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That's mainly because Conan knows a secret of hers.

I figured that since Conan fans and Kindaichi fans are pretty much one in the same this would be a good place to ask... Now I'm just wondering if there is anything more to the Kindaichi anime than the cases themselves. I started watching the original series and hit around episode 14 and noticed that there wasn't really any kind of backstory or progression of story as as what is present in the other highly popular Detective series (Detective Conan). Granted there is the slight presence of romance every now and then that I assume progresses as the series moves on but is there really no prevalent serial killer or organisation that manages to escape from Kindaichi's grasp? That his grandfather had trouble dealing with in the past? If you could format your answers with more of a yes or no answer than any real spoilers it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

The whole being deserted on a remote area, somebody dies, contact to the outside world cut off, somebody else dies, little clues as to who the culprit is being scattered around everywhere. Sakurako-san frankly doesn't have any kind of investigation, they just jump right into the culprit (if they even get that far) and then the show ends, I was a little disappointed since the show is based off of one of my favourite tv shows BONES

There is that one group doing an episode every month or so but sub groups just don't come together lol. There isn't even really quality subs for the early Conan episodes when you look back

Is anyone else getting some serious Conan vibes in Perfect Insider?

So I just saw this

Its not the worst project by all means, I've been reading Baby Steps which is now over 100 chapter behind and they have translated 7 or so chapters this year... Its sad that you have to rely on these groups but there isn't much to do alternatively lol, hopefully Souka or some other group picks it up on a full time basis lol

I've just caught up with the Manga and am just wondering how responsive Souka are with the scanlations? I realise that the manga is a few weeks behind anyway.

Has the BD been released/subbed yet? I can still only find the Korean rip that has Jap audio

I can't believe the slap on the forehead that I just did after reading the OP, oh my god... it all makes sense!

To put things into perspective it was dubbed over the original Japanese dub, the English version is not the original and the characters are not named Jimmy and Rachel, they were named that because of some silly copyright laws at the time. I remember swapping over from the dub to the sub after catching up instantly and kicking myself for taking so long to do so, the Japanese version is far better, you also don't particularly watch the series for the story itself, Conan is all about the mystery and the cases surrounding one of the best slowly arching stories to date.

Ayumi & Sato, Mitsuhiko & Takagi, Genta & Chiba for instance. Similar character designs, personalities and ability. I can kind of see Conan disappearing from Ayumi's line of sight similar to how Sato's partner did her (how this happens isn't really relevant), Mitsuhiko eventually stepping in to her vision and Genta developing a childhood friend (even if he doesn't have one now, he is still a child- it could even be Maria Higashio ). I'm not really trying to predict anything from this discussion, it had always just been brought to my attention how similar the characters are, if Gosho was to follow this pathway I certainly wouldn't disagree with it.

Wow that last one was brilliant, even got Conan's smug singing facial expression in

It would be pretty interesting if any of these oversights end up being intentional This is something that I noticed: Volume 47: File 1-5 Ran, suspicious of Conan after sending an email to Shinichi and seeing Conan's phone vibrating directly pointed out the fact that Conan's childish observations lead the detectives on the right track during a case. After Conan solves the case and he manages to foil Ran into thinking that Conan is Conan. Ran, during the next case that she is present in stops making those observations straight away to the point where she joins in on being completely clueless, that Conan has no merit during investigations again.

I like to compare Ayumi/Mitsuhiko/Genta to Sato/Takagi/Chiba in the future and can see Genta... evolving into that kind of carefree character. Right now though you can probably see him as the tsukkomi of the comedy trio, he doesn't particularly offer anything substantial to the group, he isn't an ace braniac and he doesn't have any spectacular physical abilities but he has strong morals and they alone will get him through the trials to come.

So I purchased all available volumes that were translated of the manga and am just about to run out of volumes as they only release one every few months. Initially I was a little annoyed with the name changes and the "Americanisation" of the manga but after a while it really grew on me. Firstly you have Aoyama Gosho's notes at the end of each chapter which is really a look back into the past... I just remember little things like him talking about his proud purchase of a Windows 95 pc rating it over a Mac , and his worries about the localisation of the anime when it was originally being released in English. They put in little clues, just specific words in bold that give you an idea as to how the case will unfold. You also just have way higher quality scans and consistency in translations... the earlier versions were pretty bad quality really. Yeah that's all, I'm not trying to demean the scanlation groups nor anyone that reads them, I just wanted to make people aware that the official translations have something to offer. I'm not saying not to read the scanlations, but if you have recently picked up the series and can't put up with the chopping visual and grammatical quality of the earlier chapters and have some money to spare I would recommend buying the volumes.

I KNEW THAT TUNE WAS FAMILIAR