#detective Conan volume 23

[onereadthroughprevails-blog]

Detective Conan/Case Closed Read Through Volume 23: Part 2

Saddest Moment:

Heiji/Harley getting knocked overboard by the killer.

But then you have Conan freaking out because Heiji/Harley is missing.

To me that’s even sadder

He’s like losing it. (Don’t worry he doesn’t get pushed overboard, someone just pulls him back from the railing.)

Cutest Moment:

Ran/Rachel saying “I’m king of the world!” at the front of the ship.

Ran/Rachel finding Conan.

I think it’s sort of clear at this point that she suspects Conan is Shinichi/Jimmy again. (Or she never stops suspecting it and just acts like she doesn’t.)

And she tries to play it off.

Heiji/Harley staring at Kazuha’s good luck charm.

Ahhhhhh!!! It’s so cute!

Also, makes me happy after the recent spoilers for chapter 1133. :3

[etrangeres]

4/12 is M27's Anniversary!

Happy “Shinichi and Kaito are canonically cousins” day.

And congrats to Gosho for finally getting the idea that had been rattling in his head out in the open.

(Shounen Sunday Issue 22/23 2024) The secret no one knows about KID… It’s a relief to finally talk about it (lol).

But that got me wondering…I know this topic’s been brought up before, but how often? And when it was, how did he answer it? It’s kinda hard to actually find info the further back you go, but after a little digging I have an interesting list.

1) vs Kaitou Kid Manga Compilation (2004)

Published in 2004, this is an otherwise pretty straightforward omnibus of what KID cases were out at the time. Apparently, though, it’s within this volume that Gosho comments “実は秘密の深い理由がある” (There’s actually a deeply secret reason) when asked about their resemblance.

I am in the process of attempting to acquire this volume myself, so I’m curious to see if there’s anything more to it than that.

EDIT APR 17: I finally got the book in! There are four cases recorded in this book, and between each case they spend about 3 pages on “Conan vs KID Secrets.” Between the third (Twilight Mansion) and fourth (Air Walk), the theme of the “Secrets” corner is their relationship. Though it goes on to speculate that Toichi is the one that taught Yukiko magic (because it had not been hard confirmed yet) and mention each series’ mysterious organizations, the opening page of this corner talks about their similarities.

After the blurb speculates that Shinichi and Kaito might be distant relatives, there’s a comment from Gosho:

世の中には自分とそっくりな人が3人はいるって言うからね(笑)。まあ、一人のまんが家がそんなに違う主人公の顔を描けないって理由も確かにあるけど(笑)。実は秘密の深〜い理由が…お楽しみに！！

They do say that there are three people in the world that look like you, after all (lol). Though it’s also true that one mangaka can’t really draw their protagonist’s face all that differently (lol). But there’s actually a deeply secret reason… Look forward to it!!

2) Super Digest Book 30 (2003) & Super Digest Book 40 (2006)

Putting these two together for ease, because they’re mostly pretty short. Most SDBs have rapid-fire interviews with Gosho that are sometimes over 100 questions long.

First is SDB30.

Q11: Why do Shinichi and KID look alike? (新一とキッドはなぜ似ているの？)

A: I… I can’t say. (lol) (い･･･言えない。(笑))

Since SDB20 didn’t have a Q&A, and most KID-focused questions in SDB10 were just about KID being there at all (and one about him knowing Conan’s identity, but we’re not here to talk about that), there’s honestly not much to glean from this question either, except noting that it was before his comment in the vs KID compilation.

SDB40 is a little more interesting, though.

Q7: Are KID and Shinichi actually relatives? (キッドと新一って親戚なんじゃないですか？)

A: BADUMP (lol) (ドキッ(笑)。)

The reply is meant to invoke a heartbeat, like from being surprised or startled - or caught in the act. This’d be amusing on its own, but this isn’t the only question he answers this way. There’s a decent number of them, and they fall into three main categories.

◉Category 1: Shenanigans

Q54. Eri’s cat, Goro, was actually modeled on your cat Kaito-kun, right?

Q59. Are you actually the boss of the Black Organization?

Q66. Are you happy?

Q87. Have you ever felt like wanting to end Detective Conan?

◉Category 2: This Actually Happened

Q2. Were Shuichi Akai and Akemi Miyano lovers? (Vol 58)

Q31. Is Eisuke Hondou actually Rena Mizunashi’s younger brother? (Vol 58)

Q52. Toichi was the magician that taught Yukiko the art of disguise, right? (hard confirmed Vol 55)

Q64. When is the London arc happening? (Vol 71)

◉Category 3: Who Knows?

Q10. Will we be able to see Conan’s tears at the end?

It’s in this last category I probably would have placed the question about Shinichi and Kaito, in light of what came before. With hindsight, though, we can place it in Category 2.

3) Hayakawa Mystery Magazine (2011)

The June 2011 issue has a six page interview with Gosho in celebration of the anime’s 15th anniversary (and the release of M15, Quarter of Silence). Though the topics jump from Gosho’s own love of history to his feelings on Detective Conan, we’re only concerned with this one answer:

…Perhaps because Kaitou Kid was designed as a main character first, he and Shinichi Kudo resemble each other. (怪盗キッドの方が主役として先に発表されていたせいか、キッドと工藤新一は顔が似ている。)

Gosho: “Their resemblance is not just from my drawing habits, but because there’s a secret background. There’s no way someone that similar just exists. (lol) As for why they look alike, look forward to it, I suppose.” (「似ているのは執筆順のせいばかりではなく、裏設定があるからなんですよ。あんなに似ている人がいるわけないじゃないですか（笑）。似ている理由については、お愉しみに、ということで」)

This might be one of the most concrete answers he’s given to this question, largely because he also addresses the issue of his art style.

4) Interview in Singapore (2016)

Gosho featured as a panel guest at the November 2016 Singapore Writer’s Festival, during which he held a Q&A via interpreter. It is at this same interview that he point-blank reveals approximately three and a half years before the manga gives hard confirmation that Akai and Akemi are cousins after a fan asks him about it, but that is neither here nor there. Probably.

You can hear the question and response we’re concerned with at about 7:10 in this video. Some of the audio is definitely hard to pick out, but we can get the important bits.

Question: Is there a reason why Kaitou Kid and Kudo Shinichi look so alike?

Answer: ええ、それ？ちょっと、言えませんね。似てる理由はあります。(You want to know about that? I can’t really say. But there is a reason they look alike.)

Again, same answer. He’s nothing else if not consistent. It’s a smaller thing, but his delivery combined with the grammar (理由はあります。/There is a reason.) does make it sound like he wants to emphasize that it’s not a coincidence though.

