I don't want to write about detective, I want to be one! The Modern Sherlock Holmes!
Ever since Shinichi debuted at 16 as the high school detective that solved every case he was in, the public has been fanatic about him. The newspapers all describe him as calm, collected, and cool. The modern Sherlock Holmes. Naturally, he's quite smart. But his intelligence isn't just book smarts; he's equipped with street smarts and a vast array of knowledge such as medicine, biology, technology, physics, psychology, and law. He knows a little bit of everything, and what's more, he has the ability to be able to piece it together the correct way with a flexible mind the ability to think outside the box. As he often says, his hero and idol is Sherlock Holmes. The way he deduces crimes is similar, and investigates a crime scene with a careful eye. Also like Holmes, he's quite logical as well. He rarely panics (unless those he cared were in a dangerous situation) and even during tight situations, he uses his brains.
You were always so self-assertive before...
But just like any teenage kid with talent and fame, Shinichi's always been a quite prideful. He's not as bad as to be called a snob, but he definitely wasn't humble. He enjoys the spotlight, and when the newspaper cameras were aimed at him, he's always posed with a confident smile. His high pride often made it hard for him to admit his faults. His intelligence has made him look down on people as well, and well, he often looks down on the police. There were times where he just pushes through the Inspector's stops and goes ahead with what he thinks is correct (which, usually is right). At times Shinichi would just take hold of the scene and start ordering around on what the police to do. Of course, they weren't often stopped because he was right. To some, he was rather annoying with that confident smirk on his face, at it did make him look like a snob at times.
Will you just shut up with the Holmes this, Conan Doyle that already?! You mystery otaku!!!
But those faces were Kudo Shinichi the detective, of the public. To Mouri Ran, his childhood friend, he was just a childish, mystery fanatic. And, well, he was. His world revolves around mystery and his lover would be cases. If something interested him, he would drop everything there was and run towards it. The worst was when he got started talking on Sherlock Holmes. On and on he would talk about it, with no regard to the person listening to him, or the setting. During his date with Ran, 95% of the conversation was just him talking about how awesome Holmes was, much to the annoyance of Ran.
To her, he was just a childhood friend that needed to be looked after like a little brother. And she's not wrong on thinking him as a little childish. He doesn't like to admit his real feelings readily, and when bad things or reputations come up on the things he had liked, he becomes grumpy and ends up disliking it completely. Also pretty competitive as well, he likes to take on challenges and win. If someone picks a fight on him, he takes it with full intent to make them regret ever picking a fight on him. He tackles on cases like a gleeful child in front of a toy. And doesn't move from in front of it until he's satisfied. Thanks to his great concertation, he shuts out everything else. Including sleep and eating, so Ran has more than often scolded him for forgetting to eat. Of course, concentration is a good thing, but for him it's a little too much at times, and the reason he became Conan in the first place was because he was too engrossed in the scene in front of him.
I don’t care about a reason for a person killing a person, but there’s no logical reason for a person helping a person, is there?
Although Shinich can be quite childish, and have high pride, he's caring for the people that he loves. It's hard to enter his bubble that he considers someone close, but once you do, it's even harder to get out. To those he cares, he'll do everything in his power to protect that person, even if he got hurt himself. Underneath that cool demeanor that the public seems him as, he's quite a passionate, emotional being. He also has strong sense of justice and morals. He believes that no murder, no matter what the reason, should be forgiven, but at the same time he believes no person, no matter how bad, deserves to die. Which means he would reach out a helping hand to anyone, even a criminal. A prime example of that would be when he went to New York and along with Ran, saved a murderer from falling off a safety ladder. At times, his fastidiousness and wanting to protect all lives cause him pains, but that's also probably the reason, despite his personality flaws, people stick by him and care for him.
There's no win or lose in this. No first or second. There is only one truth.
But let's also say it here, that although he has strong morals and sense of justice, he isn't exactly on the side of the police. It's more obvious as Conan, but to him, a detective is not the symbol of justice, but a pursuer of truth. Whether it brings good or bad results, he searches for the hidden truth in the darkness and pulls it to the light. That truth, along with the actual crime, is to be judged by the police and court. So, during his search for truth, he has no qualms of breaking a few laws here and there. (mainly in tapping suspects, swiping evidence from the police, and breaking in) If possible, he often give advices to criminal worth sympathy so that they could lighten their sentence. But to the criminals that show no sign of guilt at all, he often well... tends to catch them quite roughly (aka kicking a soccer ball at their face) or corner them psychologically. He's been described as "a holder of keen intellect that looks through a person's heart with the cunning of a demon." So, he's definitely a criminal's worst nightmare at times. He's said before that he enjoys the thrill of cornering a suspect as well, so definitely far from "just hero".
