Chekhov MacGuffin

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It isn't the same. I made an attempt to look it up, but didn't succeed. There is a panel later in the case where the logo is visible. Unfortunately, I am not familiar enough with motorcycle logos to tell what it is by shape alone without being able to make out letters.

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So it's Jeet Kun Do vs. boxing? I wonder if Akai does Jeet Kun Do as well? Yura Station (由良駅 Yura-eki) is a railway station located in Tottori Prefecture.

The Memories of First Love Case?It's pretty ironic because that case is the last one before Haibara appears in the manga, but they are 28 episodes apart in the anime, pretty much a whole season. No, that woman was the leader of a criminal money forging gang called Silver Fox. She is apparently not anyone important because she has never appeared again.

Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara Not our best written article, but it is probably what you are looking for.

Amuro saw Conan's working phone and told him to contact the police. Amuro can deduce that if Conan had that earlier, he would have used it to contact the police instead of sending a cat with a message. That must mean Conan had only just been given that phone to help him. Amuro's first suspect is probably Professor Agasa because they were just outside his house. Amuro could be mistaking Agasa for Okiya because it was Okiya driving during the car chase in 800 after Ran called Agasa and told him track Conan. Looking at the cars would fix that mistaken assumption and would lead Amuro to Shinichi's place. It would be bad if Amuro tried to go into Agasa's house because he might find Okiya's listening devices. Agasa and Haibara don't know about them, so even if Haibara hid all her lab supplies and herself ahead of time, Amuro could still find the bugs. Then he could justify a more thorough search of the house -- or even Shinichi's house because the broadcast range of wireless listening devices (that aren't Agasa's magical contraptions) is limited. Akai is stuck between moving out to hide better, and staying at Shinichi's to protect Haibara. I think he will choose the second option. This is a repeat from DCTP, but if anyone is wondering why Amuro is apparently crazy prepared enough to have a wind physics simulator that can model Beika City on his phone, I think that the Black Organization would have developed this app for Org snipers trying to account for crosswinds in Tokyo. I wonder if the Organization has a private app store with downloadable crime-aiding software?

Apparently an informal interview was given by Gosho on Jan 3rd, 2013 to fans. There is no transcript I know about (hopefully something more detailed will pop up to confirm) but reports of what was talked about made it onto Baidu. Usually interviews from there are somewhat suspect, but this info seems to be well regarded because it isn't absurdly revealing, the poster included pictures of the informal meet, and a similar informal interview (linked) was given last year around this time. The Japanese person who was at the previous year’s interview also had commentary on this one. The Chinese and Japanese accounts do not contradict each other, so it is extremely likely the info is accurate. http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2081711892 今天柯南作者见面会问答 组织消息 Posted by 我爱贝尔摩得 Y大蟹酥Y微博消息 大叔说还会有新的组织成员登场 否认boss是阿笠博士 灰原和琴酒确实有关系，但具体是什么关系敬请期待 怪盗基德不会再和组织有交集 明年20周年可能会画组织相关内容 大boss没有酒名代号，但成员的代号都是大boss起的 Translation by Conan4869 with edits: Gosho said there [could be] a new member of the Black Organization [appearing], denied Agasa is BO boss. There is a relationship between Sherry and Gin, wait to see what relationship between them. Kaito Kid won't be involved in the BO story anymore. Next year 20th anniversary (Year 2014) he may create a story about BO. BO boss had no codename related to alcohol, but members' codenames are named by BO boss. Analysis Likely no big BO confrontation cases will happen in 2013, although the plot with Amuro, Sera, and Akai should go on. Chapter 900 will fall in approx February-March 2014 at the current rate, which suggests Gosho will hold off until 2014 - the 20th anniversary of DC. (For anime watchers, BO cases or cameos often occur on manga file numbers that are multiples of 100) Gosho may be thinking about introducing another new BO member, but he is probably going to clean up some of the current plot first. It will probably be a while before there are any new BO. To put it in perspective, the Nagano case Gosho talked about last year in January still hasn't happened yet. It would make the most sense to introduce a new member in File 900 in 2014 to coincide with the 20th anniversary. We already knew Agasa wasn't the boss and the boss gave out alcohol codenames. No more Kaitou Kid messing up the BO plot!!! <- BEST NEWS I doubt Gosho will clear up Sherry and Gin's relationship. Whenever the issue came up in earlier interviews, he gave pretty much the same answer. The only new development about that mystery since the early Vermouth arc is Gin thinking of Shiho naked again in the train case. Fans have been asking Gosho about the two of them since the Vermouth arc without success, so it must be sensitive and/or something Gosho is saving for later.

