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| − | | japanese-name = ラム<br />(Ramu)
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| − | RUM'S GENDER IS NOT CONFIRMED. GOSHO IS PURPOSEFULLY ADDING CONTRADICTORY WITNESS OPINIONS IN ORDER TO CONFUSE THE ISSUE.
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| − | UNTIL A BO MEMBER WHO KNOWS RUM'S IDENTITY USES ABSOLUTE GENDERED PRONOUNS OR RUM SHOWS HIS/HER REAL UNDISGUISED FACE, LEAVE THE GENDER AS UNKNOWN.
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| − | ASAKA MAY BE A DISGUISE, AND THUS DOESN'T COUNT AS CONFIRMATION.-->Unknown<br>
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| − | | occupation = [[Black Organization]] second-in-command
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| − | | first-appearance = Unknown
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| − | | japanese-voice = Unknown ([[The Darkest Nightmare|movie 20]])<ref>Rum was only given a computerized altered voice, and the movie credits does not list a voice actor. They did this intentionally so that no one could look up what other characters that voice actor/actress might play in the anime series.</ref>
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| − | {{nihongo|'''Rum'''|ラム|Ramu}} is a high ranking member and the second-in-command of the [[Black Organization]] in ''[[Detective Conan]]''.
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| − | == Background ==
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| − | Judging from [[Shuichi Akai]]/[[Subaru Okiya]]'s descriptions, Rum appears to have high rank in the organization and is very close to [[The Boss of the Black Organization|the Boss]]. Later on, [[Ai Haibara]] remarks that Rum is second only to the Boss of the Black Organization, suggesting that he/she is their second-in-command. While she had never met Rum herself, she had overheard other members of the BO give seemingly contradicting descriptions. Rum's identity, sex and mission are currently unknown.
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| − | Rum was involved with the death of [[Kohji Haneda]], [[Case from 17 years ago|17 years ago]]. Gin implies that it is an incident in which Rum had screwed up.
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| − | == Appearance ==
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| − | <!--WARNING: It has never been mentioned anywhere that Rum has heterochromia/odd eyes. Curacao appears in [[The Darkest Nightmare|Movie 20]] with heterochromia, but there is zero confirmation that she is Rum.-->
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| − | Rum has a damaged eye which has been replaced with an artificial eye.<ref name=908p16>Manga [[Volume 86]], File 4 (908), pg 16: "Betting With Your Life..."</ref> It is unknown which eye was damaged.<ref name=908p16/> So far, characters with damaged eyes have been shown to either have a scar over the eye (e.g. [[Kansuke Yamato]]) or wear sunglasses (e.g. [[Hyoue Kuroda]] and [[Magic_Kaito_Chapters_not_yet_included_in_a_Volume#The_Phantom_Lady|Gozu]]) where one lens is drawn tinted so the damaged eye is not visible. (Recently in the manga Kuroda's lens has become see through). The anime treatment of the "false eye and glasses"-type characters shows their false pupils not contracting or enlarging like their working eye. However, there is no guarantee that Rum will follow either of these character models.
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| − | Various Black Organization members have given conflicting accounts of his/her overall appearance and build. Some say Rum is a strongly-built man, some say he/she looks feminine, and some say he/she is an old man.<ref name=906p3>Manga [[Volume 86]], File 2 (906), pg 3: "A Kind Aunt"</ref> The conflicting descriptions of Rum's appearance suggests that he/she doesn't present himself to others in a straightforward fashion.
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| − | <gallery widths=185px perrow=3>
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| − | File:792 Rum1.jpg|Rum's silhouette with a strongly-built man physique ([[Three First Discoverers|episode 792]]).
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| − | File:792 Rum2.jpg|Rum's silhouette with a feminine physique (episode 792).
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| − | File:792 Rum3.jpg|Rum's silhouette with an elderly physique (episode 792).
