#dcmk headcanons

[coffeeviolinist]

Once again thinking about the rise and fall of the Akai family.

Little baby Akai who was his parents' pride and joy from the moment he was born.

Mary and Tsutomu boasting to all their friends about their son who at just a few months old is already showing signs of just how terrifyingly clever he is. He says his first word at just four months old, and by seven months he's talking in full sentences.

Baby Akai who was the spitting image of his mother in terms of looks and personality (minus the dark hair) but loved his father more than anyone in the world

He was always such a good boy. Reading his books and waiting patiently for his parents to come home every evening.

Four-year-old Akai learning that Shukichi is on his way and immediately taking his responsibilities as a big brother very seriously.

At nine years old, walking his baby brother to school for the first time, holding onto his hand tightly so Shukichi doesn't accidentally wander into traffic.

The brothers sneaking into their parent's room to wake them up on Christmas morning

Like all older siblings, he teased and pranked Shukichi all the time but would absolutely throw hands if anyone even looked at his baby brother the wrong way. At ten years old, he got his first suspension for beating one of his classmates into the ground after said classmate wouldn't stop mocking Shukichi, who was always a bit timid and didn't quite know how to stand up for himself yet.

He probably tried to teach Shukichi a few of the Jeet Kune Do moves he learned from Tsutomu because "you need to learn how to protect yourself in case I'm not there". The results were mixed at best, seeing as Shukichi really wasn't into learning martial arts, but Akai did at least manage to drill a few basic self-defense moves into his head.

Young Akai just living a normal, happy life.

And then his father disappears. And he doesn't come back.

His favorite person in the world is gone. And Akai can't just let that go. He needs to find out what happened, if only so that he can finally lay a ghost to rest.

So at just fifteen years old, he leaves behind everything and everyone he's ever known.

He goes to sleep in an unfamiliar bed. His parents don't come into his room to turn off his bedside lamp and take the book off his face that he fell asleep reading. His little brother doesn't wake him up at some ungodly hour in the morning telling him that he had a nightmare and asking if he can sleep with him for the rest of the night.

He tries to maintain contact, he really does. He misses his family so much it hurts. But he's busy with his life in America, and his mother and brother have their own things going on, and it's always been in his nature to withdraw when he's in any type of pain. So the phone calls, the letters, and the Christmas and birthday cards slowly start dwindling, little by little until one day they stop coming altogether.

He gets a baby sister, but he doesn't meet her for seven years. He treats her coldly at first, which is something that he'll regret for the rest of his life–he genuinely didn't mean anything by it, but his first interaction with his mother in years ended in a fight, so he was in a bad mood and unfortunately, little Masumi got the brunt of it.

And he still has his mission to worry about, so while he tries to be there for Masumi as much as possible, he can't be a big brother to her the way he was to Shukichi. He misses so much of her life and milestones, and most of the things Masumi knows about him are stories she's heard, either about his status as an ace sniper or his Jeet Kune Do prowess.

Sometimes, Akai wonders if she would still admire him if he had been a little more present in her life.

Now, Akai is 32 years old and still going to sleep in a place that isn't home. His father is still missing and is most likely dead. His brother isn't an Akai anymore. His sister is essentially living on the run with their mother, who was shrunk by the same drug that killed Haneda Kohji which led to their father being taken away, and both of them believe him to be dead.

His family was whole once.

Now, only time will tell if they can ever be that way again.

[fure-dcmk]

osaka police department's golden boy

[pomgach]

He’s this 🤏🏻 close to running someone over

[27danone]

“You’re not like your father”

Inspired by @.jezyan headcanon that Heiji’s hair become curlier like his dad’s 😃😁 (I’m shy to tag but I love the headcanon and art so much)

[kaitokitty19]

Ok, Future AU, Married Hakukai Headcanon that Hakuba gets a bad reputation at work because his colleagues see him leaving with different young men/women every other day and none of them were his husband. Everyone gossips about it but no one dare say anything because, well, he's the Superintendent General's son and the golden boy (along with Shinichi) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police force.

When he eats lunch at the Precinct cafeteria, he could hear whispers as people walk pass:

"He's so handsome and incredibly smart, but I heard he's the cheating type."

"Eh, really? I guess you can't have it all. He has the look, the brain, the money, too bad he turned out to be a complete scoundrel."

"Right? His poor husband! I saw him leaving the station the other day with a gorgeous redhead. The day before that was a leggy blonde..."

And meanwhiles, at their table, Shinichi turns to Hakuba and is like:

"Aren't you gonna at least try to dispel the rumors?"

Hakuba just shrugs:

"What would I tell them? That my husband has a near inhumane ability to shape shift? That I knowingly married KID the Phantom Thief?"

Shinichi narrows his eyes at his colleague's stupid fond smile for a brief moment before concluding, annoyed:

"You're enjoying the chaos, aren't you? Jesus, you two are exactly alike!"