However, for all the cornering of suspects he does, there is one thing he does not approve. And that is "a detective that corners a suspects to suicide with their deductions is no different than a murderer." Ever since he messed up and caused a suspect to burn to their death, he has taken utmost caution to keep the criminals alive.
You're a tricky case! All these unnecessary emotions get in the way, even if I was Holmes it would be impossible... to correctly read the feelings of the woman I love!
Shinichi is definitely naive with romance and the topic in general. Sure he likes girls fawning on him with all those fan letters, but his heart has always been set on one person only, and that's Ran. It took him about 5 years to actually admit he liked her... to her. (it was obvious to everyone else) In a way, he's quite a romantic, as he likes to use cheesy methods to make her happy. However, after he's become Conan, he's gotten better at saying necessary words to soothe her worries, but at the same time, the existence of Ran is so important to him, that he's thought at times that it would be better if he gave her up, since he's only made her cry. He knows that he can never chose Ran over cases, and that makes him feel guilty. He has told her countless times to wait for him, that he'll come back (as Shinichi) even if he died, but at the same time, he feels guilty of binding her. Yet, when he sees her still waiting for him, it makes him happy and the goal of returning to Ran's side is what drives him most during his time as Conan.
On a more lighter note, like any shonen manga hero, he's actually pretty dense to feelings towards him. He has a quite a few girls, younger and older interested in him, but he... never seems to pick it up. The mystery of emotions is apparently something difficult for him to solve.
You can't stand on the stage anymore. Nor can you stand under the sunlight.
Once Shinchi had become Conan, there was quite a lot of things that changed about him. And the biggest was his ego. He's still confident in his deductions, but he no longer yearns for the spotlight and in fact does his best to not let his name be released to the public. He’s learned to stay in the shadows and move the pieces from there. Being a child, means he's not often taken seriously and brushed off. To convey what he's found and figured out he has to explain it in a very roundabout way, or use the voice of an adult. The lack of physical strength also caused him a huge pain at first, but he's learnt to accept it.
Perhaps one of the biggest weapon Conan has is his ability to adapt to his environment quickly and switch the gears in his head in a blink of an eye. Instead of having trouble of getting used to being a child and spending most of his time bitter about it, he's adapted, and what's more, found a way to use this disadvantage, to his advantage. Conan is resourceful, perhaps even more than Shinichi. He uses his environment to the best of his advantage to get through everyday happenings or dead-or-alive situations. He has the ability to lead and maneuver from the front or from the back. He sees the whole picture and figures out the best way to make something happen.
You're quite good at acting like a child.
Shinichi's mother, Kudo Yukiko, is a former renowned actress, and those acting skills has definitely passed on to Shinichi. Since he lives a life of lie now, he has to keep the facade of a child in front of adults. And he's quite good at it. At times, his over-the-top childish act drops guards in adults, and that is Edogawa Conan's main weapon. Nobody really suspects a small kid. He can act like a curious young boy nosing around. He can drop hints as if a child found something unusual. He uses his age and appearance to full benefit while asking questions and favors. To many adults, Edogawa Conan is a cute, curious, at times bratty, but polite and intelligent child that has a knack of finding odd things at crime scenes.
The child he acts is the child that adults perceive as a "cute kid". Conan's learnt to throw away shame at times to be seen as a kid so that he can solve the case properly. He's flatters and babies up to adults, making you just want to pat his head and mother him. But to criminals he often starts questioning in this fashion as well, so it can be quite terrifying to them. To the elementary kids though, he acts like his normal self which causes question marks in them when they see him talking all sweet to the adults. He's also gotten quite good at taking care of kids as well, encouraging them at times and having fun with them at different times.
Stop running. Don't run from your destiny.
Although at times he's been surprisingly mature on some parts even when he was Shinichi, he's gotten more maturer as Conan. He's learnt to restrain his emotions, and take in limits. But he never gives up. No matter how much the odds are facing him, he tackles it head-on and never turns his back to it. His strong will, always looking forward, is something inspiring to people around him. At the same time, it causes them worry. He's always been reckless, he goes forth with no fear and will do anything to hunt for the truth. Even if he's beaten down, he comes back up again. To the last moment, he continues to fight. He doesn't show weakness to people often, and he never cries. No matter what.
