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| english-name = Inspector Magnum | | english-name = Inspector Magnum | ||
| image = Misao Yamamura Profile.jpg | | image = Misao Yamamura Profile.jpg | ||
| − | | age = | + | | age = Unknown |
| gender = Male | | gender = Male | ||
| date-of-birth = | | date-of-birth = | ||
| relatives = [[Misae Yamamura]] (paternal grandmother)<ref name=Tobacco>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco]]</ref> | | relatives = [[Misae Yamamura]] (paternal grandmother)<ref name=Tobacco>[[A Code of Stars and Tobacco|Episode 374-375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco]]</ref> | ||
| − | | occupation = Gunma Prefecture Police Inspector | + | | occupation = Gunma Prefecture Police Inspector |
| nicknames = | | nicknames = | ||
| + | | status = Alive | ||
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 14#Suspicous Uncle Case|File 136]] <br> Anime: [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|Episode 96]] | | first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 14#Suspicous Uncle Case|File 136]] <br> Anime: [[The Cornered Famous Detective! Two Big Murder Cases|Episode 96]] | ||
| appearances = {{:Misao Yamamura Appearances}} | | appearances = {{:Misao Yamamura Appearances}} | ||
| cases-solved = | | cases-solved = | ||
| keyhole = [[Volume 27]] | | keyhole = [[Volume 27]] | ||
| − | | japanese-voice = [[Toshio Furukawa]] | + | | japanese-voice = [[Toshio Furukawa]] <br> [[Michiyo Murase]] (young) |
| − | | english-voice = [[Kent Williams]] | + | | english-voice = [[Kent Williams]] (FUNimation) <br> [[Rayner Gabriel]] (Macias Group) |
| footnotes = | | footnotes = | ||
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| − | '''{{nihongo|Misao Yamamura|山村 ミサオ|Yamamura Misao}}''', also known as '''Detective Magnum''' in the English dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Misao is a detective and police officer from the Gunma district who covers multiple divisions, including robbery cases, escorting criminals, traffic observation, and homicide cases. Later on in the series, Yamamura is finally promoted to an Inspector role<ref name="m13" /> | + | '''{{nihongo|Misao Yamamura|山村 ミサオ|Yamamura Misao}}''', also known as '''Detective Magnum''' in the English dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise ''[[Detective Conan]]''. Misao is a detective and police officer from the Gunma district who covers multiple divisions, including robbery cases, escorting criminals, traffic observation, and homicide cases. Later on in the series, Yamamura is finally promoted to an Inspector role,<ref name="m13" /> much to the chagrin of Conan and especially Kogoro. |
== Background == | == Background == | ||
| − | Yamamura was born and grew up in the Gunma Prefecture. He became a police detective because he was a fan of [[Yukiko Kudo]]'s television show in which she played a police woman, ''Dangerous Policewoman Story''.<ref name=Misao>[[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96: Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Yamamura, before being promoted to Inspector, was considered a rookie detective. <ref name=Misao>[[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96: Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> In his first case, he mentioned that the only reason why he was put on the case was because everyone else in his precinct had a cold.<ref name=Misao/> His reputation grows after Conan knocks him out to solve a case, which gives him more assignments. Yamamura has a grandmother, named [[Misae Yamamura]],<ref name=Tobacco/> who sometimes gets indirectly involved in Yamamura's cases.<ref name=Witch /> | + | Yamamura was born and grew up in the Gunma Prefecture. He became a police detective because he was a fan of [[Yukiko Kudo]]'s television show in which she played a police woman, ''Dangerous Policewoman Story''.<ref name=Misao>[[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96: Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> Yamamura, before being promoted to Inspector, was considered a rookie detective.<ref name=Misao>[[Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!|Episode 96: Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!]]</ref> In his first case, he mentioned that the only reason why he was put on the case was because everyone else in his precinct had a cold.<ref name=Misao/> His reputation grows after Conan knocks him out to solve a case, which gives him more assignments. Yamamura has a grandmother, named [[Misae Yamamura]],<ref name=Tobacco/> who sometimes gets indirectly involved in Yamamura's cases.<ref name=Witch /> |
[[Image:Inspector Yamamura's Badge.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Inspector Yamamura shows off his badge to Kogoro, Conan, and Ran.]] | [[Image:Inspector Yamamura's Badge.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Inspector Yamamura shows off his badge to Kogoro, Conan, and Ran.]] | ||
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For being a detective, Yamamura makes many unnecessary mistakes, including not noticing completely obvious clues, and even feels fear at the sight of blood or a dead body. He is also incredibly naive and superstitious, fully believing that a "curse" was left by ghosts in a case, to the point of being scared.<ref name=Window/> He even messes up in trying to escort a criminal to Nakanojō forest, deserting his own post because he wanted to buy himself some lunch.<ref name=Mitsuhiko/> He also does not act in good conduct, publicly fawning over Yukiko Kudo when he found out who she was.<ref name=Misao/> Misao also once got heavily distracted by a portable television that he brought during a case because he had wanted to watch a romantic drama that was airing at the time of an investigation.<ref name=Sonoko>[[Sonoko's Red Handkerchief|Episode 466-467: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief]]</ref> And when it comes to Gunma, Misao doesn't even fully know the whole area, and has to be corrected by locals on certain things.