#Shuichi X Jodie

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Jodie starlinggg 🥳

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RedStarling community wake uppp

I know that RedStarling fans are not many, I create this blog in the hope to make this community more active !! Hope I will have a lot of new friends who love this pairing too !!!

Look at them, they're so beautiful together, I must scream it to the word !! <3

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Detective Conan Ending 64 - Veronica

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Snippet of some Akai angst

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What is Past is Prologue (Part 3)

Fandom: Detective Conan Rating: T for canon-typical violence Continuity: Post series

Part 1: The Detective Part 2: The Phantom Thief Part 3: The Agent

Jodie Starling spent more than half her life living in the past. She had allowed her past to define her identity and set the course for her future.

But no more.

She was defined by what had happened when she was a child. A fat lot of good it did her.

Despite dedicating her life to bringing the woman who all but destroyed her innocence to justice, she was thwarted, time and again, first by the organization shrouded in the darkness, and later by the institution she had sworn to serve and protect.

That was why when she was offered the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk away from her past, away from the bureau that betrayed her, away from everything, she took it with both hands and promised herself that never again would she allow herself to be this helpless, this powerless.

Therefore, when her past came calling, in the form of the man she once loved, she did not immediately respond. She had to make sure that she would not be meeting him out of some misguided hope that she would be able to fix the past. In the end, she said yes to meeting him because, like a cat, she could not help but know what had happened after she left.

“You’re a hard woman to find.” Shuichi Akai told her as he slid gracefully to the booth where Jodie Starling was sipping her coffee.

“I have to be,” she replied. She set down her teacup carefully to hide her hand’s subtle but unmistakable shaking. “A long list of people want my head on a platter.”

She absently noted that he was no longer wearing his disguise. He had ditched the blonde hair and the glasses that made him look harmless. He went back to growing out his dark hair. His look reminded him so much of the young man she met and loved so long ago.

Her heart ached.

Akai’s lips thinned as if her statement gave him displeasure, but he did not say anything until the server who approached their table to take their order had left.

“Don’t you think we’re too old to live like this?” He asked her honestly.

“By we, you mean me, don’t you?” She asked. As the head of a no-name, internationally funded, but globally disavowed organization, she knew that after helping bring down the Black Organization, Shuichi semi-retired from the FBI and concentrated on piecing back his family.

Unlike her.

Jodie shrugged when he didn’t reply to her question. “I actually spend more time behind the desk now,” she told him honestly. She was surprised how much paperwork being the head of a no-name organization generated. She took a deep breath; forced herself to relax and smile. “Hello, Shu. How are you?”

Taking his cue from her, he also relaxed. “I’m good.”

“Me, too. Let’s get straight to the point. After five years, why contact me now?”

“Direct, as always. I have information that your agency has in its custody an asset believed to be dead.”

Jodie struggled to keep the shock out of her face. It would have worked on any other person, but it was Shuichi watching her. He knew all of her tells.

One of the advantages of being the head of a no-name organization was that she could run it as she saw fit. And she saw fit that knowledge of her newly acquired asset would be known only to few people inside her organization: three people, to be exact: herself, one reluctant consultant, and the asset herself. 

The consultant would literally die before he revealed information about the asset while the asset would not talk, also literally. Since the leak did not come from her, that could only mean—

“That bitch.” She muttered. Jodie winced. She did not like calling other women  names. However, the shoe fits the woman now going by the name of Alicia Vineyard, the daughter of the late Chris Vineyard. To Jodie, that woman would always be Vermouth.

“That is why the PSB, the CIA, and the FBI all agreed to keep her alive and on the streets.” He told her gently. “She’s a veritable fount of information.”

“That woman needed to die. At the very least, she needed to pay for her sins. Putting her on the streets would only endanger more people.” Jodie told him vehemently.

“I agreed with your assessment five years ago,” he reminded her. “But we were outranked and outvoted by our superiors. “And you can’t place the blame entirely on her. Word on the street is that a certain Phantom Thief also had a run-in with your asset.”

A run-in which was not disclosed to her.

“How accurate is our asset’s information?” Shu asked, careful not to utter any names as one never knew who was listening. “Is your asset really the girl from Beika? All that the Kaitou Kid would say is that it’s her, but it’s not her.”

“I’m not at liberty to—”

“Don’t give me that, Jodie. Some people back in Japan deserve to know what happened.”

“Don’t you think I know that?” Jodie looked away, figuring out how much she could tell him without her telling him anything. She knew that she would not get away with misleading him for information. Knowing him, he had already done his due diligence and confirmed what he could before confronting her with the information he already had.

“So, it is her?”

“If it’s not her, she’s an excellent imitation of the original.” She shrugged. “I tried to bring her home, but she had so many decisions taken away from her already. Now, I don’t think anyone could force her to do things she doesn’t want to do.”

“How is she?”

“She doesn’t speak much of what had happened to her.” She replied truthfully. “In fact, she doesn’t speak to me at all. She only talks to the doctor.”

“The doctor?”

Jodie nodded. “She found him and decided to trust him. She talks to him. He talks to us. She doesn’t trust me or anyone else. And he only talks to us only when it’s convenient for them. They help us, but they’re not with us.”

“Who are they with?”

“Who knows?” Jodie shrugged. “The Black Organization was weakened when its head died. A war broke out between many organizations, syndicates, and cartels to try to take its place. Rumor has it that the struggle unceremoniously and decisively ended two years ago. The victorious entity in the power struggle was more intelligent, secretive, and infinitely more dangerous than its predecessor. Law enforcement had tried and failed to identify, much less infiltrate, it.”

“You think your asset is with the new shadow organization?”

“Just a hunch.” She admitted. “Because there couldn’t be more than one organization so secret that not even my agency, with its infinite budget and network, could not know.”

