Ranpo Edogawa

"Motto: As long as I'm fine, everything's fine."

Ranpo Edogawa (江戸川 乱歩,) is a member of the Armed Detective Company. He is known as one of the best detectives there despite not being an ability user.

Appearance
Ranpo's height is below average which gives others the impression that he is younger than he is, especially because of his personality.

Ranpo has a fair complexion, and dons a medium-brown hat in his short, messy black hair. His eyes appear to not be open most of the time, however, his eye colour is that of a bold green. Over his shoulders drapes a brown poncho that matches his hat and pants. Under that he wears a dark grey blazer and a white button up with a light and dark blue striped tie. On the occasion when he chooses to activate his "ability", he will slip black glasses onto his face. He believes this is what activates it and causes it to occur.

Under his three-quarter length pants, he wears long white socks that seem to cover what would be the visible part of his legs, and simple, black shoes.

Personality
Ranpo takes extreme pride in his "ability" which can deduct any mystery in mere seconds, with which he has solved countless cases. He is often found bragging about his status as the Greatest Detective.

He 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. However, he can become serious and calm when the situation calls for it. He is also incredibly intelligent, and is commended for it by the rest of the Armed Detective Company, even more so because he lacks an ability.

Even though his colleagues seem to think that he is completely oblivious to the fact that he is not an ability user, he seems to have at least a hint that his Super Deduction is in fact not an ability. However, for reasons that are yet to be made clear he refuses to believe such a possibility and reacted harshly when others try to tell him otherwise.

Ranpo has been shown to be unable to complete simple tasks such as riding a train or finding his way home when not utilizing his Super Deduction.

Ability
The Super Deduction (超推理,), allows him to deduce the "truth" about a crime scene giving him complete information such as where to find evidence and who the culprit is. Ranpo "activates" this ability by putting on a pair of glasses given to him by the director.

His ability is not only applicable to crime scenes, but other problems and mysteries as well, as shown in episode 18 of the anime when he correctly deduced that The Guild had fallen for a trap the Port Mafia had set up for them even though they suspected it because the bait was too tempting to let pass by, simply by putting on his glasses.

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. Ranpo however, if not unaware of this fact, denies it and continues to believe that he is an ability user.

Plot
Ranpo made a brief appearance in Episode 1 after Dazai caught Atsushi.

In episode 4 he also makes an appearance when the agency is attacked.

He also has an episode with him solving a case and showing more about his character in episode 5.

Trivia

 * He along with several other characters made a guest appearance in the mobile game Love Heaven as limited time characters.
 * He is named after the Japanese author, Edogawa Ranpo, who also played a significant role in developing Japanese mystery fiction. His name is a pun on Edgar Allan Poe, whom he admired.
 * In the third light novel it is stated that Fukuzawa first created the Company for Ranpo's sake.