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Post by akristie on Jan 28, 2015 22:50:43 GMT
So I am kind of new to Meitantei/Dectective Conan. I recently spent the last few months obsessed with it. I discovered it last summer and started watching it. Then during the fall, I studied abroad in Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture outside of Tokyo, Japan. 3 of my host mother’s grandchildren loved it and that led to many a weekend hanging out watching episodes with them. I began reading it at the same time, and am now finally caught up. Goodness that was long, but so good.
Most things I read the reader knows more than the characters, which is a wonderful thing, but this makes us so in the dark Aoyama-Sensei seems to be toying with us. I love mysteries but none are as good as this. I loved in particular the Vermouth Story Arc and the Bourbon Story Arcs. I have to say, watching the Anime and Manga together was a bit confusing at times, but still wonderful. So far my top 5 favourite Detective Conan characters include Vermouth, Bourbon, Eisuke, Mitsuhiko, and Kaito Kid. Vermouth because I love her Introduction Arc, and just the way she handles herself with grace but more for the fact she literally be anyone anywhere. I love disguises, and her along with Yukiko and Kaito share this wonderful ability. Bourbon, my goodness, I hate this guy as much as I love him. Eisuke, was the teenage detective I loved the most. I wish he would come back. But I have more thoughts on him for why he gone. Mitushiko is the future teenage detective in like another decade. And Kaito Kid, because he is a gentleman Thief. This is a wonderful wonderful little crazy insane magician.
I also have done my reading and watching of Kaito Kid. Watched the new Anime in October until now. He is my wonderful and I love both Akako and Hakuba. My goodness, Akako could never be in the Conan universe, but Hakuba an Kaito can easily enter. But I feel sad for Akako, she can’t get any screen time (besides a small OVA cameo). Hakuba is my favourite detective after Eisuke.
I also hold two parrellel headcanons, one is my semi-canon style: ShinRan, Aokai, HakubuxAkako, SeraxEisuke (It could happen), KogoroxEri, MitsuhikoxAi (Best pairing) TakagixSatou (Other Best Pairing) SonokoxMakoto HeijixKazuha.
And the none canon style: Kaishin, HakubaxKaito, EisukexShin or Kaito or Hakuba, RanxSonoko, HeijixKazuha (still love these two so much they get to be in both).
I am looking forward now I am caught up to scour for fanfiction.
I happened across this site by read my first fanfiction, written by MikauZoran. Which the author name is why I picked the fanfiction. My main fandom and true love for entertainment is Legend of Zelda.
On a side note, I also write Murder Mystery Party games. The kind where you are put in a room with a bunch of characters, given a character sheet some items or abilities, and set loose to solve a murder, complete your own goals, maybe get married, find a lost family member, keep secret you actually are the murderer, or clear your way to the inheritance. I write this to be played at Uni with a wonderful group of murderers. I also am interested in finding new test subjects and trying to host murder mystery parties whenever someone wants them.
I am a bit obsessed with Mysteries.
But yeah sorry for the rambling introduction. Looking forward to meeting your acquaintance. I should point out, I have never really use a forum or board (or whatever you call it) before so I may not know how to do some stuff write away. But I am eager to learn.
-AK
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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Jan 29, 2015 1:44:37 GMT
Welcome to the forum, akristie! Anything you'd like to be called?
I'm like you in the fact that I only recently started reading/watching Detective/Meitantei Conan (though for me it's been a couple years now. Well, more like one and a half), I like most of the characters you like (though as for favorites . . .), love most of the semi-canon pairings you mentioned (eh, SeraxEisuke isn't one I've thought of and now I've been liking HakuSera more than HakubaxAkako), and that this is my first (and only) forum as well ^-^ Actually, this is the first forum for a lot of us here . . .
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Post by Mikauzoran on Jan 29, 2015 2:49:07 GMT
TwT Someone knows where my handle comes from!!! *Dances* Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time are my absolute favorites. I'm kind of sad with the series after Twilight Princess, though. :/ It's just...not the same. I started playing Skyward Sword, and it's just...really gimmicky and not quite...it's just not the series I remember from my childhood. I kind of rage quit after I got to the Skyward Sword water level and found out that there wouldn't be any zoras. There have to be zoras and gorons. HAVE to be. And where's Ganon? I don't want new and innovative bad guys. I want to bash Ganon's face in. Again. Somehow I never get tired of it. Anyway.
In other news, nice to meet you and welcome to the forum! I'm so glad that you decided to join us! I'm glad that I had something to do with it. Did you say that mine was the first fanfic that you'd read? O.O I feel extremely honored. Thanks so much! Which one did you read?
I'd have to say that Hakuba and Kaito are my favorites, but I'd have to say that I pretty much like all of the characters. There isn't anyone that I dislike, even though I may not like them as much as others. I'm open to practically all pairings so long as the author does a good job of setting things up and giving a reason why those two (or more) characters happen to be together. My favorite pairings, though, are HakuKai followed by KaiShin. I write pretty much all combinations of Kaito, Hakuba, and Shinichi, though. Recently I've started writing a HakuSera fic thanks to dogfish, and I have to say that I really like the pairing too.
