Sonoko Suzuki and Makoto Kyogoku

The romantic relationship between Sonoko Suzuki and Makoto Kyogoku.

Relationship Analysis

Sonoko presenting the chocolate she made to Makoto.

Sonoko Suzuki originally met Makoto Kyogoku while vacationing, where he was a waiter at a restaurant and worked at a hotel in his spare time. At first, neither she, Conan, nor Ran recognized him, because he wore glasses to hide his features. He later saves her when he takes a knife in the arm for her, to protect her from getting killed by a crazed serial killer. This is when Ran finally realizes that he is the famous karate champion. After defeating the killer, he confesses his feelings for her, which leaves Sonoko dumbfounded and flustered. According to Makoto, he originally met Sonoko during one of Ran's tournaments, and loved how feisty and firey she was in trying to cheer her friend on. After this, Sonoko and Makoto begin a long distance relationship.

Makoto often saves Sonoko from dangerous peril, like in a snow lodge, and in a forest. Sonoko loves to use some kind of concocted scheme to get Makoto to come to her, usually in some romantic way, to create a romantic and dreamy experience for her. This, however, doesn't always end in success, but he sometimes does stumble through her little schemes. He often warns her of the way she is dressed, because he believes that guys will try to come after her because of it.

Sonoko often wants to show Makoto that her feelings for him are stronger than he thinks, planning simple ideas to make him feel special. However, these often go in awry, as she either cannot make what she had planned to make, like when she promised to make him a home-made sweater, but had to resort to buying one in a mall, or Makoto has no idea what she gave him is, like when he believed that the pottery she sent him was supposed to be for flowers. Sonoko keeps a photo of Makoto in her bag, and uses it as a good luck charm for when she takes exams. She has also made him a chocolate, trying to make him feel jealous by not saying who it was for, thus forcing him to visit her in a snow lodge to ask her what was going on. When he finds out that indeed, she made him the chocolate, he gets very embarrassed himself.

Although long distance relationships can be hard to be in, Sonoko has stayed faithful to Makoto, other than dreaming of meeting up with the Kaitou Kid, though this is mostly to see him up close more than anything else.

Sonoko and Makoto moments

Manga/Anime

Volume 22: Files 219-221 / Episodes 153-154: Sonoko's Dangerous Summer Story

• While on vacation in Izu, Shizuoka, Sonoko is hit upon by a rather handsome college student named Tadahiko Michiwaki. Conan watches them converse in disbelief; he thought that nobody would like Sonoko.
• Makoto makes his debut in the series as a waiter to Sonoko, Conan, Ran, and Michiwaki, who a while ago asked Sonoko to have lunch with him (Sonoko agreed, but she was not confident enough to go alone).
• Makoto puts Michiwaki's beer down on the table with a loud bang, and then, rudely, orders him not to leave his cigarette's ashes on the floor. Later, Makoto abruptly comes in between Sonoko and Michiwaki to serve the fried noodles that he ordered. He then rudely tells them to wrap up quickly, as "there are a lot of customers waiting to eat".
• At the Karawuya Hotel, as the trio waits for Michiwaki to show up for dinner, Makoto appears next to Sonoko, and leaves an umbrella next to her, telling her that she can use it if she needs to (it is raining outside).
• After Sonoko is assaulted, Makoto quickly arrives at her room, and begins berating her for wearing revealing clothing, which, in his belief, contributed to the attack. He then persuades her and the others to change their room and stay at the hotel for dinner, since it is dangerous outside.
• At dinner, Makoto tells Sonoko that the meal for her and her friends, is free. In exchange, they are not to tell anyone about the assault (Makoto is probably worried about he hotel's reputation here).
• The next morning, Makoto follows the gang to a popular restaurant. After Conan notices Michiwaki's car rolling down the hill, with a sleepy Sonoko inside, Makoto quickly follows Conan and Ran outside in order to help Sonoko, but he is stopped by the staff at the restaurant, who demands that he pays his bill first.
• An angered Makoto demands an answer from Michiwaki as to why he did not put an emergency brake on his car, which could have killed Sonoko.
• As Michiwaki is about to kill Sonoko, Makoto comes to her rescue, and proceeds to cooly defeat the crazed murderer with his superb karate skills. Sonoko learns that he was following her to make sure she would not get hurt (Makoto noticed that Michiwaki had talked to a few other girls before Sonoko met him).
• Sonoko asks him why he would do all this for a total stranger, and Makoto reveals that he developed feelings for her when he saw her cheering with all her energy for Ran in a karate tournament. Before Makoto leaves, he says the words that make the young girl's face instantaneously turn neon pink. They are as follows:

“	"Oh, yes. Going around in lingerie like that is sure to seduce more men than necessary. If you could, I'd like you to stop doing that. Of course, as the guy who loves you the most in this world, it doesn't matter if you don't want to listen to me."	„
— Makoto, confessing to Sonoko, how his feelings for her transformed into love.

