Awkward Couple

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| **Chapter 0** | |
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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Awkward Couple |
| Japanese title: | ハズいカップル   (Hazui Kappuru) |
| Original release: | October 18th, 2024 |
| Volume: | (/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") (Special edition) |
| Pages: | 4 |
| Anime adaptation: | Episode 1187: [Episode "ZERO" The Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case](/wiki/Episode_%22ZERO%22_The_Shinichi_Kudo_Aquarium_Case "Episode \"ZERO\" The Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case") |
**Awkward Couple (ハズいカップル ,*Hazui Kappuru*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese"))** is chapter 0 of the [manga](/wiki/Manga "Manga") of *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*. It was written by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama"), drawn by him and his [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants") and first released in Special Edition of [Volume 1](/wiki/Volume_1 "Volume 1") on October 18, 2024. It is a prologue chapter for [chapter 1](/wiki/The_Heisei_Holmes "The Heisei Holmes").
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
+ [1.2 Featured](#Featured)
* [2 Settings](#Settings)
* [3 Plot](#Plot)
* [4 Continuity](#Continuity)
+ [4.1 Referencing](#Referencing)
* [5 Adaptations](#Adaptations)
+ [5.1 Episode "ZERO" The Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case (episode 1187)](#Episode_.22ZERO.22_The_Shinichi_Kudo_Aquarium_Case_.28episode_1187.29)
* [6 Adaptation changes](#Adaptation_changes)
+ [6.1 Manga to remake changes](#Manga_to_remake_changes)
* [7 See also](#See_also)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
- | [Man](/wiki/Volume_1#Special_edition_appendix "Volume 1") | |
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|  | * Visitor at [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land") |
- | [Woman](/wiki/Volume_1#Special_edition_appendix "Volume 1") | |
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|  | * Visitor at Tropical Land |
### Featured[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Featured")]
Characters
[Shinichi Kudo](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo")
[Ran Mouri (flashback)](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri")
[Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba")
[Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori")
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
* [Japan](/wiki/Setting/Countries "Setting/Countries")
+ [Tokyo Prefecture](/wiki/Setting/Prefectures_of_Japan "Setting/Prefectures of Japan")
- [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land")
* Mystery Coaster
* Dragon Coaster
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Plot")]
The chapter starts with a flashback of Shinichi's promise to Ran about taking her to Tropical Land, while blushing. It follows with Ran looking back at him with a blank expression, before Shinichi says that they are opening a new one in Tokyo and that there will probably not be anything bad happening there. Ran then retorts that Shinichi must pay, which stresses him out, but Ran continues that he could do it on the condition that she wins her next tournament, which Shinichi replies that she already got second and third places in previous competitions and that the previous victor already retired. The flashback ends with Ran saying that he promised, implying that he ended up accepting to pay for Ran. These scenes are from the [Aquarium Case](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo%27s_Aquarium_Case "Shinichi Kudo's Aquarium Case") from chapters 882-884.
The chapter officially starts with Shinichi's inner monologue about coming to said theme park to do a quick scout for his date. He stands among a crowded public square overlooking the ferris wheel, the castle, the rocket [Balloon Race](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_Race_(ride) "wikipedia:Balloon Race (ride)")-type ride and stands. He stops at the Mystery Coaster and then at the Dragon Coaster and wonders which roller coaster ride he should pick. Remembering that Ran has a fear of ghosts, he decides to note down the Dragon Coaster, but sees a couple just exiting the Mystery Coaster. The woman embraces the man tightly as she says that the monsters were scary, with her partner reassuring her. Shinichi takes note of the romantic moment and imagines Ran doing that to him and decides that he will ride that one instead.
The story then moves forward to the evening, after Shinichi has made a plan about which rides to go and places to eat and is walking back while checking his notebook. He then notices a water fountain and sees [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori") eating an ice cream, and [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba"), who he does not know. Aoko tells Kaito that he "is really cold, like ice cream", before the latter does a magic trick to take her second ice cream and says, "but ice cream is sweet, you know!". This makes Aoko blush. Shinichi, who watched the whole scene, thinks to himself about how embarrassing what Kaito said was, but that this fountain is a must-go place for Ran and him. The scene ends with a caption saying that "he will never end up being able to go to that fountain", foreshadowing the events of [episode 1](/wiki/Episode_1 "Episode 1").
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
### Referencing[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Referencing")]
* **The Pink Answer (Manga: (/wiki/Volume_84#Aquarium_Murder_Case "Volume 84"), Anime: [772-773](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo%27s_Aquarium_Case "Shinichi Kudo's Aquarium Case"))** : The scene where [Shinichi](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") promises [Ran](/wiki/Ran_Mouri "Ran Mouri") to take her to [Tropical Land](/wiki/Tropical_Land "Tropical Land") is shown.
* **Kaitou Kid's Busy Day Off (Magic Kaito Manga: (/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_1#Kaitou_Kid.27s_Busy_Day_Off "Magic Kaito Volume 1"))** : A reference is made to the scene were [Kaito](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") and [Aoko](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori") eat ice cream near the fountain.
## Adaptations[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Adaptations")]
Main article: [Anime](/wiki/Anime "Anime")
### [Episode "ZERO" The Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case](/wiki/Episode_%22ZERO%22_The_Shinichi_Kudo_Aquarium_Case "Episode \"ZERO\" The Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case") (episode 1187)[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Episode \"ZERO\" The Shinichi Kudo Aquarium Case (episode 1187)")]
Main article: [List of differences between the manga and anime](/wiki/List_of_differences_between_the_manga_and_anime "List of differences between the manga and anime")
## Adaptation changes[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Adaptation changes")]
### Manga to remake changes[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Awkward_Couple&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Manga to remake changes")]
* The scenes where Shinichi explores Tropical Land are expanded compared to the manga version.