Edaurent

Edaurent is the slash ship between Makoto Edamura and Laurent Thrierry from the Great Pretender fandom.

Canon
Both are close business partners who don't agree very much when it comes to plans, although they can get along well sometimes. For Laurent, Edamura's name is difficult for him to pronounce, since his French accent makes it difficult to pronounce Japanese names. He uses to call him "Edamame" instead of Edamura, as well as "soybean" and "cute".

Case 1.1
Makoto was in his normal journal for deceiving people alongside with his partner, then he found Laurent drinking in a stall and started doing his plan for deceive him; pretending that Laurent's wallet had fell from his pocket, which this one had a lot of money. Then it looked like Laurent already knew Makoto's plan, and once Makoto gave him "Laurent's wallet", Thierry "hugged" Makoto in signal of a "thank you" from his part. Makoto thought that his plan worked, but once he looked the wallet throughtly later, he noticed that Laurent had fooled him, giving him a wallet that had newspaper instead of money. Makoto was shocked at this, but then the police arrived to his basement, he didn't know how they did found out the place, so he left it and got inside a taxi for escaping, without noticing that the guy he deceived before was there. As they were traveling, Makoto noticed that Laurent was a swindler too, and asked him where he was heading, Laurent told him that he was going to Haneda's airport for heading to Los Angeles. Makoto then decided to come alongside with him since it was a good idea skipping a town, because they were following him.

After arriving, Laurent was going to plan going on alone, but Edamura decided on going with him, since he was the man who he deceived and got deceived by him, and he wasn't going to wait until he gave him back the money he "robbed" from him. While that, Laurent points out that Makoto's accent wasn't "really japanese", and that it was a mix of dialects, so he asks him where did he learned to talk like that. Edamura got offended at the comment and he attacks Laurent by grabbing him by the shirt's neck, while Laurent says that his action was "cute", while laughing. After hearing news about Cassano, a film producer, Makoto asks him about his next deceivement, Laurent tells him that he was going to look for an "acquaintance" that would watch for a haul he got from Japan earlier, Makoto then proposes on working with him by selling the haul at a high price in exchange if Laurent becomes his henchman, Laurent conditions him that if he won instead, Edamura would be his assistant, Makoto agrees with the deal, but then Laurent told him that he would have to get suited first before coming with the plan.

As they headed to the place (which was a mansion), Laurent introduces Makoto to the "guard" that actually was a gang member, saying that he was a friend from Japan and he liked to play with a "big guy" like the guard. They got in successfully, and they were straight to the plan; selling japanese merchandise to Cassano by a high price saying that it was a "synthetic drug", that was magic, called "Sakura Trick", which would fool him and Laurent would get money in the deceivement, but for this, he had to use Edamura for the plan, with introducing him as a young expert of the Chemical Research Institute of Japan, and making him to escape the place. The plan had succeded very well, but Makoto was the one of suffering consequences, since he attacked Laurent but failed at the attempt and he was the one who got hurt by Abby, who joined them. The case ends with Edamura being roped up from the legs in a long distance from the floor, asking who were Laurent and Abby, which Laurent only says that they were confidence artists.

Case 1.2
With Edamura being roped up, Laurent proposes him that he would free him if he just don't run away, calling him by his wrong name "Edamame", in response, Edamura corrects him and promised not running away, and then he got freed but fell down after that. They then head to a place for eating, and Makoto hits a glass with vine on to a man and he apologizes for this, it's seen Laurent smiling at the action. As they were eating, Edamura implies that he never wanted to touch drugs again and he blamed Laurent for that, and before he could say anything more, Laurent throws him a Sakura Trick candy to his mouth explaining that everything was just an act; the rumors of Sakura Trick, Abby's act, etc. He then gets hungry and gets some food for eating, while Abby explains that she thought that Makoto was acting too, and then Laurent points Makoto as "a cute swandler". Edamura asks him why did he use him, Laurent explains that Cassano insisted on getting the fabricant of the drug but he couldn't find a good swindler in Japan and that he was the best swindler the Laurent's scout found. Thierry explains throughtly about what Makoto experienced before; the police (who actually were detectives) were working with Laurent, alongside with Edamura's partnet, and the person that he fooled firstly. Makoto was a bit confused on why didn't he asked him for his help, which Laurent says that it was easier dragging him than doing that, since it's hard to resist training an innocent boy who pretends being a bad one like Makoto, and adds that he knows everything about Makoto and the reason why did he became a swindler. When the Mafia found them, Edamura was the one who payed the account of the food while he whispered to Laurent's ear that he wouldn't owe him any favors, Laurent smiles at the comment.

