#kaishin au ideas

[airu27-rkgk]

Kaishin One Prompt Challenge 2023 by @dcmkkaishinevents 💙

~Soulmates

Guide [Edogawa Conan] and Sentinel [Kaitou KID].

Kuroba Kaito, a self-proclaimed Neutral, moonlights as Kaitou KID to look for Pandora, a jewel that grants immortality. (His backstory follows canon, more or less.) Kaito is actually a Sentinel.

Kudou Shinichi is a Guide whose guidance is too complex for most Sentinels to follow through. He uses facts and logics to build mental sanctuaries — where Guide communicates with their Sentinel, calms them when they’re on the verge of Zoning, etc.

Their first meeting is during a heist. Shinichi’s first impression of KID is that the thief is a show off who wastes police resources for his own entertainment. A clever, tricky entertainment, filled with his favourites — riddles and mind games, puzzles, pranks, traps, oh how witty, he just escapes, which gives him a great rush of satisfaction for being able to decipher them — and are harmless enough, a refreshing break from murder cases he encounters daily, but still, show off.

Kaito’s first impression of Shinichi is that the detective is a nerd. Who even counts — himself not included — the number of cards that were used and draws conclusions based on that to pinpoint his disguise… The cards are from a dozen pack…??? Plus the guy uses a voice changer — in the form of a red bow tie — to redirect the officers Kaito had fooled with his own voice-changing abilities… This guy is not to be messed with. Definitely a nerd, though. He looks good with those glasses.

Anyway, on their nth showdown, Black Organization shows up and they were forced to work together. Their Sentinel-Guide soulmates connection forms an unbreakable bond, accidentally.

Thus, Shinichi recognizes Kaito when Ran and Aoko bring them for a meetup.

Gradually, Shinichi comes to know why KID steals. With Shinichi holding the Spades and Kaito the Clovers, the pair traverse the world to search for Pandora. Their connection of Hearts are tested, again and again, all for the sake of one Diamond, which shall end this game of cards once and for all.

[amywalker1412]

Fanfic ideas of mine #1

so here is my crazy idea

it start with Kaito. He is living in world where organization took everything from him. His family, friends, love etc. its supposted to be kaishin story and he is KID and he is hauted by them and searching for Pandora. He is alone. One day he will find a magical stone but they also find him. He is injured/killed when he try to escape with his hanglider.

And here is the time for magical gem. The gem takes Kaito into the differnt world. Its a ninjago world but there are only characters from DC/MK and its bit of superheros au too XD

So Japan is actually our ninjago. The magic is realy and so are magical creatures from differnt worlds. They are hiding among people who has no idea about their existence. For example your nice very normal neighbour could be very evil lord of underwold or just mysterious fighter who saves your life when you need it.

Kaito get transported here. Toichi is alive but Kaito from this world was killed as child... and Conan thing still happened but its bit different.

[moaachi]

KAISHIN OMEGAVERSE AU where Kaito's pheromones smell like CLOVER

(Sowwy this idea just popped up in my head )

Let's see let's see hmmmm what smell should we make for shinichi's pheromones. Coffee?since he like ice coffee Or maybe lemon? Since he also like lemon pie ughh I'm kinda lost with this one

for the story my idea is:

High school detective kudo shinichi (alpha) trun into omega after taking a unknow drug from bad guys dressed in black (he dun shrunk and theres no conan in this AU)

Anddd imma gonna skip everything and jump to the point where in a certain heist shinichi got into heat out of nowhere even tho he's not in his heat cycle and he took medicine properly and yet the moment he meet kaito he suddenly got into heat—And that's when they both know that– they've finally meet their fated pair but not under favourable condition when one is a phantom theif and one is a detective.They both tried to deny their fate as fated pair but in the end they just can't, when they're alone they just cant resist to each other*Insert dramatic narration*

idk anymore for the rest so just let your imagination go wild;) that's all

[neosolaris14]

I really should make a separate blog for art:(

Anyway have some KaiShin Coffee Shop AU. I just really like the idea of post canon! DCMK when both of them are in uni, and Kaito starts to work in a coffee shop where Shinichi happens to frequent (coincidence). And then one day Kaito saw Shinichi came in and was like huh wtf great detective??? but in truth, Shinichi knew all along that Kaito was KID and had just started to work here.

