Hakuba Saguru

(Watson's first appearance is coincidentally timed to right when he confirms he's the police chief's son ... Distraction Hawk is a Distraction!)

(Hakuba's the first person moving when Okami dies.)

(Can play stupid perfectly well when he wants to - that is SO not Kid's style at ALL, actually kinda grating against it, but he was going right along with "Well, if it's Kid....".)

(I don't think Conan ever really liked Hakuba much, from the looks he shoots Hakuba after the comments on the plan, etc., and the looks he shoots Hakuba whenever he seems too - ..."pointyhappy"? - about having a puzzle to chase, even if it's a dangerous puzzle. I think Hakuba's normal reaction to "challenge, dangerous or not" grated on him or something?)

1) Conan has this funny thing in Sunset Manor with glaring at Saguru whenever he's talking to/near Ran. Come to think of it, the ruffled irritation whenever Hakuba seemed to be doing the pointygrin bit would be another - "Do I seem that suspicious?"

2) After Okami dies, when Conan points out it has to be one of them - not only going "I take charge" on a roomful of adults, but doing so with a pretty coherent idea of abstract details, and not the "little kid catching things" kind of "bright but still a bit derpy" thing either. Add Up To Fish Moment!

3) Conan's discussion with Senma in the end - with them gathering and listening - and that Conan came up with the plan ... Another bit of a "small child being weirdly dominant and overly long-range plotting".

4) Saguru's line of sight when Senma points out him and Conan to Kid. Also, he knows the watch is a weapon, after seeing Conan with the sight up and aiming. :|


- Conan added up to fish a little. Not quite enough to ditch the lampshade, but there were a few nice small details that were basically fridge logic bombs waiting to go off.

(There's also that slightly confrontational and irritable "Very used to -always- being the outsider/one that doesn't fit" with his reaction to Heiji's spazz-fit about him not being the Detective of the East ... the whole slightly poisonous "Just think of me as a guest from abroad" and the reaction to Heiji's dig about him not wearing a proper uniform. Def. not happy with the "You don't belong here" vibe.)

(Oh good god Hakuba's chivalry thing. Fight like cats and dogs with the guys competing! ...Be almost too polite to the girl, even while she's a suspect.)

1) ...CONAN SO ADDED UP TO SOMETHING HAKUBA'S THE ONE THAT VOLUNTEERED HIM TO STAND IN FOR SHINICHI. Or at the very least was partly having a fit of smarm at how little credit he'd gotten at Conan's age in a backhanded way.

2) And yet, for most of the Koushien, Conan does pretty good at not attracting attention and being plausibly a kid - he's gotten pretty good at using Hattori as a foil.

3) ...The looks and cough moment when they were talking about Shinichi not being a suspect and using his name to bait Hakuba out. Heiji looked straight at Conan when he was making comments about Kudo.

Though honestly, the Koushien is probably what helped the lampshade. :|