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| − | == Appellations==
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| − | {{appellations/head|Rum}}
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| − | {{appellations|Gin|Rum<ref name="file953">[[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|File 953: As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness (Volume 90)]]</ref><br />Close aide of [[the Boss of the Black Organization|that person]] (''ano kata no sokkin'')<ref>A TV commercial trailer of ''[[The Darkest Nightmare]]''</ref>}}
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| − | {{Appellations|Vermouth|Rum|Vermouth}}
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| − | {{Appellations|Hidemi Hondou|Rum}}
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| − | {{Appellations|Bourbon|Rum|Bourbon}}
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| − | {{Appellations|file=M20 odd eyes woman.jpg|Curaçao|Rum|Curaçao}}
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| − | {{appellations/head|Rum}}
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| − | {{appellations|Shuichi Akai|Rum<ref name="file950">[[Volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|File 950: The Clipped Letters (Volume 90)]]</ref>}}
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| − | {{appellations|Subaru Okiya|Rum<ref name="file950" />}}
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| − | {{appellations|Jodie Starling|Rum}}
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| − | {{appellations|James Black|Rum}}
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| − | </tab>
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| − | {{appellations/head|Rum}}
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| − | {{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Rum<ref name="file950" />}}
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| − | {{appellations|Shinichi Kudo|Rum<ref name="file950" />}}
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| − | {{appellations|Ai Haibara|Rum}}
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| − | == Plot overview ==
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| − | [[File:The RUM text message.jpg|130px|thumb|right|The text message that Shuichi received.]]
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| − | === Scarlet Epilogue (Manga: [[Volume 85#File 898 - Scarlet Epilogue|898]], Anime: [[The Scarlet Return|783]]) ===
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| − | Shuichi Akai (as Subaru Okiya) calls [[Jodie Starling]] and [[Andre Camel]] to the [[Shinichi Kudo|Kudos]]' house. He informs them that the undercover [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent [[Hidemi Hondou]] reported to him that a new organization member is on the move. As she only sent three letters "RUM", Akai deduces that it was done in a hurry. He recalls having heard the code name a few times when he was still infiltrating the organization, and notes that the member seems to be really close to the boss. Akai also tells them to report this back to [[James Black]], while emphasizing that their new threat is someone even more important than [[Gin]].
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| − | === Scriptwriter Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 86#Scriptwriter Murder Case|906-908]], Anime: [[Three First Discoverers|792-793]]) ===
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| − | [[Conan Edogawa|Conan]] asks [[Ai Haibara|Haibara]] about Rum. She tells him that she never met Rum in person but has heard of the number two-ranked agent in the Organization. His/her characteristics differ depending on who is describing him/her. Some say he/she is a strongly-built man, some say he/she looks feminine, and some say he/she is an old man. Others believe that all of these are just descriptions of body substitutes Rum uses. Haibara also says there is one characteristic that is the same for all stories about Rum -- one of his/her eyes is damaged and has been replaced with an artificial eye.
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| − | They then encounter a murder case where all three suspects happen to have characteristics like Rum's: Kuramichi Habanaka a 40 years old strong-built man, Ronpei Sakaba a 31 years old feminine-looking man, and Denji Shibakaru a 63 years old man.
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| − | File:Kuramichi Habanaka.jpg|Kuramichi Habanaka, a strongly-built man matching Rum's first physical description.
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| − | File:Ronpei Sakaba.jpg|Ronpei Sakaba, a feminine man resembling Rum's second physical description.
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| − | File:Denji Shibakaru.jpg|Denji Shibakaru, an old man similar to Rum's third physical description.
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| − | === Department Store Stabbing Case (Manga: [[Volume 89#Department Store Stabbing_Case|939-941]], Anime: [[The Detective Boys in a Grove|843-844]]) ===
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| − | While not directly related to Rum's plot, this case showed how several different people could see the same person and describe them as completely different. The culprit in this case flees down the stairs past various people of different heights and past objects of different colors, which resulted in the [[Detective Boys]] giving contradicting eye witness accounts. To further liken the situation to Rum, Genta even claims that he saw the number two written on the culprits clothes. In addition this case had a [[Mary#Department Store Stabbing Case .28Manga: 939-941.2C Anime: TBA.29|secondary plot point involving mascara]].