“Is she in danger?”

Jodie paused. Considered. “I would have said no before. I believed that she had eliminated the threats to her life when she put out feelers to us.”

She saw the shock on his face at the revelation.

“Eliminated?”

“We still don’t know what happened to her. The only clues we could follow are the trail of bodies left behind.”

Shu hunched closer to her. “Are we sure it’s her?”

Jodie smiled bitterly. “As I’ve said, we have no idea what was done with her. But you and I both know that when the Black Organization puts its hands on you, it changes you.”

Shu let out a breath. He did know how much the Organization could change a person. He let that poison touch his life. And for what?

 “The Kaitou Kid is right,” Jodie continued. “She’s the same person, but she’s no longer the same person they took from her home all those years ago.”

“Is she in danger?” He asked again.

“Before today, I would answer no. But knowing that the Bitch knows about her means that the remnants of the Black Organization know about her.”

“The remnants?”

“The Black Organization may have been cut at its knees, but it still has many loyal supporters, trying to find a replacement for its former leader, hoping to bring it back to its former glory. She’s doing what the FBI, the CIA, and the PSB should have done five years ago,” she told him. “Burn the organization to the ground. Have you heard of the Malta massacre?”

Shu leaned back and tried to recall a short news article he had read a couple of months ago.

“An office building in Malta burned down a while back. The firemen found about a dozen unidentified people in the building.”

“It was not just an office building,” Jodie told him succinctly. “And the people there are not office workers. It was a hideout for the Black Organization. About half of the dozen people who died were high-ranking officers. They did not die by fire as the news reported.”

“She did that?” He was unable to reconcile the sweet, innocent teenager he knew all those years ago with the portrait of a person Jodie was painting. “Alone?”

“She did that,” Jodie confirmed. “But we don’t know if she did it alone. And we didn’t know that the building was a front for the organization until after we received a tip not to allow the local law enforcement to force open the vaults inside.”

“And what did you find?”

“Information.” She replied. “Enough to justify the budget of my agency to my superiors ten times over. And Malta’s just the beginning.”

“Do you need help to protect her?” “Protect her?” She scoffed. “God help the idiot who tries to hurt her.” #tbc

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The White Bag - A RedStarling Pre-Canon Fanfiction

Cast & Main Pairing: Shuichi Akai (26), Jodie Starling (22)

Rating: T

Genre: Rom-com, Fluff

Words: 1224

I do not own Detective Conan. Jodie Starling and Shuichi Akai belong to Gosho Aoyama. The others are supporting characters I created.

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This is Shuichi and Jodie's flashback story, 6 years prior to the main timeline when they were still dating and Jodie was still a junior agent.

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That day is the last day for the FBI team to be in the Albuquerque desert area after an outdoor mission to fall out of a criminal syndicate. Since morning, they prepared to leave the temporary headquarter area using a Jeep and headed towards Albuquerque International Airport. Jodie herself has settled up and is ready to go. While she packed her things, someone came closer to her. It's her boyfriend.

“You ready?” Shuichi rests his hand on her shoulder.

“Yap!”

“You'll ride with me, right?”

“But, Shu... I'm sorry, Andrea invited me to ride with her, along with Vanessa and Grace. Andrea will be the driver.”

Shuichi didn't say anything. He's looking at her with a flat gaze, as usual.

“Okay. Take care.” He rubbed her shoulder, making her blush.

“Thank you, Shu. See you!” she smiled.

No one knows they're now together. At least, their colleagues have yet to be made aware of it. Both of them preferred to keep their relationship private. They never did any PDA or something. But Shuichi always cares for her even in public and shows affection in his way, while trying his best not to get attention from others. The others already knew that they were close, but not as lovers.

Shuichi then left her, headed to the 7th Jeep, and sat in the driver's seat. Jodie kept her eyes on him until her colleagues from the 12th Jeep, the last one, yelled her name.

“Starling, come in! We're about to go!” Grace shouted. Jodie walked fast towards them, then placed herself in the 2nd-row passenger seat on the Jeep beside Vanessa.

Just right before they departed, Jodie's phone rang. A stranger's number called her, but she answered it anyway.

Jodie: Hello?

Someone: Hello, is this Agent Jodie Starling?

Jodie: Yeah, what's up?

Someone: A white Chanel handbag, with a rose keychain, is this yours?

Jodie: What? Yes, it's mine, but I believe I brought it with me!

Someone: I found it. Then, I left the bag near the reception table. I am unsure if it's yours or not. Just check it by yourself.

Jodie: Okay, hold on! I'll be right there.

The call ended, then Jodie immediately released her seatbelt and headed to go.

“What's wrong, Jodie?” Andrea asked her.

“Someone found my cosmetics bag, but he's unsure if it's mine or not. I think I should check on it.”

“Okay, we'll wait for you.”

Jodie left the car, going back to the headquarters. While she was gone, Shuichi came to face passengers on the 12th Jeep.

“Hey, Andrea! I think your car's oil is spoiled!”

“What?” she was surprised and checked it immediately.

“Ah, no fucking way! I need to hurry! I'm the one who booked the flight tickets! I have no time to fix this.”

“What if we exchange cars? I might stay here longer because I gotta clear some things up.”

“Whoa, is it okay, Shuichi?”

“It's okay. I can take it. My car is number 7.”

“Thank you! Okay, guys, let's move!” Andrea led her colleagues to move to Shuichi's car.

“By the way, you can keep all your luggage here. It'll be so much space since I drive alone,” said Shuichi.

“Eh, how about Jodie? We need to call her and tell her we'll move!” Vanessa uttered.

“Andrea is hurrying, right? It's okay, I'll take Jodie with me. She's a junior agent. She has nothing to hurry.”