<ref name=Snowman>[[The Unsmashable Snowman|Episode 457-458: The Unsmashable Snowman]]</ref> | For being a detective, Yamamura makes many unnecessary mistakes, including not noticing completely obvious clues, and even feels fear at the sight of blood or a dead body. He is also incredibly naive and superstitious, fully believing that a "curse" was left by ghosts in a case, to the point of being scared.<ref name=Window/> He even messes up in trying to escort a criminal to Nakanojō forest, deserting his own post because he wanted to buy himself some lunch.<ref name=Mitsuhiko/> He also does not act in good conduct, publicly fawning over Yukiko Kudo when he found out who she was.<ref name=Misao/> Misao also once got heavily distracted by a portable television that he brought during a case because he had wanted to watch a romantic drama that was airing at the time of an investigation.<ref name=Sonoko>[[Sonoko's Red Handkerchief|Episode 466-467: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief]]</ref> And when it comes to Gunma, Misao doesn't even fully know the whole area, and has to be corrected by locals on certain things.<ref name=Snowman>[[The Unsmashable Snowman|Episode 457-458: The Unsmashable Snowman]]</ref> | ||
| − | However, even though he is a little clueless, Yamamura still knows the basics of his work and what to do in a crisis. For instance, he often writes in his notebook every piece of information he has been given about the case - even if that does not prevent him from forgetting what he has written,<ref>[[Mountain Witch's Cutlery|Episode 481-482: Mountain Witch's Cutlery]] where he forgets a name before realizing he had noted it in his notebook.</ref> | + | However, even though he is a little clueless, Yamamura still knows the basics of his work and what to do in a crisis. For instance, he often writes in his notebook every piece of information he has been given about the case - even if that does not prevent him from forgetting what he has written,<ref>[[Mountain Witch's Cutlery|Episode 481-482: Mountain Witch's Cutlery]] where he forgets a name before realizing he had noted it in his notebook.</ref> He is also very supportive, and always wants to lend a helping hand in solving a case. He is not completely lost during murder cases, figuring it out when Conan has to resort to giving out hand signs to him due to losing his voice from a cold.<ref name=Curry>[[The Suspicious Spicy Curry|Episode 331-332: The Suspicious Spicy Curry]]</ref> Also, Misao is very handy in helping catch a criminal, having been used by Conan to help confront a criminal that was trying to proclaim their innocence.<ref name=Suspect /> He also helped catch another criminal, mostly through instructions Conan, pretending to be Kogoro, left for him on his cell phone as a text message.<ref name=Window>[[The Sealed Western-Style Window|Episode 446-447: The Sealed Western-Style Window]]</ref> He even tried giving Kogoro credit for the case, showing that unlike Kogoro, he can be modest.<ref name=Window/> However, Conan indicated in the text message that "Kogoro" wanted Misao to take all of the credit.<ref name=Window/> |
| − | [[Image:Misao and Conan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Conan whispers to Misao an observation at a murder case.]] | + | [[Image:Misao and Conan.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Conan whispers to Misao an observation at a murder case.]] |
[[Image:Misao's Cell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yamamura's cell phone.]] | [[Image:Misao's Cell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yamamura's cell phone.]] | ||
Whenever Yamamura is involved in catching a criminal, he tends to become very excited. He noted that it felt like a "movie" when he had to shoot one of the runaway robbers in a bank robbery case.<ref name=Contact/> He is extremely excited to be involved in helping [[Eri Kisaki]] and Conan catch the real killer in another case to the point of acting like a little kid after the killer was arrested, talking about how he acted and looked when confronting the killer.<ref name=Suspect/> His child-like reactions also manifest on the opposite end of the spectrum. One time when Yamamura decides that he is a bad police officer after making two big blunders during one case, it became up to Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys do their best to cheer him up so that he could feel better and lend them a hand in finding [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]].<ref name=Mitsuhiko/> Still, he is quite conscious of the importance of his role in society and his profession, making him in morale - if not in skill - a true police officer.<ref name=Mitsuhiko/> | Whenever Yamamura is involved in catching a criminal, he tends to become very excited. He noted that it felt like a "movie" when he had to shoot one of the runaway robbers in a bank robbery case.<ref name=Contact/> He is extremely excited to be involved in helping [[Eri Kisaki]] and Conan catch the real killer in another case to the point of acting like a little kid after the killer was arrested, talking about how he acted and looked when confronting the killer.<ref name=Suspect/> His child-like reactions also manifest on the opposite end of the spectrum. One time when Yamamura decides that he is a bad police officer after making two big blunders during one case, it became up to Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys do their best to cheer him up so that he could feel better and lend them a hand in finding [[Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya|Mitsuhiko]].<ref name=Mitsuhiko/> Still, he is quite conscious of the importance of his role in society and his profession, making him in morale - if not in skill - a true police officer.<ref name=Mitsuhiko/> | ||
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| + | == Skills == | ||
| + | === Firearms === | ||
| + | Yamamura appears to have some expertise with firearms, although he accidentally shot a fleeing criminal. | ||
== Appellations == | == Appellations == | ||
