Gin (Case Closed)

Infobox animanga character
name = Gin
series = Case Closed ("Detective Conan")


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first = Roller Coaster Murder Case
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creator = Gosho Aoyama
voiced by = Yukitoshi Hori (Japanese)
Troy Baker (English)
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occupation = B.O. Member
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age = 30s
gender = Male？
nationality = Japanese?

Gin is a fictional character in the anime and manga series "Case Closed".

Fictional character information

Gin is a dangerous and highly ranked member in the "Black Organization". He is the one that attacked and force-fed Jimmy Kudo (Shinichi Kudo in the Japanese version) with APTX-4869, the drug that turned Jimmy into Conan Edogawa.Wearing all black and long yellow/blonde hair, Gin is a tall person, who always covers his eyes with his black hat. He is always looking for Shiho Miyano (also known as Ai Haibara), and aside from considering her a traitor to the Black Organization, he also seems to have some weird obsession with her. He appears to have silver color hair and light green color eyes.

He is usually seen being followed around by his lower ranked comrade/sidekick, Vodka, who doesn't really add much to the missions other than being there (though, he works alone in the Dark Contact Case). Vodka's low rank status is noted in how he calls Gin "Aniki" (or brother), which is what a low-ranked gang member calls a high-ranked gang member. Despite being menacing and coldblooded, Gin appears to respect certain members of his team; Vodka, Vermouth (when she persuades him to leave Conan and Kogoro alone), and Kir (when he decides not to kill anyone at the hospital after she asks him not to).

Since Gin is normally leading the Black Organization's operations he probably has a high position in the Black Organization. Very sharp-minded, perceptive and efficient, he can smell out any trap and deception his partner Vodka would easily fall for. ["Detective Conan Volume 39"] He takes great pleasure in "rooting out" traitors to the organization; with Shiho ("Sherry") it is possibly a special case, because she is the one prey which has (with Conan's help) repeatedly eluded him.

There is a rivalry between Gin and Shuichi. Gin considers Shuichi dangerous, and Shuichi refers to him as his old enemy in episode 425 (before shooting him). It is revealed in File 599 that this rivalry stems from the death of Akemi Miyano (Ai Haibara's older sister), who had a relationship with Akai. There also appears to be something personal between Gin and Sherry (Ai Haibara) when they confront each other in the "Gin & Sherry" case.

Gin also proved to be able to withstand Conan's sleeping needles to some degree (as proven in episode 178); probably due to some sort of immunization against drugs to avoid capture (in the Ai Kidnap Case, Vermouth was also able to withstand her own knockout gas to a degree, even though she was inside a closed car. However it is more likely a result of both of them shooting themselves to keep themselves awake. Gin shot himself in the arm, while Vermouth shot herself in the leg in the car. Though it's possible that Vermouth fell asleep (because of the gas), only to wake up before Conan. That's why while releasing the sleeping gas she said to Conan that it's a "bet" to see who wakes up first.

Gin is left-handed, and often drives a Porsche 356A. Cold-blooded and callous, Gin doesn't bother to remember any strangers he kills."Detective Conan Volume 42"

* Gin's design drastically changes throughout the series. At the start, his hair is actually light brown, and the line structure is not as detailed. In addition, part of his hair comes down his face across his nose. As the series progresses Gin's hair is blonde, and the line structure is strongly detailed. In addition, there is no hair that comes down across his face anymore.

Role in the Story

Gin's first appearance was with Vodka in the first episode after Jimmy Kudo had solved a case that happened right before his eyes on a roller coaster. When Jimmy witnessed Vodka making a deal with a company president, Gin snuck up behind him, clubbed him on the head with a metal rod, and forced him to swallow a new experimental poison the Black Organization developed, APTX 4869, which was supposed to kill Jimmy (so he couldn't talk) without leaving any trace of it in his body, but instead it shrunk him, and his physical age reverted back to that of a small child.

