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| name = Taka'aki Morofushi | | name = Taka'aki Morofushi | ||
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| gender = Male | | gender = Male | ||
| date-of-birth = unknown | | date-of-birth = unknown | ||
| − | | relatives = | + | | relatives = [[Mr. Morofushi]] (father, deceased) <br> [[Mrs. Morofushi]] (mother, deceased) <br> [[Hiromitsu Morofushi]] (younger brother, deceased) |
| occupation = Nagano Prefecture Police Inspector | | occupation = Nagano Prefecture Police Inspector | ||
| aliases = | | aliases = | ||
| nicknames = Komei (高明) | | nicknames = Komei (高明) | ||
| + | | status = Alive | ||
| first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 65#Red Wall Case|File 682]] <br> Anime: [[The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall|Episode 558]] | | first-appearance = Manga: [[Volume 65#Red Wall Case|File 682]] <br> Anime: [[The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall|Episode 558]] | ||
| appearances = {{:Taka'aki Morofushi Appearances}} | | appearances = {{:Taka'aki Morofushi Appearances}} | ||
| cases-solved = | | cases-solved = | ||
| − | | keyhole = [[Volume 65]] | + | | keyhole = [[Volume 65]] |
| − | | japanese-voice = [[Sho Hayami]] | + | | japanese-voice = [[Sho Hayami]] <br> [[Nobuhiko Okamoto]] (young) |
| + | | english-voice = [[Rayner Gabriel]] (Macias Group) | ||
| footnotes = | | footnotes = | ||
}} | }} | ||
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== Background == | == Background == | ||
| − | Morofushi's parents died and his younger brother | + | Morofushi's parents died prematurely, and while he remained in Nagano, his younger brother Hiromitsu was taken in by relatives in Tokyo and thus separated from Morofushi. |
| − | Morofushi | + | |
| + | Morofushi first met [[Kansuke Yamato]] in elementary school.<ref name=Komei/> Morofushi's exploits were so well known there that a book about a child solving a case in an elementary school, titled "Kōmei-kun from Second Grade Class A!", was based off of him (another character in the book was based off of Yamato).<ref name=Komei/> Morofushi cherishes the book, keeping it in the glove compartment of his car, as the author was a friend of his.<ref name=Komei>[[The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall|Episodes 558-561: The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall]]</ref> | ||
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| + | After (presumably) graduating from high school, Morofushi went to Tokyo to do a university degree, and finished top of his class. Then (presumably) he returned to Nagano and joined the prefectural police force, where climbed the ladder over the years and eventually became an Inspector. He once abandoned his job briefly in an attempt to save Yamato (who had been left to die in an avalanche),<ref name=Komei/> and while Yamato was eventually safe, Morofushi was demoted and sent to work at a local police station.<ref name=Komei/> | ||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
| − | + | Morofushi is generally shown to be calm and well-mannered, in contrast to the quick-tempered Yamato. According to Yamato, Morofushi tends to ignore others completely while investigating a case, and sometimes even goes out of his jurisdiction. If he has to, Morofushi will put his life on the line. | |
| − | He also | + | == Skills == |
| + | Morofushi is highly skilled at the art of deduction, unlike many of the other police characters in Detective Conan. He also knows a lot about the [[Wikipedia: Three Kingdoms|Three Kingdoms]] era (an era in Chinese history lasting from 220 CE to 280 CE), and frequently quotes two of the most prominent military strategists of that era, namely [[Wikipedia: Zhuge Liang|Zhuge Liang]] (诸葛亮) and [[Wikipedia: Zhou Yu|Zhou Yu]] (周瑜). | ||
| − | == | + | == Appellations == |
<tabs jsId="nicknames"> | <tabs jsId="nicknames"> | ||
<tab title="Protagonists"> | <tab title="Protagonists"> | ||
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{{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Inspector Morofushi (''Morofushi-keibu'')<ref name="file917">[[Volume 87#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 917 (Volume 87)]]</ref>}} | {{appellations|Conan Edogawa|Inspector Morofushi (''Morofushi-keibu'')<ref name="file917">[[Volume 87#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 917 (Volume 87)]]</ref>}} | ||
{{appellations|Ran Mouri|Inspector Morofushi (''Morofushi-keibu'')<ref name="file917"/>}} | {{appellations|Ran Mouri|Inspector Morofushi (''Morofushi-keibu'')<ref name="file917"/>}} | ||
