Detective Conan 18
August 19, 2007
Speak of the devil. Last volume I was wondering when Ai Haibara joined up with the story, and I got my question answered. How about that.
First, we get the end of the famous movie star case. It’s kind of obvious who the culprit was based on the info from last volume, but the trick is to figure out how. The one thing about this series is that sometimes it can be too tricky. In this case, most people likely wouldn’t be able to figure out what had happened since it involves… a separate room and some rather meticulous planning out of left field. But maybe I’m wrong. Maybe it’s just me who can’t infer stuff like that.
The second case was really sweet. I mean, it involved someone nearly getting roasted alive in a house, but the side story was about a woman who was supposedly Shinichi’s first love. Of course she and Ran go through all sorts of stuff, and of course Conan doesn’t take any of this interaction well. But it’s still just too cute. I don’t know why I like Shinichi/Ran so much, I just do, and I’m a sucker for any case like this that’s got something to do with that.
Next! Ai! She’s introduced as kind of a stuck-up transfer student. There’s a detective boys case which involves some counterfeiters and possibly the black organization, and a kidnapping… which is slightly more sinister than usual for the detective boys, but the last one was pretty dark too, so maybe they’re moving in that direction. Then we get… some insight into what’s going on with the black organization and who Ai is, but of course this leads to nothing substantial except a new character. We’ll see how much I like her as the series goes on. Cause hey! We’ve got like forty more volumes before we catch up with the Japanese version, so why not.
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