Chekhov MacGuffin

I really don't have time for the case this week, so no solution from me. I did notice though the manga artist held out her left hand when she was set up for right handed work and appeared to be right handed. I suppose the proof will be someone lying about their watch working.

Probably. 出来損ないの名探偵 (できそこないのめいたんてい) Dekisokonai no Meitantei or literally "Good for nothing/badly made detective." The password pun Sherrinford was the prototype name for Sherlock Holmes which informed the English translation. What I am specifically claiming is that the current version of APTX is an incomplete, prototype version that has worked well as a poison. It is called a prototype because so far in development it hasn't done what Sherry intended it to do.Haibara has stated she didn't intend to make a poison. (V18-9 pg 9) She also detested her drug being used as a poison, which is the other reason besides Akemi that encouraged her to betray. (Same page as above) She also took APTX intending to commit suicide. Finally, someone in the Organization approved the use of APTX as a murder weapon which apparently is forensically undetectable (V1-1 pg 37), and it was used to kill many people. (A list of poisoned people marked dead was shown in the background behind Haibara in V18-9 pg 6 and Haibara mentions other people killed on the same page.) Taken together, this is pretty strong evidence that the current version of APTX works well as a poison and was used for this purpose. Presumably, APTX's effectiveness as a poison was discovered from its mostly lethal effects on the mice she tested it on. (Only one mouse shrank - and from Haibara's tone and conversation topic, it is easy to guess what happened to the rest of them). I would imagine that someone noticed the dead mice results, or Sherry reported her dead mice results, and someone got the idea to sidetrack part of the project from its intended purpose (which wasn't poison - discussed below) and develop the current version of APTX as a poison because it was convenient and useful to assassins. Shiho however intended the APTX to do something else, not poison. The support for this is Haibara's not meaning to make poison and hating it being used as a poison mentioned above, the nickname incomplete/prototype detective, and Pisco's comment in response to watching Shiho deage into Haibara (He was impressed she had developed the drug to that point and that her parents would be proud - if poison was the goal, he wouldn't be impressed because she failed to die). Generally, a prototype almost always refers to a product which is still in development and undergoing testing because it is being evaluated for performance and problems (and those problems need to be fixed) before it can be considered a final product. A "complete prototype" doesn't make much sense, because if it was complete, it wouldn't be considered a prototype any longer. Since Sherry needed to know if her latest APTX version was working closer to what she had intended (the real goal of the APTX 4869 project -- which isn't poison) she tested her drug on mice.

It was mentioned at least twice. The first is in Volume 24, File 8, pg 4: "Pitch-Black Funeral Procession". In the center panel, Gin is conversing with Pisco and tells him, "Of course, it's up to you if you use the 'Incomplete Detective' or not...". Earlier on the phone, Gin had mentioned it was fine if Pisco used the drug which both Haibara and Conan took to mean APTX 4869. The second time is Volume 24, File 10, pg 11: "A Bullet from the Past". Haibara tells Conan that "the members of the Organization sometimes gave this uncompleted drug a nickname... 'the Incomplete Detective'."

This might be it.I think those screens of Hattori's bike are from movie 7.

I think you have Uehara's and Vermouth's nailed (nice work!), but the lowest part of the front of the sixth gen Nissan Maxima doesn't match Takagi's and Takagi's doesn't have that line bar on the lower part of the side... I went searching for Hattori's bike and it looks a bit like a Suzuki RMX, but I don't think that's quite it. An SMX DRZ

Here is the article for you: Phones in Detective Conan

The last disk that accidentally wound up in the wrong place (Accidentally mailed to Akemi [Haibara's intro case]) had a list of project financial sponsors and real names of agents in it. (It was bad to the point where Gin and Vodka were going to kill the professor who got ahold of it accidentally even though it did have Night Baron installed to protect it.) That sort of thing might be included on the current disk, and Haibara doesn't want Conan to know because she is afraid he will get himself killed using the info. She may also be afraid of what Conan will think of her if he knows the true purpose of the project. However at this point, it still is unclear why Haibara is hiding it.

@Cider, done and added. I nailed down Jodie's showdown with Vermouth car as a Peugeot 607. A French car fits with the Saint émilion wine red herring name I guess. I also have a new batch of pictures! Takagi Suggestions: Detective Kudo: lexus ls400 toyota crown Vermouth - IDed as first gen Prius Leftovers (credit to whoever uploaded the pictures in earlier posts) Snake London case car (Not sure if it belongs to Juno Glass or Ares Ashley) Yui Uehara's car - IDed as eighth gen Honda Accord Suggestions: Fusae Campbell's car (No good shots of the car from the manga) Suggestions: Detective Kudo: 1960's-ish rolls royce or 1960's-ish Jaguar Balthazar: Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud Kyuu: 1960's-ish Bently Heiji's Bike.

He is listed as Miyano Atsushi (Japanese name order) between James Black and Elena Miyano.

That was a legitimately terrible solution. You couldn't attract a diamond by trace iron inclusions even with an nMRI machine -- if you could, you would have ripped the blood out of your body long ago. Besides a magnet that strong would likely have pulled a few watches and phones off the guarding officers in the process. Jirokichi cooperating with Kid was dumb too. He knows Conan figures out all of Kid's tricks, so of course he is going to get caught. He also might be arrested for interfering with a police investigation. Because of his actions, it came out publicly the turtle was a fraud; Jirokichi would have been better off not cooperating and pulling the exhibit later quietly. He would have also washed Kid's face in mud by messing up his plan at the same time.