| + | {{appellations|Kogoro Mouri|-|Mouri-san}} | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | </tab> | ||
| + | <tab title="Friends & relatives"> | ||
| + | {{appellations/head|Komei}} | ||
| + | {{appellations|Hiromitsu Morofushi|Niisan<ref name="file1021">[[Volume 96#Deceased's Belongings|File 1021: Deceased's Belongings (Volume 96)]]</ref><br> Taka'aki-niichan<ref name="file1021"/>|Hiromitsu<ref name="file1021"/>}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
</tab> | </tab> | ||
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{{appellations|Kansuke Yamato|Komei<ref name="file915">[[Volume 86#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 915 (Volume 86)]]</ref><br> Morofushi<ref name="file917"/>|Kansuke-kun<ref name="file915"/><br> Yamato Kansuke<ref name="file913"/>}} | {{appellations|Kansuke Yamato|Komei<ref name="file915">[[Volume 86#Kawanakajima Murder Case|File 915 (Volume 86)]]</ref><br> Morofushi<ref name="file917"/>|Kansuke-kun<ref name="file915"/><br> Yamato Kansuke<ref name="file913"/>}} | ||
{{appellations|Yui Uehara|Inspector Morofushi (''Morofushi-keibu'')<ref name="file917"/>|Yui-san ([[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]]'s thought)<ref>[[:File:Postcard2016 6.jpg]] (Taka'aki (or Komei) calls her 'Yui-san', I think... probably... (laugh) )</ref>}} | {{appellations|Yui Uehara|Inspector Morofushi (''Morofushi-keibu'')<ref name="file917"/>|Yui-san ([[Gosho Aoyama|Gosho]]'s thought)<ref>[[:File:Postcard2016 6.jpg]] (Taka'aki (or Komei) calls her 'Yui-san', I think... probably... (laugh) )</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{appellations|Ginzo Nakamori||Inspector Nakamori (''Nakamori-keibu'')<ref name="file1018">[[Volume 96#Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips|File 1018 (Volume 96)]]</ref>}} | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | </tab> | ||
| + | <tab title="Others"> | ||
| + | {{appellations/head|Komei}} | ||
| + | {{appellations|Jirokichi Suzuki|Inspector Morofushi Taka'aki (''Morofushi-Takaaki-keibu'')<ref name="file1018"/>|Adviser Suzuki Jirokichi (''Suzuki Jirokichi-sōdan'yaku'')}} | ||
| + | {{appellations|Kaitou Kid||Kid<ref name="file1018">[[Volume 96#Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips|File 1018 (Volume 96)]]</ref>}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
</tab> | </tab> | ||
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== Plot overview == | == Plot overview == | ||
=== Red Wall Case (Manga: [[Volume 65#Red Wall Case|682-686]], Anime: [[The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall|558-561]]) === | === Red Wall Case (Manga: [[Volume 65#Red Wall Case|682-686]], Anime: [[The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall|558-561]]) === | ||
| + | Morofushi is the first to realize that by looking at red things for a long time and then looking at something white, one sees green in the afterimage (this dying message thus implies the Italian flag, a vital clue to uncovering the culprit). While he texts Yamato "the late Kōmei" as a hint, he is abused by the culprit, who smacks Morofushi's head and renders him unconscious. The culprit later sets the house on fire to kill Morofushi, but he is able to escape before the whole house is engulfed by flames. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Later on, together with [[Conan]] and Yamato, Morofushi devises a scheme to trick the culprit to that the police can arrest him with ease. | ||
=== Eye for an Eye (Manga: [[Volume 74#Eye for an Eye|783-784]], Anime: [[The Design of Poison and Mirage|653-654]]) === | === Eye for an Eye (Manga: [[Volume 74#Eye for an Eye|783-784]], Anime: [[The Design of Poison and Mirage|653-654]]) === | ||
| + | It is revealed that Morofushi has managed to get back to the prefectural police force. | ||
=== The Red Woman (Manga: [[Volume 83#The Red Woman|874-875]], Anime: [[The Tragedy of the Red Woman|754-756]]) === | === The Red Woman (Manga: [[Volume 83#The Red Woman|874-875]], Anime: [[The Tragedy of the Red Woman|754-756]]) === | ||
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=== Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 86#Kawanakajima Murder Case|913]]-[[volume 87#Kawanakajima Murder Case|917]], Anime: [[The Darkness of the Prefectural Police|810-812]]) === | === Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: [[Volume 86#Kawanakajima Murder Case|913]]-[[volume 87#Kawanakajima Murder Case|917]], Anime: [[The Darkness of the Prefectural Police|810-812]]) === | ||
| − | === Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: [[Volume 96#Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips|1018]]-[[ | + | === Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: [[Volume 96#Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips|1018-1021]], Anime: [[Kid vs. Komei: The Targeted Lips|983-984]]) === |
| + | Morofushi arrives at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters to retrieve an envelope addressed to him, and stumbles upon a case involving [[Kaitou Kid]] after meeting [[Jirokichi Suzuki]]. While talking on the phone with Yamato, [[Yui Uehara]] mentions that he had a younger brother who had moved to Tokyo after their parents' deaths and working in MPD. Morofushi replies that he has not been in touch with his younger brother, and thus does not know where he is or what he is doing. | ||
| + | |||
| + | After seeing through Kid's tricks and "solving" the case, he meets up with [[Miwako Sato|Sato]] and [[Wataru Takagi|Takagi]], who hands him the envelope. Inside, Morofushi finds a phone with a huge hole on the screen and the letter "H" written on the back. Morofushi thus realizes that it is his brother Hiromitsu's phone, and conjectures that he has been working for the [[Public Security Bureau]] and died while carrying out some undercover mission. The number "0" is on the back of the envelope, which reminds Morofushi of the time when Hiromitsu called him and told him excitedly that he had made a friend nicknamed "Zero" in Tokyo. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: [[Volume 97#Nagano Snowy Mountains Case|1028-1031]], Anime: [[The 36-Cell Perfect Game|1003-1005]]) === | ||
| + | Morofushi, along with Yamato and Uehara, investigates the video footage of the crime scene shot by [[Kogoro Mouri|Kogoro]]. He sees [[Rei Furuya|Amuro]] in the video and realizes that he has met him before. After thinking for a while, Morofushi recalls that when he was studying in Tokyo, he met up with Hiromitsu, who took "Zero" with him and told him that they were good friends and that both aspired to be a police officer. Morofushi thus suspects that the envelope was sent by Amuro. Shortly after this, his former boss, [[Kuroda]], talks to him in private; the conversation is not revealed to us readers, but it can be deduced from his subsequent behavior that Morofushi is instructed by Kuroda to pretend to not know Amuro. | ||
| + | |||
| + | After finally arriving at the crime scene, Morofushi greets Kogoro only and asks him who Amuro and Wakita are (Kogoro replies that they are his apprentices). As Yamato yells at him, telling him enter the church and start doing work, Morofushi goes past Amuro and says "every moment is precious and not a moment should be wasted." with the inner monologue "time is money, as the saying goes." | ||
| + | |||
| + | === 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]]) === | ||
| + | Morofushi became acquitance with Yamamura learning that he was friends with Hiromitsu. | ||
| + | |||
| + | == Non-canon plot overview == | ||
| + | === [[Movie 28]] === | ||
== Relationships analysis == | == Relationships analysis == | ||
| − | === | + | === Hiromitsu Morofushi === |
| − | + | Taka'aki and Hiromitsu Morofushi are siblings. After their parents' death, Hiromitsu was taken in by relatives in Tokyo and was separated from Taka'aki, but they still kept a good relationship. Their contact was forced to stop when Hiromitsu quitted the Tokyo MPD and "took on another assignment" (i.e. began working for the PSB). Afterwards, Hiromitsu became an undercover and died during his mission, but Taka'aki was not aware of this until he retrieves Hiromitsu's broken phone four years later and infers from the phone the fate of his younger brother. | |
| − | |||
| − | |||
| − | ==== | + | === Kansuke Yamato === |
| + | The rivalry between Yamato and Morofushi is mostly friendly, in which they see who can solve a case first. The two are also friends, and although they sometimes clash (with Yamato being quite rude to Morofushi), the overall relationship is not affected, and they keep working closely. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Morofushi is grateful that Yamato has introduced him to Conan, as he realizes after the Red Wall Case that Conan is highly intelligent.<ref name=Komei/> He even believes, and confides this to Yamato, that if it were not for Conan's observations, they would have never even come close to solving the case.<ref name=Komei/> He even compares Conan to a young version of Zhuge Liang.<ref name=Komei/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Misao Yamamura === | ||
