Hoi!

At some point during development, KID became more and more integrated into the main plot. Originally, he was just fanservice — a part of the series that wasn’t supposed to affect the story much. But ever since Kaito helped Conan save Haibara, the rest of his heists have involved him interacting more and more with the Detective Conan cast and learning more about them. Even the Gathering of Detectives case was later retconned into a major part of the series.

This turns Magic Kaito into a Detective Conan’s spin-off. I'll elaborate about this further on how this could be a good thing in the conclusion.

HE DID ALL OF THIS FOR HER!!!!!

I'm going to be sick 😭😭😭😭. He looks so soft.

While it's unfortunate that she's not the real Mikuru, Kaito is the best representation of a magical girl in this world.

- He fights crime in his magician attire.

- He uses illusion magic.

- He protects dreams and innocent.

This is why I love Kaitou KID, this is why I love Kaito. He has such a kind and whimsical heart.

I've always interpreted this scene as Kaito being aware that his choice to become KID was a mistake, and that he's clinging to a false idealized image of Toichi. He could have moved on and lived in ignorance, but instead he decided that his own life was less valuable than the life his father could have had.

I wonder how the author views Kaitou KID, because he has written numerous characters driven by vengeance, and most of them ultimately meet unfortunate fates.

Sometimes I think Kaito isn't an exception to the narrative. Just because he doesn't kill doesn't mean the characters in Gosho's universe would simply let him go, at least from what I've seen.

Kaito seemed to be unmoved by Haibara's words. Is it because he can tell that she isn't an ordinary girl and was being sarcastic? This is the first and only face to face interaction they have until now. As far as I know, there hasn't been a confirmation that he knows about Haibara's identity.

On that note, I've made a categorization of KID development throughout DC. In it I've said that there was an era of Kaitou KID was just a homage to MK. That, along with other cases, up until KID saved Haibara was still just a fun fanservice. So the fact that he knows something about Haibara wasn't an issue because it wouldn't affect the canon anyway, just like how it is imply that he know Conan is Shinichi. However, after the train situation, there has been a shift in KID's character, he’s no longer potray as omniscient as he was. Kaito is now on the same ground as the others, he can't know anything unless the info was given to him. There hasn't been a scene or dialog imply that he know about Haibara and her past.

Depending on the translation version you read, the title of File 478 was “Immortal.” It was also the first time Kaitou KID referenced Pandora, although it wasn’t connected to the Pandora gem from his own story yet.

The Miraculous Midair Walk was released around 2003, and it marked the return of Kaitou KID after 2000. This was also the first time KID revealed his motive.

Everytime I'm rewatching this movie, I'd cringed at anytime the movie mentioned about the Kurobas and kudos relation. But nothing annoyed me more than Yukiko's reaction to her married for 20 years husband suddenly review that he has a twin brother. And she have met him before.

I guess she married him for the mystery and excitement...

I wonder if these could be foreshadowing to what might happen if Conan is confront with the idea that Kaito is related to him. Because it is extremely out of character for him to consider anything to be a coincidence and for him to rarely agree with Kaito. Hattori seemed to be getting the hint.

Reasons:

1. He is sometimes around the same places as Snake is (assuming he's part of BO).

2. He's pushing 40, yet somehow still manages to look young.

3. He has connections with Kaitou Corbeau. Corbeau means "raven" or "crow," and karasu in Karasuma Renya means "crow."

4. He's a prime suspect for the death of an Interpol's officer.

This case debuted in 2000. At the time, “The Gathering of the Detectives” was nothing more than a special event featuring both Kaitou KID and Hakuba. There weren’t any major lore implications yet that the mansion had connections to the Black Organization.

What I like about this arc is that Kaito chose to disguise himself as Mori before going to a party full of detectives, so no one would find it strange that he couldn’t deduce anything. This happens again later when he disguises himself as Takagi for the same reason.

That eventually leads to him hitting a wall when he disguises himself as Shinichi — a famous detective — and has to prove himself in front of Hakuba, another detective. And interestingly, all three of those cases involve him trying to clear his name of murder accusations.

Yusaku: “It’s nice to finally meet again after all these years, brother. So, what have you been up to?”

Toichi: “Well… I joined a circus in my late teens, met the love of my life — who was a wanted criminal — in Paris, became an internationally wanted phantom thief, faked my death, abandoned my son, and then returned to being a phantom thief again. How about you?”