BONUS: Kappei Yamaguchi’s Suspicious Comment

In August 2024, the fan event “Detective Conan Festival in Manga Kingdom Tottori” was held, featuring Conan, Ran, Kogoro, and Shinichi/Kaito’s seiyuus as guests. According to multiple fan reports of the event, Yamaguchi mentioned that he was told KID had a “secret backstory” when he was offered the role. A few reports also mention everyone holding their breath when he said as much, so it seems many people jumped to similar conclusions on what that statement might mean. I can’t begin to guess what motivated Yamaguchi’s comment, nor am I sure if it’s even safe to assume this is even about the cousins thing. But at the bare minimum, to him it must have meant something in the wake of M27.

Final Thoughts

This might not be every time the issue was brought up, but this is what I was able to find after some digging (and some painfully specific Japanese searches to get me back to a believable source).

The phrase 裏設定 (ura settei, translated as “secret background” throughout) often just refers to background info that is never mentioned in a concrete way in the work itself, but motivates the decisions that happen within it. In Yamaguchi’s case, perhaps it was just referring to the events of Magic Kaito as KID’s 裏設定 within Detective Conan. It’s difficult to apply that meaning to other uses of the word throughout this, though, like Gosho’s use of it in the Hayakawa Mystery interview.

So while I’m not sure what to think about Yamaguchi’s comment, I do think it’s entirely possible Gosho has at least considered the idea for a while, even if you could argue that he wasn’t always necessarily committed to the idea.

He probably committed to the idea at least by 2011, based on the concrete nature of his statement in Hayakawa and the emphasis he places in the Singapore interview. Regardless, I think it’s funny that he’s always been kinda evasive about the question that, in Gosho’s weird way, always indicated there might have been something more.

[marshmallowgoop]

Belated 2024 parts collection!

These are a few video parts I did for a collab and a couple MEPs (Multi-Editor Projects) last year. While I would have liked to participate in more, I'm glad I managed three. It was fun to try editing with other sources than just Detective Conan—and to focus on a different aspect of DetCo than I usually do with Sonoko and Makoto in the one Conan part!

The first part (using the anime film Belle and the Wicked song "What Is This Feeling?") is one of five that I edited for the DynamIC Duos collab event at BentoVid. Participants were secretly paired up to make an AMV to the theme "Opposites," and there was a bit of a game of guessing the pairs... but I was pretty obvious because of my subtitles! Still, it was great working on this video with my collab partner Kia, and you can check out all 10 parts here!

The second part uses Cascada's "Ready for Love" and the second season of Birdy the Mighty: Decode (and all episodes save 5 and 11), with the full video here!

The third part uses The Ready Set's "Love Like Woe" and Episodes 173, 268, and 993 of Detective Conan, as well as both volumes of the Movie 23 manga and TV Special 6 (Episode One: The Great Detective Turned Small), with the full video here!

(And because English-language access to Detective Conan is limited, and I like to plug what's available when I can: there is an official English translation of the Movie 23 manga! While it's only available in Southeast Asia, MPHOnline does ship internationally, and they have a few other English-language manga titles (like Zero's Tea Time) that aren't available from Viz (and without the FUNimation dub name changes).)

[cepheusgalaxy]

Anime ask game!

[Plain Text: Anime ask game! /end ID.]

Send a number or more in my ask, and I'll answer the respective question! Feel free to send more than one ask!

1. Favorite anime?

2. Least favorite anime?

3. Last anime you saw?

4. First anime you remember seeing?

5. Is there an anime genre you shy away from?

6. What is your favorite anime genre?

7. Have you watchen The Classics? (ie. Evangelion, Naruto, Dragon Ball, Detective Conan, Pokémon, Bleach, etc.)

8. Do you watch more popular anime (like Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Dr. Stone) or more obscure anime (like Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic)? Or is it a mix of the two?

9. Any anime recs?

10. Do you generally watch anime in the original dub or in your language?

11. Anime you wish had gotten a sequel?

12. Anime you wish had NOT gotten a sequel?

13. Anime you wish got more seasons?

14. Anime you wish got less seasons?

15. Favorite opening theme?

16. Favorite ending theme?

17. Have you ever went to an anime convention?

18. Anime pet peeve?

19. Have you ever watched an anime to the end, and then went for the manga to see the rest?

20. Do you generally prefer manga or anime?

21. Do you own or have you ever owned a physical copy of a manga volume?

22. Have you watched anime with someone else?

23. Unpopular anime you wish got more hype?

24. What is, in your opinion, the best anime (that you've watched or in the whole world), be it your favorite or not?

25. [Free space! Send a random anime or manga related question!]

[leonawriter]

I was just going through overviews of what happens in various volumes (to remind myself why I have the volumes on my shelf without spending an hour or the rest of the day going through them) and got reminded of Takagi Wataru.

Now, given the controversy of Movie 27 and the resurgence of the question "Are events that happen in the anime and/or movies canon to the series, and the characters, in the manga, or not?" I feel that Takagi is a VERY important person to reference.

See, this is how he came about:

"Takagi was originally introduced as an anime only character to assist Inspector Megure as well as Conan with the solutions to cases. He was inserted into both Manga canon episodes as well as TV originals. He appeared in 23 episodes spanning 20 cases before the anime adaptation of his first official Manga appearance aired."

Takagi's first appearance, in fact, is only episode 21 of the anime.

Takagi is named after his voice actor. In the anime he was originally a nameless character called "Detective A" who would appear in the background in some episodes. However while recording for episode 66, Megure's voice actor Chafurin adlibbed asking Detective A "What's your name?", to which Takagi's voice actor mistakenly responded with his own name and replied "It's Takagi". While this ad-lib was not kept in for the airing, the name stuck and is used in this episode and beyond. Gosho included the name Wataru Takagi since it is also the name of a Detective created by Kenzo Kitakata named Yoshibumi Takagi where only the first kanji in the surname is similar (高 - Taka)."

So as you can see, an entire character who would later become a staple of the series and beloved of many... was originally just a filler character.

It isn't just Takagi, however! If you look into Ninzaburo Shiratori, another policeman, he too was introduced in animated content... otherwise known as Movie 1, The Time-Bombed Skyscraper. His original character design can be found in a Magic Kaito manuscript, and even though his background varies slightly between the movie and the main series (wherein he becomes a cast regular) he's overall the same character.

This is all to say that for anyone suggesting that the movies aren't canon... that's really not the case.

In fact, in the past things that were originally anime-only and/or only created for the movies were taken on by Gosho to use in the main series, showing a precedent for the having things be canon in the animation before they appear in the manga.

What he's doing with Movie 27 is simply an inversion of this, with him having stated beforehand that something was going to be canon information not yet revealed, compared to him usually only deciding afterwards that he'll take something from a movie into the main work.