| + | 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 == | ||
| − | [[File:Koumei nickname.jpg | + | [[File:Koumei nickname.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Komei nickname in kanji with a katakana reading.]] |
| − | + | Morofushi's name has a lot to do with Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮), a prominent Chinese military strategist living in the Three Kingdoms era. The courtesy name of Zhuge Liang is "孔明", which is pronounced as "Kōmei" in Japanese. Morofushi's given name "高明" is also pronounced in this way with the on'yomi reading, or the Sino-Japanese reading ("Taka'aki", on the other hand, is the kun'yomi reading, or native reading, of "高明"). Furthermore, the on'yomi reading of Morofushi ("Shofuku") is somewhat similar to the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese surname 诸葛 ("Shokatsu"). | |
== Quotes == | == Quotes == | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| − | * During | + | * During Morofushi's first appearance, after hearing him noting that the case is under his department's jurisdiction and learning his name, Conan inwardly commented "''Shokatsu no Kōmei''" (Komei's jurisdiction). This is a pun on the Japanese reading of Zhuge Kongming. |
== Different looks == | == Different looks == | ||
{| | {| | ||
| − | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Taka'aki Morofushi Profile.jpg|thumb|left|x200px| | + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Taka'aki Morofushi Profile.jpg|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 558]] |
| − | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Taka'aki Morofushi Middle.png|thumb|left|x200px| | + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Taka'aki Morofushi Middle.png|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 653]] |
| − | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Taka'aki Morofushi After.png|thumb|left|x200px| | + | | style="vertical-align: top" | [[File:Taka'aki Morofushi After.png|thumb|left|x200px|Episode 810]] |
|} | |} | ||
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| + | == In other languages == | ||
| + | |||
| + | {{BeginTable CharLang}} | ||
| + | {{CharLangItem|flag=Japan|Japanese|高明 Taka'aki|諸伏 Morofushi}} | ||
| + | {{CharLangItem|flag=China|Chinese (Simplified)|高明 Gāomíng|诸伏 Zhūfú}} | ||
| + | {{EndTable}} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Characters]] | * [[Characters]] | ||
| + | * [[Unsolved Mysteries]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Police detectives]] | [[Category:Police detectives]] | ||
[[Category:Male characters]] | [[Category:Male characters]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Victims]] | ||
[[de:Takaaki Morofushi]] | [[de:Takaaki Morofushi]] | ||
| + | [[zh:诸伏高明]] | ||
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| Taka'aki Morofushi | |
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| Japanese name: | 諸伏 高明 (Morofushi Takaaki) |
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| Age: | 35 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Date of birth: | unknown |
| Relatives: | Mr. Morofushi (father, deceased) Mrs. Morofushi (mother, deceased) Hiromitsu Morofushi (younger brother, deceased) |
| Occupation: | Nagano Prefecture Police Inspector |
| Status: | Alive |
| Nicknames: | Komei (高明) |
| First appearance: | Manga: File 682 Anime: Episode 558 |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 25 Chapters: 1 Episodes: 18 Movies: 1 Openings: 3 Closings: 2 |
| Keyhole number: | Volume 65 |
| Japanese voice: | Sho Hayami Nobuhiko Okamoto (young) |
| English voice: | Rayner Gabriel (Macias Group) |
Taka'aki Morofushi (諸伏 高明 Morofushi Takaaki), more commonly known as Komei (高明 Kōmei) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Personality
- 3 Skills
- 4 Appellations
- 5 Plot overview
- 5.1 Red Wall Case (Manga: 682-686, Anime: 558-561)
- 5.2 Eye for an Eye (Manga: 783-784, Anime: 653-654)
- 5.3 The Red Woman (Manga: 874-875, Anime: 754-756)
- 5.4 Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: 913-917, Anime: 810-812)
- 5.5 Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: 1018-1021, Anime: 983-984)
- 5.6 Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: 1028-1031, Anime: 1003-1005)
- 5.7 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 Trivia
- 11 Different looks
- 12 In other languages
- 13 See also
- 14 References
Background
Morofushi's parents died prematurely, and while he remained in Nagano, his younger brother Hiromitsu was taken in by relatives in Tokyo and thus separated from Morofushi.
Morofushi first met Kansuke Yamato in elementary school.[1] Morofushi's exploits were so well known there that a book about a child solving a case in an elementary school, titled "Kōmei-kun from Second Grade Class A!", was based off of him (another character in the book was based off of Yamato).[1] Morofushi cherishes the book, keeping it in the glove compartment of his car, as the author was a friend of his.[1]
After (presumably) graduating from high school, Morofushi went to Tokyo to do a university degree, and finished top of his class. Then (presumably) he returned to Nagano and joined the prefectural police force, where climbed the ladder over the years and eventually became an Inspector. He once abandoned his job briefly in an attempt to save Yamato (who had been left to die in an avalanche),[1] and while Yamato was eventually safe, Morofushi was demoted and sent to work at a local police station.[1]
Personality
Morofushi is generally shown to be calm and well-mannered, in contrast to the quick-tempered Yamato. According to Yamato, Morofushi tends to ignore others completely while investigating a case, and sometimes even goes out of his jurisdiction. If he has to, Morofushi will put his life on the line.
Skills
Morofushi is highly skilled at the art of deduction, unlike many of the other police characters in Detective Conan. He also knows a lot about the Three Kingdoms era (an era in Chinese history lasting from 220 CE to 280 CE), and frequently quotes two of the most prominent military strategists of that era, namely Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮) and Zhou Yu (周瑜).
Appellations
Plot overview
Red Wall Case (Manga: 682-686, Anime: 558-561)
Morofushi is the first to realize that by looking at red things for a long time and then looking at something white, one sees green in the afterimage (this dying message thus implies the Italian flag, a vital clue to uncovering the culprit). While he texts Yamato "the late Kōmei" as a hint, he is abused by the culprit, who smacks Morofushi's head and renders him unconscious. The culprit later sets the house on fire to kill Morofushi, but he is able to escape before the whole house is engulfed by flames.
Later on, together with Conan and Yamato, Morofushi devises a scheme to trick the culprit to that the police can arrest him with ease.
Eye for an Eye (Manga: 783-784, Anime: 653-654)
It is revealed that Morofushi has managed to get back to the prefectural police force.
The Red Woman (Manga: 874-875, Anime: 754-756)
Kawanakajima Murder Case (Manga: 913-917, Anime: 810-812)
Kaitou Kid and the Fairy's Lips (Manga: 1018-1021, Anime: 983-984)
Morofushi arrives at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Headquarters to retrieve an envelope addressed to him, and stumbles upon a case involving Kaitou Kid after meeting Jirokichi Suzuki. While talking on the phone with Yamato, Yui Uehara mentions that he had a younger brother who had moved to Tokyo after their parents' deaths and working in MPD. Morofushi replies that he has not been in touch with his younger brother, and thus does not know where he is or what he is doing.
After seeing through Kid's tricks and "solving" the case, he meets up with Sato and Takagi, who hands him the envelope. Inside, Morofushi finds a phone with a huge hole on the screen and the letter "H" written on the back. Morofushi thus realizes that it is his brother Hiromitsu's phone, and conjectures that he has been working for the Public Security Bureau and died while carrying out some undercover mission. The number "0" is on the back of the envelope, which reminds Morofushi of the time when Hiromitsu called him and told him excitedly that he had made a friend nicknamed "Zero" in Tokyo.
Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: 1028-1031, Anime: 1003-1005)
Morofushi, along with Yamato and Uehara, investigates the video footage of the crime scene shot by Kogoro. He sees Amuro in the video and realizes that he has met him before. After thinking for a while, Morofushi recalls that when he was studying in Tokyo, he met up with Hiromitsu, who took "Zero" with him and told him that they were good friends and that both aspired to be a police officer. Morofushi thus suspects that the envelope was sent by Amuro. Shortly after this, his former boss, Kuroda, talks to him in private; the conversation is not revealed to us readers, but it can be deduced from his subsequent behavior that Morofushi is instructed by Kuroda to pretend to not know Amuro.
After finally arriving at the crime scene, Morofushi greets Kogoro only and asks him who Amuro and Wakita are (Kogoro replies that they are his apprentices). As Yamato yells at him, telling him enter the church and start doing work, Morofushi goes past Amuro and says "every moment is precious and not a moment should be wasted." with the inner monologue "time is money, as the saying goes."
Nagano-Gunma Prefectural Border Murder Case (Manga: 1082-1084, Anime: 1123-1124)
Morofushi became acquitance with Yamamura learning that he was friends with Hiromitsu.
Non-canon plot overview
Movie 28
Relationships analysis
Hiromitsu Morofushi
Taka'aki and Hiromitsu Morofushi are siblings. After their parents' death, Hiromitsu was taken in by relatives in Tokyo and was separated from Taka'aki, but they still kept a good relationship. Their contact was forced to stop when Hiromitsu quitted the Tokyo MPD and "took on another assignment" (i.e. began working for the PSB). Afterwards, Hiromitsu became an undercover and died during his mission, but Taka'aki was not aware of this until he retrieves Hiromitsu's broken phone four years later and infers from the phone the fate of his younger brother.
Kansuke Yamato
The rivalry between Yamato and Morofushi is mostly friendly, in which they see who can solve a case first. The two are also friends, and although they sometimes clash (with Yamato being quite rude to Morofushi), the overall relationship is not affected, and they keep working closely.
Morofushi is grateful that Yamato has introduced him to Conan, as he realizes after the Red Wall Case that Conan is highly intelligent.[1] He even believes, and confides this to Yamato, that if it were not for Conan's observations, they would have never even come close to solving the case.[1] He even compares Conan to a young version of Zhuge Liang.[1]
Misao Yamamura
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
Morofushi's name has a lot to do with Zhuge Liang (诸葛亮), a prominent Chinese military strategist living in the Three Kingdoms era. The courtesy name of Zhuge Liang is "孔明", which is pronounced as "Kōmei" in Japanese. Morofushi's given name "高明" is also pronounced in this way with the on'yomi reading, or the Sino-Japanese reading ("Taka'aki", on the other hand, is the kun'yomi reading, or native reading, of "高明"). Furthermore, the on'yomi reading of Morofushi ("Shofuku") is somewhat similar to the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese surname 诸葛 ("Shokatsu").
Quotes
| “ | Make no intrusion into others' affairs. When it comes to relationships between close people, outsiders must never interfere.[citation needed] | „ |
Trivia
- During Morofushi's first appearance, after hearing him noting that the case is under his department's jurisdiction and learning his name, Conan inwardly commented "Shokatsu no Kōmei" (Komei's jurisdiction). This is a pun on the Japanese reading of Zhuge Kongming.
Different looks
In other languages
| Language | Given Name | Family Name |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
高明 Taka'aki | 諸伏 Morofushi |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
高明 Gāomíng | 诸伏 Zhūfú |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Episodes 558-561: The Mansion of Death and the Red Wall
- ^ a b c d File 917 (Volume 87)
- ^ a b c File 1021: Deceased's Belongings (Volume 96)
- ^ File 914 (Volume 86)
- ^ a b c File 913 (Volume 86)
- ^ a b File 915 (Volume 86)
- ^ File:Postcard2016 6.jpg (Taka'aki (or Komei) calls her 'Yui-san', I think... probably... (laugh) )
- ^ a b c File 1018 (Volume 96)