Thus boom, love. Classic.

[0atsu0]

I would just like to mention from my side that this idea is so brilliant that it stimulated my imagination and OMFG I SEE IT.

The moment when Kaito decides to play so that he can compete with Shinichi in more than just robberies is super cute and very much his style ;3

It is also not difficult to guess that due to Hakuba's suspicions towards Kaito, he will try to infer what made Kuroba play the game, because of course he will not believe that Kaitou Kid did something for no reason🤭 Which will lead directly to misunderstandings and they will have to ACTUALLY WORK ON COOPERATION🤯

And on the other hand, Heji and Shinichi won't have any problem with it, because of course! After all, they are best friends🤩 You can imagine them getting the nickname "best duo" by performing great actions like Kuroko and Kagami✨✨

I'm not yet sure how Shinichi would know that Kaito is Kid, but it can't be anything ordinary. And of course Shinichi would realize, they've been rivals long enough and Kudo is a great detective😎 Maybe during the game Kaito would be forced to perform some complicated acrobatics and Shinichi would know just by seeing it...? AGHHHH there are so many possible scenarios that it could be a debate for several hours!

I just watched Kuroko No Basket, and it's just reminds me of that one Kaishin fanarts.

And now I'm thinking about an AU, where KaiShin plays basketball.. 😧

We know that Shinichi's leg strength is stronger, right? Maybe that makes it easier for him to jump higher than the others. Maybe he can do the dunk thing? (or MAYBE He also like to play football. His friends would think that makes sense for his leg muscles to be so strong.)

And for Kaito, UGHH, I really like Kise. Kise reminds me of Kaito, A LOT. His charm and childishness!! 😭😭

Okay, maybe for Kaito, he will easily avoid blocks. Because he's a phantom. You know? :333 And maybe he doesn't really like playing basketball? Because that's not his thing. BUT– *cough* He is interested in playing basketball because he wants to compete with Shinichi.

I don't think they will be team leaders. Tho, if Gosho Boys applies here, Saguru will probably be the team leader. And for Heiji, he could go to the same school as Shinichi and become an basketball player too because.. why not? I like it if Heiji follows where Shinichi is 🤷 (But it would be more interesting if he would be attracted to Hakuba 😏)

And yes, Saguru is on the same team as Kaito and Heiji is on the same team as Shinichi. They will face each other on the basketball court someday. And that's what's exciting >:D

[maguskaito]

idol au where shinichis singing voice didnt get nerfed to the max and kaishins an idol group!! together!!! their stage personalities are obv different from their real ones btw cause i think theyd do that... i didn't get to expand that much on the idea though, but here's what i got so far

[shukumeinorivals]

(KaiShin) Kimi ga Suki da to Sakende mitai! (Translation)

[KaiShin] Kimi ga Suki da to Sakende mitai! by shinkai sakana (LONELY WOLF)

Hi, everyone! In honor of the Great Detective's birthday, here's this month's release. It's a medical AU. I hope you enjoy.

Happy birthday, Shinichi!

S: No idea. I haven't heard anything about that...

Download || Ko-fi

[rincaruries]

Let It Consume You | link

When I first pitched the idea of a Kaishin murder mystery inspired by the classic Noir films of the ‘30s for this year's Kaishin Big Bang 2024, I had no idea that this would be the direction this project would go in. It’s grown into a world and story I never thought I’d have the chops to visually develop, all thanks to the hard work of the incredible @kinsdura in bringing this story to life on paper and bearing with my crazy ideas. Most of the work has been quite technical and bts, but it has truly been a team effort to get this done.

Let It Consume You has become a collaboration I can definitely say I am very proud of. As always, thank you to Mac @kaishinbigbang for hosting this wonderful event! Additionally, I want to take the time to hype up our story, the link to which is here! You won’t regret having a look at @kinsdura’s fic; it’s a joy to read and full of suspense, great pacing, and a flirtatiously dangerous predator-and-prey dynamic between Kaito and Shinichi.