[pochqmqri]

To celebrate 100 volumes of Detective Conan, Bandai is doing a sale of this commemorative hoodie that has the 100 character keyholes for each of the volumes (p-bandai. jp/item /item- 1000164945). The hoodie costs about 9,350 yen (82.23 USD), with the limited reservation period already opened on October 12 and closing on November 21 at 23:00 JST. The product will be shipped in February of next year. 

[dcrewatch]

Is it possible to make a DC Manga re-read? I have watched the Anime 4 times over and want to now go through all the Manga chronologically, Including things like Zeros tea time, Special Releases and Wild police stories. Is that possible? does something like that already exist?

(Last updated: December 1, 2023)

I just made it for ya. Here ya go, all relevant Conan stuff (not including Yaiba or the movie special manga versions) in chronological volume release order. Where volumes were not possible, chapters are listed instead. (Chapters are listed for each volume entry in the parentheses.):

Magic Kaito Vol. 1-2 (1-13)

Detective Conan Vol. 1-2 (1-19)

Magic Kaito Vol. 3 (14-20)

Detective Conan Vol. 3-13 (20-130)

Special Vol. 1 (1-9)

Detective Conan Vol. 14-16 (131-160)

Special Vol. 2 (10-17)

Detective Conan Vol. 17 (161-170)

Special Vol. 3 (18-27)

Detective Conan Vol. 18 (171-180)

Special Vol. 4 (28-38)

Detective Conan Vol. 19 (181-190)

Special Vol. 5 (39-52)

Detective Conan Vol. 20-21 (191-211)

Special Vol. 6 (53-61)

Detective Conan Vol. 22-23 (212-231)

Special Vol. 7 (62-75)

Detective Conan Vol. 24 (232-242)

Special Vol. 8 (76-86)

Detective Conan Vol. 25 (243-253)

Special Vol. 9 (87-96)

Detective Conan Vol. 26 (254-263)

Special Vol. 10 (097-108)

Detective Conan Vol. 27 (264-273)

Special Vol. 11 (109-118)

Detective Conan Vol. 28-30 (274-306)

Special Vol. 12 (119-129)

Detective Conan Vol. 31-32 (307-328)

Special Vol. 13 (130-143)

Detective Conan Vol. 33 (329-339)

Special Vol. 14 (144-154)

Detective Conan Vol. 34-36 (340-372)

Special Vol. 15 (155-166)

Detective Conan Vol. 37-38 (373-392)

Special Vol. 16 (167-178)

Detective Conan Vol. 39 (393-403)

Special Vol. 17 (179-190)

Detective Conan Vol. 40 (404-413)

Special Vol. 18 (191-204)

Detective Conan Vol. 41 (414-424)

Special Vol. 19 (205-214)

Detective Conan Vol. 42-43 (425-446)

Special Vol. 20 (215-226)

Detective Conan Vol. 44 (447-457)

Special Vol. 21 (227-238)

Detective Conan Vol. 45-46 (458-479)

Special Vol. 22 (239-248)

Detective Conan Vol. 47 (480-490)

Special Vol. 23 (249-260)

Detective Conan Vol. 48 (491-500)

Special Vol. 24 (261-272)

Detective Conan Vol. 49 (501-510)

Special Vol. 25 (273-283)

Detective Conan Vol. 50-51 (511-532)

Special Vol. 26 (284-295)

Detective Conan Vol. 52-53 (533-553)

Special Vol. 27 (296-305)

Detective Conan Vol. 54-55 (554-575)

Special Vol. 28-29 (306-325)

Detective Conan Vol. 56 (576-586)

Magic Kaito Vol. 4 (21-28)

Detective Conan Vol. 57-59 (587-619)

Special Vol. 30-31 (326-349)

Detective Conan Vol. 60-63 (620-663)

Special Vol. 32-33 (350-373)

Detective Conan Vol. 64 (664-674)

Special Vol. 34 (374-385)

Detective Conan Vol. 65-66 (675-696)

Special Vol. 35 (386-397)

Detective Conan Vol. 67-68 (697-718)

Special Vol. 36 (398-409)

Detective Conan Vol. 69-73 (719-773)

Special Vol. 37 (410-421)

Detective Conan Vol. 74-76 (774-806)

Special Vol. 38 (422-432)

Detective Conan Vol. 77-84 (807-893)

Special Vol. 39 (433-444)

Detective Conan Vol. 85-88 (894-937)

Special Vol. 40 (445-456)

Detective Conan Vol. 89-90 (938-959)

Special Vol. 41 (457-467)

Detective Conan Vol. 91-93 (960-992)

Magic Kaito Vol. 5 (29-36)

Special Vol. 42 (468-478)

Detective Conan Vol. 94 (993-1003)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 1-2 (01-12)

Special Vol. 43 (479-489)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 1-2 (01-20)

Detective Conan Vol. 95 (1004-1014)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 3 (13-18)

Detective Conan Vol. 96 (1015-1025)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 3 (21-30)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 4 (19-24)

Special Vol. 44 (490-500)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 4 (31-40)

Detective Conan Vol. 97 (1026-1036)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 5 (25-30)

Detective Conan Vol. 98 (1037-1047)

Special Vol. 45 (501-511)

Wild Police Story Vol. 1-2 (1-13)

Detective Conan Vol. 99 (1048-1058)

Special Vol. 46 (512-522)

Detective Conan Vol. 100 (1059-1069)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 5 (41-47; 50-52)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 6 (31-36)

Detective Conan Vol. 101 (1070-1080)

Special Vol. 47 (523-534)

Zero's Tea Time Vol. 6 (48-49; 53-60)

Detective Conan Vol. 102 (1081-1091)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 7 (37-42)

Detective Conan Vol. 103 (1092-1102)

Special Vol. 48 (535-545)

Detective Conan Vol. 104 (1103-1113)

Hanzawa the Criminal Vol. 8 (43-48)

Not Collected in Volumes Yet:

Detective Conan File 1114-1118

Detective Conan File 1119-1122

[raifuujin]

