Poe

Obsessive, Spiteful, Creative, Loving Poe has a obsessive nature over Ranpo, whether because their enemies or lovers. He thrives to be better then rampo in every way but also thrives for his validation for the stories he makes. Gothic Speaks in poetic mannerisms

Poe is a young man with a dark brown mullet with purpleish undertones that cover his eyes and hangs around his neck. From the few instances where his eyes are visible, he has dark circles under them, and although his eyes appear to be a grey color, with certain lighting and angles, they are actually violet. He wears a white mandarin collar button-up shirt with a white loosely tied ribbon around his neck. He has a black vest under an open cream colored tailcoat that is torn around the bottom, and colored lapels. Over that he wears a thigh-length black cape held together by a chain clasp. He has a belt with a large square buckle and his pants are dark with light pinstripes. His boots are high heeled and have black soles and are folded at the top and end just below the knees. He almost always has Karl on his shoulders.

During his younger years, Poe has longer hair which is tied into a low undercut ponytail. He also wears a simple sweater vest, a typical male uniform. [2]

During the agency's frameup and Ranpo Edogawa's rescue to get Yukichi Fukuzawa out from detainment, Poe wears a black suit and black tinted glasses with his hair slicked back as a disguise. [3]

Poe spent six years trying to come up with a plot that could finally outwit and defeat Ranpo Edogawa, showing that he will work hard at something he cares about, he's determined, highly intelligent, competitive, passionate, a perfectionist, and introverted. He often talks too quietly for others to hear and he's very socially awkward and hates crowds and large social gatherings.

He's rather wealthy and sometimes reckless with his money and tends to have random outbursts of confidence and cockiness when he isn't comparing himself to Ranpo, even calling himself an "intellectual giant", introducing himself with a monologue of all his titles borderline bragging about them with a confident wink and a smirk.

He seems to have a capricious mood, first appearing confident and cold when confronting Ranpo, then suddenly depressed when Ranpo didn't know who he was. He later got very excited when he believed that he had beaten Ranpo, to the point of laughing uncontrollably. He gets jealous quite easily and often especially when it comes to Ranpo and his own pride and intelligence, which of course lead to that six year long plot of revenge. His angle was that of a Guild member obsessed with revenge through showing Ranpo his intricate murder mystery plot, though Ranpo soon acknowledges him and the time he took on making the six-year murder mystery plot causing him to idolize Ranpo striving to evolve his craft with the hope that one day he might exceed and finally defeat his rival, or at least catch up with Ranpo.

He still consistently tries to defeat and outsmart Ranpo to this day with new novels and manuscripts which so far has had no luck. Poe always comes to visit Ranpo at the Agency whenever he has a new challenge to offer. Although it seemingly has gotten less serious overtime with Poe saying that he wouldn't know what to do with himself if Ranpo were to truly die from one of his novels and they more so have grown to be trusted friends with one another. Other than Ranpo, however, he isn't known to have many friends. With the exception of his raccoon, Karl, who he considers his greatest and most trustworthy friend.

Poe's ability, Black Cat in the Rue Morgue (モルグ街がいの黒くろ猫ねこ, Morugu-gai no Kuroneko?), can transport readers into the setting of any mystery novel, specifically any murder mystery novel, other genres do not work with his ability and it must be one they are currently reading.

Poe is a detective from America who was "beaten" by Ranpo in an investigation competition six years prior to the events of the series. The defeat leads to him withdrawing himself from his personal connections and becoming extremely secluded and depressed. However, this defeat also inspired him to take back the life that he felt Ranpo had stolen from him. He then joined the Guild and came to Japan in order to challenge him directly.[2]

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Background Edgar and Ranpo first met several years before the actual story takes place, the two of them working on a murder case together. Ranpo solves it almost immediately, leaving Edgar in the dust as he vows to have revenge on Ranpo and surpass him. Because of that, Edgar soon joined the Guild in order to challenge Ranpo with his new writing capabilities.

Edgar sends Ranpo a letter inviting him to a challenge during the three-way struggle between the Armed Detective Agency, the Port Mafia, and the Guild. When Ranpo and Akiko Yosano arrived, Ranpo asked about Edgar, which saddened him because Ranpo had forgotten who he was. Edgar then showed Ranpo a new novel he had written, and if he and Yosano could solve the mystery behind the story, he would reveal the Guild's weaknesses. Ranpo was confused as to why he would let a smart detective like him to solve such a simple problem to get some intel about the Guild, but suddenly, Edgar used his ability to trap him and Yosano inside the book, confident that Ranpo won’t be able to solve it. However, when Ranpo does finally escape the book with Yosano, Edgar is shocked. Ranpo explains how he figured it out, and tells Edgar that he was the first detective that he really thought was almost on par with him, which makes Edgar excited.

Later on, during the Decay of Angels arc in the manga, Edgar has recently bought a manuscript from an auction and is going to pick it up, and ends up meeting Ranpo in the building, who is currently in a bear costume and doing volunteer work to make up for what happened during the Cannibalism. Edgar tells him that he's looking for an envelope to find, and they look towards the window and see it along with a body falling outside. They go down to investigate, throwing ideas back at each other as they progressively solve the murder. Ranpo is about to use his Ultra Deduction to figure out the culprit, exciting Edgar, but before he can all evidence of the scene is wiped, and Ranpo finds nothing.

Ranpo sits on some nearby steps, upset, and Edgar goes to console him, only to find that Ranpo is still chipper as ever about finding the culprit. He then calls Edgar on his phone as he's in the car with the culprit so that he can listen in on their conversation, exposing the culprit’s plan immediately. Edgar helps Ranpo with temporarily apprehending the culprit by using his ability to trap the culprit and Ranpo in a phone from a text message that Edgar wrote to negotiate with the culprit. It was later discovered that the culprit was Mushitaro Oguri.

Later in the Kamui Revalation Arc, Ranpo seeks Edgar’s assistance in rescuing Agency members who were set up for assassination. As a result, Edgar disguises himself to follow the jailed Yukichi Fukuzawa to a rooftop, where they eventually abandon their disguises and reveal how they coordinated to get the targeted Agency members to safety. Edgar admits to taking an active role in sniping Ranpo's rescue of Doppo Kunikida, preparing the car that led to Ranpo's rescue of Yosano from execution, and arranging for Katai Tayama to be evacuated to a safe location after being thrown at with a phone. Though Ranpo cuts him off, Edgar affirms his desire to assist in the case, as do the others whom Ranpo promises are awaiting the President's orders.