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Shall we keep track of the length of Gosho's information gathering excursions and the results?
I haven't seen this information easily available; correct me if I'm wrong.

I figure we need to know the file after which he takes a break, the length of the break, and the results (or what we assume to be the results) of the break.

Thanks to Conan-Magic's webpage and dctp's manga arc names, here is a better start:

After File #
758
755
743
742
740
733
730
720
718
717
708
707
703
699
690
689
681
676
675
673
666
661
651
648
645
640
634
633
630
624
619
612
606
604
596
593
586
578
570
565
558
551
550
549
541
534
Files Skipped
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
?
?
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
?
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
From
12/01/10
11/02/10
08/04/10
07/21/10
06/23/10
04/28/10
03/31/10
01/13/10
12/22/09
12/09/09
09/30/09
09/16/09
08/12/09
07/08/09
05/02/09
04/15/09
02/04/09
12/24/08
12/10/08
11/19/08
09/24/08
08/06/08
05/21/08
04/23/08
03/26/08
02/13/08
12/26/07
12/12/07
11/14/07
09/26/07
08/08/07
06/13/07
04/25/07
04/04/07
01/31/07
12/06/06
10/11/06
08/09/06
06/07/06
04/26/06
03/01/06
01/04/06
12/21/05
12/07/05
10/05/05
08/10/05
Until
12/22/10
11/17/10
08/18/10
08/04/10
07/14/10
05/12/10
04/14/10
01/27/10
01/06/10
12/22/09
10/14/09
09/30/09
08/26/09
07/22/09
05/13/09
05/02/09
02/25/09
01/07/09
12/24/08
12/03/08
10/08/08
08/27/08
06/04/08
05/07/08
04/09/08
02/27/08
01/09/08
12/26/07
11/28/07
10/10/07
08/29/07
06/27/07
05/09/07
04/18/07
02/14/07
01/17/07
10/25/06
08/23/06
06/21/06
05/10/06
03/15/06
01/18/06
01/04/06
12/21/05
10/19/05
08/24/05
Subsequent Case
?
Dawn of the Detective
Following Holmes
Following Holmes
VHS of Memories
Beikaville Hound
Patriot KID
Kappa Conundrum
Kappa Conundrum
Rooster Festival
Eri's Misfortune
Kobayashi's Love
Target Located
Target Located
Haunted Warehouse
Haunted Warehouse
The Red Wall
Red Robbery
Iron Tanuki
Iron Tanuki
Destiny's Scar
White Witch
The Return
The Return
The Return
Azusa's Brother
Rolls-Royce
Teleportation
Teleportation
Stakeout
Suspect Eisuke
Defense
Trust
Trust
Recapture
The Fugitive
Memento
Witch Legend
Moon Ghost
East Detective
Phantom Body
Sole Witness
Sole Witness
Sole Witness
Handkerchief
Wedding Swipe
Part of Subsequent Case
Beginning
Beginning
One file in
Beginning
Beginning
Beginning
Beginning
End
Beginning
End
Beginning
End
End
Beginning
One file in
Beginning
Beginning
Beginning
End
Beginning
Beginning
One file in
End
Three files in
Beginning
Beginning
Beginning
End
Beginning
Beginning
One file in
End
Two files in
Beginning
End
Beginning & End
Beginning
Beginning
One file in
End
Beginning
End
One file in
Beginning
One file in
Beginning


An interesting tidbit: if Gosho had published every week (including holidays and possibly non-existent issues) then he would have just published File 881.

Let me know when you can crank out 16 pages of art+text+story+mystery a week, every week, for (fill in the number of years here) and no breaks and I'll get back to you with a guess for this thread.

Lol, fifteen years in I'd be lucky to be on file 40.
I still want to see if more time off is a harbinger of a better file.

Do not forget he also took a mini vacation. Surely, one who works as hard as he does should get a little time off

Every Author got their own habits for breaks..

Like Ken Akamatsu, he always go into break after 4 chapters of Negima...

It's also possible that he works on other manga related stuff, like artbooks or a summary book and stuff. Or get's asked about stuff for the anime too.

or maybe try to find a replacement wife?

i dont think you'll be able to reach very accurate/reliable results... he may not be researching for individual cases after all, but may be researching for the big big case which will come soon. thats what i hope anyway :p

xpon wrote: or maybe try to find a replacement wife?

If he has to gather information somewhere else then it's probably related to the culture, architecture or the art in the place. Otherwise he's probably just taking a break :V

He's probably testing some new murder scenaios.

Luckai wrote: He's probably testing some new murder scenaios.

Just like Bourbon!

viewtopic.php?t=4885.0

If I had been writing/drawing a manga for 16 years (though I highly doubt he's actually drawing anything anymore), I'd probably be writing the ending by now, and not still stalling with unoriginal, idiotic cases.

Dashin wrote: If I had been writing/drawing a manga for 16 years (though I highly doubt he's actually drawing anything anymore), I'd probably be writing the ending by now, and not still stalling with unoriginal, idiotic cases.

1. lol@suggesting you could ever write something that would be popular for 16+ years (hell forget the "for 16+ years" part)
2. no you wouldn't be writing the ending. It's just as likely you would stall even more than Gosho has unless you hate your own writing ability and money.
3. The cases aren't the stalling as much as the large amount of breaks he takes.
4. All of the diehard case fans want to murder you now, probably.

kkslider5552000 wrote: 1. lol@suggesting you could ever write something that would be popular for 16+ years (hell forget the "for 16+ years" part)
2. no you wouldn't be writing the ending. It's just as likely you would stall even more than Gosho has unless you hate your own writing ability and money.
3. The cases aren't the stalling as much as the large amount of breaks he takes.
4. All of the diehard case fans want to murder you now, probably.

Oh, Ok.
1. You don't know me, so I could be Shakespeare, as far as you know.
2. Most authors love giving a conclusion to their stories. Aoyama wasn't even planning to write this for this long. I doubt he's enjoying writing it anymore. The quality of the cases has been lowering for a long while at this point, due to repetition. It's no wonder that he needs to take a break before beggining each case.
3. I don't think a break of a couple of weeks every 5 or 6 files takes longer than 6 cases where no developement occurs (like in the last 6).
4. If they take things that seriously, then they're in worse trouble than me.

I feel like we are getting off topic and taking some things out of context. 


Anyway, I feel like ,yeah!, Gosho def needs a break especially now that he has made a change, a rather large one between the main couple of the whole story of Conan.  I feel like characters are going to be changing and I feel like through this all Gosho is going to need to think of something to continue having his readers stay on their toes.

Hard job of being a popular author.