Valentin wrote:While rereading Rumi Wakasa’s introduction case, I noticed something which might be insignificant on its own, but I think is worth mentioning in hindsight.
In Kanenori Wakita’s introduction case, the Kamen Yaiba episode that one of the suspects wants to see features “a close associate of the opponent’s boss”, which might or might not be interpreted as a reference to Rum and eventually to Kanenori Wakita being Rum. As MeiTanteixX pointed out, though, there is another implication that allows a different reading and makes the constellation somewhat confusing.
What to my knowledge has not been highlighted in that context is that Rumi Wakasa’s introduction case includes a reference to a Kamen Yaiba episode as well. To lure out the three robbers who Rumi Wakasa would defeat later, she and the Detective Boys pretend to abandon the old warehouse and go home, which is when Genta and Mitsuhiko start talking about the Kamen Yaiba episode that Genta says would be broadcast on that day; Mitsuhiko then responds that “a mysterious female Yaiba” would make an appearance.
Unlike the allusions in Kanenori Wakita’s introduction case, this one seems obvious—the “mysterious female Yaiba” would be Rumi Wakasa, who made her first appearance in these chapters—, so that alone would not be more than a (possibly humorous) line which is only uttered by a kid who might chat about anything that comes to his mind while play-acting.
But if we assume that this obviousness is supposed to set the tone for all ensuing Kamen Yaiba references, perhaps the one in Kanenori Wakita’s introduction case is just as plain, meaning that Kanenori Wakita is indeed Rum? His remark about Pirate’s Spirit being weak might then simply be his way to deliver a first glimpse at his deduction abilities, but unrelated to the plot.
Of course, this is only speculation. That the first hint is transparent does not entail that the next one is as well, and those annotations—the ones regarding Kamen Yaiba in particular—might equally be red herrings having no importance at all. But I think that such a recurring pattern might more often than not be systematic.
Thoughts?
sanchai95 wrote:@Meitanteixx : wouldn't you say Gin is the no.3 in the BO?
(if there will be a death to begin with...Wakita is after all most likely gonna figure out that Conan is a threat, and if he really is evil, he has to be stopped somehow)Valentin wrote:While rereading Rumi Wakasa’s introduction case, I noticed something which might be insignificant on its own, but I think is worth mentioning in hindsight.
In Kanenori Wakita’s introduction case, the Kamen Yaiba episode that one of the suspects wants to see features “a close associate of the opponent’s boss”, which might or might not be interpreted as a reference to Rum and eventually to Kanenori Wakita being Rum. As MeiTanteixX pointed out, though, there is another implication that allows a different reading and makes the constellation somewhat confusing.
What to my knowledge has not been highlighted in that context is that Rumi Wakasa’s introduction case includes a reference to a Kamen Yaiba episode as well. To lure out the three robbers who Rumi Wakasa would defeat later, she and the Detective Boys pretend to abandon the old warehouse and go home, which is when Genta and Mitsuhiko start talking about the Kamen Yaiba episode that Genta says would be broadcast on that day; Mitsuhiko then responds that “a mysterious female Yaiba” would make an appearance.
Unlike the allusions in Kanenori Wakita’s introduction case, this one seems obvious—the “mysterious female Yaiba” would be Rumi Wakasa, who made her first appearance in these chapters—, so that alone would not be more than a (possibly humorous) line which is only uttered by a kid who might chat about anything that comes to his mind while play-acting.
But if we assume that this obviousness is supposed to set the tone for all ensuing Kamen Yaiba references, perhaps the one in Kanenori Wakita’s introduction case is just as plain, meaning that Kanenori Wakita is indeed Rum? His remark about Pirate’s Spirit being weak might then simply be his way to deliver a first glimpse at his deduction abilities, but unrelated to the plot.
Of course, this is only speculation. That the first hint is transparent does not entail that the next one is as well, and those annotations—the ones regarding Kamen Yaiba in particular—might equally be red herrings having no importance at all. But I think that such a recurring pattern might more often than not be systematic.
Thoughts?
kentasaiba wrote:But Wakasa heard what the culprit said, that he wanted to kill his girlfriend. A Cop or Agent wouldn't allow that, just to see Conan solve the case in front of her.
Spimer wrote:The problem with that statement is that we don't know if he meant "Rum" or "Lum" because both are written the same way in Japanese. It could be a reference to Lum (which Haibara brought up on the Scriptwriter case).
Spimer wrote:The problem with that statement is that we don't know if he meant "Rum" or "Lum" because both are written the same way in Japanese. It could be a reference to Lum (which Haibara brought up on the Scriptwriter case).
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