[ Analyse Kaito ] Translated and revised from the story Analyse Kaito (in Thai) From: Conan Joint Many things to the web master of Conan Joint! Note: This is not a direct translation. Also, not all original text is translated. This story should not be used for offical reference because some content is just an openion. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Aoyama Gosho sensei has been writing comics for over ten years. He has created hundreds of characters. Dose anyone know what the first charactor Gosho created? That character is Kuroba Kaito or the Wizard of the century or Kid the phantom thief. If you though Kaito first appeared in Kid the phontom theif, you thought wrong (Jane -- the summary of the first story will be posted later). Kaito first appeared in a short story which was also the first comice Gosho wrote ever. This short story was published again along with other Gosho's short stories (such as Santa Clause in summer, Make a wish from Sakura, etc). In this story, Kaito didn't have the last name "Kuroba". However, the leading lady was still named "Aoko". The first two Kid volumes have similar drawing style because these were Gosho's work at his beginning period. Kid's 3rd volume has different drawing style. This is because Gosho wrote this volume when the Yaiba series was about to end. To be more specific, the episode Kid VS Yaiba was written when the Yaiba series just started. However, the last two episodes (Blue Birthday and Green Dream) were written when Gosho started writing Conan. That's why Kaito is much more good looking in both episodes. Here is Kid in different Gosho's drawing period. From which period that Kid is most good looking? Actually, it doesn't matter which period Kid is from. Kid is still good looking no matter what. However, the first time Gosho drew Kaito and the last time he drew are at least 15 years apart. You can see that Kaito has changed a lot. How can we tell which period the drawing is from? The easiest way is to look at the characters' eyes. Since Kaito is the oldest charactor and still alive, we can see Gosho's drawing improvement from the drawing of Kaito. The whole Kid the phantom theif series shows the development of Gosho's drawing from the beginning till now. First Kaito Before Yaiba Beginning of Yaiba When Yaiba about to end Beginning of Conan Current Kaito -- No comment There is one interesting point. In every single long series, Gosho would try to make Kaito (or Kid) appear in the series such as in Yaiba or Detective Conan. Moreover, Kaito is honered to have the same birthday as Gosho's. That is "June, 21 " (year not specified). In summary, Kaito is in Gosho's first comic. Who knows, Kaito may be the last series that Gosho would end before he quits drawing comics (or, he may make Kaito Kid to be a "Never ending story"). However, one thing we can be sure that if Gosho creates another long series, Kaito or Kid will definitely appear in the series one day.

Last revised: November 8, 2002 Please send comments to Jane