This will not be the last you will hear of LICU! Hope to continue developing our little harbour town and this au into something we can all step back and appreciate in the future :) Maybe I’ll post those too 😂

[axuanmii]

To Follow One's Heart | ao3 link

Shinichi has always felt resigned to living a normal life — but when he’s mysteriously cursed and subsequently encounters the famous magician thief who calls himself Kaito, he comes to find that his life is actually the farthest thing from ordinary.

hello to all that despair from whatever m27 was, here is my art piece for a kaishin borderline howl's moving castle au!!

i say borderline because while this was my idea, i didn't actually like. finish watching the movie before, so the lovely writer @jodaneko chose to contribute their extensive wisdom and bring my idea to life! their fic part is linked above. please follow/subscribe to the fic for future chapters; it's been wonderful planning and watching this fic's progress!

there will also be extra art to come accompanying the chapters, so feel free to come back to this post as i add them or see them alongside the actual chapters on ao3!

this was in collaboration for the @kaishinbigbang :D

extra arts below the cut

part 2

part 3

part 4

part 5

[jyunpandorana]

Hello, this is baby's first completed Detective Conan | Magic Kaito KaiShin multichapter fic for the @kaishinbigbang 2024!!!

Please give it a read!

Featuring lovely artwork by Valxk!

Chapters: 14/14 Rating: Teen Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kudou Shinichi | Edogawa Conan/Kuroba Kaito | Kaitou Kid Words: 109,817 Summary: Why don’t you do me a favour and hand over that gemstone that dropped into your tank?” KID suggested brightly to the mermaid, holding out his hand. “I just need to do a quick inspection in the moonlight. And if it’s Pandora, well then great! I’ll take it off your hands. And if not, well, I’ll be sure to chuck it to the bottom of the ocean.”

Shinichi's face cracked into a wolfish grin. Kaito wasn’t sure he liked that grin. "Actually, Thief, I have a better idea."

In case you couldn't tell, it's a mermaid AU.

[pemebi]

New terrible no good Au idea with Toichi as a terrible father

He perfectly can have another family and a kid with Conan age, like, he pretended to be dead and decided to go full *new life, new me* route (and he went away long enough to have a Kid half Kaito Age)

Yeah let's make the Kuroba family more chaotic and terrible

"Kaito, your dad is alive! And you have a half brother! Can you take care of him? Thank you! Love ya!" Said Kaito mom while she have *murder* in her eyes.

The new lil bro is confused.

The new lil bro looks a lot like Conan.

To make stuff more dumb and chaotic, the kid life is Conan cover, but true.

Family in America? Yes

Super smart because TV? Yes

Kaito wants to scream but now he have a bro to take care.

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This could be Kaishin or not, but if we add Shinichi is hilarious because he is back to his normal body and the first thing that happens is that Conan gets a double... after he said thar Conan is back to America, terrible timing, F.

The thing is, I can't see Toichi with good eyes anymore, hahaha...

[autumn-foxfire]

I talked about a KaiShin au I wanted to write before instead of just sharing it on tumblr but because I've been too busy I haven't had the chance but I still want to share.

It starts with Jii suffering a permanent injury during a heist and Kaito has to find a new assistant. Of course, he does not want to replace Jii and finding an assistant for a phantom thief is easier said than done, however neither Jii nor his mother will let him continue his night time job until he finds one. Kaito, however, doesn't want to give Snake and his org the chance for an upper hand so the next full moon he plans a heist behind their back.

On the other hand, Haibara has found a permanent cure however there is just one problem, the BO still exists. She gives Shinichi the choice, stay as Conan and continue be on the frontline so to speak or return to his OG body and go into hiding, working from the shadows. Shinichi chooses the later, however he soon finds out that sitting and waiting is much harder for him to do. When he hears about the KID heist, he decides it's a good way to help him get rid of some of his restless energy.