That strength is something that is bright to some people, and stirs interest in the people of the dark parts of society. But it's just that what is needed to defeat a crime syndicate, as he's called the "silver bullet" to end the Black Organization by Vermouth.
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Ever since Shinichi debuted at 16 as the high school detective that solved every case he was in, the public has been fanatic about him. The newspapers all describe him as calm, collected, and cool. The modern Sherlock Holmes. Naturally, he's quite smart. But his intelligence isn't just book smarts; he's equipped with street smarts and a vast array of knowledge such as medicine, biology, technology, physics, psychology, and law. He knows a little bit of everything, and what's more, he has the ability to be able to piece it together the correct way with a flexible mind the ability to think outside the box. As he often says, his hero and idol is Sherlock Holmes. The way he deduces crimes is similar, and investigates a crime scene with a careful eye. Also like Holmes, he's quite logical as well. He rarely panics (unless those he cared were in a dangerous situation) and even during tight situations, he uses his brains.
But just like any teenage kid with talent and fame, Shinichi's always been a quite prideful. He's not as bad as to be called a snob, but he definitely wasn't humble. He enjoys the spotlight, and when the newspaper cameras were aimed at him, he's always posed with a confident smile. His high pride often made it hard for him to admit his faults. His intelligence has made him look down on people as well, and well, he often looks down on the police. There were times where he just pushes through the Inspector's stops and goes ahead with what he thinks is correct (which, usually is right). At times Shinichi would just take hold of the scene and start ordering around on what the police to do. Of course, they weren't often stopped because he was right. To some, he was rather annoying with that confident smirk on his face, at it did make him look like a snob at times.
But those faces were Kudo Shinichi the detective, of the public. To Mouri Ran, his childhood friend, he was just a childish, mystery fanatic. And, well, he was. His world revolves around mystery and his lover would be cases. If something interested him, he would drop everything there was and run towards it. The worst was when he got started talking on Sherlock Holmes. On and on he would talk about it, with no regard to the person listening to him, or the setting. During his date with Ran, 95% of the conversation was just him talking about how awesome Holmes was, much to the annoyance of Ran.
To her, he was just a childhood friend that needed to be looked after like a little brother. And she's not wrong on thinking him as a little childish. He doesn't like to admit his real feelings readily, and when bad things or reputations come up on the things he had liked, he becomes grumpy and ends up disliking it completely. Also pretty competitive as well, he likes to take on challenges and win. If someone picks a fight on him, he takes it with full intent to make them regret ever picking a fight on him. He tackles on cases like a gleeful child in front of a toy. And doesn't move from in front of it until he's satisfied. Thanks to his great concertation, he shuts out everything else. Including sleep and eating, so Ran has more than often scolded him for forgetting to eat. Of course, concentration is a good thing, but for him it's a little too much at times, and the reason he became Conan in the first place was because he was too engrossed in the scene in front of him.
Although Shinich can be quite childish, and have high pride, he's caring for the people that he loves. It's hard to enter his bubble that he considers someone close, but once you do, it's even harder to get out. To those he cares, he'll do everything in his power to protect that person, even if he got hurt himself. Underneath that cool demeanor that the public seems him as, he's quite a passionate, emotional being. He also has strong sense of justice and morals. He believes that no murder, no matter what the reason, should be forgiven, but at the same time he believes no person, no matter how bad, deserves to die. Which means he would reach out a helping hand to anyone, even a criminal. A prime example of that would be when he went to New York and along with Ran, saved a murderer from falling off a safety ladder. At times, his fastidiousness and wanting to protect all lives cause him pains, but that's also probably the reason, despite his personality flaws, people stick by him and care for him.
But let's also say it here, that although he has strong morals and sense of justice, he isn't exactly on the side of the police. It's more obvious as Conan, but to him, a detective is not the symbol of justice, but a pursuer of truth. Whether it brings good or bad results, he searches for the hidden truth in the darkness and pulls it to the light. That truth, along with the actual crime, is to be judged by the police and court. So, during his search for truth, he has no qualms of breaking a few laws here and there. (mainly in tapping suspects, swiping evidence from the police, and breaking in) If possible, he often give advices to criminal worth sympathy so that they could lighten their sentence. But to the criminals that show no sign of guilt at all, he often well... tends to catch them quite roughly (aka kicking a soccer ball at their face) or corner them psychologically. He's been described as "a holder of keen intellect that looks through a person's heart with the cunning of a demon." So, he's definitely a criminal's worst nightmare at times. He's said before that he enjoys the thrill of cornering a suspect as well, so definitely far from "just hero".
