Would the Bourbon arc even bring a shock factor to all fans?

[Dus]

Here's two alternate theories just for the hell of it:

1: Subaru Okiya is neither Bourbon nor Akai
- He's part of the Interpol. Yûsaku Kudô was worried about his son, so he asked a friend of his in the Interpol, Subaru Okiya, to keep an eye on him and his friends. (Very early on, during Yûsaku and Yukiko's first appearance, it was mentioned that he had contacts in the Interpol. This was never followed through...)

i'd go with the former. it seems posable

The problem with the theory is that it is obvious that Conan knew about Subaru beforehand, which would mean it is Shuichi who arranged thei meeting. Not that it wouldn't make sense for Yusaku to know Subaru - it would explain why they didn't even flinch when they returned to Tokyo and he was living in their house.

[Wakarimashita]

I think it's because during the Vermouth arc, Gosho gave his readers hints here and there quite frequently, sometimes just making it last 3 or 4 minutes at the beginning/end of a case. He doesn't do that in this arc, it's a shame.

Genta's dad says hi.

As long as he doesn't bring his son...

[doublemoonlight]

here is another clue... When Ran first sees Okiya living in Shinnich's house, she mantions that she had seen him before... That means that it is unlikely that Okiya is going to be someone totally new... unlike Jodie....

[Eve]

here is another clue... When Ran first sees Okiya living in Shinnich's house, she mantions that she had seen him before... That means that it is unlikely that Okiya is going to be someone totally new... unlike Jodie....

I think Chekhov mentioned that, but yeah, that's a point of have been coming up ^^

[Chekhov MacGuffin]

Here's two alternate theories just for the hell of it:
1: Subaru Okiya is neither Bourbon nor Akai
- He's part of the Interpol. Yûsaku Kudô was worried about his son, so he asked a friend of his in the Interpol, Subaru Okiya, to keep an eye on him and his friends. (Very early on, during Yûsaku and Yukiko's first appearance, it was mentioned that he had contacts in the Interpol. This was never followed through...)

i'd go with the former. it seems posable

The problem with the theory is that it is obvious that Conan knew about Subaru beforehand, which would mean it is Shuichi who arranged thei meeting. Not that it wouldn't make sense for Yusaku to know Subaru - it would explain why they didn't even flinch when they returned to Tokyo and he was living in their house.

Another potential problem is no one has mentioned Interpol or hinted at it in this arc. (MK manga = does not count!) That was the case for Jodie's FBI ("'The Bureau' is short for the FBI!1!") in the Vermouth arc and Hidemi's CIA ("The Company" and all the cliched phrases) in the Kir arc. Gosho always makes the arcs solvable so he should be dropping hints about the origins of third person Okiya. It doesn't really count as a proof to say lack of third party hints is evidence Okiya isn't third party since Gosho could be waiting to drop them, but it's been ~150 chapters into the Bourbon arc (three years or so), and I would have thought Gosho would have dropped several by now if there were going to be any.