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* He is aware of the Black Organization unlike most of the police. He is aware of the "ASACA RUM" code explaining his suspicion on Wakasa Rumi, and he is shown to be aware of Kudo Shinichi's connection with the Black Organization. | * He is aware of the Black Organization unlike most of the police. He is aware of the "ASACA RUM" code explaining his suspicion on Wakasa Rumi, and he is shown to be aware of Kudo Shinichi's connection with the Black Organization. | ||
* He is aware of both Bourbon's code name and NPA connection. If he was with the Black Organization, he would have taken action against the 'traitor' and if he was with the police knowing Bourbon's criminal connection but not knowing he is a NOC, he would have been investigating the 'criminal cop'. | * He is aware of both Bourbon's code name and NPA connection. If he was with the Black Organization, he would have taken action against the 'traitor' and if he was with the police knowing Bourbon's criminal connection but not knowing he is a NOC, he would have been investigating the 'criminal cop'. | ||
− | * In file 1030, he probably watched the crime scene video recorded by Kogoro offscreen and noticed Bourbon in it. In addition, he is also aware about Hiromitsu's connection with Bourbon as fellow officers so he contacted | + | * In file 1030, he probably watched the crime scene video recorded by Kogoro offscreen and noticed Bourbon in it. In addition, he is also aware about Hiromitsu's connection with Bourbon as fellow officers so he contacted Taka'aki, who was aware about this and presumably ordered him not to strike a conversation with Bourbon since it would blow his cover as undercover officer. |
=== Rumi Wakasa === | === Rumi Wakasa === | ||
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* Despite the activation of her Black Organization sense, Haibara says she likes Wakasa. | * Despite the activation of her Black Organization sense, Haibara says she likes Wakasa. | ||
* The photo of the bodyguard Asaka, whose face was not shown, may mislead her as the main suspect because Kuroda and Wakita are both men while she is a woman. | * The photo of the bodyguard Asaka, whose face was not shown, may mislead her as the main suspect because Kuroda and Wakita are both men while she is a woman. | ||
− | * Rum is a cautious person nobody, not even inside the Black Organization, has an accurate description | + | * Rum is a cautious person of whom nobody, not even inside the Black Organization, has an accurate description. If Rumi Wakasa was Rum, she wouldn't have allowed herself to be shown on the news, pro golfer case, with a name so close to the code "ASACA RUM". Members of the Black Organization, like Gin and Vodka, believe that he 'messed up' with the Haneda murder, so exposing herself on the news was a risk if she was really Rum. |
− | * She works as an elementary school teacher, meaning she cannot move around freely to outside of school during working hours and leaving work often will make her more suspicious. If she was Rum and move around freely, with or without disguise, there is a possibility that someone will remember her stalking around Mouri Detective Agency. | + | * She works as an elementary school teacher, meaning she cannot move around freely to outside of school during working hours and leaving work often will make her more suspicious. If she was Rum and were to move around freely, with or without disguise, there is a possibility that someone will remember her stalking around Mouri Detective Agency. |
* In a flashback, she seems to have been traumatized by Haneda's death. Rum was likely the murderer. | * In a flashback, she seems to have been traumatized by Haneda's death. Rum was likely the murderer. | ||
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* In file 1008, he took an interest in reports of Shinichi Kudo's return and even tried to visit his house. | * In file 1008, he took an interest in reports of Shinichi Kudo's return and even tried to visit his house. | ||
* He can be deceptive. | * He can be deceptive. | ||
− | * As of now, he has yet to meet Ai Haibara and communicate with her directly in any cases, making him the primary suspect to | + | * As of now, he has yet to meet Ai Haibara and communicate with her directly in any cases, making him the primary suspect to have a different response compared to Hyoue and Wakasa when seeing Haibara later. |
* While Wakasa and Hyoue apparently have one of their eyes blind/prosthetic, both of them are on their right eye while the patch on Kanenori was on the left. Which is why he stands out among the other two suspects. | * While Wakasa and Hyoue apparently have one of their eyes blind/prosthetic, both of them are on their right eye while the patch on Kanenori was on the left. Which is why he stands out among the other two suspects. | ||
