Hey when you are a AiConan supporter, you don't need any evidence but I am surprised. You would think Japan would still favor Ran because of her passive and innocent approach compared to Haibara's approach.haibarakudo wrote:Well, I don't really have solid evidence since I only heard about it on other forums of that but I do for Ai's popularity. Click this link to view: http://www39.atwiki.jp/detectiveconan/pages/27.htmlChekhov MacGuffin wrote:I'm a little skeptical that there are more Conan x Ai supporters given that the split is slightly in Ran's favor according to a few our forum polls. Are you sure that information is correct? Please note that I am neutral in this issue, I was just wondering if there was an official poll that I missed.haibarakudo wrote: Actually, there are more Coai supporters in Japan than Shinran supporters.....so maybe Gosho would rethink his DC ending
First, I think you are blowing a joke by Haibara way out of proportion. I see her little "give me this for that" jokes as a small charm in her character's personality to have fun with people. It isn't like she would actually refuse to help Conan or anyone close to her if they don't provide her with her request. I also see it as Gosho using a subtle way to bring to surface the difference between Haibara & Ran. In a similar situation Ran would be saying Yes before Shinichi finished his explanation on what he needed while Haibara approaches it on a more believable level. In short by saying Haibara is selfish is like bring attention to how Ran is extremely gullible and naive, NEITHER is the case.I think Aoyama's written enough to show that Haibara needs a reason to care in the first place. She is selfish. Barring some unrevealed backstory similar to Golden Apple where Ran did interact with Shiho in the past, she didn't have much reason* to care before volume 42.
Second, I think you are confusing selfishness with instinct. Haibara was raised in the B.O., it is encoded into her to NOT trust people and hide behind a mask for many B.O. related purposes. She, like a real human won't change overnight(she's actually shown a lot of progress for someone in her situation..but this is anime..so) so when it comes to people she has to fight her own instincts to trust and help people because her instincts tell her otherwise. It would be like having a domesticated lion cub and when the cub reaches adulthood you throw it into the wild. At first the lion is going to be extremely hesitant about anything and look weaker than a typical lion but calling the lion a coward would be foolish.
I like the pairing and I think it would be interesting if the series ends with this pairing but this is a shonen manga so the main male always ends up with the main female unless this suddenly turns into a shojo manga *raises eyebrows* but probably not