Laurent tells everything about Cassano, and once he finished, Makoto couldn't believe that only for some ordinary candy like the Sakura Trick, Cassano could be cheated like that, since he was an adult. Laurent explains that sometimes humans can't believe the truth in front of them, and that they only believe about something convenient for them. Then he says that he already sold the candy for the agreed high price and that he won, so Makoto was now his henchman. Before Makoto could leave the place of where he was staying with Abby and Laurent, he got attacked from behind by Abby, and once he could get rid of her, Abby couldn't know how did Laurent pick him for his assistant, Makoto was going to finish talking, but Abby points that his ideas and his lower body control Laurent's actions, and after that Makoto left the place.

Next day, Abby tells Laurent about what happened last night with Makoto, and then points out that he was a virgin too, to which Laurent was a bit surprised, but he says that he expects that Edamura would get back at noon. Minutes past noon, Makoto wasn't back, so Laurent decides on trying again by going to Cassano's place. Cassano says that doctor Edamura was playing with girls at the pool, which this surprises Laurent while Cassano explains that Makoto wanted to double the price of the drug by 10 million. Laurent heads on where Makoto was relaxing, while Laurent praises him by saying that he was a bit mature, then Makoto throws at him a Toyotomi Hideyoshi's statue saying that he was a man that went from being a farmer to a king, which this made Laurent smile. The case ends with Makoto saying that he won the bet and asked Laurent for massaging his feet.

Case 1.3
The next case starts with Makoto telling how he managed to convinced Cassano on doubling the price of Sakura Trick to Laurent, saying that he spend all the night on making a believable recipe of the drug for then selling it for 10 million yet. After telling it the story, Laurent tells Abby that he was just as how he thought before, by complimenting a movie (Razzie Series) that Cassano did which Makoto liked, Edamura didn't like the comment about that and he tells Laurent on how cool the Razzie Series was. After Cassano recognized Makoto as a worker for the Chemical Research Institute of Japan, they invited him along with Laurent and Abby to an elegant dinner with them, Laurent whispers Makoto that he will consider the bet a draw. Cassano told them that they would do the payment on another place, since the Detective Anderson from the LAPD was chasing him for a long time with a surveillance camera. For getting rid of Anderson, Salazar (the guard) had to mislead them while he was driving, and after doing that, they finally made crash Anderson's car with a poster. After getting rid from him successfully, Makoto said that Anderson's crash was pretty impressive, and Laurent compares it with one scene of Razzie Series and Makoto says that it wasn't what he meant. Makoto then finds out that Anderson was part of the plan for helping by getting them to a safe place without Anderson's team noticing.

After getting to a safe place for hiding, Cassano asked Makoto for doing the drug in front of them, and Makoto said that he couldn't do it because the place wasn't hygienic like his "lab", as he was trying to persuade them, Laurent helped him by backing him and adding more credible false information, and managed to convice Cassano and decided to renew the place to an exact replica of his "laboratory". What they didn't know was that the FBI was behind them working on a plan for catching Cassano and Laurent.

