-Volume 85, File 2) later on.
Plot Shinichi Kudo is a well known high school detective solving case after case, already acknowledged as a great help for the Japanese police. On a date with his secret love Ran Mouri, the daughter of an unsuccessful private detective, he gets to clear up another murder and follows two mysterious guys on their way to an illegal weapons deal afterwards, where he gets beaten up and fed some new kind of poison, allegedly killing someone without leaving a trance. To his own (but probably not the reader's) surprise, he "just" shrinks to the height of an elementary school student... General stuff Start of the series and of what the fandom calls the "Conan Arc". This chapter had the first few pages colored with water colors in its original release. Takanori Sewa's, Reiko's (Hitomi's friend) and Kishida's names are only given in Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small and the Anime series respectively. Kishida's name could also be an allusion to Gosho Aoyama's assistant Koichi Kishida. Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri are in the second year of Teitan High School. Shinichi is already well known as a high school detective; Ran is captain of the Karate team. The town and city they live in was still unknown, but it looked rather suburban back then. Shinichi promised Ran to take her to Tropical Land if she won the city tournament. Tropical Land itself is probably a composite of different popular amusement parks in and around Tokyo, especially Tokyo Disneyland and Summer Land. The plane on the back of the jacket the guy in front of the Mystery Coaster wears looks a bit like the same type of Japanese warplane George Kirishima flew as a toy in Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy. Gin's hair seems relatively short (down to his shoulder blades) in comparison to later on. The first time a crow appears in relation to an appearance by the Black Organization. "These kind of things happen a lot..." - "NO, THEY DON'T!" <- lol, considering everything Ran chronologically experienced before this chapter alone, as we learn later down the line... The first explanations about the APTX, courtesy of Gin: "We will use this... The new poison that the organization developed... You can't find any traces of poison in the body with this stuff... The perfect crime!! We haven't tested it on humans yet, so this will be our little guinea pig..." Interesting, so that means the list of the poisoned victims was started after Shinichi? But Koji Haneda is listed on it too, so it also contains the names of victims of Silver Bullet and/or other poison(s)? Why are the names of victims of different kinds of poisons on one and the same list, what is the purpose of it exactly? Easter Eggs, Cameos & Crossover The Tropical Land appeared before in Chapter 4 (Magic Kaito Volume 1, Chapter 4) of this series, also as the place for a date of its two protagonists (Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori). Adaptions Detective Conan, Anime, Episode 1: Roller Coaster Murder Case (Season 1, Episode 1) Detective Conan, Anime, Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Case (Season 1, Episode 2) The Movies rehash parts of this story as an exposition of Detective Conan during their intro Detective Conan, Anime, TV Special 6: Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small
File 2 (FILE.2)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
小さくなった名探偵 (Chiisakunatta meitantei ) Shrunken Great Detective	Shōnen Sunday #6/1994 (January 12th, 1994)	Conan Edogawa (+Cover) Security guards of Tropical Land Kogoro Mouri (Debut) Ran Mouri Eri Kisaki (Unnamed mention) Shinichi Kudo (Mentioned + Background) Doctor and nurse of Tropical Land Medical Room Gin & Vodka (Mentioned + Background) Tropical Land guard dog (Debut) Yusaku & Yukiko Kudo (Unnamed mention) Truck driver (Debut) Hiroshi Agasa (Debut) Arthur Conan Doyle (Name on book spine) Ranpo Edogawa (Name on book spine) Mr. Tani (Mentioned)	Tropical Land Castle (Background) Ferris wheel (Background) Mouri Detective Agency (First appearance) Café Poirot (Background) Tropical Land Medical Room (First appearance) Kudo residence America (Mentioned) Café Columbo (Mentioned) Home office/Library of the Kudo family Yayoi District, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo (Mentioned)	Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 It's still the same evening/night as the one at the end of FILE.1 (on Thursday, January 13th, 1994) Shinichi Kudo's parents are living in the United States for three years now Shinichi was born 16 years ago	This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous one, FILE.1