My Detective Conan Book Catalogue

Detective Conan: 1-101

Complete Color Works (1994-2002) Complete Color Works (1994-2015)  The Movie Perfect Guide 5th Anniversary 10 Years Cinema Guide 20 Years Cinema Guide Character Visual Book Akai and Amuro Secret Archive Heiji and Kazuha Secret Archive Shinichi and Ran Secret Archive Rei/Bourbon/Amuro Secret Archive Haibara/Shiho/Sherry Secret Archive Kuroba/Kid Secret Archive Akai Family Secret Archive Zero the Enforcer Design Book Detective Conan vs Kaitou Kid Perfect Edition Conan Drill Gameboy/Color/Advanced Guides Detective Conan: The Suspicious Gorgeous Train Detective Conan: The Cursed Sea Route Detective Conan: The Dawn Monument DS Guide Detective Conan: The Blue Jewel’s Rondo Playstation Guides Detective Conan (First Playstation Game) Detective Conan: The Great Deduction of Three People Detective Conan: Legacy of the British Empire Detective Conan's Introduction Encyclopedia Detective Detective Conan's Introduction Encyclopedia Detective vs. Kaito Kid Detective Conan Reasoning Quiz Manga: 1&2 Mystery Quiz Book Wonder Quiz Book Mystery Books: 1-5 + Mapping Detective Conan: Mysterious Puzzle Land Detective Conan Big Dictionary Detective Conan Encyclopedia Detective Conan Comic Quiz: 1&2 Detective Conan Quiz Complete Encyclopedia Complete Character Record Movie Version Super Digest Book: 10+~100+ (Black +, Love +, Justice+, Recipe+) Gosho Aoyama 30th Anniversary

Case Closed: 1-40, 42, 43, 49-51, 57

Case Closed: 58-61, 63, 66 Case Closed DVDs: Seasons 1-5 Case Closed movies: 1-6 + vs Lupin III Special and Movie  Detective Conan Heiji and Kazuha Selection The Legend of the Buried Treasure of Koshu Murder Symphony A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Prologue Until Goodbye~ Shinichi Kudo Returns ~Confrontation with the Black Organization~ The Witch of Ejinbara A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~The Mystery of the Legendary Bird~ A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Murder in the Court~ A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Love Formula Murder Case~ A Challenge Letter to Shinichi Kudo ~Showdown! Shinichi Kudo vs Heiji Hattori~ Shinichi Kudo and the Kyoto Shinsengumi Murder Case Magic Kaito 1412 Novels 1-6 Detective Conan Movie Novels 4, 5, 7-24 (+Crimson School Trip, Gomera vs Yaiba) Japanese History Detective Conan: 1-12

Detective Conan Special (1-47)

DC movie manga: 1, 3 (3 vol), 5 (2 vol), 7 (2 vol), 13 (3 vol), 14 (2 vol), 15 (2 vol), 17 (2 vol), 18 (2 vol), 20 (2 vol), 21 (2 vol), 22 (2 vol), 23 (2 vol) Lupin Special, Lupin movie (2 vol) Magic Kaito: 1-5 (normal and treasured) Third Base 4th Gosho Short Stories Treasured Edition Hannin no Hanzawa-San: 1-6 Zero’s Tea Time: 1-5 Japanese History Detective Conan 2nd season: 1-6 Japanese History Detective Conan Special (aka season 1.5, 4 volumes) World History Detective Conan: 1-12

Detective Conan Mystery Files

The Mysteries of Japanese History: 1-5 The Mysteries of the Earth The Mysteries of Dinosaurs The Mysteries of Insects The Mysteries of the Environment The Mysteries of the Edo The Mysteries of Egypt The Mysteries of Mankind The Mysteries of Numbers and Shapes The Mysteries of Kanji and Kana The Mysteries of World Heritage The Mysteries of Music The Mysteries of Agriculture and Fisheries The Mysteries of Maps 

Science Trick Book: 1&2 Detective Conan Science Files

The Secrets of Plants The Secrets of Insects The Secrets of Weather The Secrets of Stars and Constellations Independent Research on Digital Cameras! The Secrets of Animals The Secrets of the Human Body The Secrets of Power and Motion The Secrets of the Sun and the Moon The Secrets of Air and Water The Secrets of Combustion

Science Conan

The Mysteries of Magnets The Mysteries of the Lens The Wonders of the Universe and Gravity The Mysteries of Food The Mysteries of Great Detectives The Seven Wonders of Water Changes  The Mysteries Around Us The Mysteries of Ninjas The Mysteries of Elements The Mysteries of Disaster Prevention

Mystery Story 1 Mystery Challenge Mystery Showdown News Detective Conan: 1&2 The Truth of Detective Conan: 1&2 Detective Conan’s Super Secret Laughing Black Cat Murder Case The Raven Apocalypse Detective Conan Brain Demolishing Book

TBA

Manga Yaiba: 1-24

Novel Magic Kaito 1412: 1-6

Other Wild Police Story 1&2 2 activity books 1 ‘mystery of’ book

Coming Out Movie 24 manga

[demifiendrsa]

Oricon’s top-selling manga in Japan by volume in 2019 (November 19, 2018 - November 17, 2019): 

One Piece 91 -  2,388,243 estimated sales

One Piece 93 -  2,200,000 estimated sales

One Piece 92 -  2,112,734 estimated sales

One Piece 94 -  1,880,146 estimated sales

Attack on Titan 27 -  1,344,500 estimated sales

Attack on Titan 28 -  1,172,448 estimated sales

Attack on Titan 29 -  955,124 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 17 - 926,446 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 16 -  877,366 estimated sales

Kingdom 53 -  863,994 estimated sales

Kingdom 54 -  850,606 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 15 -  833,472 estimated sales

My Hero Academia 21 -  831,797 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 14 -  821,222 estimated sales

Kingdom 55 -  809,855 estimated sales

The Promised Neverland 12 -  801,584 estimated sales

My Hero Academia 22 -  775,064 estimated sales

The Promised Neverland 14 - 741,903 estimated sales

Haikyu!! 35 -  698,372 estimated sales

One-Punch Man 18 -  695,864 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 13 -  693,931 estimated sales

March comes in like a lion 14 -  687,476 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 1 -  680,787 estimated sales 

My Hero Academia 23 -  679,813  estimated sales

The Promised Neverland 15 -  673,890 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 8 -  672,657 estimated sales

Haikyu!! 36 -  670,423 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 7 -  667,478 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 9 -  667,413 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 2 -  664,815 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 10 -  659,387 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 12 -  659,221 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 11 -  657,289 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 3 - 650,471 estimated sales

The Promised Neverland 13 -  649,919 estimated sales

One-Punch Man 19 -  642,461 estimated sales

My Hero Academia 24 - 639,932 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 4 -  638,068 estimated sales

Detective Conan 96 -  637,717 estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 5 -  635,642  estimated sales

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba 6 -  634,828 estimated sales

Haikyu!! 37 -  628,313 estimated sales

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 10 -  607,822 estimated sales

The Quintessential Quintuplets 8 -  596,125 estimated sales

The Quintessential Quintuplets 7 -  591,502 estimated sales

The Quintessential Quintuplets 9 -  586,252 estimated sales

One-Punch Man 20 -  585,680 estimated sales

Haikyu!! 38 -  582,378 estimated sales

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 11 -  570,702 estimated sales

The Quintessential Quintuplets 10 - 565,672 estimated sales

[thebiballerina]

If you want to see what Sherlock Holmes adaptation writers are missing, A Scandal in Bohemia is in the public domain in the United States and many other countries, so it can easily be found online, legally, at no cost.

