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Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet
Movie

Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet

2021 • Unknown

Woke Score
1
out of 10

Plot

At the opening ceremony of the WSG (World Sports Games) Tokyo Games, a sports festival held once every four years, it is announced that the world's first vacuum superconducting maglev with a maximum speed of 1,000 kilometers per hour will open. While attracting attention from around the world, top executives of large companies are kidnapped from the party venue where WSG tournament sponsors gather. Conan moves toward a solution and eventually finds a connection with the WSG abduction case that occurred 15 years ago in Boston, USA.

Overall Series Review

The film focuses on a classic high-tech mystery, connecting a series of kidnappings at the World Sports Games in Tokyo to a past incident in Boston. The core narrative is a suspenseful race against time to prevent a disaster involving the revolutionary 'Japanese Bullet' maglev train. The characters are driven by personal motives, whether it be justice, misguided revenge, or the need to protect civilians. The movie relies on intellectual deduction, intricate planning, and high-octane action sequences orchestrated by the central male figures, Conan and Shuichi Akai. Societal themes, political ideologies, or identity-based grievances are entirely absent from the central plot, which remains a pure detective thriller.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics1/10

The film’s central conflict is a crime and revenge plot that is solved through individual merit and deductive skill, not framed through a lens of identity. The primary antagonist is driven by a false belief in a miscarriage of justice against a family member, not systemic oppression or race. Key characters from both Japanese and American/Western backgrounds (FBI) are portrayed as competent, and the narrative does not rely on vilifying or celebrating any immutable characteristics.

Oikophobia1/10

The movie heavily promotes Japanese technological prowess with the introduction of the 'Japanese Bullet,' a 1,000 km/h vacuum-tube super-conducting train, which is a source of national pride. The main event is the World Sports Games held in Tokyo. The conflict is an external crime linked to a past American incident, not a deconstruction or demonization of Japanese culture, history, or institutions.

Feminism2/10

Female characters like Ran Mouri (martial artist), Ai Haibara (intellectual/scientist), Masumi Sera (detective/fighter), and Jodie Starling (FBI agent) are all highly competent and play vital, complementary roles in the investigation and action sequences. However, the ultimate saviors and masterminds of the plot's resolution remain the male characters, Conan and Shuichi Akai. There is no anti-natalist or anti-family messaging; traditional male-female relationships are present in the supporting cast.

LGBTQ+1/10

The narrative contains no visible sexual ideology, LGBTQ+ themes, or discussions of gender theory. The focus is entirely on the crime, the investigation, and the action. Relationships portrayed are the traditional male-female pairings established in the long-running franchise, and sexuality is not a core element of the characterization or plot.

Anti-Theism1/10

The plot is a secular crime thriller that deals with high technology and criminal justice. There is no presence of organized religion, anti-religious messaging, or a critique of faith. The morality is firmly rooted in objective law and order, centering on the detection and apprehension of criminals who violate a clear moral law against murder and chaos.