AT Hiker 1 Report post Posted May 11, 2012 Hey all. Due to the marketing efforts of the US translation companies, I had never really been into Detective Conan. Having Japanese main characters w/ American names just threw me off. However, due to my interest in Detective Novels, Manga, and all things different, I ended up finally giving in and giving DC a try. (And before you ask, yes, I did buy the Case Closed versions of the manga, and yes, I took to the books with White out and Pen to 'fix' the names... and yes, I still read the fan translations. I actually think that reading both versions helps with understanding the hidden clues. I've been watching Anime for oh, longer than most members here have probably been alive (30 some years...) I remember when translated anime (dubbed OR subbed) cost $35-$40 per VHS (with normally 1-2 episodes per tape) and a Laser Disk cost... more. I still have most of those (no, I'm not an otaku... honest {}). As for Detective Conan, I'm in the what seems to be very small camp that thinks that James Black is Anokata. I know the evidence is against it, but assuming that he can maintain cover, he's in the perfect spot for it... all the inside scoop from the FBI (plus he's in charge of chasing the Black Org), old enough to know Vermouth from when he was younger, Holmes fan (knew the Baker Street Irregulars right off the bat), made Ai's "Black Org Radar" go off when he was first introduced, and he is the only person other than Vermouth to call Conan "Cool Guy"... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kid the Phantom Thief 252 Report post Posted May 11, 2012 30 some years? Oh, well, welcome to DCW, AT Hiker! Hope you'll like it here! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Akazora 293 Report post Posted May 11, 2012 Well, welcome aboard! Sounds like you're quite the fan there. I hope you meet a lot of new friends here. Post around, get to know this place better, and help contribute! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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kxhqiu 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2012 hi so who's you like most in detective conan?? i like ai-chan.. so cool n cute.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AT Hiker 1 Report post Posted May 20, 2012 hi so who's you like most in detective conan?? i like ai-chan.. so cool n cute.. That's easy... Sato Miwako. Super smart, sharp detective skills, and after what seemed like forever, she ended up finally reciprocating Takagi-san's feelings. Her side story has been quite humorous! As for Haibara-chan, she is my favorite main character, and ranks second overall. To explain this, if you think about her life "before", she could only be seen as a villain. She certainly didn't seem to be objecting to testing APTX 4869 on a living "subject" (Numabuchi). And yet, even in that evil, you feel sorry for her. Her parents dead (or so she believes... until DNA proves a corpse, you can't trust anything in this manga) yet her mother left tapes for her to listen to (still don't know the resolution to the secrets on those tapes... her Mom was what? and regret what?) and those tapes became the last connection to her parents. Her sister, also an agent in the evil organization, was murdered for trying to leave and save her little sister. Her life was totally controlled, and finally, she was sentenced to die in a poison chamber for speaking up against the injustice that the Organization was systematically killing off her family. (Well, she refused to do further research, anyway...) She's been shot (what, 4-5 times now?), attacked, run over, beaten, but has bounced back each time to grow closer and gain stronger bonds with all of her new friends (even the Detective Boys, I think she sees them like little brothers/sister type characters in her life). Personally, I think she has a crush on Shinichi, even though she knows that he is totally infatuated with Ran. Ai certainly seems to have one of the strongest personalities out of everyone in the series. She is also probably the only character that is more secretive than Shinichi/Conan when it comes to hiding her secrets. She is also, as I am sure, in possession of the keys that could unlock the shackles that hide the final secrets of the Black Organization. But her unwillingness to tell any of it to Shinichi/Conan in order to protect him is also exposing him to more danger, as he has to go to other means to uncover the secrets that she already knows. And I think that the reason that she so stringently hides those secrets is more to protect her parents’ memories than the more vocalized reason of “protecting” Conan. So, to your point… yeah, she’s pretty cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