“Alright. See you, then!”

Andrea, Vanessa, and Grace got out of the car and headed to the 7th Jeep. Minutes later, all of the Jeeps left the headquarters one by one, except the last one.

Meanwhile, Jodie desperately searched for her cosmetics bag. The housekeepers said they'd cleaned every spot in the reception room and found no bag. She then concluded someone had just taken her bag, kept it for her, and decided to return immediately.

When she arrived back at the parking area, she was so surprised when she found out only her Jeep was left there, and the others were gone. She felt guilty because her colleagues had to wait for her.

As she opened the car door, she yelled. “Ah, I'm so sorry to make you wait- Shu! What are you doing here?! Where's Andrea and the others?!”

“Stop talking and get in here,” Shuichi opened the car door for the passenger seat beside him.

“But, how?! What happened here?!” she sat on the seat but was still confused and startled.

“Where have you been?”

“Finding my cosmetics bag. Someone called me, he found it and put it somewhere on headquarters' reception desk, but when I searched for it, I found nothing,” Jodie breathed deeply, putting her hands on her head.

“You mean this?” Shuichi showed her the white bag she was desperately looking for.

“What?! How the hell my bag is on you?! You... Wait...” her expression changed from shocked to puzzled, full of confusion as Shuichi chuckled.

“Don't say it was your plan...”

“I'm amazed you noticed this earlier than I thought.”

“So it's true?! But... the one who called me... He didn't sound like you at all!”

“I paid someone to call you.”

“Shu..."

“See, Jodie. You ended up with me anyway.”

Jodie's cheeks reddened, realizing although Shuichi can be categorized as a cold-blooded man, he is also very sweet. He tricked her, fooled their colleagues, and made some effort only to be with her. If he had wanted to be with her so badly, he could've asked her one more time and forced her a little, and she wouldn't have refused. But, no. Shuichi would do it in Shuichi's way. He's a man of service, not a man of words.

“How did you manage to exchange car with them?!”

“I tricked them, said that this car oil spoiled. Whereas I spilled out the oil by myself.”

“Shu, you're ridiculous!” Jodie laughed. A pure, genuine laugh. So heartwarming and full of joy, like how she is in Shuichi's eyes. Shuichi then realized all the tricks he had done were worth it to make her laugh like that. She unintentionally gave him a ray of sunshine for his thunder, and he needs nothing more to heal himself after going through a hard mission.

Even though she was quite flattered by his actions, she felt a little bit of displeasure. “But you got me a heart attack, Shu! I can't lose this bag!” she gummed, crossing her hands.

“My apologies,” he grinned a little. “Is the bag contains holy grail or something?”

“My cosmetics and skincare, which cost around $1000 in total. And most importantly, I just bought this Dior lipstick last month for goddamn 50 dollars, Shu. It's still full. I ain't losing it for nothing!”

“You using it right now?”

“Yeah, why?”

Without thinking and considering any hesitation, Shuichi suddenly catches Jodie's lips with his and kissed them passionately. Jodie was startled, her muscles are stiffen, not ready for the surprise. But she enjoyed it eventually, especially when she began to taste the mix of tobacco and Bourbon in him. Time stopped for both of them, as their kiss is getting deeper, and deeper.

“Mmmh... Not too bad for 50 dollars,” said Shuichi after he broke the kiss. Jodie, however, was still processing what had just happened, while Shuichi started their Jeep and rode away toward the airport.

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*Note: This is my first English fic, I'm so sorry for any grammar mistakes :“)

-Hagirara, 2023-

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Another base set my mold_19 on twitter and ... I did all of them today 😂 hey, I have 11 pages of my sketch book left, I want to fill these!!

I'm having way too much fun with these bases and I kinda want to draw more of them 😂

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Anon (by PM) asks:

How do you see Akai Shuichi as a character? And how do you see the Akai x Jodie ship?

Unbelievably, I've never talked about Akai before! Well, here we go.

Both Akai and Amuro strike me as full-blown Gary Stu's, which I don't always like, but I feel like Akai has a dark/depressed vibe that makes me like him more than the handsome Amuro. I mean, I find cases more interesting when Akai is present than Amuro. So, I will say that I like Akai, but he's not one of my favorites either.

My problem with Akai is that I perceive him too unhuman, too perfect (since an agent/detective perspective), to the limit of feeling him a cold and unrealistic character, almost as if he were an invincible robot/superhero. Rarely Gosho let us see his feelings or his humanity, and that makes it hard for me to empathize with him. I see few edges to the character. I even find it annoying how all the characters must be overshadowed when they are in his presence and that Gosho must always show that Akai alone can handle anything. It's sometimes a bit the same for me with Yusaku Kudo. Why the hell have we had through 1000+ files if Akai and Yusaku are here? The two of them together could have beaten BO since episode 1.

On that note, my thoughts regarding Akai are: 1) He should have died at the end of Clash of Red and Black! His death would have meant an epic moment, as it would have also shown his level as a character, but at the same time proving that he is not invincible either (as well as helping the public to perceive BO as a fearsome organization, which has been almost completely lost). But no, Akai is immortal and no one can ever beat him (not even Amuro). 2) He doesn't seem to care about people, unless it fits with his interests (like Conan), as if his relationship with people is mostly utilitarian. I mean, I resent his attitude towards Masumi, his mother, and most of the characters that are close to him, especially Jodie! He hasn't shown any attitude towards her that makes him worthy of her concern. Quite the contrary, he doesn't even seem to empathize for what she has suffered for him.

For these reasons, I used to ship Akai x Akemi. I really liked that ship! I felt that all that love plot and Akemi by herself humanized Akai's character. It made us see another side to him that we aren't usually shown. It showed us an Akai who had a soft spot for a person, for whom he really suffered for losing her, and who does everything he can to make amends for her death. But then Gosho made them cousins, and ruined everything for me.

