Nonchalant Lupin

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| **Information** | |
| Title: | Nonchalant Lupin |
| Japanese title: | さりげなく ルパン   (Sarigenaku Rupan) |
| Original release: | 1987 |
| Volume: | [Collected Short Stories of Gosho Aoyama 3rd Base 4th](/wiki/3rd_Base_4th#Collected_Short_Stories_of_Gosho_Aoyama_3rd_Base_4th "3rd Base 4th")   [Magic Kaito Volume 5](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_5 "Magic Kaito Volume 5") |
| Pages: | 40 |
**Nonchalant Lupin** (さりげなく ルパン ,*Sarigenaku Rupan*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a short story by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") from 1987, made with the help of some fellow university students from the [Nekketsu Manga Konjō-kai](/wiki/Nekketsu_Manga_Konj%C5%8D-kai "Nekketsu Manga Konjō-kai") back then (some of whom are his [assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants") nowadays) and the second professionally released work (after *[Wait For Me](/wiki/Wait_For_Me "Wait For Me")*, thus excluding several [doujinshis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doujinshi "wikipedia:Doujinshi") he made as part of the Manga Konjō-kai for a couple of fanzines) and made for a contest by the [Shōnen Magazine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Magazine "wikipedia:Weekly Shōnen Magazine") before switching to the [Shōnen Sunday](/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dnen_Sunday "Shōnen Sunday"). It was the prototype for *[Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")*, featuring early versions of [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") and [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori") called "Kaito Lupin" and "Aoko Holmes", already combining the names of two of Gosho's favorite characters from literature.
It was rereleased 18 years after its original publication in *[Collected Short Stories of Gosho Aoyama 3rd Base 4th](/wiki/3rd_Base_4th#Collected_Short_Stories_of_Gosho_Aoyama_3rd_Base_4th "3rd Base 4th")* and 30 years later as a bonus chapter in the "Treasured Edition" of [Magic Kaito Volume 5](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_5 "Magic Kaito Volume 5").
## Contents
* [1 Characters](#Characters)
+ [1.1 Introduced](#Introduced)
* [2 Gadgets](#Gadgets)
+ [2.1 Introduced](#Introduced_2)
* [3 Settings](#Settings)
+ [3.1 Introduced](#Introduced_3)
* [4 Plot](#Plot)
* [5 Cameos](#Cameos)
* [6 Continuity](#Continuity)
* [7 Real Life Models](#Real_Life_Models)
+ [7.1 Nishi-Shinjuku](#Nishi-Shinjuku)
* [8 PLAYBACK EPISODE](#PLAYBACK_EPISODE)
* [9 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [10 See also](#See_also)
* [11 References](#References)
## Characters[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Characters")]
Main article: [Characters](/wiki/Characters "Characters")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
| Picture | Name | Role |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | [Kaito Lupin](/wiki/index.php?title=Kaito_Lupin&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kaito Lupin (page does not exist)") | A mischivious high school student who also acts as a mysterious thief. |
|  | [Okuzo Tsubura](/wiki/index.php?title=Okuzo_Tsubura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Okuzo Tsubura (page does not exist)") | Headmaster of the high school who wants to get rid of Kaito. |
|  | [Aoko Holmes](/wiki/index.php?title=Aoko_Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aoko Holmes (page does not exist)") | High school student, friend of Kaito and leader of the detective club at school. |
|  | [Doctor Aso](/wiki/index.php?title=Doctor_Aso&action=edit&redlink=1 "Doctor Aso (page does not exist)") | High school physician. Named and modeled after one of [Gosho Aoyama's assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants"). |
|  | [Kenzo Gurikoji](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenzo_Gurikoji&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kenzo Gurikoji (page does not exist)") | Head of the Gurikoji Financial Group and Ken's father. |
|  | [Ken Gurikoji](/wiki/index.php?title=Ken_Gurikoji&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ken Gurikoji (page does not exist)") | High school student, Kaito's rival and Kenzo's son. |
|  | [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi") | Fox-like animal, cameo by one of Gosho Aoyama's assistants. |
|  | [Keiji Aso](/wiki/Keiji_Aso "Keiji Aso") | High school student, cameo by one of Gosho Aoyama's assistants |
| [60px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Yutaka_Abe_60px.jpg "File:Yutaka Abe 60px.jpg") | [Yutaka Abe](/wiki/Yutaka_Abe "Yutaka Abe") | Mouse/Rat-like animal, cameo by Gosho Aoyama's senpai/later assistant. |
| [60px](/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Masaki_Negishi_60px.jpg "File:Masaki Negishi 60px.jpg") | [Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") | Bear/Dog-like animal, cameo by one of Gosho Aoyama's assistants. |
|  | [Inspector Holmes](/wiki/index.php?title=Inspector_Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1 "Inspector Holmes (page does not exist)") | Police inspector and Aoko's father. |
|  | [Aoko Holmes' mother](/wiki/index.php?title=Aoko_Holmes%27_mother&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aoko Holmes' mother (page does not exist)") | Inspector Holmes's wife and Aoko's mother. |