Plot After being found by the security guards in his shrunken form and mistaking him for a kid, Shinichi Kudo escapes the Tropical Land's medical room to get back to his own home. After a troublesome way back to his house, he meets his family's neighbour and old friend Professor Hiroshi Agasa, who he quickly convinces about his real identity. Unfortunately, Ran Mouri also arrives shortly after, looking for Shinichi out of concern since he's missing since their date at the amusement park. Agasa and Shinichi quickly invent the persona of Conan Edogawa, moving him in with Ran and her father, Kogoro Mouri, in the Mouri Detective Agency. After arriving there, Kogoro literally crashes into them, telling about the first case he got in a long time... General stuff This chapter had a watercolor drawing as a cover in its original release. This chapter was in real life released on the exact date Shinichi Kudo was reading the newspaper after school in FILE.1. First appearance of the Kudo residence, which probably was based on the same model (or a very similar one) to Akako Koizumi's house from Magic Kaito. Even Gosho Aoyama himself joked about this in the Omake of Magic Kaito Volume 5. What does the piece of paper at the table in the Mouri Detective Agency say? In the German translation it kinds looks like "Romance series 'China Wok'", but it isn't really decipherable either. The shrunken Shinichi got from Tropical Land to his home pretty quickly, considering his new body and that he went by foot. This seems to imply that his residential street and the amusement park aren't very far apart. Hiroshi Agasa is described by Shinichi as a "lousy inventor" or that he thinks he's "a genius", but "everything [he] invents is utter crap" (depending on the translation) - either Gosho changed/retconned his characterization quickly (considering the indeed working gadgets he already starts creating only 4 chapters later) or Shinichi was just being salty because of his current situation? Some of the books in the Kudo residence: At least three volumes (or copies?) of "Ranpo Edogawa: Collected Works" At least volume 1 - 9 of "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: His Best Cases" These seem to be the books Shinichi uses to create his new name. "Murder in London" "The golden[Concealed]" (maybe "The Golden Pince-Nez" from Holmes canon?) "The Price of Love" "Mystery" (probably just the name of the genre on the spine of the book?) "WHO[Concealed]" (:D) "The Story of DEA[Concealed]" ("dead"...? "Death"? Or is it a book about the DEA?) "John Wang - The Gallow of Honour" "The Perfect Murder" "P. D. James: Black Tower" Lewis Carroll - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Something by A. C. Gardner without decipherable title - did he actually mean J. C. Gardner or J. E. Gardner, who wrote James Bond continuations? "True Crimes - The Unsolved Cases" "Dangerous Company" "Mystery From Overseas - Deadly Conference" "Sam Andrews - Alibi" Something by Tsuzuki Michio (known for Black Tight Killers, besides other stories) Robert Louis Stevenson - Dr. JIKIL and HIDE(sic) "The Corpse[Concealed]" (?) "Case[Concealed]" (?) "Gordon: Short Stories" Lyman Frank Baum: (The) "Road to Oz" Gosho Aoyama: "Magic Kaito Volume 1" (:D) Ran: "Wow! I'm always amazed at how many books there are!! And they're all mystery novels..." <- This means Alice in Wonderland, The Road to Oz and Magic Kaito are mystery novels too? :D Well, at least his inspiration Arsène Lupin is considered mystery... Ran: "How old are you?" - Conan: "Sixte... I mean... Six!!" <- First confirmation of Shinichi's age being 16 Ran is actually already making a pretty unambiguous love confession to Shinichi, unconsciously of course, if one doesn't count that short moment in the Mystery Coaster. The Mouri Detective Agency in turn doesn't really seem far away from the Kudo residence, considering that Ran could quickly run to it and return with Conan in the span of a presumably short walk and talk. "DRINKING AND MAHJONG AGAIN?!" <- He really seems to do this a lot, lol The street in front of the Mouri Detective Agency is remarkably wider and the surroundings aren't as high-rise and densely built-up than later on. In contrary to the settings before, the (real) Yayoi District Mr. Tani lives in seems to be a bit farther away, judging by the fact that they have to use a taxi to reach it. Callbacks FILE.1: Considering this is the direct continuation of the first chapter, there are several mentions of events that happened