Misao Yamamura
| Misao Yamamura | |
| English name: | Detective Mangum |
|---|---|
| Age: | ? |
| Gender: | Male |
| First appearance: | Anime: Episode 96 Manga: Chapter ? |
| Appearances: | TV: ? Movies: ? Specials: ? |
| Japanese voice: | Toshio Furukawa |
Misao Yamamura, also known as Detective Mangum in the english dub, is a character in the anime franchise Detective Conan. Misao is a detective and police officer from the Gunma district, who does multiple things for the district, including robbery cases, traffic observation, and homocide cases. Misao became a detective because he was a big fan of Yukiko Kudo's character in a television show she starred in. Yamamura is not a very good detective, and even fears the sight of blood or dead bodies. However, he is still a very cappable police officer, and has even lended a big hand in helping catch criminals for Conan.
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Background
Misao is considered a rookie detective. He said that he became a detective because he was a fan of Yukiko Kudo's television show in which she played a police woman, Dangerous Policewoman Story.[1] In his first case, Misao mentioned that the only reason why he was put on the case was because everyone else in his precinct had a cold.[1] Misao's reputation grows after Conan knocks him out to solve a case, which gives Misao more assignments. The reaction of most characters when they see him, is to be completely bewildered; Kogoro even notes that he cannot believe that this is the only detective from the Gunma prefecture that can help him out during a murder case.[2] Misao also does other work in the department, including robbery cases, as well as covering traffic observations.[3] In his first appearance in the show, Conan had to use the tranquilizer stun watch on him, much to Conan's chagrin.
Personality
For being a detective, Misao makes many common mistakes, including not noticing completely obvious clues, and even feels fear at the sight of blood, or a dead body. He also does not act in good conduct, fanning himself over Yukiko Kudo when he found out who she was.[1] However, even though he is a little clueless, Misao still knows the basics, and does know what to do in a crisis. Also, he is shown to not be completely clueless, figuring out some of a murder case when Conan has to resort to giving out hand signs to him, due to losing his voice due to a cold.[2] Also, Misao is very handy in helping catch a criminal, having been used by Conan to help confront a criminal that was trying to proclaim their innocence.[4]
Misao is a very big fan of Kogoro Mouri, to the point of fawning over him in a similar way that Sango Yokomizo does. Misao is very dissappointed when he cannot film Kogoro during his "sleeping" form, musing that he wanted to show the other detectives at the Gunma Police Department.[5] He even cries heavily when he thinks that Kogoro has killed himself, not knowing that it was merely an imposter that looked like him.[5] However, this does not mean that Kogoro isn't victim to Misao's bad deductions; right away he announces that Kogoro is the killer the first time he even meets him, when he is given barely any evidence at all.[4] Although Kogoro does not like his detective skills, he considers Misao a friend on a personal level, especially when both detectives drink together.[5]
Whenever Misao is involved in catching a criminal, he tends to become very excited. He noted that it felt like a "movie" when he had to shoot one of the runaway robbers in a case at a bank that was robbed.[3] He is extremely excited to be involved in helping Eri Kisaki and Conan catch the real killer in another case, to the point of acting like a little kid after the killer was arrested, talking about how he acted and looked when confronting the killer.[4]
