Chekhov MacGuffin

Hi, just to let you know, we are a fan site with no relation to the author, Gosho Aoyama, who is Japanese. None of us (as far as I know) have any connection to him or ability to contact him other than the usual snail fan mail. Also, I'm not aware of him ever taking fan suggestions for characters. If you want to write a fanfiction about your character, I think this is the right place to post.

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Salt would do it, although I didn't know it was used in funerals. So it turns out Akai and Okiya's preference for high collared outfits was not a matter of dress preference alone. He probably has a scar, tattoo, birthmark, or some jewelery that he keeps on him. The pictures of him in the past in 802 don't show anything obvious, so it must be something small or something that happened later that her sister informed her of. Haibara had a lot of guts to go after Okiya like that. It looks like she barely hesitated when she saw he was off guard. This pretty much shows she thinks Okiya is not likely to be harmful, because I don't think she would risk the chance of getting caught by him while they were alone. Even if Haibara didn't get the chance to see what she was looking for, his block pretty much confirmed he has something to hide under that scarf. If I were her I would switch tactics and move to interrogating Conan about his relationship with Dai because Conan is a lot worse at lying under pressure and she has leverage over Conan. I suppose Haibara could take the cat-on-stairs tactic and try to trip Okiya so she can have a go at his collar. I think she probably should have gone for his glasses though. She would have gotten caught, but the eyes would be a dead giveaway. P.S. PLOTHOLE: How could Haibara really be sure Okiya was sleeping and not just staring off into space at his lap?

There is a discussion about the meaning of Nanatsu no ko going on here that someone who has formally studied Japanse should shed some light on:

Gosho's English is a bit sketchy, and he may have seen the name in katakana, creating the r --> l error. Additionally, Sherrinford sans g is the most common spelling in English, but Sherringford was used by AC Doyle as well, and it may be the more popular version in Japan.Regarding Nanatsu no ko, I have not formally studied Japanese, so a second opinion would be preferable. I think I know enough to speak a little about this aspect of the grammar. Nanatsu = seven no = a complicated (to me) part of speech. It functions in several ways depending on what it is being used for. One use is possessiveness. As best I understand, it is somewhat comparable to English once you flip the word order around. In English you would say "belonging of owner", but in Japanese it is "owner no belonging". ko = child/children. Japanese nouns have no grammatical number built in, so you have to infer from use to determine singularity or plurality. Ko lacks a plurality indicating suffix (like -tachi/dachi) here so it can be child or children. For Nanatsu no ko, taking ko to be singular results in "child of seven" which, like in English, is taken to mean a child which is seven years old because you don't normally think about children being owned by numbers. I'm not sure if I can properly explain why seven children is a possible translation because I'm not sure if it's using a feminine no, a grammar construct for specifying how many, or a use of the possessive I am not familiar with.

"Shellingford" was spelled out in English in that chapter when Conan told Haibara how to spell it in the Japanese version. The most common version of protoHolmes today is Sherrinford.I also undid some of your changes because you altered some sourced statements. Nanatsu no ko does get transliterated as Seven Baby Crows in English even through that is not an exact translation.

Blame Sonoci

I don't have the manga on me to check but she said she was downloading the drug data on to Agasa's disk earlier in the chap. Also we know from Haibara's intro case where they wanted to get back a floppy that the drug data often comes with other info, including real names and sponsors.

Nice choice in user name and welcome to DCW.

The reason I am asking is because there are a large number of episodes involving pens and blackouts. These are only the ones I found by searching the wiki. There are probably more because not all the description is uploaded at the wiki. If you know anything about the animation style or particular scenes, it would narrow it down quite a bit Pens in episodes with Kogoro Art Museum Owner Murder Case Distinguished Family's Consecutive Accidental Death Case Kogoro's Date Murder Case Cooking Classroom Murder Case The Silent Kanjo Line Megure's Sealed Secret The Mystery of the Rock Garden with the Continuously Flowing Water Sword of the Eight-Headed Serpent The Alibi that Fell Blackouts/darkness with Ran and Conan and artwork The Nocturne of Red Murderous Intent Deceased Mother's Memento The Entrance to the Maze: The Anger of the Colossus Sweetheart is an Illusion of Spring Mouri's male friend is the murderer Kogoro's Class Reunion

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Tottori Spider Mansion Demon, Episode 166-168 @Mercury, do you remember anything else about your two episodes, like the police involved?