I also have a soft spot for Akako. It's sad that she doesn't really get a whole lot of screen time, though, since then the readers/viewers only see one side of her and don't see her as a sympathetic character. I wish her character got developed more.
What else? Oh! Those mystery parties sound like so much fun! I've always wanted to do one of those.
Also, like Natsumi asked, what would you like us to call you? AK? Agatha? Kristie? ^.^ Well, let us know. Once again, welcome to the forum!
-Kara (aka: Mikau)
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Post by StarlightDragons on Jan 29, 2015 3:49:10 GMT
Hi there, and welcome~ don't be shy, most of us here are new at this forum stuff too, me included, haha. yay, another person who likes Vermouth you said you read and watched the series - did you catch all the way up to the current manga arcs? hope to see you around!
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Post by Crimson Amarone on Jan 29, 2015 4:55:19 GMT
Welcome~!! Hope you enjoyed binge reading/watching. Wish I could do it again for, what the fourth time? haha I like that your top 5 include some non-main characters. It's an interesting mix. Even if some people don't like Eisuke that much, I definitely miss that kid. I've noticed a few people ship him and Sera. It would be interesting, they are so opposite, haha. It's kinda a shame Akako can't make any significant cameos in DC with the whole red magic thing. :-\ Her character breaks all the rules of the no-magic universe. I hope we see more development in more of the MK characters in the new anime. I was a little confused at first why Heiji x Kazuha was a non-canon pairing, but I got what you meant after a moment. XD Your Murder Mystery Party games sound like a lot of fun. I played Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game before. It had a good amount of sci-fi/horror elements to it, but it was big on the mystery solving aspect. I don't think it's all that similar to your games, but it seems like it has similar elements. Anyway, I hope you have a great time here. Hope to see you around some more.
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Post by geekygenius on Jan 29, 2015 7:43:48 GMT
Hey! When I read that you wrote murder mystery parties I almost fell off my chair. That is so cool! I'm not really a party person, but I remember my older cousin used to have them all the time and I have always been interested in the stories. I am definitely going to try and hold one sometime And MitsuhikoxAi is one of my favourite pairings, but no one seems to write much stuff for them I also love the legend of Zelda, but am still relatively new to the fandom due to being holed up reading and watching anime most the time and only starting branching out with new games a few years ago. So, welcome and I hope you have an awesome time hanging out with us here at Poirot cafe!
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Post by neonquincy1217 on Jan 29, 2015 11:13:57 GMT
Hi there! Quincy here!~ Wow, nice introduction Kristie! Wish I can introduce myself the same way without ever forgetting my train of thought, LOL xD
I feel the same way about Bourbon. He's super easy to like even though he's an organization member... and the fact that he looks sexy in everything he wears doesn't help me hate him one bit.
Yeah, whatever happened to Eisuke? The last we heard of him is when he said he's going back to America...
Anyways, I'm glad you found the forum. Welcome to Poirot Cafe! Enjoy your stay!~ ^_^ *smiles and waves*
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Post by akristie on Jan 30, 2015 3:18:50 GMT
nikudounatsumi,
A. Kristie is shorten form of my old pen name, I use the short form for the long form is hard to pronounce because it from hearing Japanese but not knowing the separate language so combining the English alphabet and Japanese Syllables. But AK is fine for typing. It a lot quicker then typing out long names. Also I am glad am not alone in being new to a forum.
Hakuba and Sera? That is an interesting one. I like idea, So many new ideas popping in my head, Would Hakuba actually realize she is a girl? Even Kaito failed on that note. But it would be the second time someone instantly knew after James Black (granted we are assuming he did not know her already which is a big possibility). Intriguing, Intriguing. Plus Akako could have any fish in the sea, (if she keeps it away from Kaito that is), but I still like the HakubaxAkako pairing.
And nikudounatsumi, is there anything you want to be called as well? And what are your favourite characters?
Nice to meet you!
-AK
Mikauzoran,
I understand. I love Majora Mask. It coming out for the 3DS in less than a month now, and I can not wait. After Majora Mask my favourites are Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Link’s Awakening, and Spirit Tracks. I agreed with you on the differences in Skyward Sword making it so it is no longer the series we fell in love with. I do hope they bring back the Zoras for the Wii U game this Fall. I was also displeased with those Parella that were barely even in the game. Lake Floria was so limited in what we went there for, and we never really go back there. And in Link Between Worlds, they brought back the old Green Zoras. So yeah, I miss the Blue ones, like Ralis, Ruto, Laruto, and Mikau. And don’t diss Vaati or Ghirahim. They made excellent villains, but I see your point. Demise was like that not a villain, that just something thrown in at the end. And Bellum and Malladus, what the hell. But Yuga-Ganon was decent.
While mainly read Zelda Fanfics, but yes, your fanfic, was the first Detective Conan fanfic. And it was hilarious. “They Turned Us Into Ponies!”. Crack fics can be the best things ever. But I looked on your account and you have several fanfics. I am looking forward to them all.
