Rachel Moore

Infobox animanga character
name = Ran Mori (Rachel Moore)
series = Case Closed ("Detective Conan")


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first = Roller Coaster Murder Case
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creator = Gosho Aoyama
voiced by = Japanese: Wakana Yamazaki
English: Colleen Clinkenbeard
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nickname = 'Angel'
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age = 17
gender = Female
relatives = Kogoro Mori (father)
Eri Kisaki (mother)
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aux* =Case Closed names
JA-common=Ran Mouri
kanji=毛利 蘭
Hepburn=Mōri Ran
FUNi=Rachel Moore
Viz=Rachel Moore

Rachel Moore, known as Nihongo|Ran Mōri|毛利 蘭|Mōri Ran in the original Japanese anime and manga, is the 2nd main character of the anime and manga "Case Closed", known in Japan as "Detective Conan" (名探偵コナン "Meitantei Konan"). Her Japanese name derives from Edogawa Ranpo and Maurice Leblanc.

Character Information

Ran was born on October 1st. Ran is a childhood friend and the main romantic interest of Shinichi Kudo [See "Detective Conan" Volume 55 for more account of this.] (Jimmy Kudo) and the daughter of private detective Kogoro Mori (Richard Moore) and Eri Kisaki (Eva Kadan), a lawyer. Her parents separated when she was six [] , and one of her biggest goals is to get them back together.Ran is the captain of the karate team of Teitan High School ["Case Closed" Volume 1 File 1.] (Titan High School in the English anime) and therefore is very powerful as demonstrated when she wins her Regional Championship [Ibid.] . Besides that, she is also very talented and very lucky in gambling. She is so lucky that she amazingly wins in all of the gambling games she ever played.

After Shinichi disappears, a boy named Conan Edogawa comes to stay with Ran, acting as her surrogate little brother ["Case Closed" Volume 1, File 2.] . Little does Ran know that "Conan" is actually Shinichi shrunken down to size. Shortly after meeting him, she reveals her true feelings about Shinichi to him ["Case Closed" Volume 1, File 2.] .

In time Ran suspects that he is actually Shinichi, but Shinichi always manages to "prove" to her otherwise. This happens many times, and in one she was actually so sure until Shinichi (temporarily restored to his true age) appears at the same time as Conan (actually Ai Haibara). Every time Ran learns that Conan is Shinichi, she tries to make him confess the truth. She also fantasies that Shinichi is with a brown/blond-haired woman (one of them had happened without her knowing, which was Episode 129 of the series) all the time.

Her greatest personality trait is that she genuinely cares for those she loves and somehow finds the strength to hold onto hope that they will be reunited. She constantly tries to reunite her father and mother again - though with little success, thanks to mutual stubbornness - and nourishes the desire to see Shinichi again, despite the emotional hardship the waiting gives to her. Ran can play the piano well as we see in book 8. She also appreciates great art and is good at cooking and other household tasks.

In chapters 350-354 of the manga and episode 286-288 of the anime, Vermouth under the alias Sharon Vineyard and a silver haired serial killer develops the nickname 'angel' for Ran. Later in the anime/manga, Vermouth shows hesitance to kill Ran ["Detective Conan" episode 345] but whether or not it is because of any emotional attachment isn't clear.

Relationships

hinichi Kudo

Ran and Shinichi are childhood friends, it is proved in the anime/manga that they have known each other since pre-school but it is likely that they have known each other since the were born due to Eri Kisaki and Yukiko Kudo's friendship ["Detective Conan" episode 334] . Ran likes Shinichi romantically but isn't adverse to knocking him down a peg when he gets a little too arrogant. Their relationship is a well balanced one.

Ai Haibara

Ran and Ai's relationship is awkward at best. Ai seems to hold Ran with disdain most of the time while Ran isn't quite sure how to approach the stoic girl. It becomes clear that Ai finds Ran very similar to her deceased sister ["Detective Conan" episode 345] ; bringing new depth to their relationship. It isn't entirely clear whether or not Ai views Ran as a rival for Conan/Shinichi's affections, but there are many scenes that hint that this may be the case in both the anime and manga.

Akai

Ran and Akai meet briefly in New York during the 'Golden Apple' case ["Detective Conan" episode 286-288] (episodes 286-288 in the anime and manga chapters 350-354) while Akai is looking for a serial killer. Ran, knowing the description of said murderer(long hair, Japanese), first mistakes Akai for the serial killer. She is soon proved wrong. Later she runs into Akai back in Japan but doesn't recognize him. Akai notes at that time that she is very similar to Akemi Miyano(his deceased girlfriend and Ai's sister).

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