Gin (Case Closed)

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Gin, one of the most well-known member of the Black organisation

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

1 Character Information
2 Trivia
3 Appearances
4 Navigation

[edit] Character Information

Gin is a dangerous and highly ranked member in the "Black Organization". He is the one that 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), assassinating some member of the organization or some soul and blackmailing someone.

He is usually seen being followed around by his lower ranked comrade, 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.

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 cold-bloodedly efficient, he can smell out any trap and deception his partner Vodka would easily fall for. 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.

Gin also proved to be able to withstand Conan's sleeping needles (as proven in episode 178), propably 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, even though she was inside a closed car and making a prolonged speech, which would require her to breathe and thus inhale the gas).

[edit] Trivia

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. It will not be clear until Vol. 18 if the names Melkior and Kaspar will disappear or continue being used in the English version.
Gin killed Akemi Miyano (Sherry's elder sister) in the "One Billion Yen Robbery" case. He is also the one who leaves a bomb on the train in the "Train Bomb" case. There appears to be something personal between Gin and Sherry when they confront each other in the "Gin & Sherry" case.
Gin is left-handed, and often drives a Porsche 356A.
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 (Haibara's older sister), who had a relationship with Akai.