Oh man, to count the ways! Like you've said before, they're a straight man/comic act. I think they both have something the other needs. Kaito sometimes needs to be more serious, and Hakuaba needs to relax more, they're good for each other that way. I like Odd Couple stories. Hakuba is more well spoken and gentlemanly while Kaito is the life of the party and more of a normal kid.
And I think that Kaito has to have someone who 'knows' (Ok, this is barely even fanon, let alone canon) besides Jii. Someone he can be himself with without guarding everything. Kaito needs his own Heiji (^_^) I'd say Akako would fit the bill too, but she's a bit too scary, controlling men as means to world domination and all. They both have masks they wear professionally, and in Kaito's case socially. I think that there is a dominance issue with the two of them...but that it can always go either way. I think Hakuba has a need to control, but he also has to have someone he's able to surrender to, and I think that The Kid is someone strong enough to do that. Likewise the Detective is someone strong enough to take Kaito on his own terms without Kaito manipulating the situation.
They both keep up with each other mentally too, which is hard for either of them to find. Aoko just plain doesn't have the brains that Kaito has. This would work for Shinichi/Kaito too except that I get an Old World vibe from H&K which I don't get from Shinichi. Shin/Conan has proved that he's willing to go to ANY lengths to catch a criminal, even if it means trying to knock them out with a dart WHILE they are saving you. Both Kaito and Hakuba have their own code of honor that they adhere to, whether it's sending notices before stealing something, or giving someone you know is a thief information.
This leads me to the fact that I also like Rivalry stories. And I think Hakuba is Kaito's rival in a way Conan isn't. Conan's greatest rival is the Black Ops. He mostly deals in murder, robbery really doesn't even register with him. Kaito's also going against the Ops, but he's not trying to take them down, he's just trying to find and destroy the gem. He has no designs on the organization. And I think for Hakuba Kaito is his greatest mystery because he can't figure out the "WHY" which is very important to him. Hakuba wants to understand, which I think is one of the things that makes him into a more sympathetic character.
Ok, enough ranting, LJ might not allow all this as it is.....and Icka, you're online now! so I'll talk to you in person.
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Date: 2005-08-24 11:28 pm (UTC)Like you've said before, they're a straight man/comic act. I think they both have something the other needs. Kaito sometimes needs to be more serious, and Hakuaba needs to relax more, they're good for each other that way. I like Odd Couple stories. Hakuba is more well spoken and gentlemanly while Kaito is the life of the party and more of a normal kid.
And I think that Kaito has to have someone who 'knows' (Ok, this is barely even fanon, let alone canon) besides Jii. Someone he can be himself with without guarding everything. Kaito needs his own Heiji (^_^) I'd say Akako would fit the bill too, but she's a bit too scary, controlling men as means to world domination and all. They both have masks they wear professionally, and in Kaito's case socially. I think that there is a dominance issue with the two of them...but that it can always go either way. I think Hakuba has a need to control, but he also has to have someone he's able to surrender to, and I think that The Kid is someone strong enough to do that. Likewise the Detective is someone strong enough to take Kaito on his own terms without Kaito manipulating the situation.
They both keep up with each other mentally too, which is hard for either of them to find. Aoko just plain doesn't have the brains that Kaito has. This would work for Shinichi/Kaito too except that I get an Old World vibe from H&K which I don't get from Shinichi. Shin/Conan has proved that he's willing to go to ANY lengths to catch a criminal, even if it means trying to knock them out with a dart WHILE they are saving you. Both Kaito and Hakuba have their own code of honor that they adhere to, whether it's sending notices before stealing something, or giving someone you know is a thief information.
This leads me to the fact that I also like Rivalry stories. And I think Hakuba is Kaito's rival in a way Conan isn't. Conan's greatest rival is the Black Ops. He mostly deals in murder, robbery really doesn't even register with him. Kaito's also going against the Ops, but he's not trying to take them down, he's just trying to find and destroy the gem. He has no designs on the organization. And I think for Hakuba Kaito is his greatest mystery because he can't figure out the "WHY" which is very important to him. Hakuba wants to understand, which I think is one of the things that makes him into a more sympathetic character.
Ok, enough ranting, LJ might not allow all this as it is.....and Icka, you're online now! so I'll talk to you in person.