Having not looked at any spoilers, I think it's froth guy. There is no good reason for him tripping in the entryway suspiciously. Nucleating foam with some kind of substance is the easiest trick to manage. I don't know what would be in a funeral bag/his pocket to do it though. There is probably some Japanese custom I don't know about. The only thing I can think of is that he tossed some of the dead person's ashes in there which would be rather visible and not to mention unbelievably disgusting. If the motive is the dead chick, that would kind of dirty her memory. Based on Kogoro's clue about dressing something up, making more foam in the beer is the only thing that makes sense. I don't know what he would do it with either. I can't think of why Kogoro would need steamier coffee or intentionally smoky cigarettes. Sounds like froth was the last downstairs and the clock might be useful for something. At this point no one cares about a complete solution anyway.

As a heads up, we do not link to infringing stuff on this website as much as possible because angry lawyers visited in the past, so please do not link to your torrent or your sources. Also I doubt anyone will be able to help you here because this website is not in the business of translations except on the very, very small scale, and then only stuff we can distribute without getting trouble (interviews with Gosho, movie posters, single panels of a work, screenshots, etc.) I am going to lock this topic because I really don't want people to break site rules by posting links to the stuff you are asking for. Sorry.

I think Sera was practically right, but at the same time I don't think Shinichi and Ran were wrong for wanting the ideal ending. They risked a lot in the process, but this is par for the course for them in terms of their behavior. Both pursue the ideal of justice to the point of risking a lot, including themselves and others, in the process because they think they might be good enough to get the perfect outcome. Character flaws make things interesting, especially if one day Gosho decides to have one of the idealism plots backfire. It's annoying enough that Conan is right all the time without help or support from the other characters. We don't need him to always act properly too. Because of this, I don't hate them for trying, no more then I hate Kogoro for being a self-centered drunk slob (he's my favorite character), or Ai being untrusting to the point of useless with even "safe" Black Org info (like the true intention of APTX) after Shinichi has proven himself to have some discretion as long as he can't use the info immediately. In a way, their behavior makes sense because the average villain in DC has an unrealistic pattern of behaving that allows Shinichi's idealistic plots to work. The villains pretty much always wait for the detective to finish (they can attack afterwards but that's where the footballs come in), and when faced with proper evidence they break down, become useless, and confess.

I saw that too. I haven't heard anything about it before, and if someone had a source it would be in the wiki.We have a thread to talk about Ai though, so this one doesn't get off track:

This isn't going to happen, so I'm locking topic.

Fixed the extra topic and moved all the posts there in here. Awesome name by the way. I am a huge Ace Attorney fan. They should do a crossover. I'd love to see Phoenix use the magatama on Conan...

Gosho doesn't give out his email address, likely because his fans would overload his inbox. If you want to try to contact Gosho you should try sending him a letter to his work place at Shogakukan. (I do not know this address.) The problem is that I don't think he speaks/writes English very well, and it would probably take several months to get a reply back, if you get one at all. It might be better to try to research another topic, look at past interviews from Gosho (we have some in the manga thread), or look for information on the web. The people on the forums also might be able to help answer some of your questions. I hope this helps and sorry I couldn't help you more.

DCTP is the translator - so it is in fact the most up to date you can possibly get in English. You have to look at the main page to see the most recent case arc. Google might also help for other sites. I'm loathe to link to any because of past angry lawyer problems.

That's correct. Good change.

My guess is the feeling of the scene will vindicate her. Its probably both funny and she's dragging Conan back down to earth after he calls too much attention to himself as usual is my guess.Also, are you sure the name is right? Isn't that player Higo Ryuusuke, the defector from Tokyo Noir that Haibara liked from Hooligan's Labyrinth? If so, I sense a fan crush...