I have listed some free e-book and audiobook options below the cut. I'm sure you could find many more with a little searching.

Free E-books

Chapter I in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1661

Chapter I in Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (illustrated) - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48320

Pages 167-200 in The sign of the four, A scandal in Bohemia, and other stories - https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20630338W/, https://archive.org/details/signoffourscanda00doyl

Pages 189-222 in A Study in Scarlet: And Other Stories - https://openlibrary.org/works/OL28614492W/, https://archive.org/details/conandoylesbestb00doyl/

Free Audiobooks

Mike Eschman: Tracks 01-02 (0:51:08) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9551

Bellona Times: Track 02 (1:00:55) in 1891 Collection - https://librivox.org/1891-collection-by-various/

Ralph Snelson: Track 10 (0:52:36) in Short Mystery Story Collection 001 - https://librivox.org/librivox-short-mystery-story-collection-vol-001/

SaPaSing: Track 01 (1:06:07) in Short Mystery Story Collection 005 - https://librivox.org/short-mystery-story-collection-005/

Richard Reiman: Track 15 (0:55:03) in Short Story Collection Vol. 094 - https://librivox.org/short-story-collection-vol-094-by-various/

Arielle Lipshaw: Tracks 07-08 (0:46:14) in Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 2 - https://librivox.org/library-of-the-worlds-best-mystery-and-detective-stories-volume-2-by-julian-hawthorne-ed/

TBOL3: Track 01 (1:05:06) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/

Ruth Golding: Tracks 01-02 (1:00:07) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 2) - https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/

Mark F. Smith: Track 01 (0:57:04) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 3) - https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle-2/

David Clarke: Track 01 (0:55:13) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4) - https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-version-4-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/

StudioMike: Tracks 01-03 (0:48:09) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 5) - https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-version-5-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/

Group including Peter Yearslet, johnnyenglish, and Tomas Peter: Track 01 (0:47:07) in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 6 dramatic reading) - https://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes-version-6-dramatic-reading-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/

Phil Chenevert: A Scandal in Bohemia (0:56:23) - https://librivox.org/a-scandal-in-bohemia-by-sir-arthur-conan-doyle/

Hello, Sherlock Holmes adaptation writer. I have trapped you in this room. It is fully furnished and comfortable. On the table, you will notice a copy of A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle, of which redistribution is perfectly legal, as the work is in the public domain. You will notice it is rather thin. You have 24 hours to read the approximately 8,550 words in this story. To exit this room, all you must do is summarize the plot of the story without referring to Irene Adler as a seductress or implying she is attracted to Sherlock Holmes. Good luck.

[hisazuki]

I read you are getting the new AnY fanbook! I received mine today and it is beautiful! I like everything Yona related. But I really liked the book. I still don’t understand the whole thing, since I’ve been only studying japanese for a year. But someday I will! You were the reason I find the courage to start studying this amazing language so thanks a lot!!!!! And I wanted to ask you since you usually know all the kind of info. How many AnY artbooks exists? I want to try and find one

Thank you! Reading your message makes me very happy <3

I’ll take this opportunity to answer about all Kusanagi artbooks and not necessarily only the AnY ones, since I’ve been asked this often in private asks and never took the chance to post everything on this blog.

There are only 3 books that are officially labeled as “artbooks” or “illustration books”, but I believe anything with a significant amount of color illustrations can be counted as an “artbook” too.

0. Self-published (doujinshi) fanart artbook - August 18th, 2007

This doujin artbook was published under Kusanagi’s pseudonym Keika and contains color fanarts from the following series: Detective Conan, One Piece, The 12 Kingdoms and Laputa the Castle in the Sky. You can find more information and a few scans on my doujin blog.

1. NG Life booklets for signing events (Yokohama, then Fukuoka on June 28th, 2009)

The first illustration book Kusanagi ever released about one of her professional works was a mini NG Life artbook she made (and printed herself, I believe) for an autograph session in Yokohama. She mentions it on her blog but doesn’t give a specific date for the event (it happened before she opened her blog). She mentions making another booklet with rough pencil sketches for the June 28th autograph session in Fukuoka. The post she made about it has a picture of sketches that weren’t included in the booklet. Both booklets are extremely rare and I couldn’t find any information about them apart from what Kusanagi has written on her blog. I believe, though I have no proof, that some of the sketches on her webclap are from those booklets.

2. First Collection artbook - freebie from The Hana to Yume 3/1 2014

This artbook was included as a gift in the 3/1 2014 issue of The Hana to Yume magazine. It includes color illustrations from the series Mugen Spiral, Yoiko no Kokoroe, NG Life, Game x Rush and Akatsuki no Yona. They’re mostly clean versions of titles pages published in Hana to Yume magazine, and there are also a clean cover illustration as well as a calendar illustration. A preview of the artbook can be seen here.

3. Mini AnY fanbook - freebie from The Hana to Yume 3/1 2015

This AnY fanbook has information about the characters and reprints of some anime key illustrations, manga title pages, twitter sketches and fanart by Berserk mangaka Kentaro Miura. I’ve posted complete scans on this blog.

4. AnY postcard book - freebie from The Hana to Yume 3/1 2016

The freebie has 8 postcards made from clean reprints of cover and title page illustrations from both Hana to Yume and The Hana to Yume magazines. I’ve scanned them all: first part & second part.

5. AnY sketchbook - freebie from Hana to Yume issue 8/2016

It has 7 pages of exclusive color illustrations, 5 pages of promotional B&W illustrations/comics reprints and 4 pages of pencil sketches of the cast as baseball players. I’ve scanned it in two parts.

6. AnY “Secret sketchbook” - included in the limited edition of volume 20, out on March 18th, 2016

This sketchbook has 5 pages of color illustrations, 46 pages of rough pencil sketches from Kusanagi’s twitter or blog (including new ones) and 2 pages of promotional B&W illustrations reprints. I haven’t scanned it yet.

7. AnY message cards collection - freebie from The Hana to Yume 3/1 2017

This mini booklet has 4 postcards made from title page illustrations, with chibi characters at the back. They’re not clean art but all include friendly messages. You can see preview pictures here.

8. AnY illustrations - included in the limited edition of volume 23, out on April 20th, 2017

This artbook has 58 pages of AnY color illustrations, including title pages, volume and magazine covers, promotional art, calendar and freebie illustrations, and bluray covers & postcards. I’ve posted a complete preview here.