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| − | === Kohji Haneda's Death Case (Manga: [[Volume 90#The Clenched Scissors and the Clipped Letters|950]], Anime: [[Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene|862]]) ===
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| − | | style="vertical-align: top"|[[File:Kohji's mirror.png|thumb|right|Kohji's dying message mirror is a flip mirror. <!--with no handle.-->]]
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| − | After Conan and Subaru solve the murder of Kunihisa Hiyama, they realize they can solve the dying message of [[Case from 17 years ago|Kohji's case]]. They decipher the meaning of the missing letters on the mirror of [[Kohji Haneda]]'s room. Kohji's dying message from 17 years ago was "ASACA RUM", so Rum might be involved in his death and the death of [[Amanda Hughes]], a big fan of Koji's, along with the disappearance of [[Asaka]], her bodyguard.
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| − | Since the dying message was "P T O N", the answer to it must contain all of the missing letters of "U MASCARA"<br>
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| − | PUT ON MASCARA - P T ON = U MASCARA <br>
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| − | U MASCARA - ASACA (for Asaka) = U M R<br>
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| − | Which can be rearranged to make RUM<br>
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| − | making the answer "ASACA RUM"
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| − | === Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 90#The Soul Detective|951]]-[[Volume 90#As If Connecting with a Demon in the Darkness|953]], Anime: [[Soul Detective Murder Case|863-864]]) ===
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| − | Conan decides that the missing bodyguard [[Asaka]] is most likely Rum.
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| − | After the case was over [[Masumi Sera|Masumi]] speaks to [[Mary]] and says that the only information that [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|Gaito Hotta]], the soul detective, had was that he believed Asaka to be a woman. He was going to pretend that he had summoned Kohji's spirit and have it say that a woman was going to kill him. According to Masumi, the culprit said that someone saw Asaka holding "that small mirror<!-- with a handle-->".
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| − | Conan considers that if Asaka is Rum, then perhaps what Haibara said about being feminine refers to looking girly on the outside but strong like a man on the inside. If Rum had been a bodyguard 17 years ago, then their age must be pretty high. Conan also ponders the possibility that Mary is Rum after having shrunken, being girly yet strong and older than she looks.
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| − | === A song named ASACA (Manga: [[Volume 90#A song named ASACA|954-957]], Anime: [[The Stage of Betrayal|866-867]]) ===
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| − | [[List of Black Organization related characters#Rokumichi Hado|Rokumichi Hado]], a famous artist coming back from a seventeen year hiatus, announces a new song called "ASACA". Because of the spelling and the timing, Conan and [[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]] go to the concert hall to investigate. There they encounter [[Rei Furuya|Bourbon]] and [[Vermouth]] in disguise as [[Azusa Enomoto]] who are trying to get in as well. Their presence suggests that the Black Organization decoded Kohji's dying message mirror and are investigating for the same reasons as Subaru and Conan. By the end of the case, both groups determine that the song being named "ASACA" is only a coincidence and not related to Rum or Kohji's murder.
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| − | [[File:Conan and Bourbon dying message.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Conan thinks that Amuro knows about the dying message.]]
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| − | === Curse of the Nue (Manga: [[Volume 90#Curse of the Nue|958]], Anime: TBA) ===
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| − | Conan inwardly comments about Vermouth and Amuro's presence in the last case. He states that they must have been there because they know about the code "ASACA RUM" that was left by Kohji Haneda 17 years ago. When Azusa mentions that she had seen two strangers approach the detective agency, Conan immediately assumes that it might have been Gin and Vodka, but it turns out to be [[Heiji Hattori|Heiji]] and [[Kazuha Toyama|Kazuha]] instead.
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| − | === Interchanged Betting Ticket Case (Manga: [[Volume 91#Interchanged Betting Ticket Case|975]], Anime: TBA) ===
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| − | === Burning Tent Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume_93#Burning_Tent_Murder_Case|987-989]], Anime: TBA) ===
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| − | Kuroda is shown looking at the [[Case from 17 years ago|Kohji Haneda case]] on his computer. He seems to make some kind of connection between the case and Rumi Wakasa. This story incidentally, also reveals that Rumi cannot see with her right eye, squarely making her a candidate for Rum's true identity.
