Ranpo’s Personality Theory
Okay, before I start writing I am going to give a quick warning. The things I write hurts, because I am an over thinker, who is always trying to find trends and connections. If I write more of these, they will hurt. The truth always hurts.
Theory: Ranpo has a childish and immature persona, to hide all of the grief and darkness he’s seen.
This darkness, he bears, stems from all the investigations and pasts, of all the victims. We get a taste of the work Ranpo meddles with in two circumstances; ‘Murder On D Street’ and ‘Dreaming Of Butterflies’.
The first piece of evidence, of this, is Yosano Akiko, in ‘Dreaming Of Butterflies’ Yosano’s past he absolutely horrifying. She was forceably drafter into War of Ability Users, and was to heal the wounds of every soldier. However, Yosano can only heal physical wounds, not trauma. Yosano was forced to heal the soldiers but in the end, not even the soldiers wanted to live anymore, thus calling her an Angel Of Death. During a fight between Mori and Fukuzawa, about Yosano’s past, Ranpo escapes with her. She tells Ranpo: “I can’t go on living like this” and “Is there a place where its okay for me to go on living?”. Ranpo replies, “Join the detective agency” and “We dont want your ability. What we want is that “kindness””. He takes her burden, and gives light that she can see. It was that moment, that changed Yosano’s future. He made her into a strong diligent woman, who shows her kindness to all. Ranpo showed her light and it made her human again. The conversation that occured between the both of them, would’ve emotionally impacted him, if he didn’t resort to his childish, immature ways. His kindness is comparable to an innocent child. He is a child of light and innocence, who gives the light to all those around him. Or at least that’s what he mainly show us. He’s probably seen some of the worst things, on his cases. To be able to bear all of that burden and darkness, everyone at the agency must worship that.
Throughout this episode, Ranpo doesn’t react to the body of the woman laying there. He rather, orders his priorities and analyses it, briefly, to gather up his leads to the murderer. He only says, “Poor Lady”, to evoke an emotional response, making sure to not become truly numb to the sight. From this, we can tell that he is used to the sight of bodies, and the dead, but is not completely broken at the sight. He must’ve had many more cases revolving around the dead, possibly something as severe as dismemberment or suicide.
He uses childish behaviour to hold his mentality together. Even with this all in mind, he knows he doesn’t have an ability to protect himself, especially when he delves into some of the dangerous investigations in Yokohama. 100% Ranpo would constantly repeat over and over about how he has an ability that will help everyone. Otherwise, the dark truth, of the fact he can’t protect everyone, would settle in. The dark truth, that he isn’t as strong as the other members, would rip him apart. “If I’m happy, you’re happy” basically says that if he knows how the investigation will end, and if he knows all outcomes and the truth behind it all, you shouldn’t have to worry. However, like when Ranpo goes searching for the ability user, to stop Fukuzawa’s and Mori’s virus, if he doesn’t know the outcomes and all the factors; that is when you should be worried. Ranpo didn’t even act childish throughout the entirety of those episodes. He knew, he couldn’t solve it. While he can control the things he has power over, like the truth behind those investigations; Ranpo still has to live with the fact, he can’t solve every case, and he can’t save every person. So by portraying a childish immature persona, he can bear the darkness he holds on his shoulders, everyday. His darkness is fear. The fear, that he might not be able to hold the next investigation, the fear he might die from one of these cases, the fear that he won’t be able to save anyone. That’s his dark truth,
He lives smiling, and giving light to everyone. It’s his way of coping.
How long can he take it for, before he breaks?
How long until he gives into the darkness, the truth?
I like Ranpo. He is an inspiring character to me.
(Bonus) Dazai learnt that being happy and childlike, makes it easier to hold the pain. It’s why he is mainly immature and childish too. But the fact he doesn’t hold this for every second, like what Ranpo does, proves his darkness is much heavier and painful.
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