Glass Heart

The series is happening three months before Shinichi becomes Conan. The cast is the same than during the third TV Special, with Junpei Mizobata playing Shinichi. And he's great in the role (he's clearly inspired by the Shinichi of the anime), far better than Shun Oguri was during his time in the title role.

He doesn't appear in the first episode, and he doesn't seem to appear in the second either. The characters who appear in the first episode are:

The first episode of the drama series is now online, but without subtitles. I don't know if any team will do it. An episode is 30 minutes-long and, if what I've read is correct, the drama will probably last for 10 episodes (unless the channel asks for more). For those who have seen it, what did you think of it ? Me, I'm a little disappointed. I was hoping for something more like the previous TV Special, but it's not. It's not as well directed either, and I really felt it was a low-budget series. But the actors are good and the story seems faithful to the spirit of the manga. Well, except for the "white rooms" part which is totally weird.

Normally, the Detective Conan drama has begun yesterday. Two new cast members: Ueno Natsuhi: Miwako Sato Yuichi Tsuchiya: Wataru Takagi http://meitantei-conan-news-blog.over-blog.fr/article-detective-conan-drama-3-deux-nouveaux-acteurs-78743168.html

If Vermouth has swallowed the Apotoxine, there is a high chance she would have died. Let's not forget only Shinichi Kudo and Ai Haibara have survived, there have been many victims. I'm actually searching for Haibara's blood type right now. If Conan and Haibara are both of blood type B- (like 2% people on the planet), then they should share the same antibodies.

I know and, if I remember well, everything has been dubbed and released in DVD in the spanish-speaking countries. It's just too bad the people who did the american version didn't understand the series (well, the french version wasn't really good either actually). It could have been well-known in America too if the adaptation was better.

My favourites are Dragon Shiryu and Phoenix Ikki, but Cygnus Hyoga is also cool. Yes ! Hades Sanctuary is the best part of the series. Asgard was also great. Probably because it didn't have success in America. Well, I think I can understand why it didn't work: Saint Seiya isn't Power Rangers and the american version was a disaster (bad opening, blue blood, stupid dialogues, etc...). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpxrsEAIMT4 In France, we have the whole series, Hades Sanctuary and the first four movies in VO/VF on DVD, but I don't know why they stopped here. They never released (or even dubbed) Hades Inferno, Hades Elysion and the fifth movie. Strangely, they recently dubbed and broadcasted the 13 first episodes of Lost Canvas which are much more recent.

