Seems like we've got through another five volumes together, so it's time for another five volume round-up.
So far our count for essential cases (not including the ones whose essentialness is to-be-determined) is, as follows:
51 days, 27 deaths, for an average of about one corpse every other day.
If we include all of the TBD cases, we're looking at:
98 days, 37 deaths, for an average of about one death every three days.
If we include every single case, it would be:
109 days, 45 deaths, for an average of about one death every two and a half days.
It is now 1997 and the anime has been running for one whole year. The manga has been running for three years. TBH, there's a very clear change in the content over the past five volumes that indicate, to me, that Gosho at this point was starting to understand he may be a long-runner. And that, to me, is clear in how many cases now are just cases. Stuff that's just a murder with no "and also Ran suspects Shinichi, and also Shinichi calls in the solution and Ran checks his house for him, and also meet Conan's parents, and also this case is particularly emotional for Mouri because it's his Judo club" ect.
At this point, a lot of case trends have become pretty apparent-- Conan is really solidifying its long-term formula at this point in the series, as more standard murders-of-the-week are increasing in number. To that end, this wrap-up's fun finale is just going to be me listing the ways in which my spreadsheet has expanded since the beginning of this project.
In the start, I really didn't want to bite off more than I can chew and was just tracking the Chapter numbers, the days passed over the case, the deaths, and whether a case was essential, with a line for notes.
Now, I'm also tracking-- separate from if a case is essential-- I'm tracking whether a case is more generally worth reading for a "canonical" timeline that's not as bare-bones as the one I've set out to make. I'm also tracking the seasons passing. How many deaths occur in the backstories of the characters involved in each case. And also what type of case it is (single homicide, serial murder, isolation, kidnapping, locked room, ect). And what sort of motive each case has at its heart (Vengeance for someone's death, a breakup, other love-related motives, misunderstandings, money, to hide another crime, ect). AND I'm also tracking all the different ways Conan will put on Deduction Shows down to which Sleeping Detective he uses. At this moment, I'm still slowly doubling back since some of these rows got added to do the cases I already finished with otherwise, but expect some counts for those sorts of things in the next five-volume wrap up!
