Conan Edogawa
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| English name: | Conan Edogawa |
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| Age: | 7 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | May 4th |
| Relatives: | Yusaku Kudo (father) Yukiko Kudo (mother) |
| Nicknames: | Cool kid (Jodie Starling) |
| First appearance: | Manga: Chapter 1 Anime: Episode 2 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 1115 Chapters: 6 Episodes: 1141 Episodes: 3 Movies: 29 Episodes: 5 OVAs: 18 Specials: 5 Openings: 60 Closings: 68 |
| Cases solved: | 558+ |
| Japanese voice: | Minami Takayama |
| Drama actor: | Nao Fujisaki Minami Takayama (voice) |
Conan Edogawa (江戸川 コナン Edogawa Konan) is the alias used by Shinichi Kudo in his shrunken form. Conan is often treated as a separate character from Shinichi by fans, and often viewed as the main character of the series while Shinichi is viewed as a recurring character.
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Background
Shinichi comes up with the alias Conan Edogawa after Arthur Conan Doyle and Edogawa Rampo and pretends to be a distant relative of Agasa's who places Conan in Ran's care.[1] Ran's father Kogoro Mouri, owns a Detective Agency which may allow him to run into a case involving the Black Organization. He is signed up at Teitan Elementary to further protect his identity and makes friends with some of the kids and forms the Detective Boys.[2]
As Conan, Shinichi helps Ran's father solve cases by putting him to sleep and simulating Kogoro's voice using the special bowtie gadget Dr. Agasa made for him. By solving cases one after the other, he helps build up Kogoro's reputation who will later on be referred to as "Sleeping Kogoro". He also spends a good amount of time with his Detective Boys fellows and solves many small cases with them and sometimes in the company of Dr. Agasa.
As the story progresses, Conan later befriends biochemist Ai Haibara. Haibara Ai or Ai Haibara grew up within the Black Organization and is a former member of it along with her sister.[3]
She is the creator of the APTX 4869 drug but took the drug in order to escape from the Black Organization. Conan has run into the Black Organization multiple times, but he fails in tracking them due to Gin's cleverness.
Throughout the series Conan has returned back to normal. First he temporary returns to normal after drinking alcohol while infected with a cold.[4] He quickly turns back into Conan after solving the case. The next time was after taking the prototype antidote for APTX 4869.
After two days, the antidote wears off and he becomes Conan again.[5][6] Much further into the series, Shinichi accidentally takes a prototype antidote for APTX 4896. The antidote wears off 24 hours later but he is given another one by Ai to keep his identity secret. After another four hours, he becomes Conan again.[7]
APTX 4869
APTX is a fictional toxin and a derivative of an experimental immortality formula developed by Shiho Miyano, which is used by the Black Organization as an untraceable, lethal poison. APTX usually causes death but may, in very rare cases, decrease the victim's apparent age instead. Shinichi falls victim to the poison in the series' pilot. Later Shiho Miyano, who chooses to attempt suicide by using her own drug, was added to the two known people to have survived after taking the APTX-4869.
Throughout the series there are several instances in which the APTX was temporarily neutralized and Shinichi and Shiho were returned to their actual age forms. The main ingredient for this reversal is a component found in Chinese ginseng root schnaps, which Ai has already incorporated in a prototype antidote for the APTX. It is to note that in the instances where Shinichi or Shiho changed back, the recipient was suffering from a common cold while the component was ingested, indicating that the immune system somehow has to be taxed for the antidote to work.
Personality
As Conan, Shinichi tries to behave like a child. He refers to Ran as "Ran-neechan" (nee-chan meaning older sister, a common nickname Japanese children give to teenagers and young adults they look up to), and refers to Shinichi as "Shinichi-niichan" {nii-chan meanining older brother). He also refers to Kogoro as "Occhan" (Uncle), although he also does this as Shinichi. As Shinichi, he refers to Conan as usually "Conan-kun" or the "Kid in the Glasses".
Conan remains very close to Ran, who in return is very protective of him. However, because Ran is unaware of his true identity, Conan often finds himself in awkward situations with her, such as when she confessed her feeling for Shinichi to him and when she made him bathe with her at a hot spring.