The bomber is not watchful, so it makes sense that Scar Akai uses a phone casually (like everyone else), but it would be suspectful if he tries to use it in a strange manner. So the trick wouldn't appear suspectful while, at the same tim, it would avoid leaving fingerprints. The intention behind the use of the trick by Aoyama is to make Scar Akai appear as a more obvious suspect in the Bourbon case: -Scar Akai didn't have to give back the phone to its owner. He could have just leave it somewhere, without being seen. By allowing Scar Akai to be seen, it would appear as if Scar Akai is a detective and, based on what Gin says about Bourbon being a detective (and we can add the fact that Gin seems to imply that Scar Akai is the detective he was talking about), Aoyama makes him a more obvious suspect in the Bourbon case. -The phone message wasn't useful in solving the case. Still, the message is here and it's the main element which implies that Scar akai could be a detective. But, as I said, a trick could have been used to deceive the reader and, more importantly, Scar Akai has a motive to use that trick. Now, for the informations about the owner of the first "phone", whoever Scar Akai is, they are probably fake anyway. It's strange because, as I see it, Aoyama does everything to make Scar Akai a strong suspect in the Bourbon case (if he calls him something other than "Akai", it would at the contrary be too obvious that he tries to mislead the reader and his deception wouldn't work). I'm not thinking about what's convenient to decide, I'm thinking about the possibilities that can exist where Aoyama could have mislead the reader, especially when it involves the use of tricks. If a trick could exist somewhere, it could have been used by the characters. He could be, yes. I still think it would be too easy, especially since the arc must use prominently Bourbon's detective skills, not Vermouth's disguised skills, but it could be. It's just that I don't think Aoyama would do a trick for Bourbon that relies entirely on Vermouth's abilities and not on Bourbon's own detective abilities. Even more when the trick would also involve Subaru doing the same. That's also what I thought at first, but what if she was talking about another detective, like one of those introduced later ? To throw the phone out would have been the obvious thing. For my part, the fact that he gave back the phone to the owner is something I won't overlooked because it's too important. If Aoyama wanted to imply discreetly that Scar Akai could be a detective, he just had to show us Scar Akai using the phone (but if there is one thing that Aoyama hasn't shown us when Subaru noticed Scar Akai, it's precisely what Scar Akai was doing at that moment), not showing us that he was the one who brought the phone back. Still, if there was a trick involving the phone, it could explain why Aoyama didn't show us Scar Akai using it, because if it was just that he uses a phone to send Kogoro a message, we would have learned about it anyway very soon. I never said Scar Akai was a bad person, I said that I saw two possibilites: Scar Akai working with Bourbon or Scar Akai working with Masumi Sera (if she's not Bourbon of course). But as you say (and I didn't thought of that), Bourbon would complicate things if he has someone to pose as Akai when he could do it himself. On the other hand, Masumi couldn't impersonate Akai herself, she is an excellent detective and she wasn't present during the hostage cases, so she fits perfectly the description of the "detective" I was talking about in the trick. So, I think of three possibilities (if no other detective appear later): -Masumi Sera is Bourbon, she can't impersonate Akai and has someone else to do it for her. And Subaru Okiya is likely to be Akai. -Masumi Sera isn't Bourbon and she is working with Scar Akai. In that case, Subaru Okiya is likely to be Bourbon. -My deduction is totally wrong. lol !

