The Detective Boys dragging Conan out of his shell and forcing him to act his age never gets old, canon or au verse
Also the Kudo parents hearing their son is in "he could actually, truly die" trouble only to respond with "let's scare him to death so he knows he could get into more trouble if he's not careful" is still hilarious to me.
Please look under the cut for closeups and something extra :)
This year, my goal was to outdo my post last year—and I was really, really proud of that work so it was a tall order. I followed a similar concept—the two photographs, then and now—but this time, I wanted to explore how becoming Conan was good for Shinichi—as a result, he’s gained so many people who care about him.
Of course, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity for some angst as well :)
Hope you all enjoy this! And happy 2nd anniversary of posting DCMK art to me :) I know I haven’t been terribly active lately but my love for the show and these characters have not changed! Thank you all for enjoying my work!
~~~Since yall like the other incorrect quotes i've made more~~~
Kaito: I just learned a way to get stuff on the cheap. Steal it!
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Akako: Dracula had it right, sleep all day, live alone in a castle, and explode into bats to get out of all social situations.
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*Yusaku goes shopping with child Shinichi*
Shinichi: Can I get a silenced pistol?
Yusaku: If there’s one on sale.
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*kaito and Aoko are having a sleepover*
Kaito: I made lightly fried fish fillets for dinner.
Aoko: Kaito, It’s 1:15 am, what the fuck.
Kaito: Do you want the lightly fried fish fillets or not.
Aoko: Well, I mean yeah.
Kaito: So come downstairs while they’re still hot.
Aoko: Wait, you just made them?
Kaito: Yeah, I wasn’t tired so I decided to make lightly fried fish fillets.
Aoko: Say lightly fried fish fillets one more time Kaito.
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Ran: Truth or dare?
Shinichi: Truth.
Ran: How many hours have you slept this week?
Shinichi:
Shinichi: Dare.
Ran: Go to sleep.
Shinichi: I don't like this game.
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Shinichi: Being gay is a constant battle between "I wish to sit on a window bench with my lover, our legs tangling as we listen to the birds" and "Hey, let's go throw rocks at fascists" and I think that's very sexy of us.
Kaito: If the window's open and you time it right, you can do both.
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Kaito, trying to flirt: So, you come around here often?
Shinichi, confused: I mean, this is my house, so yeah.
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Shinichi: Did Kaito just tell me he loved me for the first time?
Heiji: Yeah, he did.
Shinichi: And did I just do finger guns back?
Heiji: Yeah, you did.
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Hakuba: I asked Heiji out.
Kaito: Oh, I’m sorry.
Hakuba: Why?
Kaito: Well, I assume they said no.
Hakuba: No, they said yes.
Kaito: Really? Then I’m sorry for them.
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Shinichi: Fight me!
Kaito: gets on one knee and pulls out a ring
Kaito: Fight me for the rest of our lives.
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Hakuba: Regular soda is too sweet!
Kaito: Diet soda has a weird after taste!
Hakuba: No! Ugh, oh my god. Diet soda is THE BEST! It doesn't have sugar! It's SPICY!
Kaito: It has other weird stuff in it! I'll take REGULAR sugar in my REGULAR soda!
Hakuba: It's SO SWEET like it's a dessert though! Diet feels more like a drink!
Kaito: I'm going to physically attack you.
Hakuba: Which is better, Shinichi?
Shinichi: Oh, I usually drink water!
Kaito: Wha- NO!
Hakuba: DISGUSTING!
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Sonoko: Seriously, I have no idea what to do.
Sonoko: Oh, wait! Yahoo! Answers.
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Sonoko, texting: Answer your phone
Ran, texting back: Wait a minute, I can’t find my phone
Sonoko: Understood
Sonoko, 5 minutes later: You’re a terrible person. You know you’re killing me. You’re killing me, Ran.
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Kazuha: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos-
Ran: I wrote you a poem.
Kazuha, already crying: You did?
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Kazuha: Due to personal reasons, I will be fucking sinking to the bottom of the ocean in a large metal box.
Sonoko: Did Ran say 'I love you' and you said 'Thanks'?
Kazuha: THE REASONS ARE PERSONAL–
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*Shinichi is babysitting Ayumi*
Shinichi: Come on, you need to go to bed.