in it, like the shrunken Shinichi Kudo trying to tell about his encounter with Gin and Vodka in the medical room and the former one explaining about the drug is briefly retold in a panel background of Shinichi's memory, as well as Ran Mouri explaining to her father how Shinichi ran away. Mistakes Gin knocked out Shinichi right in front of the concrete base of the Tropical Land's ferris wheel in the previous chapter, but now, woken up in his shrunken form, he is lying a good distance away from it. Did those two drag him away from it a bit so his corpse wouldn't be found immediately or is it really an oversight? Easter Eggs, Cameos & Crossover Magic Kaito Volume 1 is one of the books in the shelf Conan Edogawa is standing in front of when cornered by Ran Mouri. Mr. Tani's name is taken from Gosho Aoyama's assistant Yutaka Tani. Adaptions Detective Conan, Anime, Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case (Season 1, Episode 2)
File 3 (FILE.3)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
仲間はずれの名探偵 (Nakama hazure no meitantei ) Outcasted Great Detective	Shōnen Sunday #7/1994 (January 19th, 1994)	Ran Mouri Conan Edogawa (+ Cover) Kogoro Mouri Mr. Tani (Debut) Mr. Asou (Debut) Tani family servants (Debuts) Jumbo (Dog) Akiko Tani (Photo + Flashback) Gin & Vodka (Mention + Background) Man in black (Flashback, fictitious) Tani residence guard dogs (Debuts) Shinichi Kudo (Mention + Background) Akiko Tani's kidnapper (On telephone)	Yayoi District (First appearance) Tani residence (First appearance) Hotel near Tani residence (Mention)	Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 It's still the same evening/night as the one in FILE.1 and 2 (on Thursday, January 13th, 1994) Akiko Tani was born 10 years ago	This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous ones, FILE.1 and 2
Plot Conan Edogawa, Kogoro and Ran Mouri arrive at the mansion of the wealthy Tani family, the daughter of which, Akiko Tani, was kidnapped. The servant Mr. Asou quickly incriminates himself, actually being the "kidnapper". But then another, real kidnapper calls Mr. Tani, keeping Akiko hostage and demanding his money... General stuff This traditional Samurai house of the Tani family strongly resembles the one the Mine family owns in Yaiba... Maybe Gosho Aoyama reused some reference model here? The (fictional) rival companies of Mr. Tani mentioned are "Kadobeni" and "Yotsui", which later get bigger roles: Kadobeni is mentioned later this Volume in the Case with Yoko Okino, the Yotsui plays a signicant part in a case in Volume 9. The fact about the guard dog not barking creating a contradiction in the culprit's explanation is taken directly from a Sherlock Holmes short story, The Adventure of Silver Blaze. The unnamed hotel Akiko Tani stays at is mentioned as "nearby", so probably in the Yayoi District, too? The kidnapper demands 3,000,000, Yen, this would currently be ~28,000 US-$ (May 2020). Callbacks Considering this is the direct continuation of the first and second chapter(s), there are several mentions and connections to events from those. FILE.1: Conan Edogawa thinks about Gin and Vodka and them shrinking him, which occured in the first chapter. FILE.2: The current case is the one Kogoro Mouri got at the end of the second chapter. Easter Eggs, Cameos & Crossover The Tani family's name is taken from Gosho Aoyama's assistant Yutaka Tani. Mr. Asou's name is also taken from an assistant of Gosho, in this case Keiji Asou. Adaptions Detective Conan, Anime, Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case (Season 1, Episode 2)
File 4 (FILE.4)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
6本目の煙突 (Ropponme no entotsu ) Sixth Chimney	Shōnen Sunday #8/1994 (January 26th, 1994)	Mr. Tani Kogoro Mouri Conan Edogawa (+ Cover) Mr. Asou Ran Mouri Akiko Tani's kidnapper (Debut) Akiko Tani (Debut)	Yayoi District Tani residence Futatsubashi Middle School (First appearance) P.E. equipment room (First appearance)	Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 It's still the same evening/night as the one in FILE.1-3 (on Thursday, January 13th, 1994)	This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous ones, FILE.1-3
