Mysterious Old Man with Breather

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| **Mysterious Old Man** | |
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| **Profile** | |
| Japanese name: | 謎の老人   (Nazo no Rōjin)[](#cite_note-1) |
| Age: | unknown |
| Gender: | Male |
| Status: | Alive |
| **Statistics** | |
| First appearance: | Manga: [File 1090](/wiki/The_Truth_Behind_the_Door "The Truth Behind the Door")   Anime: [Episode 1136](/wiki/Episode_1136 "Episode 1136") |
| Appearances: | Chapters: (/wiki/Mysterious_Old_Man_Appearances "Mysterious Old Man Appearances") Episodes: (/wiki/Mysterious_Old_Man_Appearances "Mysterious Old Man Appearances") |
| **Actors** | |
| Japanese voice: | [Shin Mori](/wiki/index.php?title=Shin_Mori&action=edit&redlink=1 "Shin Mori (page does not exist)") |
The **mysterious old man** (謎の老人 ,*Nazo no Rōjin*[?](/wiki/Help:Japanese "Help:Japanese")) is a character first shown in a luxurious car wearing a breather with his [driver](/wiki/Mysterious_man_with_sunglasses "Mysterious man with sunglasses") in [file 1090](/wiki/The_Truth_Behind_the_Door "The Truth Behind the Door").
## Contents
* [1 Appearances](#Appearances)
* [2 Plot overview](#Plot_overview)
+ [2.1 Detective Play Director Murder Case (Manga: 1090, Anime: 1135-1136)](#Detective_Play_Director_Murder_Case_.28Manga:_1090.2C_Anime:_1135-1136.29)
+ [2.2 Serial Hotel Bombing Case (Manga: 1096, Anime: 1144-1145)](#Serial_Hotel_Bombing_Case_.28Manga:_1096.2C_Anime:_1144-1145.29)
* [3 Relationships analysis](#Relationships_analysis)
+ [3.1 Mysterious man with sunglasses](#Mysterious_man_with_sunglasses)
+ [3.2 Mary Sera](#Mary_Sera)
* [4 Different looks](#Different_looks)
* [5 Quotes](#Quotes)
* [6 Trivia](#Trivia)
* [7 See also](#See_also)
* [8 References](#References)
## Appearances[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=1 "Edit section: Appearances")]
The man has never been shown in full in the manga. His facial features in particular are mostly obscured by black shadows. However, he is not completely anonymized, like ["The Criminal"](/wiki/%22The_Criminal%22 "\"The Criminal\""). His full hair, wavy at the back of his head, and a bushy full beard are particularly recognizable. The man wears traditional Japanese clothing. The man's most striking feature is that he always wears an oxygen mask that covers his mouth and nose and supplies him with oxygen via a tube.
His appearance and his way of speaking in Japanese indicate that the man is of an advanced age.
## Plot overview[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=2 "Edit section: Plot overview")]
### Detective Play Director Murder Case (Manga: (/wiki/The_Truth_Behind_the_Door "The Truth Behind the Door"), Anime: [1135-1136](/wiki/Momiji_Ooka%27s_Sweet_Trap "Momiji Ooka's Sweet Trap"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=3 "Edit section: Detective Play Director Murder Case (Manga: 1090, Anime: 1135-1136)")]
At the end of the case he passes by Conan, [Hyoue Kuroda](/wiki/Hyoue_Kuroda "Hyoue Kuroda"), [Muga Iori](/wiki/Muga_Iori "Muga Iori") and others in a luxurious car.
### Serial Hotel Bombing Case (Manga: (/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Square "The Secret of the Square"), Anime: [1144-1145](/wiki/The_Hotel_Serial_Bombing_Case "The Hotel Serial Bombing Case"))[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=4 "Edit section: Serial Hotel Bombing Case (Manga: 1096, Anime: 1144-1145)")]
At the end of the case he sees [Mary Sera](/wiki/Mary_Sera "Mary Sera") and [Masumi Sera](/wiki/Masumi_Sera "Masumi Sera") and says that it was "as if he were dreaming".
## Relationships analysis[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=5 "Edit section: Relationships analysis")]
#### Mysterious man with sunglasses[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=6 "Edit section: Mysterious man with sunglasses")]
The [Mysterious man with sunglasses](/wiki/Mysterious_man_with_sunglasses "Mysterious man with sunglasses") is the driver of Mysterious Old Man. At the end of [File 1090](/wiki/The_Truth_Behind_the_Door "The Truth Behind the Door") he drives the old man passing by Conan and others.
#### Mary Sera[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=7 "Edit section: Mary Sera")]
The relation between old man and [Mary Sera](/wiki/Mary_Sera "Mary Sera") is currently unknown. At the end of [File 1096](/wiki/The_Secret_of_the_Square "The Secret of the Square") he sees Mary and [Masumi Sera](/wiki/Masumi_Sera "Masumi Sera") and says that it was "as if he were dreaming".
## Different looks[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=8 "Edit section: Different looks")]
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## Quotes[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=9 "Edit section: Quotes")]
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| “ | Leave it. After all police and the likes of them are a bunch of imbeciles. | „ |
| — Said to [his driver](/wiki/Mysterious_man_with_sunglasses "Mysterious man with sunglasses").[](#cite_note-2) | | |
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| “ | It's as if I'm in a dream. | „ |
| — Said to [his driver](/wiki/Mysterious_man_with_sunglasses "Mysterious man with sunglasses") after looking at shrunken [Mary](/wiki/Mary_Sera "Mary Sera").[](#cite_note-3) | | |
## Trivia[[edit](/wiki/index.php?title=Mysterious_Old_Man&action=edit&section=10 "Edit section: Trivia")]
* As the character's name has not yet been revealed, he was called by the [author](/wiki/Gosho_Aoyama "Gosho Aoyama") "Vader-san" in [Sherry's soliloquy](/wiki/Sherry%27s_soliloquy "Sherry's soliloquy") for file 1096, in reference to *Star Wars* character "[Darth Vader](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader "wikipedia:Darth Vader")".