u/KudoTsurugi

I don’t know if the Rum arc is considered finished yet, so I’ll be putting specifics under spoilers just in case.

I took a bit of a break from reading the manga, stopped just before the Kyoto school trip arc, which was a well thought out if not bittersweet case, but I’ve spent the last couple weeks finishing up the manga, and I’m finally caught up.

Some cases that stood out to me were the following:

The Azure Throne Case: Wasn’t expecting the latest Kaito case to turn into a murder, let alone that >!Kid would disguise himself as Shinichi/Jimmy to help with the investigation. I know he’s used this disguise before in the anime movies, but I believe this is a manga first? Either way, it was fun seeing how Kid got out of this one and how close Hakuba was to figuring out the full ruse.!<
The 17 Year Old Truth: It was interesting to get an insight of the night of Koji Haneda and Amanda Hughes’ murders from Kuroda’s POV. >!Especially that tidbit of Wakasa’s real name being Rachel Asaka. I wonder if Aoyama thought, since he chose the English names for the Funimation dub, that Rachel was a name so nice he’d use it twice!<>!😂!< >!Either way, it’s clear she has a one-track mind laser focused on revenge for her adoptive mother, targeting anyone associated with the Black Organization. Would explain her fixation on Haibara. I’m hoping she can be convinced to be an ally against them, but it looks it’ll take a while before we can fully trust her.!<
The Attaché Case Railway Murder: I’ll be honest, I was not a fan of Momiji Ooka. I understand her role was to create tension in the “Will they? Won’t they?” for Heiji/Harley and Kazuha, and she serves it well, because all I kept thinking was “oh no, not her again” when she shows up. Her butler Iori, on the other hand, is a different story. I actually like the relationship he has with Momiji and seeing how they met was actually sweet. Also how he, Heiji and Conan got around the culprit listening on the earpiece was pretty smart😀👍
The Magnet Beads and Paper Bird cases: These cases stood out partially because of the NHK special done on Aoyama-sensei. I know it’s obvious to some here that Aoyama tries out the tricks he uses before putting them in the manga, but it was cool to see how he does it, and how he puts his experience into the characters(like Kogoro/Richard getting tired from a long hike😂) The special even had segments of the chapters made into motion comics voiced by the anime seiyuu. So when I saw these tricks in their respective chapters, it clicked that these were the ones featured in the special. >!Also Chihaya splashing water in Takagi’s face in the latter case is hilarious out of context!<>!😂!<
The Masked Ball Murder Case: Gives a neat insight into Chihaya and Jugo’s relationship, as well as how close Takagi is to becoming like Matsuda if he isn’t careful.
- And finally, the Haunted House case: It was fun seeing Shinichi and Ran as kids in a flashback case again. >!Wasn’t expecting to see Amuro and Matsuda with the cadets take on this case, but it was a nice surprise!<>!😄!< >!Though now that Amuro in the present knows that Conan is Kudo, I worry what that may mean for his double agent role as Bourbon!<>!🤔!<

Honorable mentions go out to the play director and actor murder cases: >!never tried the pizza trick in the former, and I’m happy to see Heiji and Kazuha finally confess their feelings in the latter!<>!😍!< >!Also nice twist with Kazuha’s mom disguising herself as her daughter, I was almost expecting it to be Momiji pulling a fast one!<>!😅!< >!Well played, Mrs Toyama, well played.!<

Now that I’m caught up, it’ll be interesting to see how things shake up from here. Though given recent irl news, I imagine we’ll be waiting a while 😔

Ran Mouri -Wakana Yamazaki Tribute Art (art by me)

I am officially caught up(Putting under Spoilers just in case)