A preview where Amuro has a couple lines: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM7bI4Lm9QY

Shirou Suzuki's (Sonoko's father) little girl (i.e. daughter) That is the deduction I made after only seeing the first file. It has changed quit a bit since then. Also be sure not to double post. You can edit your previous post by copying in the text from hitting the reply button.

There is a few other versions of it, including slot in the bottle (less popular) and the foldable coin version, but I think the magnet one makes more sense. Foldable turtles would be a new low for a Kid case, although Kid cases keep making less and less sense. I would hope that the people searching could find a cut in the glass although the wire mesh might make it harder to recognize.

Sera seems to be Kid IMO because the massive mistake Conan describes seems to that Kid is assuming Sera is male - a mistake pretty much everyone makes and Kid should have made by watching Sera on the train. Sera also acted surprised to be included in the girl's body search group and blushed when being checked (Kogoro was just being stupid which is why he blushed). Knowing the ages of Ran and Sonoko is also a bit suspicious because asking someone's birthday is a quick and easy check to determine if someone is who they say they are. Finally the shadow person being tied up in the guy's bathroom makes sense for Kid if he caught Sera in the deserted hall on the way to the bathroom and unaware of her gender tied her up in the wrong bathroom. The switch occurred after the face pinch when Sera ran to the bathroom. We know this is the case because Sera at the beginning of the museum visit questioned Ran about the hat, which Kid should not have known about. Only the real Sera has a distinct interest in figuring out the hat circumstance because of Akai/Scar Akai. I don't know how Kid would have ensured she would go to the toilet though. He may have tampered with one to force someone to go to the upstairs one, but how he ensured Sera went is unclear. Perhaps he was prepared to swap into any of the teens (he knew all their birthdays!) and Sera was the most convenient because she went later. Sonoko went put she said the downstairs restroom was crowded so if she went to that one, Kid couldn't get her. Kogoro showed up on his own so there would be no other Kogoro to tie up in the bathroom if he was Kid. Also he had his face slammed into the tank. Nakamori had his face slammed into the tank. The real Sera also pinched him and he never left the scene afterwards. Ran apparently gave away a vital clue to the trick with her cellphone behavior description. She also touched the glass barehanded. Sonoko pressed Ran into revealing the cellphone clue, brought up the bottle trick which also seems to be a clue, and accused Ran of being Kid. There isn't any real reason for Kid to accuse Ran or do an incomplete job on the body search which might make Sonoko more suspicious. Sonoko also asked what Nakamori meant by calling Sera a son (scene right before the knee to groin), implying she knows Sera's gender which Kid shouldn't because everyone messes up Sera's gender unless they are suspicious like James. Jirokichi wanting to give up so easily is definitely a bit suspicious, because if Kid hasn't stolen the gem yet as Conan assumes then clearing everyone out would give him the opportunity to do so. The old man is usually tenacious unless he has a good reason not to be, like he is looking for Kid's help. Since the jewel is of sketchy authenticity, Kid's appraisal by having him steal it and evaluate it might be what Jirokichi is aiming for. Another possibility is that Jirokichi really is Jii in disguise with a voice changer or mike connected to Kid (that would be a pretty serious upgrade from the train case though) and Kid has invented a "pinchable" mask, so long as he is the one who fakes pinching it (as Sera in this case) because Kid just likes to prove he can defeat various security measures i.e. disguise as a child (Genta). Evidence against Jirokichi being disguised besides the face pinching is Jirokichi did touch the lip of the tank barehanded while checking it and also touched Kid's card which presumably was handed over to Nakamori as evidence. Jirokichi does a lot of talking and the various characters seem to all simultaneously converse in the very last panel which would rule out the mike. A voice changer would have to have been stolen to make it work, and that should have been mentioned unless Conan had his pocket picked midway... in conclusion, I think disguised Jirokichi is more complicated than necessary. As for the turtle trick, assuming Conan is right about making the jewel only looking stolen, I'm thinking that magnets make the most sense (Note: sense is often in short supply with Kaito Kid cases) although I am not sure about the exact setup. Gosho typically depicts interference from transmitters or radios as bad reception rather than a screen blackout, so I assume conflicting radio signals isn't the cause of Ran's cell problem. The reason why I think it is magnets is because Gosho made a deal of the ferromagnetic iron clasp and the bottle trick Sonoko described looks like the variation where the trick coin is magnetic and held in the neck of the bottle with a magnet on a ring. If Kid had access to the tank ahead of time, it's possible that he could get strings threaded through the mesh at the top of the tank to lift a hollow rock to cover the turtle after guiding it to the proper location with a magnet quickly. Other options include a false back or bottom to the cage which creates a space. (Also I will not be looking at spoilers so I can have time to think about the file)

Probably, because the guy is an AO character.

You can change the name and description of the thread by editing the first post. I would recommend doing so instead of making a new thread.

I added you to the artists reference thread and deleted the duplicate topic.

It isn't 100% official: Okiya hasn't taken off his wig and glasses and announced he is Akai Shuuichi, but there isn't much room for arguing anymore. Okiya put Sera in her room where Sera's hat was lying on the table beside where he laid her down, then Akai shows up wearing it in the same clothes as Okiya to throw a grenade, then the hat is found in the hallway by Ran, and then Okiya opens his eyes to reveal they look pretty much identical to Akai's. I think the full reveal is being saved for some drama when Sera and Haibara confront him officially because Akai owes them both an explanation, but Okiya's identity is pretty much a done deal at this point IMHO.

Google translate does a half decent job of it for being ... well google translate. : P

One from the German forum. It's old and may have been done before by someone else. http://detektivconan-wiki.com/wiki/Interview_mit_Gosho_Aoyama