The latter gives me the perfect excuse to answer your second question, regarding the Akai x Jodie ship. In theory it's a workable ship. I mean, he's single and so is she. They both work at the FBI together. They've had a relationship before... But seriously, how could they work as a couple when he literally abandoned her because he was in love with another woman? It doesn't matter if that woman is now dead. The guy didn't love her and left her for someone else. How is Jodie going to get back together with someone who told her to her face that he didn't love her? And you could say that maybe it didn't work out that time, but now things have changed. But in no scene is it implied that Akai's feelings for her have changed. He doesn't seem to show any special concern for her, nor for her feelings. Nor an special respect for her abilities. I even feel like he's a bit harsh on her sometimes. So, if Jodie and I were friends, and we sat down to talk in a cafe/bar, I would tell her, "Jodie, my friend, realize, that man doesn't love you, stay away from there!".

Personally, I preferred that in the end, Akai dies (real death), in an epic scene, and Jodie finds happiness with a man who really deserves it, maybe some other member of the FBI.

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I asked earlier

An Akai x fem reader who has a miscarriage after she found out that he’s “dead”, the reader is a Kudo who then becomes really pissed off when she finds out that her family knows that her boyfriend is alive and didn’t tell her so she runs away and tears later she ends up with Furuya and they’re both getting married, Akai (Subaru) attends Y/N and Furuya’s wedding but regrets it

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Dawn's Embrace

Furuya Rei x fem!Kudo!reader (past Akai Shuichi x fem!Kudo!reader) Words: 2.5K Warnings: Angst, miscarriage, betrayal, hurt/comfort, hurt/no comofort (If you're rooting for Akai) A/N: Thanks for the request. That's a bit different than what I usually write but I took it as a challenge and hope I succeeded. Sorry that it took so long, however I did not really have any inspiration for it, until today and then wrote this thing within two hours.

She had never understood how powerful words could be. Yes, they were a means of making your thoughts and opinions understandable to the other person. They helped communication and could trigger emotions. She had been aware of all this. But she would never have believed that simple words could trigger such pain in her.

He is dead. I'm sorry.

Jodie looked at her pityingly from tear-filled eyes, but she paid no attention to her friend. A lump formed in her throat and she felt like she couldn't breathe, her head spun and she felt light, gasping and panting until a breath of oxygen reached her lungs. Instantly she regretted it. The sharpness with which that breath hit her had been unexpected, made her think clearly and reality came crashing down on her, mercilessly and without consideration.

Her eyes burned, but no tears came to her eyes, did not roll down her cheek and did not allow her to release the pain that was building up in her chest. The grief, anger and pain built up and suddenly she was faced with a flood of emotions that burst over her and swept her away.

 She screamed.

It was a bloodcurdling scream that came from deep inside her. She could feel her throat scratching and aching and felt like someone was ripping her throat open and she couldn't help the grim satisfaction that was building inside her. Maybe it would be possible to scream herself to death? She didn't know, but if the sharp pain in her stomach hadn't hit her and robbed her of her voice, she might have found out.

She gasped out, pressing her hands to her stomach, feeling like someone was plunging a hot blade into her stomach. Another scream escaped her, but this time it wasn't fuelled by grief. "Hey, hey, what's wrong?" Jodie knelt beside her, hand on her shoulder and panic written all over her face. She wanted to answer, wanted to tell her what was wrong, when she was overcome by another wave of pain and didn't even have time to scream. Instead, she curled up and fell to the floor, where she lay with her hands pressed to her abdomen, trembling and convulsing.

"I'm calling an ambulance," Jodie shouted, and although she tried to cover up her panic, it was still clear to hear. "Hang in there." Hang in there. If she hadn't been too blinded by her pain, she would have laughed derisively. A sob escaped her throat, the first of many, and her hands wandered down her stomach as if hoping to find the cause of her problems. In a way, she did.

Something wet touched her fingers, making her freeze and pull her hand back, which was covered in a red liquid. Blood. She couldn't help herself - another scream escaped her.

Two hours later, she lay in a hospital bed, her face buried in her pillow, silent tears streaming down her cheeks.

A miscarriage.

The doctors had explained to her that a miscarriage could be induced by emotionally traumatic and physically hurtful incidents, but she had not listened to them, just lay impassively in her bed. Her brother, Yusaku, had visited her and tried to talk to her, but she hadn't even given him a glance. Today she had not only lost her unborn child, of whom she had known nothing, but the last part of Shuichi that she had left.

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They say that time heals all wounds. She wasn't so sure it was true.

It was early morning, the sun had not yet risen, only a slight glimmer on the horizon, and she knelt silently in front of the lake she had visited so often with Shuichi. The thought of him alone brought tears to her eyes, which she purposely wiped away.

It had been two years since he had passed away and she still felt the pain that she had carried with her since that day. The loss of her partner and her child had lessened and was now no more than a dull throbbing in the back of her mind, but some days it erupted randomly and without consideration.

She rarely came here anymore, unable to hear the happy laughter of the children playing and painfully realizing that this could have been them. They could have been a little family, not perfect but enough, if Shuichi had just come home that day. For a long time she had been angry with him, cursing his name and his stupidity in not being careful and wishing she had never met him.

This anger had since faded and given way to resignation. There was nothing she could do to change the situation.

For two years she had been sure she would never be able to move on, never be able to love anyone else. She had thought she was done with it all. This morning, however, she had woken up and for the first time in these two years had the feeling that - yes, she could move on. Yes, she would get over him and yes she would, at some point in the distant future, be able to love again.