Plot The real kidnapper calls Mr. Tani and makes his demands, while Akiko Tani interrupts and tells about a "chimney" she can see from the window of the school she is held at. Conan Edogawa catches the Tani's guard dog Jumbo and manages to narrow down the place the two are at, identifying the supposed chimney to actually be the side of a skyscraper. But despite his intellect intact as proven by this, Shinichi's/Conan's new body is no match for the kidnapper, who beats him up badly... General stuff There are five schools in the vicinity of the Tani residence - I wonder whether the maps in Conan Edogawa's mind are based on real ones or made up? Why does he even know all that rather trivial stuff about from which schools in Yayoi and surroundings you can see chimneys...? This seems to imply he has one absurdly good visual memory and thinking, even for a detective and especially for his age. One of the schools Conan in checking out it the "Busamaru High School". The skyscraper resembles the real Sunshine 60 in Toshima Ward a bit Gosho Aoyama lived close to until around the start of Detective Conan. A similar building appears in the second half of Yaiba and early Detective Conan (including the Omakes) a lot in background shots. The "Futatsubashi Middle School" probably is a play on the real Hitatsubashi Middle School in Chiyoda Ward. The "Hyakujii Park" on the other hand surely is an allusion to the Shakujii Park Gosho liked to visit a lot during the time he lived in Nerima Ward. Callbacks FILE.2-3: The current case is the one Kogoro Mouri got at the end of the second chapter, which started in the third. Easter Eggs, Cameos & Crossover The Tani family's name is taken from Gosho Aoyama's assistant Yutaka Tani. Mr. Asou's name is also taken from an assistant of Gosho, in this case Keiji Asou. Adaptions Detective Conan, Anime, Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case (Season 1, Episode 2)
File 5 (FILE.5)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
もう一人の犯人 (Mō hitori no hannin ) Another culprit	Shōnen Sunday #9/1994 (February 9th, 1994)	Conan Edogawa (+ Cover) Akiko Tani's kidnapper Akiko Tani Jumbo (+ Cover) Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Mr. Tani Mr. Asou	Futatsubashi Middle School P.E. equipment room Yayoi District, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo (Flashback) Hotel near Tani residence (Flashback) Hotel restaurant (Mention)	It's still the same night as the one in FILE.1-4 (on Thursday, January 13th, 1994) The case ends early in the morning, at sunrise (which should be Friday, January 14th, 1994) There's an executive meeting the same week for Mr. Tani There's a stock holders meeting the following week	This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous ones, FILE.1-4
Plot Conan, still getting beaten up by the kidnapper, gets unexpected help by Jumbo, who went back to the Tani residence and returns to the Futatsubashi Middle School, first bringing Ran Mouri with him, who makes short work of the culprit with her Karate skills. All seems well that ends well, Mr. Asou and Akiko explain the situation to her father, Kogoro is proud of himself and Conan is allowed to move into the Mouri Detective Agency. General stuff The first moment of the series in which Ran Mouri uses her almost superhuman Karate skills when innocent people are in danger. She also still isn't afraid about almost anything happening around her... The Sunshine 60-like building is seen as part of the cityscape again at the end when Conan Edogawa, Ran and Kogoro Mouri take the taxi back home. Callbacks FILE.1: Conan Edogawa again thinks about the moment from the first chapter Gin fed him the poison, which is also visible in the panel background. FILE.2-4: The current case is the one Kogoro Mouri got at the end of the second chapter, which started in the third and continued in the fourth, getting resolved in this chapter. Easter Eggs, Cameos & Crossover The Tani family's name is taken from Gosho Aoyama's assistant Yutaka Tani. Mr. Asou's name is also taken from an assistant of Gosho, in this case Keiji Asou. Adaptions Detective Conan, Anime, Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case (Season 1, Episode 2)

Yaiba

Manga

Volume 1
Yaiba Kurogane and Sayaka Mine walk in a row, doing identical peculiar poses, in front of a background drawn with crayons containing elements of a typical children's drawing: A house with a fence, trees on a plain and the sky with clouds. The re-release version has both in a more modern drawing doing the same thing on the front cover, sans the background. The book spine shows a smiling Yaiba. Ginzo Nakamori has this volume on his desk at Minato Police Station in Chapter 14 ("Star War", Magic Kaito Volume 3, Chapter 1). Conan Edogawa reads this volume (besides every other one he borrowed from Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya) in OVA 1: Conan vs. Kid vs. Yaiba - The Grand Battle for the Treasure Sword!!. It can be seen by his bedside at the end.