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| − | === The Field Trip to Kyoto (Manga: [[Volume_94#|1005]], Anime:TBA) ===
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| − | In the end of the case, the 3 Rum suspects, [[Wakasa Rumi]], [[Kanenori Wakita]] and [[Hyoue Kuroda]] are mentioned in the side notes. All 3 suspects appear in the same page, and seemingly focusing on Shinichi's involvement in the case.
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| − | === Missing Maria Higashio Case (Manga: [[Volume_95#|1008]], Anime:TBA) ===
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| − | Rum sends an email to [[Bourbon]], asking him to gather information about Shinichi, telling him to hurry up because "Time is money".
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| − | == Non-Canon Plot Overview ==
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| − | === Movie 20: [[The Darkest Nightmare]] ===
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| − | Rum doesn't appear in this movie directly:
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| − | * Haibara imagines his/her three silhouettes like in [[Volume 86#Scriptwriter Murder Case|file 906]], and his/her artificial eye.
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| − | * When she finally regained her lost memory, a [[Curaçao]]'s flashback shows Rum speaking to [[Vermouth]] through a computer in an altered voice. Vermouth was about to execute Curaçao because her brain recorded facts inconvenient to the Organization, but Rum's voice stopped her. He appointed Curaçao as his/her right-handed agent.
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| − | * Rum sends orders to Vermouth and Gin ordering them not to execute [[Toru Amuro|Bourbon]] and [[Hidemi Hondo|Kir]] because he/she received a new message, apparently from Curaçao, that they weren't NOCs.
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| − | * Vermouth has a conversation with him/her by the end titles, while she is in her car along with [[Hidemi Hondo|Kir]]. She lets Kir listen to what he/she has to say before hanging up.
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| − | == Relationships analysis ==
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| − | === Organization ===
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| − | ==== The Boss ====
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| − | [[The Boss of the Black Organization]] is his/her only direct superior.
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| − | ==== Curaçao ====
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| − | [[Curaçao]] is a member who works as Rum's right-hand agent but has only appeared in Movie 20.
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| − | In the past, because her brain recorded facts inconvenient to the Organization, Vermouth was about to execute her, but Rum's voice stopped her. Rum then appointed her as her right-hand agent. Presently, Rum charges her to break into [[Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department|Tokyo police headquarters]] and accesses classified secret files on spies planted in the Black Organization by many intelligence agencies.
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| − | == Speculation ==
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| − | === Gender ===
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| − | So far, all the Black Organization code names for men are liquors while women's code names are wine or wine-based cocktails. Rum should be a man if this pattern holds.
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| − | Haibara's list of potential descriptions "strong man, feminine man, and elderly" all suggest Rum is a man, although Conan has entertained the possibility Rum is a woman by suspecting [[Mary]].
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| − | Conan currently suspects [[Asaka]] of being Rum. [[Volume 90#Soul Detective Murder Case|Gaito Hotta]], who witnessed Asaka holding a small hand mirror, believed Asaka was a woman. Hotta's reliability is questionable, because the hand mirror—typically a woman's accessory—that a witness saw Asaka holding could have been Kohji's.
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| − | ==== Asaka ====
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| − | Conan implicates the missing bodyguard [[Asaka]] as Kohji Haneda's and Amanda Hughes' killer from 17 years ago. The encoded dying message left by Kohji using a broken mirror seems to point to Asaka being Rum. While it unclear whether Asaka is Rum or merely related (the extent of Kohji's knowledge of Rum and Asaka and how he came by it is unclear), the Black Organization itself believes the decoding "ASACA RUM" is correct by being paranoid about things named "Asaca" with a C connected to a 17 year ago timeframe. [[Volume 90#The Soul Detective|Gaito Hotta]] assumed Asaka was female. Gin refers to Kohji Haneda's murder as "a job which Rum had screwed up seventeen years ago..."<ref name="file953"/>
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| − | ==== Mary ====
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| − | Conan considers the possibility [[Mary]] is Rum after being shrunken. She is feminine but tough on the inside like a man and perhaps older than she looks, which is one way of interpreting Haibara's description of Rum. But later in the manga she was revealed to be the mother of Sera, Shuichi and Shukichi and the wife of Tsutomu Akai.