Case 1.4
While doing factory renovations to replicate Makoto's lab, Makoto asked Laurent about his new plan, Laurent asked him in response if he could cook well while he blinked his eye to him, Makoto looked at him with a disgusted-like face. At night, Abby showed Makoto a live-stream video with Laurent and someone else that was an expert with drugs, the video was for teaching Makoto the instructions of the Sakura Trick so he could do something similar for fooling Cassano. Next day, the FBI caught Makoto and interrogated them, saying that he would be a spy for catching both Laurent and Cassano, and they already knew about Makoto working for them for making drugs and adding that Laurent was actually using him, and that Laurent was only being nice in the outside, and they gave him glasses saying that he could work with them if he wore them. Later at night, Abby appeared in Makoto's room while she threw him the phone with Laurent giving a video-stream in them. Thierry explained that Makoto didn't have to make the drug perfectly and once they get the money from the drugs, they would escape right away.

In the end of the case, Makoto decides to join the FBI with the condition that they could leave Salazar be while they arrest both Laurent and Cassano.

Case 1.5
At the beginning of the case, Cassano gave them the promised money in exchange for not touching it until they got the Sakura Trick. Laurent patted Makoto's shoulder telling him he needed to be focused. After the process of making the Sakura Trick, Laurent approached Makoto to offer him a friendly coffee for the great work of the plan. Makoto looked somewhat intrigued and Laurent apologized for taking him to such an extent but also told him that he was doing well, hence he thanks him by touching his shoulder again saying that he would be a great man of confidence, that he was diligent, sensitive, and that She had guts as she winked at him, she also said she needed to improve her English accent. After Laurent and Abby retired from the place, Makoto asks the alleged FBI member Dickens how much they would give Laurent and Cassano a sentence, to which she replies that around 20 years of sentence.

Just before the money transaction was delivered, the FBI acted on their plan and attacked the place where the money was to be delivered, telling Laurent and Cassano that they were under arrest, then called Edamura to come with them. Edamura slowly approached while Laurent can be seen somewhat surprised as he said that now Makoto had done it. Something that had surprised and that Makoto had not expected, is that his two companions, Laurent and Abby, were shot without any warn, causing Makoto to be perplexed by the situation asking in horror why they had been shot, to which the agent Dickens says it was the right thing to do, to which Makoto stares at "Laurent" and then grabs a nearby pistol in berserk and threatens the agents with holding the agent Dickens as a hostage of the situation. Unfortunately for him, he was captured after Cassano destroyed the factory and was knocked out by him.

After waking up, he realizes that he was tied up, and that the Agent Dickens (which was his hostage before) was free, while she was asking Cassano for a $ 100 million transaction, which he hesitated, but in the end he agreed. Then Makoto was going to ask what the point was for his two companions to sacrifice while Cassano was doing that- but before finishing, he was knocked out. Later, he wakes up on an unknown island and was able to see Laurent and Abbie who were still alive as he looked surprised, in addition to the supposed agent Dickens who is actually named Cynthia and who was participating in the act as an FBI agent. While Makoto was still confused about the case, he was reminded by his companions that it was actually all a farce, and the one who had knocked Makoto out earlier was Abbie herself, while Laurent told him that she was very violent doing that. Cynthia then comments that it was also to gain the trust of Anderson and his team and for entertainment. Laurent then tells him that it was a lot of fun to tease him while Makoto still didn't believe it was all an act and Laurent says that the part where he berserked was not part of it and that he almost killed everyone. After they received $ 120 million as a prize, Laurent gave a part of the money in a large bag to Makoto saying that he would also have his share.

Cynthia asked Makoto if he could go with them, Makoto replied that he was not sure yet and among the people who supported him, Laurent said that he was still working for him as his assistant, to which Makoto smiled and said that he would have to wait, Laurent asked him how much time he needed and Makoto replied that he needed around 3 or 4 years as he had to take responsibility for his rotten life, surprising Laurent and the others. At the end of the case, while Laurent was smiling at him, he said that he would wait for him and that he could still investigate about a Razzie movie and these things, which this comment made Makoto smile back at him.

