Rei Furuya
| Tooru Amuro | |
| Japanese name: | 安室 透 (Amuro Tōru) |
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| Age: | 29 |
| Gender: | Male |
| First appearance: | Manga: File 793 Anime: N/A |
| Appearances: | Chapters: 98 Chapters: 60 Chapters: 13 Episodes: 67 Episodes: 6 Movies: 4 OVAs: 0 Specials: 2 Openings: 17 Closings: 7 |
Tooru Amuro (安室 透 Amuro Tōru) is private detective who first appeared posing as a waiter while helping a client with a case. He currently works at Café Poirot, and has become Kogoro's apprentice.
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Background
Tooru Amuro is a free-lance private detective who also maintains employment on the side that may aid in investigation, like his part-time job as a waiter at Ristorante Sundayrino. After his introductory case, Amuro begins working part-time at Café Poirot. He is currently Kogoro's apprentice.
Personality
Amuro has a cheerful personality. He is also generous, bringing a plate of sandwiches for the detective agency bought with his money. In more serious situations, he seems to be patient, keeping calm even while even while others are abusing him. Although somewhat of a "cool type", he does not hide his emotions and is quite expressive. Like other detectives in Detective Conan, he enjoys presenting his deductions about cases to others. He is also manipulative, tricking others into performing certain actions so he can gather information. Kogoro calls him "effeminate".
Appearance
He has dark skin about Heiji's color and has dyed hair. He wears glasses at first, but it is unknown if he actually needs them because he was using them to conceal his identity at the time and takes them off midway through the case and has not had them on since.
Appellations
Plot overview
Amuro's Introduction (Manga: 793-795)
Amuro is hired by to-be-bride Hatsune Kamon to investigate whether her to-be-husband, Raita Banba, is cheating on her. As part of the investigation, Amuro tells Kamon to have their pre-wedding celebration at the restaurant, Ristorante Sundayrino, where he works as a waiter. He purposefully drops some cake on Banba's pants trying to make Banba too embarrassed to approach women later. Banba complains about Amuro's "mistake", but Kamon tells Amuro it's alright to protect him. Banba later gets drunk, and Amuro has to point out his phone is ringing. Banba goes to the bathroom to meet the person who called him, the detective Sanji Haruka, who Banba hired to find out if Kamon was cheating on him. Sanji had been following the wife and discovered her meeting with Amuro, so Sanji mistakenly reports Kamon is having an affair with Amuro. Sanji confirms Amuro has a matching voice by asking Amuro to repeat his order, a bourbon on the rocks.
Banba is furious at Amuro and begins to harass him; like shouldering him and knocking Amuro over in front of the other waiters. Later Kamon dies in a car fire that is ruled an arson, and Banba accuses Amuro of starting it because he is Kamon's lover. Amuro denies this and says that Banba may have been trying to disguise wounds he received while fighting with Kamon by tripping Amuro. Amuro then takes off his glasses and reveals himself to be a private detective hired by Kamon, not her lover.
After Amuro correctly gives his deduction that Sanji was a detective hired by Banba, Kogoro accuses Amuro of driving Kamon to suicide by telling her about her husband's shameless flirting, but Amuro denies contacting Kamon by phone. Amuro accuses Banba of being the murderer, which antagonizes Banba into to rushing him. Amuro dodges and trips Banba and asks Kogoro to hold Banba's legs. From the condition of the bottom of Banba's shoes and Amuro's detailed background investigation of Banba and Kamon, Conan is able to deduce that Kamon's death was really a suicide. Amuro continues to accuse Banba after more DNA evidence comes in, but Conan prevents his arrest by using Sleeping Kogoro to ask Banba a critical question that reveals he never stepped outside. Amuro challenges Kogoro's deduction, suggesting that maybe Banba used a knit cap and long windbreaker to disguise himself, but Sleeping Kogoro counters by pointing out the condition of Banba's shoes. Defeated, Amuro demands Kogoro explain the matching DNA, which he does, revealing that Kamon and Banba are identical twins, but Kamon had a chromosomal abnormality that resulted in her being phenotypically female. Humbled, Amuro explains the abnormality condition to those present which Inspector Megure confirms.
One day later, Amuro has started work as a waiter at Café Poirot below Mouri Detective Agency. He asks Kogoro if he can be Kogoro's apprentice and whispers some unheard amount of money per case that he is will pay if Kogoro brings Amuro along with him. The amount thrills Kogoro into accepting Amuro's offer immediately. Conan mentally moans about how yet another bothersome person has appeared.
