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At the moment, I really don't know what to expect for the ending of DC as a whole. I've seen various imaginings on how it might all go down, but truthfully, there's just too much to juggle to try and figure out how it might all happen.

During the entire series, the confrontations with the BO have been covert by necessity. It's always been 'here's our known group of evil agents, how will our own hero and his allies foil them this time', and at the moment that's about all that could still happen. With the agents in play and the information Shinichi's team has, it would be really easy to make a scenario where the BO gets outplayed and taken down.

But the (presumably) last BO buildup for the boss needs to be setup first. He's the factor that decides how the BO could be taken down, and not just the agents. While Gin and co could be taken down with a proper dramatic spy showdown, the entire org would likely need even more information and receipts to tie all the crime together to hold everything accountable to the law, and all that. The detective drama side of cornering with inescapable logic to go with the flashy use of guns and bombs.

But right now, there's no clear way of how it'd all end. If it's taken care of properly, Amuro's section of the police will probably be taking care of the long term clean up of the group. If there's no dramatic moment of getting the data about APTX from computers during the confrontation(s), then there might be some strings pulled either by Amuro or by the FBI to get that information. Any outcome, I do see Gosho giving Shinichi the permanent antidote. Whether Haibara takes it or not is a toss up, but he's getting his old self back.

I think he'd ask if Chikage knew about it first before getting mad at her for not telling him about Toichi. And as bad as it is that Kaito's main motivation for being KID is meaningless, we don't actually know if Chikage knows Kaito's motives to begin with. ...Or even if Jii knows why.

...There's a solid chance that the only thing anyone really knows about why he decided to take up the mantle is that he said he'd become KID after learning that Toichi was indeed the original KID. They might not know that he intended to draw out Toichi's killer, much less that he succeeded in doing so.

And if that's the case, then I doubt he'd get too angry at Chikage, whether she knew Toichi was alive or not. The big question is whether or not she knew the circumstance surrounding Toichi's stage death and if she knew KID being in the public eye was more dangerous than just irritating the police.

As far as how he'd react to the big bombshell... it'd depend on the actual news/circumstance. If Toichi just showed up and said 'hey son, surprise, I'm alive', I think Kaito would punch him on the grounds of thinking it's some messed up lie. And after realizing that it's really Toichi, would probably still be angry, hurt, maybe slightly happy somewhere under that, all those messy feelings of someone who got hit hard by a loss and then learned it was a big lie. Might distance himself/pull away from everything. And even if his motive for being KID wasn't tied into the 'his dad was murdered' story, I doubt he'd want to continue being KID. (Unless it could be written in a way that he claims the identity for himself entirely separate from his dad, maybe with things like Jirokichi's challenges, someone else trying to use KID's name when the thief seemed to have disappeared for a while, general fan response, maybe commentary from his classmates. It could be done well, though maybe not by Gosho.)

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I'm torn, because her role as a character could be good, but it's insultingly underutilized.

Her personality is fine. Strong side being that she's known Kaito long enough to not get chased off by his real less than stellar personality, and she fiercely supports the police because her father is on the force, giving her an overall 'talk shit get hit' attitude towards criminals. Pretty loyal, too. Vulnerable side stemming from the fact that her father works too much and it seeming that none of the people close to her overtly support her -(which I say in a wordy way because Kaito does support her, but he'd die of embarrassment if he did it in an obvious way)- leaving her alone with some self esteem issues. ...Which may also have something to do with why she's friendly around new people, for better or worse. Altogether, she initially comes across as strong willed, but actually gets hurt easily. She could be a complex character to work with...

If she ever got any focus outside of being a convenient tool for Kaito in his heisting.

The Sun Halo chapters gave a lot of potentially good ideas, and then essentially tossed them into the trash because the writing had to stick to a three chapter format. KID and Aoko kidnapped together by another criminal, KID injured, Akako and Hakuba getting in contact to find them with magic and detective work, etc. But the biggest tease was the idea of Aoko realizing that Kaito might be KID. An idea that's been in MK fans minds for as long as the series has existed, build up by Ginzo suspecting Kaito while Aoko defended her friend, the knowledge that Aoko has a personal dislike of the thief and shows that anger every single time she sees KID, probably the most complex subject regarding Aoko that people like to mull over.

And it's just. Given half a chapter, a few frames of her questioning things in her thoughts, and then dropped. Given a handwave and implied to be ignored.

Hakuba and Kaito: Absolutely none, as far as canon is concerned. Gosho's used Kaito a bit too much for someone who's been trying to say Kaito won't have anything to do with plot, but even he wouldn't get dragged into the final acts to take on the BO. Hakuba isn't even allowed at KID heists in DC, for some reason, so he never even had a chance at DC plot relevance.

Heiji is a possibility, but as things are now it's unlikely. Shinichi practically forced the FBI to keep him in on their plans with so much direct involvement with the BO. Heiji met Jodie before any government forces were known to be involved with the plot, and has barely touched the big plot outside of being Shinichi's ally.

He's been involved with the edges of the plot, with being Shinichi's support in investigating new and suspicious people, but once the FBI got involved and more government spies got integrated into the story, Heiji's role has downgraded. He's less plot support and more just another side plot with his romance. At best, him getting updated on goings on helps keep the audience up to date on what the characters are working on, but he hasn't really. Been allowed to do much other than be someone who can help Shinichi, specifically. Him being allowed to get involved with the BO directly alongside the FBI just doesn't seem likely as things stand.