Chapters 700-704 Not a complete theory but several deductions based on these chapters. Informations about Bourbon First, something to be very careful about: through the Black Organization, Aoyama gives the reader several clues about Bourbon. These clues are accurate and will likely be an important part in the resolution of the Bourbon arc. The reader learns two clues: -Bourbon hates Akai more than Gin does. -Bourbon is a detective, a modern-day version of Sherlock Holmes. Even though these clues are accurate, they are likely to be used to mislead the reader during those chapters. The reader sees what Aoyama wants him to see, but the truth is out there. It's important to note that Conan is the detective of the story and that he has no knowledge of these informations. Bourbon's appearance It's important to note that, unlike Vermouth, Bourbon has never made an appearance as himself. That's because Vermouth is a master of disguise and thus knowing her true face won't help the reader to discover who she is during her arc. Does that mean that Scar Akai, who also wears a mask, isn't Bourbon ? No, that's not proof because on the three suspects, Scar Akai is the only one who clearly wears a mask. If Bourbon shows his "true face", then that would logically mean that Subaru and Masumi are innocents. So, even if Scar Akai is Bourbon, Aoyama can't show his true appearance to the reader. Conan and Akai Conan is likely to know that Shuichi is still alive, but does he know what happened to him since the moment he faked his death ? We have the response during this chapter: Conan doesn't know (which is normal because he's the detective, he isn't supposed to have the answers. Proof: Conan tries to save Scar Akai from the Black Organization. If Conan knew what happened to Akai, he would have already deduced that Scar Akai is Bourbon. The reader knows that Bourbon doesn't get along with Gin, but Conan doesn't. So, Conan has no reason to think that Bourbon can be killed by his BO comrades. Despite that, Conan tries to prevent Scar Akai's murder from the BO. So Conan wonders if Scar Akai is not the real one, thus proving that he doesn't know what happened to the real Akai. Deduction: Conan doesn't know what happened to Akai after his supposed death and he has yet to discover it. The phone trick This is maybe the more important element. At the end of the case, it seems like Scar Akai is the one who sent the deductions to Kogoro Mouri. According to the informations we've recently learned about Bourbon, we are naturally led to believe that Scar Akai is a detective and that he's Bourbon. Still, there are some strange elements: -The handkerchief. -The incomplete deductions. In fact, by combining these two elements, we have the proof that Scar Akai is very unlikely to be the one who sent the mail. Proof: The handkerchief At first, it appears that Scar Akai uses the handkerchief to avoid leaving his fingerprints on the cell-phone he uses to send the mail to Mouri. But, by thinking a little more, isn't there something strange here ? It would be pretty stupid to hold the phone with a handkerchief on one hand to avoid leaving his fingerprints, while he leaves them anyway with the other hand which writes the message. And anyway, it would be pretty uncomfortable and suspicious to write a message on a phone with an handkerchief. The trick is obvious: to avoid leaving any fingerprints on the "borrowed" phone, the only way is to write the deductions on another cell-phone, sending them on the "borrowed" phone, and then sending them to Mouri from the borrowed phone. This way, no fingerprints are left behind and the answer call would be sent on the borrowed phone. Of course, this deduction would imply that Bourbon has his own phone. It would also mean that he would likely have access to the web from his own cell-phone. Proof: The incomplete deductions Gin describes Bourbon as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes. So, if Scar Akai is Bourbon, it appears strange that his deductions are incomplete while he is in the exact same position than Conan and Subaru, both of whom have completed their own deductions. Especially if he has his own cell-phone which would likely grants him access to the web. Also, whether it is Bourbon or not, it's pretty clear that the person who thought that deductions is a great detective. So how comes the deductions are incomplete ? There is at least one logical explanation: the detective isn't Scar Akai. He isn't even present on the scene. So, he can only think his deductions based on the elements Scar Akai can give him (some infos, a picture taken from the cellphone...). The detective can't have all the infos Conan and Subaru are able to gather by being "on the scene", thus explaining the incomplete deductions. So, in fact, while it would appear at first that Scar Akai is the detective, it would be in fact another person who sends Scar Akai his own deductions. By combining these two proofs, I formulate the following deduction. Deduction: Despite what Aoyama intends us to see and to think, Scar Akai is neither Bourbon or the detective who actually wrote the deductions sent to Mouri at the first place. The detective So, who would be the detective ? The only thing I'm sure of is that he's not Subaru. I can think of two possibilities: -The detective is Bourbon (whether he is Masumi Sera or not) and Scar Akai is another BO member. If Subaru isn't Bourbon, then he's likely to be Akai. -The detective is Masumi Sera and she doesn't work for the FBI or the BO. If Scar Akai and Masumi Sera work together, then Subaru is likely to be Bourbon. As for the true nature of Scar Akai and the true intentions of the three suspects, I'm clueless. Edit: Oh no ! I've made a mistake. I wanted to post it on the Bourbon topic. :???: Magical mod powers Well, sorry ! :oops:

Not to die slower but to regenerate themselves. Stopping the aging process means that the cells are no longer dying. Cellular regeneration.

They're back ! Saint Seiyaaaaaaaaa !!!!!! New video game on PS3 ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQgzBw5t-54 But I don't have the PS3 so I'll pass on that one.

And he probably wanted Kogoro Mouri or Conan to know it also by giving back the phone to the owner (who could give his description after that) instead of just leaving it on the floor (someone who doesn't care or who wanted to remain discreet would do that).

I don't think Bourbon would do it for the pleasure. He must be extra-careful and it wouldn't help his investigations to kill FBI agents (it could only complicated them). Whoever Scar Akai is, we all agree on that point. Now, we can't be sure about what she says to him, but I don't think Vermouth would talk about her doubts concerning Akai's death in front of Kir. And I think Kir's reaction after that is strange because, even though she would have heard what Vermouth is saying, she still doesn't know anything about the detective of the organization until Gin says it.

