MadelineLime

Even if he does end the manga, I am more than willing to buy anything related to oh say, Shinichi and Heiji off solving cases together and whatnot. There are so many spinoffs possible.

Hi hi! Welcome to the forums

I love everything canon, especially Satou x Takagi, who counter all the childhood friendship stuff. Right now my favorite to think about is Gin and Vermouth, because I still can't figure out how that's working with all his apparent disdain of her.

Thanks! Ahhhhahahahaha that's if Aoko stops being childish. xD (I fully admit to not giving her that tangled hair look everyone is fond of)

Let's Take A Step Tonight That's a smaller version, since the large is 1200x1200 pixels. XD I think in the end it was an excuse to draw Kaitou with french cuffs and those stylish shoes. :3

Since I'm newish to the forums and even newer to the podcasts, how does one go about giving a shoutout for conventions? I added a few I attend to the site calendar, but I doubt that's the best way to go about it. lol

Touch is always good to see how someone feels. Most people aren't terribly touchy feely. If you hug him, see how long he holds on for. :3 It's like taking off a band-aid; if you don't rip away the relationship/crush that isn't working, you won't be available to get the person that is more amazing in the end. Personally, I would rather experience tons of pain in the hopes that I will get tons of joy, than never feel anything at all. I guess that explains why I'm willing to risk bluntly telling a guy how I feel about him instead of pining away forever. Anything I say in this regard is from the experience of wasting tons and tons of time crushing on someone only to be painfully hurt in the end. Don't end up like me! Well, I mean don't end up hurt, take my experiences as examples. I'm starting to feel like I should have reg'ed with the name Oba-chan. XD

^and people tend to have super phobias over them. If your theory is correct, (which I think it is perfect and very possibly true), the implications of the names vs which org is better is just nothing short of hilarious. The vicious and obvious named are less stealthy and not as good at it, and the more evil ones you don't see coming are named after alcohol.

See? It's a tried and true method. :3 Since you're asking all of this and want answers on what to do about dating at all, I can only assume you're considering not listening to your parents? I don't know how old you are, so I'm really trying not to egg you into being a total rebel. It depends on what you personally are comfortable with, and anyone you would potentially date. I can tell you when I was a teenager, I did know people in that exact situation who merely went on "dates" in a large group. Go out with friends, tend to hold hands with your date or whatever, maybe see a movie as a group and sit alone, that kind of stuff. If they felt really rebellious, maybe they went off on their own, if everyone was in the same general area (like a shopping center/area or something). More of hanging out and less of zomg serious getting dressed up for a date type business like happens in movies and tv. Most of my dates are like that a fair amount of the time anyway. The last boyfriend I had, we maybe went out to dinner a few times, but mostly just chilled and played video games or went to hang out with other people or whatever. We have mutual friends though, so I don't if that applies? (It only lasted a month and a half or two, anyway) Since I'm a trouble maker, I would also consider their exact word choice. You could easily finagle or get around what they said based on interpretation and whatnot. Maybe they said no dating, but did they say no boyfriends? So you don't go out on dates with just the two of you, but he's still your boyfriend. Things like that. But I am in no way encouraging you to ignore your parents very strong and thought out wishes, not at all. :mrgreen: It comes down to what you want to do and what any potential dates wants to do, and how you guys mesh and whatnot. If you were say, sixteen and a half, and both enjoyed one anothers company sooo much and wanted to be exclusive and whatnot, you could just make a commitment and then not really do much aside from talk and whatever (which isn't really that different than any other relationship lol), and then start "dating" for real when you hit 18. This is starting to put the cart in front of the horse, so to speak, since you don't even know how he feels. XD It's good for future reference, though. You never know what might happen. Some other boy might ask you out tomorrow and snatch you up. ETA: If you did happen to find someone you wanted to date in a long term fashion, you could speak to your parents about it. That would be something to think on.

