Manga questions

[viridian]

Hi all, this is my first post here

I'm currently reading all the detective conan- I'm on vol 35 so theres a looong way to go. I'm making this topic becuase as I read I have some really specific questions to ask, things that sometimes are triggered just by a line of dialogue or whatever, but really itch at my mind

so thank you for this site, and alos for the patience i hope you'll show me!!
theres no way I'm going to go through all the vols I just read to find all my questions *sighs*, but the ones i can remember:

1) in v31f7, Haibara, remembering Rans words about courage being sbout overcoming fear etc, introduces herself to her. Why was Haibara scared in the first place?? and of what, anyway??

2) the meaning of X case: in japan, do pre-romance people really not know what an X means?? I know practically nothing about japan, but it seems quite a permissive society, so i find this surprising

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thats all the ones I can remeber for now, no doubt as I carry o reading I'll come up with more

[bastet]

to 2) I don´t find this very surprising. I´m from Germany and the only reason I knew the meaning of the X is because my friend´s father comes from USA. But I don´t know whether it´s familiar in Japan.

[shuichiakai]

1) Errr i don'T understand your 1st question really, i looked but i don't really find a question about it

2) Sure in Germany even the most don't know the magic of X ^^

[queen misanagi]

uhm, there is this DC question thread. i'm not a mod (kind of new here myself) but imo that's a more appropriate thread to post your questions. ;D

[KnightusMaximus]

The distinction between General Discussion and Manga has always been somewhat vague...

The OP's questions are more appropriate for the "Questions you have in DC" thread.

But I also think there are specifically manga related discussions - analysis of scan translations, language used and case results, and so forth - that would be more appropriate for this board than General. Plus it wouldn't get lost as fast.

So I don't think a manga questions thread in and of itself is a bad idea.
My thoughts. ^_-

[triplelite]

YEah, I was suprised how people there don't know what X means at the end of a letter. well Vermouth knows and she's from America...so I guess yeah....

[Fundamental Void]

O0h! I have a questi0n that b0therz me.
What is the driving side in japan? In vol 17, file 5, last page, Eri drive at the LEFT side of the car. (driver seat) while in m0st cases like vol 40, file 4, page 1, the driver's seat is on the RIGHT when Mouri drive the car.
Any0ne can help me?

[Chugoku-jinko]

1) in japan they drive on the left side of the road and the driver seats are on the right side of the car. the samething goes for london and hong kong.
2)I know that some of the really old scans where you have to read them left to right because the pages were fliped. so maybe in vol. 17 the file was fliped or something.
3) it could be the angle of where you're seeing the person in the driver seat so you could have mixed it up by accident or something
4) the location of where the characters/story is taken place. they could be somewhere where they drive on the right side of the road and the driver's seat is on the left. like U.S., canada, and china

when I checked the pic of eri driving in vol. 17 she was on the right side of the car. not the left.

[viridian]

thanks everyone for the help and input
I did think about putting it in that other thread but I din't want to be told off in case the question had been answered before, and i didn't wantot read that thread at all- i don't want to be spoiled more than I already am
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explaning my first question ( in v31f7, Haibara, remembering Rans words about courage being sbout overcoming fear etc, introduces herself to her. Why was Haibara scared in the first place?? and of what, anyway??)
- a case happens. after its solved, the murderer rants about courage...Ran hears and says- don't talk like that: courage is a word of justice, its about overcoming fear and becomign stronger so don't use it to describe your situation! (or something along those lines)
these words strike Ai as the next day she remembers those words and introduces herself to Ran. That Ai remembers these words specifically and chooses that course of action implies there is some fear she has which needs overcoming- which infact she's gonna start overcoming NOW, and NOW she introduces herself...
...sorry, this is very mixed up, I can't explain myslef very well...the oroginal question stands

My question 2 (about X) I guess its been answered...I'm from London and every little kid knnows what X means and they find it hilariously giggle-inducing until about 7 years old. I liev in a hellishly promiscuous society lol

the driving question: in japan, aren't a lot of cars imported??? so even thogh in japanese cars the driver sits on the right, if your driving a foreign car you'll be on the left...its not that uncommon I think
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new question:
3) vol46+47- Rans suspicion: how/why on earth would Shinichi forward Rans emails to Conan _to save him trouble_!! man, I'm so confused
...if Rans suspicions are true hehheh, how exactly does involving Conan make things better for Shinichi???

thanks again

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[Nyarl]

The scanlation says, "Shin'ichi's been telling Conan-kun what I wrote by phone! To prevent someone from seeing his messages…" It should be more like, "Shin'ichi's been making Conan-kun tell him the contents [of my messages] over the phone! [So that] my mail isn't seen by someone…"

Ran thought that Shin'ichi was with someone who he didn't want seeing Ran's email messages, so he had Ran's messages go to Conan so that Conan could read them to him over the phone (by voice).

As for Q1, the Haibara/Ran relationship still hasn't really been explained. I think Haibara was afraid of getting to know someone who she thought would very likely be killed by the Org. She may also have been afraid that Ran would notice something strange about her and tell Araide about it.

[rensyphon]

Regarding the the first question, I always interpretated Haibara's speech in volume 31 file 5, about being afraid of dolphins rather than sharks, to mean that she felt somewhat intimidated by Ran. She probably saw Ran as someone who is attractive, kind, cheerful, confident, and popular - a "star of the sea," just like a dolphin. I figured that Haibara always felt like these were qualities she lacked.

[viridian]

as usual I'm wow-ed by the answers. thanks guys!

new question::

reading file 586 at the moment. on page 13, its a clip of some old news, where theres been an accident. Someone shouts- is there anyone with AB blood?!- to transfuse inot somebody (presumably of AB blood type)
but
ABs are 'universal recievers', ie geneally, they can recieve any blood type. so why was it necessary to shout for another AB person??. specially as it was an emergency situation, even though AB is preferable for an AB person, in an emergency for an AB, anything will do

[triplelite]

Because she (the reporter, forgot her name) wanted to donate blood more than the others around her.

[jinu]

It's been a long time...

Well, I know this question always asked by some members here. But I really don't remember what website of other Detective Conan Manga (not the mangaviewer.vrwarp) I mean the other one. Thanks and sorry for the gramars. I really suck on gramars.

[gaby09]

you mean knightus' site? here it is: conan.wagnergrp.com/