Rum
| Rum | |
| Japanese name: | ラム (Ramu) |
|---|---|
| Age: | Unknown |
| Gender: | Unknown |
| First appearance: | Unknown |
| Appearances: | Unknown |
Rum (ラム Ramu) is a member of the Black Organization in Detective Conan.
Contents
Background
Judging from Shuichi Akai/Subaru Okiya's descriptions, Rum appears to have high rank in the organization and is very close to the Boss. Later on, Ai Haibara remarks that Rum is second only to the Boss of the Black Organization, suggesting that he is their second-in-command. Rum's identity, gender and mission are currently unknown.
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 appearance. Some say Rum is a strongly-built man, some say he looks feminine, and some say he is an old man.
Plot overview
Scarlet Epilogue (Manga: 898, Anime: 783)
Shuichi Akai (as Subaru Okiya) calls Jodie Starling and Andre Camel to the Kudos' house. He informs them that the undercover 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.
Scriptwriter Murder Case (Manga: 906-908, Anime: 792-993)
Conan asks 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 characteristics differ depending on who is describing him. Some say he is a strongly-built man, some say he looks feminine, and some say he 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 eyes is damaged and has been replaced with an artificial eye.
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.
Speculation
So far, all the Black Organization codenames for men are liquors while women's codenames are wine or wine-based cocktails. Rum should be a man if this pattern holds. The conflicting descriptions of Rum's appearance among Black Organization members suggests that he doesn't present himself to others in a straightforward fashion.
Kansuke Yamato
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.
Hyoue Kuroda
Hyoue Kuroda is a middle-aged strong-built man. His right eye was injured and replaced with an artificial one. Chief of the first division of Nagano Police, his favorite drink is black tea[1]. He was first introduced at the end of File 913.
In file 925 Haibara said to Conan that 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 Agasa's house, yet this didn't happen.
Shukichi Haneda
Appellations
Animal Crossing hints
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[2], Gosho said:
- "Actually, Rum has already appeared lol"[3]
- "Kan-chan is not Rum ^^"[4]
Given these hints, Rum has appeared at or before File 906.
Gallery
- A Scarlet Return rum.jpg
Kir's mail for Akai/Okiya (Episode 783)
See also
- Characters
- Black Organization
- Rum (Alcohol)
References
- ^ the color of tea is actually dark red
- ^ This blog post with links to screenshots was made September 3, 2014
http://sky969blue6261.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-115.html
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. - ^ じつは もうラムは でてたりしてｗ
Translated by Alaktorn
Rum has appeared - ^ カンちゃんはラムじゃないって（＾＾
Translated by Alaktorn
Rum is not Kansuke
