Let me talk to you a little bit about one of my favorite things in this manga, and it has to do with Ran. I know this comes really late, but bear with me, because it came to mind the other day and now I have the need to share.
Ran has questioned Shinichi's desire to be a detective a couple of times. She has asked him directly that if he wants to be involved with mysteries so much, why doesn't he just write about them like his father? How can he be okay with seeing some of the things he has to witness during cases (corpses, etc.)? And he has explained that the thrill he feels solving actual cases cannot be substituted by anything else. She seemed not really convinced. Accepting, of course. Because this is Ran, and she loves Shinichi, and she accepts him the way he is. She sees his excitement and is happy for him but doesn't really understand it herself at that point.
But Ran has now seen both sides of being a detective. Its cons and its perks. She had to listen to Shinichi's deductions and then accuse a woman she admired because it was what had to be done.
She pulled it together and got it done, but she didn't like it.
And she ends up leaving and crying while hugging Conan. Truly the job of a detective is difficult and to have to expose a person you know and admire nonetheless... It hurt her. (Shinichi also has gone through this experience before, with Ray.)
But then the case at the convenience store with her friend Aya happened. And she got a taste of the better side of the job. She actually carries an investigation of her own this time. No help from Shinichi, it's just her. And she's insecure. And how couldn't she be? But then Shinichi calls her..
Look at his little smirk and try to tell me he's not proud of her, I dare you. She's anxious, she doesn't know if she's right and she's scared of saying what she's thinking because what if she's wrong? But instead of telling her straight up...
He assures her that THAT is the best part. That the feelings and excitement they get from testing their theories out is just THAT great. He just gives her that little push of confidence that she needs, and THEN SHE'S ON THE JOB BITCH. She goes for it and she's right. She gets stuck in a little detail, but Shinichi immediately jumps in to help her because how could he not.
Look at her! She's blushing! She solved it, and she was able to help her friend
And she finally gets it, solving cases and helping people is kinda cool, huh?
(so that's what's got Shinichi hooked on it... Maybe it's not that bad after all. Who knows, she might be carrying her own long investigation now concerning a certain boyfriend detective gone missing š. But that's a chat for another day.)
Also let me add this panel of Shinichi calling her "Miss Detective" because oH FUCK
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