Case 2.1
While Makoto was fulfilling his sentence in the prison, he receives a message from Laurent from his friend telling him that he had to enlist his equipment as he would be invited to a party once he got out of prison. Once outside, he lived a normal and ordinary life, and then he decided to tell Laurent that he would leave the team since while he was in prison, his way of thinking and living changed a lot. After getting a job and continuing his life normally, he apologized to Laurent to himself saying that he had to forget about him, and that they wouldn't cross paths again, saying goodbye to him and the rest of the team.

But to his surprise some time later, he realized that he and his other companions had met again on the same island while he was explaining the parts of an aircraft prototype, and among the people who had praised his work was Laurent, as he said that Makoto's explanation was impressive. Laurent was glad that Edamura was still alive and with them as he expressed it by welcoming him to their Team Confidence air race team, while Makoto pointed out that it was actually a team of artists and that he needed to stop with his constant "tricks".

Laurent tried to reason with him by showing him some photos of his next targets of plan, but Makoto ignored him as he turned his head to the side, Cynthia then chimed in telling Laurent that he was further disappointing Edamura. After explaining about his two objectives (two princes of a country with fuel), Makoto said that he would not be part of the plan, since he was finally living an honest life and didn't want to get involved in it again, although Cynthia intervened saying again that it was true, since they were no longer comrades, Laurent then asked if he could continue and Makoto nodded. After explaining part of the plan, which was to get $ 200 million from the princes by winning an air race competition, Edamura was surprised about the plan, but still said that he was not going to participate in it, so Laurent proposed to him to be their mechanic, since Makoto was working on airplanes and that he would waste his skills if he did not accept the offer, and then with that they were able to convince Edamura and then they told him that he would have to help Abbie to drive the plane, which Makoto did not want since He did not like heights, but they ignored him and dragged him anyway.

As at the beginning of the case, the two, Abby and Edamura, are seen driving the plane until something goes wrong with the engine, and through a wireless headset Laurent asked Makoto if he could hear it, while asking him if Edamura really he was sure of his skills as a top-notch engineer, since being a mechanic was not that easy, and he was just a swindler. At the end of the case, Laurent reveals that he had actually capped the engine with a formula in a small capsule.

Case 2.2
In the following case, the two, Edamura and Laurent are seen watching the airplane competition together, while Laurent sipped the well-known bubble tea. Makoto then points in surprise to the umbrella that Laurent had at hand, while he told him that it was to prevent aging, since it was quite hot in the place where they were from the sun and the people around.

A bit later, Thierry tells Makoto about the history of the two brothers and also said that they were princes before but then they were banished and disinherited, also that they had a competition which ended long ago but that it seemed that they had not done well, and then Edamura asked about how they reversed that situation, to which Laurent simply replied that with money they could do it. Also that Sam, one of the brothers, paid their clients so that rivals could lose and that his younger brother, Clark, could triumph, which Makoto concluded that they controlled the races, Laurent said that was the case if he saw it from that way, and that also all depended on how long the customers would be with them, while Laurent offered Makoto his bubble tea. Then he tells him about Clark's rival, describing that he was an unbeatable rival, saying that his name was Lewis Muller, also nicknamed "Rabid Bull", but although he always said that he would do anything to win, he always losted races against Clark and even if it didn't seem like it, he had always put his earnings in humanitarian aid even though he had an arrogant attitude.

After finishing with the introduction of "Raging Bull", it suddenly starts to rain, and Laurent asks Makoto if he wants to come in with him, while giving him a flirtatious look. To which Makoto gives him a "i-don't-trust-you" look saying that at least Lewis was better than Laurent himself, and Laurent said that Lewis, with a villain face and acting, was suitable for the role of the "villain". But then Laurent recounts that Lewis was different in his last race, as he didn't know if Muller was blinded by money or some other reason, but while doing the race, he had taken the lead and for some reason his plane propeller had been damaged causing the aircraft to crash to the ground and leave him on the brink of death and paralyzed, saying that Sam, the older brother, had read his intention and punished him that way. After talking, it had stopped raining and Laurent looks at Makoto for a while and he takes away his bubble tea while drinking from it, while saying that it would be part of the plan after hearing the story, Laurent agreed and they would help Abbie to overthrow Clark.