I do too. It like he started Magic Kaito (what he wanted to write), it didn’t take off, got to go on Hiatus for Yaiba, and then again for most of Conan, but got his character to have lots of screen time for Conan. But sadly while he can fit Kaito in with ease, Aoko and Hakuba, even Jii and Chikage can be seen easily. Akako has not place in a world that can’t have magic, which makes her impossible to bring out more of her backstory, and character into the larger Detective Conan Universe. And then while Hakuba exists, he there for like 2 major cases (granted easily in my highest ranked episodes). I have written several, including a Inheritance battle in 2000s Georgia, 1960s Ducal Wedding in Lancaster England, and few others, I have another friend who written ones in 1910 England, and a Australian one set in 2020. And another friend who does them in larger settings at Conventions including, an Assassin Creed and my personal favourite a Legend of Zelda Murder Mystery. I love writing the games, and hosting the parties. If I could make a career out of this, I would, but not likely. I mainly do traveling on the West coast of the United States (California, Oregon, Washington) when I am stateside for various Murder Mystery Events.
Also, AK is fine, never Agatha please. As I said to nikodounatsumi (Natsumi?) It was a weird combination when I was younger of Japanese syallbary and English letters. I do you profer to be known as Kara? Or as the famous Guitarist Mikau?
Nice to meet you!
-AK
StarlightDragons,
Thank you for welcoming me. Glad I am not alone in either be new to the forum stuff or liking Vermouth, I am so many conflicting theories and headcanons about this woman. I am currently done with File 908. So just a few more to read. But not that far behind. As for episodes I have seen up to 762. I still love the Belmont and Bourbons arcs the best, and have high hopes for this Rum Arc.
Nice to meet you!
-AK
Crimson Amarone,
I very much enjoyed Binge Watching/Reading. But I shouldn’t have. Too much work, but learning the language with my host family as I watched was very helpful. I got the Accident/Incident Chapter Vocab quiz perfect score. It was a day after bingeing and not studying so that was awesome for me.
I love Akako for who she is and what her characters lends to the Magic Kaito Universe, and at the same time if she wasn’t who she was, we would actually get more of her in Conan. So it a trade off. I just wish he would take more time off of Conan to write Kaito, but I understand Conan popularity, it probably pays more of his bills to stay on schedule.
It not so much like a tabletop thing. I give anywhere from 10 to 16 people a character sheet, (name, age, job, relations, item(s), a secret, and a few goals) and set them loss in a room for two hours or so to mingle and form allies and enemies. A joint goal is to solve the mystery, unless you're the murderer which you want to frame another. They are a lot of fun.
Nice to meet you!
-AK
geekygenius,
I am glad you remained safely on your chair and did not pull an Eisuke. I understand not being a party person. I love hosting, and writing them. If you would help holding one, either selecting a mystery, or planning the event, always happy to help.
I really hope Haibara chooses to stay a child, Mitsuhiko would be the only detective boy to probably understand everything if he was actually told, and would just make it work.
Nice to meet you!
-AK
neonquincy1217,
Hi! Thanks, sadly I was just kind of rambling. AK is fine. Bourbon is just hard to figure out. But I am glad, I got that one right. Eisuke went back to America almost 300 Files ago.
Nice to meet you!
-AK
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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Jan 30, 2015 3:39:23 GMT
Actually I first heard of the HakuSera pairing from dogfish. All credit goes to him ^-^ As for what I'd like to be called . . . Natsumi is fine, though people here have called me Natsumi-chan, Niku, Nikudou . . . And I believe Quincy has recently taken to calling me Nat-cchi.
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Post by Mikauzoran on Jan 30, 2015 20:26:21 GMT
Alright. You have a point. I did like Vaati, and, come to think of it, Majora's mask didn't have Ganon either, and that was still epic. Still. I'm a creature of habit, and I like beating up the same guy to rescue the same girl over and over and over. (Tetra was super awesome until she became a helpless damsel in distress, though.) Anyway, I liked a lot of the old game boy games too like Link's Awakening and Oracle of Ages/Seasons.
In other news, I'm so glad you liked Ponies! Most of the rest of my stuff is more drama/romance/action with plenty of moments of comic relief, but I do dabble in crack fics occasionally. I think I have one more called Pragmatic, Like a Colony of Wolves. But I do hope you enjoy the rest as well. Thank you very much!
Okay. AK it is! As for me, "Kara (aka: Mikau)" is just the way I sign things. I've been doing it that way for ten years on ff.net now, so it's hard to break the habit. But everyone calls me Mikau. ^.^
Once again, welcome to the forum!
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Post by neonquincy1217 on Jan 31, 2015 2:39:55 GMT
(... oh, yeah, I never really asked for your permission there if I can call you that, Nat-cchi... but it sounds so cute and I can't help myself and I just went ahead without asking, gomen *hides under a rock* XP) AK it is~ *inserts obligatory waving Heiji* Wow, that mystery party thing sound really interesting How do you like the forum so far?
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Post by Nikudou Natsumi on Jan 31, 2015 2:48:09 GMT
Don't worry, Quincy, I don't mind
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