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=== Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case (Manga: [[Volume 97#Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case|1032-1034]], Anime: [[Picking Wild Plants and Clovers|1011-1012]]) === | === Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case (Manga: [[Volume 97#Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case|1032-1034]], Anime: [[Picking Wild Plants and Clovers|1011-1012]]) === | ||
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| + | === Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 102#Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case|1082-1084]], Anime: [[The Body on the Gunma-Nagano Border|1123-1124]]) === | ||
== Non-canon plot overview == | == Non-canon plot overview == | ||
| − | ==== The Raven Chaser (Movie: [[The Raven Chaser|13]]) | + | === A Mysterious Spring Beetle (Anime: [[A Mysterious Spring Beetle|360]]) === |
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| + | === The Raven Chaser (Movie: [[The Raven Chaser|13]]) === | ||
One of the murders of the case having happened on the Gunma border, Misao is called onto the investigation. He behaves as he always does, is immediately despised by [[Kansuke Yamato]], and is even disrespectful towards [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]]. Misao is one of the few inspectors (with Sango) to follow Kogoro's whimsical theory about the murder, and he is eventually the only one to come with him when he leaves the headquarters on his own, saying he is going to catch the culprit. He still plays a role in the movie, by hearing Vermouth dialing her Boss' phone number; the tune unconsciously makes him whistle the ''[[Nanatsu no Ko]]'' song, leading Conan to suspect that a member of the Organization infiltrated the meeting. | One of the murders of the case having happened on the Gunma border, Misao is called onto the investigation. He behaves as he always does, is immediately despised by [[Kansuke Yamato]], and is even disrespectful towards [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]]. Misao is one of the few inspectors (with Sango) to follow Kogoro's whimsical theory about the murder, and he is eventually the only one to come with him when he leaves the headquarters on his own, saying he is going to catch the culprit. He still plays a role in the movie, by hearing Vermouth dialing her Boss' phone number; the tune unconsciously makes him whistle the ''[[Nanatsu no Ko]]'' song, leading Conan to suspect that a member of the Organization infiltrated the meeting. | ||
| − | ==== The Dangerous Fossil Finding Trip (Anime: [[The Dangerous Fossil Finding Trip|939]]) | + | === The Devil Hidden in the Tennis Court (Anime: [[The Devil Hidden in the Tennis Court|602]]) === |
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| + | === A Happy E-mail Brings Sadness (Anime: [[A Happy E-mail Brings Sadness|726]]) === | ||
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| + | === The Dangerous Fossil Finding Trip (Anime: [[The Dangerous Fossil Finding Trip|939]]) === | ||
In the Onino village, Yamamura is called there after a possible murder has occured at the village's fossil excavating site and museum's toilet. The victim was the museum's owner who was poisoned and Yamamura quickly deduced that the victim is likely to have been murdered and that the two other guests are the suspects. After the sunset, Conan used Agasa to solve the case instead of Yamamura and, seeing the culprit, Yamamura exclaims himself that the culprit must show remorse and atone for his crimes which stuns the forensics officer and Conan before making a thumbs up since the case is solved. The [[Detective Boys]] approve his statement and make also a thumbs up except for Haibara who just stares at him. He then laughs out just like Kogoro. | In the Onino village, Yamamura is called there after a possible murder has occured at the village's fossil excavating site and museum's toilet. The victim was the museum's owner who was poisoned and Yamamura quickly deduced that the victim is likely to have been murdered and that the two other guests are the suspects. After the sunset, Conan used Agasa to solve the case instead of Yamamura and, seeing the culprit, Yamamura exclaims himself that the culprit must show remorse and atone for his crimes which stuns the forensics officer and Conan before making a thumbs up since the case is solved. The [[Detective Boys]] approve his statement and make also a thumbs up except for Haibara who just stares at him. He then laughs out just like Kogoro. | ||
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| + | === Rube Goldberg Machine (Anime: [[Rube Goldberg Machine|1111-1112]]) === | ||
| + | [[File:EP1112-13.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Yamamura making a (non-sense) deduction.]] | ||
| + | While Yamamura is investigating a murder case within a villa resort, he meets Kogoro, Ran, and Conan, who also happen to be nearby. According to Conan's deduction, the victim in this murder case is murdered by a convoluted mechanical gimmick that undergoes several complicated movements and eventually combine to contribute to carry out a simple intent - in this case, murdering. This type of machine is generally being called "Rube Goldberg Machine". The victim is apparently the CEO and founder of a well-known restaurant "Cheom Cheom", which specialises in making Yangnyeom chicken. After some brief investigations, Yamamura finds out that the suspects with regards to this case seem to be somewhat intricate; therefore, Yamamura and the Mouri family start to fumble the case further. They then encounter numerous incidents that happened, related to the case, but just like a Rube Goldberg Machine, acting as each piece of device that makes up a Rube Goldberg Machine, propagating by every element... | ||
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| + | [[File:EP1112-21.jpeg|thumb|left|200px|Yamamura appearing on the TV.]] | ||