No, there hasn't been anything about their mothers being dead. With Aoko, anything about her mother is up for debate, though, since nothing has ever been mentioned aside from some advice about zabuton positioning. Whether her mom is dead or she and Ginzo simply divorced or such is completely unknown.

Kazuha's mother, however, is confirmed alive. She's just never been seen.

If Sun Halo gave us anything, it gave us brief insight into just that. Because within the case, while highly suspecting Kaito of being Kid for a short time, she kept her suspicion entirely to herself and was quietly checking the similarities that she noticed between Kaito and KID.

Granted, suspicion isn't knowing, but it gives me the feeling that, had she quietly picked up enough clues to put it together, she'd have a more quiet reaction than people would expect. Probably asking herself why he might be KID, why not tell her, remember how he's reacted to when KID's been mentioned and understand why he wouldn't tell her. And after that, it's debatable if she'd simply wait and watch KID more closely/not react as violently about him, or if she'd drop hints of knowing to Kaito. I doubt she'd confront him about it right away, unless something came up. People tend to make her more reactionary, because of how she gets riled up in the moment by Kaito (or when her dad put Kaito down by insinuating he's a criminal), but she really does tend to take action without voicing her feelings. The 'please go on a date with me' to prove Kaito's innocence, the 'Kaito should ski with someone as good as him, so I'll pair up with someone else who's in the same boat as me', or just. Sun Halo slowly backing up from 'it's the thief who makes my dad work so hard and look stupid and will probably try tricking me too' to 'wait something's wrong, is he hurt' to 'he does feel a lot like Kaito', to the point that she keeps that thought afterwards and assumes Kaito would still be hurt after the heist, and instead of trying to poke and see if he is, she instead tries to be gentle with his suspected injury.

But. I suppose that would be more if she realized the truth for herself.

Roughly the same thing as if they saw someone chasing the kids. Whoever is violent is gonna get met with pain or at least the threat of pain.

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I'm... not entirely sure who you mean by Osaka trio? I can make a guess that you mean Heiji, Kazuha, and Momiji, since they're the most interesting, but Momiji isn't Osakan, she's from Kyoto.

And if that's the case, then it's episodes 874, 886, 916, 917 (with Momiji not directly interacting with the others until after this point) Movie 21, 927, 928, 1024, 1025. If you look up Momiji's appearances, she really only appears when Heiji and Kazuha are there.

(And just to include some other options that are actually Osakan trios.)

Heizo, Gintaro, and Otaki - 118, 263, 965-968, Movie 17 & 21

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Considering he's been gunning on the couple getting together for 20+ years, I'm going to say that he does still want them together. If them not getting any major focus or line referencing their feelings meant anything, it'd simply just be because they don't need as much focus anymore. They're official now, no need to keep hammering it.

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Well. It would depend on if this is a threatening sort of chase or if it's more playful.

But assuming the teens think any of the kids are in danger, Ran would step in to protect. That's kinda her thing.

With Sonoko, it'd depend on specifics. If there's a weapon or anything visible, she'd stay back, probably call the police or someone who can help if she's not too frazzled. If it's just someone angrily chasing the kids with no direct threat that she could see, she might get the chaser's attention to ask what they're doing. If she felt a need to step in.

Don't you think they're gonna easily catch 1412 if they team up???

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I mean. Skills-wise, both Chaki and Nakamori have worked together to catch KID, with repeated failures. Akako has single-handedly gotten the upper hand with KID multiple times, and he's been saved by sheer luck. Theoretically, they could catch the lone thief, but since Akako isn't really interested in doing that anymore, I don't think she'd be helping in the first place.

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Depends on the context. If someone were intentionally sending the kids out into danger or encouraging them to do some dangerous stuff, of course she'd get real scary real fast and 'encourage' the person to stop. At least one actual warning before doing anything. (Unless it's like the guy who was trying to kill Genta because of being recognized at the barber shop. He'd be out like a light before he could even see her.)

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Sonoko: You mean, you were that impudent and annoying brat? ...That makes a lot of sense, actually. The only thing that changed is that you were cuter as a brat.

Sonoko: Ran, honey, I know you’re an angel, but you could do so much better than a guy that pretended to be a 7 year old even after he confessed to you. Do you know how weird that is? I don’t care if he was a 7 year old because of reasons, I’m the one trying to process the mental image of the two of you kissing and him suddenly turning tiny. Wth. I’ll make an exception and let you have Kid-sama, they look the same, right?

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Overall, probably not, but she’s close. Shinichi has a ton of experience under his belt, seems to have a broader knowledge base in general, and works well with other people. But her observation skills might be better, she definitely knows the Kyoto region better, and could have better intuition about the given situations she finds herself observing.

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Hmm... I get the feeling people might have that impression from seeing her at a computer many times, but no, she hasn’t displayed any hacking skills. Most of her times she’s used a computer have been for pretty basic reasons (usually looking at data, and any skills that navigating computer menus would fall under), and there’s no indication that she’d need any advanced knowledge of programs or anything to access what she’s needed. At best, she might understand how to do things like basic command lines, if she’s worked with older computers. Given the fluctuating time of the series and technology, you could stretch that her seeming comfortable with computers is better than the usual person at the time, but given she was a scientist who likely learned how to input her data using computers... -shrugs-

I’d say she has average computer skills in general nowadays. At least, as far as manga canon is concerned. Extra material might bump her up to ‘above average’, but I don’t recall anything she’s done with computers or systems in general that would need hacking knowledge. If she has to do something complicated, Shinichi is usually saying what to do next.