This was a pretty fun case even though there was no mystery.

How about "Mr. Tsuburaya's compensation." or "Mr. Tsuburaya's side benefit."

I keep changing my mind. Some cases I read and think Kogoro knows, and some I think there is no way he does... On one hand, Kogoro knew Shinichi when he was little because Ran would get in trouble with him a bunch, so it wouldn't be unusual for Kogoro to recognize Shinichi. Kogoro might go to sleep for real suspecting that Shinichi is using him. Kogoro realizes that Shinichi got in some real trouble and needs to hide, so hits Shinichi on the head whenever he becomes too obvious -- or when he is annoying because Kogoro knows he can get away with it. On the other hand, Kogoro isn't the least bit worried that whoever attacked Shinichi and turned him into a little kid might come after him or Ran. There was that one situation where Kogoro suggested Ran and Conan shower together, which he would never do if he knew Conan is Shinichi. Kogoro generally acts like he doesn't know about Conan, and he is pretty unaware in general. Kogoro is also usually a bad actor, so how could he keep it secret that he knows Conan's identity for long? Maybe he gets suspicious like Ran and switches between thinking Conan is Shinichi and not?

Shiratori was a movie only character to begin with, so he was not in Gosho's original plans. Shiratori could only be the boss if Gosho changed his mind about the story. Besides, Shiratori has seen Haibara. It doesn't make sense for the boss to see Haibara and do nothing himself, but then go on ordering Gin and Co to look for her.

... I don't think the White Horse is part of the Black Organization.

Gosho left it vague whether it is just the name or the actual person who has appeared. So, the boss could have appeared in person. The interview was in the Kir arc, so no one had tried to make such a long list. the wiki has the names of many of the suspects though.

"Since he is a Newtype." A Newtype is a person in the Gundam anime who has "evolved" extraordinary powers of prediction and awareness, pretty much like psychics. Amuro Ray was a Newtype, so the joke is that Amuro Tohru should be one as well. Char Aznable (Akai) and Sayla Mass (Sera) were also newtypes, although not as good as Amuro. Shounen Sunday publishes DC.

Yes, there was a case in the last three years. I remember people joking about how Ran was a fake. I'll try to find it. Edit: Second Guess! The Kappa case V69-1 (719). Ran didn't scream when they found the drowned guy in the attic.

I updated the article and I moved some cars to completed. Here is what is left and what everyone thought about them. Hopefully, I didn't miss anyone. Snake Suggestions: Cider: Benz W111 or W112 Kir's Motorcycle Suggestions: Heiji's Bike. Suggestions: CmG: similar to Suzuki RMX, SMX, or DRZ IP 62.18.xxx.xxx: Kawasaki London case car (Not sure if it belongs to Juno Glass or Ares Ashley) Suggestions: Yukiko's Motorcycle Suggestions: Shiratori's cars Shiratori's 2nd (current) car: Suggestions: Uncertain anime car Suggestions: Sundown: Toyota Crown JZS155 Detective Kudo: Lexus LS400 Toyota crown Shiratori's 1st car (blew up in Matsuda case) Suggestions: Takagi had another car which blew up in the parade part of the Matsuda case. This is the splodey one Rikumichi's Nissan Suggestions: I went ahead and said Jacs was correct about Fusae's Jaguar Mark 2. It was a perfect match.