Murder at Mouri Detective Agency (Manga: 796-800)
While Kogoro and the gang are watching a news report on a recent bank robbery, Amuro stops by with sandwiches from the Poirot after finishing his part time job for the day. After commenting on the robbery, Amuro reveals that he wants the scoop on Kogoro's newest case request after deducing from Kogoro's appearance and habits that Kogoro had a case. Kogoro gets a text from the client requesting that Kogoro switch the meeting location to the Café Columbo, and Amuro goes with them after changing out of his work clothes. At the Columbo, Kogoro explains to Amuro the request was to find the locker a key belongs to. The client fails to show, so Amuro, Kogoro, Conan, and Ran go back to the Detective Agency to make sure the client didn't actually turn up there instead. When Amuro arrives at the agency, he and Conan notice someone had broken in and appeared to have intercepted the client while they were out. Stepping outside, Amuro explains his deductions to the rest of the gang and that the culprit is hiding in the restroom. Before Amuro can open the bathroom door, a gunshot rings out, and Conan rushes in to find a dead man who apparently committed suicide with a gun and a taped-up crying woman. The woman's story is that the now-dead guy was interrogating her about the key and locker and committed suicide when Kogoro returned early, but Amuro and Conan suspect she is lying and may have murdered the man.
Amuro questions the woman a little, and Megure comments to Kogoro about he has yet another detective hanging around him. Curious, Amuro asks about the other detective and hears she is a young girl. Amuro offers to drive the formerly tied up woman to her home after questioning was postponed until the next day. Conan, Ran and Kogoro come along for the ride. At the woman's house, Conan, Amuro, and Kogoro announce they need to use the restroom and go inside. Ran turns on her cellphone and immediately gets a call from Sera, who was worried after seeing the news of the murder. The call is full of static, and Amuro suddenly shuts Ran's phone and announces the place is bugged, which is interfering with the cellphone signal. Amuro gets out a bug detector and begins sweeping the house. Ran, Amuro, and Kogoro find several bugs before coming across a large suitcase under a bed that is emitting a horrible smell. They opened the bugged suitcase and find a corpse inside.
Soon afterwards, it was revealed that the culprit was indeed the woman, who sent Kogoro a message claiming that she was having Conan in her hands. During the investigation, they have found out a video recording summary, which contains many news about the robbery, inside the TV. Amuro then quickly gave out the speculation that the apartment might actually belonged to one of the robbers instead. Ran didn't understand how a detective of such level of intelligence could willingly become her father's apprentice. However, Amuro modestly answered that Kogoro was just testing him, and that he still had got much to learn.
Later, they decided to check up the house's computer, which was protected with password. Amuro discovered that the password was hidden under the desk, but instead of revealing the fact directly, he chose to hint Kogoro and Ran about it. After having gained access to the computer, they have all found out the identity of the third robber and her location, where Conan's kidnapper would most likely pay a visit. They followed the address and drive to that place, Sera approached them closely from behind. However, while still on the road, they suddenly learned that the third robber had been overwhelming both Conan and the killer, and they were in serious danger. Right after determining the exact car that those three were in, Amuro purposely crashed his own car into theirs in order to stop it. In the end, the robber was defeated by Sera, Conan was safe. Amuro, Sera, Okiya (who was driving Agasa and Haibara to the scene) were all shown to receive a mysterious call. The identities of the callers were not revealed, however it was hinted that one of the three might have been answering a call from Vermouth, who addressed the other side as "Bourbon".
Off Work (Manga: 801)
Amuro has a day off of work. Incidentally, Scar Akai appears in front of Sera.
Overnight Deadline (Manga: 804-808)
Conan and the Detective Boys encounter Amuro who was coming from the police station due to the "Online Client" case. He expresses disappointment at not being able to meet Professor Agasa with them. He also states that he had another purpose for coming to the station, but when asked by Conan what it is, Amuro claims that it "already disappeared." Later, when Takagi is still trapped, he reminisces of a time with his mentor Wataru Date and says that he was the top student at the police academy. He rebuts this and says he was number 2 compared to that guy who was like a gentleman. Later it's revealed that that person is Amuro who leaves a toothpick by Date's grave and watches Takagi and Sato pay their respects. Amuro also calls Date "His friend."
Cabin Trap (Manga: 815-817)
While Conan and the Detective Boys go camping in Gunma, Ran and Kogoro are being served by Amuro at the Poirot. When Sera calls Ran to ask about Conan, Amuro watches on suspiciously. Later, Amuro furtively sneaks into the empty Mouri Detective Agency and logs onto Kogoro's website using the password Kogoro inadvertently told him in an earlier case. He sees a video sent by someone (Mitsuhiko) that shows Shiho Miyano rescuing Ayumi from a cabin fire. He is shocked by her, zooms in on her hand, and notices she is wearing a pass ring for the Bell Tree Express mystery train experience. Amuro then notices that Kogoro's computer was being hacked by someone and began wondering who did it.