In order to continue with the plan, Laurent involved Cynthia and Abby to participate in it. The two are later seen together, but Makoto was the one who worked the hardest to dispense false negative comments towards Clark's competition while Laurent wasn't doing anything other than eating which made Makoto complain that he also had to work since Laurent was the one who had proposed the plan. After Cynthia and Abby finished the plan successfully, Makoto praised Cynthia's abilities to trap Clark and convince him to go with her, while Laurent asked if Makoto was excited, while saying that living like a peasant didn't suit and it wasn't feasible for him too, besides that he was a swindler by nature.

At the end of the case, Abby wins the next competition and Laurent asks Makoto if he wanted to know the reason why Abby did that, Makoto listens to him and Laurent tells him that it was in order to her to die.

Case 2.3
In this case, Laurent makes a change of plans and Makoto then asks while complaining why he can change plans easily - but before finishing, he is beaten by Cynthia through a pillow so that she could unburden after Kim called her an "old hag", and after the plan was rejected by Abby because Laurent said that she needed to seduce Sam which Abby didn't like it, Thierry said that it was going to be Edamura's turn because he had no choice. Makoto did not accept the idea at first, but Laurent interjects asking him why he was a mechanic. Edamura responds that it is because Laurent himself had tricked him and thus made him become the Abby's mechanic. Laurent later denies that fact, saying that he just had to infiltrate the opposing team of mechanics in order to ruin their machines. Makoto asks how he would do that part, Laurent said he had a special guest who would help him with his mechanic skills, the one who faced Sam and Clark, and that was nothing more and nothing less than Lewis Muller.

In recounting the plan (which was to make Lewis a swandler), Lewis only said that he would participate in the plan in exchange for Sam being killed and Clark being surrounded for everything they did to his body. Laurent rejected the idea and said they had nothing else to do then, and then Lewis proposed to his wife, Isabelle, that she was welcome to the plan anytime.

After finishing with the concept of the plan, Makoto analyzed Lewis' situation of before, before he was paralyzed, and in the end he concluded that maybe someone had related Lewis, Laurent then told him that Makoto had to concentrate on his own work, and Edamura assured him that it would be fine, since he would later walk around the workshop as they needed more mechanics. At night, Makoto was attacked by "Sam's" henchmen, and as he recounted the situation, Cynthia worriedly asked if she could just go tomorrow to get mechanics. Makoto did not assure them, and told Laurent that he would need more people for that and that in return he would give them food, Laurent agrees to the plan, but also told him that he needed a good plan.

To infiltrate, Makoto was caught by Sam's alleged henchmen, who turned out to be people working for the scheme, and the one leading them had given false testimony that Makoto was responsible for Lewis being unable to participate in the races anymore, since Makoto had gambled everything on Lewis in the underground casino and that was how he failed. The plan was a success, since the objective was to deceive Sam making him buy Makoto and so he could infiltrate to the brothers' workshop.

Makoto and Sam were able to enter the casino which Laurent and the others participated in to perform (Sam was disguising himself as a turkish gastronomic), and after successfully convincing Sam about the history of the Casino and introducing Edamura as an old customer, Makoto he was glad that Kudo, his partner, had improved his English and Laurent said that he spoke English better than Edamura himself and Makoto ignored the comment about his accent as he said not to speak to him while smiling at him and Laurent wondered himself the reason why Makoto had gotten angry. Edamura asks about who attacked him the previous night, Laurent then explains that the henchmen, who worked for Kim, the one who had planned the attack, had received a communication error and that they had to cancel the plan, causing Makoto get mad and tell Laurent that he was very careless. At the end of the case, Kudo and Laurent reassured him that they were going to trap Sam in a "bottomless swamp."