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| − | ==== Hyoue Kuroda ====
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| − | [[Hyoue Kuroda]] is chief of the first division of Nagano Police and first introduced at the end of file 913. He is a middle-aged strong-built man with white hair that makes him look older. Kuroda has a bad right eye surrounded by extensive facial scarring which he hides behind a darkened glasses lens, but the eye is shown to be closed similar to Kansuke's eye socket and not an artificial eye like Rum is described as having. The circumstances behind the loss of his right eye are unclear, but it likely involved burning or caustic chemicals considering the extent of the scarring. Kuroda's favorite drink is black tea, which is actually a dark red color.
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| − | In file 925, Haibara said to Conan that [[Shiho Miyano#"Black Organization sense"|she hadn't felt the Black Organization "aura" from Kuroda]]. She had only gripped Conan's shoulder because Hyoue's face and expression were really scary. In fact, she implied Kuroda couldn't be Rum as he saw her and should have noticed she resembles [[Shiho Miyano]]. If he were Rum, he would've broken into [[Hiroshi Agasa|Professor Agasa]]'s house, yet this didn't happen.
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| − | ==== Rumi Wakasa ====
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| − | [[Rumi Wakasa]] is the new Deputy Homeroom Teacher at Teitan Elementary school for Year 1 Class B. Her personality seems to be that of a really clumsy and incapable teacher. She approached the [[Detective Boys]] on the grounds that she is scared of the old warehouse at the school and needed them to come with her. However, once she was out of sight of the Detective Boys, her personality changed dramatically to that of a skilled fighter with a scary face. Most likely her name is meant to resemble "ASAKA RUM", the code from [[Kohji Haneda]]'s death, with the addition of a W and an I. In a recent case, Haibara seems to react to Rumi in a similar way that she does when she senses a BO agent. Haibara also noticed that Rumi could not see out of one of her eyes. However at the end of the case Haibara seems to defend Rumi to Conan who has become suspicious of her.
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| − | Rumi is unlikely to be Rum because the [[Black Organization]] has no motive to allow someone to use a name which draws attention to "Rum" and the [[Case from 17 years ago|Kohji Haneda case of 17 years ago]]. There is no apparent benefit the Black Organization would gain from publicly flaunting the names "Asaka" or "Rum", which can be linked to Kohji's murder. The Black Organization appears to want to cover up anything related to Rum and Asaka since they have sent [[Vermouth]] and [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]] to investigate possible references to it, and someone with significant reach is actively scrubbing the internet of information from the past murder case. It would also not make sense for the vital number two of the Organization to flaunt their identity where [[FBI]] agents have worked previously and risk being captured. In addition Haibara directly interacted with Rumi, yet Rumi did not appear to recognize Haibara either, instead focusing her attention on Conan.
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| − | ==== Kanenori Wakita ====
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| − | [[Kanenori Wakita]] is a wanderer who has recently taken up a job at Irohazushi as a sushi chef, and prides himself as an Edokko (Tokyo-ite) detective. He has an eye patch over one eye and claims he injured it recently which has resulted in him currently being a waiter rather than a chef because of the use of knives. Conan briefly considers him a suspect. Wakita is now also a disciple of Kogoro.
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| − | ==== Kansuke Yamato ====
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| − | [[Kansuke Yamato]] is a strong young man, but limps like an old man because he uses a cane to compensate for an injured left leg. Kansuke has long hair pulled back into a ponytail which could be considered feminine if he let it down. Kansuke's left eye is also damaged, but he does not use an artificial eye. '''Gosho Aoyama disclaimed Kansuke Yamato from being Rum in two animal crossing hints.'''
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| − | ==== Taka'aki Morofushi ====
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| − | [[Taka'aki Morofushi]] is a young man with a feminine physique. So far, there's been no indication he has a prosthetic eye.
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| − | ==== Shukichi Haneda ====
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| − | [[Shukichi Haneda]] is a young man with no indication of a prosthetic eye. He has seen both Conan and Haibara twice, giving him an easy opportunity to find Sherry and report it to the Black Organization. In File 972 he was revealed to be the middle brother of [[Akai family]].