He will often speak in a child-like tone of voice when dealing with adults, but he often gets caught up in the current case and begins speaking like an adult and talk about things most children would be ignorant to. When this happens, he often tries to pass it off as "something [he] heard on TV". Likewise, he makes no effort to hide his love for Sherlock Holmes and soccer, so if he talks about either subject in too much detail, he tries to escape suspicion by saying it was something Shinichi told him about.
Although as the series has progressed the adults around him have become more used to his "being quite smart for a child", causing him to behave more like himself around them, he still tries to pass as a normal child. The only adults unaware of his true identity that Conan speaks normally around are the FBI and Inspector Kansuke Yamato of the Nagano Police.
Conan tends to act more like himself around the Detective Boys, even to the point that they find it odd when he acts like a child around adults. He will often play games like baseball with the Detective Boys, but he is too used to soccer to perform well. He will even try using soccer techniques such as kicking in games that do not call for it.
Because he is unfamiliar with popular games and TV shows, Genta and the others tend to think of him as dumb. This annoys Conan so much that he will secretly watch TV in the living room after Kogoro and Ran go to sleep to get more "practice" in.
Relationships analysis
Ai Haibara is the third girl that seems to have somewhat romantic feelings for Conan/Shinichi, although she never truly admits it. Indeed, it is a mystery just exactly what she feels for him, whether friendship or otherwise. Some people, such as Conan's Mother and Gin, have stated that she has feelings for Conan. It could be said that, because of their almost equal level of intelligence as well as similarities in their pasts (i.e. both victims of the APTX 4869), she finds it easier to talk to him.
Conan grows to respect the little girl in his class for her sharp wit and observational skills, along with the other members of the Junior Detective League.
When they first meet, Conan and Heiji seem bound to become lifelong rivals. However, after discovering Conan's real identity, Heiji starts to act almost like an older brother towards him. Since then the two have become rather close friends, though Conan often seems to find Heiji more of an annoyance then anything, due to his dangerous habbit of calling Conan 'Kudo' when other's are present.
Nicknames, etc.
| Name | What they call Conan | What Conan calls them |
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| Ran | Conan-kun | Ran-neechan |
| Shinichi | Conan-kun Kid in the Glasses |
Shinichi-niichan |
| Kogoro | Brat Conan (rarely) |
Occhan Ojisan Kogoro no Ojisan |
| Professor Agasa | Shinichi(-kun) | Professor(- Agasa) |
| Ayumi | Conan-kun | Ayumi-chan |
| Genta | Conan | Genta |
| Mitsuhiko | Conan-kun | Mitsuhiko |
| Ai | Kudo-kun Edogawa-kun (around others) |
Haibara |
| Sonoko | Conan-kun Brat in the Glasses |
Sonoko-neechan |
| Heiji | Kudo (privately) Kid Conan-kun |
Hattori (privately) Heiji-niichan |
| Inspector Megure | Conan-kun | Inspector Megure |
| Eri | Conan-kun | |
| Kazuha | Conan-kun | Kazuha-neechan |
| Yukiko | Shin-chan Shinichi |
Kaa-san (Mom) |
| Jodie | Cool Kid Conan-kun Boss |
Jodie-sensei |
| Akai | Kid | Akai-san |
| James Black | Conan-kun | James-san |
| Kaitou Kid | Detective-kun | Kid |
| Vermouth | Cool Guy Silver Bullet-kun |
Vermouth |
People who know Conan's real identity
There are only a few characters in the series who know Conan's real identity. None of them have ever betrayed Conan's identity to date. The main characters to know the secret are Hiroshi Agasa, Conan's parents, Heiji Hattori and Ai Haibara.
See also
References
- ^ Episode 2: Company President's Daughter Kidnapping Case.
- ^ Episode 4: The Coded Map of the City Case
- ^ Aoyama, Gosho (2007-07-17). "File 8" (in English). Case Closed. 18. San Francisco: Viz Media. ISBN 1-4215-0883-4.
- ^ Episodes 48-49: Diplomat Murder Case.
- ^ Episodes 191-193: The Desperate Revival.
- ^ Files 3-7 volume 26
- ^ Files 647 to 654