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| + | After some indescribable efforts they etch, Conan figures out the truth to all of these Rube Goldberg Machine-like murder cases, and Inspector Yamamura gatheres all of the suspects at the police station. Due to the fact that Conan was originally using Shinichi Kudo's name to grant some findings to Yamamura, this made Yamamura think that Shinichi was in fact working alongside with him. Just as he explains the situation, he mentions about Shinichi: "Great detective Kogoro Mouri is here... but," says Yamamura. "the greater detective Kudo..." Conan then perceives that by letting Yamamura finishing this sentence, it might shatter Kogoro's vanity, and also make Ran feel confused. So right in time, Conan tranquillizes him and takes over this awkward speech, "Kudo Shinichi won't be solving this case either." Conan solves the case superbly with Yamamura fully asleep. | ||
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| + | After all of that, Yamamura gained popularity, and the case got rather famous. He was interviewed and his speech was braodcast on the TV. In that programme, Yamamura claims that "their daily efforts that turned luck their way in the first place". | ||
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| + | === [[Movie 28]] === | ||
| + | {{clear}} | ||
== Relationships analysis == | == Relationships analysis == | ||
=== Kogoro Mouri === | === Kogoro Mouri === | ||
| + | [[File:Kogoro and Misao Relationship.png|thumb|200px|right|Kogoro and Misao]] | ||
Misao met [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] from the [[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|case]]. He is a very big fan of him, to the point of fawning over him, acting as if he was Mouri's biggest fan, and often being the only one to approve and follow his more bizarre deductions. He considers that they are partners and that, when on a case together, they have a 100% chance to catch the criminal; however, Kogoro does not approve of the "partner" appellation.<ref name=Eisuke1st/> Misao is very disappointed when he cannot film Kogoro during his "sleeping" form, musing that he wanted to show the other detectives at the Gunma Police Department.<ref name=Imposter>[[Kogoro Mouri's Imposter|Episode 243-244: Kogoro Mouri's Imposter]]</ref> However, when he finally does get to film Kogoro's sleeping deduction, he leaves the camera on pause during the whole deduction, showing off his carelessness.<ref name=Eisuke1st>[[The Two Who Can't Return Anymore|Episode 429-430: The Two Who Can't Return Anymore]]</ref> He even cries heavily when he thinks that Kogoro has killed himself, not knowing that it was merely an imposter that looked like him.<ref name=Imposter/> However, this does not mean that Kogoro doesn't fall victim to Misao's bad deductions; the first time that Misao meets him, he announces that Kogoro is the killer without barely any evidence at all.<ref name=Suspect>[[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|Episode 199-200: Kogoro Mouri, Suspect]]</ref> Although Kogoro does not like his detective skills, he considers Yamamura a friend on a purely personal level, especially when both detectives drink together.<ref name=Imposter/> | Misao met [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]] from the [[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|case]]. He is a very big fan of him, to the point of fawning over him, acting as if he was Mouri's biggest fan, and often being the only one to approve and follow his more bizarre deductions. He considers that they are partners and that, when on a case together, they have a 100% chance to catch the criminal; however, Kogoro does not approve of the "partner" appellation.<ref name=Eisuke1st/> Misao is very disappointed when he cannot film Kogoro during his "sleeping" form, musing that he wanted to show the other detectives at the Gunma Police Department.<ref name=Imposter>[[Kogoro Mouri's Imposter|Episode 243-244: Kogoro Mouri's Imposter]]</ref> However, when he finally does get to film Kogoro's sleeping deduction, he leaves the camera on pause during the whole deduction, showing off his carelessness.<ref name=Eisuke1st>[[The Two Who Can't Return Anymore|Episode 429-430: The Two Who Can't Return Anymore]]</ref> He even cries heavily when he thinks that Kogoro has killed himself, not knowing that it was merely an imposter that looked like him.<ref name=Imposter/> However, this does not mean that Kogoro doesn't fall victim to Misao's bad deductions; the first time that Misao meets him, he announces that Kogoro is the killer without barely any evidence at all.<ref name=Suspect>[[Kogoro Mouri, Suspect|Episode 199-200: Kogoro Mouri, Suspect]]</ref> Although Kogoro does not like his detective skills, he considers Yamamura a friend on a purely personal level, especially when both detectives drink together.<ref name=Imposter/> | ||
=== Misae Yamamura === | === Misae Yamamura === | ||
[[Misae Yamamura]] is Misao Yamamura's paternal grandmother. They are very close. She lives in the Tottori prefecture, and he often talks about calling or visiting her. They seem to have the same interests: she recommended a romantic drama to Misao which later captivated him.<ref>[[Sonoko's Red Handkerchief|Episode 466-467]]: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief</ref> | [[Misae Yamamura]] is Misao Yamamura's paternal grandmother. They are very close. She lives in the Tottori prefecture, and he often talks about calling or visiting her. They seem to have the same interests: she recommended a romantic drama to Misao which later captivated him.<ref>[[Sonoko's Red Handkerchief|Episode 466-467]]: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief</ref> | ||
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| + | === Hiromitsu Morofushi === | ||
| + | When Yamamura was young, he was friends with Hiromitsu Morofushi who called him Mit-Chan. Together they built a hideout in a forest between Nagano and Gunma, and being closer by talking about their dream as police officer, but then Hiromitsu was moved to Tokyo, Yamamura who was unknown whereabout he is, still wating at a hideout, and trying to find a contact but failed, when Yamamura grow up, he became police officer as they dreamt, but still want to meet Morofushi, before the Nagano-Gunma case, he recieved a mystery envelope from Hiromitsu, but can't solve the mystery, until Takaa'ki helping, he found the answer that Hiromitsu becomes police force, he becomes devastated that Hiromitsu left the police force, after know the semitruth from Takaa'ki, he have a hope that someday they will meet each other again, unknown that it's impossible anymore, because Hiromitsu was dead in the mission. | ||