She didn't know how long it would take or how successful she would be. She knew it would be hard and painful and heartbreaking and maybe it would take her more than a few tries. But in the end, she would survive and move on. Because that's what Shuichi would have wanted her to do.

She breathed out shakily and placed the wreath of flowers, which she had been holding tightly in her hands, on the smooth surface and gave it a little nudge. Waves lapped as the wreath slid across the water and a few tears rolled down her cheeks, but she couldn't stop the small smile that crept onto her lips.

Carefully, she stood up, smoothed her skirt and turned to leave the park, only to collapse in shock, slip and land on her butt. Behind her stood a young man with a tanned complexion and unusually blond hair, who had his hands buried in his trouser pockets and was now looking at her apologetically as she clutched her chest to calm her racing heart.

"I apologize," he murmured, inclining his head in an apologetic bow. "It was not my intention to frighten you." She breathed in and out a few times to calm her racing heart before raising her hand. "It's all right. I was lost in thought and should have noticed you."

He shook his head, however, and took a step towards her to help her up, but waited for her nod of approval before he touched her and pulled her up. "Please, it was my fault. You could have fallen into the water or hurt yourself, and all because I wanted to watch the sunrise."

She smiled slightly and patted the dirt off her skirt. " It really is the most beautiful thing to watch from this spot. And please, nothing has really happened."

 "With respect, something has happened." He paused for a moment before bowing his head slightly. "I am aware that you are probably grieving, but I would ask you to allow me to invite you to tea." She hesitated. "It's really not necessary, you don't have to go to any trouble." But he shook his head. "It's no trouble. Please. Will you allow me?“

For a moment, she was tempted to refuse. He didn't seem like the kind of person who would take offense if she did refuse, and to be honest, she didn't really feel like drinking tea with a stranger. However, when she saw the gleam of hope in his eyes, she couldn't help but smile slightly.

What was that again about new beginnings? She nodded slightly and a bright smile spread across his face before he held out his arm to her.

" May I have the honor?" She chuckled slightly before linking in and following him down the stony path. She looked up at him out of the corner of her eye and noticed that his hair had taken on a golden sheen. The sun had risen.

A new day had dawned.

~**~

Her flashing gaze shifted from the man in front of her to her brother, who was standing beside his wife, holding her hand. "You knew?" Her voice was calm and cold, completely emotionless, but a full-blown volcano was boiling beneath the surface. "You watched me grieve for four years, saw me give up on myself and said absolutely nothing? Nothing?" Yusaku cleared his throat and started to say something, but she cut the word off at the back of his throat. "Don't even think about giving me some bullshit about 'we had to think of the greater good' or 'we were trying to protect you' because that doesn't work on me anymore."

Anger and disappointment mingled in her chest and she had to close her eyes to stifle tears. She didn't know whether they were tears of anger or sadness. She heard the crunch of a leather jacket and looked up. Shuichi - no, Akai - had taken a step towards her and was now watching her with calculating eyes. Eyes that she had once loved and that now looked at her with such irrelevance that she wondered how she could have ever had feelings for him. "It remains the truth, whether you like it or not." He fixed her with those cursed green eyes that had once been a home to her, but now reminded her more of the color of poison. "It was for your own protection." His gaze fixed on the person behind her. "And you seem to have gotten over it quite well."

She felt Rei move behind her, presumably to grab him by the collar, but she was quicker and hit him with such force against the cheek that his face flew to the side.

"How dare you," she hissed. Gone was the calm, calculated demeanor from before. Anger and hatred showed clearly on her face as she stared up at him and if looks could kill, he would have to be pronounced dead a second time.

"Can you even begin to imagine how much I've suffered? How much I grieved for you, Akai Shuichi? I lost my child, our child! I was so consumed by grief and sorrow that I stopped eating properly, didn't take care of myself and almost died. Damn it, I wanted to die from it! I wanted it to end and the only reason I'm still standing here is because Rei picked me up, took care of me. I wouldn't be here without him, you fucking asshole!"

She glared at him and, doing some soul-searching, realized that she couldn't find an ounce of love for him. He wasn't worth the effort. "I probably would have died if it hadn't been for Rei. Because I loved you, more than anything in the world. And what are you doing? Betraying me, backstabbing me and telling me the most unforgivable lies. And now you expect, you all expect, that I can just carry on as if nothing had happened."

"It was necessary," he returned urgently, but she only laughed scornfully. "Yes, to keep you hidden from this organization. But from me?" She turned away in disbelief. "Everyone knew you were alive. Jodie, Camel, Shinichi, even my brother and his wife. You told everyone but me. Your girlfriend. So don't tell me it was necessary to keep it from me when everyone else knew."

Akai's gaze wandered to the man behind her. "And what about your lover? Didn't he keep things from you too?" "Yes, he did," she admitted and for a split second her gaze flashed to Rei, who was looking at Akai with such hatred that she would have shivered in his place. "He let me know as soon as he could, though. You didn't. You had hundreds of opportunities and didn't take a single one. Besides, there's a difference between pretending to be dead and fibbing about your profession."

The hatred slowly ebbed away and gave way to disappointment. She turned away and reached for Rei's arm. "I'm through with you. I'm through with all of you. Leave me alone, don't contact me anymore. I don't want anything more to do with you." She could hear her family's protests and pleas, but kept walking. Rei placed his hand on her back and the warmth she felt calmed her somewhat. Not a single word came from Akai.

~**~

She kept her promise. Two years had passed and not once had she contacted one of them. Akai had intended to give her two or three days to calm down before contacting her again. But when he had arrived at her apartment, it had been empty. She had changed all her contact details or blocked him and everyone else, the same with Furuya.

It had taken them a year to figure out her whereabouts and Akai had intended to confront her as soon as he stood in front of her. But when he had seen her from across the street, arm in arm with Furuya, shopping in her arms and laughing, he had done nothing, just stood there and followed them with his eyes until they were out of sight.

Just like he was doing now.

Yukiko had put him in the disguise of Okiya Subaru one last time, in which he now stood at the edge of the festivities. It hadn't been difficult to get in, and due to the fullness of the room, he didn't stand out. Even if he did, he probably wouldn't have, because his eyes had been glued to her since the beginning of the wedding. She looked beautiful, like a goddess. The white dress hugged her figure perfectly, the makeup accentuated her features, and the smile on her face was filled with such love every time she looked at Furuya, her husband, that he felt sick.

His eyes followed their movements as they danced and laughed and, with a sad smile on his lips, he put the glass of champagne down on the tables and turned around. He had blown it, he had to admit that to himself. She no longer loved him. And as he saw her now, arm in arm with Furuya, he wondered if she had ever loved him the way she did the blond.

He had never seen her so happy. He took one last look over his shoulder at the bride and groom.

Apparently she had tripped and he had caught her, whereupon she now buried her face in his chest, laughing. She had earned it, he decided, and turned away for good. All he had wanted was to see her happy and safe, and if he couldn't be the one to give her that, he would let Furuya take her place.

As much as it bothered him, even if it didn't matter what he thought. Only as long as she was happy.

[birubilirubin]

Thanks to someone I rechecked the dialog in Conan

付き合うことになった

You are going out with her.

彼女を潜入するために付き合うんでしょう？

Aren't you going out with her to infiltrate?

二人の女は同時に愛せるほど器用な性分じゃないでね。

I'm not dexterous enough to love two women at the same time.

The plot goes like this:

Akai approaches Akemi – Approached her to gain her trust or to make her fall in love with him and began dating - Akemi introduces him to Shiho as a lover - Became close friends with Shiho- Infiltrated the organization through Shiho’s connections

In the dialogue above, we can know the timeline was that he has not infiltrated the organization, and he wasn't dating Akemi at that time, he just met her and there was a love bombing process to gain her trust or to make her fall in love for a few days or months. It was not that he just met her and then suddenly asked her out, unless she's really a love brain and crazy about him.

器用な性分じゃない =不器用/ 無器用

不器用 (Not very dexterous / Bad at doing things)

It means that he is not good at communicating, not good at socializing, not good at getting along like a couple.

So 愛せる doesn't refer to the literal meaning of "Love", but it refers to the contextual meaning of "Doing all the things that couples do", and he's not good at handling it. So, the indication is that he was not in 2 boats at the same time.

So the 2 women are still referring to Akemi and Jodie.

Because it's hard to find the original text. So, I only heard from the animation. So maybe there are wrong words.

84さい、嘘、本当は.....

I'm 84 years old, kidding, actually I....

Interrupted by Ai's hat falling off

....ますます興味ぶかい魅力的...

You're getting more and more interesting and fascinating (because Conan can figure out the bomber from just a few clues).

８４歳バアバに言われたかねよ

I don't want to be praised by an 84-year-old grandmother

あなたの似合い18歳よ、なんてね。

I'm 18 years old just like you, I'm kidding.

えっ??

Huh??

The full sentence becomes like this

84歳、嘘、本当はあなたの似合い１８歳よ、なんてね。

I'm 84 years old, it's a lie, I'm actually 18 like you, Just kidding.

Huh?? (You're really 18 years old??)

(So it's not ambiguous right)

まだ糸は切れていない

The thread has not been cut (Their destiny has not been cut)

糸= 運命  (thread = Destiny / Bond)

Title of this chapter 運命の人 (The destined person)

This chapter tells a lot about Akai Shuichi, from the appearance of the fake Akai, Jodie and Akai’s past, and Subaru also appears. So, the destined person refers to Akai Shuichi.

Shiratori is the one destined for Kobayashi.

Aoyama also used Ayumi's mouth to explicitly say 放っとけない人は、好きな人です (The person you worry about is the person you like).

Who is the person who worries about Haibara the most, installing bugs everywhere, having his subordinates guard her or tap her when he has to leave Kudo’s house, forbidding her from going to the crime scene, picking her up when she didn’t come home?.

Akemi said "The only thing to worry about is you, Shiho", and Akemi loved Shiho.

The title of this chapter is ‘白い雪黒い影’ (White Snow Black Shadow). All chapter titles are clues, it applies in Conan.

When Shiho first appeared the chapter was titled 白い世界 (The White World).

Thanks to Gin, we know shiho is White Snow 白い雪, and she likes Scarlet 緋色

The kanji is the same as the kanji in the chapter "The emergence of scarlet". 緋色

白い雪 White Snow refers to Shiho. It was because Shiho still has her own sense of justice although she's been in the dark world since she was a baby.

黒い影 The black shadow refers to Akai. At that time, Akai was still suspected of being black.

So the narrative trick played out like this:

Akai saw Ran, and he thought of a stupid woman (×)

Haibara saw Ran, and she thought of Akemi (×)

So X = Stupid woman = Akemi.

The animation/movie team and the most fans’ logic are like that.

"I knew it was the wrong person"

Akai probably heard that a brown-haired girl (Sonoko) was following the doctor (He already knew the doctor was Vermouth)

When Subaru met Ran and Sonoko, he immediately noticed Sonoko first. "You, browned-haired girl", he said it to Sonoko.

It can be seen that the buildings marked in both pictures are very similar, and there is no fence on the street. So it was the same place where Miyano Shiho first appeared and was shot by Gin.

The most important point is that there is a phone booth in that place. Akai also came out of the phone booth.

