Well that is certainly one interesting explanation as to why Aoko's mother hasn't been around this whole time..... it's because she sleeps A LOT!!!
Midori Nakamori, the wife of Ginzo Nakamori and Aoko's mother has been largely absent from Magic Kaito, so much in in fact everyone thought she was DEAD! Even some of the characters themselves!
It turns out the reason behind her mysterious absence is surprisingly quite simple. Like Ran's mother, Eri Kisaki, Midori is a lawyer, but unlike Eri, Midori becomes extremely exhausted after working herself to the point of complete and utter exhaustion that she needs a LARGE amount of sleep in order to regain her complete energy. (She even has 4 alarm clocks to wake her up)
That is definitely an interesting way to explain her absence after all this time, but at least this means that Aoko has a happy family with both her parents happily married together... unlike Ran's parents who are still separated and too stubborn to work on their issues.
Waiting for the chapter to officially appear but: What a retcon. Again.
Shall we appreciate Nakamori Midoriko ✨❤️
She looks lovely! Has a great relationship with Aoko it seems!
And doesn't know who Kaitou Kid is!
@omo321 well for what I saw the reason we don't see her is because she is a very busy woman, who do not have time to watch TV, also she and Ginzo do not discuss anything related to work at home because of a little fight they had when they just got married
The real reason Shinichi never tells ran about the Black Organization is because in less than an hour she'd kick their asses whereas he still hasn't been able to do it in 1125+ chapters
I wasn’t sure what note I was going to end part 4 of Hope on, but after realizing it’s hit the twenty pages mark, Wednesday. Wednesday will end part 4.
Part 5 will begin Wednesday the week after, April 3rd.
"Hey, Ai-chan, where'd you get that scar?" Ayumi asks curiously, before taking a sip of her juice. "I've never noticed it before?"
Ai freezes, her heartbeat stopping for a split second, though she's sitting so her reaction likely won't be obvious to Ayumi.
She sets her onigiri back in its box, suddenly feeling sick to her stomach. "I'm not sure what you mean, Yoshida-san," she replies, wiping her hands on a napkin.
Ai has a lot of scars. Most of the more incriminating ones are only visible when she's Shiho, but she can still see them when she looks in the mirror, can still feel the phantom pains even when she's in the form of a six-year-old. She wouldn't be surprised if Ayumi could see them as well.
(It's nothing more than she deserves.)
Ayumi frowns at the form of address, but doesn't mention the distance Ai has put between them like she usually does. "I'm talking about the little one on your middle finger!"
Ai...does not remember having a scar on her middle finger as Shiho.
Ayumi helpfully points to the scar she means, taking another sip of her juice. It makes a loud slurping sound; she'll be running out soon.
Ai glances down at her hands. She does, in fact, have a small scar on the middle finger of her right hand, not even half a centimeter long. Where did she...
"Oh," she says softly, the memory coming to her a moment later.
Ayumi looks towards her expectantly.
"I was helping Hakase with dinner a couple weeks ago and accidentally cut my finger," Ai explains. She can't take her eyes off the tiny scar.
(She wonders she would keep it if she ever goes back to being Shiho. She doesn't think she would mind if she did.)
"Oh, okay," Ayumi says, taking a bite of one of the red bean mochi she has for dessert. She holds one out to Ai. "Want one?"
Ai shakes her head, then picks her onigiri up and takes another bite.