Chapter 1 (Chapter 1)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
YAIBA見参 (YAIBA Kenzan ) YAIBA Appears	Shōnen Sunday #39/1988 (August 24th, 1988)	Yaiba Kurogane (Debut) Kenjuro Kurogane (Debut) Gorilla (Debut) Kagetora (Unnamed debut) Vengeful Gorilla group (Debuts) Pineapple harvest hands (Debuts) Sayaka Mine (Debut) Raizo Mine (Debut) Passengers at Narita Airport (Debuts) Airport personnel (Debut) Airport policemen (Debuts) "Bali Tours" group (Debuts) Taxi driver	Yaiba's Jungle (First appearance) Narita Airport (First appearance) Runway (First appearance) Terminal (First appearance) Bali (Name on a flag) Narita Airport parking lot (First appearance) Mine residence (Mentioned)	Day of Yaiba's (accidental) arrival in Japan, exact date unknown Sayaka wears a Summer uniform (June 1st-September 30th)	Start of the series and of what the fandom calls the "Yaiba Arc" (Manga: Chapters 1-5, Anime: Episode 1)
Plot Yaiba Kurogane is a young boy living in an unnamed jungle, together with his father Kenjuro, who instructs him about things like survival training and martial arts - especially Kendo. One day they kill and eat a Gorilla, with a tiger trying to steal a bit of the grilled goods, but the Gorilla's next of kin try to retaliate - so Yaiba, his father and the tiger have to flee. They hide in a wooden box, which unfortunately gets closed that very moment and loaded onto a plane to be sent to Narita Airport near Tokyo. After their arrival, Kenjuro meets an old rival of his, Raizo Mine, and his daughter, Sayaka - who completely fascinates Yaiba, never having seen a girl before. But they are still on the run: Kenjuro grabs Raizo, Sayaka, his son and the tiger to flee again - this time from the airport police - and dumps this group in a taxi, asking the driver to bring them to the Mine residence... General stuff This chapter had the first few pages colored with water colors in its original release It was made/released directly after the three chapters of Detective George's Mini-Mini Big Strategy, which were in turn directly made after Chapter 12 of Magic Kaito (Volume 2, Chapter 6). Gosho Aoyama described this experience as pretty daunting and that he really had to rush the latter chapter to get it all done on time. Yaiba Kurogane's name is one of the less creative ilk: "yaiba" just means "blade" and "kurogane" translates to "iron". The unnamed jungle (meaningfully described as "This is a jungle") Yaiba and his father live in seems to be (intentionally) highly ambiguous about what jungle or even where it could remotely be. Besides the rather generous surroundings, animals like Gorillas (from Sub-Saharan Africa), Tigers (having their habitat in continental Asia) and - as we will see later on - Jaguars (who usually live in Central and South America) and Vultures also seem to have their habitat there. It also grows pineapples who are reaped there - and the wooden boxes of which just have generic, stylized "PINE APPLE" logo. Yaiba doesn't even really seem to understand what a "law" is... The (real) Narita Airport, located on the border between the towns of Narita and Shibayama in the Chiba Prefecture (Greater Tokyo Area), appears several times in Gosho's works, probably because it was the most important international airport of Japan back in the day. It also served as the place of arrival of Princess Anne of Sublina in Magic Kaito and the location where the showdown between Conan Edogawa and Yutaka Abe happened. It was replaced in this function by Haneda Airport in 2013, which is mirrored in Gosho's works, where this one appears since then instead. They also have to arrive in what is Terminal 1 nowadays, since Terminal 2 and 3 opened in 1992 and 2015 respectively, long after the release of this chapter. The plane Yaiba and his father arrive with is "flight #704" with a machine of Japan Airlines (JAL), a real airway company. JAL's crescent-shaped logo also was the template for the brand of the (fictional) LUNA airline company in Detective Conan. I wonder whether the flight number JAL 704 was also real back in 1988 and where it came from? Raizo Mine just returned from a Kendo tournament he won in (continental) Asia. Kenjuro accidentally boarded some random plane to some random place and just as he arrives at the airport, his vitriolic best bud, who he hasn't met in ages, arrives there, too? What are the chances? Gosho's penchant for absurd coincidences aren't all that new, aren't they? :p The taxi cab shows an interesting company name: "OX" Adaptions Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Anime, Episode 1: Heisei’s Samurai Yaiba Appears
