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Mary is as much of a Rum red herring as Hyoue is. Sakurako way too young to be Rum, and I don't think Gosho's going to have Rum replace her like Vermouth replaced Tomoaki—instead, I think, she's going to be a character connected to Rum. Maybe she'll end up employed by Rum, or was once employed by Rum. As for Elena, if she was Rum, would she really tell Rei/Tooru what she told him in that flashback from The Tense Tea Party (888–890/770–771) about how he shouldn't be fighting. Then there's the question of her apparent death in that fire—why would she fake it? Why didn't she ensure that Akemi was made into an assassin who would've become a codenamed member?

As Chekhov said: Just because you wouldn't doesn't mean she wouldn't.

957 Spoiler Pics are out: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4489113649 EDIT: 957 is out: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4489644409

So we're either looking at a Shinichi's First Case/Aquarium Murder-esque flashback, a Heiji case, or a case with Saguru (and perhaps Kid). EDIT (Crossposting this from DCTP):

And you don't mean the meeting Masumi flashback, I take it? You don't think we're getting it as soon as next week (or in two, if we have a break next week), right?

While some screenshots and the teaser for Movie 21 (Next year's movie) may come out within a month or so, we'll be lucky to get a disc quality copy of the film by October—that's the way it's been for a while, in terms of DC movies. Japan's anti-piracy laws are stronger than most, I believe, so you're unlikely to even find low-quality camcorder versions of Movie 20.

Here are the 957 Text Spoilers from Spimer from DCTP:

So what do you think he meant by, "There's a fake in Volume 18?"

Shinichi is 17 in the anime. In the manga, he and Ran are 16. Speak for yourself.

Wasn't questioning his death—was questioning what, exactly, it'll lead to. I think it'll play a role (along with the other pieces) in ultimately finding out who Rum is, but the deciding factor (especially on its own)? I don't think so. "Red herring" was a translation of what he said, right? "Fake" was what he actually said, during that Q&A session, correct?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Police_Department_Public_Security_Bureau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Police_Agency_(Japan) and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Bureau_(Japan)

Gosho did say there was a red herring in Volume 18... do you think it could be anything else but Koji's name on the APTX list? You mean Hado's song? The title and timing depends on what Gosho will have in store for us with 957. I can see it being just a coincidence, but I can also see there being a plot-related trigger. In any case, how many of you are expecting a continuation of this (effectively) non-stop plot run of cases since 2016 started in 958? I'd be very surprised.

Read Chapter 20, just now—like the early series callback. Gotta admit, you got me, at that moment.

And then there's that (my comment there, was mainly about the tense Silverbullet96 used).

Ah, gotcha.

Isn't that what she and Shinichi/Conan have been doing for pretty much the entire series?

What are you suggesting? That someone has replaced Wataru? Besides Vermouth (and I severely doubt she involved another Organization member, with Ran and Shinichi/Conan in close proximity), who could do that but Kid? And why would Kid do that? You know, he could just be reacting to the fact that the victim wrote, "I'm sorry." By the way, how come 957 is listed as the final file, in the thread title? Is it just assumed that the next file will be the last one of this case? It's a reasonable assumption, I'd say.

Thing is, she hasn't really "felt" the aura since Mystery Train, and it was even thicker than usual—and this was well after she refused the witness protection program. Point is, I'm hesitant to claim that her BO sense has "dulled," as of File 850–File 852 or File 918–File 920.

Gotta always remind myself how much of a force DC has been in Japan—it's pretty impressive for a 22 year old manga.

How is Scotch knowing Shuichi's identity a flaw? It's likely why Scotch would allow himself to die like that. And what blame? The BO would reward a member for disposing of a traitor—look what happened with Hidemi/Rena/Kir. What's knowledge got to do with it? Shuichi/Dai isn't going to disobey a BO order to kill a traitor, lest he, himself, be outed as one. What is clear is that shooting through Scotch's phone and preventing the BO from learning anymore about him was on purpose.

956 is out: http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4473516760 Here are some translations by PresumeNothing, on the DCTP spoiler box: