Hilarious things I’m remembering about Magic Kaito

- half the episodes just redo Detective Conan chapters from Kid’s perspective because there are so few Magic Kaito chapters that they have to mine his also very limited appearances in DC

- and yet despite this, they didn’t adapt the Robot Kaito which was one of the most interesting and psychological MK chapters. 30 chapters and the anime can’t adapt one of the few original ones.

- I totally forgot there was a French thief named Chat Noir and, not having had one iota of interaction in the Miraculous Ladybug fandom, I’m still terribly amused

- It’s never not amusing how DC makes Kaitou (the thief) look so unflappable and untouchable and amazing and MK makes Kaito (the teen) an absolute buffon who is brilliant but also .3 seconds from self-inflected disaster at all times

So it’s a popular headcanon that Kid knows Conan’s true identity as Shinichi.

Meanwhile it’s funnier and closer to canon if Kid, in fact, has no idea Conan is a mini-adult and just thinks he’s a creepy, weirdly intelligent child. He is, however, an expert at misleading and bluffing so Conan thinks Kid knows his secret. It comes down to the final confrontation and it all comes out and Kaito’s poker face is running overtime to try and keep a straight face in the light of this new info.

Conan, “I always wondered how you found out I was really Kudo Shinichi.”

Kaito, 3 seconds from a complete mental breakdown behind his easy going smile: “A magician never reveals his secrets, tantei-kun.”