Chapter 2 (Chapter 2)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
お世話になるぞっ (Osewa ni naru zo~ ) You will be taking care of me	Shōnen Sunday #40/1988 (August 31st, 1988)	Kagetora Yaiba Kurogane (+ Cover) Airport policemen Kenjuro Kurogane Raizo Mine Sayaka Mine Grandma Mine (Debut) Kendoka of Mine Dojo (Debuts) Mutou (Debut) Gorilla (Flashback) Giant snake (Flashback) Tiger (Flashback)	Street somewhere between Narita Airport and Mine residence (First appearance) Mine residence (First appearance) Courtyard (First appearance) Entrance hall (First appearance) Kitchen (First appearance) Dojo (First appearance)	It's still the same day as the one in Chapter 1 Sayaka wears a Summer uniform (June 1st-September 30th)	This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous one, Chapter 1 Second chapter of the "Yaiba Arc"
Plot After succesfully escaping the airport police by pineapple means, Kenjuro Kurogane unsolicitedly moves his son into the Mine residence, against the wishes of its owners, Raizo and his daughter, Sayaka Mine. Yaiba takes a stroll through the house and encounters Grandma Mine, who he thinks is an underfed baboon. Fed up with him, she takes him into the Dojo of the house and, after learning about him being Kenjuro's son, offers a challenge: If Yaiba can beat Mutou, the strongest fighter in the Mine Dojo, Yaiba can stay in their house. And at first, her expectation of him losing this battle seems to come true... General stuff That's a waste of good food, Yaiba. The Mine residence is a rather typical so-called "Samurai house" (武家屋敷 ,Buke yashiki). This already implies that the Mine family probably aren't "just" middle class people, considering how expensive such a rare, traditional mansion would be - especially in Tokyo. Kenjuro: "We used to fight togher!" - I wonder under what circumstances and against whom... Grandma Mine debuts and I can already say that we won't get to learn her name throughout the whole series, with her just getting called "Goinkyo" (ご隠居) all the time, which means something along the line of "retired person". Men ("head", "helmet", "mask"), Dô ("body") and Kote ("wrist") are three of the body parts you have to announce before landing a hit in Kendo. If you are interested, you can read more about that here: Point Areas Used in Kendo I don't think alcohol is very good for tigers. :p Adaptions Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Anime, Episode 1: Heisei’s Samurai Yaiba Appears
Chapter 3 (Chapter 3)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
ガッコってなんだ (Gakkotte nanda ) What is School?	Shōnen Sunday #41/1988 (September 7th, 1988)	Kenjuro Kurogane Sayaka Mine (+ Cover) Raizo Mine Yaiba Kurogane (+ Cover) Kagetora Shizuka Mine (Debut) Middle school students (Debuts) Sayaka's classmates (Debuts) Keiko Momoi (Debut) Mr. Sudou (Debut)	Mine residence Courtyard Kitchen Bathroom (First appearance) Street between Mine residence and middle school (First appearance) Sayaka's middle school (First appearance) Schoolyard (First appearance) Sayaka's classroom (First appearance)	It seems to be the morning after the day in Chapter 1-2 The middle schoolers wear Summer uniforms (June 1st-September 30th) Keiko Momoi as a middle schooler would set this chapter at least 2 years before Magic Kaito and Detective Conan	Third chapter of the "Yaiba Arc"