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| − | [[Chikara Katsumata]] is a famous shogi player who currently holds the [[wikipedia:Osho (shogi)|Osho]] title. Since he is a character introduced in file 899/900 in the Rum arc, he is a potential candidate. As a male, he fits the liquors-for-men codename pattern, and he appears to be old enough that he could be involved in Kohji's murder 17 years ago. Traditional japanese clothing for men is considered to be very old fashioned (versus the western suit) and would age him up in the eyes of those who do not know he wears a kimono because he plays shogi professionally.<ref>Yumi mistook Shuukichi for a Rakugo performer because of his kimono</ref> Other shogi players such as [[Shukichi Haneda]]<ref>Glasses off, Attempted hair taming, Clean shaven, folding fan in 946</ref> and [[Koji Haneda]]<ref>According to Ai, he likely carried the "Put on Mascara" handmirror</ref> meticulously care for their appearance<ref>Ai said so. File 948, pg 5: "The clenched scissors"</ref> because they are photographed often, and so they possess or carry beauty products more typically associated with women, like handmirrors and folding fans. Assuming Chikara possess beauty items like his peers, someone who knew might assume he was feminine. It's unclear if Chikara has a fake eye due to his limited number of appearances. Chikara is conveniently linked to shogi which the dead Koji Haneda was interested in.
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| − | ==== Kiyonaga Matsumoto ====
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| − | [[Kiyonaga Matsumoto]] is a middle-aged strongly-built man whose left eye has a scar over it.
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| − | ==== Muga Iori ====
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| − | [[Muga Iori]] is a butler of [[Momiji]], a high school student. He has been shown to be rather stealthy when meeting Conan and Heiji during a case. Megure and Takagi were also not actively aware of his presence and didn't notice his later disappearance from the crime scene. As a butler, Iori is expected to have physical strength and his long hair can make him look effeminate. However, it is unknown if he has any eye issues.
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| − | ==== Tsutomu Akai ====
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| − | [[Shuichi Akai]]'s father could be Rum although it's a low possibility. He was involved with [[Kohji Haneda]]'s murder but wasn't an FBI agent according to [[Shuichi Akai|Subaru Okiya]].
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| − | === Three descriptions for one person ===
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| − | Various members of the Black Organization all disagree about Rum's overall appearance. For this to be the case, Rum must not present himself/herself to others straightforwardly. There are several possibilities why this could be:
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| − | ::Fairly straightforward as far as explanations go, Rum could appear to different agents with different faces and builds leading to confusion. Disguise is a potential skill Rum could have. He/she is the number two of the Black Organization and likely close to [[The Boss of the Black Organization|the boss]], so he/she has a need for security and secrecy and is probably also multi-talented like most other code named agents. That said, there is currently no evidence that Rum has attempted a disguise or has been involved in any plots where disguise is necessary.
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| − | * He/she has features of all three types leading to different conclusions.
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| − | :: Rum might have features of all three types of builds so that each witness comes to a different conclusion about his appearance depending on what they personally emphasize. As an example, Kansuke Yamato is a strongly built man, uses a cane like an old man, and his ponytail could give someone the impression he/she is feminine. If Kansuke tended to only appear to others in shadowed environments, then it's possible he/she could be mistaken for an old man or even a woman when viewed in profile.
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| − | :: The confusion may not stem solely from appearance. In [[Volume 89#Department Store Stabbing Case|The Department Store Stabbing Case]], the three [[detective boys]] give conflicting statements of the same stabber because they each saw different things depending on their vantage points and personal prejudices. [[Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 4]] and [[Kobayashi-sensei's Love]] are cases with a similar theme. Similarly, members of the Black Organization with different backgrounds might come to different conclusions depending on the context they encounter Rum in.
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| − | :: If members of the Black Organization only interact with Rum by video-phone conversation, they might come to different conclusions about his appearance depending on how he/she speaks. If Rum uses old style Japanese like an elderly person might, has a deep voice like that of a well built man, but is excessively polite and uses pronouns like {{nihongo|watashi|私}}, then three different conclusions of his overall appearance can result.
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| − | * The code name Rum is shared by more than one person.
