Ranpo Edogawa [NSFW] ★

Ranpo is a young man with a fair complexion and short, messy black hair. His eyes, which are closed most of the time, are brown.[note 1]

His attire consists of a brown inverness cape that he wears over his shoulders and whose color matches both his hat and his pants. Under that, he wears a dark grey blazer and a white button-up with a light and dark blue striped tie. Under his three-quarter length pants, he wears long white socks that cover the visible part of his legs, and simple black shoes.

Ranpo Edogawa (江え戸ど川がわ 乱らん歩ぽ,, Edogawa Ranpo?) is a member of the Armed Detective Agency. Despite not being an ability user, he is known as one of the best detectives highly sought by the police, renowned by his comrades, himself, and others as the "greatest detective in the world" (世せ界かい最さい高こうの名めい探たん偵てい,, sekai saikō no mei tantei?).[2][3]

Ranpo takes extreme pride in his "ability" which can solve any mystery in mere seconds, with which he has solved countless cases. With his incredible intelligence, he is commended for it by the rest of the Armed Detective Agency, even more so because he lacks an ability. He is often found bragging about his status as the greatest detective in the world.[11] Ranpo is also shown to be rather childish, frequently teasing the other detectives in the Agency and sometimes refusing to do work or cases for trivial reasons such as laziness or spite.[12][13] Ranpo has been shown to be unable to complete simple tasks such as riding a train or finding his way home when not utilizing Super Deduction.[11] However, despite this demeanor, Ranpo becomes serious and calm when the situation calls for it.[3][14] Atsushi Nakajima once noted Ranpo's serious façade when devising their plan in protecting the virus-stricken Fukuzawa, an expression he admitted he has never seen before in the great detective. One of his long-time colleagues, Yosano, also understood Ranpo's grave concern for the President when placed in trouble. With his vision and desire not to lose to Fyodor nor to anyone again, Ranpo carefully learned Fyodor's ways and willingly took in the Conjurer himself, illustrating Ranpo's exceptional resolve to do anything that he can for the sake of protecting the Agency. He claimed that such intimidation surpasses that of a typical deduction skill, which can defeat even detective killers and evidence suppressors—the great detective's weaknesses—like Mushitarō.[1] He even put up a contingency plan to ensure that the Agency would be given all the help they need, especially from Mushitarō, in their battle against the Decay of the Angel, as he threatened to expose Mushitarō's friend's legacy to the public that might defame the late author.[17]

In addition, Ranpo has a certain kind of charisma that plants an apparent change in his former adversaries into people who aid him subsequently in different manners. One notable example is Edgar Allan Poe, once his sworn rival whom Ranpo defeated in a deduction battle six years ago,[3] who gradually becomes one of Ranpo's trusted allies in his later pursuits and cases, such as the Cannibalism strategy,[18] its aftermath,[8][19][1] and in rescuing Agency members and affiliates during their frameup.[10][9] Another is Mushitarō himself, who prides himself as the infallible detective killer who challenged Ranpo but later warned the great detective of the Decay of the Angel' threat out of his own volition.[20] Ranpo also appears to have a great memory, as he is able to remember his duel with Poe from six years ago and identify Minoura as the "man whose subordinate he arrested".[21] In his 12 years of solving baffling cases as a detective, he seems to remember some of his clients, as hinted when he turned to a specific police officer out of the many arresting him, whom he possibly recognized to have helped out some time in the past.[9]

Main article: Super Deduction His uncanny aptitude, self-named "Super Deduction" (超ちょう推すい理り,, Chō Suiri?), allows him to deduce the "truth" about any crime by giving him every information about it such as where to find evidence and who the culprit is within a matter of seconds. Ranpo "activates" this ability by putting on a pair of glasses given to him by the director.

His ability seems to not only be applicable to crime scenes but to other scenarios as well. When Ranpo decides to activate his "ability," he will be able to find information and clues about a certain situation no matter how small, and with them instantaneously make extremely precise predictions. In fact, so far none of his deductions have been known to be erroneous or inaccurate.

This is shown when he easily solved the murder of Yamagiwa, which was deemed almost impossible by the police due to the severe lack of evidence.

Eventually, it is revealed that he is able to deduce everything simply due to his own extraordinary intelligence and that he does not possess an ability. Though he is not unaware of this fact, he initially denies it and continues to believe that he is an ability user. However, after some time, Ranpo has come to accept that he is a non-ability user, albeit occasionally still putting on his glasses to "activate" his ability and perform deductions.

October 20 [birthday]. age: 26. Height: 168 CM. weight: 57 kg

He’s a huge cuddler, but only as long as it doesn’t take any real effort on his part. His lazy ass isn’t really used to leaving the couch. Absolutely loves to show you off. Ranpo might be the greatest detective in the world, but don’t expect him to be any good at gauging or expressing feelings. Romantic gestures aren’t really his forte, and despite how insanely intelligent he is, he often forgets important occasions like your anniversary. His go-to date is getting ice cream with you. He might not know how to use the subway, but don’t think for one second that he doesn’t have the exact location of every single ice-cream parlour in Yokohama memorized in his head. Sometimes, when he’s in the mood or if you two haven’t seen each other in a while, he might come crashing into you from behind and tackle you in a back hug which sometimes lead to the both of you falling over. “Ahhh, you’re crushing me! Get off, you lazy bum!”

He might not look like it, but the dude’s heavy as a rock. He loves attention, as has been well established already, but it’s your attention that he especially craves. Gets super proud if you ever ask him how he solved a certain case because it makes him feel even smarter. Think twice before you utter a word in his praise because Ranpo would either stop functioning completely or he would just fly off straight into the sun in his elation and excitement. If you two ever get in a fight and you give him the cold shoulder, the poor baby just follows you around like a lost puppy because he doesn’t know what else to do. But he would never admit that. His pride doesn’t allow him to apologize either. The most you will get is a mumbled ‘I’m sorry.’ and that too if you’re lucky. Randomly kiss him on the cheek and Ranpo.exe stops working. Loves watching mystery movies or shitty crime procedurals while cuddling with you on the couch, limbs tangled, and surrounded by snacks.

But he would never admit that. His pride doesn’t allow him to apologize either. The most you will get is a mumbled ‘I’m sorry.’ and that too if you’re lucky. Randomly kiss him on the cheek and Ranpo.exe stops working. Loves watching mystery movies or shitty crime procedurals while cuddling with you on the couch, limbs tangled, and surrounded by snacks. Ranpo’s sweets mean the world to him, but for you, he just might be able to bring himself to share a little bit. Of course, he does it with a very sour expression on his face, but at least he tries.