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| “ | Ranpo-kun... you don't understand. Working with others, and living in society...To me, it is nothing but an agony. When I lost our battle of brains that day... my spirit lost all reason to be involved with other people. It wandered in dark rooms for a very long time. But now I know... it's all right to live after all. Your hands are full of glory and praise, Ranpo-kun. If I could have that... Yes! I must take them from you! Even if it means burning you up! | „ |
| ~ Poe's initial anger towards Ranpo |
Edgar Allan Poe is a major anti-villain in the anime and manga series Bungo Stray Dogs. Poe is first seen as a member of the Guild, wanting revenge on Ranpo Edogawa from the Armed Detective Agency for beating him in an investigation 6 years before the main story. After the destruction of the Guild, he becomes a full-time novelist, writing novels with the hope that one of them may be too hard for Ranpo to solve and he'll make him stay inside the novels. He is the American Fictionalized Version novelist.
He is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa who has also voiced, Yoshikage Kira from Jojo, Griffith in the 1997 adaptation of Berserk, Dante in Devil May Cry and also Isshin Kurosaki in Bleach.
Personality[]
Poe is a rather affable man. Often coming off as friendly, Poe is not always the type to be friendly. For example, his most desired goal is getting revenge on Ranpo for beating him 6 years ago before the main story in an investigation. Poe was jealous of the praise and honor Ranpo always got, so he sought to take it from him. When he is with Karl, he coos over him and most of the time keeps Karl around his neck, making Karl hang off. After the Guild's defeat, Poe becomes a full time novelist writer and actually becomes somewhat friends with Ranpo, often helping him with cases or for example, the time he helped Ranpo in retrieving all of the Armed Detective Agency members after they were framed as the Decay of the Angels by Nikolai Gogol.
Biography[]
Before the Main Story[]
Before the main story of Bungo Stray Dogs, Poe was still a writer and 6 years before the main story, he got defeated by a member of the Armed Detective Agency known as Ranpo. Because of this, he sought to take his glory and honor from him, being jealous at him. At a certain time, he joined the Guild.
The Guild Arc[]
Poe shocked at what Ranpo said.
After 6 years, Poe sends a letter to Ranpo, telling him to come with a chAllange. The detective doesn't back down as he and Yosano go to his hideout. There, as they talk, Poe is shocked when Ranpo tells him that he doesn't remember him. As the 2 talk, Poe uses his ability, trapping Yosano and Ranpo inside his novel. After a while, Ranpo and Yosano break out of the novel after Ranpo solves the case. Poe is shocked and as he looks towards Ranpo, Ranpo tells him that he had never forgotten Poe.
After the destruction of the Guild, he appears at the Armed Detective Agency's party where he timidly stays there for Ranpo.
The Guild Aftermath[]
Louisa May Alcott approaches Poe and asks him to help solve the case of T. J. Eckleburg murdering his co-worker for her and Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Even though Poe did not want to be involved with the Guild any longer, he agrees to help Alcott, considering her as a "comrade in shyness". Later, Poe brings the information of the case to Ranpo in the form of a mystery game, asking him to solve the case.
Cannibalism Arc[]
During the Cannibalism incident, Poe wrote a novel for Ranpo so that Ranpo could use it to trap Chuya Nakahara in it.
Perfect Crime Arc[]
Poe and Ranpo find the red envelope.
On his way to an appointment at the tower, he encounters Ranpo in a bear suit, to which Ranpo puts the bear head on Poe and takes him away. When Poe is taken away to a different spot, Ranpo tells Poe his real reason for help. He wants Poe to help him prove the Kunikida Doppo did nothing wrong and that the murder of the little girl was Dostoevsky's doing. As the 2 talk, they talk about a new criminal in town, most likely a member of the underground organization Rats in the House of the Dead. Ranpo tells Poe to find some evidence while they are on the phone call and he and Ranpo find a red envelope on the window. They take it and after they take it, a man falls off the tower and dies, which Poe recognizes as the cleaner. When they go outside, they step in to look at the deceased body as the police arrive. When Ranpo, Poe and the police talk, they talk about a man that has the ability to remove a trace of a crime, much to their own surprise. When Ranpo leaves, he runs into Mushitaro Oguri, who is the man that caused the murder. When Ranpo gets inside the car of Mushitaro, much to his and his driver's annoyance, as they drive away, Ranpo subtly interrogates Mushitaro to which the driver points his pistol at Ranpo's head, which Ranpo claims that guns make people cowards as a crowd of police members with shields appear in front of the car and Ranpo revealing that Poe was listening on the phone the entire time. When the police go to take Mushitaro and the driver, the driver reveals his badge of carrying a pistol and other evidence that makes them not suitable for arrest, to which the 2 criminals drive away. After Mushitaro is taken away, Poe and Ranpo talk and a voice comes from the empty polie car next to them, it being the voice of Mushitaro. Ranpo runs towards the car as he hears Mushitaro say that if the Armed Detective Agency is to get a job soon enough, they must not accept it, then apparently getting shot by a member of the Decay of the Angels.
Kamui Revelation Arc[]
Poe briefly appears in Kamui's revelation arc as he helps Ranpo in making sure the Armed Detective Agency aren't classified as terrorists, which he mainly helps with getting Fukuzawa out of the detention center.
Relationships[]
Ranpo Edogawa[]
Poe initially hates Ranpo from their encounter 6 years before the main story where Ranpo beat him in an investigation case. The next time they meet are during the Guild Arc where he invites Ranpo over for a game to test each others' knowledges. After the Guild Arc, Poe and Ranpo become friends, even if Poe reffers to Ranpo as his rival, Ranpo refers to him as his friend. It is seen that Ranpo trusts Poe to the point where he had him assist in the arrest of Mushitaro and also to the rescue of Yukichi Fukuzawa.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald[]
Francis is the leader of the Guild before it's defeat and the crashing of the Moby Dick. Francis hired Poe as one of the members of the Guild as all of them infiltrated Yokohama. Francis made Poe be the master arhitect. After the defeat of the Guild and it's disband, Poe isn't seen around Francis anymore besides the time where Lousia asks Poe to solve a case for her.
Gallery[]
Ability[]
Mushitaro being transported to a novel.
Black cat in the Rue Morgue is Poe's ability. Despite not always being used by himself, it is used several times by other characters. His ability allows him or others to transport an enemy/person of wish to a novel where they can't get out unless they figure out the mystery inside the novel.
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Trivia[]
- Poe is 6'0"(182cm tall)
- Poe loves raccoons, his reason for having Karl.
- Poe hates heights.
- He is a master arhitect.
