The Dark Knight arc: a Magic Kaito revisit
I used to post a complaint or two about this arc, about how I find it's unnecessary or that I don't like how it's one of the chapter that turned what makes the original concept of Magic Kaito quirky and fun into a more darker and serious tone.
However, I have another thought.
At the end of this arc, Jack Connery died by falling down from a high place, despite Kaito had tried to save him.
What makes this tragic it was the loud call from Jack's son, who he loves and is the last person he wants to be seen as criminal, that makes him lose his balance.
And Kaito has acted quick and done the least he can do in short amount of time
is to preserve Jack's, a father, image as a hero.
Kenta is the only one who doesn't notice the mask, so as far as the kid know or understand, his father had died in dunty.
But what makes Kaito's action significant is his flashback on Kenta's line: "I'm going to be like Papa!"
If Kenta had found his father died as Nightmare, there's a chance he would become Nightmare.
The possibility this quite high considering that this arc happened after The Golden Eye arc.
The arc where he had met Ruby Jones, who is essentially similar to him, a thief who taking on her father's will and becomes a thief.
Children, who idolizing their parents, even their dark side, will become grown up that would do crime,
or put themself in danger.
In the name of the parent they love.
And Kaito knows his choice is dangerous, not that he's regretting his choice. But he would rather be the only person who would do these extravagant actions for his "late" parent than anyone else.
Because the first time he had met a person that share similarity with him was in The Sunken Ship chapter.
Who has a father who do crime and left a final (kinda horrible if is interpret wrong) advice
Who is so attached to his father's legacy that he chose to go down with it.
This could be a foreshadowing to Kaito's future, the path he chooses is dangerous, and one day he could died as KID.
Yet, there's still hope for him.
If he still have something or someone to live for. That someone is the person that can save Kaito.