Ayumi: Mr. Snuffles says that I can stay up as long as I want. And that you need to die!
Shinichi: …
Shinichi: What the hell, Mr. Snuffles—
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Shinichi: When I first got my autism diagnosis, my first thought was “woah… it’s canon” and I think that maybe thoughts like that is why Haibara made me get tested.
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Haibara: Why are we friends?
Conan: Poor decisions on your part.
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Akako: I don’t care what anyone thinks about me.
Aoko: Ok.
Akako: Wait, why such a muted reaction? Did that not sound cool?
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*after Yukiko and Shinichi got into a fight*
Yukiko: OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?! TIME OUT! GET ON TOP OF THE FRIDGE! GET UP THERE!
Shinichi: Climbing THIS HOUSE IS A FUCKING NIGHTMARE!!!
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Akako: Honestly, I am so evil. So full of darkness. I feed of the souls of the living I strike fear into-
Aoko: You sleep with a teddybear.
Akako: He’s my sECOND IN COMMAND IN MY ARMY OF DARKNESS!
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Kaito: As top in this relationship, I think we should-
Shinichi: I can't believe you're pulling rank on me.
Follow up to this post, Kaito is now experiencing the consequences of his actions—he teases Conan about being siblings so much, the Kudos catch wind and enthusiastically make it a reality
Case closed count: I skipped ahead and watched 1036 and 1037 (whiteout) for the winter vibes lol
Isn't hilarious how Heiji parents are a lot more similar to Shinichi (much more composed and professional) and Shinichi ones are more similar to Heiji (much more eccentric and bizarre)???
I maybe find it a bit sad!
Both boys seem so disconnected from their parents. Episode 263 reveals that pizza bagel mom didn't even know that Heiji is the kendo captain for his school because he "doesn't tell [them] anything at home."
And at the end of Episode 221, we learn that she purposefully didn't go see Heiji in the hospital after he got shot (in Episode 118)!
Meanwhile, Shinichi gets poisoned and nearly killed, and he doesn't say a word about it to his parents. In "The Desperate Revival," there's a rare bit of emotion about his parents' absence, too. He expresses that he is upset that they've left him all alone in Japan for the past three years (Episode 192):
And of course the treatment that Heiji and Shinichi get from their parents may have nothing to do with a personality clash... but maybe it does. Maybe Heizo and Shizuka and Yukiko and Yusaku find that their children are nothing like they expected, and they distance themselves as a result.
I will say, though... I think there's something particularly tragic about Yukiko's few appearances across the series (that I've seen). The first time that she lays eyes on Conan, she looks absolutely distressed—as though she didn't want to believe that her son had nearly died and told her nothing about it, but she can't deny it any longer when she finds herself face to face with the truth (Episode 43):
And while it's maybe more overt in anime-original material like Episode 418, the plot-heavy Episode 345 does reveal that Yukiko worries about Shinichi... but she doesn't approach him. In that special, we learn that she's been hiding in their house and watching Shinichi secretly (and then promptly terrifies him when he investigates). In 418, it's practically the same scenario; Yukiko disguises herself and spies on Shinichi because that's the only way she believes she'll really know how he's doing. If she were to ask, she knows he wouldn't be honest with her.
I get the sense that Yukiko knows she's screwed up as a parent, but she has no idea how to "fix" it, and she goes about trying in... some less-than-ideal ways.
This is all long and rambling, but I was recently able to digitize my Detective Conan VHS tapes, and—at the moment! I've ordered the ones I'm missing!—that includes six of the eight Shogakukan Illustrated Encyclopedia Series releases (which you can find more information about here). They're kind of obscure Conan content because they were released on VHS only, and, well, spoilers from here on out, so do stop reading now if you don't wanna know.
But the ending of "A Written Challenge from the Pyramids!" got to me. I can't say I super understood the story, but I did understand that Yukiko seemingly can't announce to Shinichi that she's returning to Japan. She has to send riddles for him to solve rather than just say, I wanted to see my son.
And, sure. Maybe I'm thinking too hard. Shinichi likes solving codes. But I do find something kind of sad about how Yukiko feels like she has to connect with Shinichi through games and pranks rather than, you know, honesty.
Also, these tapes are a wild ride. I feel like everyone needs to experience this ending.