Character Contest: Mouri Ran vs. Miyano Akemi

[JohnTitor]

If Akemi had more pages, I would choose her...

[shihokudo]

I love Akemi
she is so much more confident and experienced that ran..

[Conia]

I ended up voting Akemi.
AkaixAkemi > ShinRan

[Natasya]

Akemi

[Memesu]

Akemi.

[Akemi~chan]

yay

[Akonyl]

why i get a feeling that this line from ghost buster?

It's your imagination.

yeah, I have no clue why you would ever think that.

[1Kaito]

Ran has more character development, but lacks the mysterious past. Akemi doesn't have the comedic element Ran adds. (ex. the dysfunctional Mouri family dynamics, bringing out Shinichi's sillier side, joking with/being the joke of Kazuha and Sonoko) The fact that Ran has more ink time and therefore more depth seals it for me. It says something that Akemi who appeared for only one case and assorted flashbacks and hearsay can hold her own. Somewhat offtopic, I am still holding out hope for an Akai-Akemi-Bourbon love triangle. The real truth is that I am voting Ran because I don't get into protracted arguments about whether she is alive or not. >_> In case a certain someone reads this and tries to start an argument about it, I might feel the compulsion to force feed you Akai's beanie cap.

Kleene Onigiri, thank you for your wisdom in not setting up Ran vs Haibara because I would have not wanted to moderate that. I think it's more interesting this way.

It's interesting this way? How? She is comparing a main character to a character who was hardly shown and is dead. Ran vs. Haibara would have been far more interesting...or even Ran vs. Jodie

[Kleene Onigiri]

Ran has more character development, but lacks the mysterious past. Akemi doesn't have the comedic element Ran adds. (ex. the dysfunctional Mouri family dynamics, bringing out Shinichi's sillier side, joking with/being the joke of Kazuha and Sonoko) The fact that Ran has more ink time and therefore more depth seals it for me. It says something that Akemi who appeared for only one case and assorted flashbacks and hearsay can hold her own. Somewhat offtopic, I am still holding out hope for an Akai-Akemi-Bourbon love triangle. The real truth is that I am voting Ran because I don't get into protracted arguments about whether she is alive or not. >_> In case a certain someone reads this and tries to start an argument about it, I might feel the compulsion to force feed you Akai's beanie cap.

Kleene Onigiri, thank you for your wisdom in not setting up Ran vs Haibara because I would have not wanted to moderate that. I think it's more interesting this way.

It's interesting this way? How? She is comparing a main character to a character who was hardly shown and is dead. Ran vs. Haibara would have been far more interesting...or even Ran vs. Jodie

Since Ran and Akemi are kinda similar (besides that one is dead while the other isn't), it is interesting

[Girl19]

It's interesting this way? How? She is comparing a main character to a character who was hardly shown and is dead.

I also don't see any common point between Ran and Akemi.
The cry-thing doesn't count because one of them actually cries for valid-enough reasons.

Kleene Onigiri, thank you for your wisdom in not setting up Ran vs Haibara because I would have not wanted to moderate that. I think it's more interesting this way.

"Ai vs Ran" doesn't mean "AiCon vs ShinRan". But since many people can't get that, you're right.

[Kleene Onigiri]

It's interesting this way? How? She is comparing a main character to a character who was hardly shown and is dead.

I also don't see any common point between Ran and Akemi.
The cry-thing doesn't count because one of them actually cries for valid-enough reasons.

Kleene Onigiri, thank you for your wisdom in not setting up Ran vs Haibara because I would have not wanted to moderate that. I think it's more interesting this way.

"Ai vs Ran" doesn't mean "AiCon vs ShinRan". But since many people can't get that, you're right.

If even haibara sees Akemi in Ran, then they are similar O.o" Same with Akai mentioning it too.

And crying when you miss someone isn't valid?

[Girl19]

If even haibara sees Akemi in Ran, then they are similar O.o" Same with Akai mentioning it too.

And crying when you miss someone isn't valid?

- Physical similarity, if any, count? Also, Haibara only thought about supposed similarity when Ran saved her life. In my opinion, that's not enough to compare the two. I think if Ran were to be compared with any character, it should be someone similar (e.g. Aoko, Kazuha).
- Not valid enough to cry over a hundred times.

[Kleene Onigiri]

If even haibara sees Akemi in Ran, then they are similar O.o" Same with Akai mentioning it too.

And crying when you miss someone isn't valid?

- Physical similarity, if any, count? Also, Haibara only thought about supposed similarity when Ran saved her life. In my opinion, that's not enough to compare the two. I think if Ran were to be compared with any character, it should be someone similar (e.g. Aoko, Kazuha).
- Not valid enough to cry over a hundred times.

- Not just there. She also thought about her as Akemi when Kogoro and Ran were at Agasas place to not encounter the BO
- Some people don't know that people have emotions :V

[Wakarimashita]

Didn't Ai actually refuse to approach Ran until 246-247 (The mystery in the net case) precisely because she reminded her of Akemi ? I don't remember if it was explicitly mentionned though.

[Kleene Onigiri]

Didn't Ai actually refuse to approach Ran until 246-247 (The mystery in the net case) precisely because she reminded her of Akemi ? I don't remember if it was explicitly mentionned though.

Yes, that's true