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* She works as an assistant teacher at an elementary school and yet can afford to live alone in a fancy high-rise apartment in Tokyo, next door to a pro golfer who could be expected to afford to pay 100 million yen in damages. | * She works as an assistant teacher at an elementary school and yet can afford to live alone in a fancy high-rise apartment in Tokyo, next door to a pro golfer who could be expected to afford to pay 100 million yen in damages. | ||
* In the anime, her voice actress is Fumi Hirano, who was also the voice of Lum Invader, where Lum is pronounced the same as Rum in Japanese. | * In the anime, her voice actress is Fumi Hirano, who was also the voice of Lum Invader, where Lum is pronounced the same as Rum in Japanese. | ||
− | * In | + | * In file 1051, she mentioned the words, Karasu being black, sly and a conspirator, hinting she might personally know Renya Karasuma. |
* She had a strange glare upon hearing Amuro/Bourbon was a private eye/detective. In other words, she began to suspect if Bourbon was NOC/spy that infiltrate the organisation. | * She had a strange glare upon hearing Amuro/Bourbon was a private eye/detective. In other words, she began to suspect if Bourbon was NOC/spy that infiltrate the organisation. | ||
* Bourbon picked up the shogi piece that Rumi dropped by accident, which is a bishop and recalled that the murdered Kouji always kept it as a good luck charm, which was missing at the crime scene of the murder. It was thought by the police the murderer took it, which may implied Rumi was in fact Rum. | * Bourbon picked up the shogi piece that Rumi dropped by accident, which is a bishop and recalled that the murdered Kouji always kept it as a good luck charm, which was missing at the crime scene of the murder. It was thought by the police the murderer took it, which may implied Rumi was in fact Rum. | ||
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* In file 1027, he is still wearing the eyepatch on his left eye despite saying that it will heal in his debut. | * In file 1027, he is still wearing the eyepatch on his left eye despite saying that it will heal in his debut. | ||
* In file 1029, Kanenori completely snapped when the suspects started badmouthing Kogoro's actions after checking the victim's condition, something that Bourbon hinted afterwards that Rum is an impatient person. | * In file 1029, Kanenori completely snapped when the suspects started badmouthing Kogoro's actions after checking the victim's condition, something that Bourbon hinted afterwards that Rum is an impatient person. | ||
− | * In the Nagano Snowy Mountain case, when the four (Amuro, Conan, Kogoro and Wakita) were on the train to Nagano, Wakita said that he hated betrayal, which seemingly meant he sensed that Amuro betrayed him by sending him fake information about Shinichi's death (after breaking into Shinichi's house, Amuro | + | * In the Nagano Snowy Mountain case, when the four (Amuro, Conan, Kogoro, and Wakita) were on the train to Nagano, Wakita said that he hated betrayal, which seemingly meant he sensed that Amuro betrayed him by sending him fake information about Shinichi's death (after breaking into Shinichi's house, Amuro had a discussion with Shinichi's parents about hiding Shinichi's real identity). What's more interesting, after the whole Nagano Snowy Mountain case had been solved, Taka'aki Morofushi came to them and pretended he didn't know Amuro by shaking hands with Kogoro, asking him who these two men (Amuro and Wakita) were, although Amuro and Taka'aki had met before when Scotch was still alive. Presumably, Hyoue ordered Taka'aki to come (by calling him) to help Amuro by acting as a stranger to Amuro in front of Wakita so that Amuro's true identity as an undercover agent working for the NPA could be hidden, or even if Wakita was suspecting him of being so, this action could lead him to think otherwise, probably because Taka'aki believed if Wakita had suspected that Amuro was an NPA undercover agent, he would have thought Amuro had relationship with a person from the NPA such as Taka'aki, but they appeared to be strangers. Before leaving, Taka'aki didn't forget to mention a saying which was similar to "Time is money". |
==== Hints Kanenori Wakita might not be Rum ==== | ==== Hints Kanenori Wakita might not be Rum ==== | ||
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* He served highball to a customer, which contains whiskey, thus hinting he may be a Black Organization agent codenamed Whiskey rather than Rum. | * He served highball to a customer, which contains whiskey, thus hinting he may be a Black Organization agent codenamed Whiskey rather than 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. | * 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 | + | * Kanenori's losing his patience against the suspects in file 1029 is only because he admired Kogoro as a detective. |
* The conversation between Kuroda and Komei in Nagano case wasn't made explicit. It could very well be a manipulation tactic of Kuroda (given he called from a different phone and called Kansuke first) to create trust deficit between Amuro and Komei, by implicating the former as the reason behind the latter's brother's death. | * The conversation between Kuroda and Komei in Nagano case wasn't made explicit. It could very well be a manipulation tactic of Kuroda (given he called from a different phone and called Kansuke first) to create trust deficit between Amuro and Komei, by implicating the former as the reason behind the latter's brother's death. | ||
− | * He in his intro | + | * 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 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> |
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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 |
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 |