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| + | === Taka'aki Morofushi === | ||
| + | [[File:Misao and Taka'aki relationship.png|thumb|200px|right|Misao and Taka'aki]] | ||
| + | Yamamura and Morofushi are good acquaintances, although they are jokingly at odds since they are from neighbouring prefectures. When Yamumura first met Taka'aki Morofushi, he recalled how similar Taka'aki and Hiromitsu, Yamamura's childhood friend, looked. He revealed to Yamamura that he was his brother, which made them even closer, and both solved the case together along with Yamato, Yui and the Mouri family. He however kept it from Yamamura that his brother died, since Hiromitsu was a dear friend of his and he wants Yamamura to keep the hope that both made it to the force. | ||
== Name origin == | == Name origin == | ||
| − | Yamamura's name comes from mystery writer [[ | + | Yamamura's name comes from mystery writer [[wikipedia:Misa Yamamura|Misa Yamamura]]. In the english Funimation Dub, his surname is a reference to detective series Magnum P.I. |
His last name Yamamura (山村) translates as "mountain village". His first name Misao (ミサオ) may have the meaning "chastity, fidelity", but since it is written with purely phonetic Katakana, no definite meaning can be assigned to it. | His last name Yamamura (山村) translates as "mountain village". His first name Misao (ミサオ) may have the meaning "chastity, fidelity", but since it is written with purely phonetic Katakana, no definite meaning can be assigned to it. | ||
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| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Misao Middle.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 467]] | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Misao Middle.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 467]] | ||
| style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Misao After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 744]] | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Misao After.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 744]] | ||
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| + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Misao Cried.gif|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 1124]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
== In other languages == | == In other languages == | ||
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| + | {{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|操 Misao|山村 Yamamura}} | ||
{{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|''Not Given''|يامورا Yāmōra}} | {{CharLangItem|flag=Arab League|Arabic|''Not Given''|يامورا Yāmōra}} | ||
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{{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Misao|Yamamura}} | {{CharLangItem|flag=Catalonia|Catalan|Misao|Yamamura}} | ||
| − | {{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese|操 Cāo|山村 Shāncūn}} | + | {{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese (Simplified)|操 Cāo|山村 Shāncūn}} |
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| Japanese name: | 山村 ミサオ (Yamamura Misao) |
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| English name: | Inspector Magnum |
| Age: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Relatives: | Misae Yamamura (paternal grandmother)[1] |
| Occupation: | Gunma Prefecture Police Inspector |
| Status: | Alive |
| First appearance: | Manga: File 136 Anime: Episode 96 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 57 Chapters: 6 Episodes: 47 Movies: 3 Openings: 4 Closings: 2 |
| Keyhole number: | Volume 27 |
| Japanese voice: | Toshio Furukawa Michiyo Murase (young) |
| English voice: | Kent Williams (FUNimation) Rayner Gabriel (Macias Group) |
Misao Yamamura (山村 ミサオ Yamamura Misao), also known as Detective Magnum in the English dub, is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan. Misao is a detective and police officer from the Gunma district who covers multiple divisions, including robbery cases, escorting criminals, traffic observation, and homicide cases. Later on in the series, Yamamura is finally promoted to an Inspector role,[2] much to the chagrin of Conan and especially Kogoro.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Personality
- 3 Skills
- 4 Appellations
- 5 Plot overview
- 5.1 Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: 136-138, Anime: 96)
- 5.2 Murderer Kogoro Mouri Case (Manga: 265-266, Anime: 199-200)
- 5.3 Fake Kogoro Mouri Case (Manga: 308-310, Anime: 243-244)
- 5.4 Disappearing Mitsuhiko Case (Manga: 358-360, Anime: 289-290)
- 5.5 Meeting with Vodka (Manga: 382, Anime: 310)
- 5.6 Suspicious Curry Case (Manga: 408-409, Anime: 331-332)
- 5.7 Cigarette Message Case (Manga: 469, Anime: 375)
- 5.8 Locked Car Murder Case (Manga: 509-510, Anime: 429-430)
- 5.9 Sealed Window Case (Manga: 531-532, Anime: 446-447)
- 5.10 Sonoko's Handkerchief Case (Manga: 542-543, Anime: 457-458)
- 5.11 Unsmashable Snowman Case (Manga: 557-558, Anime: 466-467)
- 5.12 Onibaba Legend Murder Case (Manga: 580-581, Anime: 481-482)
- 5.13 Silver Witch Case (Manga: 661-663, Anime: 545-546)
- 5.14 Kappa Murder Case (Manga: 720-721, Anime: 600-601)
- 5.15 Demon Dog Murder Case (Manga: 737-740, Anime: 611-613)
- 5.16 Cabin Trap (Manga: 816-817, Anime: 699-700)
- 5.17 Vampire's Mansion (Manga: 836-839, Anime: 713-715)
- 5.18 Bumper Brawn (Manga: 860-861, Anime: 744-745)
- 5.19 Kamaitachi Murder Case (Manga: 910-913, Anime: 808-809)
- 5.20 Zombie Movie Murder Case (Manga: 934-935, Anime: 830-832)
- 5.21 Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case (Manga: 1032-1034, Anime: 1011-1012)
- 5.22 Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case (Manga: 1082-1084, Anime: 1123-1124)
- 6 Non-canon plot overview
- 7 Relationships analysis
- 8 Name origin
- 9 Quotes
- 10 Different looks
