I've been reading some works of Edogawa Ranpo lately and his character of Akechi Kogorō really reminds me of Akechi Tomua. I mean like the way he rants about how he figured out who the murderer is or overall in how he is behaving. Idk i just found it interesting

A flow chart of some fictional figures I’m interested in~

Today's Megane is: Akechi Kogoro from Chou Shounen Tanteidan NEO

not a BSD post, but...

this scene has been stuck in my head...

January - March 2024

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

Before the Coffee Gets Cold - Toshikazu Kawaguchi

The Demon of the Lonely Isle - Rampo Edogawa

Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination - Edogawa Rampo

The Phantom Doctor - Edogawa Rampo

The Black Lizard and Beast in the Shadows - Edogawa Rampo

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

Dungeon Meshi - Ryōko Kui

Okay lemme try to explain this

My friend and I came up with an AU (mostly my friend, they come up with all the good ideas) where A. The Apotoxin ages you less if you're older and B. Shinichi bails on taking Ran to Tropical Land, so Kogoro takes her instead and is the one who gets shrunk. Megure takes the place of Agasa as the one person who knows at first, and points out that Ran is now in danger, offering to drive her to Eri's until they can figure out what to do. Either by Megure's suggestion or happenstance/desperation (or both) Kogoro ends up asking Shinichi for help.

It's basically a role reversal, Kogoro hiding his true identity from Shinichi and ending up living at the Kudo mansion, both of them trying to track down the Black Org. (Honestly Kogoro being shrunk to Teen Size instead of Child Size doesn't impact a whole lot except them it being easier for them to chat/be friends. And no, it's not an excuse to ship them, I find that Gross. But I do like the idea that they become friends, more than they ever would've with Kogoro normally being an overprotective parent that refuses to understand Shinichi on a deeper level than "Smart aleck brat that steals my jobs")

Five generations of the Lupin family and the law enforcement who can't seem to get away from them (plus a short descriptor of their dynamics)

Oh, it was actually a simple trick. You most likely didn’t understand it because it was too simple.

self indulgent au has self indulgent hcs who would’ve thought

detective and (not) detective

Yuuki Mishima (P5R)

As his name suggests, Yuuki Mishima was inspired by Japanese author, Yukio Mishima. Among the later’s famous works is Confessions of a Mask, an autobiographic novel looking into the author’s homosexuality. Mishima bears some resemblance to the novel’s protagonist, who is physically weak, socially awkward and constantly tormented by the idea of how he looks in other's eyes. 

At the end of his confidant, Yuuki Mishima composes a log of the Phantom Thieves activities, and grants the protagonist his Documentary Plans regarding this project. This biographical novelization is based on the Leader of the Phantom Thieves, Joker, who is a incarnation of Arsene Lupin & "The Fiend with Twenty Faces" / "The Masked Fiend" - (Ko)Goro Akechi's rival. 

Ren Amamiya's theme song, Beneath the Mask, is also a solid reference to the mentioned title. 

So like... there’s just one thing in my mind.

Dump of doodles

another reason to learn japanese: support my frequent and hyper-specific research questions of japanese culture bc some of those things you just CANNOT find in english

Ghost stories that are not ghost stories but are also definitely stories about being haunted: Black Sails, Detective Conan

The Phantom Doctor - Edogawa Rampo (translated by Eugene Woodbury)

Kogoro Akechi Sensei, my beloved. He's so cool! When I grow up I wanna be like him. I think what I enjoyed most about this novel is that more than figuring out the mystery I was trying to figure out how exactly Akechi Sensei was going to solve everything. Massive bonus is that there's no Hisoka moment in this, despite the creepy vibes from the Doctor. 

7/10