Lunch goes on like normal after that. Shinichi is very tired of this pair.

[nexvius]

I finally finished my Wataru Takagi fanart.

Your comments and repost really motivated me to finished this piece. Thank you Guys ❤️🌻

#watarutakagi

[magicpiano]

Canonically, the teen detectives and Kaitou Kid are famous, so I can understand why someone would headcanon that, in universe, there would be detective/thief RPF of them. But... I disagree.

People believe that KID is much older than Kaito is in reality. So I don't think (much) RPF of them would exist, but there is another person known for chasing KID for years, someone people could easily write fanfic about...

That's right, in universe I bet there is a bunch of Kaitou Kid/Nakamori Ginzou RPF and the both hate this with a passion that cannot be expressed in words.

[leonawriter]

Somehow a thought of "Kaito looks through Pandora but something weirdly cognitive happens instead of just it glowing red" sparked off "P4 crossover: just how fucked is Kaito if he wound up on the Midnight Channel?"

Like... Shinichi, if he was thrown in, would have the element of "most of the population would think that's sci-fi/fantasy, not real life, and laugh it off if they saw" but if even a handful of random people saw something that had Kuroba Kaito blatantly admitting to being Kid? His life would be SHAMBLES. It would be OVER for him.

Part of me thinks that'd be a fun thing to play with, but part of me's just... I'd want the concept of the dungeon maybe, but with not just the Investigation Team but also that if say, Hakuba and/or Aoko were there too, the IT wouldn't need to bother with hearing details, because that'd be sorted. They'd see one showing, if that, depending on the weather.

Heck, maybe Kaito would be particularly infuriating, spy on random people, see the killer saying or doing something he really shouldn't be, and he gets shoved in without any planning. Maybe the first show doesn't even give all that much away - but the moment anyone who's In The Know sees the silhouette of Kid, they start realising that this is potentially the worst case scenario and start moving really quickly.

I've always thought Kaito's persona would be something like an alternate read on Arsène Lupin, because of course it would, and would probably look closer to his dad in Kid's outfit than anything else. As for elements? Probably Bless.

And of course Shadows aren't the nice things you repress, so... it'd be everything Kaito keeps hidden under his Poker Face; the trauma of losing his dad, the fear of losing everyone he cares about to secrets, the fear of being arrested and killed, the fact that this is a vigilante revenge trip for him, so some part of him would want to make these people suffer for what they've done to his dad, and what they want to do to him, the way he doesn't trust detectives...

Shadow Kaito saying hurtful things like wait, you think I care about Aoko? She's just a useful means to an end, at this point, I wouldn't put up with her otherwise and I much prefer it when Hakuba's away because who wants someone like that coming after you? It's no wonder he doesn't have any friends if that's how he is but also I'm better off on my own, aren't I? So what if the detectives have all the connections - the more people who know who you are, the more can screw you over in the end.

Kaito refusing all of it and denying it and the others having to fight a terrifying monstrous Kid-a-like Shadow that makes them attack their teammates and puts them to sleep and hurts them, which is going to end up in Kaito's nightmares.

His Shadow being defeated and now... now it's not a scary and angry and spewing hate, it's just small and fully expecting to be pushed away, because that's what he does to other people, and... Kaito has to go up, and accept it.

Accept that yeah, he has used Aoko like that more than he should have. That yeah, he's let his fear of Hakuba just doing the detective thing and turning him in blind him to the fact that the guy is also just lonely and in need of friends. And... yeah, he hasn't been trying to connect with others as much as he could.

They go back to Ekoda and everyone's wondering what the heck even happened, because Kaito is different. Not a bad different - he seems kind of happier and more confident. But definitely changed.

[nic-42]

Kaito is a Latin mom cleaning

just listen, kaito is definitely that kind of person. The louder the music, the cleaner the house is, right?

kaito would put on some latin pop to leave the kudo mansion as newly built

I also imagine it with bachata but that is for another hc

There were two songs that triggered this in my head: casate conmigo by Nicky Jam and Silvestre Dangond y despasito by luis fonsi (how many years has it been since I heard it? I was still in primary school, damn it) and honorable mentions like felices los 4, bailando and even limbo*! (*by daddy yankee)

Although I am a believer that Kaito has his Shakira and Sebastian Yatra playlists

[viaviv124]

I mean, Toichi actually being alive was implied all the way back prior to 2014 with the Corbeau case. Like the cousins thing is one thing, but Toichi having faked his own death definitely did not come out of nowhere and is canon in the Magic Kaito manga too.