- 11 In other languages
- 12 Trivia
- 13 See also
- 14 References
Background
Yamamura was born and grew up in the Gunma Prefecture. He became a police detective because he was a fan of Yukiko Kudo's television show in which she played a police woman, Dangerous Policewoman Story.[3] Yamamura, before being promoted to Inspector, was considered a rookie detective.[3] In his first case, he mentioned that the only reason why he was put on the case was because everyone else in his precinct had a cold.[3] His reputation grows after Conan knocks him out to solve a case, which gives him more assignments. Yamamura has a grandmother, named Misae Yamamura,[1] who sometimes gets indirectly involved in Yamamura's cases.[4]
The reaction of most characters when they see Yamamura is complete bewilderment; Kogoro even notes that he cannot believe that this is the only detective from the Gunma prefecture that can help him out during a murder case.[5] Misao also does other work in the department, including robbery cases, as well as covering traffic observations.[6] He also has escorted criminals to different places.[7]
In time, Yamamura was finally named an inspector, which he proudly showed off to Kogoro, Ran, and Conan. However, this annoyed Kogoro, who still called Yamamura "Yamamura-keiji" (Officer Yamamura) instead of "Yamamura-"keibu" (Inspector Yamamura); Conan expressed worry about the future of Gunma police with Yamamura in charge of other detectives, while Ran appeared to be the only one in support of Yamamura's new promotion.[4] Later, he is revealed to work for Division 1 of the prefectural police department which covers only homicide.[8]
Personality
For being a detective, Yamamura makes many unnecessary mistakes, including not noticing completely obvious clues, and even feels fear at the sight of blood or a dead body. He is also incredibly naive and superstitious, fully believing that a "curse" was left by ghosts in a case, to the point of being scared.[9] He even messes up in trying to escort a criminal to Nakanojō forest, deserting his own post because he wanted to buy himself some lunch.[7] He also does not act in good conduct, publicly fawning over Yukiko Kudo when he found out who she was.[3] Misao also once got heavily distracted by a portable television that he brought during a case because he had wanted to watch a romantic drama that was airing at the time of an investigation.[10] And when it comes to Gunma, Misao doesn't even fully know the whole area, and has to be corrected by locals on certain things.[11]
However, even though he is a little clueless, Yamamura still knows the basics of his work and what to do in a crisis. For instance, he often writes in his notebook every piece of information he has been given about the case - even if that does not prevent him from forgetting what he has written,[12] He is also very supportive, and always wants to lend a helping hand in solving a case. He is not completely lost during murder cases, figuring it out when Conan has to resort to giving out hand signs to him due to losing his voice from a cold.[5] Also, Misao is very handy in helping catch a criminal, having been used by Conan to help confront a criminal that was trying to proclaim their innocence.[13] He also helped catch another criminal, mostly through instructions Conan, pretending to be Kogoro, left for him on his cell phone as a text message.[9] He even tried giving Kogoro credit for the case, showing that unlike Kogoro, he can be modest.[9] However, Conan indicated in the text message that "Kogoro" wanted Misao to take all of the credit.[9]
Whenever Yamamura is involved in catching a criminal, he tends to become very excited. He noted that it felt like a "movie" when he had to shoot one of the runaway robbers in a bank robbery case.[6] He is extremely excited to be involved in helping Eri Kisaki and Conan catch the real killer in another case to the point of acting like a little kid after the killer was arrested, talking about how he acted and looked when confronting the killer.[13] His child-like reactions also manifest on the opposite end of the spectrum. One time when Yamamura decides that he is a bad police officer after making two big blunders during one case, it became up to Conan, Haibara, and the Detective Boys do their best to cheer him up so that he could feel better and lend them a hand in finding Mitsuhiko.[7] Still, he is quite conscious of the importance of his role in society and his profession, making him in morale - if not in skill - a true police officer.[7]
Skills
Firearms
Yamamura appears to have some expertise with firearms, although he accidentally shot a fleeing criminal.
Appellations
Plot overview
Suspicious Uncle Case (Manga: 136-138, Anime: 96)
Murderer Kogoro Mouri Case (Manga: 265-266, Anime: 199-200)
Fake Kogoro Mouri Case (Manga: 308-310, Anime: 243-244)
Disappearing Mitsuhiko Case (Manga: 358-360, Anime: 289-290)
Meeting with Vodka (Manga: 382, Anime: 310)
Suspicious Curry Case (Manga: 408-409, Anime: 331-332)
Cigarette Message Case (Manga: 469, Anime: 375)
Locked Car Murder Case (Manga: 509-510, Anime: 429-430)
Misao is the Gunma officer sent for the case because he knew Kogoro. He brings a camera and is excited by the idea of having an opportunity to record "Sleeping Kogoro" to show it to his Gunma co-workers. Nevertheless, he is not very helpful with resolving the case. He becomes disappointed at the end of the episode, realizing that he stopped his recording to save some battery and forgot to resume it later. He even asks Kogoro to repeat the deduction show so that he can get all of it on film.
Sealed Window Case (Manga: 531-532, Anime: 446-447)
Inspector Misao Yamamura arrived to investigate. Conan also tries to gather clues to help, but is limited to what he can do when a sneaky Eisuke starts to spy and watch him. Conan has to use different tactics so he won't seem suspicious to him. Conan sends a mail to Detective Yamamura as Mouri telling him who the actual culprit is. In the end, Conan said to himself, that the reason that he didn't put Detective Yamamura or Sonoko to sleep is because he noticed Eisuke was watching him.