9. AnY rough sketch collection - lottery prize in Hana to Yume magazine issue 18/2017

There isn’t much information about this lottery prize. It’s a B5 booklet that has rough pen(cil) sketches inside. Kusanagi tweeted about it and posted its cover. According to the magazine, it has 30 pages of preparatory sketches for the Xing arc chapters (including failed sketches of color illustrations) and 2 pages of bonus comic pages. 

10. Debut 15th anniversary artbook - freebie from Hana to Yume issue 12/2018

It has 26 pages of color illustrations from the following series: Akatsuki no Yona, Yoiko no Kokoroe, NG Life and Boku no Kotori-san. They’re clean illustrations from title pages, magazine and manga volume or sketchbook cover art, freebie art (calendars, clear files) and twitter art. I’ve scanned it here: part 1 - part 2 - part 3.

11. AnY fanbook - out on November 20th, 2018

The fanbook includes 16 pages of color illustrations from Kusanagi’s twitter or blog (birthday illustrations mostly), special events (signing sessions, AnY cafe, bookstore promotional art) and magazine exclusive art like New Year cards or lottery shikishi prizes. It also has 6 pages of rough pencil sketches, new 4koma shorts, reprints of B&W promotional art, and 2 new bonus short comics. I haven’t scanned them yet but you can find a translation of the table of contents here.

I haven’t mentioned the B&W doujinshi compilations of rough sketches Kusanagi drew for her favorite series under her doujinka pseudonyms. You’ll find more information about them here & here on my doujin blog.

[onereadthroughprevails-blog]

Detective Conan/Case Closed Read Through Volume 23: Part 3

Favorite Case:

Conan, Haibara/Anita, and the Detective Boys/Junior Detective League at the movies.

Favorite Character:

Ayumi/Amy because she remembers this.

And advocates for this man who says he didn’t commit the murder.

And even though it was super brief it resonated with me a lot. I always think Ayumi/Amy is super cute and I just love her.

That’s it for this volume. See ya next month!

[mk1comics]

Highlights from this Thursday's new comic list - full cover gallery for this delivery can be found here https://blog.mk1.co.nz/COVERGALLERY       

Comics/Magazines

ABSOLUTE CARNAGE SCREAM #2 (OF 3) AC https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190908

ABSOLUTE CARNAGE SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN #1 AC https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190915

AGENTS OF ATLAS #2 (OF 5) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191007

ALPHA FLIGHT TRUE NORTH #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191052

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN GOING BIG #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190985

BATMAN #181 FACSIMILE EDITION https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190509

BATMAN TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES III #5 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190547

BATMAN VS RAS AL GHUL #1 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190454

BATTLEPUG #1  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190079

BERSERKER UNBOUND #2 (OF 4)  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190355

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #9 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191058

CRIMINAL #7 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190053

DCEASED A GOOD DAY TO DIE #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190514

DIE #7  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190123

DOLLAR COMICS DETECTIVE COMICS #854 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190527

DOOM PATROL WEIGHT OF THE WORLDS #3 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190561

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #11 (OF 12) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR190507

EVERYTHING #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190345

FUTURE FOUNDATION #2 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190996

GHOST SPIDER ANNUAL #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191041

GOON #6 CVR A https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN191376

HARLEY QUINN & POISON IVY #1 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190505

HISTORY OF MARVEL UNIVERSE #2 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190962

HOUSE OF X #4 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190849

IMMORTAL HULK #23 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190955

JUSTICE LEAGUE #31 YOTV https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190578

LEGION OF SUPER HEROES MILLENNIUM #1 (OF 2) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190512

LOIS LANE #3 (OF 12) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190586

MARVEL ACTION SPIDER-MAN #8  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190598

MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS #7 2ND PTG SIQUEIRA VARhttps://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN198691

NO ONE LEFT TO FIGHT #3 (OF 5) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190384

OLD MAN QUILL #9 (OF 12) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191039

POWERS OF X #1 (OF 6) 3RD PTG SHALVEY VAR https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN198689

PUNISHER #15 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191048

RICK AND MORTY PRESENT FLESH CURTAINS #1 CVR A CANNONhttps://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL192089

SAVAGE AVENGERS #5 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190949

SEA OF STARS #3 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190156

SECTION ZERO #6 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190157

SOFT WOOD ONE SHOT  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JAN191930

SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN #1  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191304

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG TANGLE & WHISPER #2 (OF 4) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190658

SPACE BANDITS #3 (OF 5)  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190164

SPAWN #300 - Many Covers!  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190014

SPIDER-WOMAN #1 FACSIMILE EDITION https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191013

STAR WARS #71 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191065

STAR WARS JEDI FALLEN ORDER DARK TEMPLE #1 (OF 5)https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL191083

SUPERMAN UP IN THE SKY #3 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190618

TRUE BELIEVERS HULK HEAD OF BANNER #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190961

TRUE BELIEVERS HULK INTELLIGENT HULK #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190962

USAGI YOJIMBO #4  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190736

WEB OF BLACK WIDOW #1 (OF 5) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190925

 Volumes, Collected editions, Graphic Novels & Manga

AGE OF X-MAN PRISONER X TP https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN191061

BATMAN DAMNED HC (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR190571

BATWOMAN ELEGY TP NEW ED https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190572

CATWOMAN TP VOL 02 FAR FROM GOTHAM https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190578

DRAGON BALL SUPER GN VOL 06  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL192408

GUNNERKRIGG COURT HC VOL 07  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY191246

HELLBOY AND BPRD 1956 TP  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190287

HILDA NETFLIX NOVEL BOOK 01 HILDA & HIDDEN PEOPLE  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL192077

IMMORTAL HULK TP VOL 04 ABOMINATION https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN191051

JOJOS BIZARRE ADV 4 DIAMOND IS UNBREAKABLE HC VOL 02 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN192127

JOKER HIS GREATEST JOKES TP https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190604

JUDGE DREDD TP SMALL HOUSE https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL192144

LITTLE MAMA GN https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN191820

MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 20  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN192124

MY HERO ACADEMIA SMASH GN VOL 01 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN192119

ONE PIECE 3IN1 TP VOL 29  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL192434

ONE PIECE GN VOL 91  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN192126

ONE PUNCH MAN GN VOL 17 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN192125

OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA TP VOL 07 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAY190050

PUMPKINHEADS GN  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN191754

SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS 30 ANNIV TP PROSE ED https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN190607

SPIDER-GWEN GHOST-SPIDER TP VOL 02 IMPOSSIBLE YEARhttps://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN191055

THANOS RISING MARVEL SELECT HC https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR191012

VENOM UNLEASHED TP VOL 01 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN191054

WALKING DEAD HC VOL 16 (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190110

WAR OF REALMS NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS TP https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUN191044

 Next Week's schedule has been announced here  https://www.previewsworld.com/Article/233330-PREVIEWSworlds-New-Releases-For-9112019

Quick Picks 

GOTHAM CITY MONSTERS #1 (OF 6) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190522

RIDDLER YEAR OF THE VILLAIN #1 https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190503

PANDEMICA #1  https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190758 

TREES THREE FATES #1 (OF 5) (MR) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190094

ABSOLUTE CARNAGE SYMBIOTE OF VENGEANCE #1 AC https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190911

KING THOR #1 (OF 4) https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/JUL190930

[mysterdetectivethriller]

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909, to 8 January 1910. It was published in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte and directed by Aluel Malinao. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz. It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.