Chekhov McGuffin: Well, your reasoning could work but, to be perfectly honest, I don't agree with some of your interpretations such as the "Scar Akai gauges the FBI reactions by appearing as Akai" which I personnally think unlikely (even by thinking Scar Akai as Bourbon). For someone who is supposed to be a detective, it would be a little disappointing if that's really his way to investigate a death (and I really think it would have no sense for the boss to have an agent investigate the death, except if he has reason to think Shuichi could still be alive. I don't think also that Vermouth would explain her hypothetic suspicions to Gin in front of Kir, especially since Kir doesn't know anything about the "detective" just after that). Euh... Someone who is supposed dead and who suddenly reappears with a strange attitude, I don't see how he can't be "suspicious". Now, I'm not surprised that Aoyama talks about Scar Akai about the real Akai. Up to this point, it would have no sense for him to differentiate them since he doesn't want Scar Akai's identity to be known (and, if in the end it was a trap and Scar Akai is the true one who plays a fake, he couldn't be accused of being dishonest), but in the story he makes it pretty clear that he's not the real deal (I don't think that anyone who read the chapters of the hostages case would think Scar Akai to be the real Akai). And Gin's lines seems to make it clear that he's Bourbon, so it's even more suspicious. And for the smirking, dark expressions and everything, I didn't even think about them. I may be wrong, but personally I still think that Scar Akai can't be Bourbon. But we'll see what comes next.

After thinking about it again, I realize I made a little mistake in my reasoning. I assumed that Subaru couldn't have let the note to Jodie before he was sure of Scar Akai's identity, but I was wrong. In the "Subaru is Shuichi" perspective, upon seeing Jodie in a place where he investigates on someone who looks like him, it would be natural for Shuichi to ask her to leave, wanting to resolve the matter without her being involved. Still, in the context, the message seems to imply that the writer knew about the organization's presence, something Subaru couldn't have known before discovering Scar Akai's true identity first (and as soon as he discovered it, he checked to see if the BO was anywhere near). So I still think Subaru is unlikely to be the one who left her the message.

(and a manga before it) Yes, but how do that prevent any other organization to exist into Conan's world ?

Movies aren't canonical from what I've heard.

Euh... Even if my speculations are wrong, I think there are several other big organizations in the world that Shinichi has never even heard about. The black organization is just his main enemy, but that doesn't mean that this is the only organization that exists in his world. Kaito Kid's enemy organization could also be another one than the BO. Because, if I say "but Conan, Heiji and [the other one who is after Kaito Kid] are the only high-school detectives on the show", how do that prevent another high-school detective to appear later, such as Masumi Sera did ? The fact that we have only seen the BO so far doesn't mean that another big criminal organization couldn't appear later on the story (and, with exception of the BO, every big organizations who appeared in the story were first secretly half-introduced through their members before their proper introductions later). In fact, Scar Akai being from another organization is so far the only explanation I thought of which could bring some light to this "what the hell is going on ?" situation that only Subaru seems to have understand.

To have both groups' agents killing themselves. Having both group fighting and killing each other at a crowdy place would only benefit another criminal organization who wouldn't care about the casualties. An organization who would want to stay hidden in the shadows and who has everything to gain by having the FBI and a rival organization destroying each other without having to do it themselves. I've also tried to think about what possible benefit Bourbon (if he is Scar Akai) could have to have both organizations fighting each other but, even if he doesn't care about the BO, the aftermath of the battle could only complicate his own investigation so he has absolutely no interest into doing it.

That's why I wondered if she couldn't have taken Takagi's place. The fact that Takagi wanted to keep Conan's phone with the fingerprints and Vermouth's appearance in front of Jodie soon after that are kinda strange. But Vermouth taking Takagi's place would mean she would have killed him as someone has said. So it's impossible (as Aoyama would never killed him, he's too popular).

