White spirit

A bottle of *paikaru*, with "Made by ancient way, with good taste" written on it.
Main article: [Kaoliang liquor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoliang_liquor "wikipedia:Kaoliang liquor")
***Paikaru*** (パイカル [?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) (Chinese: [白乾兒](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E4%B9%BE%E5%85%92 "wiktionary:白乾兒")), also called **baiganr**[[N 1]](#cite_note-1) or **Kaoliang liquor**[[N 2]](#cite_note-2) (Chinese: 高粱酒; pinyin: gāoliangjiǔ), is a type of light-aroma ***Baijiu*** (Chinese: [白酒](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E9%85%92 "wikt:白酒"); pinyin: báijiǔ)[[N 3]](#cite_note-3), a Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage. The name *baijiu* literally means "white liquor", "white alcohol" or "white spirits". In *[Detective Conan](/wiki/Detective_Conan "Detective Conan")*, it goes by the baiganr (白乾児 ,*paikaru*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) name and it is a temporary antidote for [APTX 4869](/wiki/APTX_4869 "APTX 4869"), temporarily reverting [Conan Edogawa](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") and [Ai Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") to their teenager forms. Unfortunately, it only works once.
## Contents
* [1 Etymology and production](#Etymology_and_production)
* [2 Appearances](#Appearances)
+ [2.1 Speculation about the origins of the alcohol](#Speculation_about_the_origins_of_the_alcohol)
* [3 APTX antidote](#APTX_antidote)
+ [3.1 Canon](#Canon)
- [3.1.1 The Diplomat Murder Case and the Library Murder Case](#The_Diplomat_Murder_Case_and_the_Library_Murder_Case)
- [3.1.2 Reunion with the Black Organization](#Reunion_with_the_Black_Organization)
+ [3.2 Non-canon](#Non-canon)
- [3.2.1 Crossroad in the Ancient Capital](#Crossroad_in_the_Ancient_Capital)
- [3.2.2 Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization](#Shinichi_Kudo_Returns.21_Confrontation_with_the_Black_Organization)
* [4 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [5 Footnotes](#Footnotes)
+ [5.1 Notes](#Notes)
+ [5.2 References](#References)
## Etymology and production[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Etymology and production")]
Main article: [Baijiu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baijiu "wikipedia:Baijiu")
*Baijiu* is often mistakenly translated as "wine" or "white wine", but it is actually a [distilled](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/distilled_beverage "wikipedia:distilled beverage") liquor, generally about 80 to 120 [proof](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_(alcohol) "wikipedia:Proof (alcohol)"), or 40-60% alcohol by volume (ABV).
*[Baijiu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baijiu "wikipedia:Baijiu")* is a clear drink usually distilled from [sorghum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum "wikipedia:Sorghum"), although sometimes other grains may be used; *baijiu* varieties produced in southern China are typically made from glutinous rice, while those from northern China are generally made of sorghum, [wheat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat "wikipedia:Wheat"), [barley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley "wikipedia:Barley"), [millet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millet "wikipedia:Millet"), or occasionally [Job's tears](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job%27s_tears "wikipedia:Job's tears").
## Appearances[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Appearances")]
Conan remembers the bottle of baiganr.
### Speculation about the origins of the alcohol[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Speculation about the origins of the alcohol")]
The label on the bottle is written in a mixture of Japanese and Chinese:
:   白乾児 is Japanese kanji (Sino-Japanese version of Chinese characters); in Chinese it would be 白乾兒 in traditional, 白干儿 in simplified
:   古法乾式 is not standard Chinese, roughly means "traditionally-made dry-type"
:   芳香千里 however IS a Chinese phrase in common use, meaning roughly "renowned for its taste"
This strongly suggests the bottle was imported or manufactured by a Japanese company, vs. the alcohol having come directly from China through other means.