Then, in Vermouth's apartment there was a Shiho photo, but during the full moon chapter, Akai met Haibara, but he still said "The person I was waiting for didn't show up".

So, I assume Akai has two different targets from the FBI, I.e:

1. Finding Shiho

2. Confronting Gin

He probably thought he could find those two people with him following Vermouth, but the FBI knew nothing about them.

So his revenge on Gin was not for Akemi.

The only witness to Akemi's murder was Vodka. How could Akai know the person who shot Akemi was Gin?. It could have been another member.

That's why Akai's actions towards Gin were all related to Shiho not Akemi. These three people have a story, and only they know about it.

Then, I look at the vocabulary he used was complex and romantic, and have many implied expressions, and comparing his dialog with Ayumi's, his dialog was rarely used in daily conversation (Well, although it's an Oresama character's dialog, and don't use this grammar in daily conversation, or you will get slapped by others). Every dialog box of every character is always carefully thought out, right. So I think Aoyama designed Akai's character as a character who is quite dark, deep and has hidden feelings (deep affection).

For example:

愛しい愛しい宿敵(こいびと) 愛しい and 恋人 can not only be interpreted as dearest love, but can also be interpreted as the person he misses. So it can be interpreted as (Gin who I miss).

So 恋人(こいびと) is not referring to Akemi.

Aoyama is traditional Japanese. The use of these words is often found in classical Japanese literature (Osamu Dazai, Akutagawa, etc)

The shadow is very deep, right.

File 874

From what Bourbon said, "I met your mother and your sister".

Then Shiho (Kid) said, "You are the rival of my sister's boyfriend, Moroboshi Dai. I heard from my sister that you don't get along."

"My sister's boyfriend" in Ai's mind this misunderstanding is still not resolved. Ai didn't know it was just a fake relationship. So it wasn't Shu-Ake's official CP hammer.

"I heard from my sister" We all clearly knew Akemi is just an outsider, she wouldn't know the problem with Rye and Bourbon. Based on Rye's character he wouldn't tell her about it either. Then based on Aoyama's interview, he said "Akemi didn't remember Bourbon". It is a contradiction.

It can be inferred that "I met your mother and your sister" was when he was a child, and Akemi has forgotten about him.

So this "I heard from my sister" is Aoyama's narrative trick. Because Aoyama wanted to hide Shuichi-Shiho's close relationship. He used a patch sentence (I heard from my sister) to cover up the original information.

Then, I saw some theories from Chinese fans who argued, the dialog probably like this because I also forgot it, "Like two sisters (姉妹), I know your action".

Actually, there is no need to use complex logic to analyze the dialogue in Conan, just use simple logic. "Sisters" still refers to Shiho and Akemi not Vermouth and Yukiko. "Your action is just like two sisters" This action doesn't refer to Haibara's action of crying silently, but Haibara's action of sacrificing herself for others just like Akemi sacrificed herself for Shiho, and Akai clearly knew it. So this dialog doesn't describe Akai knowing Akemi well (because cring silently). So, the girl who cries silently still refers to Shiho (Haibara). Akai only knew Akemi sacrificed herself for Shiho (from the message she sent).

Then, In Conan, the information we get from each character is not synchronized. It happens in the case of Subaru and Wakasa's identities, so you can't line them up linearly, but you have to look at each character's perspective.

Some of Ran's behaviors can refer to several characters depending on the perspective of each character describing Ran, so Ran doesn't just seems like Akemi because they both have long black hair.

For example, in one of the daily cases. A murderer saw Ran and he saw his girlfriend's shadow because Ran's voice was similiar to his girlfriend.

In Ai's mind, Ran's characteristics, bright, kind-hearted, protect her, was the same as Akemi.

Ran wanted to go home because she was worried about Conan. But Ai suddenly shouted at her to stop her, seeing her sister's shadow. This is Ai's guilt for Akemi because she couldn't stop her at that time.

But for Akai who only always saw Ran crying alone was similar to Shiho.

And in Ai's mind Ran's behavior of always holding back her crying, pretending to smile was just like herself. So that's why Ai understands Ran's feelings because they have the same behavior like pretending to be strong.

It's in chapter 335 A Gift from The Wife, sorry I don't have a picture.

This chocolate is smiling, but its face is sad.

A face torn with pain and tears, she pushed herself too hard

Mistranslation in the English version

It should be a dialogue box for Yamamura

The dialog should be like this

"If you get in contact with Hiro-chan again. You'll talk to him about me..."

Look at the angle when Shinichi said to Ai. It has the same angle, and it's a lens language where the conversation doesn't use subject and object if there are only two of them there.

In the English version the object becomes "Her"

"I will protect her......"

If he loved her, Akai should have gone to save her when he knew Akemi was in danger, or he can spend 1000 episodes taking care of her grave. But instead he appeared to meet her younger sister with a smiling face every day.

Haibara said 守ってくれるんでしょう to Conan

....んです is an emphasis sentence.

She's emphasizing that Conan will protect her right?. Because there was someone who wanted to protect her, but he didn't keep his promise.

Spoiler M26

Many of the character settings are very OOC and slightly out of the manga. First, Akai's reaction when he found out Ai was kidnapped was calm, while in the manga he was looking for her all over the city with a sad face. Second, How could he miss it, so all those bugs are useless. Third, Ai heard Akai's voice through the intercom of the diving goggles, but she didn't respond at all, and after Conan started answering the call, but her attention was only on Conan, and she only responded with "Kudo-kun", it is not Ai-chan who will think of Moroboshi Dai when she hears that someone likes to drink black coffee. Fourth, Conan said "そんな颜してんじゃねーよ" (Don't make faces like that) to Ai-chan. The production team seemed to run out of ideas and just Ctrl+C - Ctrl+V another CP's phrase and pasted it on the popular CP, although the structure is slightly different from Akai's "そんな颜するな". Fifth, the Conan-Ai kiss that seems like a copy-paste of the Conan-Ran kiss in M2. My first reaction after reading it was that there were a lot of character setups that didn't make sense and didn't match the plot of the original manga, and it was again a recycling of the previous plot.

