Nyarl wrote:soratothamax wrote:A D.I.D is a noble female who is expecting of a male (who is usually a lover) to come to her rescue. More often than not, Ran always says "I wish Shinichi were here" or "Shinichi, help me." Even Jodie-Sensei picked up on that in the convenience store case. She is always expecting Shinichi to protect her and get her out of situations. This happens less when the focus is on Conan, as she seems to take on the role of a mother. But it happens then sometimes too where she's like "Shinichi, I need you." Ayumi has this problem as well, as she's always screaming "Conan-kun, save us!"
But really how many cases does Ran solve compared to how many cases there actually are in DC? I would say 10/500+ episodes....Sonoko has solved even more than that, and she is less important. And aside from the cases that she actually DID solve, she is a dormant character in most episodes, really doing what everyone else does. To me, everyone becomes the same when Shinichi is solving a case (a bit observant, shocked by the theories, pointing out things, and helping Conan with his deduction shows...)And aside from that fact that she is dormant in most episodes, she has no connection to the BO case either.
Ran COULD save herself. that's the problem. Goshyo makes all of his characters weaker when in the presence of Shinichi, knowing that Ran is really stronger than Shinichi.Still, there are other characters far more important.
The advice in Convenience Store says about as much about Jodie, losing her parents at a young age, as it does about Ran, though. Considering that Shin'ichi is the “Savior of the Tokyo Police Departmentâ€
I accept that she has different sides to her personality, obviously she has weaknesses (i.e. ghosts, Shinichi, sad stories, Shinichi.....) but the Ran in the aftermath of the Highway Murder case didn't seem like the same one. She became a bit too quiet and gentle in my opinion (just running up to Shinichi and holding on to his sleeve without saying anything? :S). I don't mind her crying as much as this sudden personality change, her crying is actually at least consistent with a character that wears her heart on her sleeve.
I really liked the part of the series when she was listening to the tapes from her mother. That was a new side of Haibara that I never saw before! I have to credit Gosho for the Agasa-Haibara grandfather-daughterly relationship though, I'm glad he showed that natural development at least. 
She was basically waiting for him to come to the rescue with this case instead of solving it on her own, much in the same way the Detective Boys have to rely on Conan to solve cases, though they initially try to solve it on their own, they end up asking Conan for help. Haibara and Jodie-Sensei know that people can't totally rely on Shinichi to solve all of their problems just because they don't know how to handle it themselves. They can't break under pressure and ask him to take the load for them and think for them. They have to learn to think. Both have told the Dbos and Ran not to rely on Shinichi. Shinichi is helpful, yes, but if they're so dependent on Shinichi's knowledge, when it comes down to doing something, and Shinichi won't be around, what will they do? Break? Instead of saying "what will Shinichi do?", though he's a good role model, Ran should be saying "What can I do to help this situation?..."