Plot A brand new day at the Mine residence and Kenjuro Kurogane is already leaving again, making Raizo and Sayaka Mine celebrate that the two troublemakers are gone. But just like he announced the day before, he left his son with the Mine family. Yaiba Kurogane follows Sayaka to school, wanting to know what it is. While her classmates are fascinated by the spikey-haired young boy, flooding him with questions, he quickly finds himself in his second battle since his arrival in Japan - against the choleric teacher Mr. Sudou, a 7th Dan in Kendo... General stuff The canned beer with the distinct star logo Kenjuro Kurogane is taking with him on his training tour seems to be something by the real Sapporo Breweries. The monster in Yaiba Kurogane's imagination looks a lot like Gamera (who also appeared in Detective Conan as "Gomera") and similar Kaiju monsters. Sayaka Mine's middle/junior high school and her choleric teacher, Mr. Sudou, appear for the very first time. We won't get to learn the school's name throughout the whole series (I think you can slowly see a pattern emerging? :D), but for simplicity's sake, I like to call it "Yaoya Middle School" or "Yaoya Junior High School", after the fictional district the Mine family lives in - just keep in mind that this name is inofficial and it's never called by that in any Yaiba story. Mr. Sudou is a 7th Dan in Kendo. That's one nasty attack by Yaiba. :'D Callbacks Chapter 2: Yaiba Kurogane turning around and trying to sense the anger of his opponent Mr. Sudou is a callback to the second chapter, where he did just that with Mutou, as Sayaka Mine also notices. Easter Eggs, Cameos & Crossover If that blonde girl with the glasses, sporting those twintails with pearls, should look familiar: As we will see at the end of the Manga, this is indeed Keiko Momoi from Magic Kaito as a middle schooler. Don't worry, this is no spoiler for things to come - she just plays a very minor bit part anyway, being nothing more than a cameo. The interesting implication about it is that this already clarified at this point that Yaiba would be set at least two years before Chapter 1 of Magic Kaito. Adaptions Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Anime, Episode 1: Heisei’s Samurai Yaiba Appears
Chapter 4 (Chapter 4)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
サムライがいっぱい (Samurai ga ippai ) Lots of Samurai	Shōnen Sunday #42/1988 (September 14th, 1988)	Mr. Sudou Middle school principal (Debut) Grandma Mine Yaiba Kurogane (+ Cover) Sayaka Mine Sayaka's classmates School Kendo club members (Debuts) Kumazawa (Debut) Keiko Momoi Middle school students Takeshi Onimaru (Debut as human + Cover)	Sayaka's middle school Principal's office (First appearance) Sayaka's classroom School Dojo (First appearance) Girl's changing room (First appearance) Hallway in front of Room 1-4 (First appearance)	It's still the same day as in Chapter 3, Yaiba's first day at school The middle schoolers wear Summer uniforms (June 1st-September 30th) Keiko Momoi as a middle schooler would set this chapter at least 2 years before Magic Kaito and Detective Conan	This chapter is a more or less direct continuation of the previous one, Chapter 3 Fourth chapter of the "Yaiba Arc"
Plot After losing against Yaiba Kurogane, Mr. Sudou wants him off the school as soon as possible. Following his traces into the School Dojo together with the School Principal and Grandma Mine, Sudou offers a second challenge - that Yaiba has to beat Kumazawa, captain of the Kendo club, who's extremely skilled and was a finalist at the previous Fall Tournament... General stuff A few words about the title: The original Japanese name of the chapter is "Samurai ga ippai", an allusion to the movie Purple Noon (Japanese title: "Taiyō ga ippai", original French title: "Plein Soleil"), one of the favourite movies of Gosho Aoyama. He already alluded to that title with the second chapter of Magic Kaito Volume 1, "Keikan ga ippai", where even an antagonist named after Alain Delon appeared, who played the protagonist in Purple Noon. Does the School Principal only remind me of a dog? The "kuma" in Captain Kumazawa's name means "bear", that (and his build) probably is what prompts Yaiba Kurogane to call him a bear. Takeshi Onimaru appears for the first time, whom we have also seen during the Kendo Tournament Murder Case (Volume 93, File 9-Volume 94, File 1 / Episodes 916-917) of Detective Conan. He even got his own keyhole on Volume 93. You'll see soon enough what's up with him. The "oni" in his name means "demon" or "ogre" in Japanese, by the way. Callbacks Chapter 3: The Principal mentioning Mr. Sudou allowing Yaiba Kurogane to stay at the school refers to the end of the previous chapter. Easter Eggs, Cameos & Crossover Keiko Momoi appears again, showing the Principal, Mr. Sudou and Grandma Mine where Yaiba Kurogane went to. Adaptions Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Anime, Episode 1: Heisei’s Samurai Yaiba Appears