* Like Bourbon whose workplace was just a floor under Mouri Detective Agency, Kanenori's workplace is one of Kogoro's favourite hangout places, which is just next door to the Mouri Detective Agency. This in turn allows Kanenori to move around freely and observe Kogoro's or his associates' movement much closely without disguising and raising any suspicions to almost anyone since public would believe he is a normal sushi seller that goes around delivering sushi to customers when being compared to Wakasa and Hyoue. Even if there is no customers that ordered sushi for delivery, he can easily fake an order to his own shop, thus allowing him to leave his shop either way, just like in file 1008 so that he can investigate Shinichi Kudo. | * Like Bourbon whose workplace was just a floor under Mouri Detective Agency, Kanenori's workplace is one of Kogoro's favourite hangout places, which is just next door to the Mouri Detective Agency. This in turn allows Kanenori to move around freely and observe Kogoro's or his associates' movement much closely without disguising and raising any suspicions to almost anyone since public would believe he is a normal sushi seller that goes around delivering sushi to customers when being compared to Wakasa and Hyoue. Even if there is no customers that ordered sushi for delivery, he can easily fake an order to his own shop, thus allowing him to leave his shop either way, just like in file 1008 so that he can investigate Shinichi Kudo. | ||
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* He said the horse Pirate's Spirit is a weak horse. Pirate's spirit is also a type of rum. This hints he may not think very highly of Rum. | * He said the horse Pirate's Spirit is a weak horse. Pirate's spirit is also a type of rum. This hints he may not think very highly of Rum. | ||
* Kanenori's losing his patience against the suspects in file 1029 is only because he admired Kogoro as a detective. | * Kanenori's losing his patience against the suspects in file 1029 is only because he admired Kogoro as a detective. | ||
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* He in his intro file said to Kogoro that he (Wakita) would be grateful to Kogoro if the latter takes him to murder case investigations. Which means that Wakita is looking for a person who is very likely to pop up at a murder scene, like a police officer. Which shouldn't be Rum's objective. | * He in his intro file said to Kogoro that he (Wakita) would be grateful to Kogoro if the latter takes him to murder case investigations. Which means that Wakita is looking for a person who is very likely to pop up at a murder scene, like a police officer. Which shouldn't be Rum's objective. | ||
* Wakita's eye issue can also be totally fake. Given the fact the said claimed pimple in the eye allows him to get out of the kitchen to get on with his intel gathering job, it means his claimed eye issue allows him the privilege. | * Wakita's eye issue can also be totally fake. Given the fact the said claimed pimple in the eye allows him to get out of the kitchen to get on with his intel gathering job, it means his claimed eye issue allows him the privilege. | ||
− | * In file 1057, Wakita hinted Conan about the missing Shogi piece from the crime scene of Kohji case. If he is Rum digging up such an old and forgotten case has no benefit for him as further investigation would just mess up BO even more, but aligns perfectly with a detective who is trying to solve the case and just setting Conan on the right track.</spoiler> | + | * In file 1057, Wakita hinted to Conan about the missing Shogi piece from the crime scene of Kohji case. If he is Rum, then digging up such an old and forgotten case has no benefit for him as further investigation would just mess up BO even more, but aligns perfectly with a detective who is trying to solve the case and just setting Conan on the right track.</spoiler> |
== Character inspiration == | == Character inspiration == |
Revision as of 10:53, 22 September 2020
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Rum | |
Japanese name: | ラム (Ramu) |
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Age: | unknown |
Gender: | unknown |
Occupation: | Black Organization second-in-command |
Status: | unknown |
First appearance: | unknown |
Appearances: | Chapters: 33 Chapters: 3 Episodes: 24 Movies: 2 Openings: 3 Openings: 1 |
Japanese voice: | unknown (movie 20 & episode 942)[1] |
Rum (ラム Ramu ) is the second-in-command of the Black Organization and the second main antagonist in the entire manga and anime franchise Detective Conan.