Sonoko's Handkerchief Case (Manga: 542-543, Anime: 457-458)
Misao is the officer sent for this case, and brings a portable TV with him so that he will not miss his favorite drama, "The Maple Leaves of Winter", which he became a fan of, after his grandmother recommended it to him. This drama relates to the case, so he tries to make the suspects confess that they like the movie, without success. To his big disappointment, the drama episode that night was cancelled. He later appears to arrest the culprits, but only after they have already been defeated by Ran and Makoto.
Unsmashable Snowman Case (Manga: 557-558, Anime: 466-467)
Misao is sent for what seems to be a snowboard accident, and appears not to know the case's location very well, despite it being in Gunma. He first explains the victim's death as the result of a curse, and is then deeply convinced by the thesis of an accident; as a result, Conan tranquilizes him to expose the truth.
Onibaba Legend Murder Case (Manga: 580-581, Anime: 481-482)
In front of the events of the case, Misao first declares that the culprit is a member of the house - a correct conclusion - and wishes to proceed to a thorough investigation; however, realizing that none of the suspects could have committed the crime, he later concludes that the culprit is an outsider having used a trick. Misao is also surprised to encounter Agasa so frequently at crime scenes, and advices Conan to be exorcised of his habit of attracting crimes.
Silver Witch Case (Manga: 661-663, Anime: 545-546)
Kappa Murder Case (Manga: 720-721, Anime: 600-601)
Demon Dog Murder Case (Manga: 737-740, Anime: 611-613)
Cabin Trap (Manga: 816-817, Anime: 699-700)
Vampire's Mansion (Manga: 836-839, Anime: 713-715)
Bumper Brawn (Manga: 860-861, Anime: 744-745)
Kamaitachi Murder Case (Manga: 910-913, Anime: 808-809)
Zombie Movie Murder Case (Manga: 934-935, Anime: 830-832)
Edible Wild Plants Collecting Case (Manga: 1032-1034, Anime: 1011-1012)
Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case (Manga: 1082-1084, Anime: 1123-1124)
Non-canon plot overview
A Mysterious Spring Beetle (Anime: 360)
The Raven Chaser (Movie: 13)
One of the murders of the case having happened on the Gunma border, Misao is called onto the investigation. He behaves as he always does, is immediately despised by Kansuke Yamato, and is even disrespectful towards Kiyonaga Matsumoto. Misao is one of the few inspectors (with Sango) to follow Kogoro's whimsical theory about the murder, and he is eventually the only one to come with him when he leaves the headquarters on his own, saying he is going to catch the culprit. He still plays a role in the movie, by hearing Vermouth dialing her Boss' phone number; the tune unconsciously makes him whistle the Nanatsu no Ko song, leading Conan to suspect that a member of the Organization infiltrated the meeting.
The Devil Hidden in the Tennis Court (Anime: 602)
A Happy E-mail Brings Sadness (Anime: 726)
The Dangerous Fossil Finding Trip (Anime: 939)
In the Onino village, Yamamura is called there after a possible murder has occured at the village's fossil excavating site and museum's toilet. The victim was the museum's owner who was poisoned and Yamamura quickly deduced that the victim is likely to have been murdered and that the two other guests are the suspects. After the sunset, Conan used Agasa to solve the case instead of Yamamura and, seeing the culprit, Yamamura exclaims himself that the culprit must show remorse and atone for his crimes which stuns the forensics officer and Conan before making a thumbs up since the case is solved. The Detective Boys approve his statement and make also a thumbs up except for Haibara who just stares at him. He then laughs out just like Kogoro.
Rube Goldberg Machine (Anime: 1111-1112)
While Yamamura is investigating a murder case within a villa resort, he meets Kogoro, Ran, and Conan, who also happen to be nearby. According to Conan's deduction, the victim in this murder case is murdered by a convoluted mechanical gimmick that undergoes several complicated movements and eventually combine to contribute to carry out a simple intent - in this case, murdering. This type of machine is generally being called "Rube Goldberg Machine". The victim is apparently the CEO and founder of a well-known restaurant "Cheom Cheom", which specialises in making Yangnyeom chicken. After some brief investigations, Yamamura finds out that the suspects with regards to this case seem to be somewhat intricate; therefore, Yamamura and the Mouri family start to fumble the case further. They then encounter numerous incidents that happened, related to the case, but just like a Rube Goldberg Machine, acting as each piece of device that makes up a Rube Goldberg Machine, propagating by every element...
After some indescribable efforts they etch, Conan figures out the truth to all of these Rube Goldberg Machine-like murder cases, and Inspector Yamamura gatheres all of the suspects at the police station. Due to the fact that Conan was originally using Shinichi Kudo's name to grant some findings to Yamamura, this made Yamamura think that Shinichi was in fact working alongside with him. Just as he explains the situation, he mentions about Shinichi: "Great detective Kogoro Mouri is here... but," says Yamamura. "the greater detective Kudo..." Conan then perceives that by letting Yamamura finishing this sentence, it might shatter Kogoro's vanity, and also make Ran feel confused. So right in time, Conan tranquillizes him and takes over this awkward speech, "Kudo Shinichi won't be solving this case either." Conan solves the case superbly with Yamamura fully asleep.
After all of that, Yamamura gained popularity, and the case got rather famous. He was interviewed and his speech was braodcast on the TV. In that programme, Yamamura claims that "their daily efforts that turned luck their way in the first place".
