Head-to-Head Match with the Black Organization: Two Mysteries of the Night of the Full Moon
Tina
I just can’t resist writing a review about one of my favorite anime series: Detective Conan. Its original Japanese title is “Meitantei Conan” (名探偵コナン). Although I was not able to watch the series in its entirety (more than 400 episodes and it is still ongoing). I only managed to watch a few episodes, not in any particular order. And I also have a copy of the 11 movies.
I was particularly interested with Episode 345, where Conan confronts the Black Organization. The Japanese title is “Kuro no Soshiki to Makkou Shoubu Mangetsu no Yoru no Nigen Misuterii” (黒の組織と真っ向勝負満月の夜の二元ミステリー). It’s been a while since I’ve watched something that is totally engaging. Usually, I have a general idea on who is the culprit, having watched a lot of episodes of this series. But the plot totally blew me away, I never saw it coming. Amazing.
The main story is about a murder that took place aboard a “Ghost Ship”. Vermouth, a member of the Black Organization, sent an invitation to Kogoro Mouri and to Conan Edogawa, hinting that a murder will take place. You would think that it was just a normal murder case, and Shinichi will solve it in the end. But it was just an elaborate plan to separate Conan from Haibara, in order for Vermouth to kill her. But Conan was two steps ahead of Vermouth. I knew that something was off from the moment that Shinichi revealed himself. If he knows that the Black Organization was involved in the murder, why bother to reveal himself? I never expected that it was actually Hattori Heiji who boarded the ship, and Conan was elsewhere, going after Vermouth.
I was extremely annoyed with Haibara in this episode. Aside from the fact that she is an ungrateful brat for not accepting the kindness offered by those people around her, she almost jeopardized Conan’s entire plan because she just had to show up. Come on! She might be in love with Conan for her to do that, I don’t know. She might have felt guilty for dragging them into this mess with the Black Organization, but she should just focus on surviving if she really wants to help out. She is the only link that Conan has, and her death will only put Conan back to square one. Its not as if this is the first time that she pulled a stunt like that, it gets boring. She was extremely lucky that Ran was there to save her ass. Which was probably what the creators intended in the first place.
I was a bit glad that it was Ran who saved them in the end. I can’t help but admire the scene, where Vermouth was unable to shoot her “Angel”, the person who saved her life once even if she is a criminal. I was actually stunned when Shinichi said this line:
Is a reason necessary? I don’t know why you would kill someone, but as for saving someone, a logical mind isn’t needed, right?
This scene really had a lot of impact on me, and I realized how strange human nature can be. Indeed, this saying is true: “You reep what you sow.” Who would ever expect that Shinichi and Ran has an ally in the ranks of the Black Organization? All it took was saving her life, even though she didn’t deserve it.
Posted on: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 9:19 am 
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