Chapter 5 (Chapter 5)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
手かげん無用 (Tekagen muyō ) No need for mercy	Shōnen Sunday #43/1988 (September 21st, 1988)	Yaiba Kurogane (+ Cover) Kumazawa Mr. Sudou Sayaka Mine Grandma Mine School Kendo club members Takeshi Onimaru Mutou (Mention + Background) Middle school students Kenjuro Kurogane (+ Cover) Lion (Flashback)	Sayaka's middle school School Dojo Schoolyard	It's still the same day as in Chapter 3-4, Yaiba's first day at school The middle schoolers wear Summer uniforms (June 1st-September 30th)	This chapter is a direct continuation of the previous one, Chapter 4 Fifth chapter of the "Yaiba Arc"
Plot Yaiba Kurogane is on the verge of losing his battle against Kumazawa, as Mr. Sudou hoped for. Kenjuro Kurogane appears during the fight and gives Yaiba the advice to use the "Dance of the Wild Animal", which he does, allowing him to win the challenge - and with the side effect that it drives Kumazawa crazy, trying to kill Yaiba. The latter gets saved just in time - by Takeshi Onimaru, of all people. General stuff We learn that Sayaka Mine's middle school is the same Kenjuro Kurogane (and by extension, probably Raizo Mine) went to. How did Kenjuro not get arrested yet? :D "A man only loses when he dies..." - I think he really shouldn't have any kids. :P Adaptions Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Anime, Episode 1: Heisei’s Samurai Yaiba Appears
Chapter 6 (Chapter 6)
Title	Released	Characters	Locations	Chronology	Continuity
鬼丸のバカ (Onimaru no baka ) Stupid Onimaru	Shōnen Sunday #44/1988 (September 28th, 1988)	Shizuka Mine Sayaka Mine Yaiba Kurogane (+ Cover) Kagetora Mike Tyson (on TV) Mike Tyson's opponent (on TV) Grandma Mine Takeshi Onimaru (+ Cover) School Kendo club members Middle school students	Mine residence Courtyard Living room (First appearance) Roof (First appearance) Yaiba's room (First appearance) Sayaka's room (First appearance) Raizo's and Shizuka's bedroom (First appearance) Yaiba's treehouse (First appearance) Sayaka's middle school Shoe lockers (First appearance) School Dojo Hallways Roof (First appearance)	Waning Crescent Moon 🌘 It seems to be the evening of the day from Chapter 3-5, Yaiba's first day at school The middle schoolers suddenly wear Winter uniforms (October 1st-May 31st) starting with the next day, which would mean that Yaiba's first day at school was September 30th, with him arriving in Japan on September 29th	Sixth chapter of the "Yaiba Arc"
Plot Yaiba Kurogane wants to battle Takeshi Onimaru at all costs, but he denies, thinking of Yaiba as a weakling who would just taint his technique. Following this, Yaiba sets up several, partly lethal, traps around the school to convince Onimaru to fight against him, which he continues to vehemently denies, which causes him to get buried alive. Yaiba celebrates his "victory" that evening, howling at the moon, while Onimaru digs himself out of the pit, swearing revenge... General stuff The moment at the school infirmary, where Sayaka Mine treats Yaiba Kurogane's wounds he got from Takeshi Onimaru and warns him not to mess with him, is a recreation of an almost identical scene from Play It Again, the prototype for Yaiba, where Michiko Tsurugi does the same for Sanjuro Sakura and warns him about messing with Tatsuya Nakadai. Yaiba's signature on the paper is really reminiscent of Kaitou Kid's signature, just drawn more crudely. :D As soon as you see the traps Yaiba set up all around the school grounds for Onimaru, you start to wonder who really is the antagonist of this story... Mistakes & Goofs The moon phase randomly changes from Waxing Crescent Moon 🌒 to Waning Crescent Moon 🌘. The odd one out seems to be the first one, since every other appearance of the moon at beginning and end of the chapter is a Waning Crescent. Adaptions Kenyuu Densetsu Yaiba Anime, Episode 1: Heisei’s Samurai Yaiba Appears