|  | [Priest of Kikuchi Church](/wiki/index.php?title=Priest_of_Kikuchi_Church&action=edit&redlink=1 "Priest of Kikuchi Church (page does not exist)") | Gets tasked with officiating the wedding between Kenzo and Aoko. |
## Gadgets[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Gadgets")]
Main article: [Gadgets](/wiki/Gadgets "Gadgets")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
| [Card Gun](/wiki/Card_Gun "Card Gun") | |
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|  | * Kaito Lupin's gun that shoots cards |
## Settings[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Settings")]
Main article: [Setting](/wiki/Setting "Setting")
### Introduced[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Introduced")]
In order of introduction:
* [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo")
+ Unknown ward
- [Unnamed high school](/wiki/index.php?title=High_School_(Nonchalant_Lupin)&action=edit&redlink=1 "High School (Nonchalant Lupin) (page does not exist)")
- [Momoko Color Lab](/wiki/index.php?title=Momoko_Color_Lab&action=edit&redlink=1 "Momoko Color Lab (page does not exist)") (Mentioned)
- [Holmes Residence](/wiki/index.php?title=Holmes_Residence&action=edit&redlink=1 "Holmes Residence (page does not exist)")
- [Kikuchi Building](/wiki/index.php?title=Kikuchi_Building&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kikuchi Building (page does not exist)")
* [Kikuchi Church](/wiki/index.php?title=Kikuchi_Church&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kikuchi Church (page does not exist)") (24th floor of Kikuchi Building)
+ [Shinjuku](/wiki/Shinjuku "Shinjuku") Ward
- [Nishi-Shinjuku](/wiki/Nishi-Shinjuku "Nishi-Shinjuku") skyscrapers (Background)
## Plot[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Plot")]
While sneaking around the school late at night searching for the answers to the final exam, [Kaito Lupin](/wiki/index.php?title=Kaito_Lupin&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kaito Lupin (page does not exist)") stumbles across a list for "Illegally Accepted Students" for his school. To prevent a scandal from happening and to put Kaito in his place once and for all, the headmaster [Okuzo Tsubura](/wiki/index.php?title=Okuzo_Tsubura&action=edit&redlink=1 "Okuzo Tsubura (page does not exist)") teams up with the Gurikoji Financial Group's [Kenzo Gurikoji](/wiki/index.php?title=Kenzo_Gurikoji&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kenzo Gurikoji (page does not exist)"). Gurikoji is currently being investigated by [inspector Holmes](/wiki/index.php?title=Inspector_Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1 "Inspector Holmes (page does not exist)"), regarding the group's drug trafficking and gun smuggling. Tsubura and Gurikoji intend to trick Kaito's friend and inspector Holmes' daughter, [Aoko Holmes](/wiki/index.php?title=Aoko_Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aoko Holmes (page does not exist)"), into believing Kaito might be expelled from school and blackmail her into marrying Gurikoji's son, [Ken](/wiki/index.php?title=Ken_Gurikoji&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ken Gurikoji (page does not exist)"). By doing this, Gurikoji would gain control over police investigations and Tsubura would finally be able to remove Lupin from the school. Aoko reluctantly agrees and it's up to Kaito to crash the wedding and steal her away somehow.
## Cameos[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Cameos")]
* Doctor Aso ist named after one of [Gosho Aoyama's assistants](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama%27s_assistants "Gosho Aoyama's assistants"), [Keiji Aso](/wiki/Keiji_Aso "Keiji Aso"), and slightly looks like an older version of him. He also appears later on as a student in [Kaito Lupin](/wiki/index.php?title=Kaito_Lupin&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kaito Lupin (page does not exist)")'s and [Aoko Holmes](/wiki/index.php?title=Aoko_Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aoko Holmes (page does not exist)")' class next to a couple of other students and animals, who are cameos of other assistants (see below).
* [Eiichi Yamagishi](/wiki/Eiichi_Yamagishi "Eiichi Yamagishi"), [Yutaka Abe](/wiki/Yutaka_Abe "Yutaka Abe") and [Masaki Negishi](/wiki/Masaki_Negishi "Masaki Negishi") appear as a fox- or [kitsune](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune "wikipedia:Kitsune")-like being, a mouse/rat and a bear/dog respectively.
* The "Kikuchi Building" (including its "Kikuchi Church" on the 24th floor) and the "Momoko Color Lab" written on the envelope are named after [Momoko Kikuchi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momoko_Kikuchi "wikipedia:Momoko Kikuchi"), [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama")'s favorite pop idol back then.
* Doctor Aso is named and modeled after Keiji Aso.
* Yamagishi as an animal.
* Aso as a high school student.
* Abe as an animal.
* Negishi as an animal.
## Continuity[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Continuity")]
Main article: [Continuity](/wiki/Continuity "Continuity")
* The plot takes place over two days, December 23rd and [December 24th](/wiki/Christmas "Christmas") of an unspecified year.
