Nyarl wrote:
The Ran bashing threads remind me of another reason I think Aoyama is going to kill her off. Her story as a character is pretty much completed by a confession of love. We see she takes her studies and hobby seriously, but not what she really plans to do with her life outside of being Shin'ichi's girl. The only career she's shown even a fleeting interest in pursuing* in the manga was action movie actress, and that never got any follow up. Even her desire to get her parents back together has been shown to be counterproductive in the last few Eri stories, it's not really a goal she can claim for herself, it's something she ultimately has to leave for them to settle. So, apart from confessing her true love (easily accomplished with her dying breath) there's really nothing else we've been shown for her to strive for.
On the other hand, reading how Aoyama made Sayaka important to the plot in Yaiba reminds me of an old idea I had about how Ran might be biologically important to APTX research, if not the source of a cure. (It's mainly based on the fate of Sharon's handkerchief and whether that last conversation about it was merely for color and characterization, or a hint it's role as a plot device wasn't really over. It also tries to explain why Haibara avoids Ran apart from the too-easy jealousy explanation, and, of course, Vermouth's interest in Teitan High.)
* Homemaker/child rearer is a valid life's goal IMO. For men, too. But, we haven't really seen that's her life goal either, just that she has had a lot of practice taking care of a drunk deadbeat.
Your messing with the
balance, you're not suppose to be on the bashing side but I agree with some of your points. But like I said before, none of this is Ran's fault but more Gosho's. If Ran was allowed to grow fluently on the path she started on, by now she would of probably been a much better character with consistency. One of Ran's biggest problems is that Gosho writes her erratically depending on his use for her or the current trend for female leads so you never know which one he'll give you.
Will he give you the one that shows she's fully aware, can handle difficult situations, & knows when to take action/back down/seek help?
Or will he gives you the Ran who breaks down in tears in difficult situations, is always looking for a Shinichi bail out, & acts like a stereotypical anime Japanese School girl in every sense?
And the crazy thing is when he has both Ran's show up in the same case, such as
The Night Baron Murder Case. This one started off with a Ran that gets felt up by a stranger who proceeds to harass her after doing the act and then grabs with the intent of making her pour him drinks(surprised she even let it get this far as everyone ELSE has reacted negatively) while she's just giving you stereotypical anime girl reactions of blushing and "what are you doing?" (when Ran has shown to whip out the karate for less..even on misunderstandings
). Then it ends with a Ran that whips out the karate against a masked murderer before even Conan has a chance to react and is actually aware of the case going on around her and goes to prove an alibi. Then there was the Ran that broke down crying and went into hiding during the
Tottori Spider Mansion case while previous cases had established that she would jump out windows, jump on moving cars, run like crazy for help, and etc. to save someone in danger...not hide & cry.
Ran will become a better character when Gosho goes back to writing her as
I think he intended, a strong person with weak qualities or goes with the frequent weak person with strong qualities, not just flip-flopping as he thinks fit for the case or viewership. And for those that don't want Ran around..seriously? you want to get rid of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltv_cPc2 ... re=related
I'm AixConan and like Ai better but it really would be a different DC without Ran.
) and for the moment she only suspect okiya and warn conan about him!
