The 'Child Abuse' factor.

I think so since child abuse is a new thing in the U.S. and also, how old is Conan in the japanese version since 16 is like being 18 in Japan, however, he might be younger in the japanese version and there has been lots of changes in the dubbed.

I believe its just a comic relief... Nothing to dig into cultural history about...

Richard's a Dick

I wonder if you've even watched the show. Conan is not hit for being a brat, he's hit because Richard Moore is the one who has the brain of a seven year old and Conan has a brain so superior who could compete? Richard just gets upset and hits him whenever he feels like it. How can you feel sorry for Richard Moore and view Conan Edogawa as a delinquent? Wake Up!

First of all child discipline is not even an issue here. The issue here is that because Conan is so brilliant that old man Moore gets mad and hits him. Conan is great and Richard Moore is a drunk that wants to sleep with every cheap fluzy in town.


I don't see Conan as Jimmy even though we know he once was. I do see Conan as a 7 year old with the mind of a 50 year old law professor yet the compassion of a seven year old. This child prodigy outdoes not only Richard Moore but Harley Hartwell and Inspector McGuire.


He became smaller but as he said "it only sharpened my phisique."


Now that I've explained how child discipline isn't relevant and even it was Conan has great discipline. He can go on four hours sleep and he's damn quick. He behaves in a very upstanding manner.


I'm going to now explain where you're wrong again.

<<<<Just because some trigger-happy Americans can't see that this is a form of disciplining, it doesn't mean that it isn't. A child is hit in the head (well deserved because an adult sees a small kid messing with CRIMINAL EVIDENCE) and they shout "CHILD ABUSE! ARREST THAT ABUSER!">>>>


Conan does no mess around at crime scenes. Richard is the one who screws around. If Conan didn't "mess" with the evidence many more crime scenes would go unsolved like they did when Richard was on the force.

Conan is a great kid who does wonderful things and he gets hit because Richard is a jerk-off not because Conan is a brat. Open your eyes!


With Americans like you it's no wonder the Japanese are beating us academically.

Would it be wrong to say that it makes me giggle?

Catch you on the flip-side!! with love

Kogoro has never hurt Conan in such a way that the pain would last beyond five seconds. The most he's done is give him the comic relief anime bump, which goes away in the next shot. Anyway, it's been shown that Kogoro does care about Conan, just in his own way. He's gotten upset about Conan putting himself in danger and in the first movie, when he heard that Shinichi had "asked" Conan to help (Resulting in Conan being in the way of a bomb and hospitalized), he became angry and threatened Shinichi (Of course, Kogoro has no idea that Shinichi and Conan are the same person, just like most of the characters.).


Anyway, if you want child abuse, watch episode 263 where Hattori's father actually punches him (Hattori, not Conan) and makes his lip bleed. Even Kogoro said he had gone too far.

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