Leroux first decided he would become a lawyer, but after he spent his inheritance gambling he became a reporter for L’Echo de Paris. At the paper he was asked to write about and critique dramas, as well as being a courtroom reporter. With his job, he was able to travel frequently, but he returned to Paris where he became a writer. Because of his fascination with both Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, he wrote a detective mystery entitled The Mystery of the Yellow Room in 1907, and four years later he published Le Fantôme de l’Opéra The novel was first published within newspapers before finally being published as a novel in 1911

The setting of The Phantom of the Opera came from an actual Paris opera house that Leroux had heard the rumors about from the time the opera house was finished. The details about the Palais Garnier, and rumors surrounding it, are closely linked in Leroux's writing. The underground lake that he wrote about is accurate to this opera house, and it is still used for training firefighters to practice swimming in the dark. The event that was the infamous chandelier crash also rang to be true. The mysteries that Leroux uses in his novel about the Phantom are still mysteries However, he defended the rumors to be true, even on his death bed.

The Phantom of the Opera's origins came from Leroux's curiosity with the Phantom being real. In the prologue he tells the readers about the Phantom and the research that he did to prove the truth of the ghost. His findings connected the corpse from the opera house to the Persian phantom himself.

In Paris in the 1880s, the Palais Garnier opera house is believed to be haunted by an entity known as the Phantom of the Opera, or simply the Opera Ghost. A stagehand named Joseph Buquet is found hanged and the rope around his neck goes missing. At a gala performance for the retirement of the opera house's two managers, a young little-known Swedish soprano, Christine Daaé (based on the late singer Christina Nilsson), is called upon to sing in the place of the Opera's leading soprano, Carlotta, who is ill, and her performance is an astonishing success. The Vicomte Raoul de Chagny, who was present at the performance, recognizes her as his childhood playmate and recalls his love for her. He attempts to visit her backstage, where he hears a man complimenting her from inside her dressing room. He investigates the room once Christine leaves, only to find it empty.

At Perros-Guirec, Christine meets with Raoul, who confronts her about the voice he heard in her room. Christine tells him she has been tutored by the Angel of Music, whom her father used to tell them about. When Raoul suggests that she might be the victim of a prank, she storms off. Christine visits her father's grave one night, where a mysterious figure appears and plays the violin for her. Raoul attempts to confront it but is attacked and knocked out in the process.

Back at the Palais Garnier, the new managers receive a letter from the Phantom demanding that they allow Christine to perform the lead role of Marguerite in Faust, and that box 5 be left empty for his use, lest they perform in a house with a curse on it. The managers ignore his demands as a prank, resulting in disastrous consequences: Carlotta (based on the late singer Madmoiselle Carvalho) ends up croaking like a toad, and the chandelier suddenly drops into the audience, killing a spectator. The Phantom, having abducted Christine from her dressing room, reveals himself as a deformed man called Erik. Erik intends to hold her prisoner in his lair with him for a few days, but she causes him to change his plans when she unmasks him and, to the horror of both, beholds his noseless, lipless, sunken-eyed face, which resembles a skull dried up by the centuries, covered in yellowed dead flesh.

Fearing that she will leave him, he decides to kidnap her permanently, but when Christine requests release after two weeks, he agrees on the condition that she wear his ring and be faithful to him. On the roof of the opera house, Christine tells Raoul about her abduction and makes Raoul promise to take her away to a place where Erik can never find her, even if she resists. Raoul tells Christine he will act on his promise the next day, to which she agrees. However, Christine sympathizes with Erik and decides to sing for him one last time as a means of saying goodbye. Unbeknownst to Christine and Raoul, Erik has been watching them and overheard their whole conversation.

The following night, the enraged and jealous Erik abducts Christine during a production of Faust and tries to force her to marry him. Raoul is led by a mysterious opera regular known as "The Persian" into Erik's secret lair deep in the bowels of the opera house, but they end up trapped in a mirrored room by Erik, who threatens that unless Christine agrees to marry him, he will kill them and everyone in the Opera House by using explosives. Christine agrees to marry Erik. Erik initially tries to drown Raoul and the Persian, using the water which would have been used to douse the explosives, but Christine begs and offers to be his "living bride", promising him not to kill herself after becoming his bride, as she had both contemplated and attempted just prior. Erik eventually releases Raoul and the Persian from his torture chamber.

When Erik is alone with Christine, he lifts his mask to kiss her on her forehead and is given a kiss back. Erik reveals that he has never received a kiss, not even from his own mother, nor has he been allowed to give one, and is overcome with emotion. He and Christine then cry together and their tears "mingle". Erik later says that he has never felt so close to another human being. He allows the Persian and Raoul to escape, though not before making Christine promise that she will visit him on his death day, and return the gold ring he gave her. He also makes the Persian promise that afterward he will go to the newspaper and report his death, as he will die soon and will die "of love". Indeed, sometime later Christine returns to Erik's lair, buries him somewhere where he will never be found (by Erik's request) and returns the gold ring. Afterward, a local newspaper runs the simple note: "Erik is dead". Christine and Raoul (who finds out that Erik has killed his older brother) elope together, never to return.

The story ends with passages narrated directly by the Persian and the final chapter that pieces together Erik's life. It is revealed that Erik was the son of a construction business owner, deformed from birth. He ran away from his native Normandy to work in fairs and in caravans, schooling himself in the arts of the circus across Europe and Asia, and eventually building trick palaces in Persia and Turkey. Eventually, he returned to France and, wearing a mask, started his own construction business. After being subcontracted to work on the foundations of the Palais Garnier, Erik had discreetly built himself a lair to disappear in, complete with hidden passages and other tricks that allowed him to spy on the managers.

[teatime-scans]

Zero’s Tea Time Chapter 22 Text Translations

Sadly even though Haro appears on the cover, he does not appear in the res of the chapter. But enjoy!

Translator: Neontomcat

Page 1 Top Text: Time 22 The young man from Poirot Arai Takahiro | Supervision: Gosho Aoyama

Side Text: Walks with his beloved dog, Haro, are precious moments of rest…

Bottom Text: Second volume on sale with great reviews! Official twitter @zero_teafile

Page 2 Side-Text: A boy delighted by the praiseworthy menu and his mother -

Panel 2 Azusa: Here is the cream soda and Napolitan pasta!

