Rum

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Rum
Profile
Japanese name:	ラム (Ramu)
Age:	56
Gender:	Male
Occupation:	Sushi chef Black Organization second-in-command
Aliases:	Kanenori Wakita
Statistics
First appearance:	Manga: File 607 Anime: Episode 502
Appearances:	Chapters: 33 Chapters: 3 Episodes: 24 Movies: 2 Openings: 3 Openings: 1
Keyhole number:	Volume 97
Actors
Japanese voice:	Shigeru Chiba

Rum (ラム ,Ramu), alias Kanenori Wakita (脇田 兼則 ,Wakita Kanenori), is the second-in-command of the Black Organization and the second main antagonist in the entire manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.

Background

Rum is actually disguised as Kanenori Wakita, a sushi chef at Beika Iroha Sushi. He is the close aide of the boss of the Black Organization, then he is their second-in-command, and changes his voice with a machine when he communicates with his subordinates. He was involved with the death of Kohji Haneda seventeen years ago. He is interested in Shinichi Kudo and charges Bourbon to gather information about him. He also considers Yusaku Kudo a threat to the organization and orders Vermouth to investigate him.

Personality

As Kanenori Wakita, he is a true edokko ("child of Tokyo") and has the stereotypical personality: forward, confrontational, and fond of justice and sushi. Bourbon describes Rum as exceedingly impatient. He has a keen sense of observation, being able to detect different message codes due to the difference in romaji writing. As such, that saves his subordinates from being captured and allows them to counter attack the FBI.

Appearance

Rum's appearance.

Rum is an older bald man with a strong build, where he has damaged the left eye and replaced it with one artificial. When disguise as Kanenori Wakita, he has short black hair, a toothbrush mustache, prominent buck teeth, and soft medical dressing over his left eye.

There are conflicting accounts of his overall appearance and build among the Black Organization members. Some think Rum is a strongly-built man, some say he looks feminine, and some say he is an old man.

Abilities

He has relatively good deduction skills just like Conan, liking mystery since he was a child. He was also able to brainwash Curaçao. He can't safely wield the knife due his injured eye.

Appellations

Picture	Name	What they call Rum	What Rum calls them
	Gin	Rum	-
	Vodka	Rum	-
	Vermouth	Rum	Vermouth
	Chianti	Rum	-
	Korn	Rum	-
	Hidemi Hondou	Rum	-
	Rei Furuya	Rum	Bourbon
	Curaçao	Rum	Curaçao

Picture	Name	What they call Rum	What Rum calls them
	Shuichi Akai	Rum	-
	Subaru Okiya	Rum	-
	Jodie Starling	Rum	-
	James Black	Rum	-

Picture	Name	What they call Rum	What Rum calls them
	Conan Edogawa	Rum Uncle (Oji-san) Wakita Kanenori-san	-
	Shinichi Kudo	Rum	Kudo Shinichi
	Ai Haibara	Rum	-
	Kogoro Mouri	Wakita-san	Mouri Kogoro Master Kogoro (Kogorou-shishou) Customer (Okyaku-san) Sleeping Kogoro-sama (Nemuri no Kogoro-sama)
	Yusaku Kudo	Rum	-
	Iroha Sushi Chef	-	Boss

Plot overview

Foreign Suspect Case (Manga: 607, Anime: 502)

Rum vs. Akai and Camel.

Rum appeared as an old man during Shuichi Akai's final loyalty test two years ago, while he was waiting for Gin to arrive. FBI agent Andre Camel emerged from his hiding place to scare him away, thinking he was just an ordinary old man, revealing that "Dai Moroboshi" was a spy.

Scriptwriter Murder Case (Manga: 906-908, Anime: 792-793)

Haibara visualizes his three black figures, just like Conan later in the anime version with fake eyes.

Soul Detective Murder Case (Manga: 951-953, Anime: 863-864)

Conan visualizes Rum as a black figure, just like his three black figures with fake eyes later in the anime version.

Interchanged Betting Ticket Case (Manga: 975-977, Anime: 894-895)

Wakita correctly guesses which horse Kogoro must have bet on to cause him to visit Beika Iroha Sushi and order the highest quality servings. He also deduces it is very out of character for Kogoro. Conan, worried about Rum, wants to know what happened to Wakita's eye. He turns out to be a fan of Kogoro's and wants to know about Kogoro's cases. Kogoro tells him about the recent zombie murder, leaving out certain embarrassing details. A pickpocketing case then coincidentally falls into their laps. He challenges Kogoro to a deduction contest: a race to figure out which customer stole the lady's million yen winning ticket first. He cleverly and decisively comes up with excuses to keep all the suspects from leaving the sushi bar when they try to leave to avoid being accused. Although disappointed he won't get to see Kogoro in action, he is also first to propose a solution, which is very nearly close to correct, although he might have made his error in order to test Sleeping Kogoro in action. However, since he was mistaken, Conan darts Kogoro to put the case to rest decisively. He is impressed and asks to be Kogoro's disciple in exchange for discounts on sushi. Kogoro accepts, but it isn't clear if the response was serious.