The heist goes as planned and Shinichi accurately predicts where KID will escape too so they can have their rooftop romantic talk when the sniper attacks. KID thinks it's his usual unwanted guest, Shinichi thinks he's been found out, the two realise that they might have a common enemy. In their escape KID gets injured keeping Shinichi safe and Shinichi jumps into action making sure they both escape, and that's when he finds out that KID no longer has his assistant when he asks KID to call him and KID is just like "yeah, about that..." as he's bleeding out.

Then an insane idea pops into Shinichi's head. It's clear KID might have a connection to the BO, Shinichi wants to do more but is being kept housebound, and he and KID work very well together. Maybe he jokes "I should be your assistant" in a sarcastic way but the idea doesn't leave either of his or Kaito's minds.

And that's how Shinichi becomes the assistant to Kaito KID.

[shadowfaerieammy]

Happy holidays to @kiisaka my recipient for the kaishin secret santa 2023 hosted by @dcmkkaishinevents

I ended up combining the hanahaki prompt with the suggested tropes of soulmate AU and angst. Red string of fate has always been my favorite soulmate AU and the idea grabbed me right away.

I hope you like it!

[writing-in-sin]

KAISHIN FIC IDEA: THE PHANTOM

Heya! It's been awhile since I've posted anything in regards to KaiShin. Not for the lack of interest, mind you. Just have ideas for other OTPs of mine

This is purely self-indulgent, so please keep that in mind:

The basic premise is based on the whole M27 where its revealed that KaiShin are cousins and Touichi is alive, basically faking his death

Now while Shinichi is still dating Ran considering its set after the Kyoto arc, he's also been struggling with his attraction and grudging affections towards Kaito. Since its legal and while awkward (considering his reaction towards a pair of married cousins from an early case on board a ship), its sorta a normal thing for cousins to marry in Japan. Nevertheless, the reveal makes things more complicated for Shinichi and to save himself the headache and drama, he buries those affections

Because with Ran, things are simpler. The girl he's been in love with since kindergarten. Beautiful and sweet. Neither a criminal nor does he share a complicated bloodline. He has a future with Ran

Being in love with Kaito is dangerous and unpredictable. Complicated and messy

So he chooses Ran

Now with Kaito, the reveal unfortunately breaks him. Its the ultimate betrayal. His father, mother, uncle and aunt, were all in on it. What became the last straw is how the reveal also made Shinichi retreat from him

He knew that he didn't have a snowball chance in hell for Shinichi to choose him. Ran is everything Kaito is not after all. Now while Shinichi got mad on his behalf regarding the cruel charade their family had weaved, his retreat also made it clear in Kaito's eyes that no one in his family will ever choose him either

This, unfortunately, is what drives Kaito completely insane

After they bring down the Crows, Kaito sought out Haibara to cash in the favour for saving her life. He asks for the APTXN4869, asking her to erase everything in his DNA and genetics that ties him to his family

Perhaps out of pity or a morose sense of understanding, Haibara agrees

The resulting erasure of genetics and dna took the melanin away in his system (which I doubt is possible in real life) and causes Kaito's hair to turn white and his eyes silver

He cuts ties from his family, especially now that there's nothing legal nor anything genetic binding them anymore

I dunno exactly how I want this au to end but I honestly just want to see an AU where Kaito has white hair and silver eyes as well be completely KID with no civilian identity

This au can also easily work without KaiShin being cousins like in M27 too. I just like the added drama, that's all 😅😆

So yeah, here's my messy self indulging brain rot to wanting a white haired, silver eyed Kaitou KID

[everythingblackblack]

You know how the first KID called himself Shinichi's younger brother (courtesy of Yuusaku reading 1412 wrong after Shinichi was born)? In a world where they aren't related how do you imagine this impacting KaiShin dynamics?

I had the funny thought of Conan scolding Touichi as the elder brother for being a bad adult.

My girlfriend and I have a whole au about this.

Well, specifically Kaito and Shinichi meeting each other as children, in that au Shinichi and Toichi get along very badly. I like to think of it as the AU where a 40 year old man with a single mother complex has a rivalry with a weird 5 year old boy. But back to your question...