It will only be weird if you let it be weird. A couple of hours ago I was talking to my guy friend (he's 28 years old btw) about this exact stuff, because he is super nervous about flirting with this one friend of his, (he's known her for years), and he's not usually nervous about girls. I advised him to say something along the lines of: "Hey, I just felt like saying that I'm a bit sweet on you, and I don't want to make anything awkward by hitting on you, so if you're interested we can go on a date. If not, it's cool." There's also the variant of "we have a lot in common and get along well, and you're cute, so we could go on a date?" I'm not trying to pressure you or anyone else into anything, but sometimes the most direct approach is best, and I just want to make clear that it won't immediately kill the friendship. Since you haven't known him too long, it could honestly go either way. If you did ask him out and he said no, just don't let it get weird. Continue as normal. I think someone else had mentioned that it could cause of spark of interest he didn't have/know he had! I want to throw in that I started dating one of my friends about... 7 years ago, and it only lasted a year. Bad crap happened that was wholly his fault, but after a while we became good friends again. It helps he apologized, and I think the entire thing really improved his life and how he treats others. He just got engaged on Christmas. I think they were friends first, too. XD Actually, I just thought of a really coy way you could go about it, but it takes a lot of gumption and guts to pull it off. You could tell him you have this thing for a guy you know, but you're super nervous and don't know how to go about finding out if he's interested back. After that, you play it by ear. If he tells you to ask the guy out, you just turn around and ask him out. lol There is the chance he could figure it out halfway and then ask you out, or a million other ways to go about it. There's also always the option of getting someone you mutually know to ask him if he likes someone! I know I've done that before. ETA: There's always flirting on a messanger, if you guys ever chat like that. It's so much easier and if they don't reciprocate, it's easy to write off as just silly banter or something.

I know a lot of guy friends who do this. There's also the fact they might not think they are worth of her, and get dejected and just give up before they even know how their crush feels. This is why I am all about talking to them. One of the things that hits my heartstrings the most is lost chances over really trivial things (like nerves). It's always so hard to tell about the person you like, because your judgment is clouded so badly. I'm so glad this has been covered in Detective Conan. XD

Thanks for posting that! It was very easy to follow and clear, which is amusing considering you're translating it to another language after it had already been translated from another. lol Takagiiiiiii

I thought I heard or read that Aoyama said in an interview the two Orgs were completely unrelated? To play devil's advocate, (it's in the Wiki anyway), I'm going to casually mention that "rose" is a modern name for those light pink wines. :3

I'm trying not to be offended by that. Have you honestly never met a female who was dedicated but not super clingy? :\

Well, there is that saying: “The way to a man's heart is through his stomach... ...just make sure you thrust upward through his ribcage.” Actually, food really is a good way to get on a guy's good side. Japan has the right idea with the V-Day chocolate. I've never had a guy say no to snickerdoodles or cupcakes. my icon is hilariously apt Kid, I thought they had to wait until White Day to find out if it was reciprocated? D:

Society is never going to change if everyone keeps thinking boys need to do all the work. If you sit around and wait for other people to make the move, then nothing will ever happen. :\ To be honest, most of them don't like me back, but at that point I can move on. Even if they don't, most people (men too!)) think it's nice to think that someone is interested in them that way. I don't know why you think it would be gross. I mean, just don't be creepy about it? The last friend I asked out was about 2 years ago or something, and now he's engaged. I still talk to him and stuff, and his fiance is really nice. I don't see the problem? He was already sort of seeing her at the time, (I had no idea) but I know at the very least it made him feel awesome. Everyone wants to feel wanted and attractive! Remember:

Exactly! Not a game. I've told many guys how I feel. I think gender roles pose a problem, but some guys thinks it's super awesome when a girl is forward. At the very least, if you confess you get one of two possibilities: they like you back they don't like you back The time spent fretting over how they feel could be spent dating them, if they feel the same. If you're just too shy, it's totally understandable. One of my personal tiny tricks I do is to touch them. Hand on the shoulder, hugging them and seeing how long they hold on/stay close, or if we're good friends, tickling. You can usually tell by how they react if they like you or not. :3 Personally, I've always found it incredibly amusing to see how ticklish boys/men are. Uhhh... I guess you can tell how forward I am. lol I've actually had a few boyfriends that started out by me telling them or asking them out on a date. It's not a surefire way, but it's also not always a loss!

Well, if you like them, tell them and then you'll find out.