Contents
Background
Rum is the close aide of the boss of the Black Organization, then he/she is their second-in-command. His/her identity, sex and mission are currently unknown.
Rum was involved with the death of Kohji Haneda, seventeen years ago. Gin implies that it is an incident in which Rum had screwed up. The main suspect is Asaka, the missing bodyguard of Amanda Hughes.
It has been heavily implied that Rum is one of these three main suspects: Hyoue Kuroda, Rumi Wakasa, and Kanenori Wakita. In the Black SDB+ 2018, Gosho Aoyama confirmed that Rum is one of the three. They are all interested in Shinichi Kudo and Rum charges Bourbon to gather information about him.
Personality
Bourbon has told Conan that Rum is exceedingly impatient.
Appearance
Rum has a damaged eye which has been replaced with an artificial eye. It is unknown which eye was damaged.
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. The conflicting descriptions of Rum's appearance suggests that he/she doesn't present himself to others in a straightforward fashion. Open spoiler box to see images.
Appellations
Plot overview
Scriptwriter Murder Case (Manga: 906-908, Anime: 792-793)
Haibara visualizes his/her 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/her three black figures with fake eyes later in the anime version.
Missing Maria Higashio Case (Manga: 1008, Anime: 942)
Rum sends an email to Bourbon, asking him to gather information about Shinichi, telling him to hurry up stating that "Time is money".
Non-canon plot overview
The Darkest Nightmare (Movie: 20)
Rum doesn't appear in this movie directly:
- Haibara visualizes his/her three black figures as in file 906, and his/her artificial eye in her hallucination.
- Rum sends orders to Vermouth and Gin ordering them not to execute Bourbon and Kir because he/she 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/her right-handed agent.
- Vermouth has a conversation with him/her during the ending credit, while she is in her car along with Kir. She lets Kir listen to what he/she has to say before hanging up.
Relationships analysis
Black Organization
The Boss
The boss is his/her only direct superior, meaning that Renya Karasuma must trust him/her the most.
Gin
It is unlikely that Rum and Gin have already worked together. Gin is an executive agent in the Black Organization and he is always directly supervising things when it comes to confronting the organization's risks. Gin's ignoring of the case involving Rum seventeen years ago means that it is a threat to Rum and not to the organization.
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 her right-hand agent.
Suspects
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
Trivia
- His/her 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.[2]
- 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.
- 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.
- In the hand-drawn poster by Gosho Aoyama for The Darkest Nightmare, Conan is riding a black horse on fire, that represents nightmare. The title of the movie confirmed the horse is Rum.
See also
- Characters
- Black Organization
- Rum (alcohol)
References
- ^ Rum is voiced by an unknown voice actor/actress and was only given a computerized altered voice. The ending credits do not list a voice actor. The producers did this intentionally so that no one could look up what other characters that voice actor/actress might play.
- ^ Manga volume 92, file 7; anime episode 895.
Rum arc topics | ||
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Main interest | Renya Karasuma • Rum • Case from 17 years ago | |
Potential suspects | Hyoue Kuroda • Rumi Wakasa • Kanenori Wakita | |
Connections | Kohji Haneda • Amanda Hughes • Tsutomu Akai • Asaka | |
Related Articles | APTX 4869 • APTX 4869 Victim list • Rum arc timeline | |
Cases of interest | The Scarlet Return • Three First Discoverers • Just Like a 17 Years Old Crime Scene • Soul Detective Murder Case • The Stage of Betrayal • Mystery of the Burning Tent • Search for Maria-chan! • The 36-Cell Perfect Game • The Spark That Fell on the Ranch • Yusaku Kudo's Detective Show • The Black Organization's Scheme • Akemi Miyano's Time Capsule • Kaitou Kid and the Siren Splash • Chess Tournament Murder Case |