Mystery Train (Manga 818-???)
Amuro appears on the train where he runs into Ran and the others. When asked what he is doing there, Amuro claims he won his tickets in an online auction and that he coincidentally met Kogoro in the dining cart wher he learned of the case. When Masumi Sera runs off to find Scar Akai, Amuro is seen with his phone out (What he was doing with it is unknown). He then comes when Conan (through Kogoro) starts his deduction on the murder culprit and reavels that three mirror plates were stuffed in a painting which was used for the locked room murder trick.
Relationships analysis
Wataru Date
Wataru Date and Tooru Amuro were best friends in the police academy; Amuro was the topped ranked student, while Date held second place. While Date went on to become an officer, Amuro went somewhere else and fell out of contact with Date for unknown reasons. Date's last text to Amuro asked him where he was and chided Amuro to communicate once in a while. Amuro was shown visiting Date's grave, and likely left a toothpick out of respect for Date; Date used them habitually.
Speculation
Bourbon
Some people suspect Amuro is Bourbon.
- The character Tooru Amuro is named after, Amuro Ray, is the mortal enemy of the character Shuichi Akai is named after, Char Aznable.
- He is a detective and very skilled at information gathering.
- He is male as the codename Bourbon implies. The Black Organization codename pattern is that hard liquors are used for men's codenames, and Kir used a male specific pronoun to refer to Bourbon in the Department Store Bomber Case.[1]
- He has a type of personality Gin would not like. Gin thinks Bourbon is irritating.[2]
- When Amuro offers Kogoro an unknown "tuition" per case Kogoro brings him on, the amount he offers is enough to get Kogoro excited and accept Amuro as an apprentice without hesitation. This is strange because Amuro would not be expected to have much money because he is young, lacks a formal agency, and works part time at restaurants in one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in.
Scar Akai and Bourbon
- See also: Scar Akai is Bourbon Theory
Many people who speculate Amuro is Bourbon also think he may be the true face under the mask of Scar Akai. Including the evidence for Amuro being Bourbon given above, evidence in favor of Amuro being Scar Akai as well is:
- Amuro was absent from his job at the Poirot when Scar Akai appeared outside the detective agency where Sera was walking with Ran. This also notable because this occurred right after Sera and Amuro met and Amuro found out Sera was friends with Ran.
- Amuro is right-handed like Scar Akai.
- He has the right body size, face shape, and height to disguise as Scar Akai.
- He has an interest in the Mouri Detective Agency which makes sense because Scar Akai saw fit to keep Kogoro's cellphone number with him.
- Amuro's hypothetical disguise suggestion in 795, a knit cap and long windbreaker, are articles of clothing Shuichi Akai and Scar Akai wear respectively.
- Amuro learns that Shiho Miyano, who Ai Haibara had to change back into, will be on the Bell Tree Express. When that time comes, although Amuro is nowhere to be seen, Scar Akai just happens to be there. Haibara also senses the Black Organization vibe from him, strengthening the connection between Amuro, Scar Akai and Bourbon.
- However; as of chapter 820, this has been put into question due to both Amuro and Scar Akai being seen in the same area. This contradiction was resolved when it was revealed that this Scar Akai was actually Vermouth in disguise.
Name origin
Tooru Amuro has a Mobile Suit Gundam inspired name. He is named after the main protagonist Amuro Ray, and Amuro's voice actor Touru Furuya.[3]
Quotes
Trivia
- Amuro is a right-handed person.
- During an 2010 interview with Shuichi Ikeda, Gosho Aoyama said it would be interesting if a character from the Black Organization was named after Amuro Ray because Shuichi Akai was named after Char Aznable.[4][5][6]
- Amuro owns a white RX-7, the same car as Miwako Sato. The RX-7 is a reference to the white[7] Gundam that the Mobile Suit Gundam character Amuro Ray piloted, the RX-78-2.
See also
References
- ^ Manga Volume 67, File 7, page 3: "The Truth Amidst the Snowstorm"
- ^ Manga Volume 67, File 8, pages 13-14: "Silent Clash"
- ^ Sherry's Soliloquy http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/2609-file-793-private-eye/page__view__findpost__p__207297
- ^ http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__view__findpost__p__235287
- ^ http://www.kudonet.info/
- ^ http://wnsgur5941.blog.me/80143064942
- ^ The RX-78-2 Gundam itself used to be more white in the original animation, but late in production toy manufacturers requested for it to be more colorful. Although the animation was changed, the dialogue was not changed leading to many references to the original mostly white coloration. One example is Amuro's Zeon nickname the "White Devil".