Well, let's imagine Shinichi asked Yuusaku about the brother thing, knowing Yuusaku he would say something like:

"Oh yeah, you have a very troublesome little brother."

Shinichi is perfectly fine with the idea, he likes being an older brother, however, this makes him start asking Yuusaku a lot of questions.

Shinichi is smart, but he's still young, so he assumes that "he's the older brother, because the other young man came later into his parents' lives", he assumes that his "younger brother" is adopted, and the reason he doesn't live with them is because the "younger brother" must be 17 or something (he'll be going to college soon, he assumes). Shinichi only accepts this fact because his parents are weird, something he confirms over the years.

He keeps the memory of “having a younger brother” deep in his mind. And he doesn't remember it at all until, years later, he realizes who his “younger brother” really is and discovers that his deduction was wrong.

But because he finds the fact funny, in the next heist he attends, he calls Kaito his “younger brother”, and Kaito takes it as a funny joke but is confused.

“Apparently, it's something your predecessor had with my father.”

“I see, I had no idea about that, I assume my predecessor called you that way because your father was the one who named 1412 right?”

“Yes, although I thought your predecessor would tell you.”

In a moment of confidence, Kaito dares to reveal a secret.

“I wasn't supposed to take his place.”

Shinichi certainly never thought about KID's predecessor until that funny coincidence happened, but he also didn't expect this revelation, which started to make everything even stranger.

"What do you mean by that?"

"The world works in very curious ways, but you know that better than me, don't you? Little detective."

This only makes Shinichi have doubts about why KID steals.

That "I wasn't supposed to take his place" thing haunts him and brings up questions, like, "What happened to KID's predecessor? Why was there an 8-year hiatus? Was someone other than the KID he knows and (loves) going to be the new KID? Why did (his) KID have to take his place if that was the case? Does KID even want to be KID? So they would never have met if he never became KID?" The last two thoughts make him want to investigate.

He needs information, so he decides he first has to find out who KID's predecessor is. He searches for skilled magicians from 8 years ago and comes across Kuroba Toichi, who is deceased and then finds out that he was married and had a son, a son who is almost his age.

It's not hard to figure out who the current KID is.

Neither is it hard to figure out that KID isn't looking for something, but for someone.

Finding out that KID is actually seeking revenge gave him clarity and concern. While KID has never killed or seriously injured anyone, “What about them? With the people who killed his father, he might not be so forgiving.”

Shinichi doesn’t have the full picture, so he has to ask KID. It’s risky, but the next time they meet and are alone, Shinichi calls him “Kuroba Kaito,” KID simply laughs and says, “Is that supposed to mean something?” Shinichi continues and replies, “I know why you steal.”

“Well, what’s your theory?”

“It’s not a theory, you want revenge.”

“Have you told anyone about your theory yet?”

“No, I want you to tell me what you’re planning.”

“What if I don’t want to?”

“…”

“Please tell me.”

“Aren’t you going to threaten me with arrest?”

"You'll disappear if I do."

"I'm not going to stop you… unless you're planning on killing someone."

KID laughs, this doesn't seem funny to Shinichi, who is genuinely worried, there are people who kill for revenge. He doesn't want KID to end up like that!

"Oh, don't look at me like that, I'm not making fun of you, anyway, you don't have to worry, I'm not going to kill anyone, I've never had that desire, but you're not wrong, I'm looking for revenge."

All this text, to say that I think that if Shinichi had a clue about Kaito's reasons for stealing he would probably be more understanding of him (and he would be very worried, I mean, the mysterious and nice guy he sees once a month and who has mostly only provided him with help could be planning a murder). He doesn't want KID to be another criminal.

Anyway, I think that Kaito noticing Shinichi's good will would lead him to open up to him, telling him the truth, although omitting details: "that he is looking for a jewel to destroy it, because the people who killed his father want it, and that is his way of revenge" and perhaps more explicitly how "he feels he has to do this, because he never got over his father's death and hopes that this will help him move on."

Shinichi offers to help, and in the middle of the way, as they get closer, he realizes a somewhat dark truth.

Kaito's father never died.

