Ran Mouri deserves better than what she has to bargain with in Case Closed. Non merely is her male parent a cocky jerk whose best days of beingness a detective were long behind him before Conan came along and started knocking him out at the cease of episodes to solve a case, but her crush/best friend is a jerk besides. He's been working on a instance for nearly 1000 episodes, barely e'er making time for her.

She'south one of the sweetest characters in anime, and this listing is meant to bear witness some respect to her, as one of the most long-lived presences on Japanese airwaves and in anime for most 25 years.

10 INCREDIBLY LUCKY

For whatever reason, Ran is the verbal opposite of her dad, Kogoro. She managed to figure out mahjong so quickly she was not only able to end Kogoro from losing his shirt, but also go winnings from everyone else at the table with him.

She'south constantly doing well in luck based games similar this, mayhap to make up for the fact that her dad has is terrible at almost everything except Judo.

9 HOW SHE MET SHINICHI

Ran wasn't exactly the about pop girl when she was younger. New to a school, she spent a lot of time having to deal with hateful kids who wanted to take their shot at the new girl.

While her best friend Sonoko has had Ran'due south back several times, she met Shinichi nether like circumstances. While being picked on by bullies, Shinichi came to Ran's defense. Information technology'due south not the simply time he helped her either, he also saved her from existence kidnapped at 1 betoken.

8 IS AFRAID OF GHOSTS

Everyone is afraid of something or another, and there's no person that's completely fearless. In Ran'due south example, she's afraid of ghosts and the supernatural. She's dealt with everything from guns to places called-for down effectually her with a shrug, but annihilation supernatural seems to genuinely freak her out.

Still, the main reason for this is because her concrete skills every bit a martial artist would exist ineffective. (Tin can't beat out Ghost Types with Fighting moves, after all.) Ane villain even fabricated the mistake of assuming she would be helpless even if she knew he wasn't a ghost, and wound up with a audio thrashing.

vii STILL USES A REGULAR CELLPHONE

In a world which has become almost wholly reliant on cell phones, smartphones aren't just the dominant kind of phone used. They're nearly the only kind of telephone anyone has these days, whether they're top of the line or a couple years old. But Ran has stuck with the classic cellphone for years at present, though likely with adept reason.

After Shinichi once acquired her phone to fall into a sewer, he replaced information technology for her and took her to a theme park called Tropical Country. He as well got her a bounding main cucumber strap, meaning she probably refuses to replace information technology because it's a gift from her crush. That, and probably the bombardment life is great.

6 HER Proper name COMES FROM THE CREATOR OF LUPIN

No, non that Lupin. Although...kinda. Her proper noun is based off a Japanese pronunciation of Maurice Leblanc, the French novelist responsible for Arsene Lupin, the admirer thief.

Notwithstanding, it's also not too far off to suggest that she gets her name from the Lupin series every bit well. Ran Mouri was the proper name of ane of the writers for Lupin the III: Part 2, the second (and by far longest) series that ran from 1977 to 1980. It seems Gosho Aoyama really, really loves Lupin.

5 ONCE OFFERED A MODELING JOB

Though Aoyama goes out of his manner to develop Ran beyond but a pretty face up, at that place'southward no questioning her beauty. She'south constantly beingness hit on by other guys, so it'south lucky for Shinichi she merely has eyes for him, or information technology would be a pretty lamentable testify for him.

She's and so pretty in fact, that she was once offered an opportunity to become a fashion model in episode 20 of the serial, "Fashion Sense". Of course, since it'southward Case Closed, this inevitably led to the grouping stumbling into a murder that involved another fashion model, but the offer for her to get a model was legit

iv EXCELLENT AT MARTIAL ARTS

Ran'south love of Karate is a bones fact, but she isn't simply good she's absurdly skillful. She's done everything from dodge bullets to beating up dozens of goons.

Initially, Ran picked up a honey for karate after seeing the national champion, Satoru Maeda, in combat when she was only 10. Simply since so she's had six years of training, and go quite the threat in her own correct, even winning a Karate Championship once. She doesn't demand anyone's help, she just gives out the hands.

three HAS TRIED TO REUNITE HER PARENTS

Ran is constantly trying to play matchmaker with different characters in the serial, even mistakenly attempting to pair Conan off with Ai, a member of the Detective Boys. But the couple she wants to happen the most is her father and mother getting back together.

Though they've been separated for years, she'south constantly trying to get them to run into each other, and hopefully rekindle their feelings. It's a totally understandable hope, even if it's unrealistic to expect a lawyer to want to date a detective who'southward terrible at his chore.

2 FIGURED OUT SHINICHI IS CONAN

There are some real Superdickery elements to Ran's relationship with Conan and Shinichi. From the showtime, Shinichi has been trying to proceed his identity secret to anybody so he can avoid getting them in trouble. Merely Ran'southward a smart girl, and she's come to think Shinichi and Conan were the aforementioned person time and again.

At this bespeak, it happens roughly every 50 episodes, with Conan always coming up with more elaborate explanations to convince her she'due south wrong. Spending and so much of his fourth dimension lying to her seems like information technology'd have negative consequences, but that would require the testify to end.

1 STARTED DATING SHINICHI

For virtually dub viewers, it's unlikely they ever got past the starting time fifty or sixty episodes. Though the series ran on adult swim for a while, information technology never quite took off like some other anime did, and was dropped after a couple years. Only the anime continues to this day, with the series having reached the quadruple digits in episode counts.

For decades (in our fourth dimension), Shinichi and Ran haven't e'er been able to say how they felt most i another. But as of chapter 1008, the end of the Missing Maria Higashio Case, information technology'southward been confirmed the two are actually dating one another! Now if she could just get him to tell the truth about being Conan...

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