Collossal Birds That Connected the Sky and Land
Kaito realized why he didn't recognized Shinichi in Conan when Conan told him he was Shinichi.
He had met the detective, on his very first heist as Kid. He was interesting, demanding him to play at his top game or don't play at all.
But there was a distinctive voice in one's body language. The Shinichi he knew now and had come to like - was different with the Shinichi before Conan existed. The Shinichi he had come to adore was someone close to breaking, and not in any will to pick up the already broken pieces, just salvaging what can be fixed.
His Shinichi didn't care for the spotlight and was more withdrawn, more secretive, and carries more darkness, whether that darkness was secrets or the enemies he had made.
His Shinichi wasn't Shinichi, but a blend of Shinichi and Conan into someone new, someone only he can hold, someone only this new person wanted to be held.