Maybe it's because of the way Kaito talked, so melancholic, so happy, with so much adoration, that something inside him twists every time he's mentioned.

And of course, he can't help but yell at him the first time he sees him. Kaito has to hold him down so he doesn't punch him in the face.

"Shinichi, stop, you're going to hurt yourself!"

"Okay, okay, I'll calm down…"

Once Kaito lets go, Shinichi lunges at Toichi again.

"No, Shinichi…!"

Lmao, I'm amused to think of Shinichi being angrier than Kaito himself for that. And god, sorry for all the text, I just started typing it.

[cyndraws]

Kaishin secret santa 2023

This is a Kaishin roleswap au for @blueamphibians! I hope you enjoy this art + my ramblings on the au underneath. Because of course, I couldn't just leave it as one piece of art haha (ehem please buckle in for preparation)

Many thanks to @dcmkkaishinevents / Mack for hosting this event, it was super fun participating and interacting with the community <3 <3 As a side note, I would absolutely recommend it to others who are considering signing up next year. Everyone is very friendly!

(Hey Blue, I had more art planned but unfortunately many things came up. But I hope you enjoy this anyways! I might draw some more for you later ^-^ Thanks so much for this prompt <3 <3)

Edit: I have decided that now you will receive a completed arts + ramblings + some WIPs behind the scene hahahaha https://www.tumblr.com/cyndraws/737208478471487488/kaishin-secret-santa-2023-extras-basically-wips?source=share

AU ramblings under the cut (ngl it's a lot):

Random details and notes that don't really fit anywhere. Mostly about the fanart:

Kaito is 1 year older than Shin and is taller than him

This scene is set over the Haido City hotel. In the distance you can see Shiriyomi Trust Hotel (can't full recognise it behind Kaito but I assure you I drew it lol), Tokyo tower (easy to spot) and Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (Just behind Shin on the right, the one with the lights in a --u-- shape) Main reference: https://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Haido_City_Hotel

I was also screaming at the Kaishin pic in ED70 throughout this LMAO.

Kaito breaks through Shinichi's mysterious KID persona in this drawing and Shinichi shyly reveals his face behind the mask. Kaito then produces a blue flower, claiming it matches Shinichi's beautiful eyes (he's also the one who bred it)

Kaito has extra pockets sewn into his uniform to carry more tricks. This wasn't really necessary in canon, but here, Kaito has to be prepared to investigate at any moment.

Lmao help me render hair *stares at Kaito's* Cool effect but not quite right. I need to go experiment later.

Kaito/Shin getting shrunk (aka Conan situation) never happens in this au. But Haibara and the other victims are still around. Haibara still lives at the professor's.

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Background:

Yusaku was much more entangled and involved with Toichi and his fight with the Black Org. Side note but in this au, Snake is from a division of the Black Org

As a result, they both end up being killed during the fateful accident. Yes, both Shinichi and Kaito are there for it. They were going to be introduced to each other on that day, but well,,, we can see the way it ended.

It wasn't well known that the Kuroba and Kudo family were close at all. Extra vigilance was taken after the funerals to ensure their safety. Their families parted ways for the better or worse after thsi event.

Yusaku's and Toichi's friendship/rivalry included collaborating for some heists, having a second secret base in the Kudo mansion, and Yusaku donning the Night Baron costume... even if he was just hidden in a car and sending information to Toichi via an earpiece lol.

After their husbands' deaths, Yukiko and Chikage meet up occasionally and travel together in secret.

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Shinichi:

Shinichi never became a famous detective. The years after Yusaku died in the tragic accident, Yukiko and him tried their best to move on with varying success. Shinichi's dream to become a famous detective never came to fruition.

This was because for various reasons including not having Yusaku's guiding hand to develop Shin's detective skills, was only being taken to crime scenes for a year, and of course the trauma.

After avoiding detective work as much as he could (well considering that he's still a corpse magnet), Shinichi finally starts to dig through his memories. From then, he uncovered a strange inconsistency with the logic of his father's death and starts to obsess over the idea that it was a murder.