Movie 28
Relationships analysis
Kogoro Mouri
Misao met Kogoro from the case. He is a very big fan of him, to the point of fawning over him, acting as if he was Mouri's biggest fan, and often being the only one to approve and follow his more bizarre deductions. He considers that they are partners and that, when on a case together, they have a 100% chance to catch the criminal; however, Kogoro does not approve of the "partner" appellation.[16] Misao is very disappointed when he cannot film Kogoro during his "sleeping" form, musing that he wanted to show the other detectives at the Gunma Police Department.[17] However, when he finally does get to film Kogoro's sleeping deduction, he leaves the camera on pause during the whole deduction, showing off his carelessness.[16] He even cries heavily when he thinks that Kogoro has killed himself, not knowing that it was merely an imposter that looked like him.[17] However, this does not mean that Kogoro doesn't fall victim to Misao's bad deductions; the first time that Misao meets him, he announces that Kogoro is the killer without barely any evidence at all.[13] Although Kogoro does not like his detective skills, he considers Yamamura a friend on a purely personal level, especially when both detectives drink together.[17]
Misae Yamamura
Misae Yamamura is Misao Yamamura's paternal grandmother. They are very close. She lives in the Tottori prefecture, and he often talks about calling or visiting her. They seem to have the same interests: she recommended a romantic drama to Misao which later captivated him.[18]
Hiromitsu Morofushi
When Yamamura was young, he was friends with Hiromitsu Morofushi who called him Mit-Chan. Together they built a hideout in a forest between Nagano and Gunma, and being closer by talking about their dream as police officer, but then Hiromitsu was moved to Tokyo, Yamamura who was unknown whereabout he is, still wating at a hideout, and trying to find a contact but failed, when Yamamura grow up, he became police officer as they dreamt, but still want to meet Morofushi, before the Nagano-Gunma case, he recieved a mystery envelope from Hiromitsu, but can't solve the mystery, until Takaa'ki helping, he found the answer that Hiromitsu becomes police force, he becomes devastated that Hiromitsu left the police force, after know the semitruth from Takaa'ki, he have a hope that someday they will meet each other again, unknown that it's impossible anymore, because Hiromitsu was dead in the mission.
Taka'aki Morofushi
Yamamura and Morofushi are good acquaintances, although they are jokingly at odds since they are from neighbouring prefectures. When Yamumura first met Taka'aki Morofushi, he recalled how similar Taka'aki and Hiromitsu, Yamamura's childhood friend, looked. He revealed to Yamamura that he was his brother, which made them even closer, and both solved the case together along with Yamato, Yui and the Mouri family. He however kept it from Yamamura that his brother died, since Hiromitsu was a dear friend of his and he wants Yamamura to keep the hope that both made it to the force.
Name origin
Yamamura's name comes from mystery writer Misa Yamamura. In the english Funimation Dub, his surname is a reference to detective series Magnum P.I.
His last name Yamamura (山村) translates as "mountain village". His first name Misao (ミサオ) may have the meaning "chastity, fidelity", but since it is written with purely phonetic Katakana, no definite meaning can be assigned to it.
Quotes
| “ | There is only one thing you should be doing... The only thing you should be doing is showing remorse and atone for your crimes! | „ |
— Talking to a culprit | ||
Different looks
In other languages
| Language | Given Name | Family Name |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
操 Misao | 山村 Yamamura |
 Arabic |
Not Given | يامورا Yāmōra |
 Bahasa Indonesia |
Misao | Yamamura |
 Catalan |
Misao | Yamamura |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
操 Cāo | 山村 Shāncūn |
 English |
Not given Misao |
Magnum Yamamura |
 French |
Misao | Yamamura |
 German |
Misao | Yamamura |
 Italian |
Misao | Yamamura |
  Korean |
영일 Young Il | 정 Jung |
 Spanish |
Misao | Yamamura |
| Spanish (Latin America) |
Not given Misao |
Espinoza Yamamura |
 Thai |
มิซาโอะ | ยามามูระ |
 Vietnamese |
Misao | Yamamura |
Trivia
- In a late december interview, Gosho Aoyama revealed Yamamura didn't have any links with the Black Organization since readers have theorized he might be the boss since his and his grandma's postal code was the same as the boss's.
- In File 1082 it's revealed he was once friends with Hiromitsu.
See also
References
- ^ a b Episode 374-375: A Code of Stars and Tobacco
- ^ a b c d e f Movie 13: The Raven Chaser
- ^ a b c d Episode 96: Caught Up With the Great Detective! Two Murder Cases!
- ^ a b Episode 545-546: The Witch Enshrouded by Fog
- ^ a b Episode 331-332: The Suspicious Spicy Curry
- ^ a b Episode 309-311: Contact with the Black Organization
- ^ a b c d Episode 289-290: Mitsuhiko in a Forest of Indecision
- ^ Episode 939
- ^ a b c d Episode 446-447: The Sealed Western-Style Window
- ^ Episode 466-467: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief
- ^ Episode 457-458: The Unsmashable Snowman
- ^ Episode 481-482: Mountain Witch's Cutlery where he forgets a name before realizing he had noted it in his notebook.
- ^ a b c Episode 199-200: Kogoro Mouri, Suspect
- ^ File 1083
- ^ File 1083
- ^ a b Episode 429-430: The Two Who Can't Return Anymore
- ^ a b c Episode 243-244: Kogoro Mouri's Imposter
- ^ Episode 466-467: Sonoko's Red Handkerchief
