Green Dragon (Part 1)

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Magic Kaito Chapter 37
Information
Title:	Green Dragon (Part 1)
Japanese title:	グリーン・ドラゴンの巻（前編） (Gurīn Doragon no Maki (Zenpen))
Original release:	April 10th, 2024
Shōnen Sunday issue:	#20/2024
Volume:	TBD
Pages:	16

Green Dragon (Part 1) (グリーン・ドラゴンの巻（前編） ,Gurīn Doragon no Maki (Zenpen)) is the 37th chapter of the Magic Kaito manga. It was written by Gosho Aoyama, drawn by him and his assistants and originally appeared in the Shōnen Sunday issue #20/2024, released on April 10th, 2024. It was written as part of a new case to promote the release of Movie 27: The Million-dollar Pentagram in April 2024.

Characters

Introduced

In order of introduction:

Midoriko Nakamori
100px	40 years old Prosecutor Aoko's mother and Ginzo's wife

Juro Tsunakura
100px	40 years old Prosecutor Aoko's mother and Ginzo's wife

Featured

Characters
Kaitou Kid Kaito Kuroba Aoko Nakamori Saguru Hakuba Ginzo Nakamori Shintaro Chaki 100px Kashiko Shikibe Keiko Momoi Konosuke Jii

Gadgets

Gadgets
Card Gun

Heist

Green Dragon's Scale
	World's largest phosphophyllite Encrusted in the pupil of the bronze statue of Date Masamune

Settings

• Tokyo
  • Chiyoda Ward
    • Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office
  • Ekoda Area
    • Nakamori Residence
  • Ōta Ward
    • Haneda Airport
  • Unknown ward
    • Ristorante Verde
    • Tsunakura Museum (綱倉博物館)

Continuity

Referencing

• Kaitou Under Scrutiny (Manga: 16) : Nakamori referencing Kid stealing a whole statue is a reference to the bronze statue heist at the Ekoda Natural History Museum.

Real Life Models

Tsunakura Museum

Tsunakura Museum is modeled after the real-life Art Institute of Chicago Building, a Beaux-Arts building completed in 1893. Tsunakura Museum is shorter than its real-life counterpart, only having 5 windows per side as opposed to the Art Institute's 7 windows. It also incorporates the street lamps outside the museum. The interior is however different, the real-life AIOC Building having Corinthian columns, while the Tsunakura Museum has Ionic columns.

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  Tsunakura Museum

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  The real-life Art Institute of Chicago.

Trivia

• Date Masamune (伊達 政宗, 1567-1636) was a famous regional ruler of Northern Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1868), and notably founded the city of Sendai. The diamond in his eye is also a reference to his moniker of the "One-Eyed Dragon of Ōshū".
• Phosphophyllite, known in Japanese as "Rinyō-seki" (燐葉石) is a rare mineral composed of hydrated zinc phosphate and often left uncut as its crystals are brittle, making the existence of the "Green Dragon" rather improbable.
• Jurō Tsunakura (綱倉 十朗) is named after the first Katakura Kojūrō (片倉 小十郎), Katakura Kagetsuna (片倉 景綱, 1557-1615), head of the Katakura clan and a close aide of Date Masamune.
• The Italian restaurant at the beginning is named "Verde", meaning "green/lush".
• In the case Midoriko is working on, the people involved are named after Shōnen Sunday editors: Domoto (堂本), Murata (村田) and Funamoto (舟本), whose name is also used for a riot police officer in Detective Conan file 1119.
• Kaito's handkerchief bears the inscription "hocus-pocus", meaning to "deceive", a fitting name for his persona as Kaitou Kid.

See also

• Magic Kaito Chapters not yet included in a Volume
• Magic Kaito

References

Chapters not yet published in volume format
37 • 38 • 39