Shin painstakingly and slowly investigates in the shadows with his *ehem* admittedly rusty detective skills and chases after the very little crumbs left by the organisation. What he uncovers is that the accident wasn't one at all, but premeditated murder by an encompassing third party.

Shinichi finally finds a lead to,,, Jii Konosuke. This takes quite a few years, and Shinichi is 15 when he confronts Jii.

Jii reveals everything after Shinichi's deduction and also mistaking him for Kaito. And such Shinichi is brought into the fold. Shinichi also makes up his mind to take on the KID mantle, greatly sympathising with the fellow teen whose father was also involved.

The years after Shinichi uncovers the truth, he learns many skills such as disguise, acting and magic from Jii and Chikage. However, his magic skills will never be on par with Kaito's.

Shinichi in this au has more acting and disguise skills from living with his mother. She passed this skills onto him, and they bonded over it to recover from their grief.

When Shinichi is 17, he officially takes on the role of KID. Chikage permanently locked the KID cave in the Kuroba house, and the KID cave settled in its new home in the Kudo mansion. Inside the second base previously used by Toichi and Yusaku.

Shinichi as KID:

Well, he's just as dramatic as Kaito in canon, but it's a different kind of dramatic. Shin is more of a mysterious and cryptic phantom thief and wears a menacing Night Baron mask. He overall speaks less, and when he does, he says a lot of dramatic lines. Like in theatre almost, with plenty of double meanings.

He takes on a lot of aspects from the Phantom Lady and Jii's interpretation of KID.

And also, I was inspired by the Black Knight, Shiragami in canon, and AngelicSentinel's fantastic fic, Heart of Eternity. I guess you could describe it as more theatrely, cool and princely. He's still very athletic (laughing at Shinichi being Tarzan as Shiragami)

Unlike Kaito, Shin's notices often involve cryptic riddles. It satisfies Shinichi's puzzle loving side and adds to his mysterious reputation.

It's funny to me how Akako's 'Demon of Light' moniker is still accurate haha

Shinichi investigates a little in the shadows and is overall a touch more hot-headed than Kaito KID

He uses a lot more gadgets to cover for his lesser magic skills. He's still learning though! A lot of them are references to Conan's and KID's in canon. Between Jii and Agasa, he gets a lot of them haha. This includes:

Mask/monocle -> voice changer, mask to cover for poker face, zoom and night vision, tracker, microphone and radio, gas mask.

Transmitter/microphone -> button stickers, bugs in general, cufflinks. In some cases, a camera but it must be asked for first. Shin uses these to cover for Kaito's doves in canon.

Wristwatch -> Clock of course for his heist times, tranquilliser, emergency flashbomb (KID has one in canon too)

Shoes -> jet powered rollerskates (equivalent to skateboard). Of course, Shin still kicks things but it looks more to take down the occasional criminal, trigger emergency traps, and more. He doesn't kick often because it doesn't really suit the image of KID + it's a unique skill to have.

+ other usual KID gadgets -> smoke, flash, sleeping bombs, grapple gun, hang glider, etc.

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Kaito:

He's still an aspiring magician

Since there's a rising amount of cases in Beika, Kaito gets recommended by Nakamori because of his magic skills. The idea is that his knowledge of magic tricks will help uncover the criminals' tricks... Well this includes basically all cases lol. It works though! And the news of Meitantei Kaito starts to spread.

Kaito falls in love with the dramatics and triumphs of figuring out a criminal's trick. He starts to get called into Beika every time a case is discovered. One different to Shin is that Kai gets called to the cases instead of the cases coming to him.

His detective persona is like KID's in canon - flirty, dramatic, confident, charming, a bit of a pervert, and a classic showman's personality. Aoko is sick of it hahaha.

Kai's deduction show is very dramatic. He uses flashy magic tricks to reveal evidence and tricks, and uses his magic to take down criminals.