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| − | ::Also self explanatory, but requires each Rum persona to have a fake eye - a pretty unlikely coincidence if each of their eyes was lost in a separate accident.
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| − | ::In a [[postcards|postcard]] from Gosho in 2016 he said that Rum was one person.
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| − | * Rum uses body doubles.
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| − | ::Rum using body doubles with different builds was suggested by Haibara to explain why different Black Organization agents had different impressions.<ref name="906p3"/> It does not explain the fake eye common between them, unless these doubles were required to wear one.
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| − | [[File:Nick_griffin_bnp_from_flickr_user_britishnationalism_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|A man with a prosthetic eye (left eye)]]It is particularly odd that the Black Organization members are unanimous about Rum having a fake eye while disagreeing about obvious appearance facts that are typically the first to be noticed. Prosthetic eyes are usually subtle, as shown in the picture on the right, and can be easily mistaken for some other type of ocular problem such as lazy eye. That implies there is some distinct reason why everyone agrees that Rum has a prosthetic eye while disagreeing about other obvious facts. There are several possibilities why this might be:
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| − | * The prosthetic eye Rum uses when talking to other members of the Black Organization is very obviously fake
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| − | ::While such an obvious fake eye would be detrimental in public because it would draw attention, Rum may prefer using a non-subtle prosthetic when in the presence of the rest of the Black Organization. For instance, Rum could use an obvious fake for the purposes of intimidation or to draw attention away from the rest of him/her so that he is not well remembered. Rum could also use a mechanical gadget in place of his/her eye that augments his/her vision.
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| − | * Rum's prosthetic eye is a rumor everyone knows.
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| − | ::One possible reason everyone agrees about Rum's fake eye is because it is an oft-circulated fact that he/she has one. Perhaps there is some tale about how he/she lost it that gets passed from member to member. In this case, it wouldn't even matter if Rum actually had a fake eye so long as everyone was inclined to say that he/she did.
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| − | [[File:MyLum_gag_strip.gif|thumb|right|x200px|A joke panel in which Gosho introduced the character [[wikipedia:Lum Invader|Lum Invader]] as Rum. Click the image for more information.]]
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| − | In two promotional messages sent out through the video game ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'' for Nintendo 3DS sometime around or slightly before September 3rd 2014<ref>This blog post with links to screenshots was made September 3, 2014<br>http://sky969blue6261.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-115.html<br>Comments on the blog discussing the hint are time stamped at the same date, September 3 2014, so it is unlikely that the old entry was updated.</ref>, Gosho said:
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| − | * "Actually, Rum has already appeared lol"<ref>じつは もうラムは でてたりしてｗ<br>Translated by Alaktorn<br>[[:File:Rum animal crossing 1.jpg|Rum has appeared]]</ref>
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| − | :* Please note that Gosho, as a crossover joke, has introduced a character named [[wikipedia:_Lum_Invader|Lum Invader]] from another manga as the Black Organization member Rum. Gosho also showed Lum in a panel in file 906 and referenced the earlier gag in the concurrent Sherry's soliloquy. Gosho may have been intending to mislead fans with this animal crossing by exploiting the ambiguity between Rum and Lum.
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| − | * "Kan-chan is not Rum ^^"<ref>カンちゃんはラムじゃないって（＾＾<br>Translated by Alaktorn<br>[[:File:Rum animal crossing 2.jpg|Rum is not Kansuke]]</ref>
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| − | Taking these hints at face value, Rum has appeared at or before [[Volume 86|File 906]].
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| − | File:The Scarlet Return rum.jpg|[[Kir]]'s mail for [[Shuichi Akai|Shuichi]]/[[Subaru Okiya|Subaru]] ([[The Scarlet Return|episode 783]])
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| − | File:Three Rums.jpg|Three Rum's silhouettes ([[Volume 86#Scriptwriter Murder Case|file 906]])
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| − | File:793 fake eye.jpg|Three Rum's silhouettes with fake eyes (anime version of [[Three First Discoverers|episode 793]])
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | * [[Characters]]
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| − | * [[Black Organization]]
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| − | * [[wikipedia:Rum|Rum]] (Alcohol)
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