## Real Life Models[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Real Life Models")]
Main article: [Setting models (Magic Kaito)](/wiki/Setting_models_(Magic_Kaito) "Setting models (Magic Kaito)")
### Nishi-Shinjuku[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Nishi-Shinjuku")]
Main article: [Nishi-Shinjuku](/wiki/Nishi-Shinjuku "Nishi-Shinjuku")
Some of the skyscrapers of the [Nishi-Shinjuku](/wiki/Nishi-Shinjuku "Nishi-Shinjuku") district in the [Shinjuku](/wiki/Shinjuku "Shinjuku") Ward can be seen in the background, showing that this story is at least set in [Tokyo](/wiki/Tokyo "Tokyo") somewhere.
## PLAYBACK EPISODE[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: PLAYBACK EPISODE")]
Main article: [Interviews#Magic Kaito Vol 5 Playback Episode](/wiki/Interviews#Magic_Kaito_Vol_5_Playback_Episode "Interviews")
The Treasured Edition of each *[Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")* volume contained some short comments by [Gosho Aoyama](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") about every chapter. Since *Nonchalant Lupin* was released as part of the Treasured Edition of [Magic Kaito Volume 5](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_Volume_5 "Magic Kaito Volume 5"), it got featured, too:
"It's a short story I sent to [Shōnen Magazine](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Sh%C5%8Dnen_Magazine "wikipedia:Weekly Shōnen Magazine"), and I got an award for it. As you can see, it was a prototype for *Magic Kaito* (laughs) The form is different, but even the [Card Gun](/wiki/Card_Gun "Card Gun") appears. I drew this because the editor I had at that time told me: "Show me a story you want to write." It's my second work! Now that I look back, I'm embarassed because it looks bad. (laughs) Anyway, the hero's name is [Lupin](/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Lupin "Arsène Lupin"), and the name of the story *Nonchalant Lupin*, but I don't know where he's nonchalant... (laughs)"
(Translated by Startold (TL Note: Thanks to Yunnie for the help), with a few corrections.)
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Nonchalant_Lupin&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* This short story served as a prototype to *[Magic Kaito](/wiki/Magic_Kaito "Magic Kaito")*. Elements taken over to it were:
+ [Kaito Lupin](/wiki/index.php?title=Kaito_Lupin&action=edit&redlink=1 "Kaito Lupin (page does not exist)") and [Aoko Holmes](/wiki/index.php?title=Aoko_Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aoko Holmes (page does not exist)"), who were only slightly redesigned and renamed [Kaito Kuroba](/wiki/Kaito_Kuroba "Kaito Kuroba") and [Aoko Nakamori](/wiki/Aoko_Nakamori "Aoko Nakamori").
+ The [Arsène Lupin](/wiki/Ars%C3%A8ne_Lupin "Arsène Lupin")-like costume from the cover of *Nonchalant Lupin* was taken over as [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid")'s costume, but interestingly never appears in the short story itself. The closest to it is Kaito's suit he wears at the end of the chapter.
+ Kaito Lupin's [card gun](/wiki/index.php?title=Card_gun&action=edit&redlink=1 "Card gun (page does not exist)") was taken over into *Magic Kaito* pretty much unchanged in function, but wholly redesigned.
+ [Doctor Aso](/wiki/index.php?title=Doctor_Aso&action=edit&redlink=1 "Doctor Aso (page does not exist)") bears more than a passing resemblance to [Konosuke Jii](/wiki/Konosuke_Jii "Konosuke Jii").
+ [Ken Gurikoji](/wiki/index.php?title=Ken_Gurikoji&action=edit&redlink=1 "Ken Gurikoji (page does not exist)") seemingly served as a prototype to [Saguru Hakuba](/wiki/Saguru_Hakuba "Saguru Hakuba"), who was made more handsome and a detective instead of a criminal, but otherwise fulfills the same role of the blond-haired adversary to Kaito who also vies for Aoko's affection.
+ [Inspector Holmes](/wiki/index.php?title=Inspector_Holmes&action=edit&redlink=1 "Inspector Holmes (page does not exist)") was split into the characters of inspector [Ginzo Nakamori](/wiki/Ginzo_Nakamori "Ginzo Nakamori"), who's still Aoko's father, and [Toichi Kuroba](/wiki/Toichi_Kuroba "Toichi Kuroba"), who serves as Kaito's father. [Aoko Holmes' mother](/wiki/index.php?title=Aoko_Holmes%27_mother&action=edit&redlink=1 "Aoko Holmes' mother (page does not exist)") was seemingly repurposed into the role of [Chikage Kuroba](/wiki/Chikage_Kuroba "Chikage Kuroba"), Kaito's mother.
+ Childhood flashbacks between Kaito and Aoko similar to the one shown in this story are featured in *Magic Kaito* a couple of times, too, including right in the [first chapter](/wiki/The_Revived_Phantom_Thief_(Manga) "The Revived Phantom Thief (Manga)").
* Aoko Nakamori founds a detective club to hunt [Kaitou Kid](/wiki/Kaitou_Kid "Kaitou Kid") at the end of the last episode of *[Magic Kaito 1412](/wiki/Magic_Kaito_1412 "Magic Kaito 1412")*, [Midnight Crow (Part 2): Clash! White or Black!?](/wiki/Midnight_Crow "Midnight Crow"). This could be a throwback to her prototype, Aoko Holmes, being the leader of her own detective club in this short story.