## APTX antidote[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: APTX antidote")]
Main article: [Prototype antidote](/wiki/Prototype_antidote "Prototype antidote")
The baiganr gave [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") and [Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") a limited time (maybe 15 to 30 minutes) reversion to adult form. Unlike Haibara's later temporary antidotes, the baiganr took a considerable time before it began to work, and only then after making their respective colds much worse. The transformation and reversion are heralded by repeated bouts of sharp chest pain centered over the heart which become more frequent as the transformation draws near. In the short time Conan and Haibara were in their adult forms, they were unwell, sweating, and breathing heavily. After the reversion back to child form, both Conan and Haibara seemed more taxed and ill than they started.
The baiganr antidote only works once as Haibara says the body builds a resistance to it. Additionally, it may only work when the drinker is sick and thus has a weakened immune system as both Conan and Haibara used it while sick with colds. Haibara speculated there was some [enzyme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme "wikipedia:Enzyme") in the baiganr which enabled the change.
### Canon[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Canon")]
#### The [Diplomat Murder Case](/wiki/Diplomat_Murder_Case "Diplomat Murder Case") and the [Library Murder Case](/wiki/Library_Murder_Case "Library Murder Case")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: The Diplomat Murder Case and the Library Murder Case")]
[Heiji Hattori](/wiki/Heiji_Hattori "Heiji Hattori") gives [Conan](/wiki/Conan_Edogawa "Conan Edogawa") a cup of baiganr as a remedy for his cold, causing Conan to change back into [Shinichi](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo "Shinichi Kudo") in the middle of a murder case investigation. He manages to solve the case and escapes before changing back into Conan. Later, Conan tries to use the baiganr to change back but finds it no longer works. It may have failed because Conan was no longer afflicted with a cold, but Haibara also considers that that his body built up a resistance to the baiganr after using it once.
#### [Reunion with the Black Organization](/wiki/Reunion_with_the_Black_Organization "Reunion with the Black Organization")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Reunion with the Black Organization")]
[Haibara](/wiki/Ai_Haibara "Ai Haibara") drinks baiganr at Conan's suggestion in order to escape the locked alcohol storage room [Pisco](/wiki/Pisco "Pisco") had trapped her in at the [Haido City Hotel](/wiki/Haido_City_Hotel "Haido City Hotel"). She is able to scale the chimney in her 18-year-old form to leave the locked room. Her half-drunken, left-behind bottle is noticed by Vodka, but neither he nor Gin realize its purpose. After being confronted by [Gin](/wiki/Gin "Gin") on the roof, she falls back down the chimney and turns back into Haibara. Pisco sees her reversion, but is unable to tell anyone before Gin kills him.
### Non-canon[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Non-canon")]
#### [Crossroad in the Ancient Capital](/wiki/Crossroad_in_the_Ancient_Capital "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Crossroad in the Ancient Capital")]
Conan took some of Haibara's medicine to create the symptoms of an awful cold and then drank baiganr. He became Shinichi for around an hour, but felt terrible as a result.[](#cite_note-4)
#### [Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization](/wiki/Shinichi_Kudo_Returns!_Confrontation_with_the_Black_Organization "Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization")[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Shinichi Kudo Returns! Confrontation with the Black Organization")]
Conan and Haibara accidentally returned to Shinichi and Shiho when they ate some alcohol-containing cake.
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=11 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* In an interview in Conan Drill[](#cite_note-conandrill-5), Aoyama claims that the name of the alcohol comes from the name of a villain in *Lupin III*.
## Footnotes[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=12 "Edit section: Footnotes")]
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### Notes[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Paikaru&action=edit&section=13 "Edit section: Notes")]
1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *baigar* in the [Viz Media](/wiki/Viz_Media "Viz Media") English translation.
2. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Other variants include *Gaoliang liquor* or the more literal *Sorghum liquor*.
3. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Also called *shaojiu* ([烧酒](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%83%A7%E9%85%92 "wikt:烧酒")) or *baigan* ([白干](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E5%B9%B2 "wikt:白干")), which is not the same as *baiganr*. In Japanese, it is also pronounced *baijiu* (バイジウ ,*baijiu*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")).
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