TheBlind wrote:HayleyStark wrote:TheBlind wrote:I like you outside the box thinking but it's a stretch to work either of these two pairing into the series.
First focusing on Shiho X Okiya: This one just has too many obstacles in it's way to be successful.
- Okiya needs to become a regular after his current role in the series.
- Time. Unless Gosho wants to make this the never ending anime, Okiya doesn't have enough time to build up the chemistry.
- Haibara's shell. It took Conan quite a while to break through it and he was saving her from exploding buses.
- Haibara is Haibara. Unless the plot makes it that she has to become Shiho for a long period of time, there isn't going to be a good chance for Okiya to build up chemistry. Flirting with a 7-9yr is bad.
[li]Haibara would like to live as Haibara. Okiya would really have to win her over to get her to become Shiho but he needs her to become Shiho to win her over, bad loop.
I don't think there is enough series left to overcome all these points unless Gosho pulls another(AkaixJodie aka they had something going before DC started) but the Haibara fans wouldn't like that..at all.
ShihoxAkai:This one is more workable and possible. I wouldn't mind if it happened but I prefer it not to. At the moment, I see Akai more in a big brother kind of role when it comes to Shiho. He has shown that he still feels a lot for Akemi and is dedicating a lot of his FBI time to try and "rescue" Shiho like her sister wanted. Reason he doesn't want Shiho to see him isn't love related but more along the lines that he solely blames himself for Akemi's death and he has no right to approach Shiho until his plan is complete to give her the life Akemi wanted. A big scene in this series is going to be when those two finally meet, part of me believes that Shiho is going to blame him & hate him at first (similar to the Conan&Haibara scene).
I've been waiting for a hardcore fan opinion on this

So you're saying all they need is time? That is easy in fiction, maybe Okiya and adult Shiho will meet in the end and we get a happily ever after. Or maybe a 1 year time lapse into the next chapter. It won't be that hard. And yeah Conan took a while to break Haibara's shell...but Conan is a bit harsh (he screamed at her the first time they met and called her a murderer...). Like they say, you might spend years hitting a rock and then only a drop of water can break it open. So maybe Shiho would show her real self easily with Okiya because he has a kinder/ softer attitude than Conan.
You know, the live action series show Shiho as an adult in many episodes, so I don't see why it won't happen soon in the manga, specially with all the action packed chapters lately. This could give a greater chance for Okiya or Akai to meet adult Shiho.
About Shiho blaming Akai...that could happen. And it would be a good dramatic effect...but then how long will she hate him? She has matured, maybe Conan forgiving her will teach her to forgive Akai as well. Shiho is a loner, and so she can't afford losing people who care about her, like Akai.
In any case, I like to think that Shiho has many possibilties in her love life, not only Shinichi because that might make her a hopeless person in the end...I wouldn't like that.
I don't think time is the real issue. The real issue would be introducing all the events in the plot to overcome all my points without it feeling force. This would require time but more importantly, it's dependent on if the plot can handle it. I personally don't think it can; yeah Haibara ending up alone is something the fans
fear & loathe but I rather have that then a forced give away of her like a consolation prize. The proper ending I believe(not going into AixConan) would be to remain Haibara(with Agasa as Grampa Agasa) and live the childhood the B.O. took away from her and have a life Akemi died trying to give her.
@Aichan: I wasn't referring to movie 4 when I said Haibara wants to be Haibara. I was referring more to the interpretative hints given such as telling Conan she'll watch him and decided if she wants her normal body back after the final drug is complete, her comments about not having a proper childhood, her comments about being around the Detective boys, and etc.
And so no one gets confused, in movie 4 Haibara was not talking about staying Haibara but about losing her memory permanently so she could truly become a 7yr-9yr girl living a normal life.
ok i understand now!i was thinking you're referring to movie 4 when you said that,cause it's the only time she said clearly that she wanted to lose her memory so that she could really be a child living a normal life(in a way it's like she wanted to stay as haibara)
the other things she said in the manga are only interpretations for me! sure she like her actual life with Db and agasa(cause it's better than the life she had) and she will not complain!
but does that mean she will stay as a child in the end ?will she choose the easier solution instead of trying to build up her new life (with the new things she learn about friendship,justice...)?
because in a way,it's like she run away from her real life(and she proved that she doesn't want to run away anymore) instead of facing her future !it's like staying in a sweet dream instead of living in reality! as she said in vol 19 ,if we try to change the clock,we always are punished! i don't want her to choose the easier way after all the character developement she had in the manga concerning that point!
really if ai stay as a child i wouldn't be satisfied

but maybe gosho will let haibara staying as a child,cause it would be the easier way to make her happy and let Kudo be with Ran in peace

and as i said before,i would't mind to see haibara with okiya or akai of gosho build a real relationship (and i think he can if he really want to) but not if they only fell in love in one file
and as khinkhun said,it's not impossible to have akai or okiya meeting Shiho once in the manga,so i don't think the reason that they can't be with a 8years old child isn't satisfactory for me(and if they know haibara secret , i think they could wait until she get her real body no? especially akai cause he seems to know her )