Talk:List of Case Closed characters/Archive 1

Meh
The following is a little misleading: "He also appeared to know about Conan/Shinichi's secret identity and problem. This is seen when he makes close observation to Conan in some investigation and in the end of Volume 36( when Conan wants to defuse the time bomb).This might make him a 'hidden backup plan' for Kudo's plan." This makes it seems like he might know Conan's real identity. However in that scene he merely wonders who Conan is and doesn't make the connection to Shin'ichi Kudo.


 * I agree. This is original research which would not be on Wikipedia; I would remove it in due course. --Samuel Curtis 10:14, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

you only need revert all edits made by this user...it's borderline vandalism. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=84.61.176.73 87.51.114.252 11:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Detective Boys
Should the Detective Boys' members be moved into one page? Not much is known about the children except their likes and dislikes, and their individual pages are stubs. Mazinkaiser666 14:22, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

References of Japanese names
In the explanation of the character Jodie Starling, I saw "Please note that her name is a reference to Agent Clarice Starling from "Silence of the Lambs" played by actress Jodie Foster."

And like Conan Edogawa is an amalgum of Arthur Conan Doyle and Edogawa Rampo, the Japanese names of the characters have many references to mystery literature and other jokes which are easily recognized by Japanese.

I assembled several below. But I'm afraid my English is not good enough, and these informations may be useless for English-spaeking people. So I post it here for inspection, rather than putting them into the article directly. If anyone find these info useful, feel free to use/edit them.


 * While 'Kogoro Mouri' is not a funny name by itself, it still sounds like Sherlock Hemlock to Japanese, because of famous Kogoro Akechi.


 * Both Akechi and Mouri are the names of the famous warlords of Sengoku period, Akechi Mitsuhide and Mouri Motonari.


 * In a few anime episodes, when Kogoro Mouri introduced himself, he was received with "oh, that famous astronaut," mistaken for Mamoru Mohri who suddenly became very famous in Japan for NASA space shuttle missions at the time.


 * Dr. Hiroshi Agasa: refers to Agatha Christie, because Japanese don't distiguish 'sa' and 'tha'.


 * Ai Haibara: Dr. Agasa explains to Conan that he came up with the name 'Haibara' inspired by Cordelia Grey. Kanji for 'Hai' in 'Haibara' means 'grey'.
 * While 'Ai' is a rather common name for Japanese girls, usually it's spelled with kanji that means 'love', as Dr. Agasa proposed. But Shiho Miyano chose the kanji that means 'sorrow'.


 * Juzo Megure: refers to Commissaire Jules Maigret.


 * Eri Kisaki: refers to Ellery Queen. Kanji used for 'Kisaki' means 'Queen'.


 * Yusaku Kudo: refers to actor Yusaku Matsuda and Shunsaku Kudo, the detective played by Matsuda.


 * Hattori Heiji: refers to Hattori Hanzo and Zenigata Heiji.


 * Kazuha Toyama: refers to character Kinshiro Toyama, aka Toyama no Kin-san.


 * Ninzaburou Shiratori: refers to Furuhata Ninzaburo.


 * Sara Haretsuki (Ninzaburou Shiratori's sister): refers to Sara Paretsky.


 * Teitan elementary school: 'Teitan' is an anagram of 'tantei', Japanese word for 'detective'.


 * Beika (Conan's hometown): refers to Baker street.


 * Some surnames of the recurring characters are taken from famous Japanese mystery writers: Yokomizo, Matsumoto, Yamamura, Kyougoku.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 221.132.153.231 (talk) 12:43, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

Okiya Subaru
I find it a bit disturbing, that some speculations are presented as facts or original research, just as in the case of Okiya Subaru. Most fans have already discovered, that the author hints/implements informations about persons, who have a later appearence. That was the case with Jodie Saintemillion, therefore nothing indicates, that Okiya Subaru must be Bourbon, as nothing supports that. Aside of that, it must be noted, that members of the criminal syndicate never had a chance of being alone with one of their targets as long Conan was on the scene, which makes it highly unlikely, that he would hand over a possibility to a potential kidnapper. It is my suspicion, but I don't make it a fact, and therefore Wikipedia-worthy, that after Kir's escape, Shinichi had inevitably concluded, that they will coerce her to kill Akai, and then summon a capable agent to dispose Sherry, so no one will know their existence (as stated by Gin in vol. 49). This scenario enables the logical possibility, that faking Akai's death and disguise him as someone else was part of this plan, so that he can protect Ai, and Ai could have felt Rye, since Akai's possibly dark past, and deep hatred is enough to make her feel alarmed. Nonetheless this is speculation, but still, my opinion is, that we should discuss that elsewhere, wait for the solution, and only then post it on Wikipedia, with a spoiler alert. Shinichi1977 13:12, 4 October 2007 (UTC)


 * 1977, can you stop being this wordy? And, you might remove fan speculations on Wikipedia as you want to. I'd be watching.-- Samuel di  Curtisi  di  Salvadori  04:13, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Megure?
Shouldn't Inspector Megure get his own page? There is ertainly enough info out there about him, and he is sort of a main character as well. He apears most out of all the inspectors and cops. Thoughts? - Prede (talk) 23:35, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well sense no one has commented here, I am going to make a Megure page. Any suggestions for what cat to put him under? I was thinking "Recurring", sound good? Thoughts? - Prede (talk) 19:05, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Megure is usually listed under "police officers" in the lists I have seen.-- Samuel di  Curtisi  di  Salvadori  22:44, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes I am aware of this, however our listings include (the bottom of page template thingy) Main (characters), Recurring (characters) , Black Organization (members), and (members of the) FBI and CIA. Perhaps FBI and CIA could also add "police officers" otherise "Recurring" category seems best fit to me. - Prede (talk) 00:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Blusalee's edit on the Hondous
I have reverted most of her edits on this article today, mainly over the removal of the clear template and several unsuitable choice of words (eg Shinichi-Jimmy is certainly not a child prodigy.). However, I don't know if her edit on the Hondous (diff) worth to be kept. What do you think? -- Samuel di  Curtisi  di  Salvadori  02:58, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
 * That edit seems alright to me.- Prede (talk) 01:53, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

APTX 4869
Why is a poison listed on the characters page? Even though APTX 4869 is very important to the overall story, a poison is, quite obviously, not a character. 76.210.234.203 (talk) 13:24, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I've wondered this myself, but I'm not entirely sure where a better place for it would be. — Dino guy  1000  15:41, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Seems like it just should be mentioned, more briefly, in Conan Edogawa (main victim) and Shiho Miyano (creator)'s article. -- AnmaFinotera  (talk · contribs) 16:45, 14 June 2008 (UTC)
 * It was originally a separate article and medged into here, since the nom think that thing itself doesn't worth to have its own article.-- Samuel di  Curtisi  di  Salvadori  04:05, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The only other place besides here where this could be mentioned is in the article about Black Organization (Case Closed) because it was invented by them/is used by them, or List of Hiroshi Agasa's inventions and it could be renamed "inventions" witha section for Agasa, and for the BO. But that would be troublesome. I think my first suggestion is better, or just keeping it here. - Prede (talk) 06:02, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Personally, I'm leaning more towards AnmaFinotera's suggestion, and would oppose expanding an article that needs desperately to be merged elsewhere anyways. I wouldn't object to a mention on the BO page, though. — Dino guy  1000  17:50, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Certainly not List of Hiroshi Agasa's inventions. It is downright absurd, both by policy and by universe premise.-- Samuel di  Curtisi  di  Salvadori  21:03, 17 June 2008 (UTC)