[placebogirl7]

This is from the new anime ending that will start with episode 1016.

I'm hyperventilating. And crying. BYE.

[shuxjodie]

Finally some ShuJo promotion by the animetors!!!

Hey! Did you guys saw the new ending song "Veronica" sung by Mai Kuraki for the ep1016??

Take a sneak peek!!

Now the fans are rising.amd it's clear!!!!!!!!

[daftnethequeen]

So I don't know if anyone else has noticed but look:

This is Chapter 677 where shuichi talks about sacrificing Jodie whilst breaking up with her

This chapter 677 where shuichi talks about sacrificing Jodie whilst breaking up with her.

Now look here:

Shuichi talks about sacrifices again whilst look whose behind JODIE could this be a sign from gosho telling us that redstarling will happen ? What do you think

[cinnamoncountess]

Secret Santa

Hey Beru, das hier ist von deinem Secret Santa - Merry Christmas :)  “What a fucking day!” Jodie ranted as she threw a torn shopping bag on the kitchen counter. Shuichi looked up from where he was sitting on the couch, taking in her exhaustion. “Don’t tell me you let the bag ruin your day, darling,” he sent her a teasing grin. “Ha ha… The bag’s not the problem. That was just the tip of the iceberg.” She closed her eyes, sat down and let her head fall on the kitchen table. With his left hand, Shuichi righted his glasses, frowning. Usually, Jodie didn’t let some minor mishaps get her down. He waited to see if she would start ranting again. It would help her get it out of the system. They were similar in that regard but normally it was him that needed coaxing. He gently laid a hand on top of her golden hair. As expected, she followed his silent prompt. She lifted her head, then rose and engulfed him in a tight hug. “Want to talk about that horrible day of yours?” he prompted again. “Not really.” He looked straight into her eyes and raised an eyebrow. “Alright, alright. I know you’re right - I just don’t want to think about it.” She sighed. “It’s nothing really bad, I promise. It’s just an annoying series of unfortunate events really…” She trailed off. “I didn’t hear my alarm clock, which made me late for work, and on the way there the heel of my ankle boot broke, making me even later thank you very much. Then they demanded I hand in all the paperwork today despite it being due the day after tomorrow originally. Then your mother called me to tell you she’ll be spending Christmas with those of her children who didn’t make her think they were dead - she did apologise to me though, mind you, so I don’t think she dislikes the idea of us? Anyway, right after that Conan turned up and you know how that usually goes. Then James told me we needed to be able to show some results soon or the FBI will be shelving this case - apparently the government doesn’t want to spend money on its forces and don’t even get me started on the news! Believe me, you don’t want to see what they did this time! So now we’re short on money regarding the case or worse they’ll call us back to the States. Then that damn bag broke and now I don’t have enough eggs to prepare dinner and then here you are wearing that damn masquerade.” She took a deep breath, obviously trying not to break into tears. “I know it’s too risky for you to take it off. But sometimes I just wish we could…” He pressed her close to his chest. “I know.” “I love it when you hold me like this.” He grinned. “I know.” “Don’t give me cheek.” “I believe you love that too.” Jodie snorted, her lips curving into a fond smile. “Maybe.” “And I have good news,” he said. “You see, Masumi thought mother would do something like this. And my annoying little sister is fonder of me than I probably deserve and so she sent us an invitation anyway. She said since they’re celebrating at Shuukichi’s place, mum can’t do anything about it. But we are expected to bring Christmas biscuits.” “Cookies,” Jodie corrected automatically. “Biscuits,” he grinned, “look at the recipe -it’s biscuits!” He showed her a picture of it on his phone. “Your sister doesn’t trust your new-found skills in the kitchen, it seems. That recipe is foolproof.” “That’s why I bought everything for a proper Christmas baking session. We’ll show her.” Jodie laughed. “Admit it. You just want to get back into everyone’s good graces by doing something special.” “I don’t need to. I do have an invitation for Christmas.” It was Jodie’s turn to raise an eyebrow. “If by ‘everyone’ you mean my mother, you might have a point.” She got on her tiptoes and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. “Thanks for making me feel better, Shu.” Before she could move away, he reeled her in for a proper kiss. “I love you.”

***

Awwwwwwh, Sternchen! I swooned and grinned so much whilst reading this story. I’ve re-read it a couple of times already. I love it so much! <3 I dare to say that this might be the best christmas gift I’ve received this year. The banter between these two, Shuubaru softly comforting Jodie, who is justifiably pissed and probably should have stayed in bed for the whole day, snuggled up to Shuu, of course. I especially love how you incorporated Shuu’s family, a very IC Mary, who I can totally see unwilling to spend christmas with her eldest son due to the fact that he “ignores” her current state of living, but silently wishing for him and Jodie to spend christmas with them. Obviously. And Masumi, the cinnamon roll she is, trying to pour oil on troubled water and bring their family together nonetheless. Just beautiful, the way you developed the setting and incorporated the values of christmas. Thank you so much for this beautiful gift, I love it so much! <3 And of course, thank you for including my wish and letting Shuu run around in his Subaru-masquerade. Even if Jodie is not please. I am very much.  ;P

[coffeeviolinist]

Featuring supremely jealous Rei, Jodie x Camel, a Hagimatsu mention, and an AkAm confession.

[lesbianjodie]

M24 storyboarders were like we're going to make a movie with so many close up shots of Akai's pretty eyes. And that's so sexy of them.