To be 100% honest i have absolutely no clue about most of the dcmk lore. I've binged the magic kaito anime a few times, watched like 20-ish episodes of detective conan, watched like 3 different movies and that's it. I just started hyperfixating on Kaishin at one point for whatever reason and i absolutely have neither the time nor dedication to catch up on around 30 years of lore. Most of the lore i didnt get from what i watched is from kaishin doujinshis and they're all agreeing on "Toichi is dead" iirc, which matches with what i've seen in the anime so i'm just going with it lmao. I don't consider myself an expert on dcmk by any means.

[xanandhix]

I think it’s really funny of the Kudo/Kuroba parents to have twins and name one of them Masterpiece while the other one have Thief in his name 😭 Yusaku really is the golden youngest child ever since he was born huh.

[pemebi]

I want Conan and Haibara to watch Black Jack with the kids and get a bit attached to Pinoko

To those who don't know, Pinoko is 18 years old but looks like 6, she is the doctor assistant and is in love with him. (The whole reason of why she looks 6 is too complicated for my limited English, watch Black Jack)

Haibara and Conan: Like *Oh I understand you Pinoko, I understand you a lot .... (and the doctor is hot)*

Similar dilemas even if they have vastly different circumstances (Haibara)

Looking too young to be properly with the person they love. (Conan)

And idk, I think Black Jack have many things that Shinichi can like, his profound respect and love for life, his determination to survive and help others, some of the crazy solutions he came out to save a life.

(And just look at the Gothic Fashion Black Jack have, Idk, I already headcanon that Shinichi have a thing for people who dress elegantly.)

And I think Black Jack can inspire Haibara too, like, to be a doctor to save others, because life is precious, and she actually have the knowledge to pursuit a career with medicine... and maybe she have a crush on the doctor too because why not ahahhahaa

Of course Conan and Haibara would be fast to correct and explain to the Kids about some of Black Jack more fantastic and weird episodes (...the deer one) and that no, that shouldn't work.(or I hope it doesn't work)

[fure-dcmk]

saw new merch and felt compelled to draw some of the scrunklies

[mysteryboy1249]

Y'all who was going to tell me that the "Subaru" in "Okiya Subaru" is legitimately the same kanji as the car brand? And while in disguise, Akai drives a Subaru??

Imagine Akai needing to find a name after faking his death, and a la "Edogawa Conan" naming style, looks at this new car he got for his cover and is like excellent that's my name now. This headcanon now lives rent free in my head.

[sagurus]

So there's this Saguru headcanon I've been toying with.

Instead of interpreting Saguru as Holmes-obsessed, his interest actually spans classical literature more generally, although with a more honed (obsessive) focus on certain niches (mystery, detective stories, stories about brilliant thieves, etc). Sherlock is still a character he definitely cherishes. But he actually cosplayed 'Holmes' (in an outfit Holmes never canonically wears, to be clear) as a little nod to Lupin vs Herlock Sholmes. Like. The thief he's starting to chase is a Kaitou/gentleman thief. He's dressed in all white with a goddamn tophat and cape. Saguru just wants to match the level of camp and play along.

I know this does contradict a piece of canon - in that he's still wearing his Holmes-esque outfit in a case that has nothing to do with KID (during his very first introduction). But an additional headcanon to account for this is that Saguru is avidly into historical fashion and deliberately wears it in his day to day life. Sometimes more subtly and sometimes not. I think another strong indicator of this is his pocket watch, which is certainly old fashioned. Also, I of course wouldn't be surprised if the deerstalker + inverness are also a comfort outfit for him.

And one additional thing to consider is that we haven't actually seen him quote Holmes at any point or really reference him at all. In contrast to Shinichi, the established Holmes fanatic, who has definitely quoted the Sherlock Holmes books. That is, of course, as far as I recall. It's possible that I'm misremembering.

Anyway, I just think it's a fun alternate interpretation! Not sure if I've fully embraced it, but I've been having fun exploring it.

[kaitokitty19]

Hakukai headcanon that Kaito passes Hakuba passive aggressive notes during class but it's written in codes so Hakuba had to solve it to get the content.

First, it's standard stuffs like Morse and decoder wheels; once that had proven too easy to solve, Kaito started making up his own language/code. After a while, Hakuba was finally able to decode; but they kept at it because it's still harder to read than any other type of codes Kaito had attempted. Admittedly, they were both having fun. I can imagine geniuses like Kaito and Hakuba are usually underwhelmed and unchallenged by standard k-12 education. So this mental stimulation proves beneficial to them both. For the first time in their lives, schools weren't just a mandatory chore but something they actually look forward to.

Fast forward to KID's heist where the Black Org zeroed in on the thief, leaving him on the run and wounded, and Hakuba was unable to directly assist KID (due to Black Org member already infiltrated the ranks of the Tokyo Metropolitan police force), they used the same made-up language only they knew to communicate. Kaito discreetly gave Hakuba his location and Hakuba arrived just in time before Kaito bleed out.

oh man I wish I have enough brain cells to write fics like that urghh