Case 2.4
The plan continued successfully; take Sam out of the casino so that he wouldn't bet more because he disguised himself as someone else and that according to Laurent (in disguise) customers always showed confidence towards gambling and the casino itself, and that breaking that rule could ban anyone, as it could be considered as distrust of the casino. As the plan continued, Makoto said that Sam had used another card for his play, and Edamura also decided that Clark needed to compete with Caio (one of Sam's workers) in the semi-finals. Laurent appreciated Edamura's work and Edamura only turned his head in ignorance. Later, Cynthia showed him a capsule which would be involved in the plan, and which would be useful.

Makoto later asked about the capsule, and Laurent said it was really simple; Once the capsule is put inside an airplane and after it starts to fly, the capsule would dissolve with chemicals inside it in the oil and once in the engine, the airplane would lose more speed and then stop, making the plane falling on the spot. Laurent then says that he suspects that Sam had put those chemicals on Lewis's plane, making him unable to participate in any race since then. The plan was that they would first apply the capsule on Caio's plane in the semi-finals, making Clark win, which was a resounding success and Laurent and the others were able to recover the lost money from what Sam won in the past bets, which was a total of 2.5 million. After Caio losted, Makoto said a little perplexed that Sam must be very angry with the situation and Laurent told him that he had to comfort him.

After threatening Makoto to death but then calming down, Sam said he couldn't stand the French casino manager (Laurent), which Makoto agrees by saying he was a very unpleasant guy. Edamura then returns to his team saying that he felt he was on the brink of death and Laurent reassures him that soon Sam would give it his all and fall into his trap.

In the end of the case, it's seen Abbie trying to kill Lewis, while he was hanging out at night alone, since she thought that he himself was the one who had killed his parents because he had participated as a pilot in the Middle East's war which involved many dead and among them was Abby's parents.

Case 2.5
Then, Sam decides to return with an amount of 25 million to bet with Clark, but not before asking for an apology by donating a considerable amount of money to entering again to the casino. Before that, Makoto asks if Sam could really prepare 25 million, Laurent says it was likely, if Sam used his team and management rights as collateral. Cynthia then gives Edamura a capsule saying it was her turn, Laurent says it was a cheap trick but it could still work. He also told him that the cleaning of the stage where the act was going to end was tight, but the plan was going to be perfect. Later, Makoto didn't put the capsule inside Clark's plane as planned before, and he decided to throw it away so that he would not get his pants dirty and be "discovered", since he decided to change his mind; replace Abbie with Lewis so that he could participate, since previously he had made a bet with Lewis and Isabelle that consisted of guessing if Muller could win or lose, and to win the bet, Lewis only had to win the race.

In the end, Muller wins the bet, as he lost the race, but still Makoto says Lewis's race with Clark was good. To make Sam believe that Muller had won, they had to remodel the building by putting color-distorting panels, thus replacing the windows, and putting on previous recordings of Abbie's previous victories to make the illusion that Clark had lost, and all of that was part of Laurent's plan, in order to deceive Sam and keep the 25 million that Sam himself had bet on Clark, in addition to that Lewis also participated, but that it would depend on Makoto and the others.

In the end, Laurent and the others escape with the money in a boat and they went to pick up Makoto and Abby, since they were the last to arrive because they had to jump off a building in order to escape from Sam.

Moments

 * After dressing up, Laurent adds a tie pin in Makoto's suit's pocket, which makes Makoto blush (image in top).
 * While in the anime Makoto didn't do anything at Laurent when he added him a tie pin, in the manga Makoto pushes away Laurent while blushing saying that he was too close, Laurent points that Makoto was "so innocent".
 * In the Case 2.2, both Laurent and Makoto are seen together, and Laurent had a bubble tea with him, and after drinking it, moments later Makoto drinks of it too without noticing the "indirect kiss".

Fanon
Edaurent was the most popular ship of the Great Pretender fandom when it premiered on Netflix, but gained more fans when Laurent was confirmed to be pan/bi. People believing that he was attracted not only to girls, but also to Makoto. Fans would often compare this ship with Daiharu from the The Millionaire Detective fandom, as both ships have things in common like the "tsundere" and the "flirtatious" one and because both come from Mystery anime. It rivals Mabby.

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