I didn't say Scar Akai was investigating anything. I said he wanted to reunite every major character on a crowded place and have both groups killing each other's agents, and that's likely what would have happened if Subaru, Vermouth and Conan haven't stopped everything. That criminal organization would target both the FBI and the Black Organization. I never said anything about Akai, they would just use his face to bring the FBI, the BO, Kir and Subaru together in the same place. But Scar Akai could himself hate both Akai and Bourbon, explaining how Subaru/Bourbon (in my theory) would know him. Also, they wouldn't have really appeared by their presence (in the shadows) would be hinted through Scar Akai in this plot before the organization being properly introduced later. Now, as I said, that's just speculations. I just try to connect the elements together and to see if it has some logic with the events of the story.

If Scar Akai is Bourbon, how would he benefit from killing Jodie ? It wouldn't help at all in his investigations, it would be purely sadistic and it could cost the lives of some BO members in the process. It would be a cheap slaughter and he could have serious problems with his boss because of it. His age isn't important. He's a dangerous man, one of the best agent of the FBI. It would be natural for him to have many enemies. I could also say that Aoyama never made up a CIA plot before he revealed Kir was actually part of it (that was the first time we ever heard about the CIA being implicated). He just left two tiny clues about it behind to protect that secret.

The body wasn't Akai's. The fingerprints on the body were compared to the ones on Conan's cellphone which, if I remember well, was touched by the BO member who died during the time Conan checked on the suspects. Still, the fact that the body in unable to be identified physically, but that the police was able to get his fingerprints, it's clearly not a coincidence, we all agree on that.

I know the facts, that's just the reasoning behind it that I can't point. Now, for Scar Akai looking for Akai and trusting he's not dead, even if these informations are likely true, they could have been introduced into the story in order to mislead the reader into thinking that finding and killing Akai is his main objective. Even with the "Subaru is Bourbon" perspective, it could be a mislead. Subaru could have been on a whole different mission but, when he saw Akai, he decided to investigate while it was not his main objective. The only thing I am sure about Subaru (whoever he is), it's that his mission implies him to spy on Conan and Haibara, but at the same time he shows no hostility toward Ai, even showing a protective behaviour toward her. At the contrary, Ran somehow feels uneasy about talking about Shinichi in front of him. Even more than Haibara's, Ran's instincts often prove to be true. And Conan is extremely cautious about him learning too much about Shinichi, while he's somehow more careless in front of Masumi. Edit: Of course ! You're absolutely right ! I missed something obvious. Facts: By Scar Akai's appearances here and there, what ultimately happened, it's that every major characters of the story (the FBI, the Black Organization, Kir and Subaru) were all brought together at the same crowdy place. Speculations: Maybe Scar Akai's aim was to provoke an open battle between the FBI and the Black Organization into a crowded place. Maybe he wants both organizations to be destroyed and maybe this "Scar Akai" is an enemy of both Akai and Bourbon who would work for another criminal organization. It would also explain why Subaru looked at the window to verify the BO's presence once he saw Scar Akai (knowing him, he could have guessed his intentions), why he stopped Jodie to prevent the first fire between the BO and the FBI, while also giving another possible interpretation to his "But in the end, he wasn't who I thought he is. I've known him for a long time. There's no way I could be mistaken !". It could also explain why someone (Akai ?) left a message to Jodie to run, even though no one could have guessed the hostages bomber case. This person would have understand that Jodie was falling into a deadly trap (I'm talking about Scar Akai's trap of course) and wanted her to run away. All that before Subaru actually discovered Scar Akai's true identity and intentions, implying Subaru could not have been the one who left her the message. Of course, it would also imply that Subaru/Bourbon would have contacted his BO comrades (Vermouth) to warn them about Scar Akai's identity and intentions and have them retreat without fires and blood, thus explaining Gin's complains about Bourbon doing things his way.