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There he goes.
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[Image descriptions: Screenshots from Episode 345 of Detective Conan/Case Closed. Heiji thinks to himself, “What worries me is the girl they left sleepin’ and locked up in old Agasa’s basement… Kudou said that as long as she didn’t hide the spare pair of trackin’ glasses, it’d be all right, but… If I were her… And Kudou was gonna go as her to face down that dangerous bunch all on his own… I wouldn’t be able to just sit there and let him. I’d force the door open… Do somethin’… No matter what. No matter what, Kudou. I’d go find you.” As he thinks, there are images of Ai doing just as he imagines. End image description.]
I know I’m like 20 years late to the party, but I recently watched Episode 345 of Detective Conan/Case Closed for the first time, and I loved this bit. For a 1,000+-episode series, it’s almost remarkable how infrequently some major characters interact, and while Heiji and Ai aren’t exactly doing that here, they are absolutely vibing, and I adore it.
‘Cause Heiji’s only met with Ai once before this? And that was a brief and limited encounter, where he thought she was Shinichi for a huge chunk of the time? But still, even with just that, he deeply understands that this girl’s as infatuated with Shinichi as he is. They did both dress up as the guy in an effort to protect him, after all.
[Image description: A screenshot from Episode 190 of Detective Conan. Heiji, disguised as Shinichi, sits next to Ai, disguised as Conan. End image description.]
And it really makes me wish that they got to interact more! Ai and Heiji are vastly different people, but they do share their strong love for Shinichi, and seeing such clashing personalities work together towards the same goals is fun. I’m sad that the only on-screen conversation I can think of between these two is just a lot of Ai crapping all over Heiji:
[Image descriptions: Screenshots from Episode 521 of Detective Conan. Heiji talks to Ai on the phone, while Ran watches behind him. He grimaces in response to Ai’s words; in the first image, she says, “Idiot!”, while in the second, she says, “What kind of brain-dead things are you saying?” End image descriptions.]
And, granted, there are like over 600 episodes that I haven’t seen, and this is a high-stress situation that Heiji didn’t understand the full severity of, but still. While it was certainly funny to watch Ai totally brush off Heiji and walk away without saying anything when he thought she was Shinichi…
[Image description: A screenshot from Episode 191 of Detective Conan. Heiji tells Ai, who is disguised as Conan, “All we need is the evidence, then our theory’s perfect…” Ai takes Heiji’s hand off her shoulder. End image description.]
She also trusts him and enlists in his help when things look bad. Further, she doesn’t hesitate to tell Shinichi that he ought to give Heiji some more consideration for all the lengths the guy goes to for his sake:
[Image descriptions: Screenshots from Episode 192 of Detective Conan. Ai, disguised as Conan, tells Shinichi, “You should thank that friend of yours from Osaka. When you collapsed, after I told him what was going on, he told everyone not to talk about the case…” As she says this, there’s a flashback to the event, with Ai, disguised as Conan, whispering in Heiji’s ear, and then Heiji holding a microphone and shouting to a group of students. End image descriptions.]
Ai knows, just as Heiji makes explicit about her in Episode 345, that this “Osaka friend” would do anything to protect Shinichi, no matter what.
And they’d be a fun duo, gosh darn it!
Tl;dr, more Ai and Heiji vibing, please. It’s so good.
This is awesome meta and now I yearn. Thanks op!💜 🙏
Kudou Shinichi: What could he say? That this was important to him? That he wanted to help people, to feel useful? To connect with the world-
The Night Baron and the Irregulars:
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-gently places tiny detective away from crime scene-
LMFAO did he even notice?! 😂😂
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Shinichi: The thing is… I’m living a lie.
Kaito: Just one? I’m living like, 20.
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The new op sure has.... some...... interesting frames............ 👀👀👀
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As much as I like KaiShin. (Which is was one of the first fandom things I did enjoy, back when I was looking at content entirely on my own.) Just.
Shinichi is the one who was imaginging marrying his SO and the one to initiate a date and (now) the one who wanted to take a full kiss when he had the opportunity.
Kaito is the one who literally never acts on his romantic feelings other than ‘keep my SO smiling’. And maybe gives a flower every so often.
Basically I’m saying Kaito is the one who should be the flustered mess while Shinichi is the smooth operator in KaiShin, really. And no, Kaito’s poker face wouldn’t exist if it’s met with that.