Gin and Vodka later appeared, in the manga only, shortly after this to collect money from fellow Black Organization member Akemi Miyano, who was under the guise of the name Masami Hirota. When Akemi ordered that she would have to get her sister back for the money, Gin revealed he knew Akemi's real name and that he had an idea where the money was, and shot Akemi. This is also when it is revealed they are members of the Black Organization. Gin was also the one who, just before that, ordered Akemi to give a member of Akemi's gang a pill to make him fall unconscious, but in truth lied and the pill killed that member. The anime changes it so that instead, a common thief was in charge of Akemi's deal and that she survived the gunshot. In Volume 4, also manga only, after he and Vodka leave a bomb on a train, Jimmy, who is now known as Conan Edogawa, overhears Gin and Vodka using their real names, and it is revealed Gin's real name is supposedly Melkior. In the anime, they were simply look-alikes of the BO pair.

In Volume 12, Jimmy encounters another member named Tequila, who was having a phone conversation with Gin. Before Jimmy can get information from Tequila, however, Tequila is accidentally killed in an explosion. Gin and Vodka are later revealed to have made a deal with a member of the gaming/computer company, Mantendo (an obvious takeoff of Nintendo) to exchange a large amount of money for a list of their best computer engineers, where the meeting would happen in a restaurant bar. The bar explodes just before Jimmy reaches the floor the bar is on.

In Episode 128 Gin and Vodka made a billion-yen-heist scheme. Jimmy stops the two from their stealing spree, but they escape before Jimmy can catch up with them. They later reappear in Episodes 176-78, when Pisco captures Ai Haibara and locks her in a wine cellar, where she drinks Paikaru and becomes her adult self again. Despite disguising as a janitor who wears glasses, Gin and Vodka recognize her and shoot her repeatedly. When Jimmy arrives, he shoots Gin with one of his tranquilizer darts, but he doesn't fall asleep. After Ai and Conan escape, Gin shoots himself in the arm to stay awake. When Pisco, who had failed to capture them, is about to tell Gin that Conan is Jimmy and that the little girl was really Shiho, Gin kills Pisco for being caught on film while committing a murder. .

In Episodes 309-311, Conan had arranged a meeting with Vodka to gain more information on the Black Organization. Gin, however, arrives and reveals it's a trap, after which the two escape. Later, in Episode 425, it is revealed Gin hired Chianti and Kir as assassins for the Black Organization. His last appearance was in Chapter 606, when Gin asks Rena Mizunashi to kill Shuichi Akai in order for her to prove that she's a loyal member of the Black Organization, which as of three chapters later has been done.

Currently, Gin and Vodka are close to figuring out that Jimmy is the one constantly attempting to stop their plans.

* Drama Series: In the live-action drama series based on the franchise, Gin appears in episode 2 and has a confrontation with Shinichi. He and Vodka corner him in a room, but leave after fearing it to be a trap, but he leaves a grenade behind blowing up the room. At the end of the episode Gin, remembers him giving Shinichi the medicine, but he and Vodka believe he's dead. It is unknown if the manga/anime will eventually adapt this storyline and revelation.

Name and aliases

* In Vol. 4 Conan overhears Gin and Vodka talking on a train and they use their real names. Gin's real name is supposedly "Melkior" and Vodka's is "Kaspar" (This is relevant in the English version of the manga only).
** In Vol. 12 this name change, which could possibly create some problems with critical points of the story, was covered up by having Richard mention that he was hung over from drinking "Melkior Gin" and "Kaspar Vodka" the night before.
** In Volume 18 of the Japanese Manga, Conan and The Detective Boys apprehend a criminal gang known as The Silver Fox. Because the leader dress in black, Conan assumed she was part of The Orginazation. When asked if she had a codename like Gin or Vodka, she states "Sorry, but I stopped drinking a while ago". To cover up the name switch, her response to the names Melkior and Kaspar is, "Never heard of them".

* From Vol. 28 some have suspected his real name to be Jin Kurosawa, as the name was next to Shiho Miyano 's name in a resort directory.

Weapons

His weapon of choice is the Beretta M1934. Although he has been known to use other weapons, and uses poison quite often.

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