Rumi Wakasa's Neighbor Murder Case (Manga: 980, Anime: 896-897)

Wakita is seen reading a Nichiuri newspaper, but it's not showed what article he is reading. He comments that "this one is quick-witted".

Crimson School Trip Case (Manga: 1005, Anime: 928)

After the case is solved, Wakita is seen reading an article that mentions Shinichi's involvement in the case. In the anime, this was adapted in the next case.

Missing Maria Higashio Case (Manga: 1008, Anime: 941-942)

Wakita is seen talking to Agasa, claiming that he came to deliver a sushi in his neighborhood, but couldn't due to a mass of paparazzi surrounding Shinichi's house. After he finished his conversation, he is seen reading an article in his phone, where the blogger who claimed that she saw Shinichi was nothing but an illusion, calming down the uproar about Shinichi. Rum sends an email to Bourbon, asking him to gather information about Shinichi, telling him to hurry up stating that "Time is money".

Nagano Snowy Mountains Case (Manga: 1027-1031, Anime: TBD)

Wakita joins Conan, Kogoro, and Amuro to Nagano after receiving a request about investigating a suicide case in an old church. He mention that he hated betrayal, like trader selling some old fish in a high price while they were on the train. Upon reaching the church they are joined by some people. It is soon revealed that someone has assembled all of them together keeping their identity secret. Next they are trapped inside the church and two of the people were killed. They team up with pairs to investigate the case and he pairs with Kogoro. He realize Conan and Amruo are working well as a pair along the case. He is also looking forward for Conan's future when he grow up. After they are rescue from the church, he introduce himself as Kogoro's apprentice along with Amuro to Nagano prefecture police inspector.

Kogoro in a Dilemma (Manga: 1055-1057, Anime: TBD)

Wakita shows up at detective agency as he is impatient by waiting the sushi delivery ordered by Kogoro for Yoko Okino's visit with the strange mysterious coding of a murder case as Kogoro was stuck inside the toilet due to out of toilet paper in the bathroom. In this case, he seems has relatively good deductive ability by solving the mysterious coding with the murder case. After the case, he asks conan whether he is concern of something which is missing like a shogi piece which Conan denies.

FBI Serial Murder Case (Manga: 1061-1066, Anime: TBD)

After several FBI members were killed as the Black Organization was able to decode their communication, the FBI planted a fake code. However, Rum was able to detect such fake code, then his subordinates were able to counter trap and attacked the FBI members instead.

Non-canon plot overview

The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: 20)

Rum contacting Vermouth.

Rum doesn't appear in this movie directly:

• Haibara visualizes his three black figures, and his artificial eye in her hallucination.
• Rum sends orders to Vermouth and Gin ordering them not to execute Bourbon and Kir because he received a new message, apparently from Curaçao but in reality from Agasa as instructed by Conan, that they weren't NOCs.
• Rum also orders them to retrieve Curaçao to verify if the message is authentic or not.
• When she finally regained her lost memory, 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 right-handed agent.
• Vermouth has a conversation with him during the ending credit, while she is in her car along with Kir. She lets Kir listen to what he has to say before hanging up.

Relationships analysis

Black Organization

Rum contacting Curaçao.

The Boss

The boss is his only direct superior, meaning that Renya Karasuma must trust him the most, enough to make him the highest ranking executive agent.

Curaçao

Curaçao is a member who works as Rum's right-hand agent, but has only appeared in the non-canon movie. In the past, because her brain recorded facts inconvenient to the organization, Vermouth was about to execute her, but Rum decided to appoint her as his right-hand agent.

Character inspiration

Gosho Aoyama was inspired by the fictional character Colonel Sebastian Moran in the Sherlock Holmes' series to create the Black Organization second-in-command. He was the Professor Moriarty's right hand man and "the second most dangerous man in London".

Gallery

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  Old man (episode 502).

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  Rum (episode 863).

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  Kanenori Wakita (episode 894).

Trivia

Lum Invader

• Wakita's character is a homage to one-eyed boxing coach Danpei Tange from the 1968 boxing manga series Ashita no Joe.
• His enemy role in the series is just like the second-in-command of the alien boss of the evil organization Jocker in the children's show Kamen Yaiba.
• Rum is a distilled alcoholic beverage made from sugarcane byproducts, such as molasses or honeys, or directly from sugarcane juice, by a process of fermentation and distillation. It's the liquor pirates often drink.
• In the hand-drawn poster by Gosho Aoyama for movie 20, Conan is riding a black horse on fire, that represents nightmare. The title of the movie confirmed the horse is Rum.
• Gosho Aoyama, as a crossover joke, has introduced Lum Invader, the female protagonist from the manga Urusei Yatsura, as the Black Organization member Rum. He also showed Lum in a panel in file 906. Lum's name has a similar pronunciation to "Rum" because "R" and "L" sound the same in Japanese.
• In a joke by the author, Rum has already appeared, taking that appearance at or before file 906. This is a reference to the cameo by Lum here.

See also

• Characters
• Black Organization
• Rum (alcohol)