This includes his acrobatics, trusty card gun and traps he set beforehand. I like to headcanon that Kaito invented his cardgun first before integrating into KID. Kaito's cardgun includes the normal sharp cards (Kaito uses it to pin down criminals with their clothes, cut ropes, etc), tranquilliser laced cards, smoke and flash bombs. And also sleeping bombs but he uses it vary sparingly because even that toes the law a little too much... Megure is exasperated but the criminals are taken down quickly without much harm so he lets it slide

Kaito also follows in the spirit of dubious investigation. He changes his voice, uses his doves to spy on others, uses disguises (very very rarely), and is noisy overall.

Kaito and Hakuba:

Has a detective rivalry with Hakuba.

Hakuba still thinks, even in this au, that Kaito is KID. After all, Shin's profile is very similar to Kaito's. Kaito vehemently denies it but acts like a KID fan around Hakuba to annoy him. He isn't really though, citing KID's magic to be third rate, but he is still intrigued.

Hakuba offhandedly slips in wording and insinuations to Kaito's huge annoyance. You can imagine them bickering at a crime scene while Megure is just Too Used to this.

Much later on, when Kaito learns Shinichi's identity, Kaito tells Shinichi's about Hakuba's warnings. So Kaito is kinda a messenger between the two. Despite Hakuba being annoying, Kaito knows he can trust him.

~ Other character interactions:

Shinichi and Kaito:

Shinichi is still a corpse magnet. So he encounters a case, calls the police, and escapes as fast as he can after giving a witness statement. This is partly to avoid the awkwardness of meeting Megure and the police officers (he hasn't met them since his father died), as well as his new night job.

This results in the most frustrating yet amusing situation where Shin and Kaito miss meeting each other for quite a few years. Shinichi is busy hurrying off while Kaito is called to the scene and busy listening to the details.

Quick sketch I may/may not fully finish in the future:

Description: Set in suburban Beika. Shinichi is at the foreground, looking at his watch and worrying about meeting Jii on time. Meanwhile, next to a police car, Megure merrily discusses case details to Kaito. Kaito is glancing over to Shinichi in curiosity while keeping an ear open. He has his hands in his pockets. Behind Megure, the scene has police tape barring entrance.

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Kaito thinks KID is a third rate magician but can appreciate the dramatics and mysteriousness. He is Intrigued. This leads to a meeting later on. Kaito uses his connection to Nakamori.

Shinichi is of course startled by Kaito's namedrop.

... Sorry no more details/plan about their meeting. It's definitely a dramatic face off though.

Regarding Shinichi's identity reveal, I was playing around with the idea that Snake is there, threatening the two at gunpoint and sneering over the '"lovely family reunion between father and son". It would definitely spur Kaito to grill Shin for more details

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Shinichi and Hattori:

Hattori hears about the "Meitantei of the East" and goes off to meet him and challenge him to a deduction battle. He doesn't know how to contact him, so he goes with the strat of wandering around Beika until he runs into a case. He figured that with the high rate of cases being reported, he's eventually run into Kuroba ,,, yeah hahahaha Thats his entire plan

Luckily for Hattori, his detective luck exponentially multiplies with Shin's and a scream runs out. As Shinichi is reporting the crime and tried to head off, Hattori slings an arm around his shoulders to stop him from sneaking off.

Hattori loudly greets him as Kuroba despite Shinichi's insistence that "No, I am NOT Kuroba, please get your arm off me". Insert much scepticism from Hattori.

Even after they part ways, this isn't the last they see of each other. Hattori keeps wandering around Beika while running into Shinichi. They eventually become friends huhu.

Shinichi and the Detective Boys:

The Detective Boys admire Kaito a lot. Obviously they've watched the news reports on TV. So when they see him at the park playing soccer, they glomp him HAHAH Poor Shinichi

At this point I think people mistaking Shinichi as Kaito can be a running gag. The Detective Boys keep annoying Shinichi and even attempt breaking into the 'Edo house' to see the ghosts... Shinichi is still not happy. And also, when they visit Haibara, they're basically next doors so Shinichi's never going to get them out of his life.

Despite the annoyance, he eventually becomes fond of them and takes on the big brother sort of role.

When Kaito and Shinichi get acquainted, they take the DB on outings a lot. The DB is very fond of Kaito-nii-san and Shinichi-nii-san.