Possibly yes. I'm not sure in what way or if he is Rum (which is unlikely at this point) but it's just too much of a coincidence for Gosho to be unraveling the Akai dad plot as well as the RUM arc at the same time without it intertwining. I have a feeling that Mary might actually be ASAKA or Akais dad as they would be both skilled in martial arts and have since been missing. Dad being presumed dead with no body and Mary's identity a secret (even before she was shrunk). And either of them could be Rum (probably not Mary)Spimer wrote:Are you trying to suggest that he might be related to RUM? Yet, based on his visuals, he doesn't match any of RUM's descriptions (old, muscular, femenine) nor matches the figure of the enigmatic bodyguard "Asaka" who might be a woman if that "soul detective" Hatto wasn't given fake info yet Mary's behavior seems to confirm that info as true.
In my opinion, Gosho is trying too obviously to set up RUM red herrings and I think RUM himself is yet to appear but I could be wrong.
Time will tell, though.
I really do not know how I feel about the descriptions as it's very ambiguous and the fact that Gosho even introduced the Agasa case with the vinegar and the whole cheating thing, I don't know if I can even trust the 'hints' he gave us. They could be 'technically' true, but are not really.
I mean if Gosho can make Akai be dead but not really dead WITH a body, I'm sure he could slip in Akai's dad being alive WITHOUT a body (and this is without bringing in the whole Kuroda theory of potentially being Rum/Akais dad/another spy).
Just TOO much of a coincidence for me and no such thing as a coincidence in DC World

It's really a complicated arc as there are a number of 'hints' to keep in mind:
- physical descriptions (masculine man, feminine man, old man + artificial eye)
- 2nd in command
- uses body doubles
- no one knows what he REALLY looks like, but they know exact physical descriptions as the above (so are these of the body doubles or himself)
- he is on the move (but against what?)
Possible suspects and things to consider:
- Pretty much the entire cast of the Nagano police department (Yamato/Morofushi- but doesn't really fit, but if Gosho is cheating with the physical features either of this would be out)
- Kuroda (artificial eye, check. masculine, check. black in name, check. making a move- is now in Tokyo MPD, check.)
Anyways hope you could understand my jumbled thought