• In the omake, Ran reveals that Makoto and Sonoko has begun dating, and that (to Sonoko's dismay) Makoto has decided to go abroad to study (as he has no more worthy rivals in Japan). Since Makoto is not around, Sonoko is still a bit "boy crazy".

Volume 25: Files 243-245 / Episodes 172-173: The Resurrected Dying Message

• Sonoko thinks that Makoto is being cold to her for not calling her for two months in a row.
• Sonoko takes out her new cell phone, and, while staring at it, she thinks about Makoto and silently calls him an "idiot."
• Makoto finally calls Sonoko to tell her he won a huge Karate tournament, but Sonoko calls him "stupid" over and over with tears in her eyes, reflecting the frustration of not receiving a call from him for so long. Makoto apologizes, explaining he thought that there was nothing particularly important to talk about. Then, Makoto cautions her about the flu in Japan, and that she should not wear any short skirts.

Volume 33: Files 331-334 / Episodes 266-268: The Truth Behind Valentine's

• Sonoko is worried because Makoto has been distant lately but she has a love strategy, and she told Makoto that she is making chocolates for someone she likes.
• At the end of the episode, Makoto has arrived, jealous, to see who the chocolates are for, and Sonoko says it's for him, causing him to go red.

Sonoko gives the chocolate she made to Makoto.

Volume 52: Files 541-543 / Episodes 457-458: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief

• Sonoko sent a message to Makoto on their place and time of their meeting. Makoto was confused about the message and decided to camp in that forest until the day of the meeting comes. When Sonoko was in danger, he immediately came to rescue her, knocking out the bad guys in one go.

Volume 81: Files 859-861 / Episodes 744-745: The Suspect is Makoto Kyogoku

• Like many others, Makoto mistakenly thinks that Sera is a boy in their first encounter. So, after seeing Sera get too close to Sonoko, he places his hand on Sera's shoulder, and gives her a menacing dart. A fight then ensues, and finally Sonoko has to step in in order to clarify the misunderstanding.
• In the bowling alley, Sonoko's cheers for Makoto makes him blush, and his bowling ball ends up breaking the bowling lane.
• When Yamamura accuses Makoto as the murderer, Sonoko blushes and claims that he is innocent by shouting that:

“	"Makoto-san is...absolutely fantastic and nice and is a good person!	„
— Sonoko trying to protect Makoto, causing him to blush deeply

Volume 82: Files 862-864 / Episodes 746-747: Kaitou Kid VS Makoto Kyogoku

• Sonoko introduces Makoto to her parents. Her father does not reveal his opinion of Makoto, while her mother develops an instant dislike of Makoto, whom she thinks is strong but not smart, and certainly not qualified to inherit the wealth and the multitude of businesses managed by the Suzukis. Sonoko's father steps in at this moment to calm the situation, saying that they are both still only in high school and that this topic should be left to the future.
• Sonoko reveals that Makoto left a karate competition in order to meet her parents and tightly hugs his arm while both are blushing.
• Sonoko makes a bet with Kaitou Kid but asks him to promise her not to hurt Makoto as he has an upcoming tournament. In the end, Makoto manages to uncover Kid's disguise as Sonoko. Upon asking him, he blushes shyly and said that Kid's ring finger is longer than his index finger, unlike Sonoko.

Volume 96: Files 1022-1025 & Volume 97: File 1026 / Episodes 993-995: Makoto Kyogoku the Understudy

• Due to a series of coincidences, Makoto is invited to take part in the filming of a movie as an understudy. Sonoko thus dreams of being the wife of a superstar. An actor overhears this and remarks derisively that Sonoko is just a gold digger, because of which Makoto warns him sternly that he should watch his mouth.

Movies

(Movie 23) The Fist of Blue Sapphire

• Sonoko blush in front of Makoto in front of the singaporean.
• Makoto resigns the competition and decide to stay with Sonoko. He is afraid that the thugs will attack them again, and he cannot use his fist. Sonoko is angry and tells him to leave.
• When the pirates break into the hotel, Makoto breaks open Sonoko's room door and carries her.
• Makoto backs off and ties Sonoko to his back, which cause Sonoko to blushes.
• After the fight, the band aid on Makoto forehead is that there's a scar under there, but more importantly a miniature photo of him and Sonoko under it. Makoto blushes in front of Sonoko, calming that as his personal talisman.

Trivia

• Sonoko Suzuki and Makoto Kyogoku have been in a long distance relationship for most of the series.
• They are one of the rarer non-childhood friends couples.

See also

• Sonoko Suzuki
• Makoto Kyogoku