Shinichi Kudo and Ran Mouri
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Relationship analysis
Ran Mouri is Shinichi's childhood friend and canonical love interest. They have known each other since as early as kindergarten[1] and had been playmates since then, which caused some censure from Eri Kisaki.They are very close together, they have even been together as long as the time of children all the way to young adults, they have somewhat of a love-hate relationship before Shinichi 'disappeared', but when Ran mets Conan (who is Shinichi, although she's ignorant of this fact), she tells him that she was in love with Shinichi for a long time- probably ever since they first met, which of course causes Shinichi/Conan to blush like mad.
They are living together with her Father, Kogoro Mouri and 'Conan' solves crimes in her Father's place without either noticing, making Kogoro a great detective for most of the cases that Shinichi has solved himself. Shinichi has been able to have a great deal of affectionate moments with Ran since becoming Conan, including hugging, holding hands, sitting in her lap (etc.), even sleeping in the same bed and having a bath together once (he had a nose bleed at the last one). While still as Conan, Shinichi is able to keep other guys away from Ran, as seen in episode 6 when he tells a guy to never go near her and at the end discovered the chocolate that Ran had made for the guy was only a chocolate for celebrating Friendship. Shinichi has confessed to Ran in the 4th movie 'Captured In Her Eyes' (which she then mistook as his attempt to get her memory back ; he has also, during a brief return to his true form, canonically planned to propose to her but was interrupted by a case and turned back into Conan before he could. When Shinichi went missing Ran was worried sick (so much that she couldn't even sleep) and was on the verge of going to the police. Although it's dangerous, Shinichi has given her a number to his cell phone for her to call when she wants to speak to him, and, as Conan, uses his bow tie to mimic his real voice and reassure her he's fine. Shinichi doesn't dare tell Ran he's Conan as, until the Black Organisation is stopped, she could be in danger if she knew the truth (though Ran has almost caught on several times in the show)- also although Shinichi does love Ran, he has stopped himself from (canonically) telling her about his feelings, as then she will miss him even more and he doesn't want to see her cry anymore, even if he is no longer in her heart (it is possible, however, that Shinichi hasn't really thought this last statement through, as even after this he's seen getting jealous and fending off any men who get close to her, proving he clearly _does_ care if someone else is in her heart instead of him).
Despite their obstacles, it is quite obvious that throughout the series Ran and Shinichi (Conan) have a relationship that started as childhood friends but developed into love- however, how long it will take until it is safe for this love to prosper and be openly shown depends on the impending defeat of the Black Organisation.[2]
Shinichi/Ran moments
Episode 1
When Ran asks Shinichi "But wouldn't you just want one girlfriend" he looks at her with a sort of a romantic look in his Eyes but then he gets caught by her asking "Why are you looking at me like that". Then at tropical land when they are at the mystery coaster Ran asks Shinichi why did he come with her but Shinichi never really gets the chance to tell Ran an answer because she then holds his hand and they fall down into the steep hill where a murder was about to be discovered. After Shinichi solved the case, he leaves ran to find out what those men dressed in black were up to and leaves her in the middle of tropical land.[3]
Movie 8
While trying to land a pilot-less plane, Ran, at the steering controls, feels the burden of being responsible for the lives of the many passengers aboard. Conan, noticing her fragile state of emotions, asks Sonoko to take his place as the co-pilot saying he has to go to the washroom. After leaving the cockpit, Conan uses the communication system to speak to her (through her headphones) as Shinichi claiming he'll protect her and guide her into performing a safe landing. And quite unexpectedly, Ran instead gets mad at him for being like an eclipse: one minute he's there, the next he's gone. She goes on to say that there are moments she wished he was there and not always pretending to go away for a while but never come back. After bursting into tears, she eventually lets out a: "I love you Shinichi".[4]
But after the landing, when Conan once again calls her as Shinichi, she tells him how she was misled by Kaitou Kid pretending to be him and that "her secret wasn't out" after all. Shinichi, feigning ignorance, asks for more information. But she replies that this is a secret between the Kid and her and that he should use his detective skills to pierce the mystery all by himself.[4]