However, for all the cornering of suspects he does, there is one thing he does not approve. And that is "a detective that corners a suspects to suicide with their deductions is no different than a murderer." Ever since he messed up and caused a suspect to burn to their death, he has taken utmost caution to keep the criminals alive.
Shinichi is definitely naive with romance and the topic in general. Sure he likes girls fawning on him with all those fan letters, but his heart has always been set on one person only, and that's Ran. It took him about 5 years to actually admit he liked her... to her. (it was obvious to everyone else) In a way, he's quite a romantic, as he likes to use cheesy methods to make her happy. However, after he's become Conan, he's gotten better at saying necessary words to soothe her worries, but at the same time, the existence of Ran is so important to him, that he's thought at times that it would be better if he gave her up, since he's only made her cry. He knows that he can never chose Ran over cases, and that makes him feel guilty. He has told her countless times to wait for him, that he'll come back (as Shinichi) even if he died, but at the same time, he feels guilty of binding her. Yet, when he sees her still waiting for him, it makes him happy and the goal of returning to Ran's side is what drives him most during his time as Conan.
On a more lighter note, like any shonen manga hero, he's actually pretty dense to feelings towards him. He has a quite a few girls, younger and older interested in him, but he... never seems to pick it up. The mystery of emotions is apparently something difficult for him to solve.
Once Shinchi had become Conan, there was quite a lot of things that changed about him. And the biggest was his ego. He's still confident in his deductions, but he no longer yearns for the spotlight and in fact does his best to not let his name be released to the public. He’s learned to stay in the shadows and move the pieces from there. Being a child, means he's not often taken seriously and brushed off. To convey what he's found and figured out he has to explain it in a very roundabout way, or use the voice of an adult. The lack of physical strength also caused him a huge pain at first, but he's learnt to accept it.
Perhaps one of the biggest weapon Conan has is his ability to adapt to his environment quickly and switch the gears in his head in a blink of an eye. Instead of having trouble of getting used to being a child and spending most of his time bitter about it, he's adapted, and what's more, found a way to use this disadvantage, to his advantage. Conan is resourceful, perhaps even more than Shinichi. He uses his environment to the best of his advantage to get through everyday happenings or dead-or-alive situations. He has the ability to lead and maneuver from the front or from the back. He sees the whole picture and figures out the best way to make something happen.
Shinichi's mother, Kudo Yukiko, is a former renowned actress, and those acting skills has definitely passed on to Shinichi. Since he lives a life of lie now, he has to keep the facade of a child in front of adults. And he's quite good at it. At times, his over-the-top childish act drops guards in adults, and that is Edogawa Conan's main weapon. Nobody really suspects a small kid. He can act like a curious young boy nosing around. He can drop hints as if a child found something unusual. He uses his age and appearance to full benefit while asking questions and favors. To many adults, Edogawa Conan is a cute, curious, at times bratty, but polite and intelligent child that has a knack of finding odd things at crime scenes.
The child he acts is the child that adults perceive as a "cute kid". Conan's learnt to throw away shame at times to be seen as a kid so that he can solve the case properly. He's flatters and babies up to adults, making you just want to pat his head and mother him. But to criminals he often starts questioning in this fashion as well, so it can be quite terrifying to them. To the elementary kids though, he acts like his normal self which causes question marks in them when they see him talking all sweet to the adults. He's also gotten quite good at taking care of kids as well, encouraging them at times and having fun with them at different times.
Although at times he's been surprisingly mature on some parts even when he was Shinichi, he's gotten more maturer as Conan. He's learnt to restrain his emotions, and take in limits. But he never gives up. No matter how much the odds are facing him, he tackles it head-on and never turns his back to it. His strong will, always looking forward, is something inspiring to people around him. At the same time, it causes them worry. He's always been reckless, he goes forth with no fear and will do anything to hunt for the truth. Even if he's beaten down, he comes back up again. To the last moment, he continues to fight. He doesn't show weakness to people often, and he never cries. No matter what.
That strength is something that is bright to some people, and stirs interest in the people of the dark parts of society. But it's just that what is needed to defeat a crime syndicate, as he's called the "silver bullet" to end the Black Organization by Vermouth.