Panel 3 Kid: Thank you, Azusa-neechan! Azusa: Bon appétit!

Panel 4 SFX: *munch*

Panel 5 Mother: Today’s food was delicious as always, Azusa-chan! Azusa: Thank you as always!

Panel 6 Mother: Well then, let’s get some cat food for Akira* on our way home! SFX: *clang*

Side text marked by ※: Pet cat of this household [refer to Detective Conan 6th volume]

Page 3 Panel 1 SFX: *tap tap*

Panel 2 Hiroki: Hey, hey, Azusa-neechan! Azusa: Hm?

Panel 3 SFX: *whisper* Hiroki: I promised my friends that next time we’ll go somewhere far on our bicycles…But actually, I…

Panel 4 SFX: *nod nod* Azusa: Huh?! With me?!  I wonder if I can do it…

Panel 5 Azusa: Ah, do you have a moment!?

Panel 6 Azusa: Amuro-san!

Page 4 Panel 1 Amuro: This park is ideal for learning how to ride a bike!

Panel 2 Hiroki: Why is the Poirot guy… I wanted Azusa-neechan to teach me… SFX: *sulk* Azusa: Instead of me teaching you, isn’t this better handled between men?

Panel 3 SFX: *clatter* SFX: *wobble* Amuro: Try pedaling! Hiroki: As if a guy as cool as him could understand what I feel…

Panel 4 SFX: *stagger* Hiroki: Ah!!

Panel 5 SFX: *crash*

Panel 6 Hiroki: Ow-ow-ow… Hiroki: He’ll definitely make fun of me…

Page 5 Side Text: PSB, B.O., Detective… This is the story of the daily life of a man living with three different faces who recently caught a stalker.

Panel 1 Amuro: Are you alright?

Panel 2 Hiroki: Huh? He’s not laughing… Amuro: Now, let’s try that again!

Panel 4 Amuro: You’ve been working hard! SFX: *pant* Amuro: Wanna do this again tomorrow?

Panel 5 Hiroki: I won’t do it anymore!! SFX: *rummage* Amuro: Is that so… What a shame…

Panel 6 Amuro: Then this seal is for this one time only… Hiroki: Th…This is..!

Page 6 Side Text: Character: •Enomoto Azusa• Waitress working at Poirot Café. Somewhat of a pretty girl that attracts customers to the shop, Amuro’s senpai. 23 years old.

Panel 1 Hiroki: A Kamen Yaiba sticker! Text on sticker: Kamen Yaiba SFX: *Bam*

Panel 2 Hiroki: Do…

Panel 3 Hiroki: Do you like Kamen Yaiba, too?

Panel 4 Text: The next day

Panel 5 Hiroki: I... I just came here because I want stickers…

Panel 6 Hiroki: I-It’s not because I want to practice or anything!

Page 7 Panel 1-3 Text on stickers : Kamen Yaiba 1st generation / Saruma (obstructed) SFX: *screech* Amuro: Let’s try removing one of the training wheels… SFX: *grah*                                                                       TN: Weird cat noise Amuro: Turn the handle opposite to the direction it’s falling! Amuro: Good, you’ve improved! Amuro: Then, the same thing without training wheels…Don’t worry, you can do it!

Panel 4 SFX: *crash* Hiroki: Oof!

Panel 5 SFX: *sulk* SFX: *clatter*

Panel 6 SFX: *flow* Amuro: Are you alright?

Page 8 Panel 1 SFX: *sniff* Hiroki: I knew it, it’s impossible for me…

Panel 3 Amuro: Are you still afraid of cycling?

Panel 4 Amuro: I’ll be holding the back of the saddle, so pedal to your heart’s content!

Panel 5 Amuro: Let’s go!

Panel 6 Amuro: Ready, set… SFX: *halt*

Page 9 Panel 2 Hiroki: A…Amuro nii-chan*…th-this seems bad!!  

Panel 3 Amuro: I’m holding it!! Don’t worry!

Panel 4 Rei: Don’t…take your hand off! Promise me!!

TN: *Original addresses him as Poirot no niichan, which sounded awkward, so was changed to “Amuro nii-chan”

Page 10 Panel 1 Rei: If you let go I’ll… fall down…

Panel 2 Elena: It’s all right! I’ll deeefinitely not let go!

Panel 3 Elena: Yes, yes…

Panel 4 Elena: Just like that….

Page 11 Panel 3 Amuro: Amazing, you’re riding a bike!

Panel 4 Hiroki: It’s because you’re holding it!

Panel 5 Amuro: Who is holding what? Hiroki: Huh!?

Page 12 Panel 1 Hiroki: I did it! SFX: *cheer*

Panel 2 Kid: Wow, amazing!! Isn’t this Kamen Yaiba’s Hyper Rainbow Sticker!

Panel 3 Hiroki: Hehe, I got it from the guy from Poirot! Kid: Guy from Poirot, who’s that!? Other kid: Must be nice-!! Sticker Text: Kamen Yaiba.

Right Side Text: It’s all right now. If you take the first step, you can do anything--

Left Side Text: Continues in issue number 50

[leonawriter]

To add to this: if you look on the wiki for "first appearance of Kaitou Kid in the Detective Conan manga" you come up with Volume 16, release date 1997.

Volume 1 was released on June 18th, 1994.

There were only THREE YEARS between him starting Detective Conan and introducing Kaitou Kid to his "new" story.

By contrast, Shinichi first appeared in Magic Kaito file 23-24, released April 14th, 1999. Only two years after Kaito appeared in Detective Conan, and set as a flashback (and therefore happening BEFORE the main Conan story) for Shinichi.

So there you have it.

It took roughly 5 years for them to both appear in each other's series, and the series as a whole is... 29 years old...? And apparently there are plots he's put into movies that he'd had in mind since his schooldays. I'd say he never planned on anything different.

Reminder that the Detective Conan and Magic Kaito universes were never separate, and Gosho already had a history of merging his works/creating crossovers given how Kaito's high school is from what I remember the same as appeared in Yaiba, and he actually MEETS Yaiba in a chapter, who is from his Own Series.

Okita is, I think, from the same school and from the Yaiba series first!!

Shinichi and Megure turn up in the Clocktower Heist.

Kaito showed up in various DC chapter/stories ever since the early stuff, too.

They aren't separate universes, and if they are then the only reason is "DC is logic-based, MK has Akako and real magic, and that does not say no one can be related.

People saying that they can't be merged that far need to do their research on MK and Yaiba and not just the fact that Kaito isn't original to DC.